About the Show
Hosted by Robert Bixby, Concord’s Senior Advisor and former Executive Director, the show dives into topics related to U.S. fiscal policy — like health care, taxes, national security, the national debt and more — with budget experts, industry leaders, elected officials and candidates for public office.
Listen to learn more about how the nation’s fiscal and economic challenges — and possible solutions — impact current and future generations.
The show is broadcast on Concord, New Hampshire radio station WKXL each week on Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m., with subsequent rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. and Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
This week on Facing the Future, Bob discussed the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s Solutions Initiative 2024: Charting a Brighter Future, a series of proposals to set the debt on a sustainable trajectory. Guests Jeffrey Holland, Vice President of Research at…
This week on Facing the Future, Bob discussed interest rates, inflation, the Federal Reserve, and more with Gordon Gray, Executive Director of the recently founded Pinpoint Policy Institute. An experienced political and policy staffer, Gray walked through what the Fed…
This week on Facing the Future, Bob was joined by Concord Coalition Co-Chairs and former U.S. Senators Bob Kerrey (D-NE) and Jack Danforth (R-MO). Thirty years ago they co-chaired a bipartisan commission on entitlement and tax reform that warned of…
This week on Facing the Future, Bob Bixby was joined on the show by Dr. Michael T. Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. He also served as one of thirteen…
This week on Facing the Future Bob was joined by George Mason University Professor Sita Slavov to discuss her recent essay Making Tough Fiscal Choices to Protect Future Generations and the relevance of long term sustainability to younger generations. Slavov…
This week on Facing the Future, Bob examined how we can better engage young people in the federal budget process. Joining him were two University of New Hampshire professors, Daniel Innis - also a New Hampshire state senator - and…
