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Facing the Future

Radio Show & Podcast

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.

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Nov 20, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Layla Zaidane, Steven Borne
On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby, COO of the Millennial Action Project Layla Zaidane and newly published author Steven Borne joined me to discuss Millennial perspectives on key issues, building trust amongst members of Congress,…

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Nov 15, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Stuart M. Butler, Timothy Higashi
On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution Stuart M. Butler and Timothy Higashi, a senior research analyst at Brookings joined me to discuss a recent forum co-hosted by Brookings and…

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On Facing the Facts this week, The Concord Coaliton’s Executive Director Robert L Bixby substituted for regular host Chase Hagaman. Bixby’s guest was Josh Gordon, Executive Vice President and Director of Policy & Research at Free the Facts. Prior to…

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Oct 23, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Marc Goldwein
On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Marc Goldwein joined me to discuss Social Security reform and how it fits…

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On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby joined me to discuss Concord's new fiscally-responsible economic growth agenda, which concerns key topics like health care, workforce development, R&D investment, Social Security and immigration reform. “Projections from…

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Oct 9, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Diane Lim
On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and Senior Advisor at the Penn Wharton Budget Model Diane Lim joined me to discuss missed opportunity costs created by a large-and-growing national debt, perennial budget deficits and interest…

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On Facing the Future, Policy Analyst for the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute Phil Sletten joined me to discuss interactive budget exercises, similarities and differences between state and federal budget processes and the impact federal policies can have on state…

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Sep 25, 2019
Special Guest: Wilson H. Taylor, Joseph Antos, Richard N. Swett
On Facing the Future, Wilson H. Taylor Resident Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy at the American Enterprise Institute Joseph Antos revealed a new report on health care reform by AEI and the Brookings Institution. Former Ambassador and Congressman Richard…

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Sep 18, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Alison Acosta Winters, Diane Lim
On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby joined me, Senior Policy Fellow in Economic Freedom at Americans for Prosperity Alison Acosta Winters and Senior Advisor at the Penn Wharton Budget Model Diane Lim. They discuss the…

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Sep 11, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Dr. Robert Atkinson
On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby joined me and President of the Information, Technology and Innovation Foundation Dr. Robert Atkinson to discuss ITIF’s new plan that calls for and outlines an increased federal funding commitment to…

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Sep 4, 2019
Special Guest: Robert L. Bixby, Marc Goldwein
On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby joined me and Senior Vice President at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Marc Goldwein to discuss CRFB’s latest proposal to combat the next recession in a fiscally…

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On the latest Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby returned to the program to discuss the Congressional Budget Office’s recently released Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029 and to provide some insight…

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