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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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Rethinking a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution

Sep 3, 2025
Special Guest: Kurt Couchman, Senior Fellow in Fiscal Policy, Americans for Prosperity

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Can targeted taxes be used for deficit reduction?

Aug 27, 2025
Special Guest: Bill Gale, The Brookings Institution

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What would a debt-induced crisis look like?

Aug 20, 2025
Special Guest: Dennis Lockhart, former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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On the Brink of a Recession

Aug 6, 2025
Special Guest: Mark Zandi, Chief Economist, Moody's Analytics

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The Budgetary Pressures of Social Security and Medicare

Jul 30, 2025
Special Guest: Jessica Riedl, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute

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We Need to Plan for a Crisis

Jul 16, 2025
Special Guest: Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels

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Medicare’s Costs are Rising and the Budget Process is Failing

Jul 10, 2025
Special Guest: Jim Capretta, Resident Fellow and Milton Friedman Chair, American Enterprise Institute

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A Big Bill, but an Economic Bust

Jun 30, 2025
Special Guest: David S. Mitchell, Senior Fellow for Tax and Regulatory Policy, Washington Center for Equitable Growth and Kyle Pomerleau, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

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Tax Cuts are Easy. Offsets are Hard.

Jun 26, 2025
Special Guest: Andrew Lautz, Associate Director for Economic Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center

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A High Noon Moment for the Power of the Purse

Jun 18, 2025
Special Guest: Professor Philip Joyce, University of Maryland

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