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American Thought Leaders

American Thought Leaders

By: The Epoch Times
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At a time when our nation is portrayed as increasingly polarized, media often ignore viewpoints and stories that are worthy of attention. American Thought Leaders, hosted by The Epoch Times Senior Editor Jan Jekielek, features in-depth discussions with some of America’s most influential thought leaders on pertinent issues facing our nation today.Copyright 2025 The Epoch Times Political Science Politics & Government
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  • New Florida Law Bans the Engineering of Weather: Sayer Ji Explains
    Jun 22 2025

    On June 20, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 56 into law, criminalizing geoengineering and certain weather modification activities in the state, with violations classified as a third-degree felony.

    “They were intending to alter the trajectory of hurricanes using things like silver as a way to change the precipitation and intensity of these storms. Later, in Vietnam, for example, they used it for increasing weather, such as precipitation, on the so-called ‘enemy.’ Project Popeye [using cloud-seeding] is well-established to have been a successful weaponization of the weather. So, there is a pretty long history of weather modification and militarization of weather modification technology,” says Sayer Ji, chairman of the Global Wellness Forum and founder of GreenMedInfo.com.

    “What the main concern is, is that there are other operations that are clandestine [where] we don’t actually know what the agenda is, outside of official acknowledgement that solar radiation management technologies are being deployed, which include using things like sulfur, calcium, titanium—various elements to create a dimming effect,” he said.

    Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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    34 mins
  • EJ Antoni Decodes the Trump Economy and the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Controversy
    Jun 20 2025

    Five months into the Trump administration, I sit down with Heritage Foundation chief economist EJ Antoni to get his insights into how the American economy is doing, where the US-China trade war is headed, and how he assesses the “big, beautiful bill,” which has engendered significant debate among conservatives.

    How are Americans faring financially today compared to a few months ago?

    Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.


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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • What America Can Learn From Ohio’s Amish Country: John Miller
    Jun 18 2025

    John Miller is the CEO of Superb Industries. He resisted mounting pressure to move his production overseas to China, and instead innovated and grew a thriving made-in-America component manufacturing business.

    “Do you make decisions based on the long-term benefit that are principle-based, or do you make decisions for financial gain in the short term, at the cost of the long term?” he asks, rhetorically. “[Other businesses] made a lot of money by outsourcing to China over a short period of time, but then lost their ability to make stuff, and now they’re paying the price.”

    Miller has close ties to Ohio’s entrepreneurial Amish community and is an advocate for what he calls “food freedom.”

    “We joined forces and started what we call the Food Independence Summit that basically brings specialists together to teach people how they can become self-sustaining on food, even if it’s only on a fractional basis,” says Miller. “To change culture, you have to change the structure.”

    Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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    59 mins
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