In The Tank

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Chris Talgo present episode 434 of the In The Tank Podcast. Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was recently confronted outside her home by a number of Code Pink protesters accusing her of supporting genocide in Gaza. Pelosi, staying nice and level headed accused the protesters of being nothing more than paid shills for Communist China and Putin's Russia. After looking in to this accusation, it appears as though there is a well-established "global web of Chinese propaganda" that has infected media and liberal organizations around the world.

PRIMARY TOPIC - CHINESE PROPAGANDA MACHINE 
 
Time Magazine - Nancy Pelosi Suggests Foreign Influence Behind U.S. Pro-Palestinian Activism: What to Know
https://time.com/6589923/nancy-pelosi-pro-palestinian-protests-foreign-influence-russia-china/
 
NYT - A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/europe/neville-roy-singham-china-propaganda.html
 
NYT - When Covid Hit, China Was Ready to Tell Its Version of the Story
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/business/media/china-beijing-coronavirus-media.html
 
IFJ - China: The Covid-19 Story: Unmasking China’s Global Strategy
https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/china-the-covid-19-story-unmasking-chinas-global-strategy
 
NYT - How Beijing Influences the Influencers
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/technology/china-propaganda-youtube-influencers.html
 
Economist - Cat and mouse: How China makes sure its internet abides by the rules
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2013/04/06/cat-and-mouse

Creators and Guests

Host
Chris Talgo
Chris Talgo is the Editorial Director at The Heartland Institute and a research fellow for Heartland’s Socialism Research Center.
Host
Donald Kendal
Donald Kendal is a research fellow for The Heartland's Socialism Research Center, host of Heartland's In the Tank Podcast and Stopping Socialism TV, and a talented graphic designer.
Host
Jim Lakely
Jim Lakely is the Vice President and Director of Communications of The Heartland Institute.

What is In The Tank?

The weekly flagship podcast from The Heartland Institute features in-depth policy discussions connected to current news. Host Donald Kendal leads the discussion with the usual crew of Heartland Institute Vice President Jim Lakely, Socialism Research Center “Commissar” Justin Haskins, Editorial Director Chris Talgo, and others at this national free-market think tank. The entertaining and informative discussions often hit topics such as the environment, energy policy, Big Tech censorship, the troubling rise of socialism, globalism, health care, education, that state of freedom in America and around the world, and much more.

This podcast is also available as part of the Heartland Daily Podcast, the “firehose” of all the organization’s podcasts that take deep and entertaining dives into public policy.