In this episode of The Next Frontier, I'm walking into two of America's most important cultural institutions—The Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress. One was built for performance, the other for preservation. I'm here asking a simple question: What does it take to keep a cultural inheritance alive?

If we want great art to remain part of American life, we can't treat institutions like scenery: useful only when they flatter our side. We have to treat them like what they are—an inheritance, and inheritance requires work, maintenance, humility, and willingness to keep the doors open.

Dr. Kevin Roberts is the President of The Heritage Foundation.

The American liberal today no longer represents what liberalism once stood for. Rather than the classical understanding of liberalism—guided by Enlightenment philosophy and focused on limited government and individual freedom—the modern American liberal movement is intellectually totalitarian.

Dr. Roberts recently made this case at Yale University, arguing that liberalism has failed. In this episode, he and his co-host, Larry O’Connor, take a closer look at those remarks and examine the fundamental differences between conservatives and today’s American liberals.

Larry O’Connor is the host of “O’Connor & Company” on WMAL-FM and “LARRY” on Townhall Media. 

Dr. Kevin Roberts is the president of The Heritage Foundation.

The Heritage Foundation’s highly anticipated 2026 Index of Economic Freedom is finally here! The diagnosis? The American economy is in resurgence, but we have a lot of room for improvement. How does America’s economy stack up against the rest of the world and what do we need to change to move ourselves up in the global economic freedom rankings?

Dr. Kevin Roberts and Larry O’Connor discuss!

Read the Index of Economic Freedom here: https://economicfreedom.heritage.org/

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Larry O’Connor is the host of “O’Connor & Company” on WMAL-FM and “LARRY” on Townhall Media.

Dr. Kevin Roberts is the president of The Heritage Foundation.