Leadership In Review: Foreign Influence, Minnesota Daycare Fraud & Rugged Individualism

In this high-energy Leadership In Review episode of the Spartan Leadership Podcast, Josh Kosnick is joined by Jason Smith and Emmanuel Whitfield for an unscripted, fast-moving conversation on leadership, power, and accountability in real time.

We dig into:

• The chaos of modern politics and why trust is collapsing
• Foreign influence vs. America-first leadership (and why people disagree on who’s really pulling strings)
• The Minnesota daycare scandal allegations, media coverage, and why accountability matters
• Reparations debates, incentives, and what actually builds generational strength
• Big Pharma, institutions, and the difference between words vs. actions
• Rugged individualism vs. collectivism — and what leaders should model when culture gets noisy

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