Inconvenient Truths with Kenny Xu

In this episode of the Inconvenient Truths podcast, host Kenny Xu is joined by his former campaign manager and now candidate for Wake County Commission, Kyle Stogoski. Stogoski shares his experience as a member of Gen-Z both before getting involved in politics and after. The pair discusses their shared experience running for office as young people. Kyle shares his story about not being able to afford to live in Wake County, an experience that drove his decision to run for Wake County Commissioner. Kyle and Kenny discuss Kyle's platform for Wake County Commissioner, which centers around a promise that any Wake County resident should be able to safely and affordably raise a family and start a life. Support Kyle's Campaign: stogoskiforwake.com

In the first episode of the Inconvenient Truths podcast of the new year, host Kenny Xu dives into what it means to be conservative and what drives the conservative instinct. Kenny discusses his decades-long experience in conservative politics and how being open-minded drove him to the right. Kenny posits that critical thinking is a center point of the conservative instinct. Lastly, Kenny challenges viewers to continue asking questions, especially about their most concrete beliefs.

In this episode of the Inconvenient Truths Podcast, host Kenny Xu dives into Jeffrey Epstein, the man. Kenny traces Epstein's life back to his time as an immigrant and a teacher, and discusses the factors that made him into the monster he became. Kenny discusses how Epstein's unchecked ambition and unscrupulous nature turned him into a world-renowned villain. Kenny also discusses how our society, lacking public morality, helped in the creation of a Jeffrey Epstein. Kenny highlights how Epstein, and many other elites with whom he associated, were and in many ways still are disconnected from the American people and their interest. Kenny speaks out against this disconnect and the lack of public morality in American society.

In this episode of the Inconvenient Truths podcast, Kenny Xu discusses how Progressivism and Conservatism work together to uphold American society. Kenny presents the two sides, which are usually in polar opposition to one another, as having a lot to share. Kenny outlines the good in conservativism: it conserves institutions, attitudes, and behaviors that are positive to American society. However, he also outlines the good in progressivism as well: it attacks bad actors who are harmful to American society. Kenny presents a unique and unifying message for American politics, one that shows a dual positive rather than a negative.

In part two of Kenny's Miniseries on Asian Americans, he discusses why Asian Americans are not trending conservative. Kenny laments the lack of discussion on race and identity in the past 4 years. In this episode, Kenny dives into the internal complexes of Asians. Kenny discusses how many of the traits labeled conservative that Asians exhibit are simply traits to maintain a functioning society. Kenny posits that Asian Americans need to exhibit explicitly conservative characteristics in serving their country and community, alongside their other positive characteristics. Don't miss an interesting introspection on Asian Americans, Conservatism, and the way forward.

In this episode of the Inconvenient Truths Podcast, Kenny is joined by Blake Consentino, the Founder and President of American Destiny, a conservative youth nonprofit. Kenny discusses his own experience of founding a conservative youth organization with Blake. The pair also talks about the reasons behind and the future ahead of Generation Z as a conservative generation. Blake discusses the goal of his organization: to supply campaigns with young conservatives to assist in their efforts; in turn, young conservatives gain the ear of major policymakers. Don't miss this pertinent episode of Inconvenient Truths, and support Blake's organization at https://www.amdest.org/

In this episode of the Inconvenient Truths podcast, Kenny is joined by Harvard Professor James Hankins, who just published a textbook on Western Civilization called "The Golden Thread." Hankins contends that the teaching of Western civilization should return to primary and secondary education. Hankins offers his textbook as a twenty-first-century tool for the return of Western civilization as a teaching imperative. Kenny and Professor Hankins dive into Western civilization, and why it was abandoned by the American education system.