Restoring America with Grace Reilly

Episode 94: Charlie Kirk Told Us Exactly How He Wanted To Be Remembered

September 9th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  36 mins 49 secs

Asked how he wanted to be remembered, Charlie Kirk said courage for his faith. A year after his assassination, Grace goes through the moments where he shared it, from the campus stops to his testimony to his advice on keeping a Sabbath. Then she takes you inside his memorial in Arizona, where she sat through hours of worship before anyone spoke, and closes in prayer for his family.

Episode 93: Florida Says No To Government Surveillance

September 3rd, 2026  |  Season 2  |  23 mins 14 secs

In this episode, I get into why Governor DeSantis ordered Flock cameras off Florida's state highways, what reporters found when they looked at how officers actually use the system, and why a Texas city of 68,000 cancelled its contract after outside agencies ran 1.6 million searches through its cameras.

Episode 92: AOC Rejoins the DSA: Why Now?

September 2nd, 2026  |  Season 2  |  10 mins 40 secs

AOC rejoined the DSA after a seven-year lapse, and the DSA tied it straight to a 2028 run. Their Maoist caucus had already called her an opportunist.

Episode 91: House Democrats Forced To Go on Record About Socialism

September 1st, 2026  |  Season 2  |  14 mins 27 secs

In this episode, I'm back on a new set after getting married, and I'm catching up on the DSA. I go through the new platform, why democratic socialism has stopped being a softer word than communism, and what Mamdani is doing to private property in New York.

Episode 90: Paul Kengor: The DSA Is Taking Over the Democratic Party From the Inside

August 27th, 2026  |  Season 1  |  24 mins 39 secs

Paul Kengor says socialism stopped being a fringe position years ago. The Democratic Socialists of America figured out they never have to beat a Republican to win.

Episode 89: Gen Z Voted for Trump, Then Mamdani. Same Reason Both Times.

August 12th, 2026  |  Season 1  |  30 mins 26 secs

Gen Z swung for Trump, then turned around and gave Mamdani New York. Sean Griswold says both votes came from the same instinct.

Episode 88: Maxine Waters Called for Harassment and Congress Let It Slide

August 10th, 2026  |  Season 1  |  9 mins 58 secs

In June 2018, Maxine Waters told a crowd to confront Trump officials in restaurants and gas stations, and to absolutely harass them. Republicans moved to censure her. Democrats killed it.

Episode 87: Sen. John Kennedy Says What Every Other Politician Is Too Afraid To Say

August 6th, 2026  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 2 secs

Sen. John Kennedy is the funniest man in Washington, and he lands harder than most of the people who are actually trying to be serious.

Episode 86: Bernie Sanders Is the Oligarch He Keeps Warning You About

August 5th, 2026  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 12 secs

Bernie Sanders can't stop warning you about "the oligarchs." So I looked up the word and it describes him better than the billionaires he's attacking.

Episode 85: Carl Trueman: We Made Ourselves Gods And Became Less Than Human

August 3rd, 2026  |  Season 1  |  27 mins 55 secs

Carl Trueman says we didn't drift away from God by accident. Once everything important in your life became a choice, external authority stopped being believable. God is the biggest external authority there is.

Episode 84: NTD in New York: Pastors Outsource Sermons to AI, Gen Z Stops Going Out, & More!

July 31st, 2026  |  Season 1  |  15 mins 45 secs

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In today's episode, I join Tiffany Meier and the panel on NTD in New York to rate the week's wildest headlines. We get into the migrant surge at Spain's border in Ceuta, RFK Jr. launching a cooking show as HHS Secretary, a Harris poll showing 73% of Gen Z now stay home on weekends, and Barna's new research on pastors handing sermon prep to AI.

Episode 83: I Went Back on Newsmax in NYC: Fauci Takes the Fifth, Gen Z Takes the Bait

July 30th, 2026  |  Season 1  |  11 mins 11 secs

In today's episode, I take the day's biggest stories in real time. The autopen pardon and Anthony Fauci pleading the Fifth after telling Chris Wallace he had nothing to hide. What Josh Hawley was digging at with the money, and what Dr. Peter McCullough says a doctor in that chair is supposed to do. Then my generation: how Republicans actually beat a message of free stuff, why the free market is the honest answer instead of a better bribe, and the birth rate nobody wants to name.

Episode 82: Dear Mamdani, Yes, Socialists DO Run Out of Other People's Money

July 29th, 2026  |  Season 1  |  13 mins 47 secs

Mamdani quoted Margaret Thatcher on stage, got his laugh, then spent the rest of the answer arguing with the one part of it that's actually true.

Episode 81: The Iron Lady Was Right About Socialism, Borders, And Debt

July 28th, 2026  |  14 mins 13 secs

Margaret Thatcher said socialists don't like ordinary people choosing, because they might not choose socialism. Today I'm going through some of the Iron Lady's best moments and why they land harder now than when she said them.

Episode 80: The Smithsonian's Refusal To Celebrate and Showcase American History

July 27th, 2026  |  36 mins 35 secs

In recent years there has been an argument raised that America "doesn't have culture." Dr Jason Edwards, professor of Education and Humanities at Grove City College, and Grace Reilly strongly disagree. In this episode of Restoring America with Grace Reilly, Dr Edwards walks through our iconic history and culture, from the American West to our present political struggles today. He touches on why the American Dream is alive and well along with the core problems we are seeing in the education system today. The recent controversy at the Smithsonian is only one example of a much bigger problem.

Episode 79: As Wisconsin Goes, So Goes the Country. | Dominick Davis

July 23rd, 2026  |  Season 1  |  15 mins 24 secs

The Republican Party was founded in a Wisconsin schoolhouse in 1854. Now the DSA is claiming the same state as socialist ground, and running to lead it.