Trent Horn, Dr. Burt Folsom & Caroline Downey | LIVE at NCSC 2026
After his conversion to the Catholic faith, Trent Horn earned master’s degrees in the fields of theology, philosophy, and bioethics. He serves as a staff apologist for Catholic Answers, where he specializes in teaching Catholics to graciously and persuasively engage those who disagree with them. Trent is an adjunct professor of apologetics at Holy Apostles College, has written for The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, and is the author of nine books, including Answering Atheism, The Case for Catholicism, and Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, and Love.
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Burt Folsom has been a college professor at many places, especially Hillsdale College in Michigan, where he still serves as distinguished fellow. He has written ten books. These books include The Myth of the Robber Barons, which is published by Young America’s Foundation and will soon be in its ninth edition. He has also written New Deal or Raw Deal? that describes President Franklin Roosevelt’s disastrous New Deal program, which attacked free enterprise and slowed down America’s recovery from the Great Depression of the 1930s. Burt Folsom received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Pittsburgh and he appears regularly on Fox News. He is the longest serving speaker for Young America’s Foundation.
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Caroline Downey is a columnist and video personality at National Review and a senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum. She is a 2025-2026 Robert Novak Journalism fellow with the Fund for American Studies and a 2022 Publius fellow with the Claremont Institute. She previously served as editor-in-chief of The Conservateur for 5 years. She is a regular guest on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, and News Nation, and her writing has been featured in the Telegraph, Newsweek, the New York Post, and the Washington Examiner. She holds degrees in Economics and Political Science from Boston College.
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