Dr. Burt Folsom, Emily Jashinsky & Tim Goeglein | LIVE at October High School Conference 2026

Dr. Burt Folsom is an economic historian and author. He believes that Americans are an inventive people, no matter their backgrounds, and throughout our nation’s history, American entrepreneurs have benefited the world with their innovations. He has been a college professor at many places, especially Hillsdale College in Michigan, where he still serves as distinguished fellow and Professor Emeritus. He has written 11 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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Emily Jashinsky is the D.C. correspondent at UnHerd and co-host of Counter Points with Ryan Grim on the Breaking Points channel, a Top 10 Politics podcast. Jashinsky, a Wisconsin native, is a graduate of The George Washington University. While at GWU, she was active in YAF and interned for Christina Hoff Sommers at the American Enterprise Institute, where she assisted Sommers with research and fact-checking for the re-release of War Against Boys. After graduating, Jashinsky joined YAF’s team as spokeswoman and soon launched her journalism career. From 2018 until 2024, Emily was an editor at The Federalist and host of the flagship podcast Federalist Radio Hour. She previously co-hosted “Rising Fridays with Ryan and Emily” for The Hill and covered politics as a commentary writer at the Washington Examiner. She previously served as a YAF director before rejoining our staff as the director of YAF’s National Journalism Center from 2020 to 2024.
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Tim Goeglein has worked in the public arena for 18 years, as communications director and press secretary for US Senator Dan Coats of Indiana and then as special assistant to President George Bush at the White House. He resides in the Washington metropolitan area with his wife and two sons.
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