{"podcast":{"title":"EmpowerU America Podcast","slug":"empoweru-america-podcast-7044524","podcast_index_feed_id":7044524,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6097761/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/empoweru-america-podcast--6097761","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e8eaab7af6fed5d1e3fea9f035034578.jpg","author":"EmpowerU America Podcast","episode_count":87,"summary":"EmpowerU America's motto is \"educate, enjoy, engage\", and we've been providing free educational lectures, interviews, and events to the public on a range of subjects for over 13 years. During our spring, 2024, semester we will expand our audience through this audio podcast. Join Michael Mercier and Jerry Thomas as they take turns behind EmpowerU's host microphone to interview experts on a variety of subjects, including film, politics, the media, architecture, history, and world affairs. Click \"play\" to EmpowerU!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-07T12:17:46.713983+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/empoweru-america-podcast-7044524"},"episode":{"title":"Mao’s America: A Survivor’s Warning | Xi Van Fleet","slug":"mao-s-america-a-survivor-s-warning-xi-van-fleet","published_at":"2025-11-25T23:43:47+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/empoweru-america-podcast-7044524/mao-s-america-a-survivor-s-warning-xi-van-fleet","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/empoweru-america-podcast-7044524","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mao-s-america-a-survivor-s-warning-xi-van-fleet--68748171","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68748171/xi_van_fleet_audio.mp3","summary":"Xi Van Fleet warns her fellow Americans of the parallels between the Progressive left’s Marxist ideology and the Cultural Revolution she lived through in China.Xi Van Fleet is the author of \"Mao’s America: A Survivor’s Warning.\" In her book Xi recounts living through Mao’s Cultural Revolution and then moving to America, only to see the emergence of a Marxist ideology that echoes the one from which she fled.Xi sees the following parallels between the Marxist ideology being pushed by the progressive left and China’s Cultural Revolution:- use Marxist tactics of division, indoctrination, deception, coercion, cancelation, subversion and violence - aim to destroy the foundation of the traditional culture to replace it with Marxist ideologies - weaponize youth, using them as their means to an end share the same goal of achieving absolute power at the expense of the people - lead to the same ending: loss of freedom and totalitarian rule We’ll discuss Xi’s experience under Mao and the similarities she sees in America today, and then we’ll take audience questions. ABOUT XI VAN FLEET Xi Van Fleet is the author of Mao’s America: A Survivor’s Warning. She was born in China, lived through the Cultural Revolution, and was sent to work in the countryside at age 16 for re-education. After Mao’s death she was able to go to college and eventually come to America for graduate study. She has lived in the United States since 1986. In 2021, she delivered a speech to the Loudoun County, Virginia, school board against Critical Race Theory. The speech went viral and ignited national conservative media attention. Since going public with her message, Xi has appeared on Fox News, TuckerCarlson.com, Newsmax and radio shows and podcasts across the country.","meta_description":"Xi Van Fleet warns her fellow Americans of the parallels between the Progressive left’s Marxist ideology and the Cultural Revolution she lived through in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4131,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/empoweru-america-podcast-7044524/episodes/mao-s-america-a-survivor-s-warning-xi-van-fleet/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/empoweru-america-podcast-7044524/mao-s-america-a-survivor-s-warning-xi-van-fleet.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}