A New Guard Press Podcast
The Right’s long march back through the institutions is only just beginning.
Hosted by Breccan Thies
Episode 01
Patronage, Personnel, and Policy (ft. Nick Solheim)
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Meet the Host
Breccan Thies
Host, The Long March
Breccan F. Thies is the White House correspondent for The Federalist. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. As an investigative journalist, he previously covered education and culture issues for the Washington Examiner and Breitbart News. During the first Trump Administration, Breccan served in the White House Council on Environmental Quality. In 2022, he was a Publius Fellow of the Claremont Institute. Graduating with distinction from the University of Virginia in 2019, he holds a B.A. in Foreign Affairs with a minor in History.
While at Virginia, he joined the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, the oldest such society in North America, where he was one of a few truly conservative members at the time. Breccan has been involved with conservative politics since his sophomore year in high school, having worked on several Republican campaigns.
Prior to joining the Trump administration, Breccan was a professional brewer at Three Notch’d Brewing Company in Charlottesville. He is also a drummer who plays, writes, and performs music. He is an avid hiker, having recently trekked Mount Fuji in Japan and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, as well as numerous mountains in the United States.
Breccan married his wife, Jaryn, in October 2026.