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Donald Kendal

Deputy Director, Socialism Research Center; Video Host; Graphic Designer

Kendal has been the Deputy Director of Heartland’s Socialism Research Center since 2023. Kendal is also the host of Heartland’s “In the Tank Podcast,” uploaded to the Heartland Daily Podcast iTunes feed every Thursday and a host on Heartland’s Stopping Socialism TV YouTube Channel.

Kendal is also a graphic designer, responsible for the layouts of Heartland’s monthly newspapers and other various Heartland publications.

In addition to his research work for the Socialism Research Center, Kendal served as a contributor to two Glenn Beck books – Arguing with Socialists (2020) and The Great Reset: Joe Biden and the Rise of Twenty-First Century Fascism (2022).

Prior to becoming a full-time staffer in 2014, Kendal served as an intern in Heartland’s Communications Department. He graduated from Benedictine University in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and was a staff writer for the university’s newspaper.

Kendal was born and raised in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and is an avid fan of the Chicago Blackhawks and all things Star Wars.