• Paternalism as Class Warfare
    Oct 3 2024

    Jonathan Ainslie is a law lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, with a focus on Roman Law. He joins the show to discuss free speech rules in the United Kingdom, and the broader topic of what role the government ought to play in protecting you from yourself.

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Kevin Williamson on Political Anxiety, The Future, Eating Cats
    Sep 27 2024

    Kevin Williamson is national correspondent at The Dispatch, and writer-in-residence at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He joins to give a thousand-foot view of what our political era will look like in retrospect.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Fetishizing Jobs
    Sep 19 2024

    What if we’re focusing on jobs too much?

    Guy Standing is the author of “The Politics of Time: Gaining Control in the Age of Uncertainty.”

    He joins to discuss laborism, why GDP is a stupid economic indicator, and solutions to the economy’s most vexing problems.

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Maybe I'm Wrong About Woke?
    Sep 13 2024

    What is “woke” exactly? And why is it it irritating? Lawrence Titley joins to make the case that Wokeness is an older historical phenomenon of loudly drawing attention to cognitive dissonance and moral correction.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Stupid Taxes vs. Smart Taxes
    Sep 4 2024

    What’s the difference between effective, ethical taxes vs. stupid stuff with a bunch of loop holes for rich people? Scott Hodge is President Emeritus & Senior Policy Advisor at the Tax Foundation. He is the author of “Taxocracy: What You Don’t Know Abou Taxes And How They Rule Your Daily Life.”

    Book at: www.mightyheaton.com/featured

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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • Why Nations Fail
    Aug 28 2024

    How do the histories of countries set up the greater context in which they become rich or poor?

    Daron Acemoglu believes it boils down to whether or not they’ve been organized according to extractive or inclusive institutions.

    He joins to discuss his book, Why Nations Fail.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • What the DNC Means by "Freedom"
    Aug 23 2024

    Final thoughts on attending the Democratic National Convention; the underlying ideology and policy goals, and who will win in the face off between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • The Good and Bad on Tim Walz
    Aug 21 2024

    Who's this Tim Walz guy?

    Live from the Democratic National Convention, we go into his National Guard record, his tenure in Congress and as governor of Minnesota, and explore the underpinnings of his political philosophy.

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    1 hr and 6 mins