Notable Guests
DG
David Goldhill
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DS
Dean Spears
1x
FK
Fr. Richard Kirby
1x
NB
Naomi Brockwell
1x
PP
Political Lizard People
1x
RL
Randall Liberty
1x
SP
Sally Primus
1x
SI
Sarah Isgur
1x
SD
Stephen Davies
1x
TS
The Pullman Strike
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Recent Episodes
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Americans pay more for medicine than other wealthy nations.
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Explores the history of antitrust law, from railroad barons to Big Tech.
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Touring healthcare systems in Germany, Britain, Japan, Australia, and Estonia.
Sally Primus
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Boris Yeltsin's 1989 visit to a Texas grocery store.
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Examined the DSA's policy platform, focusing on "socialism" and "democratic" planks.
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Richard Hanania discusses populism's rise and its potential for disaster.
Richard Hanania
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Zuby shares his experience growing up on a Saudi Aramco company town compound.
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The Pullman Strikes nearly paralyzed the American economy in the 1890s.
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George Pullman built an ideal company town but demanded obedience.
The Pullman Strike
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Company towns ranged from industrial utopias to corporate feudalism.
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Stephen Davies discusses the collapse of the old left-right political order.
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Dean Spears discusses the global trend of underpopulation and collapsing birth rates.
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Naomi Brockwell discusses government bypassing warrants via private companies.
Naomi Brockwell
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The Supreme Court has three blocs, not two partisan parties.
Sarah Isgur
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Discusses identifying and electing leaders with sociopathic or narcissistic traits.
Political Lizard People
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Randall Liberty leads Maine's prison system, focusing on rehabilitation over punishment.
Randall Liberty
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Exploring the taste and creation of prison hooch, a homemade alcoholic beverage.
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Brink Lindsey discusses capitalism's success in creating wealth but not necessarily happiness.
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AI will power sophisticated scams in the LLM era.
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The US hasn't officially declared war since WWII.