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PG112: Charlottesville, North Korea, Opioid Emergency, Climate Report
This week's show starts with the tragic events in Charlottesville, VA where there were multiple clashes between white nationalist protesters and coun…
9 years ago
Defense Spending, Future Jobs, Overpaying for Health Care, Fossil Fuel Subsidies
In this listener mail episode, Mike and Jay tackle a bunch of questions including whether we're spending the right amount of money on the right thing…
9 years ago
PG111: Scaramucci Out & Kelly In, Immigration, Jobs, Senate Ignoring Trump
Mike and Jay start this week with an analysis of the shakeup among President Trump's top advisors. First it was Communications Director Anthony Scara…
9 years ago
Former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter on The New Energy Economy
Mike talks to Bill Ritter Jr., director of the Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University. Prior to that he served as Governor of…
9 years, 1 month ago
PG110: The Senate Skinny Bill Fails, Scaramucci Unloads, & the Senate Russian Sanctions
This week Trey and Jay team up to take on a fast moving week in the world of politics! We start with the McCain and company torpedoing the so-called …
9 years, 1 month ago
Lawrence Lessig on Campaign Finance Reform
Lawrence Lessig on Campaign Finance Reform Mike talks with Lawrence Lessig, the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. …
9 years, 1 month ago
PG109: Health Bill, Spicer Resigns, Sessions' Rough Week, Electoral Integrity
This week, Mike and Jay open the show with their thoughts on Senator John McCain, who this week announced that he has a particularly aggressive form …
9 years, 1 month ago
Kenneth Rogoff on Eight Centuries of Financial Folly & The Curse of Cash
Mike talks with Dr. Kenneth Rogoff, Professor of Economics and Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. From 2001–2003, Dr. …
9 years, 1 month ago
PG108: Health Bills, Meetings with Russians, FBI Confirmation Hearings, & Mike's Favorite Regulatory Agency
This week's show starts off with a look at the latest iteration of the Senate health care bill. While there are some changes from the initial version…
9 years, 1 month ago
Harvard's Gary King on Gerrymandering, Big Data, & Chinese Social Media Use
Mike talks to Harvard's Gary King, author or co-author of over 150 scholarly journal articles, 20 open-source software packages, eight books, and win…
9 years, 1 month ago