Podcast Episodes

EP75: Myths About Conspiracies - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Season 2 Episode 75

This episode starts by revisiting a topic from the past – the heuristic power of "Bootleggers and Baptists." We covered this in episode 70. At the time, we promised to revisit the application of this…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

EP74: How to Handle Conspiracy Theories - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Season 2 Episode 74

Do you know how to analyze conspiracy theories?

Do you know when the term 'conspiracy theorist' was launched and popularized?

Have you heard what Edward Snowden has to say about conspiracy theories?

D…

Published on 2 years ago

EP73: Will Javier Milei Be A Libertarian? - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Season 2 Episode 73

Will Javier Milei actually follow through and be a libertarian?

The news has shocked the regime. We've been treated to nonsensical headlines like "Argentina Elects Extreme Right Wing Libertarian" or t…

Published on 2 years ago

EP72: Four Questions You Should Ask About Military Interventions - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Season 2 Episode 72

Imagine YOU are a top-ranked radio talk show host. Much of your listening audience is gung-ho about getting the U.S. involved in yet another war (Ukraine).

What would you do?

Gary Nolan knew from exper…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

EP71: You Can Shout Fire In A Theater - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Season 2 Episode 71

It's time to demolish the myth that you cannot shout fire in a theater.

It's not insightful. It's not graceful. It's not applicable. Instead, it's such a flawed concept that anyone who invokes it is w…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

EP70: Bootleggers and Baptists - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Season 2 Episode 70

Bootleggers and Baptists. This mental lever, from Public Choice Theory economics, explains incentives and behaviors inside the Conflict Machine (politics). Many people demonize political actors, espe…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

IG07: Hamas and Homework- Instant Grace with Jim Babka

Grace means knowing your subject - and doing your homework - especially when the matter is sensitive.

People have been asking my opinion about what happened in Gaza. But I've been hesitant to comment.…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

IG06: How Robert Kennedy Is Quitting The Race - Instant Grace with Jim Babka

Robert Kennedy is essentially quitting the race. Cornell West is doing the same. Neither man realizes it yet.

Each man is doing what at least one billionaire promises to do each year - run as an inde…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

EP69: The Golden Rule Universality of Respect and Grace - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Season 2 Episode 69

A Universal Rule that Zeroes Aggression

What if everyone already agrees with you?

There's a concept that's agreed upon almost universally. The version most Americans know is called the Golden Rule, "Do…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

EP68: Is Censorship Graceful? Ready to Rumble? - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Season 2 Episode 68

Because Gracearchy was recently censored, we're ready to Rumble.

YouTube removed one of our episodes. The good news is that we appealed and within four hours they restored it.

We're not leaving YouTub…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago