Podcast Episodes

Episode 189: Living That Post-COVID Life

Season 1 Episode 189

Little by little, things appear to be getting back to normal following COVID and the lockdown. James and Ant discuss what the world will look like as we recover from COVID.

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Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Episode 188: Crypto Coercion

Season 1 Episode 188

Roger Ver, founder of bitcoin.com joins us this week to discuss the emergence of cryptocurrency as the answer to the problem of inflated sovereign currencies. Widespread adoption of cryptocurrency wi…

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Episode 187: A (Non-)Comedy of Errors

Season 1 Episode 187

Andrew Heaton joins us to discuss comedy, politics, and that we can’t seem to laugh at ourselves anymore because our politics have become our religion.

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Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Episode 186: Experiencing Higher Education

Season 1 Episode 186

Our response to COVID has imposed changes across the whole economy. One of the industries that is likely to bear the lion’s share of those changes is higher education. COVID policies are laying bare …

Published on 5 years, 3 months ago

Episode 185: The Depressing Results of Great Depression Policies

Season 1 Episode 185

Steve Horwitz is back with us this week to discuss the Great Depression. The story that’s commonly handed down in high school history courses doesn’t match what economists and historians have come to…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Episode 184: Reevaluating Regulations

Season 1 Episode 184

Todd Zywicki, Professor of Law at GMU and head of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s Task Force on Consumer Financial Law joins us to discuss the pros and cons of consumer protection and financ…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Episode 183: Economics’ Roots

Season 1 Episode 183

For two millenia, economics was a field of philosophy. Starting in the late 1800s, economists began to employ mathematical modeling in their thinking. The requirements of mathematical modeling have l…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Episode 182: Crossing the Police Line

Season 1 Episode 182

In past episodes, we’ve discussed problems with policing including qualified immunity and the militarization of police. In this episode, we revisit the topic from the perspective of a former police o…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Episode 181: The Not So Secret Police

Season 1 Episode 181

The Constitution leaves policing up to the states. There is no provision for a national police force. Yet, numerous federal policing bodies have emerged and now the federal government is employing th…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

Episode 180: It’s a Conspiracy, Man!

Season 1 Episode 180

Conspiracy theories arise in part from our penchant for seeking patterns in random events and in part from our need to feel in control - to be able to explain the inexplicable. Some conspiracy theori…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago