Assassins Part I: Shooting Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the first U. S. president who experienced an assassination attempt. It didn't stick. In today's episode we learn about the most grizzled executive in American history from the va...
4 Juni 202528min
How Godzilla Beat the Housing Crisis
How does American housing stack up compared to other countries, specifically in terms of full-blown housing communism or free market Japanese housing Nirvana? In this episode we take a look at what ma...
28 Maj 202556min
This Book Will Upset Your Textbook
Conventional wisdom is brimming with economic myths: the Industrial Revolution impoverished the masses; bobber barons were the scourge of the Gilded Age; the Great Recession was caused by irresponsibl...
22 Maj 20251h 25min
Make Hollywood Great Again?
Donald Trump is threatening to levy tariffs on films shot elsewhere, and actor John Voight is petitioning the federal government for taxpayer subsidies to protect Hollywood from foreign competition. S...
15 Maj 20251h 18min
Why You Need a License for Everything
Rebecca Allensworth is the Associate Dean of Research at Vanderbilt Law, where she focuses on anti-trust and licensing. She is the author of "The Licensing Racket: How We Decide Who Is Allowed to Work...
7 Maj 20251h 33min
A.I. Will Be Even More Awesome Than You Thought
Marc Beckman is a Senior Fellow of Emerging Technology at NYU, adjunct professor Stern, and the author of "Some Future Day: how AI is going to Change Everything." He joins to discuss practical implica...
1 Maj 202558min
Is it Racist? Is it Sexist?
Why do some people determine an action is racist, and others say nah? What are the mental protocols people use to exonerate or convict someone accused of beings sexist? Jessi Streib is the author of ...
24 Apr 202559min
Faster, Cheaper, Better Government: Derek Thompson on "Abundance"
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are the authors of "Abundance" a book about removing artificial scarcity and embracing a worldview that focuses on end goals, building, growth, and increasing the supply ...
16 Apr 202554min
