The Travails of Afroman and Lindy West (WSPN)
The World's Smartest Podcast Network returns to discuss: Universities dumping peripheral majors in favor of practical ones The trials, tribulations, and musical comeback of Afroman Lindy West, a...
9 Apr 1h 12min
How To Deal with Political Lizard People
Sociopaths and narcissists are both drawn to politics. How do we spot folks with faulty moral compasses before they get elected, and what do we do when they slip by? Bill Eddy is a therapist, lawyer, ...
1 Apr 1h 30min
Interview with the Mega Warden
Randall Liberty is the Commissioner for Maine's Department of Corrections, overseeing the state's entire prison system, after previously serving as a warden, and a sheriff. He's largely responsible fo...
27 Mars 1h 9min
What's Prison Hooch Taste Like?
What's prison wine taste like? How's trade work? Where do people get the ink for prison tattoos? If someone sees you cry in the slammer, do you get beaten up? If they beat you up, can you whittle your...
26 Mars 1h 19min
Parenting Behind Bars
How hard is it to raise kids when you're inside a penitentiary? How do you maintain relationships in general? In this episode, Part III of Prison Week, we head to the Maine Correctional Center's Women...
25 Mars 29min
Maine is Smarter Than Your State about Prison
In Part II of Prison Week, we meet prison teachers, visit the computer lab, and check out Anime in the prison library. The "Maine Model" is focused on rehabilitation and trying to get residents preppe...
24 Mars 1h 14min
Heaton Goes to Prison
In this special, host Andrew Heaton visits the Maine Correctional Center for a day to speak with residents, corrections officers and administrators. About life in prison in general, and the "Maine Mod...
23 Mars 1h 9min
Richer Than Ever, Miserable Anyway
Brink Lindsey is the Senior Vice President at the Niskannen Center. He is the author of "The Permanent Problem: The Uncertain Transition from Mass Plenty to Mass Flourishing." You can find it at might...
18 Mars 59min
