Ep. 53 | The Imperial Address to the House of Lords And/Or Congress | Guest: Justin Robert Young
Heaton comes up with ways to improve the State of the Union Address, including a mandated congressional conga line, and presidential crowd surfing. But before that, Justin Robert Young of the "Politic...
6 Feb 201958min
Ep. 52 | Public Schools and Monkey Gods | Guest: Jonathan Braylock
Several states are eyeballing "Bible literacy" classes as part of public school curriculum. Jonathan Braylock, a comedian and a practicing Christian, joins Heaton to discuss how blurring the separatio...
5 Feb 201948min
Ep. 51 | The NFL Team Not Stealing from Taxpayers | Guest: Eric Boehm
Heaton unleashes a tirade about football, and what he'd do to improve it. (Hint: it involves horses.) Then he invites on Reason's Eric Boehm to discuss stadium subsidies, and the graft and incompetenc...
4 Feb 201952min
Ep. 50 | What Your Hunter-Gatherer Genes Really Want | Guest: Sebastian Junger
Sebastian Junger is the author of "Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging." He joins Heaton to talk about how the world we've made is ill-fitting and alienating to the hunter-gatherer genes we've inherite...
1 Feb 201951min
Ep. 49 | Why Does Everyone Hate Howard Schultz? | Guest: Turner Sparks
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is thinking about running for president, which has enraged the Democratic party. Comedian Turner Sparks joins to explain why, and Heaton details the single issue Sc...
31 Jan 201959min
Ep. 48 | Would Norman Rockwell legalize prostitution? | Guest: Elizabeth Nolan Brown
Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown joins Heaton to explain why porn is legal but prostitution is not, how the Internet can replace pimps, and the general benefits of decriminalizing sex work.
30 Jan 201936min
Ep. 47 | Venezuela's Utterly Avoidable Catastrophe | Guest: Brian Brushwood
Venezuela's economy hit rock bottom, then just kept digging straight to the septic tank. Now there are rival presidents vying for power over a starving populace. Magician and deputized foreign policy ...
29 Jan 20191h 3min
Ep. 46 | Media Pet Peeves | Guest: J. W. Crump
Comedy writer J. W. Crump joins Heaton to discuss irritating things the media does, the difference between diversity and tokenism in reporting, and what to do about all that bias lurking beneath the s...
28 Jan 201950min
