The Political Orphanage

My new book "Inappropriately Human: 21 Short Stories" is now available as an audio book! You can listen to it via Audible.com. To pique your interest, here is a funny story from it: "RE: Your Timeline...

24 Helmi 202220min

Why do some activist movements change the world, when others make a big bang and then fizzle out? Gal Beckerman is the author of "The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas." You can...

23 Helmi 202248min

My hero just died. In this special episode, I talk about the beloved political satirist P. J. O'Rourke, and his impact on me personally. Then play a rerun of his final interview on this program, where...

17 Helmi 202254min

Charles Cooke of National Review joins the show to discuss embattled podcast host Joe Rogan as the flashpoint between authoritarianism and free speech. And to elaborate on the difference between state...

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Joe Biden has pledged to nominate a black woman to the forthcoming Supreme Court vacancy--should race and gender factor in at all? In politics, does ideology or identity weigh more heavily? Jeremiah J...

9 Helmi 20221h 23min

What are the therapeutic benefits to psychedelics, like psilocybin mushrooms or LSD? What are their potential downsides? In this episode we talk to Sarah Rose Siskind of "Drug Test" comedy show, as we...

1 Helmi 20221h 26min

Alan Graham is the Founder of Community First Village, an innovative community that houses the homeless and integrates them into a vibrant community. It's a model that takes care of both the material ...

26 Tammi 20221h 11min

What are the dumb ways we try but fail to solve homelessness, or even make it worse? In this episode we cover:   * Economics * Housing Policy * Elizabethan History * Mental Health * Really s...

20 Tammi 20221h 24min