The End of Reading
Something alarming is happening with reading in America. Leisure reading by some accounts has declined by about 50 percent this century. Literacy scores are declining for fourth and eighth graders at ...
28 Feb 202559min
'How Progressives Froze the American Dream' (Live)
If you had to describe the U.S. economy at the moment, I think you could do worse than the word stuck. The labor market is stuck. The low unemployment rate disguises how surprisingly hard it is to fi...
25 Feb 202554min
Plain History: The Astonishingly Successful Presidency of James K. Polk
Who is the most successful president in American history? George Washington secured American independence. Abraham Lincoln preserved the union and ended slavery. Franklin D. Roosevelt ended the Depres...
21 Feb 20251h 3min
The Trump-Musk Doctrine: F-ck Around and Find Out
For the past month, chaos and confusion have gripped Washington and the federal government. Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, have served as an iron fist of the Trump adm...
18 Feb 20251h 1min
Is There a Scientific Case for Believing in God?
This is a conversation I've wanted to have for a long time. It's about the decline of religion in America, the value of faith, the case for belief, and the rational reasons to believe in God. My guest...
14 Feb 20251h 6min
Fraud, Scandal, and Failure in the Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease
Why is it so hard to find a cure for Alzheimer’s? A simple answer is that the brain and its disorders are complicated. But as today’s guest, Charles Piller, writes, there’s another, more sinister fact...
11 Feb 202555min
The Energy Story of the Moment: The Unstoppable Rise of Solar Vs. the Unmovable Demand for Global Fossil Fuels
Fans of green energy like me face some inconvenient truths about the global energy picture. First, coal sounds like a dirty technology that the rich world is moving on from. But nearly 9 billion tons ...
7 Feb 20251h 10min
The 5 Types of Wealth
Wealth isn’t just about financial security, according to today’s guest, Sahil Bloom. It’s about time wealth (the freedom to control our own schedules), social wealth (deep relationships with family an...
4 Feb 20251h 1min
