Why Childcare Will Always Be Expensive
Alex Mayyasi of NPR's Planet Money joins me to explore some of the stranger forces shaping the economy. Why did the federal government create a legally mandated raisin cartel? Why are so many American...
23 Sep 1h
The A.I. Civil War
Are we racing toward an AI-powered golden age—or building something we won't be able to control? Justin Robert Young joins to explore the emerging philosophical divide over artificial intelligence: ac...
17 Sep 1h 13min
Upwingers Fighting Downwingers (Rebroadcast)
Dr. Steve Fuller of Warwick University says the meaningful split in society is not Leftwing vs. Rightwing, but rather Upwing vs. Downwing. Both have radically different attitudes to both risk and huma...
15 Sep 59min
How Do Other Countries do Healthcare?
Healthcare in America is more expensive than anywhere else in the world—but what are other countries actually doing differently? Physician and Slice of Life MD author Sally Primus joins me to tour hea...
10 Sep 1h 11min
Guys with Swords Control the French Language
Donald Trump has renamed Lake Ontario "Lake America" for federal purposes—but can a president actually rename a place, or only change what the government calls it? Andrew Heaton traces the strange his...
4 Sep 49min
I Read the DSA's Platform. They're Socialists.
The DSA recently released a policy platform establishing the goals of their political movement. In this episode we got through the main planks of that document, namely the bits about "socialism" and "...
28 Aug 59min
Chinese Lobbyists Hate California Pig Laws
The Save Our Bacon Act, now repackaged into the Farm Bill, would upturn state rights in favor of federal prohibitions on animal cruelty laws. It's being pushed, in large part, by Chinese-owned conglom...
20 Aug 57min
What Does Nolan Owe The Odyssey?
What is The Odyssey actually about beyond a clever guy trying to get home? Classicist Isabella Reinhardt joins to dig into the poem's deeper themes of civilization, hospitality, identity, belonging, a...
13 Aug 1h 14min
