(Rebroadcast) The Berlin Wall
Since this week's show and bonus episode both take place in Germany, we'll go ahead and throw in a rerun of my all-time favorite: "What Really Brought Down the Berlin Wall." Original air date: January 21, 2021 SUPPORT THE SHOW! www.patreon.com/andrewheaton
25 Aug 20221h 11min
How Nazis Thought About Economics
Heaton flies to Berlin to interview German historian Rainer Zitelmann, author of "Hitler's National Socialism," about the ideology and political economy of Nazi Germany. Book at www.mightyheaton.com/featured
24 Aug 20221h 21min
Space Bureaucrats vs. Space Billionaires
How do we best get space tourism and moon colonies – big public projects, or cocky entrepreneurs? Lori Garver is the former Deputy Administrator of NASA, and the author of "Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age." Book at: www.mightyheaton.com/featured Robert Zubrin on "How to Build a Moon Base": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEEgdmimSWg
17 Aug 202253min
The Supreme Court Messed Up on Prayer in Schools
In Kennedy v. Bremerton the Supreme Court revisited–and reversed–long-standing precedents on public teachers and administrators leading prayers in school and at events. Paul Townsend, of "In Summation - The Final Word" joins to assess its impact and diagnose the decision.
12 Aug 20221h 16min
Hunting for Theocracy in America
The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, but also forbids the establishment of religion. What happens when the two come into conflict? In Judge Week 2: Separation of Church and State, we investigate the First Amendment, and how the courts balance its competing clauses.
10 Aug 202254min
Bad News About Humane Warfare
Civilization has made warfare more indirect, streamlined, technological, and distant. What if making warfare nicer makes us less hesitant to begin conflicts, and slower to stop them? Samuel Moyn is the author of "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War."
3 Aug 202259min
America's Dueling Enlightenments
The Founding Fathers were all children of the Enlightenment, and they agreed on kicking King George out, but they never agreed on how to run the country. Seth Radwell, author of American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing Our Nation joins on to discuss these two halves of our Founding, and how they are ultimately complimentary.
27 Jul 202256min
