The Economics of Midlife Crises
Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, and the author of the book "The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After Age Fifty." He joins ...
12 Jun 20241h 18min
Presenting LPS: America's Most Colorful Quack
John Romulus Brinkley became wealthy, famous, and powerful as one of America's most colorful, ludicrous quacks. He made his fortune by "curing" male impotence by sewing goat testicles into clients. As...
7 Jun 202454min
Trump Conviction: Kangaroo Court or Al Capone?
Last week a New York court found former president Donald Trump guilty on thirty-four felony counts. Is this rule of law in action, or a corrupt judiciary undermining the law? Paul Townsend and Anna G...
3 Jun 20241h 47min
Batya Ungar-Sargan on the Working Class
What are the insecurities of the Working Class, and what policies hurt or exploit them? Batya Ungar-Sargon is an editor at Newsweek and the author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Wo...
29 Mai 20241h 24min
The Difference Between Psychopaths and Sociopaths
Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and multiple-award winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with person...
22 Mai 20241h 36min
How Nations Escape Poverty
Dr. Rainer Zitelmann is the author of "How Nations Escape Poverty: Vietnam, Poland, and the Origins of Prosperity." He joins to discuss the efficacy of international development aid, and what we can l...
16 Mai 20241h 11min
Cicero and the Founding Fathers
Jeffrey Rosen is a legal scholar and the President of the National Constitution Center. He's the author "the Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders an...
8 Mai 20241h 8min
College Campuses Are So Very Very Passionate (WSPN)
Protests over Israel and Hamas have become so heated at Columbia that it's canceled in-person classes the rest of the semester. Anti-Israel protests are becoming not just a flashpoint in America's cul...
1 Mai 20241h 18min
