The Political Orphanage

Deed restrictions allow you to make contractual obligations with other homeowners–often, dead ones. How do deed restrictions and HOA's drive up housing costs and hurt density? How do we allow private ...

13 Des 202353min

Chris Moody and his wife called their telecom provider, to ask that their Internet service be scrapped, and replaced by a landline. They do not have cell reception on the mountain where they live, so ...

6 Des 20231h 38min

Juries have the ability to vote "not guilty" even when it's clear the accused violated established law. If a jury judges a law as unjust and refuses to convict, is that a needed recourse within our ju...

29 Nov 20231h 34min

This Thanksgiving Brian Brushwood joins to discuss the many ways an average American's life is more comfortable, affluent, and magical than the vast majority of human history--including that of pharao...

23 Nov 20231h 10min

How many nuclear bombs do we actually need to sufficiently scare an enemy? How many is too many? If we agree to reduce our stockpiles… how can we trust that the other guy really did? Travis Halleman i...

21 Nov 20231h 3min

Cenk Uygur is a flame-throwing progressive pundit, host of The Young Turks, co-founder of Justice Democrats, and author of "Justice is Coming: How Progressives Are Going to Take Over The Country And A...

15 Nov 202357min

Gene Epstein is the founder and moderator of the Soho Forum, a debate society, and is the former Economics editor at Barron's. He joins to discuss the nature of trickle down economics, its proponents ...

8 Nov 20231h 33min

What happens when your religious, ethnic, and political identities converge into a mega identity? Dannagal Goldthwaite Young is the author of "Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive our Appet...

1 Nov 20231h 32min