How to Change Your Idiot Uncle's Mind About Stuff
In "How to Change Minds: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion," science writer David McRaney explores proven ways to get people to unstuck themselves from entrenched opinions and ...
6 Jul 20221h 9min
Every Time We've Rigged the Supreme Court
Court Packing! In the wake of Roe v. Wade, Progressives want to insert new justices to tip back the majority. In this episode we explore the several times politicians have rigged the courts. And then ...
1 Jul 20221h 3min
The Laws and Economics of Treasure Hunting
Let's talk to a treasure hunter about the laws and politics of finding old gold at the bottom of the ocean! Who owns the gold? Do governments squabble over it? What ratio of lawyers to diving equi...
22 Jun 20221h 9min
A Spock and Scotty Approach to Gun Control
Let's take a numbers-first approach to gun legislation. In the wake of horrible mass shootings, gun control and advocacy groups are digging their heals, and often relying on bumper sticker canards. Ra...
16 Jun 20221h 55min
Other Nations Are Insufficiently Horny
"Demographic Winter" occurs when a nation's population growth is so bottlenecked that its labor is unable to sustain the economy in basics like tax revenue, health care services--and food. Much of the...
8 Jun 20221h 3min
Real Science Hates Scientism
What happens when authorities try to shield their decisions by draping themselves in lab coats? What's the difference between the Scientific Method, and a religious "appeal to authority" where the aut...
1 Jun 20221h 16min
What Happens When You Get Canceled
Jamie Kilstein got canceled and canceled hard–in 2017 his marriage, podcast, standup comedy career, and social life all imploded in a fiery explosion. He joins the show to talk about what happens when...
27 Mai 202258min
(Rebroadcast) Originalism - How Conservative Judges Think
Rerun from Judge Week! Originalism is the favored jurisprudence of conservative scions like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. It's predicated on the notion that laws have fixed meanings, determine...
25 Mai 202244min
