Cass Sunstein on Smarter Regulations and Less Conformity
Cass Sunstein gained international notoriety for his book "Nudge," about habits and choice architecture. He then worked as the regulatory czar for the Obama administration--the regulator who regulates...
5 Aug 202048min
Joaquin Phoenix Hostage Scenario (Friday Release Valve)
(NSKF) Comedians Turner Sparks and Andrea Jones-Rooy return to make sense of the week's best, funniest, underserved headlines, from solving neighbor disputes with a chains, to the biggest threat to Ve...
31 Jul 202047min
America Had a Coup in 2010
Gerrymandering is a fun, time-honored way to rig elections on behalf of incumbents and political parties over irritants like competitive democracy. In 2010 it became industrialized. Or, rather, digiti...
29 Jul 202045min
I AM RUNNING IN 2020!
After much personal thought and rank media speculation, I have at last decided to run in 2020. This episode includes: -My campaign kickoff -One of the finest spontaneous vice presidential stump speec...
24 Jul 202034min
You're Doing the Culture War Wrong
The Culture War isn't between the Left and the Right--it's just portrayed that way because most people have been taught to understand all conflicts as Red Team vs. Blue Team. There's definitely a Cult...
22 Jul 20201h 2min
The Outer Limits of Hot Dog-Eating Contests (Friday Release Valve)
(SNFK) Comedian Mahesh Kotagi and playwright Jeremy Kareken join Friday Release Valve to sort out the week's funnier headlines, including a scientific report on the maximum amount of hot dogs one huma...
17 Jul 202024min
Rutger Bregman: "Lord of the Flies" Got Things Wrong
Rutger Bregman is the author of "Humankind: A Hopeful History," which refutes the central premise of Thomas Hobbes and countless pessimistic legislative agendas: that human beings are, deep down, self...
16 Jul 20201h 23min
Brilliant Solutions for Pesky Statues (Friday Release Valve)
(NSFK) Comedians Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young join the show to go over the week's funniest, least-scrutinized headlines, including: *A Jeffrey Epstein statue *Fight over a wooden yard pha...
10 Jul 202033min
