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87. The Great Covid Panic with Paul Frijters

In this episode, Saifedean talks to London School of Economics Professor Paul Frijters about his book The Great Covid Panic. They talk about the role played by epidemiologists like Neil Fergusson in encouraging governments to pursue extreme lockdowns, and why mainstream economists failed to properly evaluate the opportunity costs of this policy. They discuss the damage lockdowns have caused and how societies were driven by crowd mentality to engage in largely ineffectual “Covid theatre” such ...

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141. FTX: Beyond Ponzi

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140. Climate Alarmism with Professor Richard Lindzen

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Richard Lindzen is professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he joins us to offer his scientific expertise on climate alarmism. He discusses how his background in phys...

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139. Fossil Future with Alex Epstein

139. Fossil Future with Alex Epstein

Alex Epstein joins us again to discuss his excellent new book, Fossil Future, which makes a powerful case for why fossil fuels are essential for human flourishing, and why restricting them is the real...

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138. Climate physics with Professor William Happer

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Princeton Professor Emeritus in Physics, William Happer, joins us to discuss the impact of CO2 on the Earth's climate and the state of modern science. What is the scientific evidence on the relationsh...

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137. Clown Continent

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136. Starfish Publishing with Niko Laamanen

136. Starfish Publishing with Niko Laamanen

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135. Cholesterol Con with Malcolm Kendrick

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Does high cholesterol really cause heart disease? Is there such as thing as “good” and “bad” cholesterol? What impact do statins – the most profitable drug in the history of medicine – have on human h...

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134. Praxeology in One Lesson with Conza

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