Here's Why Partisanship is Skyrocketing
A new study shows that "affective polarization" is on the upswing: negative feelings about enemy parties is on the increase, even if policy positions and ideology are not. What's the main drive behind...
11 Jan 20231h 22min
Automation Comes for Lawyers and Shrinks
Generative AI like ChatGPT and Dall-E 2 are poised to change… everything. Tom Merritt of the Daily Tech News Show and Darren Kitchen of Hak5 join to discuss its ramification, and how automation will...
4 Jan 20231h 15min
Inequality and the New Feudalism
Joel Kotkin worries that we're careening into a new bout of feudalism. He sees a resurgence of intellectual dogmatism, coupled with inequality and lack of mobility, pushing civilization back into a ...
28 Dec 202252min
Snuffy's Explosion-Proof Christmas
It's the fifth annual comedy Christmas special! All underwritten by Snuffy's (Off Route 44). This year's Christmas special includes: Inappropriate curse words; World War I; discussions about bats;...
23 Dec 20221h 17min
Carnage and Blowback in American Foreign Policy
Scott Horton wants America to go home. He does not think we should be the world's policeman. And when we try to be, our foreign policy incites blowback, foreign chaos, and unnecessary bloodshed. He jo...
15 Dec 20221h 7min
We're Defining Inequality Wrong
Phil Gramm is the author of "The Myth of Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debates." He joins to discuss the metrics by which we identify poverty, and how otherwise sound data is frequently mis...
7 Dec 20221h 6min
Bill Kristol on Military Intervention
Should America actively promote democracy and liberalism abroad, to the point of destabilizing authoritarian regimes, or arming their enemies? Bill Kristol is a prominent Neocon, and proponent of musc...
1 Dec 20221h 8min
Bonus: Your Life Is Way Better Than King Louis XVI's
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...
24 Nov 20221h 10min
