Make Congressmen Share a District
Lee Drutman is the author of "Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America." He joins to discuss electoral reform, multi-member districts, and proportional voting.
29 Sep 202259min
America Ought to Get Herself A King
The British monarch reigns as the United Kingdom's head of state, while war and taxes are carried out by the head of government, its Prime Minister. Meanwhile, in the United States of America, the Pre...
22 Sep 202258min
Who Actually Survives a Nuclear War
Radiation, fallout, and perpetual winter – would you survive a nuclear war? What about the president, Australia, and modern civilization? In this episode we do a deep dive on nuclear warfare, how bad ...
15 Sep 20222h 14min
The Rules of Getting and Keeping Power
Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford University, and the author of "7 Rules of Power: Surprising–but True–advice on how to get things done and advance your career....
7 Sep 202253min
The Church of Woke
When does an ideology become a full-blown religion? Does Social Justice qualify? The World's Smartest Podcast Network convenes a roundtable to discuss, including Andrea Jones-Rooy, Turner Sparks, and ...
31 Aug 20221h 29min
(Rebroadcast) The Berlin Wall
Since this week's show and bonus episode both take place in Germany, we'll go ahead and throw in a rerun of my all-time favorite: "What Really Brought Down the Berlin Wall." Original air date: Januar...
25 Aug 20221h 11min
How Nazis Thought About Economics
Heaton flies to Berlin to interview German historian Rainer Zitelmann, author of "Hitler's National Socialism," about the ideology and political economy of Nazi Germany. Book at www.mightyheaton.com/f...
24 Aug 20221h 21min
Space Bureaucrats vs. Space Billionaires
How do we best get space tourism and moon colonies – big public projects, or cocky entrepreneurs? Lori Garver is the former Deputy Administrator of NASA, and the author of "Escaping Gravity: My Quest ...
17 Aug 202253min
