George Will on Synthetic Hysteria
George F. Will is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, and the author of "American Happiness and Discontents: The Unruly Torrent, 2008-2020." He joins the show to discuss the Culture War, failings of a...
6 Okt 202152min
Politicians Hate Big Tech
Robby Soave is a senior editor at Reason, and the author of "Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future." He comes to discuss politicians' misplaced anger with large tech companies, and...
30 Sep 202155min
Society Once Tried to Ban Teddy Bears
Jason Feifer is the host of "Build for Tomorrow" (formerly "The Pessimist Archives") and joins the show to discuss why we needlessly react to new technologies with fear. Did you know that society ...
23 Sep 20211h 14min
Bonus: What Napoleon Teaches Us About Foreign Policy
This week bonus episodes are going on the main feed, past the paywall! Here's a rerun from last year, about Napoleon Bonaparte, and the pitfalls of "liberating" other nations. To support the show, go ...
15 Sep 202126min
How To Zero In On Reality
The default position for politics is advocacy—promoting our team and opposing the other. Julia Galef proposes an alternate mindset, where we try to determine the reality of a situation even if it's un...
14 Sep 20211h 3min
How To Destroy a Country In Four Years
The Khmer Rouge was a brutal communist regime that ruled Cambodia for only four years, but in that brief period entirely destroyed its economy, wiped out its intellectual class, and horribly murdered ...
8 Sep 202158min
Are We Fixing or Ruining Welfare? (WSPN Roundtable)
Joe Biden's Child Tax Credit sends direct money to families, no strings attached. Is it cutting down on wasteful bureaucracy and reducing hurdles to financial aid, or enabling a culture of joblessness...
31 Aug 20211h 11min
Friday Release Valve is Back! (But Moving)
Friday Release Valve (where we kick around the best, underserved headlines of the week) is returning--but moving to its own podcast. New episodes will appear on the new show titled "Friday Release Val...
27 Aug 202113min
