Ep 90 | Donkeyball and Competitive Russian Slapfighting—Friday Release Valve / Guest: Turner Sparks
Comedian Turner Sparks climbs aboard the podcast to discuss the week’s more obscure headlines, from calls in Ireland to use the army to fight deer overpopulation, to a Supreme Court decision over hoverboard moose hunting, to Siberan slap fights.
29 Mars 201939min
Ep 89 | Adam Smith & The Wealth of Nations | Guest: P.J. O’Rourke
Adam Smith got the party started, alternately lambasting feudalists and mercantilists and paving the way for a more free and prosperous world. Legendary humorist and author of “On The Wealth of Nations” P.J. O’Rourke joins Heaton to discuss the plucky Scotsman’s contributions to society.
28 Mars 20191h 2min
Ep 88 | 'Pervert Capitalism' | Guest: Rick Ungar
When do corporations go from valid money-making operations to amoral schemers living off the public dole? What obligations do companies have to their employees? Rick Ungar joins Heaton to discuss the proper role of capitalism and what solutions can and should be attempted by government. PLUS: Introducing Fr. Michael O’Grimsly, vicar at the Church of Woke.
27 Mars 201934min
Ep 87 | Boost Your Widget Sales Through Tribalism | Guest: Mike May
Mike May is a business strategist in Washington, D.C. He joins Heaton to discuss how major corporations are embracing tribalism, either to promote change or to simply grab headlines and customers. But it turns out there’s also an unexpected free market upside to tribalism.
27 Mars 201933min
Ep 86 | The Mueller Probing | Guest: Justin Robert Young
After two years, the Russian collusion investigation has come up empty, so it looks like Robert Mueller won’t be frog-marching Donald Trump out of the White House. Political commentator Justin Robert Young joins Heaton to sort things out.
25 Mars 201943min
Ep 85 | The Very Last Blockbuster — Friday Release Valve | Guest: Remy Munasifi
Remy, musical comedian and Reason heartthrob, joins Heaton to work through the week’s more obscure headlines, including alligators on ketamine, communism setting the laws of reincarnation, and Australia’s onerous disco ball laws.
22 Mars 201935min
Ep 84 | How to Grok North Korea | Guest: Michael Malice
“Dear Reader: An Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il” combined North Korean propaganda and history, from the perspective of its most infamous dictator. Author Michael Malice joins Heaton to discuss the reality of North Korea, its options moving forward, and what Americans get wrong about the Hermit Kingdom.
21 Mars 201953min
Ep 83 | The Age We Should Legally Vote/Drink/Shoot/Mate | Guest: Matt Kibbe
Democrats are kicking around the idea of lowering the voting age to 16. Meanwhile, you can join the army at 18 and drink when you’re 21. When should government age of consent kick in? Matt Kibbe, president of Free the People and host of BlazeTV's “Kibbe on Liberty” joins Heaton to discuss.
20 Mars 201943min
