Hosted by Marian L. Tupy and Chelsea Follett
Latest episodes
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59 min
Agency and the Making of History | Martin Seligman | Ep. 86
Why do some civilizations flourish while others stagnate? Martin Seligman, a psychologist, author, and founder of the modern positive psychology movement, suggests that the answer…
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47 min
The Mental Health Paradox | Jonathan Alpert | Ep. 85
Americans have never been more aware of mental health. Therapy is more accessible, psychiatric diagnoses are more common, and the language of trauma and self-care has entered every…
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52 min
Growth vs. Redistribution in the Fight Against Poverty | Kevin Corinth | Ep. 84
The United States has spent decades trying to reduce poverty through an expanding social safety net. But how much of the country’s progress against poverty is thanks to that redist…
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How Markets Make Us Better People | Walker Wright | Ep. 83
Our research fellow Chelsea Follett speaks with Walker Wright about the moral character of markets, the relationship between economic freedom and good behavior, the effects of comm…
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Progress and the Price System | Brian Albrecht | Ep. 82
Our editor Marian Tupy speaks with economist Brian Albrecht about the role of prices in modern prosperity.They discuss why price controls fail, whether scarcity can ever truly disa…
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The Myth of American Decline | Michael Strain | Ep. 81
Our managing editor Chelsea Follett speaks with economist Michael Strain about the myth of American decline and the dangers of populism. They discuss the rise of populism on the le…
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Rethinking the Gilded Age | Brian Domitrovic | Ep. 80
The Gilded Age has become one of the most common analogies for our own time, invoked as shorthand for economic inequality and political corruption. But that comparison misses much…
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The System That Feeds Us | Jan Dutkiewicz | Ep. 79
The industrial food system is often treated as a symbol of everything people distrust about modernity: too processed, too corporate, too artificial, and too detached from land and…
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56 min
What Climate Science Really Says | Roger Pielke Jr. | Ep. 78
Roger Pielke Jr. joins Marian Tupy to discuss the latest climate research and how to think clearly about climate change.
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59 min
America's Turn Against Markets | Samuel Gregg | Ep. 77
Samuel Gregg joins Chelsea Follett to discuss the rise of a more interventionist economic consensus and the case for markets in modern America.Check out his book, The Next American…
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Meaning and Morality in the Modern Age | Steven Pinker | Ep. 76
Steven Pinker joins Marian Tupy to discuss the so-called "crisis of meaning," the decline of religion, and what can give life purpose in a modern, largely secular world.
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Discontent in the Age of Plenty | Brink Lindsey | Ep. 75
Our editor Marian Tupy speaks with writer and policy scholar Brink Lindsey about his new book The Permanent Problem: The Uncertain Transition from Mass Plenty to Mass Flourishing.T…
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Environmentalism Without Degrowth | Zion Lights | Ep. 74
Environmentalists often claim that solving climate change requires scarcity: less energy, less consumption, and less economic growth.Zion Lights, a former radical environmentalist,…
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The Pattern Behind History's Golden Ages | Johan Norberg | Ep. 73
Johan Norberg examines the conditions that create human flourishing and why golden ages so often come to an end.Buy his book, Peak Human.
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The Misdiagnosis of American Mental Health | Chris Ferguson | Ep. 72
Psychologist Chris Ferguson joins Adam Omary to discuss American mental health, cognitive biases, and the dangers of narrative overreach.Buy his book, Catastrophe!: How Psychology…
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American Poverty Is a Measurement Problem | Scott Winship | Ep. 71
Scott Winship joins Marian Tupy to discuss how bad measurement choices distort the picture of poverty and inequality in the United States.
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54 min
The New Right Manufactures Misery | Yaron Brook | Ep. 70
Yaron Brook joins Marian Tupy to discuss the pessimistic populism of the New Right.
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Milei Midterms: An Update on Argentina | Marcos Falcone | Ep. 69
Policy analyst Marcos Falcone joins Chelsea Follett to discuss Milei’s recent electoral success and the economic reforms he might pursue using this new political leverage.
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How Liberty Made Progress Possible | Peter Boettke | Ep. 68
Peter Boettke joins Marian Tupy to examine the institutional foundations of the modern world. Check out his book, The Historical Path to Liberty and Human Progress.
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Authoritarian Threats to Campus Free Speech | Sarah McLaughlin | Ep. 67
Sarah McLaughlin joins Chelsea Follett to discuss the rising influence of foreign authoritarian governments on college campuses.Check out her book, Authoritarians in the Academy: H…