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Politics minus bile plus jokes. Comedian and avowed independent Andrew Heaton interviews authors and thought leaders about policy and big thinky stuff.

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Politics minus bile plus jokes. Comedian and avowed independent Andrew Heaton interviews authors and thought leaders about policy and big thinky stuff.

    The Difference Between Psychopaths and Sociopaths

    The Difference Between Psychopaths and Sociopaths

    Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and multiple-award winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 20 years in the state and federal prison system, universities, and in private practice.

    • 1 hr 36 min
    How Nations Escape Poverty

    How Nations Escape Poverty

    Dr. Rainer Zitelmann is the author of "How Nations Escape Poverty: Vietnam, Poland, and the Origins of Prosperity." He joins to discuss the efficacy of international development aid, and what we can learn from the economic growth of Asia vs. that of Africa.
    Book at: www.mightyheaton.com/featured
    Dr. Zitelmann on Nazi Economics: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-nazis-thought-about-economics/id1439837349?i=1000577197764
    Dr. Zitelmann on his book “In Defense of Capitalism” 
    https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/capitalism-remains-undefeated
    Film: “Poland: From Socialism to Prosperity”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBIhsZ9GNHc&t=118s
     

    • 1 hr 11 min
    Cicero and the Founding Fathers

    Cicero and the Founding Fathers

    Jeffrey Rosen is a legal scholar and the President of the National Constitution Center. He’s the author “the Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America.”

    Book at www.mightyheaton.com/featured

    • 1 hr 8 min
    College Campuses Are So Very Very Passionate (WSPN)

    College Campuses Are So Very Very Passionate (WSPN)

    Protests over Israel and Hamas have become so heated at Columbia that it’s canceled in-person classes the rest of the semester.
    Anti-Israel protests are becoming not just a flashpoint in America’s culture war, but within Blue Team itself.
    What’s happening?
    The World’s Smartest Podcast Network assembles to discuss: Andrew Heaton, Dr. Andrea Jones-Rooy, and Michael Ira Kaplan. 
    We’re Not Wrong Live Show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/were-not-wrong-live-in-washington-dc-tickets-882962824577?aff=erelexpmlt
     

    • 1 hr 18 min
    Understanding Immigration Through Circus Folk

    Understanding Immigration Through Circus Folk

    James Judkins started out as a circus worker, eating swords and fire, then working up to ringleader and manager. As a talent scout operating in other countries, he became professionally involved in sorting visas foreign countries, then eventually transitioned to a full-time visa agency. He joins the show to discuss 1) what it’s like working at the circus, and 2) how temp visas work for seasonal workers, and how they could work better. 

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Was Life Easier in the Fifties?

    Was Life Easier in the Fifties?

    There’s a pervasive idea that in the 1950s America had single-earner families who could more easily afford housing, car payments, groceries and college, so maybe we should go back to the political economy of that era? In this special, we visit Fiftiesland and see how it stacks up to modern America.
    Support the show! Patreon.com/andrewheaton
    Venmo: @andrew-heaton-1
     

    • 2 hrs 44 min

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