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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 War On Prices

    The War On Prices

    Ryan Bourne is the former head of public policy at the Institute of Economic Affairs in the United Kingdom, an economist at the Cato Institute, and editor and contributing author of the new book The War on Prices. 
    Book at: mightyheaton.com/featured

    • 1 hr 15 min
    RFK, Jr. in Terms of Vaccines, Peace, Inflation & Spoilers

    RFK, Jr. in Terms of Vaccines, Peace, Inflation & Spoilers

    Is Robert Kennedy, Jr. a nutbag or a truth-telling disruptor? Can he actually win the presidency, or just spoil it? In this episode we tackle RFK.
    Part 1: Heaton’s assessment of his politics, positives, and his position on vaccines.
    Part 2: David Drucker of The Dispatch joins to discuss his candidacy, campaign, impact, and spoilage.

    • 1 hr 32 min
    The Economics of Midlife Crises

    The Economics of Midlife Crises

    Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, and the author of the book "The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After Age Fifty." He joins to discuss the reality, economics, and neurology of midlife crises.  
    Find his book at www.mightyheaton.com/featured
     

    • 1 hr 18 min
    Presenting LPS: America's Most Colorful Quack

    Presenting LPS: America's Most Colorful Quack

    John Romulus Brinkley became wealthy, famous, and powerful as one of America's most colorful, ludicrous quacks. He made his fortune by "curing" male impotence by sewing goat testicles into clients. As well as becoming a radio tycoon, politician, and more. 
    Check out more on the podcast Losers, Pretenders & Scoundrels

    • 54 min
    Trump Conviction: Kangaroo Court or Al Capone?

    Trump Conviction: Kangaroo Court or Al Capone?

    Last week a New York court found former president Donald Trump guilty on thirty-four felony counts. Is this rule of law in action, or a corrupt judiciary undermining the law? 
    Paul Townsend and Anna Gorisch join to sort things out. 

    • 1 hr 47 min
    Batya Ungar-Sargan on the Working Class

    Batya Ungar-Sargan on the Working Class

    What are the insecurities of the Working Class, and what policies hurt or exploit them? Batya Ungar-Sargon is an editor at Newsweek and the author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women.
    BOOK AT: www.mightyheaton.com/featured
    Batya’s handle: @bungarsargon
    Heaton & Batya on Heaton’s TV show: 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBh3sLlgRx4
    Batya on The Political Orphanage: “Woke Hysteria is Actually Class Warfare”
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/woke-hysteria-is-actually-class-warfare/id1439837349?i=1000557442141
     

    • 1 hr 24 min

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