The David McWilliams Podcast

Really enjoy this thought-provoking, credible, informative, and entertaining podcast. Well done John and David. You are in my line-up on my daily walks!

I started listening to this podcast over the Summer and got hooked. I listen while out walking and do get odd looks when I guffaw at something David or John come out with. Nevertheless the economic discussions (which attracted me in the first place) are conducted in clear language and particularly well intertwined with the politics of the day.

I generally find this podcast helpful and educational, if a bit behind the times on economics with a strong neoliberal bent (for example, GDP as the be-all and end-all and the appropriate way to measure growth in all cases). But this episode with Pippa Milgram was totally off the rails. They let her just flat out lie about Robert Kennedy Jr without any challenge at all. For example she says he isn’t anti vaccine just against “vaccines that haven’t been tested.” This is demonstrably false in almost every single one of his public statements simply because there is no such thing as an “untested” vaccine. She implies the Covid vaccines have shown many problems with wide use and this is completely not supported by the data. She also claims RFK Jr is being funded by small dollar donors which is also not true - he has received huge amounts of money from some of the richest donors in the business. This was very deceptive and disappointing to platform this woman telling falsehoods and misleading with regards to a major election in the US - this kind of uncritical platforming and allowing someone to simply flat out lie with no push back at all is pretty shocking. Please do better

I love this podcast so much. I learn something new with each listen, and the banter between David and John is gas. It’s disappointing that they don’t feature more guests who aren’t men though.