Episodes

  • Robert Rosenkranz: How To Use Stoicism To Build a Meaningful Life

    Robert Rosenkranz: How To Use Stoicism To Build a Meaningful Life
    May 16 2025
    The billionaire philanthropist explores how stoic philosophy shaped his views on capitalism, politics, and philanthropy, arguing for rational optimism, individual responsibility, and civil public discourse as foundations for life.
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    52 mins
  • Richard Dawkins: Why Atheism Is Winning

    Richard Dawkins: Why Atheism Is Winning
    May 14 2025
    The evolutionary biologist challenges modern dogmas, defends scientific objectivity, and warns against the rise of ideological orthodoxy in society.
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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • Billionaire Cliff Asness: Can Technology Outrun 'Stupider and Stupider' Government?

    Billionaire Cliff Asness: Can Technology Outrun 'Stupider and Stupider' Government?
    May 9 2025
    Co-founder of AQR Capital Management, Cliff Asness, discusses the decline of market efficiency, the dangers of populist economics, and his libertarian outlook on capitalism.
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    52 mins
  • Steven Pinker: Can Harvard Be Saved?

    Steven Pinker: Can Harvard Be Saved?
    May 7 2025
    The Harvard psychologist discusses recent gains for free speech at Harvard, growing political and ideological threats to academic freedom, and the importance of shared knowledge in sustaining truth and progress.
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    59 mins
  • John Arnold: Government Can't Be Trusted To Fix Any Problems

    John Arnold: Government Can't Be Trusted To Fix Any Problems
    Apr 30 2025
    John Arnold argues that private markets solve problems better than government or philanthropy, and that real reform comes from decentralization, incentives, and evidence—not top-down control.
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    51 mins
  • Jeffrey Singer: Get Government Out of Health Care

    Jeffrey Singer: Get Government Out of Health Care
    Apr 23 2025
    Longtime surgeon and Cato Institute fellow Jeffrey Singer argues that government overreach in health care undermines patient autonomy.
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    52 mins
  • Jason Furman: Why Everyone Is Wrong About the Economy

    Jason Furman: Why Everyone Is Wrong About the Economy
    Apr 16 2025
    Former Obama administration economic adviser Jason Furman explains why both major parties have abandoned economic reality in favor of political fantasy.
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    53 mins
  • Mark Clifford: A Political Prisoner Fights for Free Speech in China

    Mark Clifford: A Political Prisoner Fights for Free Speech in China
    Apr 9 2025
    The former editor in chief of the South China Morning Post discusses his book on Jimmy Lai, who is currently on trial in Hong Kong for having the audacity to stand up to the government.
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    58 mins