Episodios

  • Assassins Part I: Shooting Andrew Jackson
    Jun 4 2025

    Andrew Jackson was the first U. S. president who experienced an assassination attempt.

    It didn’t stick.

    In today’s episode we learn about the most grizzled executive in American history from the vantage point of his last near-brush with death.

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    28 m
  • How Godzilla Beat the Housing Crisis
    May 28 2025

    How does American housing stack up compared to other countries, specifically in terms of full-blown housing communism or free market Japanese housing Nirvana?

    In this episode we take a look at what makes housing cheap, what makes housing expensive, and lessons we can steal from foreigners.

    LINKS:

    Reason TV: "Heaton solves the Housing Crisis" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VmEOgC0CWM

    Alain Bertaud: Sim City Was Always Wrong https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/sim-city-was-always-wrong

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    56 m
  • This Book Will Upset Your Textbook
    May 22 2025

    Conventional wisdom is brimming with economic myths: the Industrial Revolution impoverished the masses; bobber barons were the scourge of the Gilded Age; the Great Recession was caused by irresponsible deregulation.

    Senator Phil Gramm and economist Don Boudreaux attempt to set the record straight in their new book, “The Triumph of Economic Freedom: Debunking the Seven Great Myths of American Capitalism.”

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    1 h y 25 m
  • Make Hollywood Great Again?
    May 15 2025

    Donald Trump is threatening to levy tariffs on films shot elsewhere, and actor John Voight is petitioning the federal government for taxpayer subsidies to protect Hollywood from foreign competition.

    Screenwriter C. Robert Cargill joins to discuss.

    https://www.scamstuff.com/products/brian-and-matt-june-2025

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    1 h y 18 m
  • Why You Need a License for Everything
    May 7 2025
    Rebecca Allensworth is the Associate Dean of Research at Vanderbilt Law, where she focuses on anti-trust and licensing. She is the author of "The Licensing Racket: How We Decide Who Is Allowed to Work, and Why It Goes Wrong." She joins to discuss licensing, and alternatives. Previous: Shoshanna Weissman on Grooming Licenses https://omny.fm/shows/something-s-off-with-andrew-heaton/ep-8-puppy-grooming-licenses-guest-shoshanna-weiss
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    1 h y 33 m
  • A.I. Will Be Even More Awesome Than You Thought
    May 1 2025

    Marc Beckman is a Senior Fellow of Emerging Technology at NYU, adjunct professor Stern, and the author of "Some Future Day: how AI is going to Change Everything." He joins to discuss practical implications of the unfolding AI Revolution.

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    59 m
  • Is it Racist? Is it Sexist?
    Apr 24 2025

    Why do some people determine an action is racist, and others say nah? What are the mental protocols people use to exonerate or convict someone accused of beings sexist? Jessi Streib is the author of "Is it Racist? Is it Sexist? Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas."

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    1 h
  • Faster, Cheaper, Better Government: Derek Thompson on “Abundance”
    Apr 16 2025

    Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are the authors of “Abundance” a book about removing artificial scarcity and embracing a worldview that focuses on end goals, building, growth, and increasing the supply of everything we need and want. He joins to discuss the book, zoning, why America can’t have nice trains, and how we can better lean into federal research funding.

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    55 m
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