The Great Antidote

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Greg Lukianoff on Free Speech Sep 17, 2020

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Greg Lukianoff, the President and CEO of FIRE and co-author of the book "The Coddling of The American Mind", talks to us about free speech, the evolution of free speech over time, and the coddling of the minds of young people in the United States.

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Chris Freiman on Voting Sep 10, 2020

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Chris Freiman, a philosophy professor at William & Mary University and author of "Why it's OK to Ignore Politics", talks to us about the economic and moral arguments of voting

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Scott Bullock on Criminal Justice Sep 03, 2020

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Scott Bullock, president and general counsel of the Institute for Justice and who represented Susette Kelo in the Supreme Court case Kelo v. The City of New London, talks to us about civil asset forfeiture and eminent domain.

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Russ Roberts on How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life Aug 27, 2020

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Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk, author of several books, and research fellow at Hoover Institution, talks to us about his book How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness.

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Terry Anderson on Free Market Environmentalism Aug 20, 2020

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Terry Anderson, a founder of the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) and senior fellow at Hoover Institution at Stanford University, talks to us about something that sounds like an oxymoron but isn't: free market environmentalism

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Benjamin Powell on Sweat Shops Aug 13, 2020

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Benjamin Powell, North American editor of the Review of Austrian Economics and director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University, answers all the questions you could have about sweatshops.

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Adam Thierer on Permissionless Innovation Aug 06, 2020

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Adam Thierer, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and author of multiple books about entrepreneurship, talks to us about permissionless innovation and evasive entrepreneurship.

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Aaron Ross Powell on the Libertarian Vision Jul 30, 2020

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Aaron Ross Powell, director and editor of Libertarianism.org and the cohost of the Free Thoughts podcast, talks to us about his new book with Paul Matzko called Visions of Liberty.

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Ben Jones on the death penalty Jul 07, 2020

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Ben Jones, assistant director of the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State University, talks to us about the history of the death penalty, the evidence against the death penalty, and the philosophical case against the death penalty.

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