The Overton Window

Latest Episodes:

‘Having chunks of a country where it’s difficult to do business reduces the size of the pie for everyone’ Sep 18, 2026

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Investment banker Richard Shinder on unacceptable political risk in America’s largest states

‘Affordability is everywhere this year as a kind of buzzword’ Sep 04, 2026

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Center for the American Experiment’s John Phelan on coping with the dollar’s decline

‘It doesn’t matter who is in power; power should be restrained in a clear way’ Aug 21, 2026

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Michael Van Beek on the ideas that drove the American Revolution

‘Human bodies and minds are not one size fits all’ Aug 07, 2026

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Jaquetta Lee on educating the individual instead of the average

‘Access can change the trajectory of anybody's life’ Jul 24, 2026

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Jessica Snowden on Detroit’s educational landscape and opportunities

‘Whichever candidate wins, they’re both promising to get rid of the personal income tax’ Jul 10, 2026

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Oran P. Smith on South Carolina’s changing attitudes about taxation

‘The more you ask the computer to do for you, the more power you need’ Jun 26, 2026

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Dennis Talluto on the fight over data centers

‘We need to unleash American workers, not protect them’ Jun 12, 2026

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Dave Hebert on the state of U.S. manufacturing

‘The harsher the childcare regulations, the fewer kids people have’ May 29, 2026

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Warren Anderson on how Michigan’s childcare apparatus reduces fertility

‘Affordable housing: No matter what they say in public, they're terrified of it’ May 15, 2026

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Alex Cartwright on the challenge of converting hotel space into housing