The Political Orphanage

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Bump Stocks, Guns, and Psycho Ex-Boyfriends Jul 02, 2024

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On this episode of Judge Week we tackle two Supreme Court decisions pertaining to firearms: United States v. Rahimi, and Garland vs. Cargill. Anastasia Boden of the Pacific Legal Foundation and Jacob Sullum of Reason join respectively to discuss.

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Chevron is Dead Jul 01, 2024

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The Chevron Doctrine is the longtime bete noir of conservatives and libertarians hostile to the administrative state.

Tim Sandefur of the Goldwater Institute joins to discuss the reasoning behind it, and the reasoning that smite it.

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Debate!: The Musical Jun 28, 2024

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Part 1: Debate: The Musical!

Part 2: Andrew Heaton and Justin Robert Young give intial thoughts directly after the debate.

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The War On Prices Jun 26, 2024

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Ryan Bourne is the former head of public policy at the Institute of Economic Affairs in the United Kingdom, an economist at the Cato Institute, and editor and contributing author of the new book The War on Prices.

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RFK, Jr. in Terms of Vaccines, Peace, Inflation & Spoilers Jun 19, 2024

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Is Robert Kennedy, Jr. a nutbag or a truth-telling disruptor? Can he actually win the presidency, or just spoil it? In this episode we tackle RFK.

Part 1: Heaton's assessment of his politics, positives, and his position on vaccines.

Part 2: David Drucker of The Dispatch joins to discuss his candidacy, campaign, impact, and spoilage.

The Economics of Midlife Crises Jun 12, 2024

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Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, and the author of the book "The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After Age Fifty." He joins to discuss the reality, economics, and neurology of midlife crises.

Find his book at www.mightyheaton.com/featured

Presenting LPS: America's Most Colorful Quack Jun 07, 2024

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John Romulus Brinkley became wealthy, famous, and powerful as one of America's most colorful, ludicrous quacks. He made his fortune by "curing" male impotence by sewing goat testicles into clients. As well as becoming a radio tycoon, politician, and more.

Check out more on the podcast Losers, Pretenders & Scoundrels

Trump Conviction: Kangaroo Court or Al Capone? Jun 03, 2024

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Last week a New York court found former president Donald Trump guilty on thirty-four felony counts. Is this rule of law in action, or a corrupt judiciary undermining the law?

Paul Townsend and Anna Gorisch join to sort things out.

Batya Ungar-Sargan on the Working Class May 29, 2024

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What are the insecurities of the Working Class, and what policies hurt or exploit them? Batya Ungar-Sargon is an editor at Newsweek and the author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women.

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Batya's handle: @bungarsargon

Heaton & Batya on Heaton's TV show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBh3sLlgRx4

Batya on The Political Orphanage: "Woke Hysteria is Actually Class Warfare"

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/woke-hysteria-is-actually-class-warfare/id1439837349?i=1000557442141

The Difference Between Psychopaths and Sociopaths May 22, 2024

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Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and multiple-award winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 20 years in the state and federal prison system, universities, and in private practice.

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