The Political Orphanage

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How Nations Escape Poverty May 16, 2024

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Dr. Rainer Zitelmann is the author of "How Nations Escape Poverty: Vietnam, Poland, and the Origins of Prosperity." He joins to discuss the efficacy of international development aid, and what we can learn from the economic growth of Asia vs. that of Africa.

Book at: www.mightyheaton.com/featured

Dr. Zitelmann on Nazi Economics: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-nazis-thought-about-economics/id1439837349?i=1000577197764

Dr. Zitelmann on his book "In Defense of Capitalism"

https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/capitalism-remains-undefeated

Film: "Poland: From Socialism to Prosperity"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBIhsZ9GNHc&t=118s

Cicero and the Founding Fathers May 08, 2024

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Jeffrey Rosen is a legal scholar and the President of the National Constitution Center. He's the author "the Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America."

Book at www.mightyheaton.com/featured

College Campuses Are So Very Very Passionate (WSPN) May 01, 2024

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Protests over Israel and Hamas have become so heated at Columbia that it's canceled in-person classes the rest of the semester.

Anti-Israel protests are becoming not just a flashpoint in America's culture war, but within Blue Team itself.

What's happening?

The World's Smartest Podcast Network assembles to discuss: Andrew Heaton, Dr. Andrea Jones-Rooy, and Michael Ira Kaplan.

We're Not Wrong Live Show: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/were-not-wrong-live-in-washington-dc-tickets-882962824577?aff=erelexpmlt

Understanding Immigration Through Circus Folk Apr 24, 2024

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James Judkins started out as a circus worker, eating swords and fire, then working up to ringleader and manager. As a talent scout operating in other countries, he became professionally involved in sorting visas foreign countries, then eventually transitioned to a full-time visa agency. He joins the show to discuss 1) what it's like working at the circus, and 2) how temp visas work for seasonal workers, and how they could work better.

Was Life Easier in the Fifties? Apr 19, 2024

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There's a pervasive idea that in the 1950s America had single-earner families who could more easily afford housing, car payments, groceries and college, so maybe we should go back to the political economy of that era? In this special, we visit Fiftiesland and see how it stacks up to modern America.

Support the show! Patreon.com/andrewheaton

Venmo: @andrew-heaton-1

What People Get Wrong About A. I. Apr 10, 2024

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Tom Merritt of Daily Tech News joins to discuss the underlying technology of AI and Large Language Models, and what people get wrong about both.

Pre-order Tom's book at: www.tomsnewbook.com

SUPPORT THE SHOW! www.patreon.com/andrewheaton

Heaton and Nick sketch comedy: mightyheaton.com/vagabonding

Bonus Episode: How to Use AI for Work https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-how-to-use-98003840?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Bonus: A.I. Wrote and Recorded An En Entire Episode

https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-i-wrote-77020469?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Why Violent Crime is Up Apr 03, 2024

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Jennifer Doleac is Executive Vice President of Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures, a major funder of criminal justice research and reform in the United States. She joins to discuss trends in crime, causes and deterents of crime, and cheap or easy ways we can make the country safer.

Support the show! www.patreon.com/andrewheaton.

Just How Much Fraud is in Government? Mar 27, 2024

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Adam Andrzejewski is CEO and Founder of Open The Books, an organization which files thousands of FOIA requests each year to document and expose government budgets and employee salaries, to identity waste and fraud.

Website: https://www.openthebooks.com/

Totalitarianism and the Gays Mar 20, 2024

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Jonathan Rauch of the Brookings Institution joins to discuss the most openly totalitarian period of American history: the Lavender Scare. And to point out that there are still people alive who suffered through it, and what restitutions can be made. Article at The Atlantic: "The U.S. Should Apologize to Gay People." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/lavender-scare-gay-people-public-service-erasure/677236/

Trump, RICO Law, and Lawyer Sex Mar 13, 2024

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Donald Trump is being prosecuted under RICO law in Georgia, wherein District Attorney Fanni Willis has charged him and parts of his campaigns as criminal conspirators in a criminal enterprise.

What is RICO law, and does Trump qualify for prosecution under it? Attorney Paul Townsend rejoins to discuss.

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