The Political Orphanage

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Ep 104 | This Historian Can Predict Your Politics by Your Age | Guest: Neil Howe Apr 18, 2019

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Neil Howe is the historian and demographer who coined the term "millennial." He also developed the Strauss-Howe generational theory — the idea that America has four types of generations which go through cycles of history together. He joins Heaton to explain a different way to look at history and to pinpoint where we are in it.

Ep 103 | How to Liposuction Bile out of Politics | Guest: Arthur Brooks Apr 17, 2019

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Hate is big business right now. So is fear. Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, joins Heaton to talk about his book Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt. As well as his new film, "The Pursuit," about the power of markets to solve poverty.

Ep 102 | Bernie Sanders Visits Rupert Murdoch's Death Star | Guest: Brian Brushwood Apr 16, 2019

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Bernie Sanders just held a town hall with Fox News...and came out on top. Brian Brushwood joins Heaton to slap socialism around, but also point out the surprising policies where Sanders and Trump converge.

Ep 101 | Can Space Force Stop Somali Rocket Pirates? | Guest: Anthony Colangelo Apr 15, 2019

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Is a U.S. Space Force an inevitable step to protecting satellites and commercial space activities, or just an expensive exercise in shuffling Pentagon bureaucracies? Military and aerospace expert Anthony Colangelo joins Heaton to sort things out.

Ep 100 | Playboy Bunny Lawn Ornaments—Friday Release Valve | Guest: Jaron Myers Apr 12, 2019

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Comedian Jaron Myers joins Heaton to probe the more obscure headlines of the week, from an incredibly polite Canadian car theft mystery, to robot burglars, to the world's most ominous potatoes.

Ep 99 | A British Slum Doctor Tackles Poverty | Guest: Theodore Dalrymple Apr 11, 2019

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Poverty and low standards of living are often thought to be the outcome of those at the financial and social top standing on the backs of everyone else. But what are some other possibilities? Theodore Dalrymple, author of "Life at the Bottom: The Worldview that Makes the Underclass," comes on the program to talk to Andrew about the influence of a generational welfare state and its impoverishment of stable, family-based values.

Ep 98 | I Want to Build a Moon Base | Guest: Robert Zubrin Apr 10, 2019

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We've been to the moon a couple of times to collect rocks and go golfing, but what benefits would we get from building a permanent colony? Robert Zubrin is the author of "The Case for Space," founder of the Mars Society, and president of Pioneer Astronautics. He joins Heaton to talk about how to build a moon base and how to get the private sector to do it cheap.

Ep 97 | Is Batman Libertarian? — Alienating the Audience | Guest: Megan Sass Apr 09, 2019

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Comedian and comic book guru Megan Sass joins Heaton on "Alienating the Audience" to talk about superhero politics. How do Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman play out ideologically?

Ep 96 | How to Make Partisan Hacks Nervous | Guest: Dan Fishman Apr 08, 2019

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Every election, we're told we can either vote for the lesser of two besuited sociopaths or throw our vote away on a doomed third-party candidate. (At which point, you may well spoil the election for everyone.) Dan Fishman is the incoming executive director of the Libertarian Party, and he has a solution for shifting our elections away from exercises in fear and hate toward logic and values.

Ep 95 | Improve CNN by Adding Bears | Guest: Jimmy Failla Apr 05, 2019

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Comedian Jimmy Failla returns to help sort out the week's more obscure headlines: from marathon endurance singing, to football skulls, to why Uri Geller is a threat to us all!

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