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The Political Orphanage

Politics minus bile plus jokes. Comedian and avowed independent Andrew Heaton interviews authors and thought leaders about policy and big thinky stuff.

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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.

Book at: mightyheaton.com/featured

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.

BOOK AT: www.mightyheaton.com/featured

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.

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

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