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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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Ep 91 | Something Polish This Way Comes | Guest: Brian Sack Apr 01, 2019

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Poland is part of NATO and an EU member state, but it's veering towards nationalism and populism and some other unsavory developments. Brian Sack, comedian and Polish expert, joins to discuss.

Ep 90 | Donkeyball and Competitive Russian Slapfighting—Friday Release Valve / Guest: Turner Sparks Mar 29, 2019

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Comedian Turner Sparks climbs aboard the podcast to discuss the week's more obscure headlines, from calls in Ireland to use the army to fight deer overpopulation, to a Supreme Court decision over hoverboard moose hunting, to Siberan slap fights.

Ep 89 | Adam Smith & The Wealth of Nations | Guest: P.J. O'Rourke Mar 28, 2019

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Adam Smith got the party started, alternately lambasting feudalists and mercantilists and paving the way for a more free and prosperous world. Legendary humorist and author of "On The Wealth of Nations" P.J. O'Rourke joins Heaton to discuss the plucky Scotsman's contributions to society.

Ep 88 | 'Pervert Capitalism' | Guest: Rick Ungar Mar 27, 2019

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When do corporations go from valid money-making operations to amoral schemers living off the public dole? What obligations do companies have to their employees? Rick Ungar joins Heaton to discuss the proper role of capitalism and what solutions can and should be attempted by government. PLUS: Introducing Fr. Michael O'Grimsly, vicar at the Church of Woke.

Ep 87 | Boost Your Widget Sales Through Tribalism | Guest: Mike May Mar 27, 2019

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Mike May is a business strategist in Washington, D.C. He joins Heaton to discuss how major corporations are embracing tribalism, either to promote change or to simply grab headlines and customers. But it turns out there's also an unexpected free market upside to tribalism.

Ep 86 | The Mueller Probing | Guest: Justin Robert Young Mar 25, 2019

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After two years, the Russian collusion investigation has come up empty, so it looks like Robert Mueller won't be frog-marching Donald Trump out of the White House. Political commentator Justin Robert Young joins Heaton to sort things out.

Ep 85 | The Very Last Blockbuster — Friday Release Valve | Guest: Remy Munasifi Mar 22, 2019

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Remy, musical comedian and Reason heartthrob, joins Heaton to work through the week's more obscure headlines, including alligators on ketamine, communism setting the laws of reincarnation, and Australia's onerous disco ball laws.

Ep 84 | How to Grok North Korea | Guest: Michael Malice Mar 21, 2019

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"Dear Reader: An Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il" combined North Korean propaganda and history, from the perspective of its most infamous dictator. Author Michael Malice joins Heaton to discuss the reality of North Korea, its options moving forward, and what Americans get wrong about the Hermit Kingdom.

Ep 83 | The Age We Should Legally Vote/Drink/Shoot/Mate | Guest: Matt Kibbe Mar 20, 2019

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Democrats are kicking around the idea of lowering the voting age to 16. Meanwhile, you can join the army at 18 and drink when you're 21. When should government age of consent kick in? Matt Kibbe, president of Free the People and host of BlazeTV's "Kibbe on Liberty" joins Heaton to discuss.

Ep 82 | The President as Father, Warrior, Chaplain, Celebrity, Lover ... | Guest: Rob Montz Mar 19, 2019

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Documentary filmmaker Rob Montz joins Heaton to discuss how the American presidency has expanded in power and religious adulation and the huge downside to electing messiahs instead of bureaucrats.

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