Free Thoughts
A weekly show about politics and liberty, featuring conversations with top scholars, philosophers, historians, economists, and public policy experts. Hosted by Trevor Burrus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episodes (1401)
The Property Species (with Bart Wilson)
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The Conservative Liberalism of Burke, Smith, and Hume (with Dan Klein)
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The Art of Gender (with Jason Kuznicki)
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The Ethics of Capitalism (with John Thrasher)
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The Politics of Genetic Enhancement (with Jonathan Anomaly)
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The Free Spirits of Liberalism (with Steven Pittz)
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How America Could Fall (with David French)
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Can We Evolve Beyond Government? (with Max Borders)
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It’s Okay to Ignore Politics (with Chris Freiman)
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The Philosophy of Gerald Gaus (with Kevin Vallier and Chad Van Schoelandt)
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Zoning Ruins Everything (with Emily Hamilton)
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The Experience of Policing (with Renée Mitchell)
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Capitalism and its Critics (with Michael Munger)
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Rothbardian Anarchism (with Cory Massimino)
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What is Free Speech? (with Adam Gurri)
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Explaining Postmodernism (with Akiva Malamet)
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Climate Change Panic (with Bjorn Lomborg)
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Unpacking Constitutional Law (with Randy Barnett & Josh Blackman)
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What Divides Us (with Emily Ekins)
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You Are (Probably) Not a Good Person (with Christian Miller)
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The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk (with Justin Tosi and Brandon Warmke)
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Black Lives and Guns (with Nicholas Johnson)
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Bleeding Heart Libertarianism: A Retrospective (with Matt Zwolinski)
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The Power of Voting with Your Feet (with Ilya Somin)
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Who Broke Congress? (With Rep. Justin Amash)
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Our Criminal Injustice System (with Jason Brennan and Chris Surprenant)
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Are Social Networks Censoring Conservatives? (with John Samples & Matthew Feeney...
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The Radio Right (with Paul Matzko)
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When Innovation Breaks the Rules (with Adam Thierer)
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Forgotten Libertarians (with Paul Meany)
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The Covid-19 Economy
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Is Homeschooling Dangerous? (with Kevin Currie-Knight)
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Libertarianism and Copyright (with Radu Uszkai)
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How Innovation Works (with Matt Ridley)
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Must Politics Be War? (with Kevin Vallier)
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The Nationalism Problem (with Stephanie Slade)
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Politics Makes Us Worse
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Do We Have a Duty to Vote? (with Julia Maskivker)
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Overdoing Democracy (with Robert Talisse)
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Innovation and Creative Destruction (With Arthur Diamond)
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Medicalization of Birth & Death (with Lauren K. Hall)
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The Evolution of Cooperation (with Nicholas A. Christakis)
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Bitcoin: Boom or Bust?
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Why We are Wrong About Nearly Everything (with Bobby Duffy)
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Rebuilding America (with Yuval Levin)
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Can Science Save Us? (with Peter Van Doren)
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The Politics of Science (with Terence Kealey)
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Exploring Wealth Inequality
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Tyranny of Public Health (with Jacob Sullum)
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Foreign Policy and the Trump Doctrine
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