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)
Government-Created Segregation (with Richard Rothstein)
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Becoming a Whistleblower (with Patrick Eddington)
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The Case for Open Borders (with Bryan Caplan & Zach Weinersmith)
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How to be Epicurean (with Catherine Wilson)
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The War on Tobacco (with Jacob Grier)
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Why Liberalism Works (with Deirdre McCloskey)
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Finding Meaning in an Age of Individualism (with Clay Routledge)
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From the Magna Carta to Brexit (with David Starkey)
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How Mao Broke China (with Frank Dikötter)
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What is Liberalism? (with Helena Rosenblatt & Daniel Klein)
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Being Nice and Self-Reliant: A New England Libertarianism (with Dan Moller)
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The Ascent of Jacob Bronowski (with Timothy Sandefur)
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Talking Across Political Divides (with Arnold Kling)
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Why is Populism So Popular? (with Tom Palmer)
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How the World's Poorest are Educating Themselves (with James Tooley)
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What's Wrong with National Conservatism?
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Young Radicals in the Age of Trump (with Robby Soave)
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Social Media's Moral Panic (with Milton Mueller)
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Remaining Grateful with Steve Horwitz
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Education in the Marketplace (with Kevin Currie-Knight)
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Tyranny Comes Home (with Chris Coyne and Abigail Hall)
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Celebrating 300
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Eugenics and the Immigration Act of 1924 (with Daniel Okrent)
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Cracks in the Ivory Tower (with Jason Brennan & Phil Magness)
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Stranger Thoughts
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Idealizing the Government: Political Philosophy for the Real World (with Chris F...
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How Did the Western World Get Rich? (with Stephen Davies)
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How America Gullibly Supported Bogus Foreign Democratic Movements (with Ted Gale...
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How Petty Misdemeanors Get Seriously Punished (with Alexandra Natapoff)
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For the Throne: Our Watch Has Ended (with Ilya Somin)
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New Conspiracism and Modern Politics (with Russell Muirhead)
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In Defense of Big Business (with Tyler Cowen)
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Objections to Libertarianism (with Eric Mack)
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The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy
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Unbundling the State (with Jason Kuznicki)
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The Birth of American Imperialism (with Stephen Kinzer)
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Quitting the Border Patrol (with Josh Childress)
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How Taxation Affects Income Inequality (with Phil Magness)
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Happy (Belated) Birthday James Madison!
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Liberty and the African American Experience (with Jonathan Blanks)
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The Collapse of the Local Community (with Tim Carney)
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The Intellectual Tradition of Libertarianism (with Eric Mack)
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Overparenting & Bad Public Policy (with Lenore Skenazy)
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Is There Any Justification for Paternalistic Policies? (with Christopher Snowdon...
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A Duty to Resist (with Candice Delmas)
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The FDA Ruins Everything You Eat (with Baylen Linnekin)
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The Unintended Consequences of Drug Prohibition (with Jeff Miron)
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Is Trump Deregulating? (With Peter Van Doren)
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Can We Reduce the Footprint of the Fed? (with George Selgin)
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