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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Episodes (648)
Guys with Swords Control the French Language
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I Read the DSA's Platform. They're Socialists.
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Chinese Lobbyists Hate California Pig Laws
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What Does Nolan Owe The Odyssey?
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Why Can't We Have Nice Trains?
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Richard Hanania on Populism Eating America
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Why Nobody Trusts the News: Isaac Saul
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I Ask an Amish Guy about Everything
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Revenge of the Non-Profits
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George Washington's Anti-Daddy
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How Harlots Saved America (Rebroadcast)
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America's Dueling Enlightenments (Rebroadcast)
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Cicero and the Founding Fathers (Rebroadcast)
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Zuby Grew up in a Company Town
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(Preview) Vampire Bats Thwart Henry Ford
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The Dark Side of Corporate Utopia: Pullman vs. Hershey
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(Preview) The Socialist Who Bought a Town
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The Emperor of Epcot: Walt Disney and Company Towns
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Privacy Through a Cop's Eyes
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The Old Political Order Is Dying: Stephen Davies on the Great Realignment
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The Great Baby Shortage
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Falsely Convicted of Murder (Bonus Sample)
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Fighting Crime Like an Economist
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The Non-Profit Industrial Complex
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Hahaha! Warrant? What Warrant?!
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Your Friends Are Wrong About the Supreme Court: Sarah Isgur
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War Without Coffins
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The Travails of Afroman and Lindy West (WSPN)
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How To Deal with Political Lizard People
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Interview with the Mega Warden
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What's Prison Hooch Taste Like?
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Parenting Behind Bars
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Maine is Smarter Than Your State about Prison
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Heaton Goes to Prison
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Richer Than Ever, Miserable Anyway
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A.I. and the Future of Scams
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Undeclared Wars
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How the Court Neutered Trump
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Grover Norquist at Burning Man (Rebroadcast)
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Governing through Blockchain: Techno-Communes (Preview)
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How to Build a Commune: Samwise Rodriguez
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Jeff Flake Alone on an Island with a Knife
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The Map That Explains Everything About America: Colin Woodard
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America is Eleven Different Countries (Rebroadcast)
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I Time Traveled to Talk to Medieval Yokels about Economics
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MLK and Color Blindness
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The Friendship Recession and Cocktail Parties
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I Explain Venezuela Using Lottery Tickets
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Is Everyone Disabled Now? (WSPN)
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Heaton and Monkey: Yuletide Spysolvers
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