NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! I was recently invited to come on the Saving Elephants podcast to discuss Sowell’s work, and this episode features that conversation. Saving Elephants is the podcast hosted by Josh Lewis , a Tulsa Oklahoma based accountant and podcaster. Saving Elephants is a podcast dedicated to re-ign...
Feb 11, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 13
NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode, we explore the recent controversy surrounding comments made by Whoopi Goldberg on "The View" about the Holocaust, and what her comments reveal about the Sorting and Unsorting of people, as presented by Thomas Sowell in his 2018 book "Discrimination and Disparities." We ...
Feb 03, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 12
NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode, we discuss Thomas Sowell's 2018 book Discrimination and Disparities . In particular, we focus on only one chapter of the book, Chapter 3, called "Sorting and Unsorting People." You can read Chapter 3 HERE . If you'd like to read a summary of the whole book, click HERE ....
Jan 30, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 11
NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode we explore the music from Steven Spielberg's new film "West Side Story" and how the themes playing out in the film are explained by Thomas Sowell's classic book "A Conflict of Visions." In particular, we analyze the lyrics to two songs: • "America," and • "Gee, Officer K...
Jan 01, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 10
NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode, Alan discusses his all time favorite Thomas Sowell book, "Intellectuals and Society", published in 2010. Alan outlines 10 key ideas from the book: #1: Intellectuals influence and shape public opinion, even when most people don’t read or even hear their ideas first hand....
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 9
NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! Today I sat down for a chat with Michael Shermer to discuss how Thomas Sowell’s ideas have impacted his thinking and his work. We met in person at Michael’s office in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains, on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Michael is the Founder and Publisher of Ske...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 8
NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode we explore Thomas Sowell's views on Minimum Wage Laws . I know, I know, it's not the most exciting subject. But I chose this topic because it represents the perfect intersection of many of Sowell's broader approaches to analyzing important social questions. This episode ...
Nov 04, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 7
NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! On today's episode, Alan interviews Robert Chatfield , the CEO of the Free to Choose Network and Executive Producer of the documentary: "Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World" Joining Alan to interview Rob is Paul Rossi , a return guest on the show (see Episode 3). You can wa...
Oct 27, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 6
NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode we speculate on whether or not Thomas Sowell will be awarded a Nobel Prize in Economics for 2021, which will be announced in 3 days. To discuss this subject, we invited John Cochrane on to the show. John used to teach Finance and Economics at the University of Chicago Bo...
Oct 09, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 5
NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode, Alan summarizes Thomas Sowell's essay "The Real History of Slavery" found in his 2005 book "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" You can read the original Sowell essay HERE . You can listen to the audiobook version of the essay HERE . Because the subject of slavery is a c...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 4
NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode, Alan presents an overview of Thomas Sowell's concept of "Moral Crusades" and how they differ from ideological causes and movements. The 11 distinguishing characteristics of a moral crusade are described and quotes from Sowell's books are used to illustrate how he viewed...
Sep 12, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 3
NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! This episode features a conversation with Wilfred Reilly, Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Southern Illinois University and a law degree from the University of Illinois. Dr. Reilly has so far published two bo...
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 2
• Alan Wolan, the host of the podcast, introduces himself and gives an overview of Thomas Sowell's ideas. • 7 Guiding Principles of Sowell's intellectual Method • What to expect in future episodes Here's a LIST of all Thomas Sowell books by category. Support the show • Find me on X (Twitter) at @alanwolan • Email me at [email protected] • Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/SowellGenius • Purchase podcast merch at https://www.etsy.com/shop/GeniusSowell • See all my links at www.alanwol...
Aug 13, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 1
