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The Great Antidote

Juliette Sellgrenwww.adamsmithworks.org

Adam Smith said, "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition." So join us for interviews with the leading experts on today's biggest issues to learn more about economics, policy, and much more.

Episodes

Season One Recap

Send us a text The Great Antidote is wrapping up its first season with this very special episode. Juliette reflects back on some of her favorite responses to the now well-known question "What is the most important thing people my age (17) or in my generation should know but don't?" Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Dec 17, 202022 minSeason 1Ep. 47

Trevor Burrus on Guns

Send us a text Trevor Burrus, research fellow in the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and editor‐​in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review , joins us this week to discuss guns, gun owners, and gun laws. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Dec 10, 202059 minSeason 1Ep. 46

Tevi Troy on the U.S. Presidency

Send us a text Tevi Troy, best-selling presidential historian, and a former senior government official joins us this week to discuss the U.S. presidency, executive staff, and presidents of the past. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Dec 03, 202039 minSeason 1Ep. 45

Robby Soave on College Radicals

Send us a text Robby Soave, a Senior Editor at Reason, joins us to discuss college culture, activism, and intersectionality. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Nov 19, 202050 minSeason 1Ep. 44

Scott Lincicome on Daylight Savings and Free Trade

Send us a text Scott Lincicome, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Cato Institue and International Trade Attorney, joins us to discuss daylight-savings, free trade, and barriers to economic growth. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Nov 12, 202053 minSeason 1Ep. 43

Eli Dourado on Technology and Stagnation

Send us a text Eli Dourado, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University, joins us to discuss economic stagnation, technology, and innovation. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Nov 05, 202049 minSeason 1Ep. 42

John F. Cogan on The National Debt

Send us a text John F. Cogan, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor in the Public Policy Program at Stanford University, joins us to discuss the national debt, the federal budget, and entitlement programs. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Oct 29, 202055 minSeason 1Ep. 41

Jennifer Huddleston on Big Tech and Antitrust

Send us a text Jennifer Huddeston, director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the American Action Forum, joins us for the second part of the antitrust series to talk about antitrust and big tech. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Oct 22, 202046 minSeason 1Ep. 40

Don Boudreaux on Antitrust Laws

Send us a text Don Boudreaux, GMU economics professor and blogger at Cafe Hayek, talks to us about the origins, purpose, and effects of antitrust laws in this two-part series about antitrust. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Oct 15, 202049 minSeason 1Ep. 39

Jonathan Rauch on Cancel Culture and Free Speech

Send us a text Jonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, contributing editor of National Journal and The Atlantic and author of many books including Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, continues the conversation of free speech and talks to us about cancel culture. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Oct 08, 202048 minSeason 1Ep. 38

Rachel Greszler on Paid Leave

Send us a text Rachel Greszler, a senior research fellow in the Grover M. Hermann Center for the federal budget at the Heritage Foundation, talks to us about paid leave and whether it should be government-provided or mandated for employers to provide. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Oct 01, 202040 minSeason 1Ep. 37

David Boaz on Libertarianism

Send us a text David Boaz, executive vice president of Cato Institute and author of The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom, talks to us about the libertarian mind and philosophy. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Sep 24, 202053 minSeason 1Ep. 36

Greg Lukianoff on Free Speech

Send us a text Greg Lukianoff, the President and CEO of FIRE and co-author of the book "The Coddling of The American Mind", talks to us about free speech, the evolution of free speech over time, and the coddling of the minds of young people in the United States. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Sep 17, 202054 minSeason 1Ep. 35

Chris Freiman on Voting

Send us a text Chris Freiman, a philosophy professor at William & Mary University and author of "Why it's OK to Ignore Politics", talks to us about the economic and moral arguments of voting Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Sep 10, 202050 minSeason 1Ep. 34

Scott Bullock on Criminal Justice

Send us a text Scott Bullock, president and general counsel of the Institute for Justice and who represented Susette Kelo in the Supreme Court case Kelo v. The City of New London, talks to us about civil asset forfeiture and eminent domain. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Sep 03, 202044 minSeason 1Ep. 33

Russ Roberts on How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life

Send us a text Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk, author of several books, and research fellow at Hoover Institution, talks to us about his book How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Aug 27, 202054 minSeason 1Ep. 32

Terry Anderson on Free Market Environmentalism

Send us a text Terry Anderson, a founder of the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) and senior fellow at Hoover Institution at Stanford University, talks to us about something that sounds like an oxymoron but isn't: free market environmentalism Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Aug 20, 202046 minSeason 1Ep. 31

Benjamin Powell on Sweat Shops

Send us a text Benjamin Powell, North American editor of the Review of Austrian Economics and director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University, answers all the questions you could have about sweatshops. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Aug 13, 202029 minSeason 1Ep. 30

Adam Thierer on Permissionless Innovation

Send us a text Adam Thierer, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and author of multiple books about entrepreneurship, talks to us about permissionless innovation and evasive entrepreneurship. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Aug 06, 202044 minSeason 1Ep. 29

Aaron Ross Powell on the Libertarian Vision

Send us a text Aaron Ross Powell, director and editor of Libertarianism.org and the cohost of the Free Thoughts podcast, talks to us about his new book with Paul Matzko called Visions of Liberty. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Jul 30, 202045 minSeason 1Ep. 28

Ben Jones on the death penalty

Send us a text Ben Jones, assistant director of the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State University, talks to us about the history of the death penalty, the evidence against the death penalty, and the philosophical case against the death penalty. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Jul 07, 202052 minSeason 1Ep. 27

Dan McLaughlin on DC statehood and the alternatives

Send us a text Dan McLaughlin, senior writer a the National Review and a former attorney, talks to us about DC statehood and the history of DC, and alternatives. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Jul 05, 202037 minSeason 1Ep. 26

Brent Skorup on Drones

Send us a text Brent Skorup, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at GMU, talks to us about the future of technology, specifically drones, flying cars, and self driving cars. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Jun 30, 202044 minSeason 1Ep. 25

Peter Van Doren on The Value of Life

Send us a text Peter Van Doren, editor of Regulation, talks to us about the value of life and other science-y things. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Jun 29, 202051 minSeason 1Ep. 24

Matthew Feeney on Section 230

Send us a text Matthew Feeney, director of Cato Institute's Project on Emerging Technologies, talks to us about section 230 of the communications decency act and many common misunderstandings about it from all sides of the political spectrum. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Jun 24, 202043 minSeason 1Ep. 23

Thomas Hazlett on the FCC

Send us a text Thomas Hazlett, former economic director of the Federal Communications Commission and Hugh Macaulay endowed professor of economics at Clemson, talks to us about the FCC, section 230, and the ways the government intervenes in technology. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Jun 21, 20201 hr 2 minSeason 1Ep. 22

George Will on Conservatism and Baseball

Send us a text George Will, columnist for the Washington Post, talks to us about conservatism, the current state of congress, the importance of a dynamic economy, and baseball. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Jun 16, 202038 minSeason 1Ep. 21

Baylen Linnekin on food regulation

Send us a text Baylen Linnekin, food lawyer and author, talks to us about the different silly ways the government regulates food. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Jun 14, 202045 minSeason 1Ep. 20

Deirdre McCloskey on How We Got Rich

Send us a text Deirdre McCloskey, author of many books, a professor of many topics, and columnist, talks to us about how we got rich, liberalism, and her sex change. Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Jun 09, 202044 minSeason 1Ep. 19

Andrea O'Sullivan on Bitcoin

Send us a text Andrea O'Sullivan, director of the Center for Technology and Innovation at the James Madison Institute, talks to us about bitcoin and other crypto currencies Support the show Never miss another AdamSmithWorks update. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram ....

Jun 08, 202042 minSeason 1Ep. 18
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