The Independent with Scott Atlas

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Dr. Scott Atlas is a world-renowned expert in health care policy and frequent policy advisor to policymakers and government officials. He investigates the role of government and the private sector in health care quality and access, global trends in health care innovation, and the key economic and civil liberty issues related to health policy. Sponsored by the Independent Institute, the show features Dr. Atlas in conversation with high profile, news-making guests around public health policy, science, civil liberties, censorship and free speech, higher education, the media, and more.

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Episodes

Jennifer Sey: The Rise of New Corporate Wokism | Ep. 8

Dr. Atlas interviews author and businesswoman Jennifer Sey, former chief marketing officer and brand president of Levi Strauss and Company. They discuss her courageous stand in facing the new corporate wokism, an unprecedented movement in private sector companies that makes it very difficult for young people to enter the job market and navigate their careers, and is a movement that threatens some of the most foundational values of a free-thinking ethical society.

Mar 30, 2023•36 min

Victor Davis Hanson: How Covid Enabled Draconian Restrictions on Civil Liberties | Ep. 7

Dr. Atlas interviews Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and world-renowned historian and scholar of classics and military history. They have a fascinating conversation about many critical issues that were exposed by the pandemic, including the historical context of when government has interposed draconian restrictions on civil liberties as well as the ideological takeover of America's universities and campuses.

Mar 20, 2023•56 min

Martin Kulldorff: The Dangers of Scientific Groupthink and Herd Mentality | Ep. 6

Dr. Atlas interviews Martin Kulldorff, biostatistician, epidemiologist, and professor in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School on leave. He is a founding fellow at Hillsdale College's Academy for Science and Freedom. They have an illuminating conversation on many aspects of the pandemic including bigger issues like groupthink and herd mentality and the solutions to preventing such thinking for future crises.

Mar 04, 2023•41 min

A Pandemic of Failed Leadership: Will Trust Return? | Ep. 5 Special Presentation

In this special presentation, Dr. Atlas covers in great detail the pandemic data on mortality rates, natural immunity, lockdowns, and much more, and how to restore trust and repair some of the damage that was done.

Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 1 min

John Yoo: Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, and Censorship under the Pandemic | Ep. 4

Dr. Atlas interviews John Yoo, the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. They have an illuminating conversation about the many legal issues such as civil liberties, censorship, and freedom that have been exposed by the pandemic and management of the pandemic.

Feb 14, 2023•37 min

John Ioannidis: How Experts Got the Pandemic Science Wrong from the Beginning | Ep. 3

Scott Atlas and Dr. John Ioannidis have an illuminating conversation about the pandemic, what happened in the early days, how our experts failed the American people, what was revealed and how to fix science itself. Dr. Ioannidis is a professor of medicine in the Stanford Prevention Research Center, Professor of Epidemiology at Stanford, and co-director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford.

Feb 03, 2023•30 min

Jay Bhattacharya: How Science Was Politicized at Stanford During the Pandemic | Ep. 2

Dr. Atlas welcomes Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Health Policy and Economics at Stanford University's School of Medicine. Jay and Scott have an illuminating conversation about Dr. Bhattacharya's experience as a voice of reason during the COVID pandemic, and how we move forward as a society to restore trust and ethics in science and public health.

Jan 20, 2023•36 min

Origins of My New Podcast: Interview with Mary Theroux | Ep. 1

Dr. Atlas welcomes his first ever guest to the program, Mary Theroux, Chairman and CEO of the Independent Institute. Together, they discuss why they wanted to start this podcast, what they hope to accomplish, and why they felt it was important to do at this moment.

Jan 10, 2023•19 min•Ep. 1

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