Ted Rossman, Senior Analyst with CreditCards.com reviews multiple options people have to access cash for emergency expenses, especially since so many people are now furloughed or unemployed. He provides advice on which options to consider and which to avoid.

Pacific Legal Foundation Senior Attorney Anastasia Boden discusses their effort to convince governors across the country to suspend certificate of need laws, which are often used to stop new businesses and medical facilities. C.O.N. laws require the business owner and/or non profit leader to prove a need for their business or service before being allowed to build and operate.

Zuani Villarreal from Feeding America describes the challenges food banks and food pantries throughout the nation are experiencing because of the response to coronavirus fears. She also details the role food banks have in serving those in need.

Wall Street Journal tech reporter Julie Jargon discusses her recent article about managing kids’ screen time during this time of stay at home orders. The conversation includes advice from parenting and mental health experts.

James Harrigan, Managing Director of the Center for Philosophy of Freedom at the University of Arizona, talks about the new book he co-authored, Cooperation and Coercion. That book compares the use of government to enact change in communities and the nation versus using a cooperative approach to problems that need to be solved. Harrigan argues for the latter.

Robert Bluey, Executive Editor of the Daily Signal, discusses the work being done by the Heritage Foundation’s new coronavirus commission. The commission is researching ways for Congress and Governors to safely re-open the national and local economies.

Kevin Kosar, Vice President of Research Partnerships of the R Street Institute, discusses his recent op-ed calling for a financial bailout of the US Postal Service. Among the aspects of the conversation are taxpayer funding and transparency, the role of the USPS, and reforms needed to make the agency self-sufficient.

Ashkhen Kazaryan, Director of Civil Liberties for Tech Freedom, discusses some of the developments in the effort to contain coronavirus. Specifically, she talks about long term privacy and civil liberties concerns with plans by Google, Apple, and governments to track people via their cell phone Bluetooth. The idea is to notify people if they were near someone exposed to the virus through an app.

Connor Boyack, president of the Libertas Institute in Utah, discusses work they are doing there to protect the privacy of those who send DNA samples to medical research and/or genealogy services. The conversation includes privacy, constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure, and law enforcement.

Educational Freedom Institute Executive Director Corey DeAngelis discusses the challenges schools, parents, and children are dealing with right now because of the school shutdowns around the country. DeAngelis argues for reforming our educational system and including more school choice.