Roberto Wakerell-Cruz is a senior editor of The Post Millennial, an online Canadian news publication.   We talk about how Roberto became editor, generational divides in Canadian politics, and problems that are currently plaguing Canada.   

Anton Howes is historian-in-residence at the Royal Society of Arts, and head of innovation research at the Entrepreneurs Network.   We discuss how an 'improving mentality' explains 15th-19th Century innovations (the steam engine, navigation, etc.), whether the occult influenced this mindset, and the effect of institutions in spreading this compulsion to innovate.  

Catch up with Anton here:  

Latest book (Arts and Minds): https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691182643/arts-and-minds

Twitter: https://twitter.com/antonhowes

Blog: https://antonhowes.substack.com

Charles Burton is an expert on China-Canada relations. He is an Associate Professor at Brock University, and a senior fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute.   In this interview, we discuss China's poor handling of COVID-19, whether the CCP influences Canadian politics and academia, and what should be done.  

You can find Charles here: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cburton001

Blog: http://charlesburton.blogspot.com

Website: http://spartan.ac.brocku.ca/~cburton/

Gregory Clark, economics professor at UC-Davis, joins me to talk about how genetics determines your social status, what policy can do about social mobility, and advice for those considering a career in economic history.  

You can find Professor Clark's work at the following links:  

Book (A Farewell to Alms): http://faculty.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/a_farewell_to_alms.html

Book (The Son Also Rises): http://faculty.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/the_Son_Also_Rises.html

Website: http://faculty.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/index.html

Families of England Research: http://www.familiesofengland.com

David Dodge was the Bank of Canada's governor from 2001 to 2008. He currently serves as a senior advisor for Bennett Jones, an international law firm.

Charles Calomiris is Henry Kaufman Professor of Financial Institutions at Columbia University. He is an expert on banking, corporate finance, financial history and monetary economics. He also advised John McCain's 2008 Presidential Campaign.   We discuss why banks are political institutions, why populism is dangerous for banking, and whether we should adopt a gold standard - among other topics.   

Check out Charles's fantastic book (with Stephen Haber) here:

https://www.amazon.ca/Fragile-Design-Political-Princeton-Economic-ebook/dp/B00GMSUUVS/

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691155241/fragile-by-design

I am joined by Ben Burgis, a philosophy professor, to discuss why the Left needs logic, why certain conservative thinkers (Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, Sam Harris) lack substance, and whether socialism is viable.  

 You can find Ben at the links below:

 Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis

Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis

YouTube (Michael Brooks Show): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh2UY1hxlMr4_7Az_iQ82HQ

Mark Koyama is an economics professor at George Mason University. He investigates religious and ethnic persecution, as well as comparative state development in Europe and Asia.   

In this interview, we discuss the history of anti-Semitism in Europe, and how it can be viewed through the lens of state capacity and economics.   

Get Mark's latest book here: 

https://www.amazon.ca/Persecution-Toleration-Long-Religious-Freedom/dp/110842502X/

You can find Mark here: 

https://twitter.com/MarkKoyama 

http://mason.gmu.edu/~mkoyama2/About.html

Conservative Party leadership candidate Derek Sloan joins me to discuss why he is running. We discuss his political philosophy, his social conservatism, and specific policy platforms.   

This interview is purely for the sake of information. I do not endorse any political candidates, and am not a member of any political party.  

You can find Derek here: 

https://www.dereksloan.ca 

https://twitter.com/DerekSloanCPC

Professor Wantchekon and I discuss his background in student activism, his fascinating randomized experiments in African politics, whether missionaries were bad for Africa, and the African School of Economics.   

You can find Professor Wantchekon here: 

https://twitter.com/lwantchekon 

https://scholar.princeton.edu/lwantche 

The African School of Economics's website is here: 

https://africanschoolofeconomics.com