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Burst your partisan bubble and tune in: Obama White House alum Chris Hale, a prominent Democrat, joins the show to have a friendly back-and-forth on the many concerns conservatives like me have with the Biden-Harris administration.

Is Joe Biden's Age a Valid Concern? 1:10

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President Biden has made immigration one of his first policy priorities, introducing a sweeping policy plan on his very first day in office. Cato Institute Director of Immigration Studies Alex Nowrasteh joins the show to break it down.

How many millions of illegal immigrants could receive amnesty under Biden's plan? What impact would this have on the economy? Could it cause a rush on the border? What changes would Biden's plan make to legal immigration? Does it do anything to promote border security? What are the political odds this package gets passed in its current form?

We discuss all this and more. Plus, Alex goes off about the one popular food he can't stand.

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People love to blame capitalism for the problems in our healthcare system. But that critique isn't even close to correct. Join Hannah Cox as she walks listeners through the ways the government first got involved in our healthcare system and shows how those policy decisions have led to our current crisis.

BASED teaches listeners how to think, instead of telling them what to think. In each episode, Cox examines a major public policy topic, searching for the base cause of the problem, teaching her audience base principles of public policy and economics along the way, and establishing a solid base of understanding for Americans to build solutions upon.

Many right-of-center Americans, particularly young people, feel more libertarian among conservatives but more conservative among doctrinaire libertarians. National Review Online Editor Charlie Cooke fleshed out this worldview in his 2015 book "The Conservatarian Manifesto." He joins the podcast to revisit this work and breakdown the state of “conservatarian” politics.

In what ways has the American Right become more libertarian in the last 5 years? In which ways has it become less?

We break down the Right’s evolving stances on gay marriage, foreign policy, trade, immigration, and more. What posture will the GOP resume under Biden? Who will (and should) win the Right’s civil war between small government conservatives and the new populist, big-government nationalists?

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Reason Foundation scholar Corey DeAngelis joins the show to break down the argument for school choice and how school closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic make it more necessary than ever.

0:49 What Is School Choice?

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Time Columnist and Dispatch Senior Editor David French joins the show to discuss his new book: Divided We Fall, which outlines how polarization and division could lead America to split up.

We break down the theory behind this hypothesis and David's hypothetical scenarios: "Calexit" and "Texit," where California and Texas, respectively, exit the Union after foreseeable but tragic circumstances unfold. David provocatively argues that this threat is not as far off as you think.

0:52 The Law of Group Polarization, Explained

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai joins the show to discuss his infamous 2017 repeal of the internet regulation 'Net Neutrality' and whether it will make a comeback under Joe Biden.

We break down how the alarmist claims of "the end of the internet as we know" actually played out after net neutrality's repeal. Plus, we discuss the FCC's work promoting 5G technology and the future of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which has earned bipartisan ire for giving Big Tech platforms liability protections.

Finally, Chairman Pai tells us about his bulldog puppy Ginger and the one food garnish he absolutely HATES.

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Former White House economist and current Texas Public Policy Foundation chief economist Vance Ginn joins the show to break down the $3 trillion+ in taxpayer money Congress has spent on "stimulus" and the shortcomings of this Big Government approach to revitalizing the economy.

Can you spend your way out of shutdowns? How have Congress's key stimulus initiatives, from unemployment expansion to the Paycheck Protection Program to stimulus checks, worked out? And what about the push for more future $2,000 stimulus checks?

We discuss this and more—like Vance's hot take on how best to consume meatloaf.

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Marketing specialist and podcaster Brian Nicholas, my good pal, joins the show to discuss Marketing & Sales 101, and how these basic principles should apply to political campaigning.

How do we meet people where they're at? Is education or listening more key to winning votes? Just how important are name recognition and cults of personality in political success? And how do we respond to America's populist moment?

We discuss all this and more. (Plus, his take on pickles will leave you shook!)

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Join libertarian-conservative writer, commentator, and activist, Hannah Cox, as she walks listeners through the racist history of gun control in the United States, the failures of gun control in general, and the systemic racism people of color still suffer as a result of these policies.