People are not rational, they're rationalizing. And they would rather be accepted by their tribe than be correct. Andrew gives some advice on how to understand political feuds when they seem to make little to no logical sense.

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Mark (Knocked Conscious) and I discuss the idea of free will. Do humans truly have the capacity to make their own decisions? Does it matter? We both came in unsure, let's see where we land. 

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Econ Bro joins me from his home country Nigeria, where he is working diligently to teach people about economics and help turn around the abysmal conditions brought about by fiat money inflation and corrupt government. (It might sound a bit too familiar for the Western audience)

"Who will build the roads" turns out to be a common question for the uninitiated in all parts of the world.

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Jason and I discuss the Biblical story of Samuel, where the Israelites reject God and beg for a King so that they might be "like all the other nations". They get it good and hard.

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Get a crash course on economics and entrepreneurship from the brilliant economist, Per Bylund. What is economics, why is it important?

Talking about price gouging after natural disasters, the impact of regulations, the myth of the capitalist monopoly, and more!

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Sam Harris doubles, triples, quintuples down on his TDS with Bill Maher;

Zuckerberg makes his case on the Joe Rogan Experience-- can we expect free speech on Meta platforms now?

Mark and I break it all down

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Tribalism usually is spoken of in a negative context. Jason says it's a net positive. 

We discuss why, along with the pitfalls of tribes on both the left and the right. 

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Breaking down Robert Reich's video where he tries to sell you on socialism by giving it a cutesy nickname. It's a fun one!  Share with your non-libertarian friends!

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Live from January 2nd, 2025!  Mark and I make fools of ourselves with some Trump, RFK Jr, and Dr. Leana Wen impressions! Find out what Donald Trump's new year's resolution is; should you be worried about the bird flu?; and what's the answer to the "skilled" labor immigration question that's been going around after Vivek Ramaswamy faced some big pushback to his tweet about American's lackluster culture and work ethic.

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We talk about Trump buying Greenland and annexing Canada, The Woke Right (I released this part as episode #33, if you already heard that and want to skip, it goes from about 22:30 to 1:33:20), then we get into the New York subway incident where a woman was burned alive, and the 15 year old Wisconsin school shooter.