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James Franko, President of the Kansas Policy Institute, joins Garrett to explore the Sunflower State. Garrett & James discuss everything from the appropriate degree of doneness for a steak to Kansas tax reform. We learn that even flat Kansas has elevations to rival the Mountain State, and we dive into local Swedish art, the demographics of Kansas, increasing mechanization's impacts on the local economy, and Trump's legacy in the Great Plains.

Read about the history of "Bleeding Kansas" https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/bleeding-kansas#:~:text=Bleeding%20Kansas%20describes%20the%20period,killed%20between%201855%20and%201859.

What's the Matter with Kansas? https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Matter-Kansas-Conservatives-America/dp/080507774X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=what%27s+the+matter+with+kansas&qid=1635188011&sprefix=what%27s+the+matter+with%2Caps%2C125&sr=8-1

What Was Really the Matter with the Kansas Tax Plan? https://www.amazon.com/What-Really-Matter-Kansas-Plan/dp/0898031826/ref=sr_1_1?crid=4RV8403XNMPF&dchild=1&keywords=what%27s+really+the+matter+with+kansas&qid=1635188040&sprefix=what%27s+really+the+matter+with+kansas%2Caps%2C114&sr=8-1

Visit Mount Sunflower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sunflower

Explore the Flint Hills of Kansas https://www.flinthillsdiscovery.org/594/What-are-the-Flint-Hills

Learn more about Kansas and taxation and spending statistics through KPI's Green Book! https://kansaspolicy.org/tag/2021-green-book/

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Peter J. Hill is Professor of Economics Emeritus at Wheaton College and a Senior Fellow at the Property and Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana, where he currently resides. He joins Garrett on Forgotten America to discuss free-market environmentalism (FME) and the property rights framework he uses to evaluate conservation issues. P.J. also gives us a look back into the truth about the Wild West and whether or not it was really all that wild.

Follow P.J.'s work and the work of PERC at https://www.perc.org/

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring: http://www.rachelcarson.org/SilentSpring.aspx

Learn more about the economist Ronald Coase: https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Coase.html

Read about Terry Anderson at PERC: https://www.perc.org/people/terry-anderson-2/

You can buy the book Free Market Environmentalism for the Next Generation on Amazon.

Edward Abbey was originally discussed in Ep. 021.

The Not So Wild, Wild West by Terry Anderson & P.J. Hill

The Foundation for Economic Education teaches about the Knowledge Problem.

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Our newest team member, Andrew Bambrick, joins Garrett to discuss his home state of New Jersey and what it was like growing up in the small town of Hammonton in southern New Jersey. He tackles stereotypes that come from shows like the Sopranos and Jersey Shore, talks about the cultural and political differences between north and south New Jersey, and he shares why he loved growing up in the Garden State.

Go visit Hammonton, New Jersey for their Blueberry Festival! https://www.hammontonnj.us/red-white-blueberry-festival

Jersey Shore is so much more than the show makes it out to be. http://www.newjerseyshore.com/

The Sopranos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sopranos

Jersey Shore: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1563069/

Andrew's favorite diner in Hammonton: https://www.silvercoindiner.net/

Saltwater Taffy originated in Atlantic City, NJ: https://www.britannica.com/topic/salt-water-taffy

The Pine Barrens are a great example of the natural beauty of New Jersey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Barrens_(New_Jersey)

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The opioid crisis is back in the news with the death of actor Michael K. Williams. West Virginia is even suing Purdue Pharma over its role in the opioid crisis. However, today's guest, Jacob Rich, a drug, tobacco, and healthcare analyst with the Reason Foundation and Senior Contributor with Young Voices, says that the majority of the blame should be placed on the government. Join Garrett & Jacob for today's episode of Forgotten America as they discuss the history of the opioid crisis, government's role in exacerbating it, policies that can alleviate the crisis, and predictions about the future.

You can follow Jacob on Twitter at @jacobjamesrich

You can read his research at reason.com - here is his article on medication assisted therapies (MAT) and current federal policy https://reason.com/2021/02/02/biden-restores-a-barrier-to-opioid-addiction-treatment/

Statistics on the opioid crisis from the CDC https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/deaths/index.html

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's guidelines on MAT https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment/practitioner-resources/faqs

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Effects on Opioid Prescribing and Drug Overdose Mortality by Jacob Rich and Robert Capodilupo

https://reason.org/policy-study/prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-effects-on-opioid-prescribing-and-drug-overdose-mortality/

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Jessi Troyan and Jessica Dobrinsky from team Cardinal take over the Forgotten America podcast this week. They chat about why they chose to stay in West Virginia, how Jessica transformed from an avid Bernie supporter to a leading young voice for conservatives in West Virginia, their mutual love/hate relationships with Pittsburgh, and their perspectives on West Virginia culture.

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Many people think that all of West Virginia is coal country, but that simply isn't true. Garrett joins his wife, Kimberly, on this episode of Forgotten America to discuss life in the southern coalfields, how her upbringing was different from his in the Mid-Ohio Valley, the strength of the Appalachian woman, and the future of West Virginia.

You can learn about the various regions in West Virginia and their differences in this article by West Virginia Executive Magazine. http://www.wvexecutive.com/local-challenges-unique-opportunities/

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John Charles Jr is the President & CEO of the Cascade Policy Institute in Portland, Oregon. In this episode, we learn about his journey from Marxist environmental activist to leader in the free-market environmentalist movement. He and Garrett also discuss land use policy and how it affects individuals and economies. This is one of those policies that the average person doesn't know much about but that massively affects everyone's lives. This episode covers everything from zoning to lite rail to urban sprawl to the housing crisis. Listen in and tell your friends all about land use policy and how it's making their lives more expensive and difficult.

The Property & Environment Research Center (PERC) - formerly known as the Political Economy Research Center - based in Montana https://www.perc.org/

Cascade Policy Institute - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascade_Policy_Institute

You can learn more about the Smart Growth movement at https://smartgrowthamerica.org/our-vision/what-is-smart-growth/

Patrick Moore - past president of Greenpeace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore_(consultant)

Bjorn Lomborg - author of The Skeptical Environmentalist - https://www.lomborg.com/skeptical-environmentalist

Read more about Performance Based Zoning - https://www.bdcnetwork.com/performance-based-zoning-us-cities-starting-loosen-zoning-regulations

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Robert Graboyes, a healthcare economist for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, joins Garrett today to discuss the health care system in America. He talks about its purpose, why it's broken, how being a doctor is similar to and different from being a pilot, and the high stakes of getting it right. They also discuss such topics as innovation in health care, which level of government should be responsible for health care regulation and reform, and the history and effects of certificate of need laws. If you are constantly frustrated by American health care, this is the episode for you.

Mercatus Center at George Mason University - www.mercatus.org

Twitter - @robert_graboyes

Read Fortress and Frontier in American Health Care - https://www.mercatus.org/publications/healthcare/fortress-and-frontier-american-health-care

The Dubious Case for Professional Licensing by Uwe Reinhardt - https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/the-dubious-case-for-professional-licensing/

You can buy a copy of David Goldhill's Catastrophic Care on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Catastrophic-Care-Everything-Think-Health/dp/034580273X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=catastrophic+care&qid=1626714092&sr=8-2

Washington Post: "7 experts try to answer who has the world's best health-care system" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/17/best-health-care-systems-world/

Robert also hosts his own podcast called Fortress and Frontier. You can listen to his episode with Dr. Devi Shetty here. https://www.mercatus.org/podcasts/06042021/fortress-and-frontier-narayana-system-and-innovations-healthcare

Learn more about the Healthcare Openness and Access Project on Mercatus' website. https://www.mercatus.org/publications/healthcare/healthcare-openness-and-access-project-2020-full-release

Find more information on the Night Scout project at http://www.nightscout.info/

Read more about how certificate of need laws led to an infant's death in Virginia https://reason.com/2017/01/25/virginia-certificate-of-need-hospital/

John Goodman Priceless https://www.amazon.com/Priceless-Healthcare-Independent-Studies-Political/dp/1598130838/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=priceless+john+goodman&qid=1626738493&sr=8-1

The Creative Destruction of Medicine by Eric Topol https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Destruction-Medicine-Digital-Revolution/dp/0465061834/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=eric+topol&qid=1626738540&sr=8-5

The Patient Will See You Now by Eric Topol https://www.amazon.com/Patient-Will-See-You-Now/dp/0465040020/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=eric+topol&qid=1626738638&sr=8-4

Deep Medicine by Eric Topol https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Medicine-Artificial-Intelligence-Healthcare/dp/1541644638/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=eric+topol&qid=1626738638&sr=8-3

The Innovator's Prescription by Christensen, Grossman, and Mwang https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Prescription-Disruptive-Solution-Health/dp/1259860868/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=grossman+healthcare+book&qid=1626738819&sr=8-3

This week, Jason Huffman, state director of Americans for Prosperity - West Virginia, joins us for a second time on Forgotten America. He and Garrett discuss new legislation bringing transformational change to the Mountain State as well as thoughts on how to combat political polarization and why more engaged citizens are needed in state politics today.

If you want to follow Jason's work at Americans for Prosperity - West Virginia, you can follow them on

Twitter: @AFPWV

Facebook: @AFPWestVirginia

You can read more about their policy proposals for making West Virginia a better place to live, work, and raise a family https://americansforprosperity.org/state/west-virginia/

You can listen to Jason's previous episode on Forgotten America - Ep. 002: Coal Miner's Son.

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Dr. Abigail Hall Blanco is an Associate Professor in Economics at Bellarmine University. She received her PhD in Economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She is a co-author of the books Manufacturing Militarism: US Government Propaganda in the War on Terror and Tyranny Comes Home: The Domestic Fate of U.S. Militarism both with Christopher Coyne. Today she joins Garrett to discuss development economics, why regions like Appalachia are still so poor, and what solutions economists have for poverty and economic growth.

Visit her website here: https://www.abigailrhall.com/

Learn more about Bill Easterly: https://www.williameasterly.org/

Learn more about Jeff Sachs: https://www.jeffsachs.org/

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