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December 23, 2025Inside Magic Mountain: How the IAF made Magic happen!
How Leadership, Learning and Community Were Built Behind the Scenes
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Recommendations from this episode:
Book // Priya Parker - The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Book // Deirdre Nansen McCloskey - Why Liberalism Works: How True Liberal Values Produce a Freer, More - Equal, Prosperous World for All
Book // Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson - Abundance
Book // Marian L. Tupy , Gale L. Pooley - Superabundance
Book // Maria Ressa - How to Stand Up to a Dictator
Documentary // Navalny
1 hr 24 min
December 09, 2025 Understanding Gen Z Movements
Youth-led protests, accountability and the future of democratic participation
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
1 hr 7 min
November 25, 2025 Networks, Talent, and Trust: The Foundations of Resourced Organisations
Why investing in people, networks and trust creates lasting impact
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
58 min
November 04, 2025 Why Land Rights Matter: Rethinking Development Through Property Rights
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
1 hr 20 min
October 21, 2025The Return of Power Politics - Dragonbear and the West
Geopolitics, Bifurcation, and the Liberal Order in Turbulent Times
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Book recommended in this episode:
Felix Somary: Krise und Zukunft der Demokratie
1 hr 10 min
October 07, 2025How to Build 'Hard Hope'
Lisa Witter on Leadership, Mindset, and Better Politics
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Resources mentioned in this episode
Lisa Witter: How to Build ‘Hard Hope’ in Everyday Life with Curiosity at Its Core
Better Politics’ report on Mental Well-being for Politicians: Mere Mortals
[Circular Power Politics](https://www.betterpolitics.foundation/report/circular-power-politics%3A-apolitician%
E2%80%99s-guide-to-five-opportunities-to-lead-with-and-for-the-people)
[Political Leadership Norms](https://www.betterpolitics.foundation/report/political-leadershipnorms%
3A--a-new-framework-for-reimagining-politics)
Book recommendations from this episode
Robert B. Cialdini: Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion
Daniel Kahneman - Thinking, Fast and Slow
Leor Zmigro: The Ideological Brain - The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking
Mark C. Taylor: After the Human - A Philosophy for the Future
1 hr 8 min
September 23, 2025Peak Human - How openness and institutions shape progress across time
A conversation with Johan Norberg
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Book // Johan Norberg: Peak Human
IAF podcast episode with Deirdre McCloskey
IAF podcast episode with Lant Pritchett
IAF podcast episode with Sam Bowman
Book // Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Antifragile
1 hr 5 min
September 11, 2025The Liberal Utopia of Próspera? Charter Cities, Autonomous Zones, and the Future of Governance
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Website of Próspera
TED Talk // Paul Romer: Why the world needs charter cities[
Al Jazeera Documentary // What Happens When American Billionaires Build A Private City In Your Country](https://youtu.be/X9xmdRgHEj4?si=msMJAWuw4qqmDOnR)
Books recommended:
James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg: The Sovereign Individual
James C. Scott: Seeing Like a State
David D. Friedman, Peter T. Leeson, David Skarbek: Legal Systems Very Different From Ours
1 hr 16 min
August 26, 2025Becoming Crisis-Ready: On Leadership, Learning & Resilience
Why leadership clarity matters when everything feels uncertain
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Resources mentioned in this episode
Book: Becoming Good at Crises – A Field Guide for Leaders
Podcast: Leading Beyond Crisis
1 hr 10 min
August 12, 2025The Housing Theory of Everything
How Housing Drives Innovation, Inequality, and Economic Growth
You can find out more about our work, seminars and publications at www.freiheit.org/iaf.
Sources mentioned in this episode
Website // Works in Progress
Paper // John Myers & Sam Bowman & Ben Southwood: The housing theory of everything
Book // Alain Bertaud: Order without Design - How Markets Shape Cities
Book // Thomas Piketty: Capital in the Twenty First Century
Book // Ezra Klein: Abundance
Podcast // Samuel Hughes on The Great Downzoning
1 hr 5 min

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