Picking up where we left off from our last episode, we continue the conversation with Professor Katy Hull and discussing her book “The Machine Has a Soul: American Sympathy with Italian Fascism” with a flight across the Atlantic and the grisly demise of Mussolini.

American Fascists, no, it’s not the name of a new movie but the subject of the next two episodes as we explore Professor Katy Hull’s book “The Machine Has a Soul: American Sympathy with Italian Fascism”

Part two of our interview with IHS Senior Fellow and Chapman University professor Bart Wilson regarding his book “The Property Species: Mine, Yours, and the Human Mind.” This week we dive a little deeper into the humanity end of the pool in regards to property.

IHS Senior Fellow and Chapman University professor, Bart Wilson stops by to discuss his book “The Property Species: Mine, Yours, and the Human Mind.” Host Anthony Comegna prompts Professor Wilson on what spurred him to undertake such a sweeping concept for this book, as well as do animals have the same economic principles as humans, and all sorts of other facets around the topic of property.

It’s part two of our sci-fi-stravaganza! Libertarianism.org’s Aaron Ross Powell joins us to nerd out a little more on the future, sci-fi, death-rays, world building, and a hopeful conclusion. So sit back and listen in to another fun-filled episode of Ideas in Progress.

Does the pandemic have you down? Tired of all the news? Escape with episode one of a two-parter with Aaron Ross Powell and Anthony Comegna as they geek-out over sci-fi and ask the question if there really is a libertarian sci-fi genre. Nothing heavy here as we just want to have a little fun and take a break from the world.

Part two of two with entrepreneur Martin Babinec. Last episode we called for bottom-up solutions, this episode we shift looking at talent exporting communities and magnet cities, people getting together to help fill each other’s needs, and what happens when these things collide.

America is in need of more good jobs. Our guest this episode has a passion and practices that may help get us there. Martin Babinec is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who uses his investments and connections to transform stagnant or decaying communities into economically vibrant and productive places to live. This is part one of a two part interview discussing his latest book “More Good Jobs” and how it came to be.

Fresh off of his TedxTalk, Northwestern’s Joshua Kleinfeld virtually stops by the studio to chat with us about his TedxTalk, “Democracy and the Pandemic” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckyEtrY6yKQ), why we should be hopeful even in these dark times, and why you should be believe in democracy. Listen in and feel a little more hopeful about the world.

We are back with the second of a two part interview with Bowling Green professor, Kevin Vallier. We dive deeper into his latest book “Trust in a Polarized Age” (available at kevinvallier.com) and what that means in the greater society.

Join us for the conclusion of this conversation and insights into the current state of trust in our world.