Roughly translated it means, "I am because you are,” Ubuntu has been heralded as Africa’s gift to the world. A gorgeous and daringly compassionate trumpet blasts for everything organizations like the IHS stand for. Author Mungi Ngomane joins Ideas in Progress to discuss her book, “Everyday Ubuntu,” and what is at the heart of practicing Ubuntu.

James Stacey Taylor speaks with host, Anthony Comegna on the idea of markets for everything and discussing Professor Taylor’s upcoming book “Bloody Morality: How Prohibiting Compensation for Blood and Blood Products Harm Patients and Wrongs Donors.” Join us for for a philosophical conversation regarding the market for blood.

On this episode of Ideas in Progress we begin a sporadic series we will be running during the next few months featuring the faculty and staff of IHS. We will hear about how they got started with IHS, what drew them to this organization, and some tales along the way. First up is PhD candidate and staffer Josh Ammons.

Reason Magazine editor-at-large, Nick Gillespie is back with us this week. This week we dive into postmodern libertarianism and how Dr. Gillespie came to be one. Join us for a half hour look into this facet of liberalism.

This week on Ideas in Progress, Reason Magazine's, Nick Gillespie joins us. That's right. Do not adjust your sets. The Duke of Leather Jackets, the King of Weird Cultural References. And did you know this? A PhD in English literature. Dr. Gillespie doesn't make a big deal about his degree, but we are sure you are just as curious as we are to know more about his time in academia.

We continue our conversation with Aaron Ross Powell and Paul Matzko, diving into visions of the future and thoughts of a libertarian utopia. Plus our guests weigh in with predictions of a future we could have.

Welcome to our first Ideas in Progress podcast recorded under quarantine, with all the usual caveats that you graciously forgive any audio aberrations or house sounds that may pop up from time to time. Aaron Ross Powell and Paul Matzko from Libertarianism.org and the Cato Institute, have recently published "Visions of Liberty," a series of case studies in what you might call libertarian utopianism, or what we on this show, have been calling liberal futurism.

Sociologist Abigail Saguy joins the show to discuss intersectionality, the decisions we make due to that idea, and her book “Come out, Come out, Whoever you are.”

Dr. Chris Coyne drops by the studio to discuss his recent "Speak for a Sandwich" lecture at IHS on the topic of war and peace, peaceful solutions, and how the powers holding nuclear weapons aren't that different from the people running the subway.

From its origins in a falling ancient empire and the emancipation it brought with it, liberalism has always been an emancipatory movement, but can we really have emancipation without full-on abolition? This week, Professor Pete Boettke joins us to answer this and more on the problem of public governance.