Last year, I had Dr Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi with the Venezuelan Science Incubator join me on the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show for the whole hour to talk about the infectious disease crisis in the country. He agreed to come back and do this show to discuss the political, humanitarian and economic crisis happening in Venezuela. Joining me, boots on the ground from northwestern Venezuela, to talk Venezuelan history; food, water and electricity shortages; hyperinflation and to answer the questions--Who is Nicolás Maduro? and who is Juan Guaidó? is Dr Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi.

A "bottlenecker" is a person who advocates for the creation or perpetuation of government regulation, particularly an occupational license, to restrict entry into his or her occupation, thereby accruing an economic advantage without a benefit to consumers. On today's show, I want to look at bottleneckers, in particular occupation licensure. Joining me today is the director of strategic research at the Institute for Justice and a professor at the University of Colorado and the co-author of a very important book--Bottleneckers: Gaming the Government for Power and Private Profit--Dick Carpenter, PhD

The Electoral College--many groups have tried and are trying to change it. The topic became alive again in 2016 with the electoral victory of Donald Trump, while Hillary Clinton received the popular vote edge. What does the Constitution say? What did the Framers say? How has it worked? And what is the National Popular Vote? Joining me to take a deeper look at the Electoral College is Trent England, Trent is the director of the Save Our States project at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs and an attorney.

On this show, I talk to Professor of Economics at Frostburg State University in Maryland, William Anderson, PhD about the history, the economics and the massive government intrusion associated with the Green New Deal proposed by Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.

The 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, is held up by many as the epitome of conservatism. The question is, how conservative was he? I am joined by Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, Ivan Eland to answer this question. I asked Eland specifically about President Reagan concerning entitlements, taxes, regulation and limited government. We also delved into Reagan's foreign policy, the Cold War and Iran Contra.