Mike talks with Josh Cowen, a professor of education policy at Michigan State University about his recently released book, The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers.

Topics Mike & Josh Cover Include:

- how vouchers work

- Milton Friedman’s role as a voucher pioneer

- vouchers as a response to school desegregation

- why modern voucher programs are less accountable

- the ‘woke’ agenda of k-12 education

- vouchers and religious freedom

- Harris v Trump on vouchers

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