Alex speaks with frequent guest Peter Jaworski about the gap between a moral obligation and the expectation that some specific institution ought to be the one to realize that moral obligation - especially an institution like the state.

Sabine speaks with Christy Horpedahl about the entrepreneurial spirit that imbues Penelope Fitzgerald's "The Bookshop".

Sabine speaks with the host of the Curious Task Alex Aragona to find out more about him, especially what he considers classical liberalism to be in its essence. 

Alex speaks with Jayme Lemke about the life, work, and legacy of American Nobel Prize-winning political economist Elinor Ostrom. 

References

1. “Elinor Ostrum and the Bloomington School: Building a New Approach to Policy and Social Sciences” by Jayme Lemke and Vlad Tarko

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Elinor-Ostrom-Bloomington-School-Building/dp/0228004152 

2. Elinor Ostrum Publications 

Link: https://ostromworkshop.indiana.edu/library/bibliographies/ostrom-elinor.html 

3. Elinor Ostrum Fellowship, Mercatus Centre

Link: https://www.mercatus.org/students/elinor-ostrom-fellowship

Alex speaks with Thomas Bunting about politics, democracy, social progress and more as they relate to baseball and athletics more broadly.

Alex speaks with Edward Slingerland about the dance that most civilizations have done with alcohol and the delicate balance between worshipping its creative effects and fearing its dangerous consequences. 

Alex speaks with Scott Scheall about the importance of spontaneity for liberalism. 

Alex speaks with Claudia Williamson about what economists mean by culture and how individualism and other elements of culture can effect the economic progress of nations, peoples and groups.

Sabine speaks with Rosemarie Fike about the relationship between women's rights and economic freedom and the disparities that persist in contemporary economies around the world.

Sabine speaks with John Wood Jr. about political polarization in America and its effects on democracy, civil rights and activism today.