The Great Antidote

By Juliette SellgrenSociety & Culture Science Social Sciences Government Philosophy

The Great Antidote episodes

June 30, 2020 Brent Skorup on Drones
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Brent Skorup, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at GMU, talks to us about the future of technology, specifically drones, flying cars, and self driving cars.
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45 min
June 29, 2020 Peter Van Doren on The Value of Life
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Peter Van Doren, editor of Regulation, talks to us about the value of life and other science-y things.
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51 min
June 24, 2020 Matthew Feeney on Section 230
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Matthew Feeney, director of Cato Institute's Project on Emerging Technologies, talks to us about section 230 of the communications decency act and many common misunderstandings about it from all sides of the political spectrum.
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43 min
June 21, 2020 Thomas Hazlett on the FCC
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Thomas Hazlett, former economic director of the Federal Communications Commission and Hugh Macaulay endowed professor of economics at Clemson, talks to us about the FCC, section 230, and the ways the government intervenes in technology.
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1 hr 2 min
June 16, 2020 George Will on Conservatism and Baseball
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George Will, columnist for the Washington Post, talks to us about conservatism, the current state of congress, the importance of a dynamic economy, and baseball.
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38 min
June 14, 2020 Baylen Linnekin on food regulation
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Baylen Linnekin, food lawyer and author, talks to us about the different silly ways the government regulates food.
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46 min
June 09, 2020 Deirdre McCloskey on How We Got Rich
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Deirdre McCloskey, author of many books, a professor of many topics, and columnist, talks to us about how we got rich, liberalism, and her sex change.
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45 min
June 08, 2020 Andrea O'Sullivan on Bitcoin
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Andrea O'Sullivan, director of the Center for Technology and Innovation at the James Madison Institute, talks to us about bitcoin and other crypto currencies
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42 min
June 04, 2020 Clark Neily on Police Abuse and What to do About It
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In this special episode, Clark Neily, vice president for criminal justice at Cato Institute, talks to us about recent police abuse events, how we got here, and what to do about it.
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35 min
June 02, 2020 Ed Glaeser on the Unseen Beauty of Cities
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Ed Glaeser, economics professor at Harvard University, talks to us about the housing crisis and the advantages brought on by urban life.
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43 min

About The Great Antidote

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Adam Smith said, "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition." So join us for interviews with the leading experts on today's biggest issues to learn more about…