The Political Orphanage

Cory Doctorow is a journalist, activist, and science fiction author known for his work on digital rights, monopolies, and the future of technology.

He joins to discuss non-compete clauses, IP law, Right of Repair, and copyright regimes.

His most recent book is "Picks and Shovels," available at www.mightyheaton.com/featured.

Sebastian Junger is a decorated war correspondent and author of books like "The Perfect Storm" and "Tribes: On Coming Home and Belonging."

Heaton was going to interview him about his last book, "Freedom," but then Junger very nearly died, and they decided to talk about that instead.

His most recent book is "In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife"

Prior interview on "Tribes"

https://omny.fm/shows/something-s-off-with-andrew-heaton/ep-50-what-your-hunter-gatherer-genes-really-want?in_playlist=something-s-off-with-andrew-heaton!podcast

Mahmoud Khalil has been detained, and will be potentially deported, by the Trump administration.

Attorney Anna Gorisch joins to discuss the implications of this case, in terms of national security, immigration law, and the difference between protected and unprotected speech.

Unabridged: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12QlJl8QgTKBffGXgtUjzMfLIrndTf3mW/view?usp=sharing

Andrea Jones-Rooy is a data scientist and former DEI consultant.

She joins to discuss what DEI is, what DEI is not, and where it goes wrong.

What would happen if the Trump administration tried to abolish or defund the Department of Education?

What does it do, and is it a net positive or net negative in terms of tax dollars and dispensing knowledge?

What is the government doing which is irritating, and what is irritating that the government can assist with?

Topics covered today include: paper straws, low-flow toilets, pennies, nickels, mail, and quitting gym membership.

Jeff Maurer, author of "I Might Be Wrong" on Substack joins to discuss.

Jonathan Rauch asserts that as the American Church has become increasingly concerned with the culture war and politics, it has become secularized and unappealing to its members, who are abandoning it. The result is a country increasingly spiritually adrift, churches distracted from their core missions, and a nation turning to politics as a substitute.

He is the author of Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Promise with Democracy

Who's having sex, and how much of it are they having? Who's getting married and who's getting divorced? Does money, somehow, possibly, effect any of this?

Cathy Reisenwitz of "Sex & The State" joins to discuss.

Trump erected, then delayed, tariffs on Canada and Mexico, but has levied tariffs on China–which is apt to escalate things shortly. What happens in a trade war and why are they bad? And what is happening now, specifically, in whatever's going on with Canada? Heaton breaks down the macroeconomics, and James Thatcher explains the unfolding situation.

Discord: www.mightyheaton.com/discord

The Trump administration is reclassifying federal workers as Schedule F, making them easier to fire, and put a stop to remote work. In hopes of compelling federal employees to quit, and thereby shrink the government workforce.

Heaton makes the case that if your goal is to shrink government, this is a counter productive way to do it.