The Political Orphanage

The Green Party is America's fourth-largest party, and also has sufficient ballot access to have a legal path to an electoral victory.

The party is a blend of environmentalism, socialism, and non-interventionist foreign policy. Jen Briney joins to discuss the latter.

Cornel West is a philosopher, former professor, and civil rights activist, running for president as the People's Party candidate.

Chase Oliver is the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate, and the standard bearer for America's third largest political party. He joins to discuss his campaign, and make his pitch to independent voters.

Why did politics become so nasty, so partisan, so... tribal?

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Jonathan Ainslie is a law lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, with a focus on Roman Law. He joins the show to discuss free speech rules in the United Kingdom, and the broader topic of what role the government ought to play in protecting you from yourself.

Kevin Williamson is national correspondent at The Dispatch, and writer-in-residence at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He joins to give a thousand-foot view of what our political era will look like in retrospect.

What if we're focusing on jobs too much?

Guy Standing is the author of "The Politics of Time: Gaining Control in the Age of Uncertainty."

He joins to discuss laborism, why GDP is a stupid economic indicator, and solutions to the economy's most vexing problems.

What is "woke" exactly? And why is it it irritating? Lawrence Titley joins to make the case that Wokeness is an older historical phenomenon of loudly drawing attention to cognitive dissonance and moral correction.

What's the difference between effective, ethical taxes vs. stupid stuff with a bunch of loop holes for rich people? Scott Hodge is President Emeritus & Senior Policy Advisor at the Tax Foundation. He is the author of "Taxocracy: What You Don't Know Abou Taxes And How They Rule Your Daily Life."

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How do the histories of countries set up the greater context in which they become rich or poor?

Daron Acemoglu believes it boils down to whether or not they've been organized according to extractive or inclusive institutions.

He joins to discuss his book, Why Nations Fail.