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- Who Actually Survives a Nuclear War
Radiation, fallout, and perpetual winter – would you survive a nuclear war? What about the president, Australia, and modern civilization? In this episode we do a deep dive on nuclear warfare, how bad it might be, and what rebuilding civilization would entail.
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2 hr 15 min - The Rules of Getting and Keeping Power
Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford University, and the author of "7 Rules of Power: Surprising–but True–advice on how to get things done and advance your career." He joins the show to talk about ways to increase your power in life and at work, and how to avoid stumbling blocks to its accumulation.
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54 min - The Church of Woke
When does an ideology become a full-blown religion? Does Social Justice qualify? The World's Smartest Podcast Network convenes a roundtable to discuss, including Andrea Jones-Rooy, Turner Sparks, and Michael Ira Kaplan.
1 hr 30 min - (Rebroadcast) The Berlin Wall
Since this week's show and bonus episode both take place in Germany, we'll go ahead and throw in a rerun of my all-time favorite: "What Really Brought Down the Berlin Wall." Original air date: January 21, 2021 SUPPORT THE SHOW! www.patreon.com/andrewheaton
1 hr 12 min - How Nazis Thought About Economics
Heaton flies to Berlin to interview German historian Rainer Zitelmann, author of "Hitler's National Socialism," about the ideology and political economy of Nazi Germany.
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1 hr 22 min - Space Bureaucrats vs. Space Billionaires
How do we best get space tourism and moon colonies – big public projects, or cocky entrepreneurs? Lori Garver is the former Deputy Administrator of NASA, and the author of "Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age."
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Robert Zubrin on "How to Build a Moon Base": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEEgdmimSWg
54 min - The Supreme Court Messed Up on Prayer in Schools
In Kennedy v. Bremerton the Supreme Court revisited–and reversed–long-standing precedents on public teachers and administrators leading prayers in school and at events.
Paul Townsend, of "In Summation - The Final Word" joins to assess its impact and diagnose the decision.
1 hr 17 min - Can I Eat Peyote if it's Religious?
What happens when a law affecting public safety or basic governance comes into conflict with someone's deeply-held religious beliefs?
In this episode we explore religious exemptions, and how the court addresses carveouts from otherwise applicable laws.
43 min - Hunting for Theocracy in America
The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, but also forbids the establishment of religion. What happens when the two come into conflict?
In Judge Week 2: Separation of Church and State, we investigate the First Amendment, and how the courts balance its competing clauses.
55 min - Bad News About Humane Warfare
Civilization has made warfare more indirect, streamlined, technological, and distant.
What if making warfare nicer makes us less hesitant to begin conflicts, and slower to stop them?
Samuel Moyn is the author of "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War."
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About The Political Orphanage
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Politics minus bile plus jokes. Comedian and avowed independent Andrew Heaton interviews authors and thought leaders about policy and big thinky stuff.