Podcast Episodes

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/10/2026

This week we cover the latest employment data, a new award for academic courage, free speech versus native land acknowledgements, and polling on data center...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/03/2026

This week we cover climate collusion between California and Quebec, how luxurious college campuses are breeding socialists, and government regulation’s protection paradox. Our interview is...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 08/06/2026

This week we cover auto tariffs, electricity supply and demand, and the future of the trucking workforce. Our interview is with Marc Wheat, General Counsel...

• By: Iain Murray, Richard Morrison
• 07/30/2026

This week we cover Social Security reform, what’s fueling state migration, and whether using prediction markets could impact your right to vote. This week Competitive...

• By: Sean Higgins, Richard Morrison
• 07/23/2026

This week we cover making home appliances great again, fighting price controls on healthcare, research on AI-fueled entrepreneurship, and a big new event on administrative...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/09/2026

Our guest this week is Richard Lorenc, formerly of the Foundation for Economic Education and Iron Light and now President & CEO of Lexandria, a...

• By: John Berlau, Richard Morrison
• 07/02/2026

This week we cover terrible advice on poverty from the United Nations, reforming the way we regulate banks, and possible new policy directions at the...

• By: Iain Murray, Richard Morrison
• 06/18/2026

This week we cover U.S. companies getting hammered by tariffs, jobs that are surprisingly not getting replaced by AI, and some good news for people...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/11/2026

This week we cover America’s low-income churn, reforms to civil asset forfeiture, changes to vehicle emissions testing, a shout out to the new podcast Everyday...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/04/2026

This week we cover promising new classroom technology, increasing productivity (and avoiding layoffs) with AI, and the repeal of the SEC’s climate disclosure rule. Our...

• By: Kent Lassman, Richard Morrison
• 05/28/2026

This week we cover bank privacy, SNAP benefits, a new study on tariffs, and a great new podcast about ideas and innovation. Our guest this...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/21/2026

This week we cover higher inflation numbers, a strike on the Long Island Railroad, and new disability tech from Meta. Our guest this week is...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/30/2026

This week we cover childcare in the 50 states, employers and health coverage, the new Institute for Consumer Financial Choice at George Mason University, and...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/23/2026

This week we cover the dwindling number of U.S. public companies, a pro-consumer merger in California, and how to end the housing affordability crisis. Our...

• By: Joshua Bandoch, Richard Morrison
• 04/16/2026

This week we cover AI development in China, how large investors recycle homes, and the need for reform of the Clean Air Act. Our guest...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/09/2026

This week we cover economic growth in China, the political legacy of Viktor Orban in Hungary, and the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s “Liberation Day”...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/26/2026

This week we cover income inequality, myths about homelessness, First Amendment protections for AI, and reforming unfunded mandates. Our guest this week is Gale Pooley...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/19/2026

This week we cover housing affordability, train safety, Paul Ehrlich (1932-2026), and Brian Doherty (1968-2026). Our guest this week is Richard Stern, Vice President of...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/12/2026

This week we cover the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, fighting fraud in broadband deployment, and cutting red tape to boost housing...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/05/2026

This week we cover housing abundance, capitalism’s approval rating, audits of state finances, and the consumer nostalgia of Stranger Things. Our guest this week is...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/26/2026

This week we cover the Supreme Court’s recent decision on tariff powers, myths of the Great Recession, and fiduciary duty for asset managers in Oklahoma....

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/19/2026

This week we cover the sneaky federal cause of high housing prices, record outflows from ESG investment funds, and why YouTube and Instagram shouldn’t be...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/12/2026

This week we talk about Consumer-Regulated Electricity, the amazing falling U.S. poverty rate, and how smart TVs are keeping us all connected. Our guest this...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 02/05/2026

This week we talk about satellite shot clocks at the Federal Communications Commission, Federal Reserve nominee Kevin Warsh’s digital-dollar beliefs, the burden of aluminum tariffs,...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/29/2026

This week we talk about the last 50 years of regulatory reform, a new study on climate adaptation, and reforms to Kentucky’s property tax system....

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/22/2026

This week we talk about making a living in podcasting, confronting our mounting national debt, and assessing President Trump’s new healthcare plan. Our guest this...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/15/2026

This week we talk about Trump’s 10% credit card interest proposal (and the dangers of populist economics in general), a new report on debanking from...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/08/2026

This week we talk about communist housing policy in New York City, the best economics and history books to read in 2026, a legal setback...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 01/01/2026

This week we talk about corporate real estate investing, woke pension funds, changing fuel economy rules, and questions about a possible Trump Federal Reserve nominee....

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/11/2025

This week we talk about the economic impact of net-zero policies in blue states and Europe, top targets for environmental policy reform in 2026, a...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 12/04/2025

This week we talk about our 150th episode anniversary party, the documentary "Dear Mr. President: The Letters of Julia Sand," the new $140,000-a-year poverty level,...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/20/2025

This week we celebrate the show’s sesquicentennial anniversary – that is, our 150th episode. We look back at the dozens of smart, funny, passionate, and...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/13/2025

This week we talk about changes in consumer credit, disappearing fast-food jobs in California, and six things the climate movement gets wrong about China. Our...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 11/06/2025

This week we talk about Social Security’s cost of living, conserving rare earth minerals, and why California keeps losing tech jobs. Our guest this week...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/09/2025

This week we talk about the need to build more infrastructure in the UK, an award for public finance leadership in Oklahoma, teaching students to...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/02/2025

This week we cover a new study on pharmaceutical tariffs, whether to expect a new Great Depression (via Phil Magness and Marc Wheat in National...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/25/2025

This week we cover the future of financial regulation, the end of the left vs. right distinction in politics, and how we all just dodged...