Podcast Episodes

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/08/2026

This week we cover the case of Suncor v. Boulder County at the Supreme Court, the problems with the Los Angeles mansion tax, new polling...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 10/01/2026

This week we cover spiraling healthcare costs, reforming state-level regulations, and how to keep asset managers accountable to shareholders. Our interview is with Paul Mueller,...

• By: Kevin D. Williamson
• 09/30/2026

Kevin Williamson is joined by Jon Meadows, a DC-area headshot photographer and former political staffer. They discuss Meadows’ unusual path from politics into photography, including...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/24/2026

This week we cover how data centers power our lives, how modern technology is fueling family togetherness, and the origins of America’s rebellious spirit. Our...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/17/2026

This week we cover Treasury yields, oil prices, U.S.-Taiwan security policy, and Trump’s $5,000 dividend checks. Our interview is with James Hohman, director of fiscal...

• 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: Kevin D. Williamson
• 08/26/2026

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• 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: Kevin D. Williamson
• 07/29/2026

Kevin Williamson is joined by Declan Garvey, publisher of The Dispatch. They discuss Garvey’s path from his early interest in politics and public affairs to...

• 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: Kevin D. Williamson
• 06/24/2026

Kevin Williamson is joined by Leah Ashburn, CEO and family owner of Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina. They discuss Ashburn’s path from journalism...

• 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: Kevin D. Williamson
• 05/27/2026

Kevin Williamson is joined by Alex Danza, founder and CEO of the luxury bus company Vonlane. They discuss Danza’s unlikely path from delivering newspapers in...

• 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: Kevin D. Williamson, Clyde Wayne Crews
• 04/29/2026

Kevin Williamson is joined by Wayne Crews, a longtime policy expert on regulation and the administrative state. They discuss his career studying federal rules 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: Kevin D. Williamson
• 03/25/2026

Kevin Williamson is joined by Jonathan Farber, an investor with experience in both the oil business and venture capital. They discuss Farber’s path into the...

• 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: Kevin D. Williamson
• 02/25/2026

Kevin Williamson is joined by Brian Berberich, a veteran commercial filmmaker whose career has taken him from hands-on production roles to producing major commercial campaigns....

• 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: Kevin D. Williamson
• 01/28/2026

Kevin Williamson is joined by Jason Samuels, a former train conductor and Marine Corps veteran now working in leadership within the American rail industry. They...

• 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: Kevin D. Williamson
• 12/24/2025

Kevin Williamson is joined by Scott Jones, a resident at UVA Emergency Medicine with a diverse background including law, military service, and emergency medicine. Scott...

• 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: Kevin D. Williamson
• 11/26/2025

Kevin D. Williamson is joined by Professor James Otteson of Notre Dame. They discuss the meaning of work, Adam Smith’s moral philosophy, and how Smith’s...

• 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: Kevin D. Williamson
• 10/31/2025

Kevin D. Williamson is joined by Steve DelBianco, president and CEO of NetChoice, a trade association that works to make the Internet safe for free...

• 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...

• By: Kevin D. Williamson
• 09/24/2025

Kevin D. Williamson is joined by Tyler Griffin, founder of SwiftPro, a successful family-owned HVAC and plumbing business located in Northern Virginia. They discuss the...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/18/2025

This week we cover potential changes to quarterly reporting for public companies, state-level AI regulations, spiking gas prices in California, and cosmetology licenses for sale...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 09/11/2025

This week we cover the latest jobs numbers, the emergent community of abundance fans, the limits to taxing billionaires, and eliminating an illegal federal agency....

• By: Kevin D. Williamson, Richard Morrison
• 09/04/2025

This week we cover the Trump tariffs being struck down, Biden’s competition order being vacated, and new research on housing affordability. Our interview this week...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 08/28/2025

This week we cover Ray Dalio’s Big Debt Cycle, scandal in climate finance, jobs destroyed by tariffs, why AI can’t replace free markets, and the...

• By: Kevin D. Williamson
• 08/27/2025

Kevin D. Williamson is joined by Rachel Barkley, Director of Able Americans, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank project dedicated to advancing innovative, free-market solutions that...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 08/14/2025

This week we cover new inflation data, public attitudes about Social Security, and California’s self-inflicted energy crisis. Our interview this week is with Kevin Corinth,...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 08/07/2025

This week we cover controversy at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, myths of the auto industry, and a new SPAC from the Trump kids. Our...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/31/2025

This week we cover the Trump administration’s AI action plan, Detroit’s unlikely rebirth, pushing back on EU tech regulation, and why the golden age of...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/24/2025

This week we cover Dodd-Frank’s 15th anniversary, a victory for homeowners in Oregon, and an alternative to socialist grocery stores in New York City. Our...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/17/2025

This week we cover Trump tariffs, Obama’s endorsement of housing abundance, and why the green energy industry needs more market discipline. Our interview this week...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/10/2025

This week’s episode features Corbin Barthold, Internet Policy Counsel at TechFreedom and host of the Tech Policy Podcast. This is a special dual episode of...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 07/03/2025

This week we cover housing abundance in California, the meaning of a market economy, union privileges for government workers, and the decline in heart attack...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/26/2025

This week we cover the failure of postal banking, Trump (again) pausing the TikTok ban, and the political crack-up between unions and the Democratic party....

• By: Kevin D. Williamson
• 06/26/2025

Kevin D. Williamson is joined by Matthew Polstein, owner and operator of the New England Outdoor Center in Millinocket, Maine. The NEOC, founded in 1982,...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/19/2025

This week we cover FreedomFest 2025, the FDA’s block on effective sunblock, good news about critical minerals, and Walmart’s expanding drone fleet. Our interview this...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/12/2025

This week we cover reforms to the Endangered Species Act, attacks on U.S. tech firms, nuclear power innovation, and an exciting new book on environmental,...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 06/05/2025

This week we cover donor privacy, the DOGE legacy, and the impact of import taxes on the auto industry. Our interview this week is...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/29/2025

This week we cover new research on trade and tariffs, how to understand market forces, and good news for coral reefs. Our interview this week...

• By: Kevin D. Williamson
• 05/28/2025

Kevin D. Williamson is joined by Mike Masnick, founder and editor of Techdirt. They discuss the evolving challenges of content moderation, the day-to-day realities of...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/22/2025

This week we cover Jamie Dimon on tariff jitters, the Tax Foundation on the One Big Beautiful Bill, Jesse Walker on Biden cheapfake accusations, and...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/15/2025

This week we cover farm tariffs, the decline in green investing, and the effort to stop state governments from regulating AI. Our interview this week...

• By: Destry Edwards, Richard Morrison
• 05/08/2025

This week we cover the economic slowdown from tariffs, more accountability for independent agencies in the federal government, and riding the rails with the Department...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 05/01/2025

This week we cover workplace injuries, MAGA antitrust in theory and practice, portable benefits for gig workers, and the new book Crushing Capitalism: How Populist...

• By: Kevin D. Williamson
• 04/30/2025

Kevin D. Williamson is joined by Miranda Rinaldi, owner and head baker of Nino’s Bakery in Washington, D.C., and a former Foreign Service Officer who...

• By: Richard Morrison, Clyde Wayne Crews
• 04/24/2025

This week we cover the political roots of totalitarianism, why we should put Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out to pasture, the World Bank’s pivot...

• By: Ryan Young, Richard Morrison
• 04/17/2025

This week we cover teaching with AI, clearing the way for new nuclear development, and eliminating soda and candy from government food aid programs. Our...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/10/2025

This week we cover smartphones for kids, insomnia and anxiety in pre-industrial times, and a blueprint for modernizing the Environmental Protection Agency. Our interview this...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 04/03/2025

This week we cover Republicans for the Green New Deal, diminishing returns from industrial policy in China, and the bottleneck on nuclear development in the...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/27/2025

This week we cover America’s founding principles, the Cato Institute’s recommendations for reforming financial regulation, why Republicans shouldn’t be busting the SALT cap, and declining...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/20/2025

This week we cover retirement investing, pivoting to India, housing on federal land, and priorities for slashing federal spending. Our interview this week is with...

• By: Richard Morrison
• 03/13/2025

This week we cover Trump tariffs, the death of the climate hawks, and California’s experiment with fast food wages. Our interview this week is with...