Podcast Episodes

• 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...