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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.
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Presenting LPS: America's Most Colorful Quack
John Romulus Brinkley became wealthy, famous, and powerful as one of America's most colorful, ludicrous quacks. He made his fortune by "curing" male impotence by sewing goat testicles into clients. As well as becoming a radio tycoon, politician, and more.
Check out more on the podcast Losers, Pretenders & Scoundrels -
Trump Conviction: Kangaroo Court or Al Capone?
Last week a New York court found former president Donald Trump guilty on thirty-four felony counts. Is this rule of law in action, or a corrupt judiciary undermining the law?
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Batya Ungar-Sargan on the Working Class
What are the insecurities of the Working Class, and what policies hurt or exploit them? Batya Ungar-Sargon is an editor at Newsweek and the author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women.
BOOK AT: www.mightyheaton.com/featured
Batya’s handle: @bungarsargon
Heaton & Batya on Heaton’s TV show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBh3sLlgRx4
Batya on The Political Orphanage: “Woke Hysteria is Actually Class Warfare”
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/woke-hysteria-is-actually-class-warfare/id1439837349?i=1000557442141
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The Difference Between Psychopaths and Sociopaths
Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and multiple-award winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 20 years in the state and federal prison system, universities, and in private practice.
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How Nations Escape Poverty
Dr. Rainer Zitelmann is the author of "How Nations Escape Poverty: Vietnam, Poland, and the Origins of Prosperity." He joins to discuss the efficacy of international development aid, and what we can learn from the economic growth of Asia vs. that of Africa.
Book at: www.mightyheaton.com/featured
Dr. Zitelmann on Nazi Economics: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-nazis-thought-about-economics/id1439837349?i=1000577197764
Dr. Zitelmann on his book “In Defense of Capitalism”
https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/capitalism-remains-undefeated
Film: “Poland: From Socialism to Prosperity”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBIhsZ9GNHc&t=118s
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Cicero and the Founding Fathers
Jeffrey Rosen is a legal scholar and the President of the National Constitution Center. He’s the author “the Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America.”
Book at www.mightyheaton.com/featured
Customer Reviews
99% awesome podcast
Started following the show probably 6 months ago and have become a huge fan! Heaton routinely brings in diverse voices and construct hypotheses to take difficult problems. That being said, on the campus protest episode his guest Kaplan starting the discussion saying the protest was about dressing up as Hamas and supporting the Oct 7th massacre, which is disingenuous at best. There’s nothing wrong with letting someone voice that opinion on your podcast, but Heaton seemed to just go along with it in agreement. Might avoid these “round table” episodes in the future.
If you are smart and still think farts are funny, this is your podcast.
Andrew is a master interviewer who is happy to listen to all sides of a topic. Funny, smart, and informative.
Interesting topics, thoughtful discussion, funny
Nice variety of topics with well reasoned and logical discussion of different viewpoints. Long format allows for nuanced and differing perspectives. Love the light, comedic style as well.