Free Expression in America
Mike & Jay discuss free expression in America.
Voting Rights, Worker or Contractor, Pride Month, Unabomber, Presidential Field
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike & Jay open the episode with their views on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Allen v Milligan, the big voting rights case that Trey & Ken discussed last week. They add to the conversation by focusing on the dissent, which Jay largely agrees…
Bryan Caplan on Voters as Mad Scientists
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike has another conversation with one of his all-time favorite guests: Bryan Caplan. Bryan is an economist at George Mason University, a prolific author, and blogs at Bet on It. In this episode, they discuss Bryan’s latest collection: Voters as Mad Scientists: Essays on…
Trump’s Federal Indictment, Voting Rights Act Upheld, Republican House Revolt, Mike Pence
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Trey & Ken begin the show with the breaking news of President Trump’s historic federal indictment. Although the story is unfolding, the guys look at what it means both legally and politically for Trump. They are in large agreement that it doesn’t change Trump’s…
Jonathan Ward on The Decisive Decade in the US / China Relationship
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks with Dr. Jonathan Ward, an internationally recognized expert on Chinese global strategy and US-China competition. He has a Ph.D. in China-India relations from the University of Oxford, has consulted for the Department of Defense, and is the founder of the Atlas Organization,…
Partisanship, Civil Conflict, and Civil War
Mike and Jay discuss extreme partisanship, civil conflict, civil war, and the trajectory of current American politics.
Debt Limit Deal, No Recession (Yet), Paxton Impeachment, SCOTUS Recusal
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike & Jay open with a discussion of the bipartisan agreement to suspend the debt ceiling until after the 2024 elections in exchange for spending cuts and caps that the Congressional Budget Office says will cut the deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next…
Kevin Munger on Generation Gap Politics
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks with Kevin Munger, an assistant professor of political science and social data analytics at Penn State University about his book Generation Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture. Topics Mike & Kevin discuss include: – if generational cohorts…
Listener Questions: Right to Secede, Education, Biden’s Record, Taxes
Trey & Mike on states leaving the United States, education, Biden’s record, and the ‘correct’ level of taxation.
DeSantis, Twitter Spaces, Tim Scott, No Debt Ceiling Increase, Sackett v EPA, Ukraine
Trey is joined by Mike this week. The show begins with a discussion of Ron DeSantis’ presidential announcement on Twitter Spaces. The discussion focuses both on the content of the announcement, DeSantis running against legacy media, and the the technical aspect of the announcement itself on Twitter. Next the pair discuss Tim Scott’s presidential announcement…
