Ep. 23 - Brad Thompson on the Philosophy of the Founding
Rob Tracinski talks with Brad Thompson, author of America's Revolutionary Mind , about the philosophical ideas behind the founding of Americ...
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Salon of the Refused
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20 of 23 episodesEp. 22 - Helen Pluckrose on Postmodernism
Rob Tracinski talks with Helen Pluckrose, editor of Areo magazine and co-author of Cynical Theories , about the roots of today's "woke" cult...
Ep. 21 - George Will on Conservatism
Rob Tracinski talks with Washington Post columnist George F. Will about the rising statism of the right. The conversation includes: how he b...
Ep. 20 - Jaroslav Romanchuk on Belarus
Rob Tracinski talks with Jaroslav Romanchuk, President of the Scientific Research Mises Center in Minsk, about the "Revolution of Order" in...
Ep. 19 - Jason Crawford on Progress Studies
Rob Tracinski talks with Jason Crawford, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and blogger at Roots of Progress, about progress and the need to recogn...
Ep. 18 - Amesh Adalja Follow-Up on Coronavirus
Rob Tracinski talks again with Amesh Adalja, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, following up after n...
Ep. 17 - Amesh Adalja on Coronavirus
Rob Tracinski talks with Amesh Adalja, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. The conversation includes:...
Ep. 16 - Cathy Young on the Right and the Left
Rob Tracinski talks with Cathy Young, writer at Quillette, The Bulwark, and elsewhere, about our plight stuck between illiberal strands of b...
Ep. 15 - David French on Liberalism
Rob Tracinski talks with David French, lawyer and writer for National Review, about "David French-ism" and the debate between liberal and il...
Ep. 14 - Steven Pinker on the Legacy of the Enlightenment
Rob Tracinski talks with Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress , about the legacy...
Ep. 13 - Ayn Rand's Rational, Secular Basis for Morality
Rob Tracinski offers a brief overview of how Ayn Rand offered a rational, secular basis for morality, in contrast both to the religious argu...
Ep. 12 - Ed Niedermeyer on Tesla
Rob Tracinski talks with Ed Niedermeyer, author of the forthcoming book Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors , about Tesla, Elon...
Ep. 11 - Ilya Shapiro on the Privileges or Immunities Clause
Rob Tracinski talks with Ilya Shapiro, director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, about the Tim...
Ep. 10 - Shoshana Weissmann on Occupational Licensing Reform
Rob Tracinski talks with Shoshana Weissmann, fellow and digital media manager for R Street Institute, about occupational licensing reform. T...
Ep. 9 - Robert Garmong on John Stuart Mill
Rob Tracinski talks with Bob Garmong, former lecturer at Dongbei University of Finance and Economics and author of a forthcoming study on th...
Ep. 8 - Alex Berezow on Science in the News
Rob Tracinski talks with Alex Berezow, Vice President of Scientific Affairs at the American Council on Science and Health, about misundersta...
Ep. 7 - Robert Garmong on China
Rob Tracinski talks with Bob Garmong, former lecturer at Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, about his experiences in China and the...
Ep. 6 - Tom Nichols on NeverTrump, Part 2 of 2
Rob Tracinski talks with Tom Nichols, professor at the Harvard Extension School and author of The Death of Expertise , about the future of N...
Ep. 5 - Tom Nichols on the Death of Expertise, Part 1 of 2
Rob Tracinski talks with Tom Nichols, professor at the Naval War College and Harvard Extension School, about the " death of expertise ." The...
Ep. 4 - Scott Lincicome on the Trade War
Rob Tracinski talks with Scott Lincicome about the progress of President Trump's trade war. The conversation includes: why tariff power was...