Season 8, Episode 2 - Economist Thomas Sowell, Economist Walter Williams, Massachusetts bill to limit driving, new club drugs, stock market indexes, Autistic Barbie, crime in New Jersey, and more!

This week, we actually have two complementary quotes of the week: The first is from Economist Thomas Sowell on the track record of socialism over the past century. The Second is from economist Walter Williams on how the rise of Capitalism has allowed people to free themselves from poverty. In our Stupidest thing I’ve heard all week segment, we’ll tell you about a bill coming up for a vote in the Massachusetts legislature that would try to limit how much each person in that state could drive every year. In our health segment, we’ll tell you about a popular new club drug that is killing people and why. We’ll tell you how the major stock market indexes performed in 2025 and how much money you would have made last year if you had invested in them on January 2nd of 2025. We’ll play a clip from a Venezuelan National explaining why the capture & removal from Venezuela of Nicholas Maduro by the Trump administration does not constitute a “Regime change”. We’ll tell you how much gun crime has declined in New Jersey over the 3 years since the State was forced to begin issuing concealed-carry permits in 2022. We’ll tell you which toy maker is now offering one of their most famous dolls in an Autistic version and how that version differs from the regular doll that has been around for decades. Our taxpayer relief shot segment this week is from Slidell, Louisiana, where a homeowner shoots & kills a violent intruder.