All Episodes

WWKMD?, Episode 5: Marx Meets the Immigration Raid: Labor, Fear, and the State

Cartel Boats (thread 5), Episode 6: When Weber Answers Locke: The State, Bureaucracy, and Drug Boat Strikes

Cartel Boats (thread 5), Episode 5: Locke at Sea: Would 17th‑Century Liberty Justify Drone Strikes?

Cartel Boats (thread 5), Episode 4: Grotius vs. the Drug War: How a 17th‑Century Jurist Would Judge U.S. Sea Strikes

Historic Supreme Court Cases--Obamacare, Episode 1: If Marshall Met the ACA: How an Early Court Would Have Ruled

Obamacare (thread 2), Episode 5: Hamilton Would Back Obamacare — But He’d Fix It

Obamacare (thread 2), Episode 4: If Jefferson Read Obamacare: A Founding Fathers Clash

Obamacare (thread 2): Episode 3: John Stuart Mill Would Adjust His Spectacles: A Liberal Defense of Obamacare

Ukraine (thread 1), Episode 7: Monroe in 2023: Would He Stand with Ukraine?

Ukraine (thread 1), Episode 6: Thunderclap Diplomacy: How the Warhawks Would Answer Russia

Ukraine (thread 1), Episode 5: What Would Washington Do? Ukraine, Russia, and the Founder's Verdict

Historic Supreme Court Cases--Abortion, Episode 3: The Chase Court: Rewriting the Nation After Appomattox

Vaccines (thread 4), Episode 4: If John Stuart Mill Walked Into a 21st-Century Pharmacy

Historical Whimsey, Episode 1: T.R. vs. Prime-Time: How Theodore Roosevelt Would Judge Pete Hegseth

Vaccines (thread 4), Episode 3: The Man Who Vaccinated the World: Jenner’s Fight Against Smallpox

Cartel Boats (thread 5), Episode 3: Reagan's Resolve: Why He'd Back Caribbean Drug Interdictions

Cartel Boats (thread 5), Episode 2: What Teddy Roosevelt Would Do About Drug Boats in the Caribbean

Cartel Boats (thread 5), Episode 1: If Monroe Saw It: Why Sinking Cartel Boats Looks Like History Repeating

Obamacare (thread 2), Episode 2: Herbert Spencer vs. Obamacare: Liberty, Charity, and the Cost of Coercion

Historical Supreme Courts--Abortion, Episode 1: Marshall's Measure: How John Marshall Would Have Handled Roe and Dobbs

Vaccines (thread 4), Episode 2: Locke vs. the Mandate: Liberty, Reason, and Vaccines

Vaccines (thread 4), Episode 1: Enlightenment vs. Antivaxxers: Voltaire, Diderot & Condorcet React

Tariffs (thread 3), Episode 3: What Would Hamilton Do? Tariffs, Power, and National Industry

Historic Supreme Courts--Tariffs, Episode 4: From Lochner to New Deal: How the Court Transformed Tariff Review

Historic Supreme Courts--Tariffs: Episode 3: Lochner Court vs. Trump's Tariff Power: A Constitutional Knockout

Historic Supreme Courts--Tariffs, Episode 2: Taney, Tariffs, and the Limits of Judicial Power

Historic Supreme Courts--Tariffs, Episode 1: John Marshall vs. Trump’s Tariffs: The Unexpected Verdict

Tariffs (thread 3), Episode 2: If Adam Smith Read Trump's Tariffs: Mercantilism in Modern Clothes

Tariffs (thread 3), Episode 1: When Cromwell Meets the Red Tie: How 17th‑Century Mercantilists Would Read Trump's Tariffs

Obamacare (thread 2), Episode 1: Burke vs. Obamacare: A Cautionary Tale of Grand Designs

Ukraine (thread 1), Episode 4: Hegel on War: Freedom, Recognition, and the Russia‑Ukraine Drama

Urkaine (thread 1), Episode 3: Montesquieu in Kyiv: Liberty Versus Despotism

Ukraine (thread 1), Episode 2: What Would Machiavelli Say About the Russia–Ukraine War?

Ukraine (thread 1), Episode 1: If Thucydides Could Watch Ukraine: Ancient Lessons for Modern War

WWKMD?, Episode 4: Marx on Food Stamps: How SNAP Keeps Capitalism Running

WWKMD?, Episode 3: Marx in Manhattan: The Stock Market Mirage

WWKMD?, Episode 2: Bezos Through Marx's Eyes: Capitalism Personified

WWKMD?, Episode 1: When Capitalism Meets Climate: Marx's Warning Realized