All Episodes
Choosing Better — 69 episodes
Sports and Economics Part 1: It’s All Rigged (On Purpose)
Children in an Age of AI
Testing What Matters: How Assessment Shapes Education
Economics and Life Hacks Part 2: How to Make Better Decisions about Time and Money
Life is Less Spicy Without the Secret Sauce! Property Rights and Concerns for the Future (with Jason Long)
[Bonus Episode] America Goes to War: Making Sense of the Sudden Conflict with Iran (with Tim Buch)
Missionary Economics: The Art of Going, Giving, and Getting It Right
A Knowledge Paradox: Collectively Brilliant, Individually Helpless
You Are What You Love: How Our Desires Shape Who We Are
[Bonus Episode] Analyzing Trump’s Grab for Greenland
Economics and Life Hacks: Using Economic Thinking to Make Better Decisions (Part 1)
[Bonus Episode] The Venezuela Operation: Inside the U.S. Mission to Capture Nicolás Maduro
Uneven Information: Helpful Strategies When Information Is One-Sided
Special Christmas Episode: The Economics of Gift Giving
What We Can Learn from the Saints (with Matthew Milliner)
DDNR: Digital Do Not Resuscitate
Worldviews: A Pastoral Conversation with Del Tackett
Dating Economics: Heartbreak and Optimizing the Search for a Spouse
Holy Shekels: Ancient Welfare Meets Modern Economics
Nothing Is Really Yours
[Bonus Episode] Immigration for Sale? The High Cost of a U.S. Work Visa
From Boys 2 Men? The Growing Crisis in Male Achievement
From Data to Disaster: What Happens When Governments Fudge the Math
Believe, Behave, Belong: Why Costly Behaviors Are Necessary to Find Meaningful Belonging
Unbelievable: From Secular Decline to Spiritual Renewal
Information or Influence? The Cost of Taking Sides (with Tim Buch)
[Bonus Episode] One Big Beautiful Episode: Inside the Midnight Megabill that Divided America
CTRL+ALT+DELETE Your Job? AI Might
[Bonus Episode] U.S. Airstrikes on Iran: Context, Consequences, and Questions
Unemployment 101: Working to Understand Joblessness
Interactive Options: The Choices that Change the Choice
The Marriage Premium: Why Men (may) Need to Settle Down
[Bonus Episode] India and Pakistan: Unpacking the Subcontinent’s Standoff
Morality and the Law: Right, Wrong, and the Rules We Live By
The Upside of Unequal: Is Inequality Always Bad?
Cultivating Generosity: Should We Receive Pleasure When We Give to Others?
[Bonus Episode] Liberation Day: The Tariff Wall Is Here
Patriot Games: A National(ism) Past Time (recorded with a LIVE audience)
What Makes a Good College?
What do you know?
Agreeable Disagreement
Trading Places: Tariffs and the Economics of Protectionism
History’s Greatest Hits: A Conversation with Jason Long on the Most Important Moments in Economic Development
Lawn and Order: Zoning Laws and the Balance of Individual Liberty and Community Harmony
Who Owns the Baby? Fertility and the Limits of the Marketplace
Birth Dearth: Why the World Stopped Having Babies
We Measure What We Value… and We Value What We Measure
Is The Gain Worth the Pain? The Use and Effectiveness of Sanctions
Reality Check or Dream On? Debating Idealism vs. Realism
Show Me the Money: Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) the Real Deal or Not Worth the Cash?
A Genuine Conversation on Artificial Intelligence with Richard Hughes Gibson
Anxious Minds: Does Anxiety Fuel Political Polarization?
From Aristocrats to Average Joes: What We Lost When We Ditched the Nobility
The New Eugenics: A Conversation with Calum MacKellar
Should Free Speech Be Limited?
Pro-cedures? Medical Intervention and Risk Taking.
Feeling lonely? You're not alone. The Epidemic of Loneliness and Despair
Formation or Jobs: What Is the Purpose of an Education?
Assisted Suicide: Is This Our Rubicon?
This Is My Land! At Least I Think So…
Intellectual Property: How Long Is Long Enough?
More than Facts: What are the Liberal Arts all about?
Incarceration as Specialization
Migrating on Migration
Artificial Sincerity
Merciful Scarcity
A Just Price or Just a Price?
Ignorance is Bliss
What a Shame