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Independent Conversations — 110 episodes

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1

The Redistricting Debate After Louisiana v. Callais

2

The Economists You Probably Don’t Know—But Should

3

End California’s Nuclear Energy Ban!

4

Is the Constitution the First Casualty of the Iran War?

5

Deleting The State: Fear, Power, and Political Authority

6

Slaying Tariffs: From Declaration to Supreme Court Victory

7

The Obamacare Trainwreck…and the way out

8

Minneapolis Maelstrom

9

Reclaiming the Constitution: The People and the Bill of Rights

10

Venezuela on the Brink

11

L.A. Wildfires: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

12

Year in Review: How Did Liberty Fare in 2025?

13

Crackup on the Right, BBC Bias, Rent Control Revisited

14

How NIMBYism Worsens California’s Housing Crisis | Christopher Calton

15

Shutdown Blues; Trumpy Tariffs; "Regime Change" War with Venezuela?

16

Beyond Homeless: What Really Works To End Homelessness?

17

Does the L.A. Metro System Have to Be a Waste of Time and Money? | Baruch Feigenbaum

18

Free Speech vs. Left and Right Cancel Culture | Nadine Strossen

19

Is a Multipolar World Better for the U.S.?

20

Tariffs on Trial

21

Ukraine Endgame, Redistricting Drama, etc.

22

Trump Strikes Iran: Turning Point or Mistake?

23

Race, Liberty, and the Future of Meritocracy in America

24

Why Tariffs Are Toxic

25

Executive Orders Galore! Birthright Citizenship, DEI, Energy, and More

26

It Didn’t Have To Be This Bad: Southern California Firestorms

27

The New Syria and Civil Liberties. Trump's Team

28

Judy Shelton: Money and Inflation in the New Trump Era

29

Election 2024: Policy Issues That Matter Most

30

Free Speech / Free Prices: Deepfakes, Hurricanes, Port Strikes, Hate Speech

31

Yes We Can Cure the Healthcare Crisis!

32

Economic Illiteracy of Trump and Harris

33

SCOTUS Review: Latest Supreme Court Decisions Explained

34

How to Run Wars — Meet the Authors

35

Hunter Biden & Gun Laws. Pandering To Young Voters! Voter-Approved Taxes?

36

Is Higher Ed Going Off the Rails?

37

Why Campus Chaos? Ban Lab-Grown Meat? Biden Clueless on Economics

38

Trump Touts Tariffs. Fast Food Workers Hit. RFK Jr. Chides Big Government.

39

Social Media Free Speech? Biden’s "Shrinkflation" Ploy. IVF Liberties?

40

The California Golden Fleece Award vs. the Bureaucrats!

41

The New Antisemitism—from the Left

42

Can Milei Succeed? Argentina at the Start of a New Era

43

The Untold Story of FDR's War on the Bill of Rights | David Beito and Amity Shlaes

44

Free Speech a Casualty of Israeli War? DEI Under Scrutiny. Ban TikTok?

45

Biden Admin Pressured Tech Companies to Violate Free Speech; D.C. Budget Showdown

46

New Mexico Governor Suspends Gun Rights, Hunter Biden Faces Gun Charges

47

Trump Indictments Galore, Hunter Biden Corruption, Florida Slavery Curriculum

48

SCOTUS RULINGS: Racial Preferences, Student Loans, Artistic Freedom

49

Debt Ceiling Reprieve, Banking Health, NAACP Slaps Florida

50

In Search of Monsters to Destroy | Christopher Coyne and Mary L. G. Theroux

51

Bragg vs. Trump. Ban TikTok? FBI Spying on Catholics?

52

Chinese Balloon Saga, Ukraine Endgame, Cancel Roald Dahl?

53

Classified Docs in Biden’s Garage! When Will COVID Health Emergency End?

54

Free Speech vs. Equal Rights: SCOTUS Weighs the Balance

55

Midterm Elections Red Ripple—Good or Bad for Liberty?

56

Paypal Goes Political, Ukraine Towards the Brink, Harris Hurricane Relief

57

Biden Buys College Vote, Lockdowns Lowered Learning, Historians Go Woke

58

Feds Raid Mar-a-Lago, Inflation Reduction Act Dishonesty, China & Taiwan

59

Redefining “Recession,” Semiconductor Pork, Fauci Doubles Down

60

Unflinching SCOTUS Hews to Text and History, On Guns and Abortion

61

Inflation Revs, Ukraine Turns, Taiwan Fears, Homelessness Grows

62

Cancel Student Debt? Kill The Constitution to Solve Gun Violence?

63

Buffalo Shooting, Baby Formula Flap, Build-Back-Better Inflation

64

The Second Amendment: Opportunities and Threats | Stephen P. Halbrook

65

SCOTUS Roe Ruling Leaks, Biden's Unconstitutional Disinformation Board

66

Putin's Desperation, Florida's Culture War, Goodbye Mask Mandates

67

Elon Musk & Twitter, Ukraine War or Peace, Disney's Culture War, Media Bias

68

Implacable Inflation, Putin's Villainy, U.S.'s Quandary, New SCOTUS Justice

69

Tyranny & Misinformation in the COVID-19 Pandemic | Naomi Wolf

70

Russia Invades Ukraine, Biden & NATO, School Recalls, Durham, P.J. O'Rourke

71

Biden Threatens Over Ukraine, Olympics & Covid Controls, Academic Intolerance

72

Breyer Resigns at SCOTUS, Ukraine Vortex, Inflation & Inequality, Crime Surges

73

Omicron's Surge, Vax Mandates at SCOTUS, Bidenflation & BBB, School Protests

74

New Way to Care: Market-Based Health and Social Protections | US Rep Pete Sessions & John C. Goodman

75

The Dying Citizen: Are Woke Elites, Tribalism & Globalism Threats to America? | Victor Davis Hanson

76

War on Thanksgiving, "Racial Justice," Organized Retail Crime and Inflation

77

Mollie Hemingway on “Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections”

78

Kyle Rittenhouse Trial, Red-Wave School Choice, UN Climate Alarmism, Inflation

79

Red-Wave Election Battles, Federal-Budget Behemoth, US COVID Funding at Wuhan

80

Vaccine Mandates, Fiscal Crisis, DOJ Threatens to Silence Peaceful Dissent

81

Artificial Intelligence Can't Think but It Can Transform the Economy | George F. Gilder

82

“Build Back Better"?, $3.5T Boondoggle, Biden's Border Crisis, Drone Murders

83

Afghanistan Debacle, Biden Vaccine Mandate, California Recall of Gavin Newsom

84

America's COVID-19 Debacle: "A Plague Upon Our House" | Scott W. Atlas, M.D.

85

Cuban & French Liberté Protests, Newsom Recall, Big Teach, Big Tech & Big Gov

86

Skyrocketing Crime, Post-COVID Schools, Biden's Appointments

87

SCOTUS Religious Liberty, NYC Election, Voter Fraud & Inflation

88

Fauci Emails, States Re-Opening, & the Legacy of COVID-19 Lockdowns

89

Groupthink and Fauci's Hubris: Disinformation & COVID-19 Origins

90

Lab Origin Scandal: Did the U.S. Fund COVID-19?

91

CA Gov Newsom Recall, Ending Woke Schools, Gun Control & Government Failure

92

COVID Vaccine Passports, School Shutdowns, and the Border Crisis

93

Border Crisis, Woke Racism, Assault Weapons Redux, and Filibuster Omens

94

Race and Liberty in America: "What Killed Michael Brown?" | Shelby Steele

95

COVID-19 Pork, Dr. Seuss, Teachers Unions, Lockdowns, and Reopenings

96

Black History: Race & Liberty in America

97

Origins, Harms & Political Deception of the COVID-19 Lockdowns | Phillip Magness & Graham H. Walker

98

Impeachment, Black History, Civil Liberties, Woke Tyranny, School Shutdowns

99

Biden's Executive Orders, Border Wall, School Names and Cancel Culture

100

Capitol Protest Fallout, Censorship, Unfettered Biden Agenda, China

101

Election Lawsuits, Biden, Media Bias, EDD Fraud, Vaccines, Walter Williams

102

Election Endgame, Biden Policies, COVID-19, Thanksgiving and Liberty

103

2020 Elections: Trump or Biden? No Blue Wave? Vote Fraud? What's Next?

104

2020 U.S. Elections, Final Presidential Debate, ACB on SCOTUS & More

105

SCOTUS Hearings, COVID-19, W.H.O., Pence vs. Harris V. P. Debate

106

Amy Coney Barrett SCOTUS Nomination, Presidential Debates and More

107

Millenarian Mobs, Wildfires, Woke Football, and Milton Friedman

108

Ethnic Studies, Identity Politics, Racism, Riots, and the Police

109

Kamala Harris, Political Correctness, Corruption and Civil Liberties

110

Free Speech, Cancel Culture, Identity Politics and Police Reform