The Political Orphanage
Politics minus bile plus jokes. Comedian and avowed independent Andrew Heaton interviews authors and thought leaders about policy and big thinky stuff.
Episodes
Dr. Sarah Brosnan is a primatologist and Director of the Primate Cognition, Evolution and Behavior Program at Georgia State University.
She joins to discuss what we can learn about human society by observing primate behavior.
Musa al-Gharbi is the author of “We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite.”
He join to discuss Elite Overproduction, and how it results in mass movements.
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James Thatcher (a.k.a “Big Jim”) is a trade and logistics expert. He joins the program to discuss what the president can and cannot do when it comes to trade policy, and what we might reasonably expect to happen under the forthcoming Trump administration.
Andrea Jones-Rooy voted for Kamala Harris.
Josh Jennings voted for Donald Trump.
We invite both onto our program to air out what they are afraid of, and what they’re worried or hopeful about over the next four years.
A full-scale musical comedy about Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the ill-fated 2024 election. Enjoy!
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So does America suck if your candidate loses? In this live episode of the show, we hear an uplifting Nazi story, what POW treatment says about American character, domestic terrorism, and why America is ultimately pretty awesome.
Musical guests: Toothy Gibbons; Mister Jenkins and the Hoofbeats
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Austin Petersen joins to make the case for why independents should cast their vote for Donald Trump.
Jeremiah Johnson of the New Liberal Podcast and Jeff Maurer of I Might Be Wrong join the show to make the case for why independents should vote for Kamala Harris.
The Green Party is America's fourth-largest party, and also has sufficient ballot access to have a legal path to an electoral victory.
The party is a blend of environmentalism, socialism, and non-interventionist foreign policy. Jen Briney joins to discuss the latter.
Cornel West is a philosopher, former professor, and civil rights activist, running for president as the People’s Party candidate.
Chase Oliver is the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate, and the standard bearer for America’s third largest political party. He joins to discuss his campaign, and make his pitch to independent voters.
Why did politics become so nasty, so partisan, so... tribal?
Well now. I wrote a book for you on this very subject: "Tribalism is Dumb: Where it Came From, How it Got So Bad, and What to Do About It."
It's out now! This episode features the first two chapters. Please grab a copy, and enjoy!
Jonathan Ainslie is a law lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, with a focus on Roman Law. He joins the show to discuss free speech rules in the United Kingdom, and the broader topic of what role the government ought to play in protecting you from yourself.
Kevin Williamson is national correspondent at The Dispatch, and writer-in-residence at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He joins to give a thousand-foot view of what our political era will look like in retrospect.
What if we’re focusing on jobs too much?
Guy Standing is the author of “The Politics of Time: Gaining Control in the Age of Uncertainty.”
He joins to discuss laborism, why GDP is a stupid economic indicator, and solutions to the economy’s most vexing problems.
What is “woke” exactly? And why is it it irritating? Lawrence Titley joins to make the case that Wokeness is an older historical phenomenon of loudly drawing attention to cognitive dissonance and moral correction.
What’s the difference between effective, ethical taxes vs. stupid stuff with a bunch of loop holes for rich people? Scott Hodge is President Emeritus & Senior Policy Advisor at the Tax Foundation. He is the author of “Taxocracy: What You Don’t Know Abou Taxes And How They Rule Your Daily Life.”
Book at: www.mightyheaton.com/featured
How do the histories of countries set up the greater context in which they become rich or poor?
Daron Acemoglu believes it boils down to whether or not they’ve been organized according to extractive or inclusive institutions.
He joins to discuss his book, Why Nations Fail.
Final thoughts on attending the Democratic National Convention; the underlying ideology and policy goals, and who will win in the face off between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
Who's this Tim Walz guy?
Live from the Democratic National Convention, we go into his National Guard record, his tenure in Congress and as governor of Minnesota, and explore the underpinnings of his political philosophy.
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