The John Stossel Interviews

"If your kids went through puberty on a smartphone with social media, they came out different than human beings before” says Jonathan Haidt, author of the bestseller “The Anxious Generation.”He argues that childhood is now phone-based instead of play-based, resulting in anxious and depressed kids. "They know that life would be better if they didn't spend five or six hours a day on social media. They know that, but the...

James Lindsay once exposed the woke left’s insanity with a hoax. Now he’s exposed part of the right for bashing liberty and even embracing Marxist ideas.To prove it, he sent a conservative magazine a revised version of "The Communist Manifesto." They published it! He calls them the “woke right" because they "behave like the tyrants of the woke left." In this podcast, Lindsay explains why they’re a problem. ...

Activist Robby Starbuck got companies like Target, Walmart, and Toyota to drop their woke DEI policies. It sounds hard to believe one man could do that, but he did. From DEI trainings to mandatory "ally" pledges, Starbuck posts videos about absurd woke things that big companies do behind closed doors to please activists. In this podcast, he explains how this fight against corporate America worked, how DEI hurts America, a...

Charles Ryu escaped from North Korea not once, but twice!

He experienced starvation, torture, and years of propaganda.

North Koreans, even those who escape, fear talking about socialist tyranny because the regime might kill their families.

“Not just you, but your entire three generations will be wiped out,” explains Ryu.

He is only willing to talk because he has no immediate family left in the country.

Now he educates Americans abou...

People who run businesses are often smeared. But they shouldn't be.

“Making our lives better is what entrepreneurs do. We take it all for granted,” says Yaron Brook, Chair of the Ayn Rand Institute.

In this hour-long conversation, Brook defends the marketplace and the self-interest that drives it.

He also carves out the path of self-interest through mountains of big issues: war, poverty, immigration, drugs and children--even how self-...

Professor John McWhorter, author of "Woke Racism," argues that condescending leftist ideology hurts black people.

We spoke a few years ago when few others were pushing back on those ideas. But I learned a lot from my half-hour interview with him, so here's our full discussion.

For one, the Columbia linguist points out "Woke Racism" hurts black people in many ways: from treating them as incapable of logic, to calling for abolition of ...

Michael Malice, the popular podcaster and author, reminds us that tyranny can be defeated. It’s been done before.

In this podcast, Malice shares stories of life under totalitarian regimes, and explains how the media was often complicit in totalitarianism.

Malice’s distrust in government is why he’s calls himself an anarchist.

He makes the case that things like food, education, and even security, are better left in private hands.

“Maybe...

Media and politicians constantly warn about the dangers of firearms. They say too many people have guns. But Black Guns Matters founder Maj Toure says there should be more guns!

“Everybody should be walking around and like, oh man, I left my gun in the house. Let me go back and get it,” says Toure. “Everybody?” I ask. “Everybody.” He says that would make America freer and safer, especially in black communities, which he sa...

Parents are more scared than ever. The media warn of “Stranger Danger.”

Lenore Skenazy says this is foolish. Parents should let their kids be MORE independent.

She calls it “Free Range” parenting. She says kids are healthier when given unsupervised freedom. Parents are happier too.

But what about the kidnappings?

Skenazy points out those are extremely rare. It’s MUCH safer for kids to walk outside than ride in a car, yet parents r...

Tim Pool is a very successful journalist. He has millions of subscribers on multiple channels.

But Pool never went to journalism school. In fact, he didn’t even finish high school.

Unlike most reporters, Pool became respected just by doing it--going to the news, and covering things the mainstream media often miss.

He’s reported from global hotspots, gone into the middle of riots, and exposed media bias.

In 2019, I did a short vide...

This podcast is with…. GASP!…. a sex worker. Her name is Aella, and her career path is surprising.

She’s made a lot of money performing for men online, and being an escort. But she's also an outspoken libertarian. “I just knew that freedom was really important,” she tells me. Now she’s paid to do research. Her surveys are unconventional, including something she calls a “rape spectrum." Here's our wide-ranging conversation.

Open speech is under attack around the world. Canada’s Rebel News founder Ezra Levant warns what might happen if we lose free speech in America.

He points out that politicians in Canada plan to punish "hate speech" with life in prison. In England and Scotland, you can already get arrested for “hateful” posts. There, J.K. Rowling fights back – breaking Scotland’s law on purpose, daring police to arrest her. In Australia and B...

This is my full interview with controversial psychologist Jordan Peterson. Protesters tried to shout him down, but they failed. Now millions buy his books about finding meaning in responsibility.

Why do people -- especially young people -- eagerly buy books about responsibility? "There's just an absolute starvation for the other side of the story," Peterson says. "There are no rights, technically speaking, without responsibili...

Robert Kennedy Jr recently suspended his presidential campaign. He was a unique candidate, with some controversial ideas. While he was running, I talked with him for an hour. RFK Jr told me that he wants to cut government spending, and that he supports freer markets. I was skeptical. What about his previous proposal to ban fracking? His opposition to nuclear energy? To even wind energy? What about the environmental regulati...