Ranked #1
Is Amazon HQ2 Worth it?
Is Amazon HQ2 Worth it?
If you live in NYC, Washington DC, or Nashville, TN, Amazon is coming to town. But unlike Santa Claus, Amazon’s new head... Read more
13 Dec 2018
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49mins
Ranked #2
Health Care without Health Insurance
Health Care without Health Insurance
What if there was a way your family doctor could provide you with better care for less money and do it without using hea... Read more
30 Aug 2018
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43mins
Ranked #3
Can You Monetize Everything You Do?
Can You Monetize Everything You Do?
New technologies have made it possible for us to monetize more and more of our daily lives. First, we discuss the third ... Read more
19 Jul 2018
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51mins
Ranked #4
A Libertarian Approach to the Green New Deal
A Libertarian Approach to the Green New Deal
Join Paul, Joe Verruni, and Peter Van Doren as they discuss why the Green New Deal is neither particularly “green,” all ... Read more
7 Mar 2019
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53mins
Ranked #5
How Smart are 'Smart Contracts'?
How Smart are 'Smart Contracts'?
This week Kate Sills joins us to respond to several recent articles criticizing smart contracts. One of the issues we co... Read more
12 Jul 2018
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40mins
Ranked #6
Debunking Overpopulation
Debunking Overpopulation
One of the things that folks in the 22nd century will find bizarre about their ancestors in the early 21st century will ... Read more
11 Apr 2019
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50mins
Ranked #7
Free Speech Online: Unfriended
Free Speech Online: Unfriended
Over the past several years, conservative complaints about social media bias have grown. Some conservatives allege that ... Read more
30 May 2019
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48mins
Ranked #8
Swiping Right For Love
Swiping Right For Love
Today, more than a third of long-term relationships are started through online dating apps like Tinder and eHarmony. (An... Read more
14 Feb 2019
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43mins
Ranked #9
Scooters: Sidewalk Scourge or Transportation Transformation?
Scooters: Sidewalk Scourge or Transportation Transformation?
If you live in a city, your relationship with the new scooter startups like Lime and Bird probably ranges somewhere betw... Read more
28 Feb 2019
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42mins
Ranked #10
Self Driving Miss Daisy
Self Driving Miss Daisy
The world is rapidly aging and, since people have fewer kids, that means we are facing an eldercare crisis. People will ... Read more
14 Nov 2019
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39mins
Ranked #11
Immigrants Built Silicon Valley
Immigrants Built Silicon Valley
This is the first of a three part series looking at the origins of Silicon Valley and how it became synonymous with tech... Read more
9 Jan 2020
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46mins
Ranked #12
Wearable Tech: Health Care of the Future
Wearable Tech: Health Care of the Future
Wearable tech includes everything from wearable thermometers to robotic exoskeletons. It’s a hot investment area for Sil... Read more
31 Jan 2019
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46mins
Ranked #13
Ranked Choice Voting, A Better Way to Vote?
Ranked Choice Voting, A Better Way to Vote?
Tired of voting for a political candidate you don’t particularly like who represents a major political party you don’t p... Read more
3 Jan 2019
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57mins
Ranked #14
The Automation Revolution is Upon Us
The Automation Revolution is Upon Us
How will people respond to artificial intelligence taking their jobs? The rise of political radicalism on both Left and ... Read more
13 Jun 2019
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1hr 1min
Ranked #15
Talking Talk Radio (with Brian Rosenwald)
Talking Talk Radio (with Brian Rosenwald)
How did Limbaugh change the radio business? How did the conservative opinion media come to be? Who were the left-wing ta... Read more
3 Oct 2019
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37mins
Ranked #16
8chan and Reacting to Online Radicalization
8chan and Reacting to Online Radicalization
The recent shootings in El Paso and Gilroy are a reminder of the power of the internet to build communities for niche in... Read more
22 Aug 2019
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35mins
Ranked #17
On Innovation: Don't Ask for Permission
On Innovation: Don't Ask for Permission
Tech companies are often accused of acting without first thinking through all the ramifications of what they’re doing on... Read more
4 Apr 2019
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49mins
Ranked #18
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Netflix Christmas Special
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Netflix Christmas Special
As the cultural economy (music, movies, television, and books) digitized around the turn of the 21st century, many criti... Read more
26 Dec 2019
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47mins
Ranked #19
Destination Mars
Destination Mars
This week’s interview is with Robert Zubrin, astronautics engineer and President of the Mars Society, who also introduce... Read more
9 May 2019
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50mins
Ranked #20
We Googled It (with Hal Varian)
We Googled It (with Hal Varian)
Matthew Feeney and Peter Van Doren interview Hal Varian about his professional experience starting with his economics co... Read more
17 Oct 2019
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24mins