Original show Title: 🚨 August 19, 2025 | Hasan Piker on capitalism; Colombia Healthcare; Trump Theater; India; Lobbying | Yaron Brook Show

From socialist pundits to political theater—this episode dives into the battle of ideas shaping our world. Yaron takes on Hasan Piker’s attack on capitalism, exposes Colombia’s failing healthcare model, and calls out Trump’s latest theater act. Plus—India’s rise, the dirty game of lobbying, and what declining free-market enthusiasm says about our culture.

In the live Q&A: Ben Shapiro’s take on Trump’s “masterstroke” in Ukraine, why Europe seems silent, whether violence in America is cultural or systemic, the future of Social Security vs Medicare, “late stage capitalism,” IRS audits, and more.

If you want straight talk on economics, politics, and culture—without tribalism—this is the episode you can’t miss.

Key Time Stamps:
01:05 Upcoming Shows Schedule
02:20 Hasan Piker on capitalism
33:30 Colombia Healthcare
43:20 Intel
51:00 Trump Theater
56:45 India
1:01:10 Lobbying
1:04:35 Trump Theater

Live Questions:
1:10:02 Ben Shapiro just released a video titled “Could Trump’s MASTERSTROKE end the Russia-Ukraine war?”
1:11:45 Wasn't Europe supposed to come here to scold Trump?
1:16:36 Are you going to see the Veritas by Raffaele Monti, at Museu Almeida now that you are in Lisbon?
1:18:02 Free markets are “out”, even on conservative media there is zero appetite or even lip service to capitalism. Have you seen this in your career?
1:28:27 Do you think violence is so much higher in America than in any other western country because Americans are more immature and materialistic?
1:30:22 do they feel more pressure to achieve wealth and status, and if they're not achieving it, do they become anxious and insecure and lash out violently?
1:31:07 You said social security is relatively easier to save with some tweaking, but are Medicare and Medicaid impossible? Will they collapse in your life time?
1:35:11 Can you do a show on so called "late stage capitalism"?
1:36:46 The number of IRS audits has dropped significantly under Trump. Is he just protecting his crony friends who donated to his campaign?

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