Ron and Ed welcome Bryan Caplan, professor of economics at George Mason University. Bryan is a prolific author and speaker on wide range of economic and other fantastically nerdy topics from voting to role playing games. Bryan's substack, Bet on It, has addressed the following topic in the month of July alone: * Cars and convenience * An offer to illustrate a book of his using AI * Abusers giving vice a bad name * Non rival assets for the poor * Open borders on trial * The status of women Prepare to be impressed. If you have question or comment for Bryan, please email us at asktsoe@verasage.com or tag us on Twitter (soon to be X.com) using @asktsoe