As the United States continues to rapidly vaccinate and nears the end of the COVID pandemic, Jeremiah shares some personal reflections on a year of living through a global pandemic. How did the pandemic change us? What were the medical, social, economic, medical and emotional tolls from the last year?  What did we learn about our government and ourselves?  Should a year of pandemic living make us more or less optimistic about the future? To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack.  Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast?  Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How much do social media personalities matter in the broader political culture?  How do they influence the public?  If they do matter, what does it mean for the future?  Twitch streamer and 2021 Neoliberal Shill Bracket Champion Bastiat joins the podcast to discuss how politics is discussed on social media.  We talk about how social media influences young people's politics, the relationship between social media and extremist politics, and whether or not Youtube, Twitch, Twitter and other sites are worth focusing on as a political strategy. Watch Bastiat on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/bastiat Follow Bastiat on Twitter - https://twitter.com/EverydayBastiat To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack.  Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast?  Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) joined the Neoliberal Project for a Twitch livestream to discuss his plan to address climate change. He and Neoliberal Project director Colin Mortimer discussed carbon taxes, carbon capture technology, and regulations for 'super-pollutants' as ways to address climate change.  They also discussed housing policy, and take viewer questions from from the stream's live chat. To catch all the Neoliberal Project livestreams, follow us on Twitch!  https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack.  Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast?  Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Can charter schools help improve America's education system?  Tressa Pankovits and Curtis Valentine from the Reinventing America's Schools Project at PPI join the show to discuss charter schools and school choice.  What's the value in having local autonomy and experimentation in schools? How do you guard against potential downsides to charter schools? Ultimately, how can charter schools help improve outcomes for students?  Find more about the RAS Project here - https://progressivepolicy.org/category/projects/reinventing-americas-schools/ Read studies from Stanford's CREDO - https://credo.stanford.edu/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack.  Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast?  Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

The economic benefits of immigration seem clear, but what if immigrants could harm our institutions?  CATO's Alex Nowrasteh joins the show to discuss his new book 'Wretched Refuse? The Political Economy of Immigration and Institutions'.  We talk about the fears that immigrants could lead to more terrorism, less freedom, and more corruption. Is there any evidence for those fears? Do immigrants actually have positive impacts on institutions and culture? We cover these questions and more! Check out the book! - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/wretched-refuse/47A037EB552CDB16DC77906072A590AB Follow Alex on twitter - https://twitter.com/AlexNowrasteh To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack.  Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast?  Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Transit expert Alon Levy joins the show to talk about why building public transportation is so difficult and expensive in so many parts of the world. Why does New York lead the world in how expensive their subways are? Why is it difficult for certain countries to learn best practices from other countries?  Which countries get it right, and what practices do they use that allow them to build more efficiently? Find Alon's blog at https://pedestrianobservations.com/   Find Alon's recent report "So you want to do an infrastructure project?" with the Niskanen Center - https://www.niskanencenter.org/report-so-you-want-to-do-an-infrastructure-project/   Alon's case study of the Boston Green Line - https://marroninstitute.nyu.edu/papers/the-boston-case-the-story-of-the-green-line-extension   To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack.  Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast?  Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How did the New Democrats help pass the COVID relief bill, and how do they plan to maintain the Democratic House majority in 2022? Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10), a leader of the New Democrat Coalition, joins the show to discuss the New Dems and more. We discuss whether bipartisanship is still possible in today's Congress, why the GOP is so focused on obscure culture war fights, and how history will remember the Trump years. To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack.  Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast?  Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Has the way that Americans think about rights caused our politics to become more polarized and destructive? Columbia Law Professor and Facebook Oversight Board co-chair Jamal Greene joins the podcast to discuss his new book, "How Rights Went Wrong".  Should we consider rights to be absolutes?  Which rights count as rights, and what happens when one right bumps against another? We discuss how the American conception of rights has changed over time, and how our legal system's absolute view of rights changes our politics.  We also discuss Facebook's new Oversight Board (soon to rule on Trump's ban from Facebook), and how they balance competing claims of various rights. "How Rights Went Wrong" releases on March 16th. You can pre-order here - https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/how-rights-went-wrong/9781328518118 Further Reading: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2007/07-290 "A Theory of Constitutional Rights" by Robert Alexy - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-theory-of-constitutional-rights-9780198258216?cc=us&lang=en& "Rights Talk" by Mary Ann Glendon - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Rights-Talk/Mary-Ann-Glendon/9780029118238 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack.  Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast?  Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

A Patreon-exclusive episode, now unlocked!  Why are so many Americans dying in the opioid crisis?  RAND Corporation researcher Bryce Pardo joins the podcast to discuss the history of the opioid crisis and fentanyl.  We discuss why fentanyl is so much more dangerous than previous opioids, how the transition from other drugs to fentanyl took place, and what sort of policy can be implemented to slow or stop the crisis.   If you're interested in Bryce's work, check out his report The Future of Fentanyl, available to download for free on RAND's site - https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3117.html   To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack.  Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast?  Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

This week's episode is a joint episode of the Neoliberal Podcast and the PPI Podcast!  Guest host Colin Mortimer sits down with Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read to talk about the ways Oregon is using its treasury to help Oregonians.  They discuss the ins and outs of what a State Treasurer does, how to use the state's investment power to help citizens, and how behavioral 'nudge' programs can increase retirement savings. Subscribe to the PPI podcast today! You can find it at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/progressive-policy-institute/id1519327729 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack.  Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast?  Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join