It's time for another mailbag episode!  Jeremiah takes listener questions about the Republican party, the coronavirus pandemic, how to talk to family members about politics, the best tools to find academic research, the Neoliberal Project's international push, and the Left's approach to Hong Kong.  There are also a number of questions about the recent incredible news week, including how to think about Trump's illness, what might happen in various election scenarios, and what races to pay attention to. 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 community 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 meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

Jeremiah sits down with Connor Fletcher and Dylan Meisner of The Grifter Report to talk about the political scene's recent grifts, trolls and slap-fights.  We discuss Jacob Wohl's fake FBI stunt and Joe Rogan's presidential debate ambitions before moving on to the main event - the election modeling controversy that consumed the world of election wonks and led to a prominent election analyst losing their job.   Check out The Grifter Report at https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-grifter-report/id1510808156, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 community Slack.  Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

Are millennials more burned out than previous generations? Author, writer and cultural critic Anne Helen Petersen joins the podcast to discuss her new book "Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation". What is burnout? Is millennial burnout is different than the stresses previous generations faced? How do social media, parenting, education and work all contribute to burn out? We discuss these issues and much more on the road to figuring out what's up with a frequently maligned generation. 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 community Slack.  Become a supporter today! Referenced in this episode: Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation - https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/Cant-Even/9780358316596 Temp - https://www.louishyman.com/temp The Fissured Workplace - https://www.fissuredworkplace.net/ Fear of Falling - https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/barbara-ehrenreich/fear-of-falling/9781455543748/ All the Rage - https://www.harpercollins.com/products/all-the-rage-darcy-lockman?variant=32205510869026 Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

Should the United States attempt to massively grow our population?  What would a program for population growth look like? Vox founder Matt Yglesias joins the show to discuss his new book, One Billion Americans.  Why is a larger America better for both America and the world? How could we encourage families to have more children? How could we incorporate more immigrants into society?  What other problems do we need to solve along the way before a billion Americans can happen? Referenced in the episode: One Billion Americans - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/636499/one-billion-americans-by-matthew-yglesias/ Maximum Canada by Doug Saunders - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554686/maximum-canada-by-doug-saunders/ To make sure you hear every episode, sign up at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack.  Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

In the inaugural episode of SPP, hosts Colin, Arielle, and Dan sit down to discuss the recent violence in Kenosha and Oregon, and how that might shape the 2020 Presidential election.   Subscribe Apple Podcasts Spotify Center for New Liberalism

How should we change our institutions post-COVID so that we're better prepared for the next crisis?  Is it possible to design our government so that we don't have to scramble frantically to fix future emergencies?  PPI's founder and president Will Marshall joins the show to discuss PPI's new report 'Building American Resilience'. We discuss making America more resilient through fiscal stabilizers, modernizing and digitizing the infrastructure of the safety net, implementing better voting programs, reforming the healthcare system, and more. Referenced in the episode: Building American Resilience - https://www.progressivepolicy.org/publication/building-american-resilience-a-roadmap-for-recovery-after-covid-19/ Funding America's Future - https://www.progressivepolicy.org/publication/budgetblueprint/ Neoliberal Podcast with Ben Ritz - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/budget-breakdown-ft-ben-ritz/id1390384827?i=1000467618671 Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

How will society be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in 5 years, 10 years, or longer?  Professor, consultant and author Karl Muth joins the show to talk about how things will change in the long run thanks to COVID-19.  We discuss what changes might happen with the travel industry, restaurants, working from home, with class and gender dynamics, education, public health and much more. To make sure you hear every episode, sign up at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack.  Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

Should the government require tech companies to provide backdoors for their encrypted devices?  Techdirt founder Mike Masnick and PPI's Director of Technology Policy Alec Stapp join the show to discuss encryption.  We talk about how encryption works, the bills currently making their way through congress, whether or not the government has a legitimate argument for backdoors, and whether or not those backdoors would make citizens more or less safe in the long run. Resources to learn more referenced in this episode: https://www.eff.org/ https://www.techdirt.com/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/blog/keys-under-doormats-security-report https://twitter.com/Riana_Crypto https://twitter.com/mmasnick To make sure you hear every episode, sign up at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack.  Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

Noah Smith of Bloomberg Opinion and Scott Lincicome of the Cato Institute join the show to debate the proper use of trade and industrial policy in the United States.  The two former Neoliberal Shill Champions debate:  Is there a good argument for protecting certain industries? Should the government further subsidize scientific research? Does the current pandemic reveal weaknesses in the system? And what changes would they make to America's industrial policy if they were in charge? To make sure you hear every episode, sign up at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack.  Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

This week the Charlotte chapter of the Neoliberal Project hosted FCC Chairman Ajit Pai for a live Q&A session.  Jeremiah, joined by our Charlotte lead Morgan Rinehart, hosted the discussion which is now available in podcast form.  Chairman Pai discusses how the FCC's work has been impacted by COVID, 5G deployment, the potential threat from Huawei and other Chinese firms, Net Neutrality, and much more. To make sure you hear every episode, sign up at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack.  Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/   Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters