The Independent with Scott Atlas
Independent Institute
Dr. Scott Atlas is a world-renowned expert in health care policy and frequent policy advisor to policymakers and government officials. He investigates the role of government and the private sector in health care quality and access, global trends in health care innovation, and the key economic and civil liberty issues related to health policy. Sponsored by the Independent Institute, the show features Dr. Atlas in conversation with high profile, news-making guests around public health policy, science, civil liberties, censorship and free speech, higher education, the media, and more.
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Jun 6, 2023 • 44min
John Etchemendy: Free Speech and Critical Thinking in America’s Universities | Ep. 12
Dr. Atlas interviews John Etchemendy, former Provost at Stanford University and the Patrick Suppes Professor at Stanford's School of Humanities & Science and co-director of Stanford's Human Centered Artificial Intelligence Center. They have an insightful conversation about the environment for the free exchange of ideas and critical thinking in academia today.
May 23, 2023 • 45min
Heather Mac Donald: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence | Ep. 11
Dr. Atlas interviews Heather Mac Donald. Heather is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor at City Journal, and a New York Times bestselling author. Her new book "When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives" argues that lowering standards in an attempt to achieve racially equal outcomes is harmful to society.
Apr 27, 2023 • 50min
Todd Zywicki: Abuse of Power and the Law by the Public Health Establishment | Ep. 10
Dr. Atlas interviews George Mason University Professor of Law Todd J. Zywicki. They discuss how pandemic policies relate to the law and Constitution, how the public health establishment pushed anti-science policies such as denial of natural immunity, and more.
Apr 14, 2023 • 45min
Glenn Loury: Race Relations in America Today | Ep. 9
Dr. Atlas talks with economist and social scientist Dr. Glenn Loury of Brown University. Dr. Loury has worked for years on the impact of affirmative action, the black family, and is an outspoken advocate for black patriotism in the United States. He speaks with unique experience and nuance on these very complex issues. They have an enlightening conversation about race, cancel culture, and where the country goes from here.
Mar 30, 2023 • 36min
Jennifer Sey: The Rise of New Corporate Wokism | Ep. 8
Dr. Atlas interviews author and businesswoman Jennifer Sey, former chief marketing officer and brand president of Levi Strauss and Company. They discuss her courageous stand in facing the new corporate wokism, an unprecedented movement in private sector companies that makes it very difficult for young people to enter the job market and navigate their careers, and is a movement that threatens some of the most foundational values of a free-thinking ethical society.
Mar 20, 2023 • 56min
Victor Davis Hanson: How Covid Enabled Draconian Restrictions on Civil Liberties | Ep. 7
Dr. Atlas interviews Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and world-renowned historian and scholar of classics and military history. They have a fascinating conversation about many critical issues that were exposed by the pandemic, including the historical context of when government has interposed draconian restrictions on civil liberties as well as the ideological takeover of America's universities and campuses.
Mar 4, 2023 • 41min
Martin Kulldorff: The Dangers of Scientific Groupthink and Herd Mentality | Ep. 6
Dr. Atlas interviews Martin Kulldorff, biostatistician, epidemiologist, and professor in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School on leave. He is a founding fellow at Hillsdale College's Academy for Science and Freedom. They have an illuminating conversation on many aspects of the pandemic including bigger issues like groupthink and herd mentality and the solutions to preventing such thinking for future crises.
Feb 27, 2023 • 1h 1min
A Pandemic of Failed Leadership: Will Trust Return? | Ep. 5 Special Presentation
In this special presentation, Dr. Atlas covers in great detail the pandemic data on mortality rates, natural immunity, lockdowns, and much more, and how to restore trust and repair some of the damage that was done.
Feb 14, 2023 • 37min
John Yoo: Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, and Censorship under the Pandemic | Ep. 4
Dr. Atlas interviews John Yoo, the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. They have an illuminating conversation about the many legal issues such as civil liberties, censorship, and freedom that have been exposed by the pandemic and management of the pandemic.
Feb 3, 2023 • 30min
John Ioannidis: How Experts Got the Pandemic Science Wrong from the Beginning | Ep. 3
Scott Atlas and Dr. John Ioannidis have an illuminating conversation about the pandemic, what happened in the early days, how our experts failed the American people, what was revealed and how to fix science itself. Dr. Ioannidis is a professor of medicine in the Stanford Prevention Research Center, Professor of Epidemiology at Stanford, and co-director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford.
