

The Great Antidote
Juliette Sellgren
Adam Smith said, "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition." So join us for interviews with the leading experts on today's biggest issues to learn more about economics, policy, and much more.
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Jan 27, 2022 • 49min
Todd Zywicki on the 17th Amendment
Send us a textTodd Zywicki is a professor of Law at George Mason University, Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute, and former Executive Director of the GMU Law and Economics Center. He has been on The Great Antidote previously to discuss the field of law and economics, and today we discuss the importance of federalism, the original structure of the legislative branch, and how the 17th amendment changed that structure. Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Jan 20, 2022 • 44min
Katherine Mangu-Ward on Being Libertarian and More
Send us a textKatherine Mangu-Ward, Editor in Chief of Reason Magazine, joins us in the first episode of season three to discuss libertarianism, Reason Magazine, and voting. Want to explore more?Bob Ewing on Communicating Well, a Great Antidote podcast.Kevin Corcoran, The Economics of Activism, at EconLog.Arnold Kling, Libertarian as Logician: The True Essence of Libertarianism, at Econlib.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Aug 19, 2021 • 22min
Season Two Finale
Send us a textThe tables are turned for the Season 2 Finale of the Great antidote, and Juliette is the one being interviewed by her podcast producer Ian Nemelka. Thank you to everyone for listening. We will be back in 2022!Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Jul 29, 2021 • 47min
Ike Brannon on Disaster Relief
Send us a textIke Brannon, former economic advisor to the U.S. Treasury and Senior Fellow at the Jack Kemp Foundation, joins us this week to discuss disaster relief, FEMA, insurance, and the future of disaster policy in the United States.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Jul 22, 2021 • 46min
Samuel Gregg on Christianity and Liberalism
Send us a textDr. Samuel Gregg, research director at the Acton Institute, joins us this week to discuss culture, the origins of morality, and the intersectionality between liberalism and christianity.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Jul 15, 2021 • 45min
Timothy Sandefur on Privacy
Send us a textTim Sandefur, vice president for litigation at the Goldwater Institute, joins us this week to discuss right-to-privacy, disclosure, and anonymity of donations.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Jul 8, 2021 • 46min
Trevor Burrus on Campaign Finance
Send us a textTrevor Burrus, research fellow in the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review, returns once again to the show to discuss campaign finance, the first amendment, and what the Supreme Court has to say about it.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Jul 1, 2021 • 46min
Scott Winship on Poverty & Welfare
Send us a textScott Winship, resident scholar and the director of poverty studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), joins us this week to discuss the United States' "War on Poverty", the welfare state, and the future of anti-poverty policy.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Jun 24, 2021 • 49min
Nadine Strossen on Hate Speech
Send us a textNadine Strossen, civil liberties activist and former president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), joins us this week to discuss hate speech, its policy implications, and if we should be protecting it.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Jun 17, 2021 • 49min
Randy Barnett on the 14th Amendment
Send us a textRandy E. Barnett, professor of constitutional law and Georgetown University and Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution, joins us this week to discuss (what else?) The Constitution of the United States, the 14th Amendment, the controversial 'Privileges and Immunities" clause, and what constitutional law might look like in the future.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.