Podcast appearances and mentions of Thomas Sowell

Part 2: Chapter 2 on The Dialectical Approach: Methodology and Ethics. We're discussing a volume I've had since I was in high screwel (as Rush Limbaugh used to call it) at Chatfield I'm-so-High in Littleton, Colorado. I bought it with my paper route money probably at Barnes and Noble by the lake on the corner of Bowles and Wadsworth, down the street from Clement Park and Columbine Library. We're going to make a fair use, do a transformative reading of "Marxism: Philosophy and Economics (NY: Quill Press, 1985). By Thomas Sowell of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. We pick up on p. 18 from last time which was episode 1 in the series recorded on Sunday 31 May 2026. We'd like to thank Quill Press for making this material available. We'd of course like to thank Thomas Sowell for writing it. The Republican Professor is a pro-correckly-understanding-Marxism-philosophy-and-economics podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Thomas Sowell, Ph.D. The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

Ben Crump put Nolan Wells on a National Urban League stage in Nashville the same week Mississippi pressure flipped from cable noise to lawyers. Three open files. One racial screenplay. Zero murder charges. Jason Whitlock breaks down what the Urban League is actually for — jobs, housing, schools — and why a Gulf Coast drowning doesn't need a convention hall. Clarence Thomas and Thomas Sowell vs. grief as inventory. Receipts from the full presser inside. ➢ Show Outline 00:00 Ben Crump's Lawsuits and the Grievance Roadshow 02:06 What the National Urban League Is Supposed to Stand For 03:36 The Nolan Wells Case and Crump's Grief Circus 05:07 Racial Gaslighting: Comparing Everything to George Floyd 08:37 Crump Profits From Black Pain 10:18 The Tables Turn: Defamation Lawsuits Against Crump 12:59 The Alex Jones Parallel and Civil Court Accountability 14:29 The National Urban League Has Hijacked Its Mission 16:46 Virgil Walker: Crump Is Damaging Black Communities 21:38 Could Crump End Up on the Supreme Court? 23:01 Black Leadership Is Failing the Discernment Test 27:07 The Feminization of Black Culture and Emotional Reasoning ➢ Follow Our GUESTS https://x.com/VirgilWalker ➢ Subscribe to Jason's other channel https://www.youtube.com/JasonWhitlock?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockHarmony?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockBYOG?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/@JasonWhitlockClips?sub_confirmation=1 ➢ Connect with Jason on Social Media:  https://x.com/JasonWhitlock  https://www.instagram.com/realjasonwhitlock/ https://www.facebook.com/jasonwhitlock ➢ Send Jason an Email FearlessBlazeShow@gmail.com ➢ Support The Blaze Visit https://TheBlaze.com. Explore the all-new ad-free experience and see for yourself how we're standing up against suppression and prioritizing independent journalism. Support Conservative Voices! Subscribe to BlazeTV at https://www.fearlessmission.com and get $20 off your yearly subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Wanjiru Njoya applies praxeology to debates about race and discrimination. She starts with Mises on polylogism—the doctrine, shared by Marxists and Nazis alike, that logic itself varies by class or race—and his insistence that reason is common to all human beings. From there she turns to causation: drawing on Nozick, Walter Williams, and Thomas Sowell, she argues that research claiming discrimination causes economic inequality establishes correlation at best, and that unequal outcomes call for no special explanation in the first place.Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 22, 2026.Mises University is the world's leading instructional program in the Austrian School of economics, and is the essential training ground for economists who are looking beyond the mainstream.

Dive into why real capitalism lifts people while crony capitalism and big-government intervention drive up costs in housing, healthcare and energy. Alan breaks down the Founders' vision, Adam Smith's invisible hand and insights from Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell to show how limited government unleashes prosperity. Plus, hear revealing soundbites from Senators Slotkin and Warner on voter ID and examine the explosive Detroit voter fraud documentary in the works. Don't miss this hard-hitting episode on freedom, fair elections, and fighting cronyism in America. Please take a moment to rate and review the show and then share the episode on social media. You can find me on Facebook, X, Instagram, GETTR, TRUTH Social, TikTok, YouTube and Rumble by searching for The Alan Sanders Show. And, consider becoming a sponsor of the show by visiting my Patreon page!

7/16/2026 POSTERITY OVER AUSTERITY: INVESTING IN WHAT LASTSEPISODE 1825“Having been raised with a poverty mindset, I deeply understand the complexity of redrafting the perception surrounding wealth.” J Loren Norris Posterity over Austerity: Investing in What LastsThere is a dramatic contrast between a culture of fear-based cost cutting and legacy-minded investing.  There is also a dramatic contrast of belief about whose role it is to manage wages, prices, productivity and profits. Some research done for you: https://youtu.be/zxVoCw3P1Gc?is=eEFSIfSDR0wGek_NConsider the advice of Robert Reich vs Thomas Sowell when making decisions about your financial strategies. Consider Cash Flow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki or Money Master the best Game by Anthony Robbins. Leaders safeguard the future of their organization during tight seasons. One way they do this is building the legacy of their people.  Strengthening posterity, the hope of those who will become your successors, this is the greatest return on investment possible. IMHO If the government is given that choice, if the government makes the investment, the government expects the rewards. If the people make that investment, the people should get the reward. Whoever takes the greater risk should receive the greater benefit. Become your own best benefactor. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:

7/16/2026 POSTERITY OVER AUSTERITY: INVESTING IN WHAT LASTSEPISODE 1825“Having been raised with a poverty mindset, I deeply understand the complexity of redrafting the perception surrounding wealth.” J Loren Norris Posterity over Austerity: Investing in What LastsThere is a dramatic contrast between a culture of fear-based cost cutting and legacy-minded investing.  There is also a dramatic contrast of belief about whose role it is to manage wages, prices, productivity and profits. Some research done for you: https://youtu.be/zxVoCw3P1Gc?is=eEFSIfSDR0wGek_NConsider the advice of Robert Reich vs Thomas Sowell when making decisions about your financial strategies. Consider Cash Flow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki or Money Master the best Game by Anthony Robbins. Leaders safeguard the future of their organization during tight seasons. One way they do this is building the legacy of their people.  Strengthening posterity, the hope of those who will become your successors, this is the greatest return on investment possible. IMHO If the government is given that choice, if the government makes the investment, the government expects the rewards. If the people make that investment, the people should get the reward. Whoever takes the greater risk should receive the greater benefit. Become your own best benefactor. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:

When the award-winning Springfield café  Screamin' Beans announced its closure, Gene Tunny saw it as a symptom of a bigger problem: wage and regulatory costs rising faster than many small businesses can absorb. In this episode, Gene looks at a landmark Australian Fair Work Commission decision that could reshape pay for gig economy delivery drivers, and shares a conversation with John Humphreys of the Australian Taxpayers' Alliance on why the net benefit of a minimum wage rise to a worker is often very different from the gross headline number. Drawing on Thomas Sowell's concept of the "zero-sum fallacy" and a recent dispute at BHP's Port Hedland, Gene makes the case for weighing the trade-offs of labour market regulation rather than assuming good intentions guarantee good outcomes. Gene would love to hear your thoughts on this episode. You can email him via contact@economicsexplored.com.  What You'll Learn from This Episode Why economists argue that higher minimum wages involve important trade-offs. How new Fair Work Commission decisions could affect gig economy workers, consumers and businesses. What economists mean by the "zero-sum fallacy." Why workplace regulation can sometimes reduce employment opportunities despite good intentions. Timestamps Closing of Screaming Beans Café  (0:06) Impact of Wage Increases on Businesses (2:58) Fair Work Commission Decision on Gig Economy (4:53) Discussion with John Humphreys on Minimum Wage Increases (10:01) Economic Theory and Regulation of the Gig Economy (17:34) Conclusion and Call to Action (24:39) Links relevant to the conversation Australian Taxpayers' Alliance livestream, Thursday 9 July, “Greens set to keep balance of power || #49”: https://www.youtube.com/live/_snxV9CzvRk?si=DXVtaaXhu3cqL8O7 Gene Tunny's CIS paper: Closing Opportunities, Not Closing Loopholes: https://www.cis.org.au/publication/closing-opportunities-not-loopholes/ Thomas Sowell's Economic Facts and Fallacies: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/thomas-sowell/economic-facts-and-fallacies/9780465022038/?lens=basic-books   CIS's Michael Stutchbury: “We're punching ourselves in the face”: https://www.cis.org.au/commentary/opinion/were-punching-ourselves-in-the-face/ Lumo Coffee promotion 10% of Lumo Coffee's Seriously Healthy Organic Coffee. Website: https://www.lumocoffee.com/10EXPLORED Promo code: 10EXPLORED 

The default wealth-building playbook goes like this: buy something low, hope it's worth more someday, then sell to capture the gain. That's the appreciation model, and it can work. But it's not the only path, and for a lot of business owners and high-income professionals, it's not the most reliable one either. The Money Advantage is built around a different philosophy. Cash flow today is a stepping stone to cash flow tomorrow. Income you receive now compounds, funds the next asset, and stacks on top of what you're already earning, whether or not the underlying value ever moves. https://youtu.be/_ktX62qtXCE This article covers which assets actually produce reliable income, the honest tradeoffs of each, and the sequence in which to build them. That last part is where people most often go wrong. Table of ContentsKey TakeawaysCash Flow vs. Capital Gains: Two Very Different Ways to Build WealthThe Net Investable Income LoopWhat Makes an Asset Worth Owning for Cash FlowKnow Yourself Before You Know the AssetThe Best Cash-Flowing Assets and the Tradeoffs of EachRental Real EstateBusiness OwnershipPrivate Lending and NotesDividend-Paying Stocks and Traded REITsNon-Traded REITsWhy the Order You Build In Is More Important Than the Assets ThemselvesStage 1: FoundationStage 2: ProtectionStage 3: IncreaseThe Hidden Cost of Funding Your InvestmentsWe're Taught Capital Gains. It's Time to Learn Cash Flow.Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is the difference between cash flow and capital gains?What are the best cash-flowing assets to start with?Is rental real estate really passive income?What does it mean to own a business versus operate one?What is the difference between traded and non-traded REITs?In what order should I build a cash-flowing portfolio?Do I have to be an accredited investor to invest for cash flow?How does Infinite Banking help fund cash-flowing assets? Key Takeaways Cash flow and capital gains are fundamentally different strategies, with different rules and different timelines The best cash-flowing assets offer predictable income, some ability to liquidate, and ideally some underlying growth There are no perfect assets, only tradeoffs Rental real estate, business ownership, private lending, dividend stocks, and REITs each have a place in an income-producing portfolio The order you build in is as important as the assets themselves Cash Flow vs. Capital Gains: Two Very Different Ways to Build Wealth Capital gain: you buy an asset at a cost basis, it appreciates in value, and you sell it. The difference between what you paid and what you sold it for is your gain. To access that money, you have to time the market and sell part or all of the asset. Cash flow: the asset pays you income on a regular schedule, regardless of what the underlying value does. You never have to sell to get the return. That's the core distinction. One requires a sale. The other just keeps paying. Bruce puts it simply: put $100,000 into something generating 12% a year, and you receive $12,000 while keeping the original $100,000. Net worth is now $112,000, and it repeats. With a capital gain, realizing that same $12,000 means selling a portion of the asset and redeploying it somewhere else. The Net Investable Income Loop Rachel frames cash flow in terms of what it does to your total income picture. When an asset produces income, it stacks on top of your earned income. A greater share of your total income can then flow into savings, which buys more assets. That process repeats, capital building incrementally, month after month. A salary arrives monthly, a cash-flowing portfolio can too. You're not waiting for a sale to realize value; you're receiving it continuously, and your liquidity is building the whole time. And the usual end goal of an appreciating asset is eventually to convert it into cash flow, to liquidate it someday and live off the proceeds. Starting the cash flow earlier just gives you the predictability sooner. What Makes an Asset Worth Owning for Cash Flow Three qualities define an ideal cash-flowing asset: Steady, predictable income The ability to liquidate if necessary Underlying growth, so if you do sell, you sell at a gain You rarely get all three at once. As Bruce puts it, drawing on economist Thomas Sowell, there are no solutions, only tradeoffs. Wanting instant liquidity means accepting weaker cash flow, because liquid money can't be committed to a long-term position. This is why we talk about liquidity diversification alongside asset diversification and tax diversification. Some capital should be reachable quickly. Some is committed long-term. Spreading across both means a business (which has very little liquidity) isn't your only holding. Know Yourself Before You Know the Asset Investor DNA, or unique ability investing, is the other half of the equation. Before evaluating any asset, the right questions are: does this match your value system? Does the knowledge required match your expertise, or are you willing to build it? Investing deliberately inside your sphere of knowledge gives you more control, a better read on the risks, and a cleaner exit strategy if you ever need one. "Where do you put your money?" is a question that only makes sense in the context of your goals, your timeline, and your risk tolerance. What works for one person doesn't automatically work for another. The Best Cash-Flowing Assets and the Tradeoffs of Each Rental Real Estate Real estate has more entry points than people often expect: single-family rentals, duplexes, multifamily, commercial space, self-storage, mobile home parks, short-term rentals, and syndications. Each has its own risk profile, capital requirement, and management burden. The goal in any of these is to be cash-flow positive: rent covers the mortgage, and insurance, and taxes, and every operating cost, with a surplus left over. That surplus is your monthly income. Add the tax depreciation side, and rental real estate stacks up as one of the more tax-efficient income-producing assets. The honest tradeoff: there's no truly passive income in rental real estate. Tenants, toilets, and termites are real. Even with a property manager, you're managing a person, and that takes time and attention. Bruce has owned close to a dozen properties and eventually moved away from direct ownership for exactly this reason. DIY versus turnkey is a cost-and-return decision. Doing everything yourself preserves margin. Paying for management reduces your burden but eats into cash flow. Neither is wrong; it depends on how much of your time the asset is worth. Real estate pairs well with Infinite Banking. A policy loan funds the down payment. Rental income repays the loan. The cash value in the policy keeps compounding uninterrupted the entire time, so you're building in two places at once. Business Ownership Operating a business is not the same as owning one. A cash-flowing business pays income without requiring all your time. If every dollar you earn is directly tied to the hour you spent working, that's self-employment, not an asset. The distinction is real, because only one of those is something you can eventually step back from. To move from self-employed to business owner, you need systems, processes, and team. Robert Kiyosaki's cash-flow quadrant makes the point clearly: the right side of the quadrant only works when the business can run without you as the bottleneck. What makes a business valuable is that it's hard. Businesses solve problems people don't want to solve for themselves. Jeff Bezos built Amazon around one insight: people don't want to leave the house for every item they need. The service was obvious in hindsight, painful to build, and enormously valuable precisely because it was. That's the pattern. Treat the business as a business, not a hobby. That means watching expenses, marketing, sustainability, succession planning, taxes, and accounting. Revenue without profitability isn't cash flow. Infinite Banking connects here in several ways: storing liquidity reserves and buffer capital, funding key-man insurance, deferred compensation,, and quarterly tax payments. The policy becomes the business's financial backbone. Private Lending and Notes Private lending means providing capital to a borrower, secured against collateral, at a stated interest rate, paid back as monthly income. Often structured as interest-only, which maximizes the cash flow to the lender. The principal is secured by the underlying asset. Terms vary: a fixed payoff date, a refinance trigger, or a short-term arrangement like a fix-and-flip hard money loan. A short-term flip might carry a 12% annualized rate, but since the loan only runs for four to six months, the actual dollar return is less than the rate suggests. IBC practitioners often use policy cash value for private lending. The borrower's repayments come back, pays down the policy loan, and then the cycle repeats, predictable monthly income from a controlled capital reservoir. The tradeoff: this is the debt side of real estate. Some investors prefer equity, owning a piece of something rather than lending against it. Both are valid; the preference depends on your risk tolerance and how you want to be positioned. Dividend-Paying Stocks and Traded REITs Dividend-paying stocks, like Coca-Cola and UPS, are common examples that pay a stated yield per share, typically quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. You can take the income as cash or reinvest it through a dividend reinvestment program (DRIP), which automatically buys additional fractional shares. Traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) work similarly: a trust holds a portfolio of real estate, rents are collected, and the yield is distributed to shareholders. The tradeoff is real: both carry market correlation....

Send us Fan Mail“Moral consistency” sounds easy until the topic is Israel, Zionism, and the Israel Palestine conflict. We sit down for a serious, respectful conversation that starts with a simple correction about dual citizenship and quickly becomes a deeper look at the “dual loyalty” suspicion, the reality of antisemitism, and the uncomfortable fact that people often judge Israel by a standard they do not apply to any other country. We push on definitions because the words keep getting blurred: Zionism isn't identical to Judaism, and Jewish communities themselves hold sharply different theological and political views. Along the way we talk about why calling yourself a “Zionist” can feel anachronistic (a la Coleman Hughes), what it means to support Israel's right to exist without endorsing every government decision, and how the fog of war complicates moral judgment. We also get into the Oslo Accords, deterrence, and why “peace through strength” is persuasive to some and alarming to others. Then we take on the accountability question head-on: What should Americans do with claims from the ICJ or the ICC, and is international law a neutral framework or a political tool? From there, the conversation widens into blowback, reparations, truth and reconciliation models, and Thomas Sowell's argument that courts can't provide cosmic justice. We end in a more personal place, connecting state power and tribal scapegoating to real fear at home, and why we still believe slow, cross-cultural conversation beats performative outrage. If you want more talks like this, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review—where do you draw the line between moral clarity and moral posturing? Support the show

Zum Beginn der Ferien freue ich mich, Ihnen eine ganz besondere Episode mit dem Titel »Freiheit oder Sicherheit« präsentieren zu dürfen. Eine besondere Episode deshalb, weil mein Gast Prof. Konrad Paul Liessmann ist. Konrad Paul Liessmann ist emeritierter Professor für Philosophie an der Universität Wien. Aber er ist nicht nur wissenschaftlich äußerst erfolgreich. Er steht auch seit Jahrzehnten als herausragender Beobachter und wichtiger Kritiker der kulturellen und politischen Landschaft in der Öffentlichkeit. Öffentlichkeit meint damit dutzende Bücher, unzählige Artikel in Zeitungen und Magazinen sowie Auftritte in Fernsehen, Radio und Veranstaltungen aller Art. Für die Hörer dieser Episode möchte ich besonders die folgenden Bücher hervorheben: Theorie der Unbildung Lauter Lügen Was nun? Eine Philosophie der Krise . Prof. Liessmann ist auch Intendant des Philosophicums Lech, das im September unter dem Titel »Betreutes Denken« stattfindet. Ein Thema, das perfekt zu diesem Podcast passt; ich hoffe, Ihnen dazu im Herbst noch mehr Informationen bieten zu können. Für mich persönlich war es eine ganz besondere Freude, dass Prof. Liessmann sich Zeit für ein Zukunft-Denken-Gespräch genommen hat, da ich seine Artikel und Bücher seit mindestens 30 Jahren mit großer Bereicherung lese. Hinzu kommt, dass er seine fundierte Kritik etwa am Bildungssystem oder an der Universität schon als aktiver Wissenschafter deutlich vorgetragen hat, im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen, die dies nur hinter vorgehaltener Hand tun. Viele Themen die wir in diesem Gespräch ansprechen, diskutiere ich auch in meinem neuen Buch: Hexenmeister oder Zauberlehrling? Die Wissensgesellschaft in der Krise. Ich beginne das Gespräch mit der grundlegenden Frage: Was ist der Mensch? Ist der Mensch von Natur aus gut und wird verführt oder von der Natur her schlecht und muss eingehegt werden? »In der Antike wird der Mensch als Wesen betrachtet, das zwischen Extremen hin und her pendeln kann. Aber gleichzeitig durch seine Vernunftbegabung die Möglichkeit hat, das Bessere zu wählen und das Schlechtere zu vermeiden.« Was hat sich in der Betrachtung des Menschen von der klassischen Tugendlehre bis heute verändert? »Wenn wir ein Naturwesen sind — was ist die Natur?« Einer der häufig genannten Denker in diesem Themenfeld ist Thomas Hobbes: »Im Naturzustand ist der Mensch dem Menschen ein Wolf.« Liegt der Ursprung der Konflikte darin, dass wir gleich sind? Ist der Mensch gar von Natur aus gut, wie Jean-Jacques Rousseau annimmt? Gibt es folglich keinen zivilisatorischen Fortschritt oder wird gar das Bild eines vermeintlich »edlen Wilden« verherrlicht? Behindern also, konsequent weitergedacht, Wissenschaft und Kunst die Humanität und führen zu Rückschritt statt Fortschritt? Oder sollten wir uns eher an Immanuel Kant orientieren? »Der Mensch ist nicht von Natur aus böse, er ist aber auch nicht von Natur aus gut. Er ist ein Wesen, das verschiedene Motivlagen in sich hat.« Aber all diese Fragen scheinen nur Sinn zu ergeben, wenn wir handlungsfähige Wesen sind. Verfügen wir nun über Handlungs- und Willensfreiheit? Unterliege ich also meinen Neigungen oder bin ich in der Lage, mich zu entscheiden, diese zu verändern? Folgen wir wieder Immanuel Kant? »Man kann natürlich darüber diskutieren, ob der Mensch ein freies Wesen ist. Tatsache ist, wir müssen uns das wechselseitig unterstellen und tun es auch.« Gilt die kühne These der politischen Geschichte: »Das Problem war nie, ob Menschen frei sind, sondern das Problem war immer, wie kann ich ihnen diese Freiheit nehmen.« Ist also der Mensch von Natur aus frei? Damit sind wir im Gespräch beim Begriff der Freiheit angelangt. Wie hat sich dieser Begriff auch über die vergangenen Jahrhunderte verändert? »By liberty, was meant protection against the tyranny of the political rulers.« John Stuart Mill (1859) Was war die programmatische Rolle der Französischen Revolution? Kann die Romantik und damit die Idee der romantischen Liebe als frühes Emanzipationsmodell gesehen werden? Was sind die Ideen der Freiheit des 19. Jahrhunderts von John Stuart Mill über Karl Marx bis Hegel? »Freiheit ist [nach Mill] etwas, das sich gegen jetzt nicht mehr legitimierbare Herrschaftsansprüche richtet. Das muss man wieder in Erinnerung rufen, weil wir das vergessen haben. Die Erklärung der Menschenrechte war eine Erklärung von Abwehrrechten. Man hat versucht, die Zugriffe des Staates auf den einzelnen Bürger abzuwehren. Menschenrechte waren immer Individualrechte, nie Kollektivrechte.« Freiheit bezieht sich also unter anderem auf Eigentum, freie Religionsausübung, freies Denken, Bewegungsfreiheit, wirtschaftliche Freiheit. Heute sprechen viele hingegen, als ginge es um Anspruchsrechte. Wie hat sich das verändert? Wie ist dieser unglaubliche Paradigmenwechsel, der die Idee der Menschenrechte neu definiert, in den letzten Jahrzehnten zustande gekommen? »Wir waren die ersten, die erklärt haben, daß die Freiheit des Individuums um so mehr beschränkt werden muß, je komplizierter die Zivilisation wird.« Benito Mussolini Hat diese Idee des Faschismus bis in die heutige Zeit Wirkmacht? So manche Äußerung von Intellektuellen scheint in diese Richtung zu deuten? »Ich bin extrem vorsichtig und skeptisch gegenüber allen Konzeptionen, die mit der angeblichen Komplexität der Welt versuchen, die Freiheit des Menschen einzuschränken, beziehungsweise Strategien argumentieren, dass der Mensch geleitet, gelenkt und in ein Kollektiv eingebunden werden muss. […] Das hat immer schon den Keim des Totalitären in sich.« Auch hier stellt sich wieder die alte Kantische Frage: woher wissen diejenigen, die leiten wollen, die uns bevormunden wollen, was »das Richtige« ist? Wie lässt sich diese Problematik auf die aktuelle Diskussion um die Nutzung sozialer Netzwerke, sowohl von Jugendlichen wie auch von Erwachsenen, anwenden? Welche besonderen Fähigkeiten besitzen diejenigen, die im Gegensatz zu uns Normalsterblichen so genau wissen, was richtig und falsch ist, und damit unseren Zugang zu Information — zu unserem Wohle — beschneiden wollen? »Offensichtlich ist die Welt nur für eine bestimmte Art von Menschen komplex, andere haben den Durchblick.« Wenn nun aber möglicherweise der »Normalbürger« von der Komplexität der Welt überfordert ist und bei jedem Schritt von »Experten« an die Hand genommen werden muss, welchen Sinn ergibt dann überhaupt Demokratie? Wer entscheidet, wer als Experte gilt? Geht es da nur um »unsere Demokratie« oder hat diese Problematik eine längere Geschichte? Wie verändert sich das Verhalten von Menschen in Gruppen? »Demokratie steht immer vor diesem paradoxen Problem, auf der einen Seite den Bürgern tatsächlich alle Rechte zu geben und sie zum Souverän zu machen, und auf der anderen Seite nach Verfahren und Regeln zu suchen, wo man die Abgründe dieses Souveräns, seine Irrtumsanfälligkeit, auch seine Gehässigkeit in geregelte Bahnen lenkt.« Die Rolle von Verfassungen und rechtsstaatlichen Rahmenbedingungen? Was ist dann etwa davon zu halten, wenn nach Wahlen ein Teil des Volkes das Wahlergebnis nicht akzeptieren möchte? Betrachtet man die Gruppe der »Experten«, der Akademiker, der Unis — sind dort keine Gruppenphänomene zu betrachten? Handelt es sich nur um rein rationale Denker auf der Suche nach Wahrheit oder kommt es auch dort zu opportunistischen Irrwegen? Was folgt daraus? »Die Expertokratie ist kein Gegenmodell […] man muss in den sauren Apfel beißen.« Ab wann wäre also man gebildet und erwachsen genug, um an der Demokratie teilnehmen zu können, und noch wichtiger: wer beurteilt das. “The most basic question is not what is best but who shall decide what is best.”, Thomas Sowell Damit wird eine der schwierigsten Fragen aufgeworfen: Was ist der Zusammenhang zwischen Expertise und Entscheidungsfindung in einer Demokratie? »Auch die kommunistischen Staaten haben sich auf dem Boden einer materialistischen Wissenschaft gewähnt. Sie haben auch geglaubt, sie bauen ihre zukünftige Gesellschaft auf Basis wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse auf.« Zu welchen totalitären Exzessen hat dies geführt?! »Die Rassentheoretiker und Anthropologen der Nazis haben sich als Wissenschaftler gefühlt, nicht als Ideologen.« Neue Erkenntnisse und die Veränderung des Wissens scheinen die Konstante zu sein und nicht »die Wissenschaft« als Begründung für vermeintlich alternativlose Entscheidungen...? »Das Spannende an der Wissenschaft ist ja genau das Prinzip der Vorläufigkeit.« Was ist von Popper und dem Prinzip der Asymmetrie zu halten, und zwar sowohl in Politik wie Wissenschaftstheorie? »Der friedliche Regierungswechsel gehört zum Wesen der Demokratie.« Macht tendiert immer dazu, sich selbst über alle Maßen bestätigen zu wollen. Was sind die grundlegenden Prinzipien und Ideen, ja das Wesen der Demokratie? »Demokratie läuft auch immer Gefahr, sich selbst aufzuheben.« Kommen wir nun zum Begriff der Sicherheit — wie steht Sicherheit im Wechselspiel oder gar im Gegensatz zu Freiheit? Leben wir in Zeiten radikaler Unsicherheit — was bedeutet das überhaupt und was sind die Folgen davon? Wie hat sich das Gefühl der Sicherheit und die Sicherheit, was der nächste Tag bringt, über die Zeit verändert? Der Wunsch nach dem Blick in die Zukunft hat die Menschen immer angetrieben, wir erinnern uns an das Orakel von Delphi und die zahlreichen (teuren) Institute, die sich um Wirtschaftsprognosen bemühen. »Die Unsicherheit der Zukunft gegenüber zu beklagen, hieße genauso darüber zu klagen, dass wir keine determinierten Maschinen sind.« Wie hängt der mögliche oder unmögliche Blick in die Zukunft mit unserem Gefühl der Sicherheit im Hier und Jetzt zusammen? »Wir sind eine zukunftsversessene Gesellschaft. Wir fragen immer 'Was kommt?', nie 'Was ist?'« Sind Sicherheit und Freiheit nun Gegensätze oder vielmehr einander bedingende Prinzipien? Kann ein Leben in Sicherheit gerade durch die Bedingungen dieser Sicherheit ein nicht-lebenswertes Leben sein? Was ist die Rolle des Staates in diesem Wechselspiel oder Gegensatz? Hat sich der Staat um das Glück seiner Bürger zu kümmern? Welche philosophischen Ideen stehen sich hier gegenüber? Welche Rolle spielen Meinungsfreiheit und individuelle Werte in dieser Diskussion? »Das Problem ist nicht, dass es das Unverfügbare oder das Neue gibt, sondern das Problem ist, mit welcher Ausstattung und welcher Einstellung, mit welchen Möglichkeiten und Fähigkeiten treten wir dem gegenüber.« Was bedeutet dies für Bildung, Schule und Universität? »Wir müssen lernen, wieder mit dem Problem der Offenheit umzugehen, aber gleichzeitig Geschichtsfatalismus vermeiden. […] Wir trauen uns sowohl als Individuum als auch als Gesellschaft nicht mehr zu, tatsächliche Entscheidungen zu treffen.« Was können wir aus früheren Krisen lernen? »I am more concerned by what the Bomb is doing already.«, C. S. Lewis (1958) »Human life has always been lived on the edge of a precipice. Human culture has always had to exist under the shadow of something infinitely more important than itself. If man had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would never had begun. […] Life has never been normal.«, C. S. Lewis (1939!) Gehen wir auf der einen Seite in vielen politischen und gesellschaftlichen Bereichen große Risiken ein, aber dort, wo es wirklich zählt — etwa beim Denken — wird es immer eindimensionaler? Kann der Staat zugleich schwach und übermächtig sein? Kann der Staat somit einerseits ohnmächtig sein, andererseits versuchen, seine Macht in den verbleibenden Bereichen übermäßig auszuspielen, und wer ist eigentlich »der Staat«? »Müssen mündige Bürger wirklich ständig darauf hingewiesen werden, was sie zu essen haben, vor was sie sich in Acht nehmen sollen...?« Gilt nicht der Satz von Wilhelm von Humboldt immer noch: »Was nicht von dem Menschen selbst gewählt, worin er auch nur eingeschränkt und geleitet wird, das geht nicht in sein Wesen über, das bleibt ihm ewig fremd, das verrichtet er nicht eigentlich mit menschlicher Kraft, sondern mit mechanischer Fertigkeit.« Wer entscheidet folglich in komplexen Fragen, deren Ausgang höchst unklar ist? »In diesem Wechselspiel von Risiko, Sicherheit und Freiheit taucht selten das Problem der Verantwortlichkeit auf.« Diese Frage muss, wie so manche anderen, offen bleiben oder vertagt werden... »Man muss ja nicht auf alle Fragen gleich eine Antwort finden!« Andere Episoden Episode 153: Potent Stuff, A Conversation with Prof. Jacob Howland Episode 137: Alles Leben ist Problemlösen Episode 135: Friedrich Hayek und die Beschränktheit der menschlichen Vernunft. Ein Gespräch mit Nickolas Emrich Episode 133: Desinformiere Dich! Ein Gespräch mit Jakob Schirrmacher Episode 126: Schwarz gekleidet im dunklen Kohlekeller. Ein Gespräch mit Axel Bojanowski Episode 125: Ist Fortschritt möglich? Ideen als Widergänger über Generationen Episode 122: Komplexitätsillusion oder Heuristik, ein Gespräch mit Gerd Gigerenzer Episode 117: Der humpelnde Staat, ein Gespräch mit Prof. Christoph Kletzer Episode 106: Wissenschaft als Ersatzreligion? Ein Gespräch mit  Manfred Glauninger Episode 103: Schwarze Schwäne in Extremistan; die Welt des Nassim Taleb, ein Gespräch mit Ralph Zlabinger Episode 91: Die Heidi-Klum-Universität, ein Gespräch mit Prof. Ehrmann und Prof. Sommer Episode 88: Liberalismus und Freiheitsgrade, ein Gespräch mit Prof. Christoph Möllers Episode 72: Scheitern an komplexen Problemen? Wissenschaft, Sprache und Gesellschaft — Ein Gespräch mit Jan David Zimmermann Episode 44: Was ist Fortschritt? Ein Gespräch mit Philipp Blom Episode 28: Jochen Hörisch: Für eine (denk)anstössige Universität! Referenzen Konrad Paul Liessmann: Theorie der Unbildung. Die Irrtümer der Wissensgesellschaft, Paul Zsolnay Verlag (2006) Lauter Lügen. Und andere Versuche, die Wahrheit zu sagen, Paul Zsolnay Verlag (2015) Was nun? Über die Zukunft. Eine Philosophie der Krise, Paul Zsolnay Verlag (2021) Immanuel Kant, Die Metaphysik der Sitten (1797) Platon, Politeia John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, John W. Parker and Son (1859) Benito Mussolini, Rede vor dem Gran Consiglio del Fascismo (1929), zitiert in Friedrich von Hayek, Der Weg zur Knechtschaft, Eugen Rentsch Verlag (1945) [engl. Original: The Road to Serfdom, Routledge (1944)] Immanuel Kant, Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung? (1784) Elias Canetti, Masse und Macht, Claassen Verlag (1960) Alexis de Tocqueville, Über die Demokratie in Amerika (De la démocratie en Amérique, 1835/1840) Thomas Sowell, Knowledge and Decisions, Basic Books (1980) Karl Popper, Die offene Gesellschaft und ihre Feinde (The Open Society and Its Enemies, Routledge (1945)) Orakel von Delphi C. S. Lewis, Is Progress Possible? Willing Slaves of the Welfare State (1958), in: God in the Dock, Eerdmans (1970) C. S. Lewis, Learning in War-Time (1939), in: The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses, Macmillan (1949) Wilhelm von Humboldt, Ideen zu einem Versuch, die Grenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staats zu bestimmen (verfasst 1792, posthum erstveröffentlicht 1851 bei Eduard Trewendt, Breslau). Philosophicum Lech Philosophicum Lech — Abenteuer (2025)

News of the Bogus: 0:43 – The Fable 5 Export Controls Harm US Cyber Defense https://www.lutasecurity.com/post/the-fable-5-export-controls-harm-us-cyber-defense 7:01 – Michael Shermer Named to White House UAP Science Advisory Council https://www.skeptic.com/article/michael-shermer-named-to-white-house-uap-science-advisory-council/ 10:09 – Senate Budget Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing For Deputy OMB Director Nominee Hal Duncan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmZtlic4rk 15:58 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The European Commission European Commission rejects new laws for Stop Destroying Videogames https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/european-commission-rejects-new-laws-for-stop-destroying-videogames/ EU rules against Stop Killing Games, but after 2 years of campaigning founder insists change is coming: “Our position almost seems too good to be true” https://www.gamesradar.com/games/eu-rules-against-stop-killing-games-but-after-2-years-of-campaigning-founder-insists-change-is-coming-our-position-almost-seems-too-good-to-be-true/ 20:35 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Thomas Piketty The Economist Who Wants To Make the World Poorer https://reason.com/2026/06/11/the-economist-who-wants-to-make-the-world-poorer/ This Week’s Quote: “We will do almost anything for our visions, except think about them.” —Thomas Sowell 🔊Pᴏᴅᴄᴀꜱᴛ: https://podcast.bogosity.tv/💬Dɪꜱᴄᴏʀᴅ: https://discord.bogosity.tv/▶️YᴏᴜTᴜʙᴇ: https://www.youtube.com/shanedk▶️Oᴅʏsᴇᴇ: https://odysee.com/%24/invite/@shanedk:4▶️Rᴜᴍʙʟᴇ https://rumble.com/c/shanedk💰Dᴏɴᴀᴛᴇ ᴏʀ ꜱᴜʙꜱᴄʀɪʙᴇ: https://donate.bogosity.tv

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Andre Williams opens up on the tragedy that shaped him: his father murdered before he was born, raised in Detroit under a Navy-veteran grandfather who built his worldview. Family, loss, Thomas Sowell, and the politics behind his far-right turn. Talk-radio raw, no apologies.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and his wife reportedly own 54 life insurance policies. Yes, fifty-four! Most people see that headline and think it's extreme. Maybe even a little absurd. Why would anyone hold that many policies? Who does that? But there's a more interesting question worth asking - what does someone who owns 54 policies understand about life insurance that most people were never taught? https://youtu.be/DdGxt2346C8 Because there are two completely different ways to think about life insurance. One is the way most of us were introduced to it: a product you buy, file away, and hope you never need. The other is what someone like Atkins seems to be doing. Building a financial architecture. A system. An infrastructure designed to do real financial work across an entire family and portfolio. That gap is what this article is about. Not Paul Atkins specifically. But what his disclosure reveals about how financially sophisticated people think about control, liquidity, and the capabilities of permanent life insurance that most of us were simply never shown. Key TakeawaysFrom Checkbox to Capital SystemThe Problem With Only Having One StrategyWhy Wealthy Families Think About Control FirstThe Priority Order That Changes EverythingOpportunities Find CashWhat 54 Policies Might Actually Be SolvingEstate EqualizationBusiness Succession and Deferred CompensationLiquidity Without LiquidationTax-Advantaged Access During Your LifetimeGovernment Service and Conflict-of-Interest DisclosuresWhy the Contract Distinction Changes EverythingWhat Family Banking Looks LikeA Real ExampleThe Internal CycleThinking About Family Members as Key PeopleThe Generational DimensionNot All Life Insurance Is the Same ToolWhy Whole Life With a Mutual CompanyThe Question Isn't Why, It's What.Book a Strategy CallFrequently Asked QuestionsWhat is family banking with life insurance?Why would someone own 54 life insurance policies?How does whole life insurance provide liquidity?What is the difference between a life insurance contract and a financial account?Can life insurance really be used as a tax strategy?What type of life insurance works for family banking? Key Takeaways Wealthy families treat life insurance as a capital system, not a product purchase Whole life insurance provides a kind of liquidity and control that no other asset class replicates A life insurance policy is a contract; most other financial assets are accounts, and that distinction matters Multiple policies signal a coordinated financial architecture, not a single coverage decision Family banking uses whole life policy cash value to fund needs within the family without relying on outside lenders Not all life insurance is built for this purpose. A specially designed dividend-paying whole life with a mutual company is the right foundation From Checkbox to Capital System Most people's first exposure to life insurance comes through a W-2 job. You fill out your benefits enrollment paperwork, someone offers you a multiple of your salary, and the pitch is pretty simple: if something happens to you, this replaces what you would have earned. That's not wrong. But it's a very small part of what permanent life insurance can actually do. The consumer mindset asks one question: how little do I need? What's the minimum that takes care of my family, pays off the mortgage, and maybe funds college? That's a reasonable starting point.  But it's also a ceiling. Once you've bought enough to replace income, the logic of that framework says you're done. The business owner mindset asks something completely different. Not how little I can have, but how much I can invest in this to get the most out of it? That question leads somewhere very different, potentially, to 54 policies. The Problem With Only Having One Strategy There's a Thomas Sowell line worth sitting with here: there are no solutions in life, only compromises. Bruce Wehner brought this up at the top of our conversation, and it's the philosophical foundation for everything else we talked about. Anyone absolutely committed to one financial strategy and dismissing everything else isn't being disciplined. They're playing an incomplete game. Think of it like football. You wouldn't go into the championship using only your running back and offensive linemen. Every position exists because every position has a job. Wide receivers do something the offensive line can't. The quarterback does something neither of them can. Financial tools work the same way. A securities-only investor isn't maximizing anything. They're just leaving part of the field empty. Why Wealthy Families Think About Control First Most of us are taught to optimize for rate of return. Net worth is the scoreboard. The fastest-growing asset wins. That framework isn't useless. But it's incomplete, because it ignores the conditions that make returns actually usable. Wealthy families add a different dimension to the scorecard: control. How much autonomy do you have over your capital? Can you access it when you want to? Can you deploy it on your own terms without a bank's approval or an institution's timeline? The Priority Order That Changes Everything Here's the order I've come to think about for financially sophisticated decision-making. Control first. Then access, meaning liquidity and tax treatment. Then guarantees and long-term certainty. Then, growth on top of all of that. That's the opposite of how most people are wired to think. We go straight to growth. We ask about rate of return before we've even asked whether we can get to the money on our terms. The safety, liquidity, and growth triangle is real. You can't maximize all three in a single financial product. A five-year CD gives you safety and predictability but doesn't grow much.  A non-traded REIT might project 18 to 22% IRR, but there's zero liquidity and elevated risk. If you want to hold illiquid, higher-growth positions, you need a guaranteed liquidity cushion somewhere else. Life insurance is often that cushion. Not because it produces the highest returns, but because it's always available and never tied to market conditions. Opportunities Find Cash Nelson Nash used to say, "Opportunities find cash." If you don't have accessible capital, you don't see the opportunity even when it's right in front of you. But if you're sitting on a pool of liquid capital, you can act. That's not just a defensive position; it's an offensive one. And it's one of the things I've found our clients experience firsthand once they have a working cash flow system in place. What 54 Policies Might Actually Be Solving We don't know Paul Atkins' specific financial picture. We're not claiming to. But we can talk through the kinds of financial problems that a sophisticated investor, with a complex estate and a long-term view, might be solving with permanent life insurance. Because each policy is probably doing a job. Estate Equalization Imagine a family business. Two adult children. One wants to run the company; the other doesn't. At death, the default outcomes aren't great. Force both into a partnership and you breed resentment. Have the operating child buy out the other with a loan and you create a cash flow burden from day one. Give one the business and one nothing, and that's obviously not equitable either. A life insurance death benefit can solve this cleanly. One heir receives the business. The other receives a cash equivalent from the policy. No forced partnership. No buyout debt. No hard feelings baked into the inheritance. This is a problem that real estate, retirement accounts, and securities simply cannot solve with the same precision. Business Succession and Deferred Compensation Key man insurance protects a business against the financial impact of losing a critical person, whether that's a top salesperson or a founding partner. The liquidity event from the policy buys time to adapt without being forced to act under pressure. Deferred compensation funded through life insurance is a different use case, but just as valuable. Under ERISA rules, you can't legally contribute more to one employee's 401 (k) than another's. You can't discriminate. But with life insurance, you can. A business owner can set up a policy on a key employee, fund it for five years, and transfer ownership at the end of the term as a form of deferred compensation. It's targeted, legal, and not available through any investment account structure. Liquidity Without Liquidation Highly appreciated assets present a specific problem. Real estate, private equity stakes, business interests: these often aren't liquid. Selling them to cover an opportunity or an emergency usually means a taxable event, often at an inopportune time. Policy cash value doesn't work that way. It's accessible at any time, with no credit approval, no income verification, and no market timing required. You borrow against it for any purpose and repay on your own terms. If your equities are down and you need capital, you don't touch them. You go to the policy. Tax-Advantaged Access During Your Lifetime The death benefit's tax-free treatment is well known. Less talked about is what you can do with cash value while you're still alive. Policy loans let you access accumulated value without triggering income tax. So instead of selling an appreciated position and incurring capital gains, you borrow from the policy.  Whether it's funding an investment, a home renovation, or bringing the whole family together for a vacation, the access doesn't create a tax event. The alternative, pulling from a qualified account, hits you with ordinary income tax plus potential penalties. That's a genuinely different category of financial flexibility. Government Service and Conflict-of-Interest Disclosures When officials step into government roles,...

We're discussing a volume I've had since I was in high screwel (as Rush Limbaugh used to call it) at Chatfield I'm-so-High in Littleton, Colorado. I bought it with my paper route money probably at Barnes and Noble by the lake on the corner of Bowles and Wadsworth, down the street from Clement Park and Columbine Library. We're going to make a fair use, do a transformative reading of "Marxism: Philosophy and Economics (NY: Quill Press, 1985). By Thomas Sowell of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. We'd like to thank Quill Press for making this material available. We'd of course like to thank Thomas Sowell for writing it. The Republican Professor is a pro-correckly-understanding-Marxism-philosophy-and-economics podcast. Therefore, welcome Dr. Thomas Sowell, Ph.D.

How Government Dependency Destroys Freedom: America is being conditioned to believe dependency is compassion and success is selfish. In this episode, Professor Nicholas Giordano exposes how government growth, fraud, and victimhood politics are eroding self-reliance, capitalism, and the American spirit. From the Vance fraud task force uncovering massive abuse in taxpayer-funded programs to New York City's fiscal collapse and California's homelessness disaster, this episode breaks down how bloated bureaucracies fail repeatedly while demanding more money and more power. The conversation explores the dangerous connection between economic dependency and political control using the ideas of Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell, while explaining why capitalism, personal responsibility, and self-governance remain essential to preserving liberty. What You'll Learn: How government dependency weakens freedom and expands political control  Why fraud, waste, and abuse are actively protected by the political class  What Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell understood about economic freedom  How failed government programs continue growing despite terrible results  Why rebuilding self-reliance and accountability is essential to saving the republic  

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Glenn welcomes back actor and writer Clifton Duncan to discuss the challenges facing artists in an era of intense political polarization. Clifton is currently developing a one-man show about the life and work of Thomas Sowell, and also writes about art, politics, and identity on his Substack, The State […]

What does it actually mean to become a stronger man in today's world? Ethan sits down with Nick Freitas for a wide-ranging conversation about discipline, personal responsibility, masculinity, military service, fitness, family, faith, and the search for meaning. Nick shares lessons from his time in the military, thoughts on modern culture, and why physical and mental resilience still matter. Ethan and Nich also discuss hardship, purpose, and the importance of showing up for the people who depend on you.Subscribe to Ethan's newsletter for updates, behind-the-scenes thoughts, and more episodes: ethansuplee.substack.com/subscribeSHOW HIGHLIGHTS00:00 Introduction and name pronunciation03:42 Responsibility and changing your own condition08:32 Thomas Sowell and the realities of the world13:45 Individual rights, responsibility, and America20:14 Masculinity and modern culture24:10 Lessons from military service31:08 Why hardship creates meaningful stories37:12 Parenting, discipline, and raising boys41:26 Fitness, jiu jitsu, and staying active49:08 The five pillars of becoming a good man55:20 Courage, family, and duty01:02:11 Fear, sacrifice, and protecting others01:08:47 Final thoughts and reflections Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Send us Fan MailAmerica doesn't feel tense because we disagree. It feels tense because a lot of people believe they kept their end of the bargain and the country didn't keep its end of the deal.We start with that sense of betrayal and follow the trail through today's economic anxiety, collapsing trust in institutions, and a media environment that turns politics into spectacle. When every issue becomes a team sport and social media rewards humiliation over understanding, we don't just get louder. We get lonelier, more suspicious, and easier to manipulate. And when ordinary people are squeezed while elites insist everything is “fine,” anger stops being an emotion and starts becoming an identity.Then we break down a rare commencement speech that actually says what many young people are living: an economy that isn't built for them, a widening 99% vs 1% gap, and disillusionment that can function like a superpower if it leads to clear-eyed action. From there, we run an “autopsy” using thinkers across the spectrum, from Noam Chomsky to Thomas Sowell to Robert Reich and more, to show how different camps spotted different parts of the same collapse. The thread tying it together is simple and heavy: this is also a spiritual and meaning crisis, because money is never just money, it's dignity and a future you can picture.We close with a listener question about rising geopolitical tension and explain why the next decade may bring long-term global instability as a multipolar world forms without agreed rules, plus a sharp “blast from the intellectual past” that reminds us how narratives get contested in real time. Subscribe, share this with someone you trust, and leave a review with the biggest question you're still wrestling with. Support the show

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News of the Bogus: 0:49 – Record Labels Drop Piracy Lawsuits Against Altice and Verizon in Wake of Cox Ruling https://torrentfreak.com/record-labels-drop-piracy-lawsuits-against-altice-and-verizon-in-wake-of-cox-ruling/ 4:37 – Former Disney Engineer Goes Viral Confirming DEI Has Been Dying Since 2020 https://www.fandompulse.com/p/former-disney-engineer-goes-viral Josh Daws on X https://x.com/JoshDaws/status/2044554724557365741 8:11 – The Next Europe: Why Europe Produces Nobel Prize Winners but Not Elon Musks https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6584098 16:10 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The SPLC Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-charges-southern-poverty-law-center-wire-fraud-false-statements-and 21:45 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Congress Protecting U.S. Leadership in Codes Development and Enhancing Public Access https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/protecting-us-leadership-codes-development-and-enhancing-public-access This Week’s Quote: “Racism is not dead, but it is on life support—kept alive by politicians, race hustlers, and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as ‘racists.'” —Thomas Sowell 🔊Pᴏᴅᴄᴀꜱᴛ: https://podcast.bogosity.tv/💬Dɪꜱᴄᴏʀᴅ: https://discord.bogosity.tv/▶️YᴏᴜTᴜʙᴇ: https://www.youtube.com/shanedk▶️Oᴅʏsᴇᴇ: https://odysee.com/%24/invite/@shanedk:4▶️Rᴜᴍʙʟᴇ https://rumble.com/c/shanedk💰Dᴏɴᴀᴛᴇ ᴏʀ ꜱᴜʙꜱᴄʀɪʙᴇ: https://donate.bogosity.tv

In this episode Dr. Anthony Chaffee, an American medical doctor and neurosurgical registrar discusses his research on optimum nutrition for human performance and health, asserting that many chronic diseases can be improved or reversed with dietary changes toward a species-specific diet. Marcus and Dr. Chaffee also explore the economic burden of chronic diseases, the role of insulin and blood sugar in health, and how a high-fat, meat-based ketogenic diet can address various health issues. The conversation also compares the critical thinking approach of Dr. Chaffee with that of acclaimed author Thomas Sowell, noting the importance of evidence-based conclusions and practical dietary applications. Episode Highlights: 02:03 The Real Healthcare Crisis 04:01 The Cost of Chronic Diseases 12:10 The Role of Insulin and Mitochondria 15:58 Ketogenic Diet and Cancer 25:41 Role of Mitochondria in Cell Regulation 26:49 Warburg's Theory and Modern Evidence 27:55 Link Between Glucose Metabolism and Cancer 28:35 Nuclear Transfer Studies 29:34 Thomas Sowell's Influence Dr. Anthony Chaffee is an American medical doctor and Neurosurgical resident with over 20 years of research focused on optimal nutrition for human performance and health. He asserts that many chronic diseases are rooted in dietary choices and can be reversed with a species-specific diet. Dr. Chaffee began his academic journey at 16, studying Molecular & Cellular Biology and Chemistry at the University of Washington, later earning his MD from the Royal College of Surgeons. An All-American rugby player and MMA enthusiast, he currently practices in Australia, balancing his work as a Neurosurgical registrar and a functional medicine clinician. You can learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkkRSboRx_u3Hf2FFNgpnufkh6AWVPdFX Learn more about the gift of Adversity and my mission to help my fellow humans create a better world by heading to www.marcusaureliusanderson.com. There you can take action by joining my ANV inner circle to get exclusive content and information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke talks with former U.S. Senator Phil Gramm and Don Boudreaux about their new book, The Triumph of Economic Freedom, a sweeping challenge to seven persistent myths about American capitalism. The conversation ranges from the Industrial Revolution and the Great Depression to the financial crisis. Along the way, they reflect on why these myths endure, why economic freedom has done more than any other force to improve the lives of ordinary people, and why economists and educators must keep returning to history and basic economic reasoning in an age when old policy errors are constantly resurrected in new forms.Dr. Gramm served six years in the U.S. House of Representatives and eighteen years in the U.S. Senate where he was Chairman of the Banking Committee. Gramm is a Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He was Vice Chairman of UBS Investment Bank and is now Vice Chairman of Lone Star Funds. He taught Economics at Texas A&M University and has published numerous articles and books including The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024), coauthored with Robert Ekelund and John Early, a Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2022 and winner of the 2024 Hayek Book Prize.Dr. Boudreaux is a Senior Fellow with the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University; a Professor of Economics and former economics-department chair at George Mason University; an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute; and holds the Martha and Nelson Getchell Chair for the Study of Free Market Capitalism at the Mercatus Center. He is the author of numerous books, including The Essential Hayek (Fraser Institute, 2015) and Globalization (Greenwood Press, 2007).Show Notes:Sven Beckert's, Capitalism: A Global History (Penguin Press, 2025)Thomas Sowell's, A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles: Revised Edition (Basic Books, 2007)Adam Smith's, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Liberty Fund, 1982)Milton and Rose Friedman's, Free to Choose: A Personal Statement (Harper Collins Publishers, 1990)Fraser Institute | Realities of Socialism**This episode was recorded on February 25, 2026**If you like the show, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and tell others about the show! We're available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and wherever you get your podcasts.Check out our other podcast from the Hayek Program! Virtual Sentiments is a podcast in which political theorist Kristen Collins interviews scholars and practitioners grappling with pressing problems in political economy with an eye to the past. Subscribe today!Follow the Hayek Program on Twitter: @HayekProgramFollow the Mercatus Center on Twitter: @mercatusCC Music: Twisterium

Thomas Sowell escribió:“There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.”Cada decisión implica renunciar a algo.Hoy reflexionamos sobre el costo invisible de nuestras elecciones.

I'm dedicating this show to Candace Owens and there will be many revelations today that will blow your mind. The culmination will make you think and understand Candace's motives.Thought she was somebody else named Candace. They looked alike, and not like in that white people to Black people way. The women could be twins.So when I finally met her, I was like “Hey Candace!” Keep in mind, I was far larger than she was. I was on Fox News and my star was rising. She didn't know me, and it was evident.I shook it off, and we continued talking as a group. Candace declared that she wants to be the biggest name in Black conservatism, and I thought to myself, “That's a loft goal”, as I reflected on Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, and if I must go back further Booker T Washington, and so on.Anyway, I applauded her zeal.She and Charlie started speaking at colleges, and you could feel things changing for TPUSA.Charlie got energized, as TPUSA was floundering in raising money. Candace, though polarizing gave them a needed shot in the arm.TPUSA was struggling. And its pivot to Black issues saved them. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about a reporter regretting asking Marco Rubio if Israel is telling Donald Trump how to conduct the war against Iran; NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani being unable to answer a reporter's question about the people of Iran being better off without Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in power; Fox News' Bill Melugin exposing Hakeem Jeffries' hypocrisy for calling Trump's war on Iran illegal, while Democrats like Nancy Pelosi justified Barack Obama's attack on Libya without seeking congressional authority; Scott Jennings silencing CNN's Josh Rogin with a barrage of facts about how Iran has been waging war on Americans for 47 years; Ben Shapiro getting Gavin Newsom to admit that his calling ICE agents "state-sponsored terrorism" in response to the shooting Renée Good was a bad idea; Thomas Sowell telling "Uncommon Knowledge's" Peter Robinson why most immigration policy is pointless due illegal immigrants constantly being allowed to flood into the country; and much more. Support the families of fallen soldiers: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo... https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo... WATCH the MEMBER-EXCLUSIVE segment of the show here: https://rubinreport.locals.com/ Check out the NEW RUBIN REPORT MERCH here: https://daverubin.store/ ---------- Today's Sponsors: Rumble Wallet - Don't let the big banks freeze your accounts. Own Tether Gold - real gold, on the blockchain and get direct ownership of physical gold bars, each one fully allocated, verifiable by serial number, purity, and weight. Download Rumble Wallet - now with USA₮ - and step away from the big banks — for good!  Go to: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVRoUk1SUVhWbHNhNVlnZW45b2lNWFdwRmxld3xBQ3Jtc0tsM3FNUkQtNE5SUFhKVWgycnl3amtJMUNZcU5YT2tqeWFuTVJUMF92VHpKWjRVd2REWXE0TUt3aUdmbE9raEk2UmltYVpUSlpjWmtrTk9RMmV2WjdRR1NYMTZmUjJLNjdPRXNfbDR6UVNVYWd2LTFRUQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Frumblewallet.onelink.me%2FbJsX%2Frubin&v=Pwi1hHgrGXU

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A Conflict of Visions: The Hidden Origins of Ideological Conflict by Thomas Sowell---00:00 "Leadership Lessons: Root Causes."13:11 "Two Competing World Visions."21:47 "Unlikely Paths and Perspectives."37:33 Unconstrained vs. Constrained Visions.49:16 "Job Offer Rejection and Reflection."58:29 "Pendulum Shift and Constrained Vision."01:05:13 "Accountability When Provoking Authority."01:22:04 "Encouraging Constraint and Education."01:32:07 "Constrained Vision and Self-Awareness."01:37:37 "Gen X: Leaders of Restoration."01:49:19 "Understanding Division and Perception."01:58:16 "Active Participation and Leadership."---Opening theme composed by Brian Sanyshyn of Brian Sanyshyn Music.---Pick up your copy of 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership NOW on AMAZON!Check out the Leadership Lessons From the Great Books podcast reading list!--- ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ Subscribe to the Leadership Lessons From The Great Books Podcast: https://bit.ly/LLFTGBSubscribeCheck out HSCT Publishing at: https://www.hsctpublishing.com/.Check out LeadingKeys at: https://www.leadingkeys.com/Check out Leadership ToolBox at: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/Contact HSCT for more information at 1-833-216-8296 to schedule a full DEMO of LeadingKeys with one of our team members.---Leadership ToolBox website: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/.Leadership ToolBox LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ldrshptlbx/.Leadership ToolBox YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leadershiptoolbox/videosLeadership ToolBox Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldrshptlbx.Leadership ToolBox IG: https://www.instagram.com/leadershiptoolboxus/.Leadership ToolBox FB: https://www.facebook.com/LdrshpTl

Andrew For America talks about Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, the Hegelian Dialectic, Epstein, Q, 4Chan, immigration, and the welfare state. Andrew also explains the Cloward-Piven Strategy: a strategy devised by two sociologists in the 1960's which sought to overwhelm our welfare system with an influx of immigrants which would result in a universal basic income being given to the citizens by the government in order to solve the problem. Andrew plays a debate between Richard Cloward, Frances Fox Piven, and famed economists Thomas Sowell, and Milton Friedman discussing their views on the American welfare state. Andrew ends the show by playing a few comedy clips from Canadian comedian Ben Bankas, who recently had his shows cancelled in Minneapolis due to his controversial material.The song selection is the song, "Harsh Truth" by the band One Reason To Rise.Visit allegedlyrecords.com and check out all of the amazing punk rock artists!Visit soundcloud.com/andrewforamerica1984 to check out Andrew's music!Like and Follow The Politics & Punk Rock Podcast PLAYLIST on Spotify!!!Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Y4rumioeqvHfaUgRnRxsy...politicsandpunkrockpodcast.comFollow Future Is Now Coalition on Instagram @FutureIsOrgwww.futureis.org

Patrick opens the hour reflecting on family, technology, and the way a simple promise to put down our phones reveals deeper truths about connection. He considers Elon Musk’s warnings about artificial intelligence, questioning not just the coming wave of change but what meaning and purpose look like in a society where work could disappear. Calls pour in, some recounting firsthand experience with isolation and the value of work, others applauding how AI transforms accessibility, while tough conversations around political controversies and race keep the hour urgent, restless, and real. Audio: Aaron Paul (from Breaking Bad) We owe it to our kids to put our phones down - https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/2021281366608924854?s=20 (00:19) Audio: Musk – Most important thing for AI safety is to keep AI “truth seeking” - https://x.com/r0ck3t23/status/2021034543243788467?s=46&t=m_l2itwnFvka2DG8_72nHQ (03:18) Audio: Musk, talking with Katie Miller - in the future, no once will need to worry about money – https://x.com/katiemillerpod/status/1998528084631249096?t=476 (08:09) Paul (email) - It was a surprise that you would give such a false witness to your listeners (21:45) Audio: Father speaks out against critical race theory at his children’s middle school - https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/2021350967573348539?s=20 (30:33) Magdalena - I used to work in a forensic hospital, and the greatest desire of all of my patients was to work. I think without work, life is boring. (33:23) Mark - Drawing someone as an ape is not racist, it's just a caricature. (35:32) Maria - I think for a blind person using Alexa and Gemini is very helpful. I have been blind for 8 years and found AI has helped me. (41:38) Dave - I think you are leaving out an important fact about the ape video (45:10)

In this episode, Travis and Eric dive into a rapid-fire round of thought-provoking quotes — from business legends like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Alex Hormozi, Thomas Sowell, and Grant Cardone. Each quote sparks a deeper conversation about work ethic, competition, mastery, and what it really means to “make money.” Expect sharp insights, playful banter, and surprisingly practical takeaways that'll change how you think about success, side hustles, and even home ownership. On this episode we talk about: Why “40 hours a week” isn't enough to change your life The balance between competition and collaboration Why most “solutions” are really trade-offs in disguise How to master new skills in 20 focused hours Why success often comes down to sheer reps and resilience Whether your house is actually an asset How luck, effort, and timing fuel long-term success Top 3 Takeaways 1.  Mastery comes from volume — do enough reps that failure becomes unreasonable.2.  Buying a house can be smart, but it's not always the golden ticket to wealth.3.  There's no one formula for success — just honest trade-offs and relentless effort. Notable Quotes *   “Nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week.” – Elon Musk*   “You can get good enough at almost anything in 20 hours; most people just never start.” – Josh Kaufman*   “Do enough reps that it's unreasonable for you to fail.” – Alex Hormozi*   “Houses are assets for asses.” – Grant Cardone (and why Travis disagrees) Connect with Travis Chappell: *   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travischappell*   Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/traviscchappell*   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travischappell*   Website: https://travischappell.com  Travis Makes Money is powered by High Level – the All-In-One Sales & Marketing Platform built for agencies, by an agency. Capture leads, nurture them, and close more deals—all from one powerful platform. Get an extended free trial at gohighlevel.com/travis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thomas Sowell delivers a sweeping critique of American education, affirmative action, and modern universities, drawing on his own life story—from Harlem classrooms to Ivy League institutions—decades of research, and hard data. Sowell argues that ideology has replaced knowledge and that well-intentioned policies often harm the very people they are meant to help. He explores intersecting issues of race, charter schools, universities, AI, and the future of American institutions—with his usual clarity, candor, and unmistakable intellectual force. Recorded on September 30, 2025. Subscribe to Uncommon Knowledge at hoover.org/uk

Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about "Shark Tank's" Kevin O'Leary telling Fox News' Will Cain why the exposing of the massive fraud in California will quickly end Gavin Newsom's political career and 2028 election chances; Elon Musk and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale sharing the biggest tell that someone is committing fraud; Donald Trump announcing his renewed push to investigate Ilhan Omar for her possible involvement in the Minnesota fraud scandal enveloping the Somali community, so that she can be deported; Don Lemon getting in over his head for his involvement in an anti-ICE protest in a Minneapolis church; Don Lemon's man-on-the-street interview blowing up in his face after he attempted to tell people that coming to America illegally was not a crime; Thomas Sowell giving the cold facts about the dangers of too much immigration; and much more. WATCH the MEMBER-EXCLUSIVE segment of the show here: https://rubinreport.locals.com/ Check out the NEW RUBIN REPORT MERCH here: https://daverubin.store/ ---------- Today's Sponsors: Noble Gold Investments - Whether you're looking to roll over an old 401(k) into a Gold IRA or you want physical gold delivered right to your home Noble Gold makes the process simple. Download the free wealth protection kit and open a new qualified account and get a FREE 10-ounce Silver Flag Bar plus a Silver American Eagle Proof Coin. Go to http://DaveRubinGold.com Venice.Ai - Use Ai that doesn't spy on you or censor the AI. Ai is valuable and you shouldn't need to give up your privacy to use it. Go to https://venice.ai/dave and use code DAVE to get 20% off a pro plan and enjoy private, uncensored AI. Prolon - Prolon's Fasting Mimicking Diet is a revolutionary, plant-based nutrition program that nourishes the body while keeping it in a fasting state. Prolon is offering 15% off their 5-day nutrition program for your post-holiday glow-up. Go to: http://ProlonLife.com/DAVE

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After musing on Nancy Pelosi, Newt Gingrich, and the Congress they helped create, Jonah Goldberg gives his listeners a tour de force on the Heritage Foundation, William F. Buckley Jr., and the new wave of antisemitism. Shownotes:—Grand Rapids live Remnant—Remnant with Yuval—Today's piece on Heritage in The Dispatch—Last week's G-File—Kevin Roberts original video—Heritage all-hands meeting—Jonah on J.D. Vance and “Heritage Americans”—A Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr.— ‘Bravery on the Cheap' G-File—Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy—Jonah's one piece in The Public Interest—Cliff Asness in Commentary—Jonah on the ‘Great Feminization' piece—Thomas Sowell on middleman minorities The Remnant is a production of ⁠The Dispatch⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch's offerings—including access to all of Jonah's G-File newsletters—⁠click here⁠. If you'd like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠by clicking here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America Isn't Collapsing... It's Mutating. Michael Malice Watch this video at- https://youtu.be/ukOGFaOAKkQ?si=8oHaK77YdTDrkPpX Tom Bilyeu  and Michael Malice 228,207 views Oct 14, 2025 Full Interviews of Impact Theory Shortform: Try Shortform free and get 20% off your annual subscription at http://shortform.com/tombilyeu Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Check us out wherever you get your podcasts: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1nARKz2... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Do you need my help? STARTING a business: join me here inside ZERO TO FOUNDER (https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder) SCALING a business: click here to see if you qualify (https://tombilyeu.com/scale) Get the exact systems, mindset shifts, and principles that built a $1B brand delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe for free (https://tombilyeu.com) Check out our Video game - Project Kyzen: (https://projectkyzen.io/) Catch Me Streaming on Twitch - (  / tombilyeu  ) Link to IT discord:   / discord   Tom's Favorite Things List: https://amzn.to/41Ftt7e On today's episode of Impact Theory, Tom Bilyeu sits down with author and provocateur Michael Malice for an unfiltered deep dive into America's current social and political turbulence. Are we living through an actual decline—or is that just a narrative fueled by polarization and economic anxiety? Tom and Michael clash over definitions, metrics, and the real-world symptoms of unrest, from “soft secession” among states to the creeping rise of populism and political violence. Together, they unpack the hidden costs of inflation, housing bubbles, and deficit spending, with Tom warning about a dangerous fork in the road ahead: revolution, civil war, or the quiet erosion into economic stagnation. Michael pushes back, claiming America is in “ascension” in some critical ways, but he doesn't shy away from calling out the breakdown in civic discourse and the silos fueling division. They dig into historical context, global comparisons, and the role of universities as modern indoctrination hubs. This conversation doesn't stop at politics—it veers into the future of AI, the meaning of tribalism, social credit scores, and how technological upheaval might drive us all into virtual worlds or leave millions behind. Buckle up for a wild ride through uncomfortable truths, dark humor, and some offbeat protein bar analogies—you're about to hear two radically different views not just of where America stands, but what could come next.   00:00 – Intro 00:34 – Michael Malice pushes back on “collapse” rhetoric 01:14 – America vs. the world: Perceptions of American power and value 04:16 – Political siloization and the shrinking space for dialogue 05:56 – Soft secession: State vs. federal power games 08:39 – Paths ahead: Civil War, Argentina, or revolution? 10:46 – Revolution mechanics: Is another 1860s-style war possible? 13:12 – Violence, political unrest, and expanding executive power 16:06 – Economic crushing of young people and the rise of populism 17:58 – Housing, inflation, and the struggle for the American Dream 20:08 – Currency as a store of value: Societal ruin and a lack of political will 23:10 – The Japan counterargument and the threshold for crisis 26:07 – What drives people to “blink” in political standoffs? 28:24 – Party priorities, empty rhetoric, and pivoting for power 32:00 – Economic disenfranchisement, the myth of moderate politics 36:56 – Populism vs. establishment: Energies within parties 39:03 – Political novelty, enthusiasm gaps, and voter turnout 41:38 – Global leftward drift: Authoritarianism in Canada, UK, and beyond 46:13 – “The time for talk is over”—what this actually means 47:27 – Universities as the “villains” and the creation of ruling elites 49:56 – Marxism, egalitarianism, and cultural bifurcation 52:02 – Cultural shifts, earnestness vs. revolution, and memory-holed leftism 54:00 – The dangers of social conformity and shifting the Overton window 56:29 – Can universities be reined in? 1:00:16 – Narrative control, new media chaos, and elite power after the Internet 1:06:49 – The politics of blame: Antisemitism, conspiracies, and populist rage 1:13:13 – Warning signs: Measuring society's health by its scapegoats 1:19:12 – Israel-Palestine, war, and the elusive search for peace 1:21:52 – The next stage: AI, algorithmic reality, and broken discourse 1:24:00 – Goal orientation, skills, and navigating “useful” beliefs 1:25:18 – Tribalism, isolation, and the dangers for moderates 1:26:46 – Alex Jones, Candace Owens, and why conspiracy theories persist 1:32:00 – First principles: How to actually challenge your beliefs 1:33:56 – A personal story: Sleep apnea, anxiety, and reclaiming clarity 1:37:21 – AI, automation, and the fate of surplus labor 1:40:08 – Brave New World, artificial difficulty, and the post-economic Matrix 1:48:56 – Hardwired for scarcity: The psychological cost of abundance 1:51:16 – Trade-offs, Thomas Sowell, and the “protein bar” thought experiment   --------------------------------------------------------------------  Check out our ACU Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/ACUPodcast   HELP ACU SPREAD THE WORD!  Please go to Apple Podcasts and give ACU a 5 star rating. 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Today, I'm bringing you a special bonus episode with professor Shilo Brooks. Shilo is the host of a new Free Press books podcast called, 'Old School'. For our conversation, I picked Thomas Sowell's A Conflict of Visions. Although our conversation happened months before Mamdani's victory yesterday, I think Sowell's theory of the two “visions” that shape modern politics is helpful to understanding this election cycle--and why some people buy into utopian projects of remaking society, while others trust the quiet power of incentive structures like free markets. It was a great conversation and I am excited to share part of it with you today. This is just a section, for the rest of the discussion search for Old School with Shilo Brooks wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Domenech dives into New York City's shocking election of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani and what it reveals about the far-left takeover of the Democratic Party. National Review columnist Caroline Downey joins to unpack Gen Z's role, class resentment, and how socialism is reshaping America's biggest city. Then, author and scholar Charles Murray discusses his new book Taking Religion Seriously exploring faith, science, and why smart people still believe. They also reflect on Thomas Sowell's legacy, art's decline, and whether religion is returning to public life. Let us know your thoughts: What are your thoughts on the financial burden with streaming services in order to watch your favorite sports games? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Last week's conference in honor of Thomas Sowell was the culmination of a long year of anticipation, planning, reading, and thinking. In this long excerpt from my most recent livestream, I talk with my editor Mark Sussman about the conference events and my own contributions. I explain the importance […]

This special episode of Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson features our most requested guest: Hoover senior fellow and acclaimed economist and author Dr. Thomas Sowell. But rather than discussing Sowell's many books, this conversation explores the full arc of Sowell's life — from his childhood, along a dirt road in North Carolina, through his years in Harlem, the Marine Corps, Harvard, and ultimately to his long tenure at the Hoover Institution. Through rich storytelling and candid reflection, Sowell recounts his early struggles and triumphs: growing up in poverty yet surrounded by love, discovering books and ideas in a Harlem library, working his way through school and menial jobs, and eventually earning degrees from Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Chicago. Along the way, he shares how experience and evidence—not ideology—shaped his transformation from a young Marxist to one of America's most influential champions of free markets and individual responsibility. The interview reveals the wit, humility, and intellectual rigor behind the man who has spent decades challenging conventional wisdom. From tales of family and resilience to his enduring skepticism of government programs, Sowell's reflections illuminate a life defined by hard work, empirical reasoning, and independence of mind. This is Thomas Sowell's American story—told in his own words. Recorded on December 19, 2024. Subscribe to Uncommon Knowledge at hoover.org/uk

In Part 2 of this fiery and revealing conversation, Tom Bilyeu and Michael Malice turn their attention to the deeper forces shaping Western culture—education, elite power, AI, and the challenges of the digital age. Malice blasts the university system as the true “villains of our time,” tracing their role in producing ideologically homogenous elites and fueling social division. The discussion moves seamlessly from indoctrination in higher ed to the implications of Marxism, the shifting Overton window, and how mass cultural narratives are formed and manipulated. This half is packed with debate-worthy takes on antisemitism, populist movements, the dangers of artificial intelligence, and the existential threat posed by mass boredom in a post-economic world. Malice and Bilyeu tackle big questions about identity, tribalism, and the collapse of shared reality, before ending on a wild—and hilarious—tangent about tradeoffs and protein bars. If you want clarity on why our institutions feel broken and what might happen next, Part 2 will leave you thinking (and laughing) long after the episode ends. 00:00 Intro 02:29 Marxism, egalitarianism, and cultural bifurcation 04:35 Cultural shifts, earnestness vs. revolution, and memory-holed leftism 06:33 The dangers of social conformity and shifting the Overton window 09:02 Can universities be reined in? Malice's tongue-in-cheek “solutions” 12:21 Seizing endowments and pitting coalitions against each other 13:33 Parsing the Charlie Kirk assassination (fictional scenario) 19:22 The politics of blame: Antisemitism, conspiracies, and populist rage 25:46 Warning signs: Measuring society's health by its scapegoats 31:45 Israel-Palestine, war, and the elusive search for peace 34:25 The next stage: AI, algorithmic reality, and broken discourse 36:33 Goal orientation, skills, and navigating “useful” beliefs 39:19 Alex Jones, Candace Owens, and why conspiracy theories persist 44:33 First principles: How to actually challenge your beliefs 46:29 A personal story: Sleep apnea, anxiety, and reclaiming clarity 49:54 AI, automation, and the fate of surplus labor 52:41 Brave New World, artificial difficulty, and the post-economic Matrix 1:01:29 Hardwired for scarcity: The psychological cost of abundance 1:03:49 Trade-offs, Thomas Sowell, and the “protein bar” thought experiment FOLLOW MICHAEL MALICE:Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelmaliceInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelmalice/Locals: https://malice.locals.com/ Linkedin: Post your job free at https://linkedin.com/impacttheory Netsuite: Download the new e-book Navigating Global Trade: 3 Insights for Leaders at http://NetSuite.com/Theory Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Connectteam: 14 day free trial at https://connecteam.cc/46GxoTF Tailor Brands: 35% off https://tailorbrands.com/podcast35 What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In Part 2 of this fiery and revealing conversation, Tom Bilyeu and Michael Malice turn their attention to the deeper forces shaping Western culture—education, elite power, AI, and the challenges of the digital age. Malice blasts the university system as the true “villains of our time,” tracing their role in producing ideologically homogenous elites and fueling social division. The discussion moves seamlessly from indoctrination in higher ed to the implications of Marxism, the shifting Overton window, and how mass cultural narratives are formed and manipulated. This half is packed with debate-worthy takes on antisemitism, populist movements, the dangers of artificial intelligence, and the existential threat posed by mass boredom in a post-economic world. Malice and Bilyeu tackle big questions about identity, tribalism, and the collapse of shared reality, before ending on a wild—and hilarious—tangent about tradeoffs and protein bars. If you want clarity on why our institutions feel broken and what might happen next, Part 2 will leave you thinking (and laughing) long after the episode ends. 00:00 Intro 02:29 Marxism, egalitarianism, and cultural bifurcation 04:35 Cultural shifts, earnestness vs. revolution, and memory-holed leftism 06:33 The dangers of social conformity and shifting the Overton window 09:02 Can universities be reined in? Malice's tongue-in-cheek “solutions” 12:21 Seizing endowments and pitting coalitions against each other 13:33 Parsing the Charlie Kirk assassination (fictional scenario) 19:22 The politics of blame: Antisemitism, conspiracies, and populist rage 25:46 Warning signs: Measuring society's health by its scapegoats 31:45 Israel-Palestine, war, and the elusive search for peace 34:25 The next stage: AI, algorithmic reality, and broken discourse 36:33 Goal orientation, skills, and navigating “useful” beliefs 39:19 Alex Jones, Candace Owens, and why conspiracy theories persist 44:33 First principles: How to actually challenge your beliefs 46:29 A personal story: Sleep apnea, anxiety, and reclaiming clarity 49:54 AI, automation, and the fate of surplus labor 52:41 Brave New World, artificial difficulty, and the post-economic Matrix 1:01:29 Hardwired for scarcity: The psychological cost of abundance 1:03:49 Trade-offs, Thomas Sowell, and the “protein bar” thought experiment FOLLOW MICHAEL MALICE:Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelmaliceInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelmalice/Locals: https://malice.locals.com/ Linkedin: Post your job free at https://linkedin.com/impacttheory Netsuite: Download the new e-book Navigating Global Trade: 3 Insights for Leaders at http://NetSuite.com/Theory Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact Connectteam: 14 day free trial at https://connecteam.cc/46GxoTF Tailor Brands: 35% off https://tailorbrands.com/podcast35 What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER:  https://tombilyeu.com/zero-to-founder?utm_campaign=Podcast%20Offer&utm_source=podca[%E2%80%A6]d%20end%20of%20show&utm_content=podcast%20ad%20end%20of%20show SCALING a business: see if you qualify here.:  https://tombilyeu.com/call Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here.: https://tombilyeu.com/ ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Nick Fuentes shares how he became politically active at a young age, influenced by Thomas Sowell, Milton Friedman, and the rise of Obama. He explains his shift from libertarianism to Trump supporter, his Model UN debates, and how college culture shocked him into shaping his worldview.