The Mises Institute’s Jeff Deist returns for his weekly analysis of the news. Why do tragic stories involving celebrities like Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant affect us so much? Does nostalgia play a part in this phenomenon? Is there any justification for Trudeau’s comments regarding COVID travel restrictions? How can we better understand the hysterical […]
“Scientists have ‘conversation’ with people during lucid dreams,” a new study published on Science Direct claims. Why do we dream? What is a dream? What happens in our brain when we sleep? Join Dr. Weiping Yu as he comments on this story. Why do people drastically change their lives after having near-death experiences? Is information […]
David Gornoski starts off the show with a reflection on how fear drives us towards blaming others instead of employing creativity to solve problems. What do we need to do to create a joyful society? How has Christ’s Gospel technology inspired whistleblowers and investigative journalism in the face of statist corporate media? Is it possible […]
David Gornoski starts the episode by going through the latest news reports on censorship, corporate media disinformation, leftist idolatry of the state, the green energy racket, and more. Also in the show, David is joined by journalist and author of They’re Not Listening, Ryan James Girdusky, who calls in to explain the truth about the […]
“There’s this desire in our society to change reality with words,” David Gornoski says as he highlights the attempt to make actual violence passé while justifying violence against nonviolent persons. How ridiculous is Disney’s labeling of their own products as offensive? How religious is woke culture? Join David as he takes on Big Tech censorship, […]
David Gornoski sits down with Andrew McLuhan, director of the McLuhan Institute and grandson of Marshall McLuhan. The two discuss the overlaps between Marshall McLuhan and Rene Girard; how Marshall McLuhan rose to fame; the relation between technology and language; pandemic mask-wearing as a theatrical gesture; how changes in technology impact desire; and more. How […]
David Gornoski talks about the upcoming CPAC and the reports of Trump giving his first speech post-presidency. What do conservatives need to win the future? Join David as he answers this question by highlighting why we must not only tell the truth about the news but also live by the right principles. Was there a […]
David Gornoski starts the episode by briefly going through some of the latest news. David is joined by Talkers Magazine’s Michael Harrison who talks at length about the influence of Rush Limbaugh and what made him so successful. What lies in the future for talk radio? Listen to the full episode to find out. Also […]
David Gornoski sits down with Donald J. Devine, political scientist and author of The Enduring Tension. David and Dr. Devine touch on a variety of topics such as the deep political divide in America, the decline of conservative influence in media, the impact of Rene Girard’s work on anthropology, Dr. Devine’s experience of working with […]
Jeff Deist of the Mises Institute returns to the show to comment on the Texas power outage that has been making headlines around the country. Is this power crisis due to an overreliance on solar panels? What does this episode reveal about green energy? How influential was Rush Limbaugh? How deep is economics’ connection to culture and […]