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Trail Thoughts: The Slow Suicide of New York City

Eric Kampmann, founder of Republic Books, and noted journalist Alec Klein return to the show for another segment of Trail Thoughts. The two talk about their experiences of living in New York, a city that has been turned into a virtual ghost town thanks to the pandemic. “Cities are fragile things,” Eric says as he […]

Trail Thoughts: Viewing Our Lives as Stories

David Gornoski comments on the news that President Donald Trump and his wife has tested positive for the COVID virus. Also in the show, Alec Klein and Eric Kampmann return to the show with another segment of Trail Thoughts. Eric talks about his hiking experiences and the important lessons he has derived from them. Alec […]

Trail Thoughts with Alec Klein and Eric Kampmann

David Gornoski starts off the show by explaining how our economic system cannot be called a free-market due to the numerous regulatory hurdles put in place by the government. “We’ve been conditioned like Pavlovian dogs,” David says as he points to the inversion in our economy which says freedom is slavery and slavery is freedom. […]