The Currency is a podcast about the ideas that drive society. Join Mike Gastin each week as he breaks down current events and how the ideas behind these events are shaping the world we live in.
We used to worry that our food was genetically modified; a sort of frankenfood. But, did you ever think your food would one day modify your genetic code? It might just become a reality as the US gover
A recent Gallup poll reveals small business to be the institution that Americans have the most confidence in. What does this say about our confidence in the other institutions? And, is small business
What if the problems we're facing, especially those associated with our response to the pandemic, are literally all in our heads? In this episode, Mike Gastin looks at the differences between the left
How can it be that every side claims to have the science on their side when we are told sicence provides the truth? In this espisode, Mike deconstructs what people really mean when they say, "I trust
A reivew of "COVID-19 and the Political Economy of Mass Hysteria", a paper recently published in the International Journal of Envrinmental Research & Public Health.
Another week, another spectacular failure as the Taliban overrun Afganistan. At what point does Joe Biden get held accountable? At what point do intellectually honest people on every side agree that w
Injections as a requirement for employment? No way. A look at recent history to understand how the state uses corporations to impose political ideology and some things you can do to make it stop.
Our sense of cultural change is that things change gradually and that over time they lead us to a new place. The truth may be different than we think. In today's episode, I break down an essay by Tann
Wow! It's been months since my last episode. Update on my major life change and some throughts on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novel, "In the First Circle".
Andrew Cuomo went from America's governor to political villain number one. What happened? How did a man considered heroic and a leader fall so far, so fast?
Thomas Jefferson said that truth and reason were critical to our nation's success and for that reason we needed a free press. So, how is it we struggle to know the truth? Why has our media become so .
Where can one go for good news? Which network can you trust if you're trying to understand the world around you? In this episode, I provide the secret to becoming informed and getting excellent access
How the deceptively simple wisdom of a 14th century English friar can help the West overcome the Chinese Communist Party's continuing campaign of demoralization.
