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01:31:04

I Got Canceled for Studying Bones… Here’s What...

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2026/03/24

Anthropologist Elizabeth Weiss argues that expanding repatriation policies and identity-driven academic trends are restricting access to skeletal collections and reshaping anthropology away from empirical science.Guest bio Elizabeth Weiss is a physical anthropologist and professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at San José State University. She studies skeletal remains, taught human osteology and forensic anthropology, curated the Ryan Mound collection, and is the author of On the

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01:34:30

The American Dream Isn’t Dead—You’re Just Being Lied...

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2026/03/17

An economist explains why the American Dream isn’t dead—and how policy, not just personal effort, shapes who gets ahead.👤 Guest Bio Dr. Justin Callais is Chief Economist at the Archbridge Institute, co-editor of Profectus, and author of the Substack Debunking Degrowth. His research focuses on economic growth, social mobility, and policy-driven barriers to opportunity. 🧠 Topics Discussed Is the American Dream still alive? How social mobility is actually measured Inequality vs mobility (and

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01:31:03

I Left Germany for Spain — Now I’m Leaving Europe (E189)

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2026/03/10

One-line summary: Chris Consultant joins Jesse to explain why he is leaving Germany, arguing that high taxes, bureaucracy, demographic decline, energy policy failures, and shrinking free speech have made Europe increasingly hostile to productive people.Guest bio: Chris Consultant is a banking and finance consultant, entrepreneur, YouTuber, and Substack writer. He creates content about taxes, economic decline, bureaucracy, demographics, AI, and the reasons behind his decision to leave Germany for

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01:01:17

Do Patients Want “Diversity” or Competence? | Dr....

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2026/03/03

A philosophy professor/lawyer argues that med-school “holistic” + diversity-weighted admissions are less predictive than a numbers-based algorithm—and that the stakes show up downstream in physician quality, access, and patient outcomes.Guest bio: Dr. Steven Kirschner (as stated in your intro) is a distinguished teaching professor of Philosophy at SUNY Fredonia and also an attorney; he authored the 2024 paper “The Diversity Argument for Affirmative Action in Medical School: A Critique” (Journal of

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01:00:06

1 in 20 Deaths: Inside Canada’s Assisted Dying System...

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2026/02/24

Canada’s MAiD program has expanded rapidly—Dr. Ramona Coelho argues the system increasingly serves vulnerable people, with uneven safeguards and serious ethical, legal, and social risks.Guest bio: Dr. Ramona Coelho (MDCM, CCFP) is a family physician in London, Ontario, a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and co-editor of Unravelling MAiD in Canada: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide as Medical Care. She has provided testimony and policy input on MAiD and serves on Ontario’s MAiD

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01:00:33

The Eavesdropper Economy: How Surveillance Built AI...

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2026/02/18

A lively tour from Cold War “The Thing” to today’s surveillance capitalism—showing how audio capture, too much data, and automation pressures helped turn listening into AI.Guest bios:Dr. Toby Heys — Professor at the School of Digital Arts (SODA), Manchester Metropolitan University; co-founder of the AUDINT sonic research unit; co-author of Listening InDr. David Jackson — Senior Lecturer in Digital Visualisation at SODA, Manchester Metropolitan University; researches AI’s cultural impact; founded the

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01:13:41

Managerial Class Ruined Tech (E185) - Darryl Campbell

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2026/02/10

A former Silicon Valley insider explains how MBA-style “spreadsheet management” is breaking software—and why it’s making tech, AI, and everyday products worse.Guest bio:Darryl Campbell is a former tech industry insider who spent 15 years in Silicon Valley at companies including Amazon and Uber and at early-stage startups. He’s the author of Fatal Abstraction: Why the Managerial Class Loses Control of Software.Topics discussed:What “managerialism” is and how MBAs took over techWhy software moved from

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00:52:01

55% of MIT Faculty Self-Censor — Here’s Why (E184)

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2026/02/05

MIT Free Speech Alliance president Wayne Stargardt explains how a few high-profile cancellations can drive widespread faculty self-censorship—even at a STEM powerhouse like MIT.Guest bio:Wayne Stargardt is the president of the MIT Free Speech Alliance (independent of MIT) and an MIT alumnus (Class of 1974) who focuses on academic freedom, free expression, and open debate at STEM universities.Topics discussed“Silencing Science at MIT” and what MIT faculty surveys suggest about self-censorshipThe

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00:59:05

E183: Why Corporate America Will Never De-Woke | Law...

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2026/02/03

In this episode, Jesse talks with Fordham University School of Law corporate-law professor Sean J. Griffith about why “go woke, go broke” hasn’t really played out—and why big, publicly traded firms can stay “woke” even when consumers or politicians claim there’s backlash. The core theme: modern corporate power often runs through managers, compliance systems, and financial intermediaries, not “owners,” and that structure changes what accountability looks like.They unpack:Managerialism and the

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01:08:04

E181: Politics Is the Best Predictor of Academic...

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2026/01/27

Political beliefs often matter more than data or methods in shaping how social scientists think about controversial issues. In this episode, sociologist Dr. Mark Horowitz explains why many professors line up by politics on hot-button questions, drawing on moral psychology, groupthink inside universities, and the idea that some topics become treated as morally untouchable “sacred victims.”Guest bio:Dr. Mark Horowitz is a Professor of Sociology at Seton Hall University whose research uses large

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01:03:42

E180: Attraction & Disgust: Evolutionary Psychology...

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2026/01/20

Evolutionary psychologist Debra Lieberman explains how “disgust” and other built-in mental programs shape attraction, kinship, morality, and even law—while modern technology and social media scramble the cues those systems evolved to track.Guest bio:Dr. Debra Lieberman is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami and an evolutionary psychologist who studies how evolved “mental apps” shape social life—kinship, cooperation, morality, sexuality, and emotions. She’s the co-author of

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00:50:30

E179: Breaking the Gerontocracy: How Amanda Litman Is...

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2026/01/16

Amanda Litman argues U.S. leadership is too old, local races are dangerously uncontested, and the fastest fix is getting more young people to run—backed by better pay and campaign-finance reform.Guest bio Amanda Litman is the co-founder and president of Run For Something (launched 2017), which supports young people running for local and state office and has helped elect 1,600+ officials in nearly every state.Topics discussed (in order)Gerontocracy: why older leadership shapes policy away from

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00:59:29

E178: Social Media Isn’t Toxic: Here’s What the Data...

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2026/01/13

Social media isn’t “crack for your brain” for most people—Jeffrey Hall argues the best evidence shows tiny average effects on wellbeing, lots of measurement mess, and a bigger story about relationships, leisure, and moral panic.Guest bio (short)Dr. Jeffrey Hall is Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas and Director of the Relationships and Technology Labs, researching social media, communication, and how relationships shape wellbeing.Topics discussed (in order)Why

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00:54:46

E177: Why Bankers Got Paid and Europe Recovered: The...

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2026/01/09

Economic historian Tobias Straumann breaks down how Germany’s debt meltdown in 1931 crashed the global economy—and how a surprisingly generous 1953 debt deal helped spark the German economic miracle by putting growth ahead of punishment.GUEST BIO: Tobias Straumann (Switzerland) is Professor of Modern & Economic History at the University of Zurich; author of Out of Hitler’s Shadow and 1931: Debt, Crisis, and the Rise of Hitler.TOPICS DISCUSSED:1931 as the real inflection point of the Great

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01:15:01

E176: College Student IQ Has Collapsed: Researcher...

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2026/01/06

A cognitive psychologist explains why college student IQ now averages about 102, why that shift is mathematically inevitable as enrollment expands, and how outdated testing norms and student-evals can quietly wreck both education and clinical decisions.GUEST BIODr. Bob Uttl is a cognitive psychologist and professor at Mount Royal University (Canada) who researches psychometrics, assessment, and how intelligence tests are interpreted and misused in real-world settings.TOPICS DISCUSSED (IN ORDER)What

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01:00:44

E175: Roads Are Bankrupt: New Car Fees Are Coming -...

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2025/12/30

Jeff Davis breaks down why the Highway Trust Fund has been insolvent since 2008 and what fixes (and tradeoffs) are realistic as EVs grow.GUEST BIOJeff Davis is a Senior Fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation and Editor of Eno Transportation Weekly. He has more than 30 years of experience in federal transportation policy, including eight years working in Washington, D.C., advising on the federal budget, the Highway Trust Fund, and long-term infrastructure funding and governance.TOPICS (IN

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01:04:42

E174: Acquired Broke Every Podcast Rule: Harvard...

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2025/12/23

Harvard’s Shane Greenstein explains why Acquired wins by treating each episode like an audiobook—high-signal, audience-first, and built for durable value.GUEST BIO: Dr. Shane M. Greenstein is a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he teaches technology, operations, and management and writes HBS case studies on modern businesses.TOPICS DISCUSSED (IN ORDER): WHY ACQUIRED WORKS: Breaking podcast “rules,” competing with audiobooks, high-signal editing, host chemistry,

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01:07:55

E173: Broke. Woke. Stroke. A tenured prof explains...

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2025/12/17

Tenured sociology professor Mark Horowitz explains why falling preparedness, grade inflation, and perverse incentives are eroding college standards—and why “broke, woke, stroke” helps describe the pattern.GUEST BIO: Dr. Mark Horowitz is a sociology professor at Seton Hall University and co-author of a survey-based study of tenured faculty perceptions about academic standards, grade inflation, student preparedness, and institutional incentives in higher education.TOPICS DISCUSSED IN ORDER:Why the

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01:44:23

E172: MMT Is Going Mainstream - Right as the AI...

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2025/12/09

A wide-ranging conversation with economist and AI consultant Dr. Emmanuel Maggiori on why Modern Monetary Theory overpromises a “free lunch,” what really causes inflation, how Bitcoin and AI are misunderstood, and why seductive economic stories are so dangerous.GUEST BIO:Emmanuel Maggiori is an armchair economist, computer scientist, and AI consultant based in the UK. Originally from Argentina, he has a PhD (earned in France), works with companies to build AI systems, and writes widely about

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00:58:56

E171: How the Internet Got Tamed: James Corbett on...

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2025/12/06

Independent journalist James Corbett joins Jesse to trace how media, tech, and elite power have reshaped the information landscape—from Time’s 2006 “You” to today’s post-truth, AI-saturated world.GUEST BIO:James Corbett is an independent journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Japan. Since 2007 he’s run The Corbett Report, an open-source intelligence project covering geopolitics, media, finance, and technology through long-form podcasts, videos, and essays.TOPICS DISCUSSED:Time’s 2006 “Person

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