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The Human Progress Podcast

HumanProgress.org

Hosted by Marian L. Tupy and Chelsea Follett

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01:12:35

How Liberty Made Progress Possible | Peter Boettke |...

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2025/10/09

Peter Boettke joins Marian Tupy to examine the institutional foundations of the modern world. Check out his book, The Historical Path to Liberty and Human Progress.

00:43:27

Authoritarian Threats to Campus Free Speech | Sarah...

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2025/09/26

Sarah McLaughlin joins Chelsea Follett to discuss the rising influence of foreign authoritarian governments on college campuses.Check out her book, Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and Borderless Censorship Threaten Free Speech.Please note that we recorded this interview before Kirk’s murder, so he is not mentioned, though we believe that event makes conversations like this one even more relevant.

00:35:15

Growth Comes From Ideas, Not Degrees | Bryan Caplan |...

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2025/08/29

Bryan Caplan joins Marian Tupy to discuss the relationship between formal education and innovation.Check out his book, The Case against Education.

00:57:42

Is Progress Making Us Miserable? | Tim Lomas | Ep. 65

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2025/08/08

Psychology researcher Tim Lomas joins Chelsea Follett to explore surprising global trends in happiness, meaning, mental health, and more.

01:11:34

The False History of American Capitalism | Donald...

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2025/07/18

Economist Donald Boudreaux joins Marian Tupy to discuss important misconceptions about American economic history and why it’s crucial to set the record straight.Learn more in his book, The Triumph of Economic Freedom: Debunking the Seven Great Myths of American Capitalism.

01:03:04

Why the West Turned on Itself | Maarten Boudry | Ep. 63

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2025/06/20

Philosopher and author Maarten Boudry joins Chelsea Follett to examine the cultural and ideological roots of Western anti-Western sentiment.

00:56:27

Progress, Classical Liberalism, and the New Right |...

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2025/05/30

Tyler Cowen joins Marian Tupy to discuss the New Right, the relationship between freedom and progress, and whether classical liberalism is equipped to meet today's political challenges.

00:47:56

Open Societies and Closed Minds | Matt Johnson | Ep. 61

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2025/05/23

Marian Tupy speaks with writer and political thinker Matt Johnson about historicism, progress, and how tribalism and the “desire for recognition” are testing the foundations of open societies.

00:58:29

Promoting Parenthood in a Free Society | Stephanie...

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2025/05/02

Stephanie Murray joins Chelsea Follett to discuss discourse around falling birth rates, the tension between pro-natalism and classical liberal values, and how it might be resolved.

00:55:16

An Update on the Trump Tariffs | Scott Lincicome |...

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2025/03/14

Scott Lincicome joins Marian Tupy to discuss how President Trump's trade policies will affect American prosperity, national security, government revenue, and industry.

00:51:32

Global Trade Has Made Us Richer | Daniel Griswold |...

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2025/03/12

Daniel Griswold, the former director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Trade Policy Studies, joins Chelsea Follett to discuss the true legacy of globalization.

01:12:00

The Psychology of Progress | Clay Routledge | Ep. 57

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2025/02/07

Existential psychologist Clay Routledge joins Chelsea Follett to discuss how Americans think about the future, recent trends in mental health, the alleged "crisis of meaning," and how nostalgia can drive progress.

01:01:57

How Europe Can Return to Growth | Jon Moynihan | Ep. 56

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2024/12/13

Jon Moynihan, a businessman, author, and life peer, joins Marian Tupy to discuss why economic growth matters and how the UK and other social democracies can avoid financial collapse, economic stagnation, and long-term deterioration in living standards.

00:55:39

Myths About American Inequality | John Early | Ep. 55

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2024/11/15

John Early, a mathematical economist and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, joins Chelsea Follett to discuss popular misconceptions about inequality in the United States and the measurement errors behind them.

01:07:28

The Rise of Wealth Equality in the West | Daniel...

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2024/10/26

Daniel Waldenström, a professor of economics at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics, joins Chelsea Follett to discuss the decline of wealth and income inequality in the Western world.

00:46:28

Digital Technology and the Regulatory State |...

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2024/09/27

Jennifer Huddleston, a senior fellow in technology policy at the Cato Institute, joins Chelsea Follett to discuss the benefits of digital technologies as well as how we should think about the risks and problems they pose.

01:04:26

How Nations Escape Poverty | Rainer Zitelmann | Ep. 52

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2024/08/02

World-renowned historian and sociologist Rainer Zitelmann joins Chelsea Follett to discuss the ideas, attitudes, and policies that allowed Poland and Vietnam to escape poverty.

00:44:23

The Global Rise in Censorship | David Inserra | Ep. 51

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2024/07/03

David Inserra, a fellow for free expression and technology at the Cato Institute, joins Chelsea Follett to discuss recent attacks on free speech and how censorship can threaten progress.

01:05:03

The Democratization of Investment | Jennifer Schulp |...

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2024/06/07

Jennifer Schulp, the director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, joins Chelsea Follett to discuss how technology and regulation are shaping the future of investment.

00:35:27

Human Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence |...

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2024/05/03

Jay Richards, a senior research fellow and center director at The Heritage foundation, joins Chelsea Follett to discuss why robots and artificial intelligence won't lead to widespread unemployment.

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