Free To Choose Media Podcast

Today’s podcast is titled, “Understanding Ancient North America.” Recorded in 1992, James Adovasio, Director of Anthropology & Archaeology at Mercyhurst College and Paul Zolbrod, Fredrick F. Seely Professor of English at Allegheny College ask “Can physical archaeology and the oral traditions of existing Native Americans be brought together in the search for better understanding of past cultures? Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.

Today’s podcast is titled, “Conversation with Jonathan Hughes.” Recorded in 1987, Jonathan Hughes discusses American economic history, why the U.S. prospered in the past, and how to continue that success. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.

Today’s podcast is titled, “Teaching Science Fiction.” Recorded in 1999, Patrice Caldwell, Director of Institutional Renewal at Eastern New Mexico University, and celebrated science fiction author Jack Williamson discuss teaching science fiction. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.

Today’s podcast is titled, “Women and Management Styles.” Recorded in 1993, Judy B. Rosener, Professor of Management at UC Irvine and Virginia I. Postrel, Editor at Reason Magazine, discuss the results of Rosener’s research on the management styles of women. Rosener and Postrel debate whether the corporate culture properly values the unique perspective women bring to the workplace. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.

Today’s podcast is titled, “Science and Society.” Recorded in 1999, Gerald Holton, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard University, and Nicolaas Bloembergen, Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and 1981 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, discuss how science affects society and vice versa. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.

Today’s podcast is titled, “Trauma and Meaning.” Recorded in 1993, UC Irvine Professor Roxanne Cohen Silver and Case Western Professor Roy F. Baumeister examine the ways in which victims are affected by the traumas which befall them. It is suggested that trauma’s real impact is not primarily the event itself, but the degree to which the victim’s beliefs are challenged by the trauma. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.

Today’s podcast is titled, “Democracy and Rent Seeking.” Recorded in 1992, Nobel Laureate James M. Buchanan and Prof. Gordon Tullock discuss events in the public choice arena since the publication of their groundbreaking 1962 book, The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.

Today’s podcast is titled, “His Thoughts: Glenn Loury.” Glenn Loury was raised on the south side of Chicago in a predominantly black neighborhood. He discusses his opposition to affirmative action, his concern about many actions by black community leaders, and the appreciation of black achievement in the face of discrimination. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.

Today’s podcast is titled, “Walter Williams: Suffer No Fools”. This program traces Walter Williams’ rise from a child of the Philadelphia housing projects to become one of America’s most important authors and commentators and features the events of the 1960’s when Walter Williams realized “black people cannot make great progress until they understand the economic system.” It was then that he concluded that what America needed was to heed the words and the ideas of the Constitution. Listen now. Or watch this program on Free To Choose Network’s YouTube channel.

Today’s podcast is “Swords into Plowshares,” episode three of the three-part public television documentary Turmoil & Triumph: The George Shultz Years. In this final episode, Shultz and Reagan meet with Gorbachev again in Iceland to determine the future of a nuclear world. In 1989, Shultz leaves the State Department and returns to the world of ideas as a Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He continues his search for peace and security as a passionate advocate for nuclear disarmament. Listen now.

Today’s podcast is “To Start the World Again,” episode two of the three-part public television documentary Turmoil & Triumph: The George Shultz Years. In episode two, George Shultz accompanies Reagan on a trip to Japan, but as they arrive back Philippine dissident Ninoy Aquino is assassinated and things are thrown into turmoil. Reagan is taken with the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. And George Shultz seeks an end to the Cold War. Listen now.

Today’s podcast is “A Call to Service,” episode one of the three-part public television documentary Turmoil & Triumph: The George Shultz Years. Episode one examines George Shultz’s early life, his service as a U.S. Marine, his academic career as a free market economist and his early cabinet posts under President Nixon. Shultz’s experiences give him extensive international contacts and diplomacy skills, critical experience for what lay ahead. Listen now.

Democracies have only recently been considered desirable. Historically, it had been feared democracies always self destruct when citizens, forgetting that you cannot remove want and misery through legislation, insist on government actions that physically and morally bankrupt their nation. Milton Friedman explains why the United States has so far avoided this outcome and how we can continue to do so. Today’s podcast is “How to Stay Free.” Listen now.

In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by other guests at the University of Chicago. They discuss some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “How to Cure Inflation,” part of volume nine of the ten-part public television series “Free To Choose.” Listen now.

Inflation results when the amount of money printed increases faster than the creation of new goods and services. Money is a ”token” of the wealth of a nation. If more tokens than new wealth are created, it takes more tokens to buy the same goods. Milton Friedman explains why politicians like inflation, and why wage and price controls are not solutions to the problem. Today’s podcast is “How to Cure Inflation.”

In today’s podcast, when President Kennedy was confronted by the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, he formed an executive committee to assist him in deciding on a course of action. Twenty years later, Professor Richard Neustadt interviewed General Maxwell Taylor to reflect on Taylor’s key role on that committee and in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Here is “The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: Phase 3.”

In today’s podcast, we present part two of a panel moderated by Richard Neustadt with four members of President John F. Kennedy’s executive committee–Robert S. McNamara, George W. Ball, McGeorge Bundy, and U. Alexis Johnson–as they reconvene twenty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis to reflect on the lessons learned. Here is “The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: Phase 2, Part II.” Listen now.

In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by other guests at the University of Chicago. They discuss some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “Who Protects the Worker?,” part of volume eight of the ten-part public television series “Free To Choose.” Listen now.

Unions and government both try to protect workers but it usually comes at the expense of other workers. Both end up restricting freedom. Milton Friedman explains how the competition of employers for the talents of workers leads to the highest wages and best working conditions. Today’s podcast is “Who Protects the Worker?” Listen now.

In today’s podcast, twenty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Richard Neustadt moderates a panel of four members of President John F. Kennedy’s executive committee–Robert S. McNamara, George W. Ball, McGeorge Bundy, and U. Alexis Johnson–as they reconvene to reflect on the lessons learned. Here is “The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: Phase 2, Part I.” Listen now.

In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by other guests at the University of Chicago. They discuss some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “Who Protects the Consumer?,” part of volume seven of the ten-part public television series “Free To Choose.” Listen now.

Various government agencies have been created on the claim that they will protect the consumer. These agencies restrict freedom, stifle innovation, and become agents for the industries or groups they are intended to regulate. Friedman explains how the free market and competition are the best protection for consumer interests. Today’s podcast is “Who Protects the Consumer?” Listen now.

In today’s podcast, when President Kennedy was confronted by the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, he formed an executive committee to assist him in deciding on a course of action. Twenty years later, four members of that committee reflect on the lessons learned. Here is “The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: Phase 1.” Listen now.

In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by guests Dr. Gordon Tullock of the University of Arizona and Dr. Henry Levin of Stanford University for an updated discussion of some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “The Failure of Socialism,” part of a 1990 update to the ten-part public television series “Free To Choose.” Listen now.

In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by other distinguished guests at the University of Chicago. They discuss some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “What’s Wrong With Our Schools,” part of volume six of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Listen now.

Today’s podcast is “What’s Wrong With Our Schools,” volume six of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Parental choice in children’s education is consistent with a free society. Centralized government control has adversely affected quality of education. Milton Friedman advocates vouchers to solve the problem. Listen now.

In today’s podcast, the now late Dr. Norman Borlaug, Dr. Robert Chandler, Jr., and Dr. Nyle Brady, all of whom had devoted their professional lives to the task of feeding the hungry, identify the many causes of Africa’s current agricultural crisis. Here is “Africa’s Agricultural Crisis.” Listen now.

In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by guests Thomas Sowell of the Hoover Institution and Michael Kinsley of The New Republic for an updated discussion of some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “Created Equal,” part of volume five of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Listen now.

In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by other distinguished guests at the University of Chicago. They discuss some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “Created Equal,” part of volume five of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Listen now.

The Declaration of Independence says, ”all men are created equal.” Milton Friedman explains that this does not mean all persons should or will have equal talents or income. Equal opportunity to better oneself and the right to personally benefit from the gains realized are consistent with freedom. Taking from some to give to others destroys freedom and removes the incentive for creating new wealth. Today’s podcast is “Created Equal,” volume five of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Listen now.

In today’s podcast, laboratory chief of biochemical genetics at the National Heart Institute, the now late Dr. Marshall Nirenberg, and chief of the laboratory of molecular biology at the National Institute of Disorders & Stroke, Dr. Ron McKay, discuss neurobiology and the science behind it. Here is “Neurobiology.” Listen now.

Today’s podcast is the discussion segment from “From Cradle to Grave,” part of volume four of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Milton Friedman is joined by other distinguished guests, including Thomas Sowell, at the University of Chicago to discuss some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “From Cradle to Grave.” Listen now.

The welfare state arises from the attempt to do good with other people’s money. Such attempts always fail because nobody spends someone else’s money as carefully as their own. Those spending the money use force to collect it and to ensure those receiving it use it for the ”right” purposes. Good intentions are corrupted by bad means. In today’s podcast, “From Cradle to Grave,” Friedman visits the U.S. and Britain to explore these topics. Today’s podcast is “From Cradle to Grave,” volume four of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Listen now.

In today’s podcast, social psychologist Roy Baumeister and psychologist of religion & spirituality Julie Exline discuss forgiveness. What is forgiveness? What are the costs and drawbacks of it? What are the positives? Dive into this deep discussion with Roy and Julie. Here is “The Dilemma of Forgiveness.” Listen now.

In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by other distinguished guests at the University of Chicago. They discuss some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “Anatomy of Crisis,” part of volume three of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Listen now.

The Great Depression has been popularly viewed as a failure of capitalism. The stock market crash, the collapse of the Bank of United States, and the loss of personal savings were visible symbols supporting this belief. In today’s podcast, Friedman explains the real cause was the unseen failure of government policy and action. Yet this crisis resulting from government failure leads to decades of government expansion. Today’s podcast is “Anatomy of Crisis,” volume three of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Listen now.

In today’s podcast, Ed Feulner, founder and former president of The Heritage Foundation, discusses the facts and fictions of government growth. He also talks about why advocates of ideas can’t stop fighting, even when the ideas are accepted. Originally recorded in 1987, here is “PRC Forum: Ed Feulner.” Listen now.

In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by guests Michael Walker of the Fraser Institute and Steven Cohen of the University of California at Berkeley for an updated discussion of some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “The Tyranny of Control,” part of volume two of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Listen now.

In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by other distinguished guests at The University of Chicago. They discuss some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “The Tyranny of Control,” part of volume two of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Listen now.

Government planning and detailed control of economic activity lessen productive innovation and consumer choice. Good, better, best, are replaced by ”approved” or ”authorized.” Economist Milton Friedman visits India, Japan, and the United States to show how “established” industries or methods seek government protection or subsidization in their attempts to stop or limit product improvements which they don’t control. Today’s podcast is “The Tyranny of Control,” volume two of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Listen now.

Charles Spahr, retired Chief Executive Officer of Sohio, tells of his progress through the ranks to become the leader of a major corporation and gives the inside story of how he directed the building of the Alaskan pipeline. Listen now to today’s podcast, “A Conversation with Charles Spahr.”

In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by guests David Brooks of The Wall Street Journal and James Galbraith from the University of Texas for an updated discussion of some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “The Power of the Market,” part of volume one of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Listen now.

In today’s podcast, Milton Friedman is joined by other distinguished guests in the Harper Library at The University of Chicago. They discuss some of the ideas presented in the documentary segment of “The Power of the Market,” part of volume one of the ten-part public television series Free To Choose. Listen now.

America’s freedom and prosperity derive from the combination of the idea of human liberty in America’s Declaration of Independence and the idea of economic freedom in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. Economist Milton Friedman visits Hong Kong, the United States, and Scotland to explain how markets and voluntary exchanges organize activity and enable people to improve their lives. Today’s podcast is “The Power of the Market,” volume one of the ten-part public television series “Free To Choose.” Listen now.

Today’s podcast is from our 2016 public television documentary film, Ideas That Changed the Word, the second of a two-part series, The Real Adam Smith: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg. Adam Smith was a moral philosopher, a bold voice of the Scottish Enlightenment, the world’s first economist, and author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations. But in today’s society, has the global economic system become so big and so complex that morality and human empathy are no longer relevant? Why are Smith’s ideas still significant today? Listen now to find out, and don’t forget …

Adam Smith was a moral philosopher, a bold voice of the Scottish Enlightenment, the world’s first economist, and author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations. But in todays’ seemingly ruthless competitive environment, where the stakes are high, can ethical and honest businesses still prosper? How are Smith’s ideas about markets and morality relevant today? Today’s podcast is from our public television documentary film, Morality and Markets, the first of a two-part series, The Real Adam Smith: A Personal Exploration by Johan Norberg. Listen now.

In our 2009 documentary, The Power of the Poor, Hernando de Soto and his team of researchers found that an astonishing 98% of all businesses in Peru were extralegal, as was 88% of all rural property. Extralegals had constructed seven out of every ten buildings, had run almost all of its public transportation system, and built and owned the vast majority of Lima’s markets. It was clear the majority of Peru’s entrepreneurs had been locked out of the legal system. De Soto and his researchers at the Institute for Liberty and Democracy would risk their lives to let them in. …

Somewhere on Earth, at this very minute, a child is beginning its journey through life. 250 babies are born every minute, 15 thousand an hour, 132 million a year – each and every year. Among them may be the potential to cure disease, or change the course of world history, because people are the world’s ultimate resource. Around the world, there are enormous and complicated challenges. But extraordinary change can happen when ordinary people have the tools and the freedom to make their own decisions. Free market incentives are spectacularly changing lives and entire economies over much of the world. …

While still in college, Barbara Branden, and her soon to be husband Nathaniel, began a relationship with Ayn Rand that lasted for almost two decades. They studied and discussed her ideas in depth and travelled the country speaking about Rand’s objectivist philosophy. The ideas were controversial and were not well accepted by the general public. In 1987 Bob Chitester sat down with Barbara to talk about the time she spent with Rand, creating a deeper understanding of Rand, her ideas and philosophy. This one-hour interview is a fascinating look into Rand’s life and her relationship with the Brandens.

Although recorded in the early 1990s, self-esteem was discussed as much then as it is today. Do you think it’s true that “…many, many groups that are the targets of prejudice and discrimination don’t show terrible low levels of self-esteem that a lot of psychological theory suggests they ought to have?” Listen in as Dr. Jennifer Crocker, former Professor of Psychology at SUNY-Buffalo, and Dr. Roy F. Baumeister, former E.B. Smith Professor in Liberal Arts at Case Western Reserve University, discuss surprising research findings on the methods people use to protect their self-esteem. The results may surprise you. Listen to …