The New Liberal Podcast

The age old question - how do we actually define neoliberalism? Philosopher Kevin Vallier talks about his new entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy that attempts to set a firm definition of what neoliberalism is. We discuss the core features that defined the neoliberalism of Hayek, Friedman and Buchanan, the differences between the original neoliberals and modern neoliberals, and the threats posed by modern illiberalism. Links: SEP on Neoliberalism https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/neoliberalism/ Rules and Order - https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo26122880.html The Open Society and its Complexities - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-open-society-and-its-complexities-9780190648978?cc=us&lang=en& To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How should we think about the recent protests in Cuba? Author and commentator Antonio Garcia Martinez joins the show to discuss politics in Cuba. We discuss the fascinating history of the internet in Cuba, how technology led to the recent round of protests, how the state has reacted to this new wave of protests and technology, and what the US should do to help everyday Cubans. Links: Inside Cuba's DIY Internet - https://www.wired.com/2017/07/inside-cubas-diy-internet-revolution/ Articles from The Pull Request - https://www.thepullrequest.com/p/the-invisible-boot https://www.thepullrequest.com/p/running-internet-to-cuba https://www.thepullrequest.com/p/the-contrarevolucion-will-be-livestreamed To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04) joined the Center for New Liberalism for a Twitch livestream to discuss his work in Congress on Cybersecurity and Inequality. CNL director Colin Mortimer and Rep. Himes discuss how the US should respond to state-sponsored cyber-attacks, how the US can prepare itself for those kinds of attacks, the top drivers of inequality and why inequality is bad in the first place. They also discuss housing policy along the way, and take questions from the viewers in the livestream's chat. To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How can we reduce the harm from dangerous products like cigarettes and other drugs? NYU professor Ray Niaura joins the show to talk about harm reduction policies. We discuss government interventions like sin taxes, warning labels, and advertising restrictions on cigarettes, as well as how we should think about new smoking alternatives like vaping. We also talk about how to best reduce the harm from illegal drugs like opioids, and how political liberals should think about these sorts of decisions in general. To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

It's the return of Real Neoliberal Hour, with political junkies and comedians Andrea Jones Rooy and Andrew Heaton. The gang discusses bipartisanship, Critical Race Theory, communist microwaves, racist fish, and why podcast listeners are so much smarter than talk radio listeners. To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Jeremiah recaps the best books he's read so far in 2021, including books covering the practice of medicine, artificial intelligence, political organizing, history, economics, and more - 18 books total! Also included are reviews for science fiction and web fiction, and the worst book Jeremiah's read in the last decade. To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Why are there so many proposals to break up Big Tech, and what impact would that have? PPI's Director of Technology Policy Alec Stapp joins the podcast to discuss the recent antitrust bills in Congress aimed at the biggest tech companies in the US. We discuss which bills make sense and which don't, what members of congress don't seem to get about platforms, how these bills would impact foreign policy, and what's really driving the animus towards tech firms. Biden Executive Order - https://www.reuters.com/business/biden-executive-order-target-noncompete-agreements-white-house-2021-07-07/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

The Neoliberal Project is proud to announce our first ever Week of Action. We're hosting 35+ events in 7 countries as our local chapters come back with a bang in the new post-COVID world. We're also having our first ever membership drive, encouraging all our neoliberal supporters to become official members of the Neoliberal Project. Your memberships and donations help us do the work of building online communities and liberal identities, providing training and organizational support to our 70+ chapters, hosting and editing Exponents Magazine, and advocating for change on Capitol Hill. We have a lot of fun stuff planned and some very cool incentives for new members and donators, including merch giveaways, special livestreams, new fellowship programs and more! We're also excited to announce our first ever conference. We'll be having a conference in New Orleans in October, during Jazz Fest. We'll have members of congress, state and local elected officials, PPI staff and researchers, and 25-30 Neoliberal Project members talking about how to win in 2022. We're raffling off one ticket to this conference, all expenses paid, to a new donor or member during the week of action. To see your nearest local event, check our events page! https://neoliberalproject.org/events To become a member or to donate: https://neoliberalproject.org/week-of-action

It's the two year anniversary of Jeremiah's kidney donation, and in this episode he makes the argument that you, the listener, should also consider donating. Jeremiah discusses why kidney disease is such a large problem, how much good a donated kidney can do, and why the risks of donation are minimal. He also answers commonly asked questions about the logistics of giving up a kidney, and argues that listeners should seriously think about doing it themselves. Resources for those interested in learning more: National Kidney Registry - https://www.kidneyregistry.org/ WaitListZero contact form - http://waitlistzero.org/living-donation/become-a-donor/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

This episode is a joint episode - I sit down with Richard Reeves, Brookings Institute Senior Fellow, Author of 'Dream Hoarders' and host of the new podcast Dialogues with Richard Reeves. We compare modern liberalism with previous generations of liberalism, discuss the importance of pluralism in a liberal society, and talk about the future of liberalism in the US over the next decade. Recommended reading: Check out the new podcast Dialogues with Richard Reeves - https://richardvreeves.com/podcast/ A Thousand Small Sanities - https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Small-Sanities-Adventure-Liberalism/dp/154169936X The Neoliberal Mind - https://www.adamsmith.org/research/the-neoliberal-mind All Minus One - https://heterodoxacademy.org/library/all-minus-one/ The Idea of Justice - https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Justice-Amartya-Sen/dp/0674060474 Anti-Pluralism - https://www.amazon.com/Anti-Pluralism-Populist-Liberal-Democracy-Politics/dp/0300228929 John Stuart Mill, Victorian Firebrand - https://www.amazon.com/John-Stuart-Mill-Victorian-Firebrand/dp/1843546442 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Virginia Postrel, author of The Fabric of Civilization, joins the show for a wide ranging conversation. We discuss the history of cloths, textiles, and fabrics as detailed in her recent book, and why the history of fabrics is often the same thing as the history of technology. We also discuss dynamic vs static attitudes toward the economy and society, the relationship between textiles and economic development, theories of how and why industrialization occurs, and the ins and outs of kidney donation. It's hard to recap every subject we touch on, but this episode is definitely worth your time. Suggested reading: The Fabric of Civilization + references - https://vpostrel.com/the-fabric-of-civilization/references Here's Looking At You, Kidney - https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/heres-looking-at-you-kidney/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How is Substack changing online media, and are those changes making our discourse better or worse? Substack CEO Chris Best joins the show to discuss all things Substack. We talk about Substack's origins and mission, the various ways in which Substack differs from traditional media outlets, some of the recent controversies around content on Substack, and the role that companies like Substack play in moderating harmful content vs ensuring free speech. To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

It's a mailbag episode! Jeremiah takes listener questions on voting methods, whether debt is dangerous, land value taxes, future guests, interviewing techniques, the NYC mayor's race, and much more! Want to hear your question on the next mailbag episode? Send it to [email protected]. To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Is openness beneficial or harmful to societies, past and present? Swedish author Johan Norberg joins the show to discuss his book Open: The Story of Human Progress and talk about openness throughout history. We discuss how open exchange, free movement, and openness to new cultures and new ideas have been key to building some of the biggest empires throughout history - and how those same values can benefit us today. Recommended reading - Karl Popper, The Open Society. Friedrich Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty. Virginia Postrel, The Future and Its Enemies. To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Why do people bitterly defend their beliefs no matter what, instead of just searching for what is true? Julia Galef joins the podcast to discuss her new book The Scout Mindset. We discuss the differences between Scout Mindset and Soldier Mindset, what makes it so hard to change our minds, how to improve at being less biased, and the intersection between identity and belief. Recommended Reading: How to Actually Change Your Mind - https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/how-to-actually-change-your-mind Superforecasting - https://www.amazon.com/Superforecasting-Science-Prediction-Philip-Tetlock/dp/0804136718 SlateStarCodex Prediction Calibration - https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/04/08/2019-predictions-calibration-results/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How did right wing media reach the sorry state it's in today? Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz joins the podcast to talk about Fox News and the rest of the right wing media. How did the conservative media ecosystem develop over time? Why isn't there a comparable left wing media? Is Fox News taking cues from the GOP, or is the GOP taking cues from Fox News. We discuss all this and more as we breakdown the past, present and future of right wing media. Recommended reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Race_Beat To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

The third episode of our Liberalism Around the World series, examining the state of liberalism in many countries and regions. Our guests this week are Angelica Oung and Kwangyin Liu, two reporters living in Taipei, to talk about the state of politics in Taiwan. We talk about Taiwan's political history, the unusual political divide in Taiwan, the complicated interplay between Taiwan, China and the US, and the biggest current challenges for liberals in Taiwan. Follow Angelica and Kwangyin at https://twitter.com/Kwangliu and https://twitter.com/AngelicaOung Subscribe to Taipology - https://taipology.substack.com/ Recommended resources: https://english.cw.com.tw/ http://www.taipeitimes.com/ https://focustaiwan.tw/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-taiwan-take/id1487913289 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

What is political hobbyism, and why is it a bad thing for our politics and our country? Political Science professor Eitan Hersh joins the show to talk about his book Politics Is For Power. We discuss why most people who talk about politics aren't doing anything useful, how actual political power is wielded at a local level, and how the Neoliberal Project can transition from being an online group who talk about politics to a real world organization that takes the reins of political power. Read Politics is for Power - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Politics-Is-for-Power/Eitan-Hersh/9781982116798 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How can Joe Biden's upcoming bills help territories like the Virgin Islands? US House Representative Stacey Plaskett joins a joint episode of the Neoliberal Podcast and Radically Pragmatic, PPI's new podcast. We discuss the history of the Virgin Islands, how Rep. Plaskett exerts influence despite being a non-voting member of Congress, and what's important for Virgin Islanders in the upcoming infrastructure bill. For an extended version of this podcast featuring more commentary and news on upcoming PPI events, head over to Radically Pragmatic and make sure to subscribe. You can find them at the link below https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/infrastructure-coronavirus-relief-discussion-from-perspective/id1519327729?i=1000518698303 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

As the United States continues to rapidly vaccinate and nears the end of the COVID pandemic, Jeremiah shares some personal reflections on a year of living through a global pandemic. How did the pandemic change us? What were the medical, social, economic, medical and emotional tolls from the last year? What did we learn about our government and ourselves? Should a year of pandemic living make us more or less optimistic about the future? To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How much do social media personalities matter in the broader political culture? How do they influence the public? If they do matter, what does it mean for the future? Twitch streamer and 2021 Neoliberal Shill Bracket Champion Bastiat joins the podcast to discuss how politics is discussed on social media. We talk about how social media influences young people's politics, the relationship between social media and extremist politics, and whether or not Youtube, Twitch, Twitter and other sites are worth focusing on as a political strategy. Watch Bastiat on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/bastiat Follow Bastiat on Twitter - https://twitter.com/EverydayBastiat To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) joined the Neoliberal Project for a Twitch livestream to discuss his plan to address climate change. He and Neoliberal Project director Colin Mortimer discussed carbon taxes, carbon capture technology, and regulations for 'super-pollutants' as ways to address climate change. They also discussed housing policy, and take viewer questions from from the stream's live chat. To catch all the Neoliberal Project livestreams, follow us on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/neoliberalproject To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Can charter schools help improve America's education system? Tressa Pankovits and Curtis Valentine from the Reinventing America's Schools Project at PPI join the show to discuss charter schools and school choice. What's the value in having local autonomy and experimentation in schools? How do you guard against potential downsides to charter schools? Ultimately, how can charter schools help improve outcomes for students? Find more about the RAS Project here - https://progressivepolicy.org/category/projects/reinventing-americas-schools/ Read studies from Stanford's CREDO - https://credo.stanford.edu/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

The economic benefits of immigration seem clear, but what if immigrants could harm our institutions? CATO's Alex Nowrasteh joins the show to discuss his new book 'Wretched Refuse? The Political Economy of Immigration and Institutions'. We talk about the fears that immigrants could lead to more terrorism, less freedom, and more corruption. Is there any evidence for those fears? Do immigrants actually have positive impacts on institutions and culture? We cover these questions and more! Check out the book! - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/wretched-refuse/47A037EB552CDB16DC77906072A590AB Follow Alex on twitter - https://twitter.com/AlexNowrasteh To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/neoliberalproject/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Transit expert Alon Levy joins the show to talk about why building public transportation is so difficult and expensive in so many parts of the world. Why does New York lead the world in how expensive their subways are? Why is it difficult for certain countries to learn best practices from other countries? Which countries get it right, and what practices do they use that allow them to build more efficiently? Find Alon's blog at https://pedestrianobservations.com/ Find Alon's recent report "So you want to do an infrastructure project?" with the Niskanen Center - https://www.niskanencenter.org/report-so-you-want-to-do-an-infrastructure-project/ Alon's case study of the Boston Green Line - https://marroninstitute.nyu.edu/papers/the-boston-case-the-story-of-the-green-line-extension To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How did the New Democrats help pass the COVID relief bill, and how do they plan to maintain the Democratic House majority in 2022? Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10), a leader of the New Democrat Coalition, joins the show to discuss the New Dems and more. We discuss whether bipartisanship is still possible in today's Congress, why the GOP is so focused on obscure culture war fights, and how history will remember the Trump years. To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Has the way that Americans think about rights caused our politics to become more polarized and destructive? Columbia Law Professor and Facebook Oversight Board co-chair Jamal Greene joins the podcast to discuss his new book, "How Rights Went Wrong". Should we consider rights to be absolutes? Which rights count as rights, and what happens when one right bumps against another? We discuss how the American conception of rights has changed over time, and how our legal system's absolute view of rights changes our politics. We also discuss Facebook's new Oversight Board (soon to rule on Trump's ban from Facebook), and how they balance competing claims of various rights. "How Rights Went Wrong" releases on March 16th. You can pre-order here - https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/how-rights-went-wrong/9781328518118 Further Reading: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2007/07-290 "A Theory of Constitutional Rights" by Robert Alexy - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-theory-of-constitutional-rights-9780198258216?cc=us&lang=en& "Rights Talk" by Mary Ann Glendon - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Rights-Talk/Mary-Ann-Glendon/9780029118238 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

A Patreon-exclusive episode, now unlocked! Why are so many Americans dying in the opioid crisis? RAND Corporation researcher Bryce Pardo joins the podcast to discuss the history of the opioid crisis and fentanyl. We discuss why fentanyl is so much more dangerous than previous opioids, how the transition from other drugs to fentanyl took place, and what sort of policy can be implemented to slow or stop the crisis. If you're interested in Bryce's work, check out his report The Future of Fentanyl, available to download for free on RAND's site - https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3117.html To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

This week's episode is a joint episode of the Neoliberal Podcast and the PPI Podcast! Guest host Colin Mortimer sits down with Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read to talk about the ways Oregon is using its treasury to help Oregonians. They discuss the ins and outs of what a State Treasurer does, how to use the state's investment power to help citizens, and how behavioral 'nudge' programs can increase retirement savings. Subscribe to the PPI podcast today! You can find it at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/progressive-policy-institute/id1519327729 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How and why is China imprisoning millions of Uighurs in their western province of Xinjiang? BuzzFeed News journalists Megha Rajagopalan and Alison Killing join the podcast to talk about how their reporting uncovered a vast network of secret internment camps in Xinjiang. We discuss how they found the camps despite coverups from the CCP, what life is like for Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in those camps, and why China continues to commit human rights violations in Xinjiang at a massive scale. Read Megha and Alison's groundbreaking work on BuzzFeed News: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/china-new-internment-camps-xinjiang-uighurs-muslims https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alison_killing/china-ex-prisoners-horrors-xinjiang-camps-uighurs https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/inside-xinjiang-detention-camp https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alison_killing/xinjiang-camps-china-factories-forced-labor To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Why exactly does the US spend so much more on health care than any other rich country? PPI's Arielle Kane joins the podcast to break down all the reasons that the US system costs so much. We discuss how the insurance system leads to layers of bureaucracy, the many ways in which health care markets are subject to market failures, and much more as we unravel the US health care industry. Check out Arielle on the Some Politics Podcast, talking about the state of healthcare in the US and what to expect from the Biden administration - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-22-the-state-of-healthcare/id1529181757?i=1000507701121 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Patreon-only episode, now public by popular demand! Which of the Child Allowance plans would most help families? Matt Bruenig of the People's Policy Project and Sam Hammond of the Niskanen Center join the show to discuss both Mitt Romney's and the Democrat's child benefit plans. We discuss the benefits of universal plans vs targeted benefits, which programs and tax breaks might be ended to pay for these plans (and whether or not that's appropriate, and why simple, easy to understand programs often succeed where complex programs fail. Read Sam's work - https://www.niskanencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-Conservative-Case-for-a-Child-Allowance.pdf https://www.niskanencenter.org/factsheet-senator-romneys-family-security-act/ Read Matt's work - https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2021/02/04/romneys-child-allowance-improves-on-biden-proposal/ https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2021/01/14/now-is-the-time-for-an-american-child-benefit/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

What exactly do modern neoliberals believe? Colin Mortimer, director of the Center for New Liberalism, joins the podcast to discuss his recent Substack article titled "What Neoliberals Believe". We discuss the core values in neoliberalism, institutions, the social welfare state, markets, immigration, trade, climate change, housing, and much more. To read Colin's piece, head to: https://exponents.substack.com/p/what-neoliberals-believe To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Why was the COVID vaccine rollout so slow to begin with? What's being done to speed it up? Vox senior correspondent German Lopez joins the podcast to talk about what's going on with vaccine distribution in the United States. Did the Trump administration even have a plan? Is the Biden administration's target ambitious enough? What strategies are the fastest rollouts using to vaccinate people quickly? To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Jeremiah shares the best books he read in 2020, part two of a two-part episode. Part two contains the show's top six 2020 book recommendations, for books that address some of society's biggest questions: Why are we polarized? Wow do people respond to pandemics? Why do good people have bad political beliefs? How can we defend liberalism from authoritarianism? How did societies become rich? Also included are more reviews of science fiction, fantasy, and alternative-format story telling. Make sure to check out part one as well to hear it all - you can find part one here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/65sOjFVxpr305uqfqUwJyX To listen to the 'First half of 2020' Best Books episode from May 2020, click here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-neoliberal-podcast-best-books-of-2020-part-1/id1390384827?i=1000475836676 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Jeremiah shares the best books he read in 2020, part one of a two-part episode. Non-fiction works on economics, politics, psychology, biology, society and internet culture are discussed, as well as some of Jeremiah's favorite recent science fiction novels. Make sure to check out part two to hear every recommendation. You can find part two here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-neoliberal-podcasts-best-books-of-2020-part-2/id1390384827?i=1000505774543 To listen to the 'First half of 2020' Best Books episode, click here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-neoliberal-podcast-best-books-of-2020-part-1/id1390384827?i=1000475836676 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How should the the government regulate sex work? Should sex work be legal, or decriminalized? What are the biggest issues facing women in this industry? Sex work policy journalist and advocate Cathy Reisenwitz joins the podcast to talk about how the state deals with the 'oldest profession', and what changes she believes society should make. We discuss current laws, how police and other institutions frequently mistreat sex workers, and how to balance between protecting sex workers from harms while not penalizing non-harmful situations. You can follow Cathy at https://twitter.com/CathyReisenwitz https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/ Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Jeremiah discusses the events of January 6th in an emergency episode recorded late on the night of the 6th. This episode is less polished and more raw than usual. It discusses the armed invasion of the Capitol by Trump supporters, and their attempt to subvert democracy, on the night that those events took place. It also discusses the larger context of the Republican party's factions, behavior, and how we got to this moment. Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Can the Republican party be saved? Why do so many Americans find Trump an acceptable candidate? What are the Lincoln Project's plans in a post-Trump world? Reed Galen, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, joins the show to discuss all this and more as we try to figure out how to best fight Trumpism in the future. Further Reading: "The Fight Against Trumpism is only Beginning" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/16/reed-galen-trumpism-lincoln-project/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How did America's housing crisis get so bad, and what can be done about it? Housing policy expert Jenny Schuetz of the Brookings Institute joins the show to discuss. We chat about how exclusionary zoning makes housing shortages worse, why overly-long approval processes might be an even bigger factor than zoning, and how the political dynamics within different neighborhoods of big cities make it difficult to change policy. Further Reading: Gentle Density - https://www.brookings.edu/research/gentle-density-can-save-our-neighborhoods/ Golden Gates - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/585765/golden-gates-by-conor-dougherty/ Who Participates in Local Government? - https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/34276 Zoning Rules! - https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1190 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

On today's episode, Colin Mortimer, the Director of the Center for New Liberalism, is joined by two special guests. First is Adam Hartke, the co-owner of a music venue in Wichita, Kansas, and the co-chair of the advocacy committee at the National Independent Venues Association. We talk about what it has been like to be a music venue owner during this pandemic, suffering the brunt of the economic fallout. Second, PPI's Chief Economic Strategist Michael Mandel comes on to talk about how an obscure tax cut that expires in December might make the recovery for music venues, bars, restaurants, brewers, and others even more difficult than it was already expected to be. Subscribe to Some Politics Podcast to stay up to date on the podcast and new episodes.

Jeremiah is joined by the co-hosts of The Grifter Report, Connor Fletcher and Dylan Meisner, to answer key questions in the wake of Donald Trump's loss. Who's out there taking advantage of the 'stolen election' narrative? Which Trump-world stooge is making the most outlandish, insane claims? Who's swindling the most money for doomed 'election integrity' fundraisers? And what on earth is "Blue MAGA"? All this and more as we rank the most impressive post-election grifters. Further Listening: Check out The Grifter Report! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-grifter-report/id1510808156 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

What are the current deficiencies in the US social safety net? What's the difference between welfare and social insurance? How can we modernize a run-down set of bureaucracies and systems? Sam Hammond of the Niskanen Center joins the show to discuss his ideas about why these systems function the way they do, and how we can best fix them. Part 2 coming soon, exclusively for our Patreon subscribers - we discuss the political realities involved in passing these policies, budget issues, how shifting political tribes impact messaging, and how to craft trans-partisan bills that appeal to both major parties. Further Reading: Faster Growth, Fairer Growth - https://www.niskanencenter.org/faster_fairer/supporting_workers_and_protecting_families.html Three Normative Models of the Welfare State - http://www.publicreason.ro/articol/49 Failure to Adjust - https://www.cfr.org/book/failure-adjust Just Institutions Matter - https://www.amazon.com/Just-Institutions-Matter-Political-Institutional/dp/0521598931 To make sure you hear part 2 of this episode (and every bonus episode!), join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

Should Democrats be encouraged or dismayed by their 2020 election performance? Who's correct in the Democratic Party fight between AOC and the moderate Dems? Polling and election analyst David Shor joins the podcast to talk about the 2020 election, including why the polls missed in the Midwest, the most important demographic shifts we've seen, and how Democrats need to message their policies to win lasting majorities. Follow David at https://twitter.com/davidshor To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

How has Jay Powell performed as Fed Chair during the Trump administration? How good has the Fed's response been to the 2020 COVID recession? Karl Smith and Josh Barro join the show to talk all things Jay Powell and Federal Reserve, including whether the Fed should have an expanded toolkit and why it's important to keep Judy Shelton off the Fed's Board of Governors. Further reading: Josh's profile of Jay Powell - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/jerome-powell-federal-reserve-profile.html Follow Josh and Karl at https://twitter.com/karlbykarlsmith and https://twitter.com/jbarro To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

Jeremiah sits down with Dan King, Arielle Kane, and Colin Mortimer of Some Politics Podcast to give rundown of the Nov 3rd election, one day after it happened. The group breaks down Biden's underperformance and what factors caused it, whether to feel optimistic or pessimistic about the overall result, and what this means for Republican and Democratic campaigns in the future. Check out Some Politics Podcast at the link below, or wherever you get your podcasts! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/some-politics-podcast/id1529181757 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

What does the modern gig economy look like? How has freelance work evolved over time, and how has 2020 changed the complexion of freelance work? UpWork's chief economist Adam Ozimek joins the podcast to talk about labor markets and freelancing in 2020. We also talk about the future of remote work, what impact COVID has had on cities, and much more! Further reading: Follow Adam at https://twitter.com/ModeledBehavior When Work Goes Remote - https://www.upwork.com/press/releases/when-work-goes-remote Freelance Forward 2020 Report - https://www.upwork.com/i/freelance-forward Measuring Alternative Work Arrangements for Research and Policy - https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25822/measuring-alternative-work-arrangements-for-research-and-policy To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

How do protests - both non-violent and violent - impact the public's voting behaviors? How does the media filter messages about protests to the public? Princeton professor Omar Wasow joins the show to discuss his research on protests, violence and voting. We discuss all of the above, as well as how can we compare the protests of the 1960s to today's protest movements. Further reading: Agenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Elites, Public Opinion and Voting - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/agenda-seeding-how-1960s-black-protests-moved-elites-public-opinion-and-voting/136610C8C040C3D92F041BB2EFC3034C# The Loud Minority - https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691181776/the-loud-minority Can Violent Protest Change Local Policy Support? - https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/renos/files/enoskaufmansands.pdf Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict - http://cup.columbia.edu/book/why-civil-resistance-works/9780231156820 Free Angela and all Political Prisoners - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2350432/ Blood in the Water - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_(book) To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

What will the voting experience be like in 2020? How will mail voting and accusations of voter fraud impact the election? What court battles around voting are currently taking place? Business Insider's Grace Panetta joins the show to discuss these voting issues and more. Further reading: Democracy Fund's 'Election Line' - https://electionline.org/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

It's time for another mailbag episode! Jeremiah takes listener questions about the Republican party, the coronavirus pandemic, how to talk to family members about politics, the best tools to find academic research, the Neoliberal Project's international push, and the Left's approach to Hong Kong. There are also a number of questions about the recent incredible news week, including how to think about Trump's illness, what might happen in various election scenarios, and what races to pay attention to. To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to [email protected] Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters