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   14 Nov 2025 · 54 min

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   9 Oct 2025 · 1 hr 13 min

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   26 Sep 2025 · 43 min

   Authoritarian Threats to Campus Free Speech | Sarah McLaughlin | Ep. 67

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   29 Aug 2025 · 35 min

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   18 Jul 2025 · 1 hr 12 min

   The False History of American Capitalism | Donald Boudreaux | Ep. 64

   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 .

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   20 Jun 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

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

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

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   30 May 2025 · 56 min

   Progress, Classical Liberalism, and the New Right | Tyler Cowen | Ep. 62

   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.

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   23 May 2025 · 48 min

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

   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.

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    2 May 2025 · 58 min

    Promoting Parenthood in a Free Society | Stephanie Murray | Ep. 60

    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.