Tyler Cowen engages today’s deepest thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between. New conversations every other Wednesday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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George Mason University’s Access to Excellence podcast brings you the university’s most compelling research and stories. Hosted by Mason President Gregory Washington.
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Through conversations with top thinkers in the social sciences and beyond, economist Shruti Rajagopalan explores the ideas that will propel India forward.
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In Virtual Sentiments, Kristen Collins interviews scholars and practitioners grappling with the most pressing problems in political economy today with an eye to the past.
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Hosted by David Beckworth of the Mercatus Center, Macro Musings pulls back the curtain on the important macroeconomic issues of the past, present, and future.
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The voice of Econ Journal Watch, EJW Audio is hosted by Lawrence H. White, a co-editor of EJW and professor of economics at George Mason University. In a typical EJW Audio podcast, Professor White and the author of a recent EJW article discuss that article and related issues.
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Worlds Turned Upside Down tells the story of the American Revolution as a transatlantic crisis and imperial civil war through the lives of people who experienced it. For many modern citizens of the United States, “the cause of America” that gave birth to a new nation in 1776 and the heroic stories we tell ourselves about its founding remains “in great measure the cause of all mankind.” But for the people who lived through it, the revolutionary era upended their lives in ways they could have ...
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Hayek Program Podcast
F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
The Hayek Program Podcast includes audio from lectures, interviews, and discussions of scholars and visitors from the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. The F. A. Hayek Program is devoted to the promotion of teaching and research on the institutional arrangements that are suitable for the support of free and prosperous societies. Implicit in this statement is the presumption that those arrangements ...
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Bringing the joy of financial planning to a cynical, skeptical, educated generation that needs to believe in the American Dream again. Views from a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, former United States Congressional candidate and Adjunct Instructor at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA and American University in Washington, DC.
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Welcome to the podcast dedicated to Anthropology. On this podcast we will investigate different topics in anthropology, as well as interviewing a wide range of guests to hear about some of their experiences and learn about the remarkable research they are producing. Host Gabriella Campbell is graduate student at George Mason University, and she interviews guests such as university professors, graduate students, professionals, authors and curators from around the world.
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Marginal Revolution has been one of the most influential economics blogs in the world for over two decades thanks to its sharp economic analysis and thought-provoking ideas. Now, co-creators Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen are bringing their nerdy winsomeness to your earbuds. Each episode features Alex and Tyler drawing on their decades of academic expertise to tackle whatever economic idea is currently tickling their noggins.
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Ben Klutsey of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University engages in thought-provoking conversations with experts in the field of civil discourse. Klutsey facilitates discussions that explore ideas and practices essential for maintaining a free and open society, providing listeners with valuable insights and perspectives on this crucial topic.
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The First Gen+ Center at George Mason University introduces its latest podcast series, and the hosts share experiences as first-generation college students and first gen professionals.
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This podcast series is associated with George Mason University Cultural Studies' Colloquium Series. This year's series is called "Climate and Capitalism." The industrial revolution liberated human beings from the cycles of nature — or so it once seemed. It turns out that greenhouse gases, a natural byproduct of coal- and petroleum-burning industries, lead to global warming, and that we are now locked into a long warming trend: a trend that will raise sea levels, enhance the occurrence of ext ...
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A higher education podcast focused on the transformation of the higher ed landscape. Speaking with college and university leaders, this podcast talks about the trends, ideas and opportunities that are shaping the future of higher education, and provides best practices and advice that leaders can apply to their own institutions.
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On the Discourse Magazine Podcast, you’ll hear from a diverse range of authors, thinkers, and scholars who are dedicated to discourse, to the notion that good thinking and good ideas arise amid the interplay of different viewpoints and perspectives. In these conversations, we discuss a variety of different topics, and almost everything is on the table. We hope that you enjoy the podcast and that these conversations help spark new thinking and more... discourse.
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Bail in the Midwest explores the integral role of bail in the criminal justice system. With its roots dating back hundreds of years, bail allows individuals charged with a crime to be free pending trial, while simultaneously ensuring public safety. However, efforts to reform the bail system have escalated across the country in recent years, with calls from advocates to reduce or even eliminate the incarceration of individuals charged with a crime. With violent crime on the rise, it has becom ...
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Scott Ford, M.Ed., is the ONLY talk show host in Texas and the United Stated that has been both a classroom teacher and worked for or with the DEA, FBI, and CIA. Scott has been an award-winning educator for over 16 years and has the honor of teaching public school and college students. In addition to his teaching, he also has done work for the DEA, FBI, and CIA. He walked away from a $150,000 position with the NSA because of their blatant and continuing violation of our civil rights. ------- ...
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DC, Maryland, and Virginia, aka the DMV, is widely acknowledged as one of the best basketball areas in the country. This hotbed of hoops has produced some of the best players and coaches at all levels of the game. Bleav in DMV Hoops will highlight many of the most influential local figures and help tell the stories that make this area as successful on the hardwood as it has been historically.
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Welcome to the official SECAF Podcast! For more than 20 years, the Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum has been helping small and emerging government contracting businesses scale to their fullest potential. On this podcast, we'll be interviewing Key Government Leaders and Subject Matter Experts to get a better understanding on GovCon customers and trends in the industry. We at SECAF believe there's space for everyone to succeed.
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The Ability Experience is a nonprofit organization with a simple mission: create shared experiences with people with disabilities and members of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. We do so through a variety of volunteer events, bringing students together from across the country to bike, build, and create lasting memories with the disability community. Our hosts, Zorth Pilonieta and Gary Sugg, interview members of our Ability Experience community and give them the platform to tell their shared experien ...
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Suze Guillaume (Miami Dade College) on Creating a Campus Culture of Connection and Support
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29:50On today’s episode of the Illumination by Modern Campus podcast, podcast host Shauna Cox was joined by Suze Guillaume to discuss the impact of early trust-building during orientation and the importance of humanizing communication to improve long-term student engagement.By Modern Campus
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Yamini Aiyar Schools Us on Education Policy in India
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1:29:25Today my guest is Yamini Aiyar, who is currently a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia at Brown University and the author of the recent book Lessons in State Capacity from Delhi’s Schools. Her main research interests are contemporary politics, state capacity, welfare policy, and federalism. We talked about the ch…
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Nate Silver on Life’s Mixed Strategies
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1:03:43In his third appearance on Conversations with Tyler, Nate Silver looks back at past predictions, weighs how academic ideas such as expected utility theory fare in practice, and examines the world of sports through the lens of risk and prediction. Tyler and Nate dive into expected utility theory and random Nash equilibria in poker, whether Silver's …
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Amit Ron and Abraham Singer on What Companies Owe Democracy
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1:37:13On this episode of Virtual Sentiments, host Kristen Collins speaks with Amit Ron and Abraham Singer, co-authors of Everyone’s Business:What Companies Owe Society (The University of Chicago Press, 2024). Together, Ron and Singer argue that businesses should move beyond profit and stakeholder models to actively protect democratic practices such as in…
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Bail in the Midwest, Brenda Dietzman, Motivational Speaker & Ret Sedgwick County Undersheriff
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58:06Join host Shane Rolf and his guest, Brenda Dietzman, motivational speaker and former Sedgwick County Undersheriff in Kansas. Brenda received at least a dozen notable awards while in law enforcement. Upon retiring, she started Wayfinder Consulting, LLC, where she focuses on leadership and management – especially in a law enforcement and/or correctio…
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Will Luther and Josh Hendrickson on the Future of Bitcoin
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51:26Will Luther is an associate professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University and a fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Josh Hendrickson is a professor of economics and the chair of the economics department at the University of Mississippi. Josh is also a fellow at BPI. Will and Josh return to the show to defend the idea of a strategic Bitc…
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Kassie Burkholder (NAIT) on Building a Smarter Future Through Digital Transformation
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13:53On today’s episode of the Illumination by Modern Campus podcast, podcast host Shauna Cox was joined by Kassie Burkholder to discuss the role of continuing education divisions in driving digital transformation through agility and labor market alignment, and the institutional barriers that hinder innovation across higher education.…
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Annie Jacobsen on Nuclear War, Intelligence Operations, and Conspiracy Realities
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57:38Annie Jacobsen has a favorite word for America's nuclear doctrine: madness. It's madness that any single person has six minutes to decide the fate of civilization, madness that we've built weapons capable of ending the world in 72 minutes, and madness that everything hangs by the thread of deterrence. But to Tyler, life is "a lot of different kinds…
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Jacob T. Levy on Tensions Between Immigration Control and the Rule of Law
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1:18:33On this episode, Nathan Goodman interviews political theorist Jacob Levy about the rule of law and its tensions with modern immigration enforcement. Drawing on his 2018 article, “The rule of law and the risks of lawlessness,” Levy explains that the rule of law requires laws to be general, predictable, and applied equally. Referencing thinkers like …
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Rashad Ahmed on the Global Impact of US Stablecoin Regulation and Crypto Adoption
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57:33Rashad Ahmed is a former Treasury and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency financial economist and is currently an economist at the upstart Andresen Institute for Finance and Economics. In Rashad’s first appearance on the show, he discusses the real-world impacts of the GENIUS Act, what US stablecoin regulation means for the rest of the world,…
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Cathy Sandeen (California State University East Bay) on Leading Transformation Through Trust and Clarity
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13:50On today’s episode of the Illumination by Modern Campus podcast, podcast host Shauna Cox was joined by Cathy Sandeen to discuss the evolving academic portfolio and shifting campus culture toward online and remote learning.By Modern Campus
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Emily Logan (Kirkwood Community College) on When Responsiveness Meets Relevance
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15:40On today’s episode of the Illumination by Modern Campus podcast, podcast host Shauna Cox was joined by Emily Logan to discuss the erosion of trust in higher education and the need for greater agility, employer collaboration, and alignment with modern learner expectations.By Modern Campus
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Rathin Roy on How India Slices the Fiscal Pie
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1:28:44Today my guest is Rathin Roy, who's a Distinguished Fellow at the Kautilya School of Public Policy and a Visiting Senior Fellow at ODI Global. His main research interests are political economy, public finance, and development economics, and he also served on the 13th Finance Commission. We talked about India's fiscal resources are distributed acros…
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In the wake of the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passes a series of coercive and intolerable acts to punish the tea destroyers and bring order to British America.By R2 Studios
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Lars Magnusson on the History of Economic Thought in Sweden
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26:47In 2022, Swedish historian of economic thought Lars Magnusson published a major book (in Swedish) about Swedish economic thought, from the late Middle Ages to the mid 19th century. The title (in English): From Medieval Provincial Law to State Liberalism: Economic Thought in Sweden. One theme is that proto-liberal thinking, often mixed in varying de…
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Paul Kupiec on Problems with the Fed’s Balance Sheet and Calls to End Interest on Reserves
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50:50Paul Kupiec is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In Paul’s first appearance on the show, he discusses life at a think tank, the insolvency of the Fed, theories on how to fix the Fed’s balance sheet, Ted Cruz’s call to end interest on reserves, and much more. Check out the transcript for this week’s episode, now with links. Recor…
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Helen Castor on Medieval Power and Personalities
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1:07:18Helen Castor is a British historian and BBC broadcaster who left Cambridge because she wanted to write narrative history focused on individuals rather than the analytical style typical of academia. As someone interested in individual psychology and the functioning of power, Castor finds medieval England offers the perfect setting because its sophis…
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Mark Pennington on Foucault’s Lessons for Liberal Political Economy
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57:10On this episode, Peter Boettke chats with Mark Pennington on Mark's latest book, Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom (Oxford University Press, 2025). Pennington argues that Foucault's ideas on self-creation, disciplinary power, and biopolitics align with key liberal concerns about social control and individual agen…
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George Hall on the Fiscal Consequences of the US War on COVID
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52:51Check out David's Substack: Macroeconomic Policy Nexus for a special 500th episode post! George Hall is a professor of economics at Brandeis University and formerly worked as an economist at the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank. George returns to the show to discuss the current fiscal status of the US, how the Big Beautiful Bill will impact the fiscal …
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Rod Lastra (CAUCE) on A New Path Forward for Canadian Continuing Education
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29:42On today’s episode of the Illumination by Modern Campus podcast, podcast host Shauna Cox was joined by Rod Lastra to discuss how a distinctly Canadian lens and foundational global movements like extension and UNESCO help shape the evolution and mission of university continuing education.By Modern Campus
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Chitrakshi Jain and Prashant Reddy T. on the Dysfunction in India's District Courts
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1:37:48Today my guests are legal scholars Chitrakshi Jain and Prashant Reddy T, the authors of the recent book Tareekh pe Justice, Reforms for India’s District Courts. We talked about the dysfunction in India’s lower courts, opacity in the evaluation of district court judges, the problems with judicial data, and much more. Recorded July 1st, 2025. Read a …
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Susan Brison on the Aftermath of Sexual Violence and the Remaking of the Self
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1:30:48**Content Warning** This episode includes discussions of sexual assault and attempted murder, which may be distressing for some listeners. Please listen with care. On this episode of Virtual Sentiments, host Kristen Collins speaks with Susan Brison, author of Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self (Princeton University Press, 2002; 20th Ann…
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A Small Cup with Big Impact in the Fight Against Lyme Disease
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26:26One small bite from a deer tick can lead to debilitating symptoms and a lifelong battle with Lyme disease. At George Mason University, researchers are developing innovative diagnostic technologies that are changing the landscape of Lyme disease detection. In this episode of the Access to Excellence podcast, George Mason President Gregory Washington…
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Ben Harris on the Fiscal Health of the US Government
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55:39Ben Harris served in numerous high-ranking roles as a public sector economist and is now the vice president and director of economic studies at the Brooking Institution. In Ben’s first appearance on the show, he discusses the fiscal health of the US government, including the rising primary deficient, the impact of the Big Beautiful Bill, the propos…
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Bail in the Midwest, Eric Granof, Vice President of Corporate Communications, AIA Surety
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57:31Join host Shane Rolf and his guest, Eric Granof, Vice President of Corporate Communications at AIA Surety. Shane and Eric have an in-depth discussion on bail reform and criminal justice issues, exploring the funding and origins of the bail reform movement, its impact on the criminal justice system, and the influence of wealthy donors on prosecutors…
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Caleb Simmons (University of Arizona) on Using Data Partnerships to Better Understand Online Learners
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24:45On today’s episode of the Illumination by Modern Campus podcast, podcast host Shauna Cox was joined by Caleb Simmons to discuss how modern data partnerships and internal alignment are key to engaging and retaining today’s online learners.By Modern Campus
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David Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation
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59:34David Robertson is a rare conductor who unites avant-garde complexity with accessibility. After serving as music director of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez’s storied contemporary-music ensemble, he went on to rejuvenate the St. Louis Symphony. Robertson combines a fearless approach to challenging scores with a deep empathy for audien…
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Abigail Hall on the Boomerang Effect and the Unintended Consequences of U.S. Immigration Policy
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54:33On this episode, Nathan Goodman speaks with Abby Hall on the "boomerang effect," where U.S. military tools and tactics used abroad—like drones—are repurposed for domestic border enforcement. Hall discusses how restrictive immigration policies, such as the Secure Fence Act and Operation Streamline, often lead to unintended consequences like increase…
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Luis Garicano on the Future of Digital Money and Lessons Learned from the History of the Euro
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56:46Luis Garicano is a former member of the European Parliament and a professor at the London School of Economics. In Luis’s first appearance on the show he discusses his new book, Crisis Cycle: Challenges, Evolution, and the future of the Euro, the ever-changing landscape of digital money, his suggested reforms to the Euro, and much more. Check out th…
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M.R. Sharan Examines Decentralization and Local Representation in India
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1:22:00Today my guest is M.R. Sharan, an assistant professor in the department of agricultural and resource economics at the University of Maryland College Park. He is the author of numerous papers and the book Last Among Equals: Power, Caste, & Politics in Bihar’s Villages. His main research interests are development economics and political economy. We t…
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Janette Muir (George Mason University) on Shaping the Future of Learning Through Institutional Agility
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18:15On today’s episode of the Illumination by Modern Campus podcast, podcast host Shauna Cox was joined by Janette Muir to discuss the integration of continuing and professional education with traditional academic programming alongside the evolving role of faculty and governance in advancing short-cycle, skills-based learning pathways.…
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