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The John Stossel Interviews

Interviews from consumer reporter turned libertarian commentator John Stossel.

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  1. Ep. 50 Steve Forbes: On Socialism, Innovation & America

    For years, I’ve made the case for free markets. Yet now socialists WIN elections. I’m worried. But Steve Forbes, of Forbes Magazine, is optimistic. "You go out there and make the fight," says…

    1 h 10 min
  2. Ep 49. You Don’t Understand the Environment: Lies about Greenhouse Gases, Polar Bears, Recycling, and More

    I hear bees are dying, polar bears are going extinct, and weather is getting more extreme every day! All lies. Media tell me the Great Barrier Reef is dying. But “the Great Barrier Reef is doing…

    31 min
  3. Ep. 48 The Case for Economic Freedom: Why Governments Often Make Prosperity Harder

    Politicians always want to “improve” our economy.But again and again, they make things worse. “The more we move away from free markets, the worse things become” says economist Don Boudreaux, author…

    34 min
  4. Ep. 47 Buffaloed: How a Climate Scientist Was Attacked by the White House, Congress & His Own University

    Fearmongering media say climate change is “our greatest threat in thousands of years.” Climate change is real, but is it the apocalypse? Climate researcher Roger Pielke Jr. doesn’t think so. But…

    14 min
  5. Ep. 46 You Don’t Own Me: Freedom, Responsibility, and the Lies of Collectivism

    Who owns you?Government often acts like they own us.But lawyer Tim Sandefur of the Goldwater Institute reminds us, we own ourselves.“People should not have power over other people’s lives,” says…

    49 min
  6. Ep. 45 Hayek’s Warning We Ignored: Government Planning Doesn’t Fix Economies

    Politicians say they can “fix” the economy.But economists Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises pointed out how government “fixes" lead to bigger problems.Hayek and Mises predicted the fall of the…

    21 min
  7. Ep. 44 Uncomfortable Topics with Heather Mac Donald: Race, Skills Gap, Disparate Impact & the Role of Women

    “I'm going to speak the truth here, and this is not pleasant for people to hear.” In my podcast with author Heather Mac Donald, she says uncomfortable things about race, crime, feminism and more.For…

    1 h 42 min
  8. Ep. 43 Jo Jorgensen: What if We Had a Libertarian President?

    During the last 5 years our government has imposed lockdowns, caused inflation, increased the deficit, started trade wars, and now a real war. It makes me wonder; how would things have been…

    33 min
  9. Ep 42. Andrew Yang: On UBI, Defunding Police, Cancel Culture, Entrepreneurship

    I don’t bother interviewing most politicians. But former presidential candidate Andrew Yang is interesting. Unlike most politicians, he has experience as an entrepreneur, he criticizes politicians…

    51 min
  10. Ep. 41 Johan Norberg: Lessons From Ancient Athens, Rome, the Renaissance & Other Golden Ages

    Are we witnessing the fall of the American empire? Are we doomed to fall, like Ancient Athens, Ancient Rome and others? No. But if we don’t learn the lessons of history, we could be. To avoid…

    57 min

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