{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Podcasts | Adam Smith Works","home_page_url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts","feed_url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts.json","description":"The Podcasts blog is the home of brief and lively exploration of the work, thought, and world of Adam Smith, often in a contemporary context.","language":"en","items":[{"id":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-the-story-of-the-great-antidote-a-conversation-with-veronique-de-rugy","url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-the-story-of-the-great-antidote-a-conversation-with-veronique-de-rugy","title":"The Story of The Great Antidote: A Conversation with Veronique de Rugy","content_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"trix-text\" id=\"teaser_1\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/9b1dc2a3ada698b1b213d3816c0c5552.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"419\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"attachment__caption\"\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this final episode of \u003cem\u003eThe Great Antidote\u003c/em\u003e, I sit down with my mom, Veronique de Rugy (does this feel like a Mr. Big name reveal for some of you?!), to reflect on the podcast and the remarkable journey of the past five years. Together, we revisit how the show started, the ideas that shaped it, the moments that changed me, and the people whose support made everything possible. This episode is a reflection on learning, growth, and gratitude—and a thank-you to everyone who has been part of this project.\u003c/div\u003e","date_published":"2025-12-19T12:00:00+0000","image":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/9b1dc2a3ada698b1b213d3816c0c5552.png"},{"id":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-how-definitions-change-debates-freedom-rights-and-equality-with-rebecca-lowe","url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-how-definitions-change-debates-freedom-rights-and-equality-with-rebecca-lowe","title":"How Definitions Change Debates: Freedom, Rights, and Equality with Rebecca Lowe","content_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"trix-text\" id=\"teaser_1\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/2df2ed4193af431a8f04bccd28c55e6a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"attachment__caption\"\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilosopher\u003ca href=\"https://www.mercatus.org/scholars/rebecca-lowe\"\u003e Rebecca Lowe\u003c/a\u003e joins me to do an ideas-only deep dive: what freedom really is, why it matters, how it intersects with equality, and how to tell coercion from choice. We talk charitable argument (steelmanning), the social value of clear definitions, and Rebecca’s agent-focused view of freedom—plus why doing something freely can have value even when the act is bad. \u003c/div\u003e","date_published":"2025-12-05T12:00:00+0000","image":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/2df2ed4193af431a8f04bccd28c55e6a.jpg"},{"id":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-innovation-on-trial-jack-nicastro-on-empower-s-fight-to-exist","url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-innovation-on-trial-jack-nicastro-on-empower-s-fight-to-exist","title":"Innovation on Trial: Jack Nicastro on Empower’s Fight to Exist","content_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"trix-text\" id=\"teaser_1\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/27b576880cefad8299f3ead9d94a8069.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"attachment__caption\"\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy is D.C. trying to shut down a rideshare app that pays drivers more and charges riders less? \u003ca href=\"https://reason.com/people/jack-nicastro/\"\u003eJack Nicastro of \u003cem\u003eReason Magazine\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e joins to unpack Empower’s battle with regulators, what “innovation vs. permission” means in real life, and how markets—not mandates—keep people safe. \u003c/div\u003e","date_published":"2025-11-21T12:00:00+0000","image":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/27b576880cefad8299f3ead9d94a8069.jpg"},{"id":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-tech-panic-then-and-now-judge-glock-on-ai-regulation-and-real-harms","url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-tech-panic-then-and-now-judge-glock-on-ai-regulation-and-real-harms","title":"Tech Panic, Then and Now: Judge Glock on AI, Regulation, and Real Harms","content_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"trix-text\" id=\"teaser_1\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/8675fdc47c82d966feaa597b8c5cdb0a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"attachment__caption\"\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs tech panic new—or just history on repeat? Judge Glock (Manhattan Institute) walks through what past tech scares (lead gasoline, CFCs, TV) got right and wrong, why “\u003ca href=\"https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Externalities.html\"\u003eexternalities\u003c/a\u003e” matter more than vibes, and how to think about AI regulation today—transparency mandates, liability vs. preclearance, “AI pauses,” and realistic optimism. We end with his own journey from \u003ca href=\"https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Socialism.html\"\u003esocialism\u003c/a\u003e to markets. \u003c/div\u003e","date_published":"2025-11-07T12:00:00+0000","image":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/8675fdc47c82d966feaa597b8c5cdb0a.jpg"},{"id":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-why-markets-run-on-trust-tawni-ferrarini","url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-why-markets-run-on-trust-tawni-ferrarini","title":"Why Markets Run on Trust: Tawni Ferrarini on Honesty, Reputation, and Decentralization in the Information Age","content_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"trix-text\" id=\"teaser_1\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/30d733c89dc8a7fe6d0028d0e12d12ff.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"attachment__caption\"\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarkets don’t work without trust. Tawni Ferrarini joins Juliette Sellgren to explore how honesty and reputation make exchange possible — from medieval trade networks to blockchain and Amazon reviews — and why decentralized trust systems matter in today’s economy of polarization, misinformation, and weak institutions. \u003c/div\u003e","date_published":"2025-10-29T12:00:00+0000","image":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/30d733c89dc8a7fe6d0028d0e12d12ff.jpg"},{"id":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-is-china-really-a-threat-derek-scissors-on-china-s-economic-reality","url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-is-china-really-a-threat-derek-scissors-on-china-s-economic-reality","title":"Is China Really a Threat? Derek Scissors on China’s Economic Reality","content_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"trix-text\" id=\"teaser_1\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/fbec6c928e74fcccb46a843b7b90cbe6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"attachment__caption\"\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAEI Economist Derek Scissors joins Juliette Sellgren to unpack the reality of China’s economy, U.S.–China relations, and whether China is truly a threat. From demographics to debt and political control, Scissors explains what’s really driving China’s trajectory, and why it matters for America’s future.\u003c/strong\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","date_published":"2025-10-10T12:00:00+0000","image":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/fbec6c928e74fcccb46a843b7b90cbe6.jpg"},{"id":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-empowering-the-next-generation-economics-olympiad-common-sense-economics","url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-empowering-the-next-generation-economics-olympiad-common-sense-economics","title":"Empowering the Next Generation: Economics Olympiad \u0026 Common Sense Economics","content_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"trix-text\" id=\"teaser_1\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/4cf829e9e7c6bc909f31ef4dac4ab9e6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"438\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"attachment__caption\"\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis week, Juliette Sellgren sits down with Martina Bacik, the 21-year-old founder of the Economics Olympiad that has grown to 120,000 students in 35+ countries, and Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, co-author of \u003cem\u003eCommon Sense Economics\u003c/em\u003e. Together they explore why teaching economics early matters, how competitions and books ignite curiosity, and what inspiring young people can teach us about building a hopeful, prosperous future.\u003c/div\u003e","date_published":"2025-09-26T12:00:00+0000","image":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/4cf829e9e7c6bc909f31ef4dac4ab9e6.jpg"},{"id":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-why-freedom-matters-tom-palmer-on-authoritarianism-and-january-6th","url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-why-freedom-matters-tom-palmer-on-authoritarianism-and-january-6th","title":"Why Freedom Matters: Tom Palmer on Authoritarianism and January 6th","content_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"trix-text\" id=\"teaser_1\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/1d314d3de07648dce71fcabed56ac9e6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"attachment__caption\"\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy does freedom matter? How can we defend it in an age of rising authoritarianism? In this episode, I sit down with Tom Palmer to explore the ideas, virtues, and strategies that keep liberty alive.\u003c/div\u003e","date_published":"2025-09-12T12:00:00+0000","image":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/1d314d3de07648dce71fcabed56ac9e6.jpg"},{"id":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-rachel-ferguson-on-neighborhood-stabilization-and-civil-society-extra","url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-rachel-ferguson-on-neighborhood-stabilization-and-civil-society-extra","title":"Extra: Rachel Ferguson and Neighborhood Stabilization and Civil Society ","content_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"trix-text\" id=\"teaser_1\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/c20e7e37b5f0cc0ec79e702c38e23dc6.jpg\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"attachment__caption\"\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003eTo address community decline we have to first understand it. Organic problems require living solutions. \u003c/div\u003e","date_published":"2025-08-22T12:00:00+0000","image":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/c20e7e37b5f0cc0ec79e702c38e23dc6.jpg"},{"id":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-daniel-hannan-on-executive-and-legislative-power-extra","url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-daniel-hannan-on-executive-and-legislative-power-extra","title":"Extra: Daniel Hannan on Executive and Legislative Power","content_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"trix-text\" id=\"teaser_1\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/03d926fd3fb3db2ae710a9fc67ca9b77.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"attachment__caption\"\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Nothing in politics, and few things in life, are as good or as bad as they first seem.” Though simple, this piece of wisdom from Lord Daniel Hannan unearths the contemporary danger of reactionary politics. \u003c/div\u003e","date_published":"2025-08-12T12:00:00+0000","image":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/03d926fd3fb3db2ae710a9fc67ca9b77.jpg"},{"id":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-cara-rogers-stevens-on-thomas-jefferson-and-slavery-extra","url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-cara-rogers-stevens-on-thomas-jefferson-and-slavery-extra","title":"Extra: Cara Rogers Stevens on Thomas Jefferson and Slavery","content_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"trix-text\" id=\"teaser_1\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/b9af9e894063c7d5910a5fc8f00eef31.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"attachment__caption\"\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat legacy does Thomas Jefferson deserve? NEW ASW author Winston Tingle takes you into the question in this Great Antidote Extra. \u003c/div\u003e","date_published":"2025-07-18T12:00:00+0000","image":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/b9af9e894063c7d5910a5fc8f00eef31.jpg"},{"id":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-brad-wilcox-on-get-married-extra","url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-brad-wilcox-on-get-married-extra","title":"Extra: Brad Wilcox on Get Married","content_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"trix-text\" id=\"teaser_1\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/027b4a7c7fe43d764257a577c2b9ee09.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"attachment__caption\"\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003eHow is commitment to an education or work different from commitment to another person? Anna Leman as this and other questions after giving Brad Wilcox and Juliette Sellgren's conversation a listen. What questions do YOU have? \u003c/div\u003e","date_published":"2025-06-20T12:00:00+0000","image":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/027b4a7c7fe43d764257a577c2b9ee09.jpg"},{"id":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-ryan-streeter-on-cultural-communities-and-the-civitas-institute-extra","url":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/podcasts/the-great-antidote-ryan-streeter-on-cultural-communities-and-the-civitas-institute-extra","title":"Extra: Ryan Streeter on Cultural Communities and the Civitas Institute","content_html":"\u003cdiv class=\"trix-text\" id=\"teaser_1\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/2833a41ce0b7a2ce69272482851df582.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption class=\"attachment__caption\"\u003e\u003c/figcaption\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna Leman listens in to a\u003cem\u003e Great Antidote \u003c/em\u003eabout saying \"yes\" even when \"no\" is easy and familiar. \u003c/div\u003e","date_published":"2025-06-15T12:00:00+0000","image":"https://www.adamsmithworks.org/system/uploads/store/2833a41ce0b7a2ce69272482851df582.jpg"}]}