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The Great Antidote: Charlotte Thomas on Learning and the Liberal Arts


Join us to find out what it truly means to be “educated” and how to do it. 

The Great Antidote: Brad Wilcox on Get Married



The most common statistic cited regarding marriage and relationships in the United States is that the 50% of all marriages end in divorce. Another one that is gaining traction is that more Americans than ever before will end up unmarried and alone. 

Nobody likes these statistics. 

The Great Antidote: Extras: Samuel Gregg on National Security and Industrial Policy


When government officials pick winners and losers people are poorer and less secure. Kevin Lavery listens in to Samuel Gregg and Juliette Sellgren and offers up lessons on what can happen when national security is badly used as justification for industrial policy. 

The Great Antidote: Cara Rogers Stevens on Thomas Jefferson and Slavery



Thomas Jefferson was a complicated figure. Essential to the start of our country and the university I attend, he is impossible to ignore. Yet, he held slaves, and at the same time said “all men are created equal.” What’s up with that?!?

The Great Antidote: Extra: Alice Temnick on Teaching, Learning, and Adam Smith's Education


Students often need guidance. Great teachers are great guides. Nancy Vander Veer listens in and shares what she learned. You're next!

The Great Antidote: Anna Claire Flowers on F. A. Hayek and Social Structures

 


Today, I am excited to host Anna Claire Flowers to discuss F. A. Hayek and the mesocosmos. The mesocosmos is a fancy way to describe all the social groupings on the spectrum between the extremes of individualism and society. Think families, neighborhoods, farmers markets, firms, and universities. 

The Great Antidote: Extra: Alain Bertaud on Urban Planning and Cities


Diversity in cities creates challenges but the largeness of cities make them great places to address those challenges.

The Great Antidote: Eric Leeper on Volcker, Friedman, and the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level



Welcome back to an all NEW season of the Great Antidote! Happy New Year! Glad to be back! Come one, come all!

The Great Antidote: Extras: Kristi Kendall on Human Action and Inspiring Through Ideas


Alice Temnick offers opening questions for how we can communicate for connection. 

The Great Antidote: Extra: Giandomenica Becchio on Feminist Economics


Feminist economics helps us understand gender inequality. Understanding can help us fight for a better world, but we still have to fight. 

The Great Antidote: David Beito on Rose Lane Says



Not often do we find people who make the case for how race, liberty, and equality belong together. Even less often do we find them making arguments in the height of racially and economically troubled times. And EVEN LESS do we find audio clips of them doing so.