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The Great Antidote: Deep Dive: Randy Simmons on Public Choice

May 29, 2022

“Do you think we’re all doomed?” asks Juliette Sellgren. Randy Simmons responds, “I’m optimistic about people and our ability to work around, improve, and go about living our lives. I’m cynical about what government does but I’m not cynical about people”.

The Great Antidote: Randy Simmons on Public Choice

May 27, 2022

The Great Antidote: Deep Dive: Brian Knight on Woke Capitalism

May 22, 2022

Host Juliette Sellgren digs into the good and bad of "Woke Capitalism," Twitter's Trump Ban, Parler's Suspension, Disney's Fight with Gov. DeSantis and more with guest Brian Knight.

The Great Antidote: Brian Knight on Woke Capitalism

May 20, 2022

The Great Antidote: Jay Bhattacharya on the US Response to COVID-19 - Deep Dive

May 15, 2022

Great Antidote host Juliette Sellgren and guest Jay Bhattacharya discuss the origins of the Great Barrington Declaration, the mistakes and challenges made throughout the pandemic, and reflect on what lessons we can learn from the past few years.

The Great Antidote: Jay Bhattacharya on the US Response to COVID-19

May 13, 2022

The Great Antidote: Philip Klein on Fight Club Conservatives vs. Disney

May 8, 2022

Why did Florida governor Ron DeSantis' want to punish Disney and what are the chances he'll succeed further? Guest Philip Klein and host Juliette Sellgren also speculate about what this incident shows about "Fight Club Conservatives" and threats to freedom of speech by government officials.

The Great Antidote: Philip Klein on Fight Club Conservatives vs. Disney

May 6, 2022

The Great Antidote: Henry C. Clark on 1776 and the French and Scottish Enlightenments - Deep Dive

May 1, 2022

1776 and the years surrounding it were full of ideas and actions that still matter today. Great Antidote guest Henry C. Clark and host Juliette Sellgren talks about the history that led to that moment and how things have changed (and not changed) since then. You'll also find out, as always, the one thing Clark thinks young people today should know and something he's changed his mind about.

The Great Antidote: Henry Clark on the Enlightenments

April 29, 2022

The Great Antidote: Kenneth Elzinga on Teaching Economics and More - Deep Dive

April 24, 2022

Over a friendly dinner on vacation, Kenneth Elzinga and his friend Bill Bright set out to create an economic detective under the pseudonym Marshall Jevons (nods to Alfred Marshall and William Stanley Jevons). Their protagonist, unabashedly modeled on Milton Friedman, is diminutive, balding, and conducts investigations governed by the laws of microeconomics. This series is just one of many ways Elzinga has been called and answered that call in his decades long career as an economic educator.

The Great Antidote: Kenneth Elzinga on Teaching Economics

April 22, 2022