Speaking of Smith Archives

Podcast list lovingly curated for our lovely AdamSmithWorks audience

December 13, 2022

Whether you’re driving to your mom’s, doing dishes after prepping for your Adam-Smith-inspired-feast, or wrapping presents, we’ve got you covered with episodes from Liberty Fund’s different podcasts that are specially chosen with our ASW fans in mind.

Heroes of the Smithian Turn, Part 2 of 2

December 8, 2022

Penn invites readers to consider the Smithian ideas of sympathy and imagination woven throughout Will Arbery’s play Heroes of the Fourth Turning. Part 2 of 2.

Heroes of the Smithian Turn, Part 1 of 2

December 6, 2022

Penn invites readers to consider the Smithian ideas of sympathy and imagination woven throughout Will Arbery’s play Heroes of the Fourth Turning.

What Adam Smith Ate: A Holiday Feast

December 1, 2022

We present a special holiday What Adam Smith Ate with a menu for you to create your own Christmas or Hogmanay feast. These dishes are perfect for winter and feature the best of the winter season. It’s a perfect meal to celebrate with friends and family for one of the many opportunities to eat and drink this holiday season.

Smith Snark on Bernard Mandeville

November 29, 2022

Adam Smith: Mandeville provocateur. Or was he? Jimena Hurtado looks at what Smith's problem is with private vices and public benefits.

Colin Grabow on the Jones Act 2: Treason and Cruises

November 25, 2022

Smith Snark on François de La Rochefoucauld

November 22, 2022

The third entry in a new series on Adam Smith getting snarky. We're looking at people and ideas that Adam Smith disagreed with vehemently. John Alcorn invites us to consider Adam Smith contra François de La Rochefoucauld on Sympathy, Conscience, and Deception.

Smith Snark on Epictetus

November 17, 2022

The second entry in a new series on Adam Smith getting snarky. We're looking at people and ideas that Adam Smith disagreed with vehemently. What were the issues and did Smith play fair in his criticisms? Our second entry on Epictetus asks Adam Smith, "What’s the Problem with Stoicism?"

What Adam Smith Ate: Scottish Game

November 16, 2022

England was known for the goose – stuffed and roasted – but in Scotland, Adam Smith would most likely have sat down to a wild game bird like partridge or pheasant.

#ReadWithMe: Ritchie Robertson’s The Enlightenment Part 7: Doing Cosmopolitan History

November 15, 2022

Has happiness been caught? Amy Willis' last entry in her #ReadWithMe on Ritchie Robertson's The Enlightenment talks about benevolent despots, the inevitability of (some) violence in revolutions, the central role of the preservation of liberty, and who gets to claim the mantle of reason.

Smith Snark on Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury)

November 10, 2022

The first entry in a new series on Adam Smith getting snarky. We're looking at people and ideas that Adam Smith disagreed with vehemently. What were the issues and did Smith play fair in his criticisms? First up, Lord Shaftesbury.

What Adam Smith Ate: Ice Cream

November 6, 2022

While we don’t know if Adam Smith had a favorite flavor of ice cream, we do know that it was a popular treat in his circle. James Boswell writes that in 1775 he had “an excellent supper” at David Hume’s home in Edinburgh with “three sorts of ice creams,” an incredible luxury for the time.