Richard Nixon - Pioneer of Polarization | Ken Hughes
Jun 24, 2021
Ken Hughes of the University of Virginia discusses how Richard Nixon used the Vietnam War to polarize the American electorate, secure reelection, and turn America from a center left country to a center right one. In this conversation, we learn how much of US politics is about governing by misdirection, and the...
Jun 24, 2021
Ken Hughes of the University of Virginia discusses how Richard Nixon used the Vietnam War to polarize the American electorate, secure reelection, and turn America from a center left country to a center right one. In this conversation, we learn how much of US politics is about governing by misdirection, and the...
Jun 17, 2021
Jesus Eddie Campa served as the second highest law enforcement official in El Paso, Texas before moving to the small town of Marshall to change the culture of their police department. He discusses the changing nature of law enforcement and the surprising obstacles to improving the departments that need it most.
Jun 10, 2021
The death of the US dollar as the world's reserve currency has come front and center as America continues to take on unsustainable levels of debt, but what does it take to kill a reserve currency? Stephen Quinn from Texas Christian University joins me to discuss the decline of the Dutch Guilder - the world's first...
Jun 3, 2021
The Data Monkey returns to discuss how farm subsidies introduced large amounts of empty calories into the American diet and created an entire industry where people get PhDs to learn how to make things taste like cool ranch.