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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

The Great Antidote: Chris Coyne on Manufacturing Militarism - Deep Dive

April 17, 2022

You can’t separate foreign policy from domestic life. Chris Coyne discusses his research into U.S. propaganda, threats to individual liberties and a free society, and what economists, in particular, can bring to discussions of national security public policy.

The Great Antidote: Chris Coyne on Manufacturing Militarism

April 15, 2022

The Great Antidote: Jason Brennan on Incentives and Criminal Justice: Deep Dive

April 10, 2022

The American criminal justice system has a lot of problems: Violent cops, high rates of imprisonment, and harsh sentences. Understanding the financial incentives in the system is necessary to correctly identify the causes of these problems and focus the solutions.

The Great Antidote: Jason Brennan on Incentives and Criminal Justice

April 8, 2022