Favorites Five Months In

August 7, 2022

August 7, 2022

20 episodes. 30,700 downloads. Check out the Great Antidote fan favorites and find one of your own.

On March 18th, 2022 AdamSmithWorks published our first Great Antidote podcast episode. Juliette Sellgren, the host, had already been recording episodes for two years and we were delighted to be able to give the podcast a new home at a site dedicated to the namesake of the podcast. As Adam Smith said, “Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”

And many of the podcast explicitly feature conversation about Adam Smith:

James Otteson on What Adam Smith Knew
Kenneth Elzinga on Teaching Economics
Henry Clark on The Enlightenments
Daniel Klein on Adam Smith's Justice
Jon Murphy on The Jones Act and Adam Smith

Since coming to AdamSmithWorks, the Great Antidote podcast has been download more than 30,700 times.

Two question you’ll get in every episode are:

What is the most important thing people my age or in my generation should know that they don’t?
What is one thing you believed at one time in your life that you later changed your position on and why?

Often, but not always, the answers are related to the subject of the conversation. Some of the most interesting response are the ones that aren't related to the topic. The top five episodes so far are:

James Otteson on What Adam Smith Knew
Lauren Hall on the Medicalization of Birth and Death
Josh Rauh on the Pending Public Pension Crisis
Jay Bhattacharya on the US Response to COVID-19
Jason Brennan on the Incentives in Criminal Justice

You can read, “Introducing The Great Antidote Podcast with Juliette Sellgren” to learn more about the podcast or you can just press “play”.

If you’re a regular listener, please let us know what you’ve liked. If you haven’t listened before, let us know which ones sound most interesting. And if you have suggestions for guests, please drop a comment below.

Episodes are about 45 minutes long. And you can see the ones AdamSmithWorks has published below. All the episodes can be found here: https://www.thegreatantidote.com/

Jul 29, 2022: Jon Murphy on The Jones Act and Adam Smith

Jul 22, 2022: Weifeng Zhong on China's Propaganda

Jul 15, 2022: Jason Fichtner on Why You Should Save Today

Jul 8, 2022: Clark Neily on the Supreme Court's New Justice

Jul 1, 2022: Peter Van Doren on Energy Independence

Jun 24, 2022: Daniel Klein on Adam Smith's Justice

Jun 17, 2022: Walter Olson on Election Fraud

Jun 10, 2022: Thomas Hoenig on Inflation and the Federal Reserve

Jun 3, 2022: Arnold Kling on The Three Languages of Politics

May 27, 2022: Randy Simmons on Public Choice

May 20, 2022: Brian Knight on Woke Capitalism

May 13, 2022: Jay Bhattacharya on the US Response to COVID-19