Liberty Week

Episode 79: Where Are the Jobs?

Ryan Young — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:10:48 +0000

Richard Morrison, Marc Scribner and Josh Barro join forces to being you episode 79. We take on the secret to job creation, anti-capitalist murmurs in Davos, the iPad’s unapproved technology, laws against motorized texting and why it’s all or nothing in the healthcare debate.

Episode 78: Obama’s 23% Approval Rating

Ryan Young — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:52:10 +0000

Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott and the American Spectator’s Jim Antle collaborate on episode 78. We cover the reverberations from Scott Brown’s Senate election, Obama’s 77% disapproval rating among investors, the 1^st Amendment verdict in the Citizens United case, the shame of UN climate science and a new hope for Haiti.

Episode 77: The Future of the Senate

Ryan Young — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:13:51 +0000

Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott and the American Spectator’s Joseph Lawler assemble to bring you episode 77. We explore the Massachusetts Senate race, Google vs. China on web censorship, the debate over global warming in Detroit, the cost of doing business in Venezuela and the inspiring philanthropic response to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti.

Episode 76: How Healthy Is Health Care?

Ryan Young — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:36:22 +0000

This week, guest-host host Jeremy Lott from the Capital Research Center grills The American Spectator’s Phil Klein about the politics behind the health care bill, including how next week’s special election in Massachusetts might affect the final product. Special guest Ryan Young weighs in on the return of global cooling. Next up are how well the government’s job creation efforts aren’t going, and Sen. Harry Reid’s embarrassing remarks about President Obama.

Episode 75: Credit Cards, Government-Style

Ryan Young — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:40:26 +0000

Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott and Marc Scribner get together to bring you episode 75. We take on Ben Bernanke’s recession theories, Canada’s struggle to provide affordable energy, the high cost of government-regulated credit cards, bringing booze to Salt Lake City and the FDA’s critics on the left.

Episode 74: TSA Under Fire

Ryan Young — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:31:24 +0000

Richard Morrison, William Yeatman and Ryan Young join forces to bring you episode 74. We investigate the Department of Homeland Security’s antiterrorism efforts, China’s climate change conundrum and California’s chance at closing her budget gap. We finish with some dangerous snowballing in the streets and the last echoes in the Ballad of Kwame Kilpatrick.

Episode 73: Understanding ‘Obamanomics’

Ryan Young — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:29:49 +0000

Your hosts Richard Morrison and Jeremy Lott team up with special guest co-host Tim Carney to bring you episode 73. We start with the climate crisis in Copenhagen, the legislative tightrope on health care legislation in the Senate and the passing and legacy of economist Paul Samuelson. We continue with the latest pork-filled spending bill and conclude with an interview with Tim Carney, author of the new book Obamanomics: How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses (available online and at fine booksellers everywhere).

Episode 72: Champagne Wishes and Climate Change Dreams

Ryan Young — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:54:09 +0000

Your host Richard Morrison teams up with collaborators Jeremy Lott and William Yeatman to bring you episode 72. We begin with UN climate hypocrisy in Copenhagen, presidential arm-twisting on health care and a cloudy look at government transparency. We conclude with the end of the tobacco road in Virginia and scandal of banking and nepotism in Venezuela.

Episode 71: The Politics of Booze

Ryan Young — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:20:53 +0000

Your hosts Richard Morrison and Jeremy Lott welcome guests Gregory Conko and Garrett Peck to episode 71. We start with an update on the latest in the Climate-Gate scandal and the impact of nanny state policies in New York City, then move on to Monsanto’s antitrust worries and finish with an interview with Garrett Peck, the author of The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet (buy your copy here).

Episode 70: Climate-Gate Bursts Forth

Ryan Young — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:33:13 +0000

Richard Morrison and Jeremy Lott welcome special guests Greg Conko and Iain Murray to the program for episode 70. We start with the big Senate showdown on healthcare legislation and a shocking expose of climate science skullduggery. We then move on a double dose of Midwestern scandal and the curious cult-like organizing practices of major labor unions.