Liberty Week

September 2, 2010: How Zoning Laws Affected Hurricane Katrina’s Victims

Ryan Young — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:11:47 +0000

CEI Policy Analyst Marc Scribner talks about his recent Forbes article, explaining how urban central planning made it harder to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina — and how well Houston, which has no zoning laws, coped with 260,000 Katrina evacuees.

August 23, 2010: The Salmonella Egg Scare

Ryan Young — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:48:19 +0000

CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko talks about the salmonella scare that has led to the recall of 550 million eggs 22 states. He believes that the hype is overblown, and that regulators should take an incentives-based approach to food safety issues. The current command-and-control model needs reform.

August 17, 2010: Another Union Bailout?

Ryan Young — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:45:40 +0000

In the first episode of the new CEI Podcast, Vinnie Vernuccio talks about the latest big labor bailout, proposed by Sen. Robert Casey. His bill would put taxpayers on the hook for as much as $165 billion to bail out underfunded union pensions.

Episode 105: Neutering the Net

Ryan Young — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:50:04 +0000

Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome new media guru Brooke Oberwetter to the show to discuss the latest developments in the net neutrality battle, Minneapolis’ failures in urban planning, the FDA’s desire to regulate e-cigarettes, and legalizing Internet gambling.

Episode 104: Battlefield Arizona

Ryan Young — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:14:34 +0000

Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome special guest John Vaught LaBeaume to episode 104. We tackle Arizona’s immigration prospects, school reform efforts in D.C., the future of offshore drilling, why you have the right to remain French and the stormy waters of congressional ethics investigations.

Episode 103: Katherine Mangu-Ward Edition

Ryan Young — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:49:19 +0000

Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome very special guest Katherine Mangu-Ward to episode 103. We discuss the Pentagon’s brownie recipe, the organic food police, the war on online classrooms and Katherine’s chapter in the recently released book from Templeton Press, New Threats to Freedom.

Episode 102: Collective Insanity

Ryan Young — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:52:51 +0000

Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome guest co-host Alex Nowrasteh to episode 102. We take on the healthcare tax, obscenity and the First Amendment, the prognosis for the Gulf of Mexico, and the collective insanity coming out of Venezuela.

Episode 101: Urban Beekeepers Unite!

Richard Morrison — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:33:53 +0000

Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome back long-lost co-host Michelle Minton to episode 101. We discuss the sobering recommendations of the White House debt commission, the intoxicating budgetary success of Chris Christie in New Jersey, the bunker mentality of UN climate scientists, the travails of urban homesteaders and the birth of scandal-based tourism.

Episode 100: The Venerable Fred L. Smith, Jr.

Ryan Young — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:45:59 +0000

Richard Morrison and Jeremy Lott welcome CEI founder and president Fred L. Smith, Jr. to the 100^th anniversary of the LibertyWeek podcast. Fred gives us a special look back into his intellectual development and the founding of CEI and then a look forward to the greatest emerging threats to freedom. An amazing 20 minutes with a legendary freedom fighter!

Episode 99: Sarbanes-Oxley Gets a Smackdown

Ryan Young — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:13:45 +0000

Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome special guests Sam Kazman and Berin Szoka to episode 99. We start with Sam’s take on the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and its implications for financial regulation reform. We continue with an interview with Progress and Freedom Foundation Senior Fellow Berin Szoka. We talk about free speech, privacy concerns, the future of commercial space exploration and his forthcoming book (with Adam Thierer) about the next digital decade.