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Curated author interviews on economics, history, science, psychology, and culture

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Podcast with Andrew Doyle about his book The End of Woke. Discusses the history of liberalism, how a free society should respond to people who reject its values, and university education.
@nzinitiative
@andrewdoyle_com https://t.co/rES6mNqNcj

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Podcast with Diego Sánchez de la Cruz about his book The Madrid Model. Details how 25 years of tax cuts, deregulation, and free-market policies transformed Madrid into an open, booming economic capital attracting global talent.
@CPSI_org
@rasheedguo
https://t.co/O6bke9w2eZ

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Podcast with Josh Tyrangiel about his Atlantic article, Choose Your Overlord: Musk vs. Bezos. Analyses the space rivalry between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and highlights national security concerns.
@NextBigIdeaClub
@Tyrangiel https://t.co/eLjQMy4ggH

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Podcast with Helen Pilcher about her book This Book May Cause Side Effects. Explores the nocebo effect, where negative expectations induce side effects, while highlighting how empathic communication improves patient care.
@TalkNerdy_Pod
https://t.co/r3tET89YV0

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Podcast with Catherine Hanley about her book Nemesis. Details how King Philip Augustus outmaneuvered the Plantagenets, conquered Normandy, and established France as a dominant medieval European power.
@HistoryExtra
https://t.co/p0mLdxeiYy

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Podcast with Peter Gray about his book Restoring Childhood. Argues that children are being made anxious by academic pressure, overprotective parenting, and the disappearance of unstructured play.
@smerconish
https://t.co/LcdQDjsjr0

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Podcast with Gregory Clark about his manuscript To Have and Have Not. Explains that social mobility rates and assortative mating in England have stayed static for centuries, arguing that status persistence is predominantly driven by genetics.
@EconJWatch https://t.co/3SfWoHPXgY

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Podcast with Richard English about his book How to Think About Terrorism. Argues understanding terrorism requires combining philosophy with history. Urges liberal democracies to uphold high moral standards while addressing the roots of conflict.
@olliewcq
https://t.co/G25pphxoly

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Podcast with Andrew Roberts about his book Napoleon and His Marshals. Discusses Napoleon’s military genius, meritocratic reforms, & the micromanagement and toxic rivalries among his marshals that triggered his downfall.
@triggerpod
@aroberts_andrew
https://t.co/SNVxQs76uj

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Podcast with Lydia Towns about her book In Search of Trade and Fortune. Demonstrates how centuries of pre-existing merchant networks, trade routes, and private risk-taking enabled Atlantic exploration long before famous voyagers like Columbus.
@Cole_Smead
https://t.co/STz4Ay2309

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Podcast with Max Hastings about his book Plunder. Explores why so many German soldiers continued to fight when defeat was inevitable, the persistence of the Nazi killing machine, the liberation of Belsen and prisoner-of-war camps.
@AspectsHistory
https://t.co/pzquIpqG02

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Podcast with Dara Horn about her book The Final Solution to the Jewish Question. Exposes antisemitism as a functional political lie used by tyrannical regimes to manipulate populations. Advocates the defense of liberal values.
@SamHarrisOrg
https://t.co/5YnhfNAuLA

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Podcast with Bella d'Abrera about her book Mindless. Argues that Western educational systems deliberately instil anxiety & indoctrinate children, replacing core academic skills with left-wing ideology, while bureaucracy erodes standards and culture.
https://t.co/nwxTbzuiWG

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Podcast with Rachel Canter about her report Inside the Mississippi Marathon. Backgrounds the rigorous standards, teacher training in reading science, 3rd-grade retention, parent notices, and oversight behind Mississippi's education miracle.
@DKThomp https://t.co/WVwQPzZJ1X

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Podcast with Alexander Lee about his book The First Ghetto. Traces the 1516 creation of the Venetian Ghetto, born of the need for Jewish moneylenders yet fear of religious contamination, and how it evolved into a vibrant diaspora hub.
@HistoryExtra
https://t.co/OEkBad0Qzm

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@EricCrampton Awesome tale. An older cousin of mine proved to be the only cousin able to read my grandfather's WWI letters he circulated during covid times. Reading old-fashioned handwriting is another gain from AI.

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Podcast with Ben Kiernan tracing how the Vietnam War fuelled the rise of the Khmer Rouge, the horror of their reign over Cambodia, and their eventual downfall in 1979. Draws from his books How Pol Pot Came to Power and The Pol Pot Regime.
@HistoryHit
https://t.co/eNN55xTI2V

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Podcast with Robin Wigglesworth about his book A Fabulous Debt. Explores how the bond market evolved from medieval Venice to modern junk bonds and ETFs, shaping global power, economics, and democracy.
@toptraderslive
@RobinWigg https://t.co/wf1CKwFIqI

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Podcast with Kyle Harper about his book The Last Animal. Explains how human social cooperation, fire, domestication, and land use have simplified ecosystems for millennia. Advocates for intentional stewardship to preserve Earth's biosphere.
@seanmcarroll
https://t.co/cuSbmK5vNh

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Podcast with Liaquat Ahamed about his book 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World. Discusses the 1873 deflationary crisis that barely dented global growth but poisoned politics for a generation.
@cowenconvos
https://t.co/5NQ3jQ4Rob