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26: Jimmy Hoppa
This podcast is all about labor unions – why they exist, their history in the U.S., a brief comparison with unions in other countries, the
25: Jump for Joy
Building off the prior podcast on learning from the past, this discussion is all about success and failure. We all know the common wisdom that
24: The Toad Not Taken
We all spend a lot of time thinking about the past, often when we’re trying to make a decision in the present. Sometimes that reflection ends up complicating our decision-making. Why is that? And if we want to avoid repeating past mistakes while also not
23: Polliwog Polymath
What makes someone an expert? And how is expertise different from intelligence? This podcast is all about expertise, how we acquire it, how do people view others’ expertise, and the notion of expertise transference from one domain to another. We touch on
22: It’s Not Easy Paying Green
This podcast is the sequel to Greenbacks, where we discussed why we have taxes, the different types of taxes, and the pros and cons of each type. In this podcast, we delve into the evolution of the tax system and look at the debates surrounding the level
21: Greenbacks
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
Benjamin Franklin
This podcast is the first in a two-part series on taxes. This episode is meant to be an overview of why we have taxes, the landscape of both taxing agencies a
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Readers, Not Algorithms, Are the Issue
A recent article in Nature reported on the results of the first (so far as I know) research into how search algorithms might encourage/promote partisanship.
The Community Is Critical
There was an interesting op ed in the journal Science recently, talking about how, even in something as objective as the pursuit of scientific insights,
Honoring MLK
I’m embarrassed to admit that, like I suspect many White Americans, when I think about “Martin Luther King” and “speeches” I only come up with
Prisoner Voting Rights
One of our listeners contacted us to comment on our recent podcast, Toad to the White House, where we discussed, among other things, why both
Dramatic Statement of the Obvious, Redux
An article today in the New York Times tell us what we already knew would happen (certainly to listeners of The Boiling Frog, and specifically
“Originalism” and Voting Rights
After recording our 19th podcast (The Toad to the White House) on voting rights a friend with far more knowledge of the Constitution than me