Recent Podcast Episodes

When Virginia decided to join the South, many Unionists in the western portion of the state were opposed to the move.

Physician burnout has attained epidemic proportions. The true causes of this epidemic remain hotly contested but our two distinguished guests have recently published an essay whose thesis has resonated with many doctors.

Jeff Deist and Jim Bovard take an unflinching look at the disastrous politicization of everything in America.

Can anyone question evidence-based medicine and not be considered some kind of fringe lunatic? Fortunately it’s possible, as will be demonstrated by our guest, Mark Tonelli.

As the fear of spies and traitors spread through the North, political arrests became commonplace, even in states as far north as Maine.

For most doctors, Hippocrates is a quaint figure of the past with hardly any relevance to the modern practice of medicine. We may label him as the “father of medicine,” but we have no idea what really connects us to him.

Jeff Deist and Jay Taylor discuss the poisoned state of things in Washington DC and beyond.

Are doctors patsies for the medical device industry? Are patients put in harm’s way for lack of tough standards on new device approvals? We examine the question with Jeanne Lenzer.

Included in John C. Frémont’s declaration of Martial Law is the first emancipation proclamation of the war.

Guest Dr. William Rothstein looks at the patterns of coronary mortality rates throughout the world over the last 8 decades and calls into question received notions about this disease.

Let’s drop the scrappy underdog posture, the quietism, the retreatism, and the remnant mentality.

The special legal status of unions is what harms workers. Not the so-called "scabs."

Confederate and Union forces fight on Bloody Hill, and the Battle of Wilson’s Creek comes to an end. 

Dr. Brahmajee Nallamothu discusses financial incentives of publishing, ideological biases in medical journals, the peer review process, the Twitter effect, and a new editorial position of independent troller!

F.A. Hayek's many contributions to the Austrian school of economics are highlighted by Peter Klein.

US medical schools overwhelmingly support centralization of healthcare and health care decision-making. That is not a surprise since, over the decades, academic institutions have greatly benefited from healthcare policy.

Jeff Deist and Dr. Mary Ruwart discuss the sobering reality of the US medical cartel.

Chris Calton recounts one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.

Adam Gaffney joins Michel and Anish to defend a single-payer healthcare system.

In this 28-minute talk, Peter Klein explains why governments employ so many economists, and what economists should really be doing.