Recent Podcast Episodes
We Must Have Kentucky
The Lincoln administration does everything it can to ensure that Kentucky is not taken over by secessionists.
33. Moving Mountains: The Folly of Population Medicine
In a matter of a couple of decades, the concepts of population health and population medicine have taken center-stage in healthcare, displacing the traditional aim of medicine and distorting the doctor-patient relationship.
32. Sexual Harassment and Bias in Medicine: Will Metrics Help?
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, a sweeping report was recently published detailing 30 years of research on the sexual harassment of women in academia.Guset Dr. Jane van Dis sheds light on the report and highlights what future steps must be taken.
Mises Weekends Live! Allen Mendenhall on our Terrible Supreme Court
Jeff Deist and Allen Mendenhall break down the hyper-politicized spectacle of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.
Forming West Virginia
When Virginia decided to join the South, many Unionists in the western portion of the state were opposed to the move.
31. Is Moral Injury the Cause of Physician Burnout?
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.
Jim Bovard on the Terrible Politicization of America
Jeff Deist and Jim Bovard take an unflinching look at the disastrous politicization of everything in America.
30. Beyond EBM: Case-Based Reasoning and the Integration of Clinical Knowledge
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.
A Policy of Northern Oppression
As the fear of spies and traitors spread through the North, political arrests became commonplace, even in states as far north as Maine.
29. Why Hippocrates Still Matters
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: Is American Civilization Self-Destructing?
Jeff Deist and Jay Taylor discuss the poisoned state of things in Washington DC and beyond.
28. Jeanne Lenzer: The Case for Tougher Medical Device Regulation
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.
Controlling Missouri, Part 6: Martial Law
Included in John C. Frémont’s declaration of Martial Law is the first emancipation proclamation of the war.
27. The Coronary Heart Disease Pandemic: a Medical Historian’s Perspective
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.
Jeff Deist on What You Can Do
Let’s drop the scrappy underdog posture, the quietism, the retreatism, and the remnant mentality.
“Scabs” Are the True Labor Day Heroes
The special legal status of unions is what harms workers. Not the so-called "scabs."
Controlling Missouri, Part 5: Bloody Hill
Confederate and Union forces fight on Bloody Hill, and the Battle of Wilson’s Creek comes to an end.
26. Scientific Gatekeepers in the Age of Twitter: A Journal Editor’s Perspective
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!
Who Is Friedrich Hayek?
F.A. Hayek's many contributions to the Austrian school of economics are highlighted by Peter Klein.