Podcast

Is it possible to operate a medical practice outside of the mainstream "insurance-contracted" healthcare system?

The Confederates begin their strategy to combat the superior Union Navy by creating a new technologically superior warship. 

Is our inability to articulate what "health" is precisely the reason for our insanely dysfunctional healthcare systems?

Daniel Lacalle and Jeff Deist discuss the absurd reactions to the Fed's tiny interest rate hikes.

Bob explains the new Fed procedure of "paying interest on reserve balances".

Dr. Accad and Dr. Koka discuss the pros and cons of healthcare policy—and of a doctor’s involvement in such policy—with Aamir Hussein, a fourth year medical student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.

Chris Calton details an often overlooked victory by the Union.

Dave Smith and Jeff Deist discuss the astounding news from Trump about reducing troops in Syria and Afghanistan, and the growing push-back against neoconservative foreign policy from ordinary Americans.

Bob and Norman Horn analyze the tendency of American Christians to support war.

In this mini-episode, Chris Calton briefly reviews the important themes and takeaways from the first year of the Civil War.