CSPI Podcast

Margaritaville Retirement Communities and Utopian Socialism | Samuel Moyn on Gerontocracy

Samuel Moyn is a professor at Yale Law School. He joins the podcast to talk about his new book Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth—and What

"A Process Girl Living in an Outcomes World"

Sarah Isgur (X) is a former spokesperson at the Department of Justice and one of the hosts of the Advisory Opinions podcast. She joins this podcast to discuss her new boo

What Does Kim Jong Un Want? | Richard Hanania & Peter Ward

In this episode, Richard Hanania speaks with Peter Ward, a research fellow at the Sejong Institute. Ward studies North Korean foreign policy, political economy, human rig

Abundance, Liberals, and the Future of Conservatism

Jesse Arm (X, Substack) is the Vice President of External Affairs at the Manhattan Institute. He joins the podcast to talk about his recent article, “Ezra Klein’s Blindsp

Populism as a Backlash to Immigration

Laurenz Guenther (X, website) is a Research Fellow at the Toulouse School of Economics. He joins the podcast to discuss his working paper, “Political Representation Gaps

Do We Need a More Assertive Congress?

Philip Wallach (follow on X) is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of the book Why Congress, which he joins Richard Hanania to discuss.

Answering the Anti-Vaxxers | Stephen Goldstein & Richard Hanania

Stephen Goldstein (follow on X) is a postdoc in Evolutionary Virology at the University of Utah School of Medicine, where he specializes in coronaviruses. In this intervi

How the Race Taboo Swallowed Our Political Culture | Eric Kaufmann & Richard Hanania

Eric Kaufmann is a research fellow at CSPI and a professor of politics at the University of Buckingham. He joins the podcast to talk about his new book, Taboo: How Making

Sorting Through 498,000 Clinical Trials

Bess Stillman (email) is a doctor at the Mayo Clinic and writes at Everything Is An Emergency. She is also an excellent storyteller who uses her skills to convey the hect

Nature, Nurture, and Overcoming Hardship | Rob Henderson and Richard Hanania on "Troubled"

Rob Henderson joins the podcast to talk about his book Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class. The conversation starts with a discussion about the re

Debt Commission to the Rescue? | Romina Boccia & Richard Hanania

Romina Boccia is the director of budget and entitlement policy at the Cato Institute, where she writes about government spending, the debt problem, and entitlement reform

The Threat of AI Regulation with Brian Chau

Brian Chau writes and hosts a podcast at the From the New World Substack, and recently established a new think tank, the Alliance for the Future. He joins the podcast to

Ideology, Trade, and War | Andrew Roberts & Richard Hanania on Napoleon

Andrew Roberts (website, follow on X) is a historian, Visiting Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and a member of the House of Lords. He jo

Heading Towards the Fiscal Cliff | Brian Riedl & Richard Hanania

Brian Riedl is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, focusing on budget, tax, and economic policy. His previous jobs include chief economist to Senator Rob Portman

No Need to Argue. Just Build | Niklas Anzinger & Richard Hanania

Niklas Anzinger is the founder and General Partner of Infinita, the first Próspera-based VC fund, which invests in founders overcoming regulatory capture in crypto, biote

Propaganda and Power | Chris Rufo & Richard Hanania

Chris Rufo joins the podcast to talk about his new book, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything. Rufo begins by talking about his backg

AI Alignment as a Solvable Problem | Leopold Aschenbrenner & Richard Hanania

In the popular imagination, the AI alignment debate is between those who say everything is hopeless, and others who tell us there is nothing to worry about. Leopold Asch

Understanding Right and Left | Bryan Caplan & Richard Hanania

Bryan Caplan joins the podcast to talk about his new book, Voters as Mad Scientists: Essays on Political Irrationality. Bryan begins by explaining why he hates politics.

Marc Andreessen On Venture Capital, Science, Tech, Progress, and More (Rerelease)

This week we’re rereleasing a previous episode with Marc Andreessen, originally released on August 16, 2021. He is co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz.

Waiting for the Betterness Explosion | Robin Hanson & Richard Hanania

Robin Hanson joins the podcast to talk about the AI debate. He explains his reasons for being skeptical about “foom,” or the idea that there will emerge a sudden superint