Nick and Chris review a variety of camp, B, genre, and otherwise bad movies.
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Feel brighter every day with our 20-minute pop-biz news podcast. The 3 business stories you need, with fresh takes you can pretend you came up with — Pairs perfectly with your morning oatmeal ritual. Hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell. Formerly known as “Snacks Daily”, Nick and Jack continue their podcast independent from Robinhood.
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Founded in 1968, Reason is the planet's leading source of news, politics, and culture from a libertarian perspective. Our podcast offerings include: The Reason Roundtable Every Monday, the libertarian editors of the magazine of “Free Minds and Free Markets”—Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman—discuss and debate the week’s biggest stories and what fresh hell awaits us all. The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie Want to know what comes next in politics, cultu ...
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The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a world-leading university, specialising in social sciences, with a global community of people and ideas that transform the world. Our podcasts focus on the social sciences and the world today.
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Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week I read a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work. This quote explains why: "There are thousands of years of history in which lots and lots of very smart people worked very hard and ran all types of experiments on how to create new businesses, invent new technology, new ways to manage etc. They ran these experiments throughout their entire lives. At some point, somebody put these lessons down in a book. For v ...
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What do Nobel Prize Winners, CEOs of billion-dollar companies, FBI Hostage negotiators, Adult Actresses, academics from leading institutions, astronauts, rockstars, world-poker champions, members of the SAS, best-selling authors, and Disney stars have in common? They have all been guests on the Freedom Pact Podcast. By subscribing, you will hear eclectic conversations about topics relating to the nature of the world, and how to thrive within it. Join hosts of the Freedom Pact Podcast Joseph ...
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EconTalk is an award-winning weekly talk show about economics in daily life. Featured guests include renowned economics professors, Nobel Prize winners, and exciting speakers on all kinds of topical matters related to economic thought. Topics include health care, business cycles, economic growth, free trade, education, finance, politics, sports, book reviews, parenting, and the curiosities of everyday decision-making. Russ Roberts, of the Library of Economics and Liberty and George Mason U., ...
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#350: Dr Robert Sapolsky - You’ve Been Lied To About Testosterone, Dopamine, Depression & Free Will
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Robert M. Sapolsky is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Grant'. In this episode of the Freedom Pact podcast, Lewis & Dr Sapolsky delve into the complexities of dopamine, testosterone, oxytocin, and depression, exploring how these biological factors influence human behavio…
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This ain’t your grandma’s exorcist. It’s the POPE’s exorcist! Russell Crowe plays the very real exorcist Father Gabriel Amorth in this very not real exorcism tale of 2023’s The Pope’s Exorcist. After Father Amorth (Crowe) conducts a “fake” exorcism on a troubled young man by tricking the demon into a pig and shooting it (at least it wasn’t 2,000 of…
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LSE: The Ballpark | The West and the failure of democracy in the Middle East with Prof. Fawaz Gerges
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In October 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Fawaz Gerges, Professor of International Relations in the Department of International Relations at LSE, and holder of the Emirates Professorship in Contemporary Middle East Studies.They spoke about his new book, “What Really Went Wrong: The West and the failure of democracy in the Middle East”. We also …
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🎢 “Harry Potter Galaxy” — Universal’s gas station theme park. Uber’s Expedia rumor. “Click-to-Cancel” subscription rule.
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Universal Studios is opening “Epic Universes”… Its 5th theme park in Orlando, thanks to gas stations. Uber is reportedly trying to acquire Expedia… To create the ultimate travel app. The FTC just finalized a Click-to-Cancel rule… It must be as easy to cancel as it was to subscribe. Plus, can Zuck fire you for expensing deodorant?... Yes. $UBER $EXP…
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Brian Trascher: Has FEMA failed North Carolina?
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The Vice President of the United Cajun Navy, Brian Trascher, discusses effective disaster response and the problems with FEMA.SubscribeYouTube: http://youtube.com/reasontvApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/just-asking-questions/id1719355507Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5SpySKAH3LuVyxXk0MF7tlText and links to sources available her…
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🎓 “Ivy League fast-pass” — Crimson’s venture-backed tutor. Louis Vuitton’s tariff pain. Butterfinger’s 101-year streak.
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A college tutor startup is now worth $500M… Because it gets you into Harvard (for $200K). Louis Vuitton sales fell last quarter… because the trade war is firing up again. Butterfinger just launched its 1st new flavor in 101 years… and we think that’s a mistake. Plus, Crocs just launched clogs for dogs… Because we spend more on pets than shoes. $CRO…
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Meghan McCain: 'Trump Didn’t Break My Brain. What’s Your Excuse?'
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Today's guest is Meghan McCain, political commentator, former co-host of ABC's The View, and host of the podcast Citizen McCain.Reason's Billy Binion talks with her about the changing GOP, bias in corporate media, the 2024 election, and what it's like to be a non-MAGA, nonpopulist member of today's Republican Party.Today's sponsors:St. John's Colle…
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#349: Allan Lichtman - The Election Expert Predicts The 2024 U.S Election
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In this episode of the Freedom Pact podcast, historian Alan Lichtman discusses his renowned prediction system, 'the Keys to the White House', which has accurately forecasted presidential elections for over 40 years. Lichtman explains the nonpartisan nature of his predictions, the development of the prediction system and the significance of it's var…
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💎 “Big Lab Bling” — Diamonds’ lab equilibrium. Tokyo’s subway IPO. Goldman’s deal party.
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Japan’s biggest IPO in 6 years is the Tokyo subway… the most profitable subway on earth. All the Big Bank stocks are popping right now thanks to deals… Wining & dining is back, baby. Noticed engagement rings are getting bigger?... It’s because lab-grown diamonds are beating natural. Plus, Game of Thrones just auctioned off $21M of props… but we fou…
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What I learned from rereading Random Reminiscences of Men and Events by John D. Rockefeller. ---- Ramp gives you everything you need to control spend, watch your costs, and optimize your financial operations —all on a single platform. Make history's greatest entrepreneurs proud by going to Ramp and learning how they can help your business control y…
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🚀 “Next stop: Mars” — SpaceX’s historic launch. Taco Bell’s name-your-price. Tesla’s empty CyberCab.
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SpaceX just landed a skyscraper rocket with chopsticks… It’s the 1st step to landing on Mars. Taco Bell’s newest innovation isn’t food, it’s financial… Name-your-own-price. Tesla finally unveiled their robo-taxi (and a cyber-bus and humanoid robots)… but Wall Street thinks it’s empty calories. It’s National Failure Day… so we’re celebrating the los…
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Harris and Trump’s Terrible Tax Ideas
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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman parse the presidential candidates' latest batch of confounding ideas on tax policy before lamenting their various cringe media appearances over the past week.05:21—Tax policy proposals31:44—Weekly listener question43:38—Candidate cring…
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LSE: The Ballpark | The social media spiral of silence with Nick Lewis
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In September 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Nick Lewis, a PhD student in LSE’s Department of Government and a recipient of a Phelan US Centre PhD Summer Research Grant in 2022. Nick’s research looks at how social media creates bias in democratic deliberation.They spoke about how Facebook discourages people from taking part in discussions via wh…
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🕵️ “Top Secret $$$” — The CIA’s Venture firm. Walmart’s in-house meteorologist. SecondHand clothing’s slump.
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The CIA has a Venture Capital arm… and it’s one of the top-performing VCs in America. Second-hand clothing sites DePop & Poshmark are struggling… because they over-innovated. Walmart, Ford, and Paramount all hired meteorologists… and it’s a lesson on winning at work. Plus, United Airlines just announced 13 wild flights to beat Delta… Soooo Spring B…
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The Best Idea Yet 🍟 The Happy Meal: A Delicious McMystery
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Episode #1 of our new show… The Best Idea Yet. We’re serving it up here early for the Besties & Yetis. For future episodes of TBIY, subscribe/follow here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ The Happy Meal is the most successful meal in human history. With over 35 billion units sold, or about four for every person on Earth, McDonald’s icon…
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Michael Brendan Dougherty: How Will Immigrants Reshape America?
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How do immigrants change American culture? Just asking questions.While the economy ranks as voters' top concern as of a Wednesday Gallup poll, immigration remains "extremely" or "very" important to 72 percent of registered U.S. voters. As with most issues, there's a large partisan divide, with 63 percent of Republicans responding that immigration i…
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🚕 “We, Robot” — Tesla’s robotaxi day. Othership’s scalable sauna. Home Depot’s undercover boss.
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Tesla’s robotaxi unveil event day is tonight… Elon’s trillion dollar idea? Uber meets Airbnb. Othership created the coldest cold plunge and hottest sauna in America… but can they scale it? Home Depot’s “Undercover Executive” policy... Every corporate worker must work a shift at a store each quarter. Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Ye…
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Will Trump or Harris Win the Working-Class Vote?
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Today's guests are Republican pollster Patrick Ruffini, author of Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP, and American Enterprise Institute fellow Ruy Teixeira, coauthor most recently of Where Have All the Democrats Gone? The Soul of the Party in the Age of Extremes.Reason's Nick Gillespie talks with them ab…
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👻 “Spirit Christmas” — Spirit Halloween’s santa spinoff. Bogg Bag’s suburban boom. Hurricane Milton’s economics.
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Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks Listen free anywhere you get your pods starting Oct 15th (or early and ad-free on Wondery+). Episodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet. Spirit Halloween sells 16% of America’s Halloween costumes… now it’s pivoting to Christmas. As Hurricane Milton heads for Florid…
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#367 Inside the Contrarian Mind of Sam Zell
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What I learned from reading Money Talks, Bullsh*t Walks: Inside the Contrarian Mind of Billionaire Mogul Sam Zell by Ben Johnson. ---- Ramp gives you everything you need to control spend, watch your costs, and optimize your financial operations —all on a single platform. Make history's greatest entrepreneurs proud by going to Ramp and learning how …
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🙅 “We don’t do social” — Restoration Hardware’s anti-Instagram. Oura’s Ring of Power. Nobel’s college football auction.
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Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks Listen free anywhere you get your pods (or one-week early and ad-free on Wondery+). Episodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet. Restoration Hardware doesn’t have a single social media account… and it’s working. How is the Oura Ring beating Apple and Google?… With N…
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Why Federal Disaster Relief Is a Disaster
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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman reflect on last year's October 7 terrorist attack in Israel and the destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Helene across the southeastern United States.02:27—October 7, one year on20:07—Hurricane Helene aftermath35:41—Weekly listene…
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Billy Binion: Civil Liberties Don't Just Belong to the Rich
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Today's guest is Billy Binion, who joined Reason's staff in 2019 after stints at an opera company (!) and as a contractor for NATO (!!). He has written blockbuster stories about the abuse of power by cops and courts, and he just produced an incredible documentary about a citizen journalist in Laredo, Texas, who sued the city after they arrested her…
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🏖️ “24/7/365 Spritz” – Aperol’s seasonal challenge. Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy warning. 9-1-1’s emergency call startup.
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Aperol sales surge in the summer, but drop in winter… now Aperol’s trying to solve “Seasonality.” Spirit Airlines stock plummeted after reports it’s considering bankruptcy… and we’re glad that’s happening (we’ll explain why). The 9-1-1 emergency call hasn’t changed in 50 years… so the startup Prepared is disrupting it. Plus, we’re about to launch o…
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Your Stupid Minds brings you Disney’s first foray into films based on their amusement park rides. It’s 1997’s made-for-TV movie Tower of Terror, starring Steve Guttenberg, Nia Peeples, and Kirsten Dunst. Buzzy Crocker (Guttenberg) is a former journalist drummed out of the journalism game for being a bad journalist. Now he’s fabricating photos for h…
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👖 “Daddy Denim Dollars” — Baggy Jeans’ economic impact. Adam Neumann’s WeWork Sequel. Apple’s glasses freakout.
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Baggy Jeans are boosting the economy… Because $100 on jeans drives a $700 makeover. Adam Neumann just launched a WeWork competitor… “WorkFlow” is Adam v2.0. Apple is freaking out about Meta’s new glasses… here’s their 5 options for saving the iPhone. Plus, Taco Bell is officially the fastest drive-thru in America… but it’s also the most inaccurate.…
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