Best Scott MacLean Podcasts (2026)

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2026 Farm Crisis? – Ray Yeung 37:32

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Farmers across America are beginning to worry that 2026 is bringing a Farm Crisis comparable to the early 1980’s when Willie Nelson launched Farm Aid to draw attention and support to the plight of farmers. Ray Yeung has been farming for over 40 years in northern California and although recently experiencing really good yields, he sees farming costs…

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The Story That Built Today’s Economy (with George Monbiot and Binyamin Appelbaum) 1:00:59

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Most people buy the fiction that markets are “natural,” inequality is inevitable, and government should step aside — but where did that idea come from? In this episode from 2019, Nick and Goldy talk with English journalist George Monbiot and American journalist and author Binyamin Appelbaum about how neoliberalism was deliberately built and sold — …

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Dark Matter Nutrition – Laszlow Barabasi 51:30

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While nutrition science knows about 150 well-documented nutrients, there are approximately 135,000 additional molecules in foods that have health impacts but are not tracked in nutritional databases. Laszlow Barabasi, a physicist and network medicine researcher at Northeastern University and Harvard Medical School, explains how these compounds work…

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How Economists Cause Harm Even as They Aspire to Do Good (with George DeMartino) 39:23

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For more than a century, economists have told us they’re simply “describing the world as it is.” But what if their theories aren’t neutral — and are quietly doing enormous harm? This week, we’re joined by economist George DeMartino, author of The Tragic Science, who makes a devastating case that modern economics has helped legitimize policies that …

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Sowing & Reaping EcoFarm – Nancy Matsumoto 32:18

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Rebuilding our regenerative supply chain is a priority focus of Eco Farm, where a panel of women lead the way in sharing what they’re doing to make a difference. Led by “Reaping What She Sows” author Nancy Matsumoto, the keynote EcoFarm panel reveals how transparency and equity in the food system must progress. Nancy Matsumoto’s book and the Eco Fa…

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If America Is “Winning,” Why Does the Economy Feel Like This? (with Talmon Joseph Smith) 40:58

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America has never been wealthier—so why does it feel so hard to get by? New York Times economics reporter Talmon Joseph Smith joins Nick and Goldy this week to unpack the growing gap between economic headlines and the lived reality of most Americans. With nearly $200 trillion in national wealth and half the country holding just a sliver of it, they…

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Farmer’s Tweve Billion Dollar Bailout – Blake Hurst 44:18

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Farmers are supoosed to share $12 billion dollars to make up for lost markets, higher costs and lower prices due to President’ Trump’s global trade war. The Wall Street Journal editorial said President Trump said he was “delighted to give American Farmers $12 Billion” in economic Assistance. The President of the the American Soybean Assoiation told…

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Mike Samuels: The Coffeeshop Copywriter 1:02:54

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If there’s one conversation that sums up what it means to build a business with soul in a noisy, AI-driven world… it’s this one with Mike Samuels, The Coffeeshop Copywriter. Mike is someone I’ve followed for years. I’ve always admired his brain, his story, and the way he writes with such clarity and honesty. In this pod, we talked about: -Why writi…

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The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding (with Osita Nwanevu) 43:07

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Extreme inequality and democratic decline aren’t separate crises—they’re the same crisis. This week, Osita Nwanevu joins Paul and Goldy to explain how America’s constitutional design, corporate power, and decades of upward redistribution have eroded both political and economic freedom. He outlines what real democratic governance would mean inside g…

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Back At The Future – Rodger Wasson Clubhouse 53:06

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Food innovators, farmers, chefs and foodies have been looking ahead for years, so in this Farm to Table Talk Podcast we go back to a conversation in Coubhoure that was looking ahead to now. Future episodes will be back to now and looking ahead tomorrow. Food is changing. How will we eat? That’s the question posed in the Farm To Table Talk Clubhouse…

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From Abundance to Enshittification: 2025’s Must-Read Economics Books 31:14

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This week, Paul and Goldy look back at the most notable economics books of the year. They discuss Ezra Klein and David Thompson’s Abundance, Cory Doctorow’s blistering Enshittification, Thomas Piketty’s new works on inequality, Diane Coyle’s fresh take on GDP, and the overlooked history behind the Garland Fund. Whether you’re hunting for a holiday …

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Backyard Hobby Farm to Nationwide – Brittney Miller 49:12

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A backyard hobby that started over 40 years ago has grown into a nationally recognized, family-owned business that produces more than 80,000 quail weekly, raisied responsibly, without antibiotics or hormones, and shipping premium products to chefs, retailers, and home cooks across the country. Manchester Farms is America’s first quail farm, and Bri…

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CORE Econ: Rewriting Econ 101 for the Real World (with Suresh Naidu and Wendy Carlin) 36:54

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Econ 101 shapes how millions of people understand the economy—but what if the textbooks are teaching a worldview that’s outdated, oversimplified, and in some cases flat-out wrong? This week, Nick and Goldy talk with economists Wendy Carlin and Suresh Naidu, leaders of CORE Econ, the global project rewriting introductory economics to reflect the rea…

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Table to Farm Chef Family – Steve and Candice MacLean 46:52

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Steve and Candice MacLean, who grew up in New Jersey but have no farming background, transitioned from urban to rural farming after Steve’s experience as a chef working with a farm. Inspired by sustainable farming practices, they decided to purchase a farm in the northwestern corner of New Jersey. They now focus on organic produce and animal husban…

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The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America (with Mehrsa Baradaran) 48:25

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Law professor Mehrsa Baradaran joins Nick and Goldy to reveal how neoliberalism wasn’t just a misguided economic theory—it was a “quiet coup” that rewired our laws, courts, and institutions to elevate capital above democracy. Drawing from her new book The Quiet Coup, Professor Baradaran explains how this ideology became like the air we breathe: a p…

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It’s the Food – Scott Faber 42:50

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Extreme steps taken to make food look more appealing, last longer and be addictively delicious is detrimental to our health. State Legislatures from West Virginia to California are not waiting for federal solutions. CA Asssembly-member Jesse Gabriel says “our public schools should not be serving students ultra-processed food products filled with ch…

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Ric Moylan: Coaching World Champions in Sport and Business 1:12:52

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In this episode of the Total Mental Performance podcast, high performance coach Ric Moylan talks about the intricacies of coaching world level athletes and executives. Ric has spent over 25 years decades translating the systems of elite sport into high performance personal codes that work in real life. We explore the definition of high performance,…

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The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters (with Diane Coyle) 36:00

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For nearly a century, GDP has been the world’s go-to measure of economic success—but what if it’s been telling us the wrong story? It treats cigarette sales and cancer treatments as equally “good” for the economy, while caring for your kids, volunteering, or creating art don’t count at all. This week, economist Diane Coyle joins Nick and Goldy to d…

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Allergic, Intolerant or Diet – Dylan McDonnell 47:08

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In addition to wanting to know where their food comes from and where it’s grown, thirty three million Americans have a diagnosed food allergy. Fifty million have an intolerance that is not technically allergic but certain foods disagree with them in some way. For a variety of reasons over seventy million follow life style diets. That means over hal…

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Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud (with Ben McKenzie) 32:52

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Actor and author Ben McKenzie didn’t set out to become one of crypto’s fiercest critics—but when the pandemic hit and Hollywood shut down, his curiosity turned into a full-blown investigation. The result was the bestselling book, Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud, a blistering exposé of the crypto craze as “…

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Farmers, Families and SNAP – Gus Schumacher 27:10

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When debates over SNAP funding heat up, it’s worth remembering leaders like Gus Schumacher —the late USDA Under Secretary who championed farm-to-family connections and bipartisan solutions. This Farm To Table talk episode revisits his insights on SNAP innovation, nutrition incentives and lasting ways to strengthen food access for all. Gus Schumache…

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Stock Buybacks and the Trillion Dollar Heist (with Senator Cory Booker) 39:42

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Corporations are on track to spend more than $1.3 trillion on stock buybacks this year—money that could have gone toward higher wages, innovation, or community investment. That’s the real-life Trillion Dollar Heist at the center of our new comic from Civic Ventures, which follows Marta, a janitor who interrupts a corporate board meeting just as exe…

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Real Rural Life – Jim Ennis 39:53

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Real rural life today ranges from hope to nostalgic ideals to real world crisis that directly affect farmers and ranchers, their famiies, their communities and ultimately all of us. The rate of suicide in rural communities is 50 % higher than the rate in non-rural communities. And with farmers the rate is 3 times higher than urban. What is going on…

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30 - The Impact of AI: Are Existing Laws Enough? 1:21:01

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Tune in to episode 30 of The Litigation Podcast: The Impact of AI: Are Existing Laws Enough? AI-powered automated systems are rapidly reshaping decision-making across sectors. In this episode, the panel examines whether current legal frameworks are sufficiently robust and adaptable to meet the challenges this poses. The discussion addresses two cor…

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Competing Visions on Trade: A Race to the Bottom Vs. Building the Middle Class (with Thea Lee featuring Todd Tucker) 40:38

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In the final episode of our Trade series, Nick and Goldy talk with Thea Lee, former Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor, to challenge the core assumption behind decades of U.S. trade policy: That trade is about efficiency, not power. Lee explains how past trade deals were written to protect capital while …

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Saké’s Napa Valley – Matt Bell 37:13

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Hot Springs, Arkansas will soon be known as the Napa Valley of Saké if Matt Bell has his way. Saké rice grown in Central Arkansas supplies Origami Sake, the fastest growing US saké brand and the only US brewer to win a Gold Medal at the Tokyo Saké Challenge 2025. Origami is also the largest domestically-owned saké brewery in the USA, 100% powered b…

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29 - Commercial Breakfast Briefing September 2025 with Alan Maclean KC, Andrew George KC, Andrew Scott KC, Fraser Campbell KC, Tom Leary, Marlena Valles and Madelaine Clifford 42:45

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The Blackstone Breakfast Briefing returns with a roller-coaster round-up of the summer’s key fraud-related judgments. In this episode, the speakers will explore sanctions, illegality and public policy (Alan MacLean KC and Tom Leary – Eurochem v Societe Generale), deep-fake AI images (Marlena Valles – Getty Images v Stability AI), and judgments obta…

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South of the Border: A Mexican Perspective on the Free Trade Era (with Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid) 30:44

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In the sixth episode of our trade series, Pitchfork Economics producer Freddy Doss talks with Mexican economist Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid about how NAFTA — and now the USMCA — reshaped Mexico’s economy in ways that those of us north of the Rio Grande almost never hear about. Yes, exports skyrocketed. But wages stagnated, domestic industry hollowed ou…

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Messed Our Nest – Art Cullen 46:35

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Iowa has been under stress 50 years as the economy changed fundamentally from diverse independent farmers and business and a union to concentrated cooperative agriculture and Walmart, Dollar General and no union. Art Cullen won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for exposing what corporate agriculture was doing to his Iowa farmingommunity. His new book “Dear …

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28 - Litigating War - Ukraine v Russia 2025 48:41

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Welcome to episode 28 of the Blackstone Chambers Litigation Podcast: Litigating War - Ukraine v Russia 2025. This session followed the European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber judgment of 9 July 2025 in which the Grand Chamber revisited its case law on jurisdiction and held Russia responsible for “an unprecedented and flagrant attack on the fun…

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North of the Border: A Canadian Perspective on the Free Trade Era (with Luke Savage) 30:42

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In the fifth episode of our series on trade, journalist and author Luke Savage joins Pitchfork Economics Producer Freddy Doss to unpack how decades of “free trade” between the U.S. and Canada have reshaped both economies—entrenching corporate power, hollowing out manufacturing, and weakening democratic control over economic policy. Savage traces ho…

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Flu Flew In – Maurice Pitesky, DVM 51:43

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Animals have been domesticated for 10,000 years and the current outbreak of avian flu is the largest and most complex animal disease outbreak in history, with serious risks beyond poultry. Avian influenza risk especially rises when waterfowl migrate in the fall, Maurice Pitesky, University of California Cooperative Extension poultry specialist has …

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Trade Wars Are Class Wars (with Matthew C. Klein) 49:28

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Closed Loop Local Food – Leslie Person Ryan 45:58

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How long can a community last if there were no open roads or grocery stores? During the tragic California fire caused mudslides of 2018, the town of Summerland was cut off from the rest of the world and the food supply chain. The devastating effects of the tragedy and the consequences of no grocery stores in Summerland reached a turning point when …

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You Can't Tariff Knowledge (with César Hidalgo) 41:51

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Tariffs won’t save America’s economy—but knowledge might. In the third episode of our Trade series, Nick and Goldy sit down with physicist César Hidalgo to explore how prosperity really grows—not through tariffs or trickle-down promises, but through the accumulation of knowledge and know-how. Hidalgo explains why digital exports don’t show up in tr…

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Scott MacDonald: FTSE 100 consultancy to elite-performance coaching 1:21:31

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This week on the Total Mental Performance Podcast I sit down with my good friend Scott MacDonald - Advisor to FTSE 100 & global boards, ultramarathon runner, former pilot and high-performance coach to CEOs and elite performers. This podcast could easily have been a 4 hour episode… We dive into: 🔵 Lessons from the cockpit 👉 why fighter pilot trainin…

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Feeding a Divided Country – Gilles Stockton 52:33

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There is a growing rural urban divide and it is effecting our food system locally, globally and nationally, especially in this climate change era. Gilles Stockton is the owner and manager of a sheep and cattle ranch in Montana and an expert in livestock production, livestock marketing, and economic development of pastoral areas, with experience in …

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How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray (with Nat Dyer) 41:18

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In the second episode of our Trade series, Nick and Goldy talk with author Nat Dyer about his book Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray. Dyer reveals how David Ricardo’s famous theory of comparative advantage—long touted as proof that free trade is always a win-win—was built on unrealistic assumptions and a false …

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Tom Dickinson: Grief to Meaning, Purpose and High Performance Leadership 1:10:27

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In this episode, I sit down with my 1:1 client Tom Dickinson—Managing Director of OSI Ltd, motivational speaker, and mental health advocate. He’s one of the kindest, ambitious and driven guys you’ll ever meet. Tom opens up about losing his brother to suicide, how it nearly broke him, and the journey that followed—taking over his family business, sc…

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Sacramento Farm To School at Terra Madre – Kelsey Nederveld, Alice Waters 32:27

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Sacramento School District’s Central Kitchen is revolutionizing the way to feed over 40,000 students with scratch made, nutritious, local foods. Kelsey Nederveld, is the Director of Nutrition Services at Sacramento City Unified School District, was instrumental in building and designing the district’s own Central Kitchen, a food processing facility…

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Trade Wars, Class Wars & Globalization: Unpacking The Truth About Trade (featuring David Autor & Marc Palen) 47:52

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In this kickoff to our special series on trade, Nick and Goldy unpack why trade policy isn’t just about tariffs and treaties—it’s about people, power, and priorities. For decades, the prevailing narrative has been that trade benefits everyone by lowering prices. But the real question is: who does it help, and who does it hurt? From the false promis…

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MAHA Make America Healthy Again Report – Professor Jerold Mande 37:27

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The MAHA Commission Report to President Trump, outlines the administration’s strategy to “Make Our Children Healthy Again”. Professor Jerold Mande, CEO of Nourish Science and Rodger Wasson, host of Farm To Table Talk podcast, review the report and discuss what it is in it and what is missing. www.nourishscience.org…

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Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers (with Mark Blyth) 39:02

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Political economist Mark Blyth joins Nick and Goldy to unpack the myths and realities of rising prices, from pandemic supply shocks and corporate profiteering to central-bank missteps and decades of bad economic theory. Drawing from his new book Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers, Blyth explains why some narratives fall flat, why others reveal…

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Best Farm Questions – Bill Moyers 42:27

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Farm to Table Talk is about good conversations and no one was better at facilitating conversation than Bill Moyers who has passed away at the age of 91. A journalist, minister, Peace Corps and Great Society leader, Bill Moyers also showed his interest and support of farmers, such as his thoughtful interview with the legendary Wendell Berry. He told…

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Back to Basics Series: Homo Economicus Must Die (with Samuel Bowles) 32:34

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What if the relentless drive to maximize personal gain isn't human nature, but just a flawed model we built? In this Back-to-Basics episode, behavioral economist Samuel Bowles helps us lay homo economicus—the myth of the perfectly rational, self-interested actor—six feet under. He shows how this caricature not only misrepresents human behavior, but…

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Debunked By Nature – Mollie Englehart 59:33

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When vegan chef Mollie Englehart finally became a farmer, she had the big idea to create a farm where nothing had to die. Animals would live out their days munching grass, with no blood on her hands–straight out of her vegan chef playbook. Mollie built her successful LA Vegan restaurants on that ethical stance: compassionate food, no suffering, all…

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Back to Basics Series: Is the American Dream a Lie? (with Christian Cooper and Khiara Bridges) 42:47

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The promise of the American Dream—work hard, play by the rules, and you’ll get ahead—is unraveling before our eyes. In this Back-to-Basics episode, Christian H. Cooper and law professor Khiara Bridges join Nick and Goldy to posit whether economic mobility has ever truly existed, or if the system was rigged from the start. As wages stagnate, homeown…