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ReImagining Liberty053: The Challenge of Gun Violence (w/ Trevor Burrus)One of my goals for this show is to explore the complexities of issues people have strong opinions about and assume are straightforward. And it's difficult to think of one that fits that bill better than guns.Today I'm joined by my long time friend and Free Thoughts podcast co-host, constitutional lawyer Trevor Burrus. We talk about the causes of and misconceptions around gun violence, and how a free society should approach both the role of guns and the challenges of limiting the harm they do.Want to listen...
2024-05-1248 min
Ripple Effect - Timber Lake Christian ChurchRipple Effect 4.30.24On this week's Ripple Effect, Brian talks with Trevor Burrus and Bethany Wybert about their work in the community and about this week's Mental Wellness Connect fair. If you still need to RSVP for the event and the free lunch, you can do so here: https://tlcc.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2173340
2024-04-3019 min
Freedom: Ideas that Matter10: Politics and the Question of IntentBad policies are sometimes made with the best of intentions. In today’s conversation, Trevor and Aaron look at the moral questions this raises. How much should intent matter when we judge people’s actions in the political sphere? How much of an obligation to each of us have to make sure the policies we vote for will actually accomplish what they want them to?Freedom: Ideas that Matter is a listener supported show. If you’d like to get early access to all our episodes, consider becoming a supporter: https://freedom.audio/subscribe This i...
2023-11-3047 min
Freedom: Ideas that Matter009: America's Extremist Violence (w/ Patrick Eddington)The January 6th insurrection was the most conspicuous recent example of homegrown extremist violence, but America has a sad history of this stuff.
To discuss the emergence and evolution of America's contemporary wave of politically motivated violence, we're joined by Patrick Eddington, former CIA analyst and now Cato Institute senior fellow.
Here's the article of Pat's we discussed on the episode.
2023-10-2552 min
Freedom: Ideas that Matter009: America's Extremist Violence (w/ Patrick Eddington)The January 6th insurrection was the most conspicuous recent example of homegrown extremist violence, but America has a sad history of this stuff.To discuss the emergence and evolution of America's contemporary wave of politically motivated violence, we're joined by Patrick Eddington, former CIA analyst and now Cato Institute senior fellow.* Here's the article of Pat's we discussed on the episode.Freedom: Ideas that Matter is a listener supported show. If you'd like to get early access to all our episodes, consider becoming a supporter. This is a public episode...
2023-10-2552 min
Freedom: Ideas that Matter008: How to Think About ReligionTrevor and Aaron discuss their views of religion and religious faith, as well what role, if any, religious beliefs should play in political decision making.Freedom is a listener supported show. If you'd like to get early access to all of our episodes, as well as bonus content, become a Freedom supporter. Learn more here: https://support.freedom.audio/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit freedom.audio
2023-09-1951 minFreedom: Ideas that Matter008: How to Think About ReligionTrevor and Aaron discuss their views of religion and religious faith, as well what role, if any, religious beliefs should play in political decision making.
Freedom is a listener supported show. If you'd like to get early access to all of our episodes, as well as bonus content, become a Freedom supporter. Learn more here: https://support.freedom.audio/
2023-09-1951 min
Freedom: Ideas that Matter007: Just Policing (with Jake Monaghan)Today's episode features Jake Monaghan, an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California. His new book is Just Policing. We discuss the philosophical nuances around the police. Many people now talk about abolishing the police, but is that even possible or desirable? And if we need police, how do we make them better?Freedom is a listener supported show. If you'd like to get early access to all of our episodes, as well as bonus content, become a Freedom supporter. Learn more here: https://support.freedom.audio/ This is a public e...
2023-08-2549 minFreedom: Ideas that Matter007: Just Policing (with Jake Monaghan)Today's episode features Jake Monaghan, an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California. His new book is Just Policing. We discuss the philosophical nuances around the police. Many people now talk about abolishing the police, but is that even possible or desirable? And if we need police, how do we make them better?
Freedom is a listener supported show. If you'd like to get early access to all of our episodes, as well as bonus content, become a Freedom supporter. Learn more here: https://support.freedom.audio/
2023-08-2549 minFreedom: Ideas that Matter[Preview] 007: Just Policing (with Jake Monaghan)This is a preview of our upcoming episode of Freedom. If you'd like to listen to it now, you can get early access to all our episodes by becoming a Freedom supporter. Learn more: https://support.freedom.audio/
Today's episode features Jake Monaghan, an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California. His new book is Just Policing. We discuss the philosophical nuances around the police. Many people now talk about abolishing the police, but is that even possible or desirable? And if we need police, how do we make them better?
2023-08-2101 min
Freedom: Ideas that Matter006: Public Health and the Drug War (with Jeffrey A. Singer)Today’s episode features Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and works in the Department of Health Policy Studies. He is President Emeritus and founder of Valley Surgical Clinics Ltd., the largest and oldest group private surgical practice in Arizona, and has been in private practice as a general surgeon for more than 35 years.Today we discuss public health and the drug war. In some ways the drug war is a massive public health program, but that only raises the question of what public health is and what it should be.
2023-08-1148 min
Freedom: Ideas that Matter005: The Liberty Movement's Radicals and Reactionaries (w/ Matt Zwolinski)There’s an old joke that if you ask two libertarians their opinions about something, you’ll get three different answers. The liberty movement has always had its disagreements—and infighting—but is there a core idea common to all libertarians? Something that defines libertarianism?In the new book, The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism, Matt Zwolinksi and John Tomasi set out their own answer, and use it to trace the history of the libertarian movement.Zwolinski, a philosophy professor at the University of San Diego, joins us today to talk...
2023-07-2854 min
Freedom: Ideas that Matter004: Philosophy, Morality, and ReasonRead a transcript of this episode: https://www.freedom.audio/p/freedom-transcript-philosophy-moralityPolitical philosophy is applied ethical philosophy. All political questions have their foundations in matter of right and wrong, of how we ought to live—and how we can live together.On today’s episode, Trevor and Aaron discuss their differing approaches to thinking about ethical theories and the role moral philosophy plays in how we approach thinking about thorny political issues. We begin, however, with the question of human reason and its limits. What we can know, and how we can know it, and...
2023-07-1455 min
The Curious TaskTrevor Burrus - What Is The Statrix?Alex speaks with Trevour Burrus about his concept of the Statrix and why the solution to every problem should not be more government programs, intervention and restriction.
Episode Notes:
Introductory YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eavx1ZVVyzM
Seeing the Statrix: Invisible and Omnipresent
by Trevor Burrus: https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/articles/burrus-cap-research-center-10-18-2018.pdf
The Boris Yeltsin Grocery Store Visit:
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/news/article/When-Boris-Yeltsin-went-grocery-shopping-in-Clear-5759129.php#photo-6130394
Trevor’s...
2023-07-051h 06
Freedom: Ideas that Matter003: The Truth About Sex Work (with Kaytlin Bailey)Read a transcript of this episode.On today’s episode, we get into the difficult and interesting questions around sex work. Our guest is Kaytlin Bailey, a sex worker rights advocate, comedian, and writer. Kaytlin is the founder and executive director of Old Pros, a nonprofit media organization, creating conditions to change the status of sex workers in society. She's also the host of the Oldest Profession podcast and the creator of W***e’s Eye View, a 75-minute mad dash through 10,000 years of history from a sex worker’s perspective.Are you enjoying Freedom and wa...
2023-06-3056 min
Freedom: Ideas that MatterBonus: Extended Conversation with Peter Van DorenAfter wrapping our episode with Peter Van Doren, Trevor and Aaron continued the conversation a bit longer. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit freedom.audio
2023-06-1614 min
Freedom: Ideas that Matter002: How to Think About Public Policy with Peter Van DorenRead a transcript of this episode.On today's show, we bring back our favorite guest from Free Thoughts, our friend Peter Van Doren. Peter came on Free Thoughts over 20 times and we gave him his own music as we've done again. Peter is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and editor of Regulation Magazine. Today, we're going to take a step back and try to learn how Peter thinks about the world and how he came to those views.Listen to fifteen bonus minutes of our conversation with Peter.Are you enjoying...
2023-06-1653 min
Freedom: Ideas that MatterBonus: A Conversation About FreedomWe discuss our goals for the show, how our ideas and approach have evolved over the last few years, and how Freedom will carry forward the values of Free Thoughts while being its own, unique podcast. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit freedom.audio
2023-06-0215 min
Freedom: Ideas that Matter001: The Idea that Explains the Political Order w/ Jason KuznickiRead a transcript of this episode.Welcome to the inaugural episode of Freedom, a show about ideas that matter. For our first conversation, we wanted a big idea. One that has the potential to reconfigure how we think about politics and political institutions. And that meant bringing back one of our favorite guests, our good friend Jason Kuznicki. Jason is the author of the fascinating book, Technology and the End of Authority: What Is Government For?, and was a frequent guest on Free Thoughts. Today he introduces us to the domus mindset, a way of understanding the...
2023-06-0255 min
Freedom: Ideas that MatterA Preview of Freedom, from Trevor Burrus and Aaron Ross PowellFor eight years and 400+ episodes, Aaron Ross Powell and Trevor Burrus hosted Free Thoughts. Now, we want to welcome you to our new show, Freedom, a place for conversations about ideas that matter. Launching soon.Freedom is a listener supported show. If you'd like to get episode transcripts, bonus content, and access to our Discord community, become a supporter. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit freedom.audio
2023-05-2501 min
The Forge of FreedomEpisode 14. The Forge of Freedom – Positive & Negative RightsShow Notes:
2023-04-09 Episode 14. The Forge of Freedom – Positive & Negative Rights
In this episode, Alex Ooley discusses the idea of positive and negative rights.
Resources:
Episode 5 (Bill of Rights):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxF_6WB1cVg
Negative vs. Positive Rights: Fundamentals and Criticisms by Libertas Bella
A Defense Against Attacks on Negative Liberty by Stuart Doyle
Isaiah Berlin on Negative Freedom by Murray Rothbard
Concept of Rights a...
2023-04-0921 min
Becoming America: The Constitutional Convention of 1787My Country Needs Me - Trevor BurrusMany critical issues divided the delegates to the Constitutional Convention. One of the most contentious was how much power the central government should wield. Nearly everyone at the table agreed that The Articles of Confederation were weak and that giving the central government more authority was essential. But how much power should that central authority have and how should it be organized? Should each state be represented equally or should representation be based on population? Should the central government be small and limited in scope or should it be expanded to act broadly in the interests of all of...
2023-03-211h 00
Best Of Becoming America: The Constitutional Convention of 1787My Country Needs Me - Trevor BurrusMany critical issues divided the delegates to the Constitutional Convention. One of the most contentious was how much power the central government should wield. Nearly everyone at the table agreed that The Articles of Confederation were weak and that giving the central government more authority was essential. But how much power should that central authority have and how should it be organized? Should each state be represented equally or should representation be based on population? Should the central government be small and limited in scope or should it be expanded to act broadly in the interests of all of the...
2023-03-211h 00
Cato PodcastBiden Moves to Begin the End of Cannabis ProhibitionThe end of cannabis prohibition is long overdue. The Biden administration appears to recognize that, and is making substantial moves to bring that reality closer. Trevor Burrus discusses the importance of each of the President's directives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-10-0717 minCato PodcastBiden Moves to Begin the End of Cannabis ProhibitionThe end of cannabis prohibition is long overdue. The Biden administration appears to recognize that, and is making substantial moves to bring that reality closer. Trevor Burrus discusses the importance of each of the President's directives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-10-0717 min
ReImagining Liberty016: Growing the Liberty Movement (w/ Trevor Burrus)Across nearly a decade, and over four hundred episodes, of the Free Thoughts podcast, Trevor Burrus and I talked a lot about liberty.Today I invited him on ReImagining Liberty to continue that conversation. At issue is the question of how to approach being an advocate for radical liberalism in a political environment that seems to have lost its taste for it.We range, as we often do, rather broadly, from how not to talk about liberty, to how to start fruitful arguments, to the dangers of contrarianism and over...
2022-09-2156 min
ReImagining LibertyGrowing the Liberty Movement (w/ Trevor Burrus)Across nearly a decade, and over four hundred episodes, of the Free Thoughts podcast, Trevor Burrus and I talked a lot about liberty.Today I invited him on ReImagining Liberty to continue that conversation. At issue is the question of how to approach being an advocate for radical liberalism in a political environment that seems to have lost its taste for it.We range, as we often do, rather broadly, from how not to talk about liberty, to how to start fruitful arguments, to the dangers of contrarianism and over-attachment to narratives.Trevor...
2022-09-2156 min
Cato AudioSeptember 2022Introduction: Caleb O. BrownClark Neily and Trevor Burrus on the Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 termDr. Jeffrey Singer and Johan Norberg on Pandemic Policy Postmortem: Lessons from SwedenSahar Khan on the Taliban today Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-09-021h 02
FedSoc ForumsOpioids: The Crisis in 2022 and BeyondAfter years of tragic deaths and through a global pandemic, some experts contend that the opioid epidemic has only gotten worse. Three noted voices in the field provide their thoughts and opinions on the opioid crisis, how it began, why it persists, and how it finally can be solved.Featuring:--Trevor Burrus, Research Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute --Joseph Grogan, Founder, Fire Arrow Consulting, and Former Director, United States Domestic Policy Council--Paul Larkin, Senior Legal Research Fellow, the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation...
2022-08-101h 00
HubwonkEp. 111: SCOTUS Gun Stun: Bearing Arms in Summer Bruen DecisionThis week on Hubwonk, host Joe Selvaggi talks with CATO Institute research fellow Trevor Burrus about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision New York State Rifle and Pistol Associate v. Bruen and its implications for an individual’s right to carry a fire arm in states such as Massachusetts.
2022-06-2849 minCato PodcastSupreme Court Protects Right to Bear ArmsThe Supreme Court has thrown out a New York law that gave itself discretion over whether law-abiding citizens could truly "bear" arms. Trevor Burrus explains. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2022-06-2421 minCato PodcastSupreme Court Protects Right to Bear ArmsThe Supreme Court has thrown out a New York law that gave itself discretion over whether law-abiding citizens could truly "bear" arms. Trevor Burrus explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-06-2421 min
First News with Jimmy Cefalo06-24-22 A Deeper Dive Into SCOTUS Gun RulingTrevor Burrus is a fellow for the Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies and editor‐in‐chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review *Follow him on Twitter: @TCBurrus
2022-06-2404 min
PreconceivedThe Other Side - 'Pro Gun'It can be tough to understand how so many in the United States are on the 'pro-gun' side of the gun debate. For many, the issue seems simple - "guns are bad, and we should do everything we can to limit them". But what is the background of gun legislation? What is the perspective of many people who support gun rights yet also share the same goal of lowering crime rates in the United States? Trevor Burrus of the Cato Institute joins the podcast to shed some light on this complicated issue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
2022-06-2152 min
CURE AmericaThe Ongoing Plight on the Second Amendment Suddenly, America has found itself entering the Summer with gun control leading the national debate. Last week, the Left controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed gun control legislation, and the Senate is currently discussing its own proposals. Matters regarding "ghost guns," red flag laws, background checks, and more, dominate many discussions in Washington, D.C. With this long list, as well as the various stories and talking points dominating across headlines and social media, there is a lot of noise in our current news to sift through. That's why this week on...
2022-06-1559 min
SCOTUScastCity of Austin v. Reagan Nat'l Advertising of Austin, LLC - Post-Argument SCOTUScastOn November 10th, the Court heard arguments in City of Austin, Texas v. Reagan National Advertising, a case which concerned whether the Austin city code’s distinction between on-premise signs, which may be digitized, and off-premise signs, which may not, is a facially unconstitutional content-based regulation under Reed v. Town of Gilbert. We are joined by Trevor Burrus, research fellow at the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, for this installment.
2022-04-2113 min
The Curious TaskPete Boettke — Is a Better World Possible?Economist Pete Boettke joins Alex to discuss the promise of liberalism in creating a better world. (This episode originally aired Aug 21, 2021.)
References
1. “The Struggle for a Better World” by Pete Boettke
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Struggle-Better-World-Peter-Boettke/dp/1942951876
2. “Hayek on the Role of Reason in Human Affairs” by Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Link:
2022-03-161h 16
Pop & LockeDon't Look UpInspired by Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” and in the vein of his financial crisis origin story, “The Big Short”, Adam McKay’s 2021 Netflix film, “Don’t Look Up” posits a world where the sky is falling, politicians are too self absorbed to do anything, and the media is hellbent on distraction by any means necessary. Trevor Burrus, Matthew Feeney, and Natalie Dowzicky join us to parse the fact from fiction, and explain how successful it is in getting its strident hope across. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-01-1954 min
Related SearchThe California Raisins' Claymation ChristmasTHE CALIFORNIA RAISINS CLAYMATION CHRISTMAS ’Tis Christmas time, and for us that means memories of digging through cryptically labeled beta-max tapes, in search of the one which held the crown jewel of 80’s-kid Christmas specials - Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas Celebration...with special guests The California Raisins! Reflecting back, we finally asked ourselves: Why were anthropomorphic raisins famous? Who created them and why? WHYY? (Apart from claymation being unequivocally rad) the answer is…uhh FDR made agriculture weird? Reagan-era marketing was shamelessly free-basing the smell of its own farts? We kind of find out, but Kait mostly ta...
2021-12-1637 minCato AudioSeptember 20211.Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2. Trevor Burrus and Walter Olson on Constitution Day 3. Patrick Eddington on suspicionless FBI snooping on Concerned Women of America 4. Somil Trivedi Of the ACLU on how plea bargains are coercive 5. U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman on a new proposal to begin the end of the drug war 6. Michael Cannon on Politics, Science, and Money: The Collective Meltdown over the New Alzheimer’s Drug Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-09-011h 02
The Curious TaskPete Boettke — Is A Better World Possible?Alex Aragona speaks with Pete Boettke as he presents his thinking on whether the world needs more classical liberalism, and how understanding the principles of liberalism might be the way to a better world.
References
1. “The Struggle for a Better World” by Pete Boettke
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Struggle-Better-World-Peter-Boettke/dp/1942951876
2. “Hayek on the Role of Reason in Human Affairs” by Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Link:
2021-08-251h 16Cato AudioAugust 2021Introduction: Caleb O. BrownIan Vásquez and Doug Bandow on the unrest in Haiti and CubaJohn C. Goodman on his book, New Way to Care: Social Protections That Put Families FirstMatthew Feeney on decentralized techTrevor Burrus on a high court win for nonprofit donor privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-08-011h 05The Scholar's StageF.A. Hayek’s “Intellectuals and Socialism” with Trevor BurrusHow does a movement win a war of ideas? What are the mechanisms by which politics and culture change over time? These were the questions behind Frederich Hayek's 1949 essay "The Intellectuals and Socialism." Hayek was a believer in free markets and libertarian politics. When he wrote this essay just after the Great Depression and World War II, free marketers like Hayek were an extreme minority. Forty years later the situation had flipped: the ideas of Hayek and his fellow free marketers were setting policy across the Western world. "The Intellectuals and Socialism" presents the strategy they followed to bring about...
2021-07-1400 min
The Great AntidoteTrevor Burrus on Campaign FinanceSend us a textTrevor Burrus, research fellow in the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review, returns once again to the show to discuss campaign finance, the first amendment, and what the Supreme Court has to say about it.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
2021-07-0845 minHubwonkHubwonk Ep. 63: Court Preserves Privacy: SCOTUS Ruling Defends Non-Profits From McCarthyismJoe Selvaggi talks with CATO research fellow and constitutional scholar Trevor Burrus about the recent Supreme Court ruling, Americans For Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta, reaffirming the right to privacy by denying the state of California the right to compel non-profits to disclose their list of donors.
2021-07-0634 min
The Bob Zadek ShowEscaping the Statrix: Trevor Burrus's Rent Control Red PillIs a more prosperous world with less government intervention possible? Trevor Burrus of The Cato Institute joins me this Sunday to discuss the constitutionality of rent control and the related issue of expanding the "libertarian imagination,” in a world filled with statist dreamers.Bernie Sanders is obsessed with a vision of a national rent control policy, complete with a “Renter’s Bill of Rights.” However, this imaginary bill of rights couldn’t exist without violating the original bill of rights - in particular, the Fifth Amendment’s “takings clause,” which guarantees that private land cannot be taken for public use w...
2021-03-3051 min
Pop & LockeFireflyIn the year 2157, on the outskirts of the system, far from alliance control, nine people look into the blackness of space and see nine different things. Joining us today are three people who see three different things in Joss Whedon’s cult classic series, Firefly, including; Julian Sanchez, Trevor Burrus, & Jennifer Huddleston. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-03-1752 min
Free Thoughts(Re-Release): Equality of Capabilities, or Equality of Outcomes?In this episode Aaron Ross Powell and Trevor Burrus talk about egalitarianism with Professor Elizabeth Anderson. Should we be concerned about an equal distribution of resources in a society? An equal distribution of outcomes? Is it a bad thing for some people to be worse off than others through no fault of their own? And whose job is it to enforce such distributions—government or markets?This was originally released on May 5th, 2014. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-12-251h 02The Great AntidoteTrevor Burrus on GunsSend us a textTrevor Burrus, research fellow in the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and editor‐in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review, joins us this week to discuss guns, gun owners, and gun laws.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
2020-12-1058 min
Voluntaryist Voices by Everything-Voluntary.comTom Bell: Choose Your Own Government (1h2m)Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor).
This episode features an interview of law professor Tom W. Bell from 2018 by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Powell, hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast. They talk about the emerging trend of bottom up governments. Private providers increasingly deliver services that political authorities formerly monopolized, inspiring greater competition and efficiency. They discuss this quiet revolution that is transforming governments with the potential to bring more freedom, peace and prosperity to people everywhere.
2020-10-1000 minVoluntaryist Voices by Everything-Voluntary.comMichael Munger: When is Voluntary Choice Really Voluntary? (48m)Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor).
This episode features an interview of economist Mike Munger from 2015 by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Powell, hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast. They talk about voluntary transactions and questions of justice in market pricing. What would everyone agree is truly voluntary? Are disparities in bargaining power coercive? What’s wrong with using the state to address these disparities? What about price gouging situations? What about sweatshops?
2020-09-2500 minVoluntaryist Voices by Everything-Voluntary.comRandy Barnett: The Structure of Liberty (54m)Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor).
This episode features an interview of legal scholar and lawyer Randy Barnett from 2015 by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Powell, hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast. Barnett describes five rights—informed by natural law—that are crucial for properly structuring a society. He also shows how libertarian theories successfully counter the structural societal problems of knowledge, interests, and power.
2020-09-0500 minCato AudioSeptember 20201. Introduction: Caleb O. Brown 2. Cato Audio Roundtable: Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus on the Cato SCOTUS Review 3. Simone Weichselbaum and Patrick Jaicomo on how Federal Task Forces Reduce Police Accountability 4. Nolan Gray on Housing Regulation and “Destroying the Suburbs” 5. John Glaser on the Decidedly Interventionist Foreign Policy of Joe Biden Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-09-011h 04Voluntaryist Voices by Everything-Voluntary.comLenore Skenazy: Overparenting and Bad Public Policy (48m)Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor).
This episode features an interview free range kids activist, author, and syndicated columnist Lenore Skenazy from 2019 by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Powell, hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast. Should children ride the NYC subway by themselves? When did children stop having unsupervised and unstructured time? What did ‘strange danger’ do to change the way we parent? What are the consequences of over‐parenting?
2020-07-2700 min
The Curious TaskBen Perrin — What's the Solution to the Opioid Crisis?Alex Aragona speaks with Ben Perrin as he explores the causes of, and solutions to, the opioid crisis in Canada and the United States.
References from Episode 43 with Ben Perrin:
You can purchase Ben Perrin’s new book Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada’s Opioid Crisis at Amazon Canada at this link
You can listen to the episode of The Curious Task that Alex mentioned that features Trevor Burrus at this link
2020-05-2757 minThe Great AntidoteTrevor Burrus on the Drug WarSend us a textTrevor Burrus, research fellow at Cato Institute's Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review, talks to us about the war on drugs.Support the showNever miss another AdamSmithWorks update.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
2020-04-2042 min
Cato Event PodcastMarijuana Federalism: Uncle Sam and Mary JaneMarijuana Federalism: Uncle Sam and Mary Jane explores the legal and policy issues presented by the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws, ranging from constitutional questions about the scope and nature of federal power to questions of enforcement discretion and state‐level regulation. While the nation’s federalist structure presents complications when federal and state preferences conflict, it could also provide the foundation for more sensible drug policy in the 21st century. Please join us for a discussion of this new book, featuring its editor and one of its contributors.Event ResourcesA Serious Hearing on Mar...
2020-04-1600 min
The Curious TaskTrevor Burrus — How Has The Drug War Failed?Alex Aragona speaks with Trevor Burrus as he explores the many ways the drug war has failed drug addicts and society.
References from Episode 27 with Trevor Burrus:
You can read the article ‘Locked Up and Loaded’ that Alex refers to in this episode that was written by Trevor here
2020-02-051h 11
Sphere PodcastShould Drug Prohibition Be Ended Nationwide?America’s drug war has been a part of our lives for more than 100 years. With legalization and decriminalization of marijuana in an increasing number of states, conflicts have emerged on drug policy and power. To what extent can and should the states act independently of the federal government on an issue with national ramifications? Cato’s Trevor Burrus, Heritage’s Paul Larkin, and Brookings’s Jonathan Rauch will discuss in this episode: should drug prohibition be ended nationwide?Learn More:"How Drug Prohibition Created the Fentanyl Crisis," by Trevor Burrus"Washington Versus Washington (and Colorado...
2019-12-1828 min
Preconceived20. Guns in AmericaIt can be tough to understand how so many Americans are on the "pro-gun" side of the gun debate. For many, the issue seems simple - "guns are bad, and we should do everything we can to limit them". But what is the background of gun legislation? What is the often well-informed and intelligent perspective of many people who support gun rights yet also share the same goal of lowering crime rates in the United States? Trevor Burrus of the Cato Institute joins the podcast to shed some light on this complicated issue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
2019-11-1150 min
The Social ExchangeEpisode 45: Dr. Jeffrey Singer: Drug Decriminalization and Harm ReductionWelcome to episode 45! Today's guest is Dr. Jeffrey Singer. Dr. Singer is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and works in the Department of Health Policy Studies. He is principal and founder of Valley Surgical Clinics, Ltd., the largest and oldest group private surgical practice in Arizona. He writes and speaks extensively on regional and national public policy, with a specific focus on the areas of health care policy, the harmful effects of drug prohibition and how harm reduction can help. Learn more about Jeffrey Singer and CATO below: https://ww...
2019-09-171h 13Cato AudioSeptember 2019September 2019 featuring Trevor Burrus, Ilya Shapiro, Caleb O. Brown, David Bier, Benjamin Powell, Christopher J. Coyne, Abigail R. Hall, Maria Corina Machado Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-09-011h 01
Words & NumbersEpisode 128: Are Corporations People?Citizens United, a conservative non-profit corporation, was once caught in the crosshairs of campaign finance law. The company violated the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act by broadcasting a political film within 30 days of a primary election. The Supreme Court split 5-4 on the issue. Did the court side with the free speech of a corporation? What happens when there are two different visions of the First Amendment? Are corporations people? Join James Harrigan, Antony Davies, and special guest Trevor Burrus as they recount the courtroom drama of Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission and more on this week’s episode of...
2019-07-2436 min
Words & NumbersEpisode 128: Are Corporations People?Citizens United, a conservative non-profit corporation, was once caught in the crosshairs of campaign finance law. The company violated the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act by broadcasting a political film within 30 days of a primary election. The Supreme Court split 5-4 on the issue. Did the court side with the free speech of a corporation? What happens when there are two different visions of the First Amendment? Are corporations people? Join James Harrigan, Antony Davies, and special guest Trevor Burrus as they recount the courtroom drama of Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission and more on this week’s episode of...
2019-07-2436 min
Building TomorrowRanked Choice Voting, A Better Way to Vote?Tired of voting for a political candidate you don’t particularly like who represents a major political party you don’t particularly like so that another candidate who you dislike a little bit more won’t win office? If so, then ranked choice voting might be the electoral reform for you.Ranked choice voting is a system in which voters don’t just vote for a single candidate for each listed office on their ballot. Instead, they rank all of the candidates running for that seat, 1-2-3 and so on. Then, if no candidate wins a m...
2019-01-0357 minBuilding TomorrowPlace Your Political BetsWe return to part two of our interview with John Aristotle Phillips, who is the founder of the political prediction market PredictIt. Instead of trading corporate stocks or pork bellies, PredictIt allows you to trade in political futures. Put your own money on the line when it comes to who will win an election or the next time a politician will say something stupid on social media. While it’s partly entertainment, prediction markets also serve an important social function since they have a more reliable track record for predicting events than even the best pundits and po...
2018-12-0638 minFree ThoughtsWhat are State Constitutions Good for? (with Hon. Jeffrey Sutton)Honorable Jeffrey S. Sutton is a judge for the United States Court of Appeals in the Sixth Circuit. His book 51 Imperfect Solutions is framed around four stories which he uses to illustrate the interplay between state and federal constitutions. The four stories are; school funding, the exclusionary rule, eugenics, and mandatory flag salutes. Sutton believes that many of the state constitutions are actually closer to codes than constitutions. Many states have constitutions that are so long that most residents of that state have not read them in their entirety. The original states have much smaller constitutions that are rather...
2018-11-1654 minFree ThoughtsHelping Refugees in an Era of Nationalism (with Adam Bates)Adam Bates, from the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), joins us this week for our 250th episode to talk about how the Muslim ban, which President Trump initiated during his first week in office, inspired him to change his work focus from criminal justice reform to refugee relief.Bates addresses how the Administration is “overtly hostile” towards refugees. In our current political climate, it is an extremely trying time for refugee law, but also to be a refugee. The Refugee Act of 1980 allows the President to decide each year what the refugee cap is for the following year...
2018-08-0245 minBuilding TomorrowThe Right to Print Arms?Mark McDaniel from Reason Magazine joins us to discuss homemade gun technology in response to a recent court case involving gun ownership activist, Cody Wilson, and his group, Defense Distributed, who were the minds behind the “Wiki Weapon Project”.Cody Wilson and his group went unnoticed until they actually tried to build a weapon, specifically named the “Liberator”. However, when the printer company, Stratasys, heard of this plan they took his printer and reported Wilson’s intentions to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF). The press got wind of this dispute when Wilson posted a viral vide...
2018-08-0240 min
The Morning Blaze with Doc ThompsonThe End is HERE!, Stealing Cloud Technology, & Join Team Earthwater - 7/10/18The Morning Blaze Topics: Hour 1 Trump has picked his nominee for SCOTUS… Liberals around the country reply in protest… Brett Kavanaugh is the nominee chosen by the president… We go over his speech after his announcement… Trevor Burrus, research fellow at CATO Institute, talks about Brett and where he stands. Hour 2 Do we really want Trump to choose another nominee if Brett fails? The next one could be worse… In 20 years we could collapse as a country due to debt… We need to stop spending money on theories… Postal service is going to need to cough up $3.5 mill...
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Doc ThompsonThe End is HERE!, Stealing Cloud Technology, & Join Team Earthwater - 7/10/18The Morning Blaze Topics:
Hour 1 Trump has picked his nominee for SCOTUS… Liberals around the country reply in protest… Brett Kavanaugh is the nominee chosen by the president… We go over his speech after his announcement… Trevor Burrus, research fellow at CATO Institute, talks about Brett and where he stands.
Hour 2 Do we really want Trump to choose another nominee if Brett fails? The next one could be worse… In 20 years we could collapse as a country due to debt… We need to stop spending money on theories… Postal service is going to need to cough up $3.5 mill...
2018-07-102h 26Doc ThompsonIs Brett Kavabaugh a Justice John Roberts 2.0? (w/ Trevor Burrus)We speak with Trevor Burrus, CATO Institute, about Brett Kavanaugh in order to get a bit more information about him.
To see more from Doc, visit his channel on TheBlaze and listen live to “The Morning Blaze with Doc Thompson” weekdays 6–9am ET, only on TheBlaze Radio Network.
2018-07-1006 min
Liberty ChroniclesEp. 53: Here Lies Republicanism, R.I.P. (with Trevor Burrus)We are celebrating Liberty Chronicles’ one year anniversary with a special Free Thoughts/Liberty Chronicles crossover episode featuring Free Thoughts Podcast host Trevor Burrus. We’ll discuss the Dorr War and its Supreme Court Case Luther v. Borden.Further Reading:Luther v Borden (1849)—Taney’s Majority Opinion and Woodbury’s Dissenting OpinionDennison, George M. The Dorr War: Republicanism on Trial, 1831-1861. Lexington: The University of Kentucky Press. 1976.Gettleman, Marvin. The Dorr Rebellion: A Study in American Radicalism: 1833-1849. New York: Random House. 1973.Grimstead, David. American Mobbing, 1828-1861: Toward Civil War...
2018-05-0836 minFree ThoughtsPeter Van Doren Vs. MS-13Peter Van Doren joins us again to discuss his time on federal jury duty. On February 20th, 2018, Van Doren reported to the Federal District Court and was selected for jury duty. It was an MS-13 murder case involving an ongoing criminal conspiracy. We discuss conspiracy law, the nature of jury duty and the qualms of the criminal justice system. Further Readings/References:More about Peter Van DorenCato book Jury NullificationNancy MacLean and the Lazy Jury Fallacy by Trevor BurrusAn Essay on the Trial by Jury: Juries v...
2018-04-2755 min
The Libertarian Christian PodcastEp 57: Getting Control of the Gun Debate with Trevor BurrusThe gun control debate in the United States has raged on for decades, and in many ways has escalated in recent years. Every time there is a mass shooting, calls for more gun control as the “obvious solution” engulf social media and public policy discussions. Furthermore, faulty statistics and bad arguments tend to run rampant in any discussion. In this episode, legal scholar Trevor Burrus of the Cato Institute joins us to unravel some myths surrounding the gun control debate.
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2018-03-1243 minCato Event PodcastYour Next Government?: From the Nation State to Stateless NationsGovernments across the globe have begun evolving from lumbering bureaucracies into smaller, more agile special jurisdictions. Private providers increasingly deliver services that political authorities formerly monopolized, inspiring greater competition and efficiency. In Your Next Government?: From the Nation State to Stateless Nations, Tom W. Bell, professor at Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law, shows how these trends suggest that new networks of special jurisdictions will soon surpass nation-states in the same way that networked computers replaced mainframes. This quiet revolution is transforming governments from the bottom up, inside out, worldwide, with the potential to bring more freedom, pe...
2018-01-1800 minCato Event PodcastCriminal Justice at a Crossroads: Panel 2: The Defendant in CourtThe first months of the Trump administration have confirmed that criminal justice will remain a contentious issue for the foreseeable future. Trump's "law and order" rhetoric on the campaign trail has led to significant changes in federal criminal justice policy. At the state and local levels, lawmakers are struggling with the opioid epidemic, overincarceration, and how to work with new federal enforcement goals.In the current environment, how should legislators tackle the most serious and enduring criminal justice issues? What policies should be implemented? What should officials' priorities be? To answer these and other questions, experts from...
2017-10-1800 minCato Event PodcastThe Supreme Court: Past and Prologue: Panel II: Money and CrimeThe Cato Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies Presents a Symposium through the Generosity of George M. YeagerCato's annual Constitution Day symposium marks the day in 1787 that the Constitutional Convention finished drafting the U.S. Constitution. We celebrate that event each year with the release of the new issue of the Cato Supreme Court Review and with a day-long symposium featuring noted scholars discussing the recently concluded Supreme Court term and the important cases coming up. Past speakers have included Judges Alex Kozinski, Diane Sykes, and Douglas Ginsburg, Professors Richard Epstein, Michael McConnell, and Nadine Strossen, and...
2017-09-1800 minFree ThoughtsThe Statrix: How Government Warps Our Perception of the WorldWhat is the “Statrix”? How does government warp our perception of the world around us? How does it disproportionately affect the poor?Trevor Burrus talks about the “Statrix,” a portmanteau of the state and the concept of an artificial world made popular in the 1999 action/sci-fi movie The Matrix. Show Notes and Further ReadingTrevor mentions the recent spate of track problems and fires that have been plaguing Washington D.C.’s metro system, which led to the creation of this website, ismetroonfire.com. He also explains this song by the Kingston Trio, which was me...
2016-06-1056 minFree ThoughtsThe Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in AmericaThe contemporary British, Canadian, and American political systems come from the same democratic root, but have very different ways of separating and balancing power. How does the American presidential system compare to the parliamentary system? Does the government we have today function anything like the government the Founding Fathers envisioned?Frank H. Buckley joins Trevor Burrus this week for a discussion on his book, The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America.Is it accurate to say we have a “crown government?” What’s the danger in giving the president legislative power...
2016-04-0146 minCato AudioSeptember 2015September 2015 featuring Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, John Goodman, Ted Galen Carpenter, Kevin Dowd, Charles C. W. Cooke, John Tierney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2015-09-011h 15Cato AudioAugust 2015August 2015 featuring Walter Olson, Trevor Burrus, Scott Bullock, A. Trevor Thrall, Erik Goepner, Michael D. Tanner, Paul G. Mahoney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2015-08-031h 13Cato AudioDecember 2014December 2014 featuring Michael F. Cannon, Trevor Burrus, Adam Smith, Randal O'Toole, Christopher A. Preble, Neal McCluskey, Hon. Diane Sykes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2014-12-011h 14Free ThoughtsListener Q&A: Where Are All the Libertarian Countries?Aaron Powell and Trevor Burrus tackle listener questions in this episode, including a few perennial classics: If libertarianism is so great, where are all the libertarian countries? Why can’t libertarians, conservatives, and liberals all come together to “make it work” in Washington? How can access to education be guaranteed if the American education system is privatized? And what happens to people who “fall through the cracks” in a libertarian society without a government-provided social safety net?Aaron and Trevor are also joined by David Boaz, the executive vice president of the Cato Institute.Show Notes and...
2014-09-0850 minCato AudioSeptember 2014September 2014 featuring Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, Richard Kovacevich, Randy E. Barnett, Rep. Ted Poe, Sidney Powell, Brian Doherty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2014-09-031h 16Free ThoughtsEquality of Capabilities, or Equality of Outcomes?In this episode Aaron Powell and Trevor Burrus talk about egalitarianism with Professor Elizabeth Anderson. Should we be concerned about an equal distribution of resources in a society? An equal distribution of outcomes? Is it a bad thing for some people to be worse off than others through no fault of their own? And whose job is it to enforce such distributions—government or markets?Anderson is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
2014-05-051h 01
Kinsella On LibertyKOL121 | Better Red than Dead with Redmond Weissenberger: Copyright and Easter Egg Servitudes, and moreKinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 121.
I was interviewed by Redmond Weissenberger, of Mises Canada, for his Better Red than Dead podcast (iTunes). We discussed a variety of topics, including: store refuses to put boy's name on an Easter egg because of a copyright concern because he shares a name with a famous soccer player, positive versus negative rights, Alexis de Tocqueville on servitudes and liberty, and intellectual property (IP) as negative servitudes; Ayn Rand's confusion on property rights and IP; property as the least bad option; the impossibility of a post-scarcity world; the dispute over "privilege checking" and attempts to spe...
2014-04-191h 00Free ThoughtsThe Death PenaltyDoes the death penalty make us safer? Should the state be given the ultimate power to decide matters of life and death? Given the data on innocents that have been sentenced to die, how skeptical of the death penalty should we be?Ben Jones joins Aaron Powell and Trevor Burrus to help answer these questions. Jones is a campaign strategist for Equal Justice USA (EJUSA) and works in support of Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty, a project of EJUSA. Jones is also pursuing a Ph.D. in political science at Yale University. Hosted...
2014-03-1847 minCato AudioMarch 2014March 2014 featuring Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, David Boaz, Timothy Sandefur, Mark A. Calabria, P.J. O'Rourke Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2014-03-011h 06Free ThoughtsThe Conscience of the ConstitutionTimothy Sandefur joins Trevor Burrus and Jason Kuznicki for a conversation about America’s founding documents: the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence.Which is the Constitution’s primary value: liberty or democracy? Is it enough to tell lawmakers to just “go back to the Constitution” when Constitutional interpretation varies so wildly? What does the Constitution have to say about slavery? Individual rights? Voting rights?Sandefur is a principal attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation and the author of the 2014 book The Conscience of the Constitution: The Declaration of Independence and the Right...
2014-02-2458 minCato AudioSeptember 2012September 2012 featuring Trevor Burrus, Jim Harper, Randy E. Barnett, Ginger McCall, Sen. Ron Wyden, Steven Landsburg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2012-09-011h 11Cato AudioMay 2012May 2012 featuring Trevor Burrus, Clark Neily, Steve Forbes, Dale Carpenter, Joshua Rovner, Adam D. Thierer, Mary Anastasia O'Grady Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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