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The New Liberal Podcast dives into the deep end of policy, politics and identity and hosts the economists, academics, industry leaders, thinkers and politicians whose ideas are shaping society.
What should the government be doing to fight the opioid epidemic? In this episode, Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen joins the show to talk about her family history with opioid addiction and how we can make progress on this issue. We talk about how to step up enforcement to stop imported illegal drugs like fentanyl, how we prevent over prescription of opioids through legal channels, and ultimately how we get help in the hands of people who need it.
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Follow us at: https://twitter.com/CNLiberalism https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/Young people are increasingly pessimistic about climate change, and a narrative around 'climate doom' is becoming more and more common. Should we doom about the climate? And if not, how do we combat the doom narrative? Alex Trembath of the Breakthrough Institute and Jessica Weinkle, professor at UNC Wilmington, join the show to discuss why climate doom exists, the reality of how climate change is happening, and how to move forward.
Follow us at: https://twitter.com/CNLiberalism https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/The US-Mexico border has seen a surge of illegal crossings and apprehensions since the end of COVID-era restrictions. Alex Nowrasteh joins the podcast to talk about the situation at the US's southern border, why the perception of chaos matters more than the actual number of immigrants, and how we can build a less chaotic immigration system while still remaining open to immigration.
Recommended reading:
Immigration game - can you make it legally? - https://www.thegreencardgame.com/
Podcast on Alex's book 'Wretched Refuse' - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/immigrants-and-institutions-ft-alex-nowrasteh/id1390384827?i=1000515963839
Follow us at: https://twitter.com/CNLiberalism https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/Special episode! Yesterday, in a move unprecedented in American history, the House of Representatives removed Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House in the middle of his term. Eric Garcia has been reporting on this story and he joins the show to break down how we got to this point, who the main players and factions are, why McCarthy was such a weak speaker, and where the House goes from here.
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Follow us at: https://twitter.com/CNLiberalism https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/Europe has always taken a harsher approach to regulating the tech sector than the US. They've also always had a tech sector that lags far behind the US, or in some instances barely exists. Has Europe just given up on tech? Politico's Derek Robertson joins the show to discuss the philosophical differences between the EU and the US, how much EU regulation of US firms is principled vs nationalistic, and whether EU tech firms will ever be able to compete with the US tech giants.
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Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/Antitrust policy often asks "When are companies too big for the good of society?" But is bigness the only factor we should be looking at? Diana Moss is the Vice President of Competition and Antitrust Policy at the Progressive Policy Institute, and she joins the podcast to discuss how the Biden administration is handling antitrust policy. We talk about the neo-Brandeisian movement, why the consumer welfare standard still matters, and why regulators seem to be obsessed with the tech sector and not other large monopolies.
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Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/After the first Republican debate, how is the 2024 race shaping up? Jonathan Chait joins the show to discuss whether or not any of the other Republican candidates have a shot at beating Trump, why Biden's approval numbers are stuck so low, and why exactly Vivek Ramaswamy is rising and getting on people's nerves.
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Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/New York City is one of the most expensive places in the country. Will they ever build more housing?
This week's episode is another in our state-by-state housing series, and we're talking about housing in New York. Joining me are Rachel Fee, executive director of the New York Housing Conference, and Alex Armlovich, Senior Housing Policy Analyst at the Niskanen Center.
We discuss why housing reform efforts have failed in New York so far, what specific regulations and factors make it hard to build in New York, and the coalitions necessary to finally build more housing in America's biggest city.
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Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/How do rich people keep poor folks from living in their neighborhoods? Richard Kahlenberg is a senior fellow at PPI and the author of the new book 'Excluded'. We discuss how 'snob zoning' was used to create a class-based discrimination system that replaced race-base discrimination, the benefits of having more class-integrated neighborhoods, and the most important political obstacles to overcome in order to build more housing.
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Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.
A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.
But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.
She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and
captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world.
Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s
blog, setting Nancy on an unimaginable road to uncover Amanda’s secret.
Award winning journalist Charlie Webster explores this unbelievable and bizarre, but
all-too-real tale, of a woman from San Jose, California whose secret ripped a family apart and
left a community in shock.
Scamanda is the true story of a woman whose own words held the key to her secret.
New episodes every Monday.
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Amanda’s blog posts are read by actor Kendall Horn.
