Late Night Comedy vs. the Outrage Industry

Late Night Comedy vs. the Outrage Industry

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Europe is Freeloading on American Healthcare

Americans pay vastly more for medicine than citizens of other wealthy countries, but are those countries getting a bargain at our expense? David Goldhill, author of Catastrophic Care and founder and CEO of the healthcare marketplace Sesame, joins the show to explain why he consid ...  Show more

The Man Who Killed Antitrust

When does a successful company become a dangerous monopoly? Heaton traces the strange history of American antitrust law, from railroad barons and Standard Oil to Hollywood studios and Big Tech, before diving into the intellectual cage match between Louis Brandeis and Robert Bork. ...  Show more

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