Ranked #1
Thought Experiment: Privatising the Public Sector
Thought Experiment: Privatising the Public Sector
What if everything the government does was privatised? Not the law making, but all of the other functions and agencies a... Read more
23 Oct 2019
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #2
The Left Right Game 2
The Left Right Game 2
After Andrew surprised Nic a few episodes ago with The Left Right Game, Nic has been thinking and planning a way of gett... Read more
1 Sep 2019
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35mins
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Ranked #3
Proroguing Parliament: What does it really mean for Brexit?
Proroguing Parliament: What does it really mean for Brexit?
As predicted, Boris Johnson has decided to end the current parliamentary session (the longest in modern times), and trig... Read more
28 Aug 2019
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50mins
Ranked #4
Bit of a chat: driving whisky, ruining Monopoly and the Chuka Umunna Award
Bit of a chat: driving whisky, ruining Monopoly and the Chuka Umunna Award
In this edition, we have a longer chat than usual, but try to get in all the smaller topics that we feel were too short ... Read more
7 Aug 2019
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #5
Negative Rights And Moral Relativism
Negative Rights And Moral Relativism
This week, we’re interested in rights. Specifically, the difference between negative & positive rights and what they... Read more
20 Jul 2019
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23mins
Ranked #6
Are Teaching Unions Keeping Schools Closed?
Are Teaching Unions Keeping Schools Closed?
In our first Sounding Board Short, we travel to a nearby park and chat about Nic’s article on hectordrummond.com about t... Read more
16 May 2020
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17mins
Ranked #7
Ferguson’s Fall, Imperfect Polling and Messy Modelling
Ferguson’s Fall, Imperfect Polling and Messy Modelling
As Neil Ferguson is revealed to have broken the lockdown that his infamous computer model insisted we must institute, we... Read more
8 May 2020
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1hr 36mins
Ranked #8
Left Vs Right And Ideological Centrism
Left Vs Right And Ideological Centrism
Even though we’re still in lockdown, we’ve started talking about some of our favourite subjects again. This time it’s o... Read more
30 Apr 2020
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51mins
Ranked #9
CDC Infectious Tests, Rushed UK Law and Stagnant NHS
CDC Infectious Tests, Rushed UK Law and Stagnant NHS
As the CDC accidentally infect those they are testing for SARS-CoV-2, the UK Government amends its initial regulations g... Read more
24 Apr 2020
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35mins
Ranked #10
Regulation: Changing attitudes and Unintended Consequences
Regulation: Changing attitudes and Unintended Consequences
In the first of our lockdown editions, we focus on regulation. Are we seeing a change in attitudes towards regulation? A... Read more
13 Apr 2020
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57mins
Ranked #11
Covid-19 State Expansion, Everyone’s a Right Winger and Panic Buying Baileys
Covid-19 State Expansion, Everyone’s a Right Winger and Panic Buying Baileys
Our last recording before the lockdown, we explore Commander Sunak’s budget-busting spending pledges in reaction to the ... Read more
5 Apr 2020
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Ranked #12
Difficult Questions for Libertarianism
Difficult Questions for Libertarianism
Libertarianism isn’t an endpoint for how society should operate. It’s a beginning. How a libertarian society should oper... Read more
12 Mar 2020
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42mins
Ranked #13
Changing One Thing About the State & The Dominance of the Left
Changing One Thing About the State & The Dominance of the Left
What would it be? Not abolish the state entirely, but make one change to it and the way it works. Would it be simple and... Read more
6 Mar 2020
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #14
Cherán, Mexico – How One Town Expelled The State
Cherán, Mexico – How One Town Expelled The State
In 2011 the residents of a small municipality in Mexico rose up against politicians, the police and illegal loggers asso... Read more
20 Dec 2019
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42mins
Ranked #15
The Leftwards Drift of UK Politics
The Leftwards Drift of UK Politics
In this episode we analyse the manifestos of all major UK parties. And the Greens. Andrew reached for the short straw th... Read more
2 Dec 2019
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #16
The Left Right Game
The Left Right Game
This week, I surprise Nic with a new jape: The Left Right Game! I had the idea to state a number of different, collectiv... Read more
13 Jul 2019
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28mins
Ranked #17
What’s Up With Communism?
What’s Up With Communism?
This week another book on communism was published. We know what you’re thinking. This time, it’s going to be different… ... Read more
14 Jun 2019
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59mins
Ranked #18
The Castor Semenya Controversy: Is it time for competition in competitions?
The Castor Semenya Controversy: Is it time for competition in competitions?
This week, we discuss Castor Semenya and the controversy surrounding intersex & transgender athletes. We talk about ... Read more
18 May 2019
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24mins
Ranked #19
Revealed vs Stated (Including Falsified) Preferences
Revealed vs Stated (Including Falsified) Preferences
This week we discuss the difference between stated and revealed preferences. How do economists and politicians use prefe... Read more
29 Mar 2019
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54mins
Ranked #20
Withdrawal Agreement Principles and the Politics of Opposition
Withdrawal Agreement Principles and the Politics of Opposition
It was inevitable, wasn’t it? With so much going on about Brexit, we felt we couldn’t avoid it again. We do however, try... Read more
19 Dec 2018
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48mins