The Political Orphanage
Andrew Heaton, Richard Hanania, Justin Robert Young, Lewis Bollard, Josh Jennings, Alex Mayyasi, Slice of Life, MDPolitics minus bile plus jokes. Avowed independent and comedian Andrew Heaton interviews authors and thought leaders about policy and big thinky stuff. A refuge from Red Team vs. Blue Team slapfights.
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The Man Who Killed Antitrust
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Host of The Political Orphanage, and funny guy in Reason TV videos. Legally funny.
Richard Hanania is the President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology.
Host of the Politics Politics Politics podcast. Raise The Dead political history podcast.
Farm Animal Welfare Managing Director at Coefficient Giving
Josh Jennings is the author of 'Space Tractor and other Science Fiction Short Stories,' 'Robert E. Lee Majestically Peeing: A Civil War Coloring Book for Children You Don't Like,' and 'Timmy the Tapeworm: A Story About Sharing'.
Journalist and podcaster. Author of Planet Money (the book). Host of Gastronomics (the podcast). Avid cyclist. Morning person and mountain guy. Fan of all things ube.
A doctor in search of a better way for our country to do healthcare.
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