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The Curious Task

Institute for Liberal Studies

Host Alex Aragona and a rotating cast of guests explore philosophy, politics, economics, and other ideas from a classical liberal perspective.

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381 episodes

  1. Sean Speer — Is Politics Going Back to Normal? 1:12:37
  2. Jason Sorens — Could Alberta Leave Canada? 1:05:48
  3. Graeme Thompson—How Can Canada Make Sense of the Current Geopolitical Moment? 1:18:38
  4. Geoff Kellow - Do Markets Promote Virtue? 56:15
  5. Rachel Lomasky - Can A.I. Be Ethical? 56:34
  6. Matt Zwolinski - Is There Such A Thing As A Free Market? 1:00:44
  7. Ross Emmett and Steve Slivinski — What Policies Hurt Business? 1:03:19
  8. Ethan Nadelmann - Is Vaping A Public Health Problem? 55:39
  9. Steve Davies - Why Is Politics Today So Weird? 54:50
  10. Andrew Smith - Do Entrepreneurs Help Create Peace? 55:02
  11. Darrell Bricker - Is Canada At A Breaking Point? 1:05:22
  12. Nathan Goodman - What Does Immigration Have To Do With Climate Change? 1:01:16
  13. Erwin Dekker - What Is The Value Of Art? 1:00:22
  14. Aeon Skoble — Is Anarchy Relevant For Classical Liberalism? 55:25
  15. David Friedman - What Does Law Have To Do With Economics? 57:29
  16. Don Boudreaux - Why Are We In A Trade War? 50:22
  17. Mark Mercer - What’s Wrong With Universities? 1:08:34
  18. Dennis Rasmussen - Did America Fail? 57:14
  19. Moshe Lander - Should Taxpayers Fund The FIFA World Cup? 1:02:56
  20. Darrell Bricker - Is Canada At A Breaking Point? 1:05:22
  21. James Harrigan - What Does Pop Culture Say About A Society? 59:31
  22. Matt Zwolinski - Are Markets Coercive? 1:11:44
  23. Matt Dinan - Is AI Ruining Liberal Education? 1:00:16
  24. Moin Yahya - What Is Inflation Really? 59:24
  25. Nadine Strossen - Is Our Right To Speech In Danger? 53:22
  26. Casey Kennedy - What Is An Acton Academy? 45:40
  27. James Czerniawski - Should Kids Be Banned From Social Media? 56:50
  28. Holly Doan - What Is The Role Of Investigative Journalism In A Free Society? 1:10:06
  29. Aris Trantidis - Why Should We Care About Clientelism? 1:04:14
  30. Dan Griswold — Can You Win a Trade War? 56:58
  31. Thomas Bunting - What Can Baseball Tell Us About Politics? 44:44
  32. Bryce Tingle - How Are Regulations Damaging Markets? 1:16:01
  33. Nigel Ashford - Can We Change The World For Liberty? 54:02
  34. Is An Examined Education Better? - Nick Cowen 1:03:26
  35. Stefanie Haeffele - Can We Live Better Together? 41:08
  36. Eric Mack - Why Read Anarchy, State and Utopia? (Part Two) 50:24
  37. Eric Mack - Why Read Anarchy, State and Utopia? 54:06
  38. Eric Schliesser - Is Post-Liberalism Already Here? 1:12:42
  39. Reem Ibrahim - Did Brexit Succeed? 58:40
  40. Franco Terrazzano - What Is Government Waste? 59:40
  41. Sabine Benoit - Why Is Canada In A Housing Crisis? 1:02:06
  42. Graeme Thompson - What Is Canada's Role In The World? 1:14:44
  43. Abigail Hall - How Does Government Propaganda Manufacture Militarism? 1:01:38
  44. Chris Coyne - How Do You Run A War? 1:13:16
  45. What Is The Path Out Of Poverty? - Randy Hicks 53:30
  46. Kevin Erdmann - Why Are We Afraid Of Building Homes? 1:17:00
  47. What Is The New Right? - Sean Speer 53:20
  48. What Do Companies Owe Society? - Abraham Singer 1:08:02
  49. What's Wrong With The Notwithstanding Clause? - Leonid Sirota 1:08:56
  50. How Can We Do Indigenous Reconciliation Better? - Karen Restoule 57:08