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Choosing Better

Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor

Conversations about wacky ideas, economics, and the art of living well.

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82 episodes

  1. Your Vote Doesn’t Matter... And Why That’s Freeing 1:01:12
  2. What Do We Owe the Guilty? Capital Punishment and the Demands of Justice 1:04:28
  3. Can We Still Go to Church Together? Polarization and Identity (With Donovan Gleeson) 1:00:15
  4. "It's Just Wrong": Making Moral Arguments in Public Spaces 1:04:57
  5. The Age of AI Surveillance: Flock Cameras and the Future of Privacy 58:50
  6. Marriage and America Coming Apart: How We Sort in Who We Marry and Where We Live 1:02:06
  7. The Marriage and Fertility Gap Reshaping America 1:02:22
  8. The Selection Effect: Prenatal Screening and the Quiet Disappearance of Down Syndrome 1:06:06
  9. Deterrence in the Desert: General Joe Rank on the Future of Middle East Security 1:02:04
  10. Your Grocery Store is Watching: How AI Prices You Personally 1:02:24
  11. Why Gaza Grips the West: The Enduring Civilization Legacy of Abrahamic Faith Traditions 54:39
  12. Behind the Pump: Geopolitics in Your Tank 1:08:17
  13. Sports and Economics Part 2: Salary Caps and the Stadium Game 32:49
  14. Sports and Economics Part 1: It’s All Rigged (On Purpose) 1:02:08
  15. Children in an Age of AI 41:26
  16. Testing What Matters: How Assessment Shapes Education 55:11
  17. Economics and Life Hacks Part 2: How to Make Better Decisions about Time and Money 53:48
  18. Life is Less Spicy Without the Secret Sauce! Property Rights and Concerns for the Future (with Jason Long) 58:16
  19. [Bonus Episode] America Goes to War: Making Sense of the Sudden Conflict with Iran (with Tim Buch) 1:04:30
  20. Missionary Economics: The Art of Going, Giving, and Getting It Right 58:44
  21. A Knowledge Paradox: Collectively Brilliant, Individually Helpless 56:59
  22. You Are What You Love: How Our Desires Shape Who We Are 45:21
  23. [Bonus Episode] Analyzing Trump’s Grab for Greenland 34:09
  24. Economics and Life Hacks: Using Economic Thinking to Make Better Decisions (Part 1) 45:31
  25. [Bonus Episode] The Venezuela Operation: Inside the U.S. Mission to Capture Nicolás Maduro 45:17
  26. Uneven Information: Helpful Strategies When Information Is One-Sided 54:56
  27. Special Christmas Episode: The Economics of Gift Giving 38:23
  28. What We Can Learn from the Saints (with Matthew Milliner) 1:03:14
  29. DDNR: Digital Do Not Resuscitate 48:38
  30. Worldviews: A Pastoral Conversation with Del Tackett 1:05:25
  31. Dating Economics: Heartbreak and Optimizing the Search for a Spouse 1:22:09
  32. Holy Shekels: Ancient Welfare Meets Modern Economics 57:18
  33. Nothing Is Really Yours 48:14
  34. [Bonus Episode] Immigration for Sale? The High Cost of a U.S. Work Visa 38:47
  35. From Boys 2 Men? The Growing Crisis in Male Achievement 44:23
  36. From Data to Disaster: What Happens When Governments Fudge the Math 53:28
  37. Believe, Behave, Belong: Why Costly Behaviors Are Necessary to Find Meaningful Belonging 41:55
  38. Unbelievable: From Secular Decline to Spiritual Renewal 32:12
  39. Information or Influence? The Cost of Taking Sides (with Tim Buch) 1:08:40
  40. [Bonus Episode] One Big Beautiful Episode: Inside the Midnight Megabill that Divided America 1:01:32
  41. CTRL+ALT+DELETE Your Job? AI Might 1:06:18
  42. [Bonus Episode] U.S. Airstrikes on Iran: Context, Consequences, and Questions 38:59
  43. Unemployment 101: Working to Understand Joblessness 1:03:57
  44. Interactive Options: The Choices that Change the Choice 55:37
  45. The Marriage Premium: Why Men (may) Need to Settle Down 52:38
  46. [Bonus Episode] India and Pakistan: Unpacking the Subcontinent’s Standoff 41:06
  47. Morality and the Law: Right, Wrong, and the Rules We Live By 55:42
  48. The Upside of Unequal: Is Inequality Always Bad? 53:43
  49. Cultivating Generosity: Should We Receive Pleasure When We Give to Others? 1:01:21
  50. [Bonus Episode] Liberation Day: The Tariff Wall Is Here 47:56