Podcast Recommendations - 25/06/23

My favourite podcasts this week.

The Economics of Everyday Things - #6: T-rex Skeletons

Upset with the private market in recovering the skeletons assumes somebody would be doing it for free or with the public's money otherwise.

The Politics Guys - Bryan Caplan: Voters as Mad Scientists

Given the name, it was appropriate that they mostly talked about Bryan's detestation of politics.

The Fifth Column - Members Only #171: Bobby, Cormax, and Geddy

Robert Kennedy's decent polling results show how starved voters are for a non-insane alternative to the senile, pant-wetting grandad and the arrogant, criminal, bullshitting orange man.

Freakonomics Radio - #547: Satya Nadella's Intelligence is Not Artificial

People like Satya are different, thus why they're successful CEOs of multi-trillion-dollar companies.

Philosophise This! - #181: What if consciousness is an illusion?

Dennett maintains consciousness is an illusion and free will isn't.

Planet Money - Mike the Mover v The Furniture Police

A brilliant exemplification of occupational licensing's harms. "Protecting the consumer" is always and forever bullshit.

The Active Voice - Richard Hanania is seeking "enlightened centrism"

Richard's confessed enjoyment of political drama and concern about material issues make him entertaining to follow.