The New Liberal Podcast

Transit expert Alon Levy joins the show to talk about why building public transportation is so difficult and expensive in so many parts of the world. Why does New York lead the world in how expensive their subways are? Why is it difficult for certain countries to learn best practices from other countries? Which countries get it right, and what practices do they use that allow them to build more efficiently? Find Alon's blog at https://pedestrianobservations.com/ Find Alon's recent report "So you want to do an infrastructure project?" with the Niskanen Center - https://www.niskanencenter.org/report-so-you-want-to-do-an-infrastructure-project/ Alon's case study of the Boston Green Line - https://marroninstitute.nyu.edu/papers/the-boston-case-the-story-of-the-green-line-extension To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How did the New Democrats help pass the COVID relief bill, and how do they plan to maintain the Democratic House majority in 2022? Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10), a leader of the New Democrat Coalition, joins the show to discuss the New Dems and more. We discuss whether bipartisanship is still possible in today's Congress, why the GOP is so focused on obscure culture war fights, and how history will remember the Trump years. To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Has the way that Americans think about rights caused our politics to become more polarized and destructive? Columbia Law Professor and Facebook Oversight Board co-chair Jamal Greene joins the podcast to discuss his new book, "How Rights Went Wrong". Should we consider rights to be absolutes? Which rights count as rights, and what happens when one right bumps against another? We discuss how the American conception of rights has changed over time, and how our legal system's absolute view of rights changes our politics. We also discuss Facebook's new Oversight Board (soon to rule on Trump's ban from Facebook), and how they balance competing claims of various rights. "How Rights Went Wrong" releases on March 16th. You can pre-order here - https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/how-rights-went-wrong/9781328518118 Further Reading: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2007/07-290 "A Theory of Constitutional Rights" by Robert Alexy - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-theory-of-constitutional-rights-9780198258216?cc=us&lang=en& "Rights Talk" by Mary Ann Glendon - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Rights-Talk/Mary-Ann-Glendon/9780029118238 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

A Patreon-exclusive episode, now unlocked! Why are so many Americans dying in the opioid crisis? RAND Corporation researcher Bryce Pardo joins the podcast to discuss the history of the opioid crisis and fentanyl. We discuss why fentanyl is so much more dangerous than previous opioids, how the transition from other drugs to fentanyl took place, and what sort of policy can be implemented to slow or stop the crisis. If you're interested in Bryce's work, check out his report The Future of Fentanyl, available to download for free on RAND's site - https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3117.html To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

This week's episode is a joint episode of the Neoliberal Podcast and the PPI Podcast! Guest host Colin Mortimer sits down with Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read to talk about the ways Oregon is using its treasury to help Oregonians. They discuss the ins and outs of what a State Treasurer does, how to use the state's investment power to help citizens, and how behavioral 'nudge' programs can increase retirement savings. Subscribe to the PPI podcast today! You can find it at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/progressive-policy-institute/id1519327729 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

How and why is China imprisoning millions of Uighurs in their western province of Xinjiang? BuzzFeed News journalists Megha Rajagopalan and Alison Killing join the podcast to talk about how their reporting uncovered a vast network of secret internment camps in Xinjiang. We discuss how they found the camps despite coverups from the CCP, what life is like for Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in those camps, and why China continues to commit human rights violations in Xinjiang at a massive scale. Read Megha and Alison's groundbreaking work on BuzzFeed News: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/china-new-internment-camps-xinjiang-uighurs-muslims https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alison_killing/china-ex-prisoners-horrors-xinjiang-camps-uighurs https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/inside-xinjiang-detention-camp https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alison_killing/xinjiang-camps-china-factories-forced-labor To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Why exactly does the US spend so much more on health care than any other rich country? PPI's Arielle Kane joins the podcast to break down all the reasons that the US system costs so much. We discuss how the insurance system leads to layers of bureaucracy, the many ways in which health care markets are subject to market failures, and much more as we unravel the US health care industry. Check out Arielle on the Some Politics Podcast, talking about the state of healthcare in the US and what to expect from the Biden administration - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-22-the-state-of-healthcare/id1529181757?i=1000507701121 To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Patreon-only episode, now public by popular demand! Which of the Child Allowance plans would most help families? Matt Bruenig of the People's Policy Project and Sam Hammond of the Niskanen Center join the show to discuss both Mitt Romney's and the Democrat's child benefit plans. We discuss the benefits of universal plans vs targeted benefits, which programs and tax breaks might be ended to pay for these plans (and whether or not that's appropriate, and why simple, easy to understand programs often succeed where complex programs fail. Read Sam's work - https://www.niskanencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-Conservative-Case-for-a-Child-Allowance.pdf https://www.niskanencenter.org/factsheet-senator-romneys-family-security-act/ Read Matt's work - https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2021/02/04/romneys-child-allowance-improves-on-biden-proposal/ https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2021/01/14/now-is-the-time-for-an-american-child-benefit/ To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

What exactly do modern neoliberals believe? Colin Mortimer, director of the Center for New Liberalism, joins the podcast to discuss his recent Substack article titled "What Neoliberals Believe". We discuss the core values in neoliberalism, institutions, the social welfare state, markets, immigration, trade, climate change, housing, and much more. To read Colin's piece, head to: https://exponents.substack.com/p/what-neoliberals-believe To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join

Why was the COVID vaccine rollout so slow to begin with? What's being done to speed it up? Vox senior correspondent German Lopez joins the podcast to talk about what's going on with vaccine distribution in the United States. Did the Trump administration even have a plan? Is the Biden administration's target ambitious enough? What strategies are the fastest rollouts using to vaccinate people quickly? To make sure you hear every episode, join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and our insider community Slack. Become a supporter today! Got questions for the Neoliberal Podcast? Send them to mailbag@neoliberalproject.org Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local chapter at https://neoliberalproject.org/join