The New Liberal Podcast

The Neoliberal Podcast celebrates our 100th episode with the director of the Neoliberal Project and the podcast's original host, Colin Mortimer. We recount the entire history of the Neoliberal Project, from the very earliest days on Reddit and Twitter to the creation of the podcast, meetup groups and more. We also discuss why we think the efforts to create a neoliberal community ended up working, and where the Project goes from here. Thanks for your support over the last 100 episodes, and we can't wait to bring you the next 100! If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and subscribe, and consider supporting us at patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack. Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/realneoliberal/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

Epidemiologist Michael LeVasseur and data scientist Michael Donnelly join the show to discuss the path of coronavirus pandemic. We talk about how various countries have responded to the pandemic and which have been successful, what specific factors make coronavirus a once-in-a-century threat, and which human interventions have the highest impact. We also discuss the essay 'The Hammer and the Dance' as a potential path forward, and talk about how we can eventually recover parts of normal life and how the pandemic eventually ends. To all our listeners, stay safe wherever you are! We're planning to keep producing episodes, recording from home, despite being quarantined in a COVID-19 hotspot. Some will be about the pandemic and coronavirus, and some will be our usual content. Thanks for listening and be well. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and subscribe, and consider supporting us at patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack. Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/realneoliberal/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

Slate's lead business writer Jordan Weissman and behavioral economist Matt Darling join the show to discuss the economic response needed in the face of the expanding coronavirus pandemic. We talk about the potentially unprecedented scale of the challenge, the logic behind just sending everyone #checkscheckschecks, why we should be bailing out small businesses and more. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and subscribe, and consider supporting us at patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack. Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/realneoliberal/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

Patreon exclusive episode, unlocked! We're back with another mailbag episode. Jeremiah answers questions about why we call ourselves neoliberals, unions, nuclear energy, the limits of economic metrics and measurements, kidney donation, and the Neoliberal Project's long term goals. Bonus: we end with some highly outdated mid-February primary takes to laugh at! If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and subscribe, and consider supporting us at patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack. Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/realneoliberal/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

Yale economist Florian Ederer and PPI Director of Technology Policy Alex Stapp join the podcast to discuss antitrust policy. We talk about whether monopoly power is increasing in the United States, how we measure monopoly power and how we judge the harm it does, and whether the tech industry makes sense as a frequent target of antitrust anger. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and subscribe, and consider supporting us at patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack. Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/realneoliberal/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

Ben Ritz, director of the Center for Funding America's Future at PPI, joins the show to talk about deficits, debt and the federal budget. We discuss to what extent budget deficits matter, what types of spending are driving the deficits, and what a smarter budget might look like. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and subscribe, and consider supporting us at patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack. Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/realneoliberal/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters Check out PPI's "Progressive Budget for Equitable Growth" https://www.progressivepolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/PPIBudgetBlueprint.pdf

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat joins the show to discuss his new book, The Decadent Society. We chat about what it means to be a decadent society, to what extent the Western world is successful but stagnant, and whether the West can or should worry about working past this decadent phase. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and subscribe, and consider supporting us at patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack. Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/realneoliberal/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ Join a local meetup group at https://neoliberalproject.org/chapters

This is the second episode of our Liberalism Around the World series, where we examine the state of liberalism in many countries and regions. We're joined by Martí Jiménez and Pau Vila from the Institut Ostrom to talk about liberalism in Catalonia. We talk about what it means to be a liberal in Catalonia, how liberalism and the left-right political spectrum intersect with the question of Catalan autonomy, and what the biggest challenges for liberalism are in Catalonia. Our first episode in the Liberalism Around the World series covered Chile, and is available for Patreon supporters at patreon.com/posts/liberalism-world-33365852. You can find out more about the Institut Ostrom by visiting their website at https://institutostrom.org/en. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and subscribe, and consider supporting us at patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack. Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/realneoliberal/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/ https://neoliberalproject.org/meetups

The Neoliberal Project is beginning a new chapter. In this episode of the Neoliberal Podcast, we discuss this development and more. Learn more: https://neoliberalproject.org/announcements/a-new-chapter If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and subscribe, and consider supporting us at patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack. Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/realneoliberal/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/

Part 2 of a two-episode conversation with Ezra Klein, founder of Vox and host of The Ezra Klein Show, about his book Why We're Polarized. In this second episode, we discuss the implications of increasing polarization on Bernie Sanders' campaign, Ezra's thoughts on the Neoliberal Project and the new neoliberalism, and whether reshaping our institutions or our identities is a better path towards a healthier politics. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and subscribe, and consider supporting us at patreon.com/neoliberalproject. Patrons get access to exclusive bonus episodes, our sticker-of-the-month club, and community Slack. Become a supporter today! Follow us at: https://twitter.com/ne0liberal https://www.instagram.com/realneoliberal/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1930401007051265/