The Political Orphanage

Andrew Heaton
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Feb 24, 2022 • 20min

Time Travel Bureaucracy / New Audio Book

My new book "Inappropriately Human: 21 Short Stories" is now available as an audio book! You can listen to it via Audible.com. To pique your interest, here is a funny story from it: "RE: Your Timeline Infractions." Download your copy on Amazon.com, or mightyheaton.com/books
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Feb 23, 2022 • 49min

Why Revolutions Ignite or Flop

Why do some activist movements change the world, when others make a big bang and then fizzle out? Gal Beckerman is the author of "The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas." You can find a copy at mightyheaton.com/featured
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Feb 17, 2022 • 54min

PJ O'Rourke Once Got Me Laid

My hero just died. In this special episode, I talk about the beloved political satirist P. J. O'Rourke, and his impact on me personally. Then play a rerun of his final interview on this program, wherein we discuss his book "A Cry From the Far Middle."
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Feb 16, 2022 • 52min

Joe Rogan and the Authoritarians

Charles Cooke of National Review joins the show to discuss embattled podcast host Joe Rogan as the flashpoint between authoritarianism and free speech. And to elaborate on the difference between state censorship, and a culture of open expression against that of self-censorship.
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Feb 9, 2022 • 1h 23min

Joe Biden's Identity Politics

Joe Biden has pledged to nominate a black woman to the forthcoming Supreme Court vacancy--should race and gender factor in at all? In politics, does ideology or identity weigh more heavily? Jeremiah Johnson and Andrea Jones-Rooy joins to discuss. Against Malaria Foundation https://www.againstmalaria.com/orphans Nita Fashions https://www.nitafashions.com/
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Feb 1, 2022 • 1h 26min

Adventures in Psychedelic Drugs

What are the therapeutic benefits to psychedelics, like psilocybin mushrooms or LSD? What are their potential downsides? In this episode we talk to Sarah Rose Siskind of "Drug Test" comedy show, as well as Aella @Aella_Girl, who spent a year doing a colossal amount of LSD. Prior Drug War episode with Jeff Miron: "So What Would Happen if We Legalized Heroin"? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/so-what-would-happen-if-we-legalized-heroin/id1439837349?i=1000479373766 Join the Orphanage! www.patreon.com/andrewheaton
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Jan 26, 2022 • 1h 12min

The Best Tiny House Village in America

Alan Graham is the Founder of Community First Village, an innovative community that houses the homeless and integrates them into a vibrant community. It's a model that takes care of both the material and emotional needs of the downtrodden, and one which is replicable throughout the country. Community First: https://mlf.org/community-first/
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Jan 20, 2022 • 1h 24min

Homelessness, and Our Stupid Solutions

What are the dumb ways we try but fail to solve homelessness, or even make it worse? In this episode we cover: * Economics * Housing Policy * Elizabethan History * Mental Health * Really stupid zoning laws In hopes of coming up with better solutions to the current homeless situation in the United States. JOIN THE ORPHANAGE AND SUPPORT THE SHOW! Go to www.patreon.com/andrewheaton
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Jan 13, 2022 • 1h 4min

WSPN: Omicron, Afghanistan, and Antiwork

The World's Smartest Podcast Network returns for a roundtable discussion about: * What the hell is happening with Covid now? * What the hell are we supposed to do about Afghanistan? * Reddit's infamous r/AntiWork * Elizabeth Holmes vs Ghislaine Maxwell
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Jan 10, 2022 • 33min

If Aliens Landed Tomorrow

I've got a new book! "Inappropriately Human: 21 Short Stories." An anthology of funny and/or scifi pieces from yours truly. Available at www.mightyheaton.com/books or on Amazon, or by shoplifting. To kick things off, I'm reading one of the stories therein: The Grammy for Best Alien Performance." Enjoy!

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