Episodes
Today’s podcast is titled, “Money.” Recorded in 1992, Daniel Gressel, PhD, Economics, University of Chicago, Milton Friedman, 1976 Nobel laureate in Economics, and Robert Hall, PhD, Economics, Stanford University, discuss money, inflation, and monetary policy. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 11/21/24
Published 11/21/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “A Conversation with Arnaud de Borchgrave.” Recorded in 1987, Arnaud de Borchgrave, Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Times and co-author of the novel, The Spike, discusses the early years of his journalism career as a war and foreign correspondent that took him to the world’s hot spots and shares his observations of the US media.  Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 11/07/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “Evolutionary Economics.” Recorded in 1999, Dr. David B. Audretsch, Director, Ameritech Chair of Economic Development and Director, Institute for Development Strategies, Indiana University, and Professor Ulrich Witt, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems, discuss the development of evolutionary economics as a field of study.  Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 10/24/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “Classical Liberalism.” Recorded in 1995, Dr. James M. Buchanan, Harris University Professor at George Mason University and Dr. Charles K. Rowley, General Director of the Locke Institute and Professor of Economics at George Mason University discuss the question of where classical liberalism stands in a civil society.  Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 10/10/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “Globalization and the Emergence of the Entrepreneurial Economy.” Recorded in 1999, Dr. David B. Audretsch, Ameritech Chair of Economic Development and Director, Institute for Development Strategies, Indiana University, and Dr. A. Roy Thurik, Professor of Industrial Economics at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, discuss the impact of globalization and the emergence of the entrepreneurial economy. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for...
Published 09/26/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “The Economics of Children.” Recorded in 1995, Dr. James M. Buchanan, Harris University Professor at George Mason University and Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University discuss how children develop as economic thinkers and become decision-makers.  Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 09/12/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “A Conversation with Walter Wriston and Peter Huber, Part 2.” Recorded in 2004, Walter B. Wriston, Former Chairman and CEO, Citicorp/Citibank and Peter Huber, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, discuss the impact of the information revolution on sovereignty and power and explore issues related to privacy, security, and democracy in light of technological advancements. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the...
Published 08/29/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “A Conversation with Walter Wriston and Peter Huber, Part I.” Recorded in 2004, Walter B. Wriston, Former Chairman and CEO, Citicorp/Citibank and Peter Huber, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, discuss the impact of information on various aspects of society and how technological advancements have transformed various industries and societies over time. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose...
Published 08/15/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “A Conversation with Walter Wriston and Herbert Pardes.” Recorded in 2004, Walter B. Wriston, Former Chairman and CEO, Citicorp/Citibank and Herbert Pardes, MD, President and CEO, New York Presbyterian Hospital discuss healthcare costs, HMOs, and the impact of technology on medicine. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 08/01/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “Future Global Food Production.” Recorded in 1993, this episode features Dr. Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Founder of the International Wheat and Maize Institute, Dr. Matthew McMahon of The World Bank’s Latin American Division, and Dr. Robert Chandler Jr., Founding Director Emeritus of the International Rice Research Institute discussing the future of global food production. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for...
Published 07/18/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “Political Correctness – American Style.” Recorded in 1995, Dr. James M. Buchanan, 1986 Nobel Prize winner in economics and Professor at George Mason University and Dr. Allen Mandelstamm, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech, discuss current developments on collegiate campuses in America. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 07/04/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “The Method and Practice of Economic Science.” Recorded in 1995, Dr. James M. Buchanan, 1986 Nobel Prize winner in economics and Professor at George Mason University and Dr. Robert D. Tollison, Duncan Black Professor of Economics at George Mason University discuss the question of whether economic methodology really matters. Their conversation also includes a discussion about the empirical validity of economics.  Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get...
Published 06/20/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “The New Future.” Recorded in 2000, Michael R. Rose, Professor of Biological Science, and Gregory Benford, Professor of Physics, at the University of California, Irvine, discuss what they think the future holds. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 06/06/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “Cultural Choices and Music with Tommy Vig.”  In 1993 attorney and Beatles fan Manuel Klausner and Hungarian-born jazz musician Tommy Vig discuss cultural choices and music with Vig contending that most of the music broadcast in America is “junk” and that we are never given the opportunity to become familiar with the great contemporary composers.  Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 05/23/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “A Conversation with Ed Feulner of The Heritage Foundation.” Recorded in 1987, Ed Feulner, as President of The Heritage Foundation, discusses the facts and fictions of government growth and services. He explains why advocates of ideas can’t stop fighting, even when the ideas are accepted. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 05/09/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “Turkey’s New Geo-strategic Role.” Recorded in 1993, RAND members Graham Fuller, Senior Political Scientist, and Ian Lesser of the International Policy Department discuss how the collapse of the Soviet Union offers the opportunity for Turkey to redefine its role as a military presence and to expand its influence on world affairs. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 04/25/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “Conversation with Twins, Ed and Fred Farran.” Recorded in 1987, identical twin brothers, Ed and Fred Farran discuss “twin” feelings and how to make a career in music. They share degrees from the University of Michigan, membership in the university’s Glee Club, and The Arbors–a professional vocal quartet. Ed Farran is also a composer of some of the McDonaldland jingles. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media...
Published 04/11/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “DNA, Protein, and Disease.” Recorded in 1999, Dr. Renato Dulbecco, President Emeritus, Salk Institute, 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, and Dr. Joseph P. Noel, Assistant Professor, Salk Institute, discuss the relationship between DNA, proteins, and disease. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 03/28/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “Dark Matter.” Recorded in 1994, Dr. Marc Davis, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UC Berkeley and Dr. Bernard Sadoulet, Director of the Center for Particle Astrophysics at UC Berkeley, explain how we know what we know about the nature of the universe, discuss theories that had yet to be proved, and predict the emphasis of future research into the science of dark matter. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose...
Published 03/14/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “Parenthood Paradox.” Recorded in 1992, Case Western Reserve University’s professors Roy Baumeister, Ph.D., Psychology, and Jetse Sprey, Ph.D., Sociology, contemplate the paradoxical question of parenthood – if having children reduces happiness and stresses marriages, why do people do it?  Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 02/29/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “Another 40 or 50 Years.” From 1997, winners of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences,  Dr. William F. Sharpe, Chairman, Financial Engines, Inc., and Dr. Harry Markowitz, President, Harry Markowitz Company, contemplate the next 40 or 50 years in modern portfolio management. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 02/15/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “Global Warming.” Recorded in 1997, Professor S. Fred Singer, President, The Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) and Independent Institute Fellow, and Professor Thomas C. Schelling, Economics, University of Maryland, discuss the numerous models, theories, and methods used to try and explain the notion of global warming. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.
Published 01/18/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “The Work of Science Fiction Author Jack Williamson.” Jack Williamson has been publishing science fiction stories and novels since 1928. Over his long career, Williamson has written 52 novels. In this conversation from 1997, biographer and editor, Richard A. Hauptmann leads Williamson through a series of questions that trace the publication history of the author’s novels and short stories.  Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the...
Published 01/04/24
Today’s podcast is titled, “A Conversation with Author and Investor, John Train.” Meet philanthropist and humanitarian, John Train, graduate of Groton School and Harvard University, freelance writer for the New York Times and Washington Post, best-selling author of Money Masters of Our Time and The Midas Touch, and founder of Train, Smith Investment Counsel. Train discusses his life’s experiences and shares his expertise on investing and wealth creation. Recorded in 1987. Listen now, and...
Published 12/21/23