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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. The Libertarian Podcast: The Sony Controversy

 

On this week’s installment of The Libertarian Podcast, Professor Epstein discusses the legal issues surrounding the Sony hacking and the subsequent dissemination of the purloined materials in the press. What does Supreme Court precedent have to say about the distribution of such information? (Spoiler alert: Richard thinks the Court got it wrong). Is there a coherent standard of “newsworthiness” that constrains such publications? The professor answers those questions and, in a Libertarian first, engages in a duel of wits with Aaron Sorkin. Listen in below:

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So it’s a been one month since I’ve been a member – thank you, thank you. – and I am big podcast fan and have been listening to Uncommon Knowledge for a long time and now that I have access to Ricochet’s library of podcasts I need a bit of info from someone who’s a […]

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. The Strategika Podcast: Understanding Chinese-Japanese Tensions

 

In the new series of Strategika podcasts, we’re looking at the tensions between China and Japan and what the implications are for the United States and the future security situation in East Asia. In this first installment, I talk to Miles Maochun Yu, professor of East Asia and military and naval history at the United States Naval Academy. Miles explains the historical backdrop for tensions between the two countries, how China’s modern grievances may be a smokescreen for something slightly more nefarious, and what the U.S. needs to do to manage the situation. Listen in below:

Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Rob Long and James Lileks Discuss “The Seven Deadly Virtues”

 

On a recent episode of the American Enterprise Institute’s Banter podcast, hosts Stu James and Janine Nichols sat down with our own Rob Long and James Lileks to discuss their contributions to the new book, The Seven Deadly Virtues: 18 Conservative Writers on Why the Virtuous Life is Funny as Hell.

Take a listen here and let us know what you think in the comments.

Contributor Post Created with Sketch. The Libertarian Podcast: Voting Rights and the Midterms

 

On this week’s installment of the Libertarian podcast from the Hoover Institution, I talked to Professor Epstein about the always-contentious issue of voting rights, a topic back in the news since the Supreme Court allowed Texas to go forward with its new voter identification laws. We discuss the ongoing fight over voting rights, President Obama’s criticisms of how the Supreme Court has handled the issue, and what it might all mean for this year’s midterm elections. Listen in below:

Contributor Post Created with Sketch. From a Friend with High Standards

 

When he downloaded the podcast that Rob, James and I recorded yesterday, a friend (in Manhattan, of all places) dropped me this line about last week:

I admit it. I missed the Ricochet podcast dearly while it was on hiatus.

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I’m usually not one to do this, but my business – small theatre arts organization (www.SanPedroRep.org) is in the running for a $100,000 grant. Preview Open

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. The Libertarian Podcast: The Implications of the Halbig Case

 

On this week’s installment of The Libertarian Podcast from the Hoover Institution, Professor Epstein guides us through the implications of the Halbig case regarding Obamacare subsides. Is the president’s signature piece of legislation headed for defeat at the Supreme Court? And is this the right way to do undo the law. Richard delivers his tour de force analysis below:

 

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How does one pronounce “coupon”? Is it “QUEUE-pawn” or “COO-puhn”? Preview Open

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Steve Belanger Interviews Rob Long on the Sitcom Biz

 

On his weekly podcast, Steve Belanger interviews two greats of television sitcoms, Henry Winkler and Ricochet’s own Rob Long:

Everyone knows Henry from his iconic role as the Fonz on ten years of Happy Days, but he’s also had a prolific career as a producer and children’s book author. They talk about Henry’s early days in Hollywood, his thoughts on parenting and the busy schedule he still keeps as one of TV’s most popular guest stars on shows like Children’s Hospital, Royal Pains and Parks & Recreation.

Contributor Post Created with Sketch. The Libertarian Podcast: Cell Phones, Privacy, and the Fourth Amendment

 

On this week’s installment of The Libertarian podcast for the Hoover Institution, Richard leads us through a conversation about the two cases heard by the Supreme Court yesterday on whether police can search a cell phone without a warrant in the course of an arrest. Just how far should the Fourth Amendment’s protections extend? What’s the right balance between law enforcement’s interest in providing security and the individual right to privacy? Professor Epstein is characteristically insightful in answering these and other questions.

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Strategika Podcast: Admiral Gary Roughead (Ret.) on Managing China’s Rise

 

Roughead current hi-resOne of my favorite guests for Hoover Institution podcasts is retired Admiral Gary Roughead, former Chief of Naval Operations, who always brings unparalleled insight and acumen to discussions of foreign affairs.

In this episode of Strategika, we talk about how America can manage China’s rise. Is the Obama Administration’s “pivot” to Asia worth the candle? What are the factors that will determine whether China is relatively benign or explicitly hostile in its relations with the wider world? Does the crisis in Ukraine bode ill for the future of Taiwan? These and other topics occupy our time together.

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Strategika Podcast: Colonel Joseph Felter (Ret.) on a “Good Enough” Outcome in Afghanistan

 

joseph_felterOne of the pleasures of doing the Strategika podcast for the Hoover Institution is getting to talk not only to some of the world’s foremost military historians and strategic thinkers, but also to men and women who’ve served in the field of conflict. My guest on this episode, retired Colonel Joseph Felter, worked with both General Stanley McChrystal and General David Petraeus in Afghanistan, and now serves as a research fellow at Hoover and a senior research scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford.

In this conversation, Colonel Felter gives us a sense of what constitutes a “good enough” outcome in Afghanistan once American troops leave, talks about how the departure of Western money from the country will compound the issues arising from the departure of Western troops, and provides some insights about Afghanistan that aren’t available to civilians who’ve only consumed the war through media coverage.

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Strategika Podcast: Edward Luttwak on the Lessons of Chinese History

 

Luttwak-EdwardIn a new installment of the Strategika podcast for the Hoover Institution, I talk with Edward Luttwak, Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, about how China’s history should influence how we think about the country today.

Will China’s rise inevitably be as an antagonistic power? What can the United States do to counter an emboldened Beijing? Has China tipped its hand too early about its regional ambitions? Professor Luttwak answers all those questions and more in this wide-ranging conversation.

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. The Libertarian Podcast: The Supreme Court and Campaign Finance — Troy Senik

 

In this week’s installment of the Libertarian podcast from the Hoover Institution, Richard discusses the Supreme Court’s decision last week in McCutcheon v. FEC; what level of campaign finance restrictions — if any — the government should impose; and why the recent Brendan Eich controversy should lead us to rethink transparency requirements for political donors.

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Strategika Podcast: Max Boot on America’s Future in Afghanistan

 

In a new installment of the Hoover Institution’s Strategika Podcast, I talked to the Council on Foreign Relations’ Max Boot about the prospects for Afghanistan once the vast majority of American troops leave later this year.

Is the country’s reputation as the “graveyard of empires” deserved? Was it inevitable that Hamid Karzai would succumb to corruption? How does Max judge the Obama Administration’s efforts in the country? And is there a chance that Afghanistan could reach an equilibrium tolerable to the United States after the departure of our troops? Those are some of the issues we discuss here.

Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Podcast: Implementing a Coherent Foreign Policy, with (Ret.) Admiral Gary Roughead

 

How are America’s military leaders constrained by the political process and institutional factors? It’s a question we don’t ask very often, but one that’s key to understanding how American foreign policy actually gets implemented.

In a recent conversation for the Hoover Institution, I talked to retired Admiral Gary Roughead — the 29th Chief of Naval Operations and one of only two officers in the Navy’s history to have commanded both the Atlantic and the Pacific fleets — about precisely this set of issues. What he had to say was fascinating. Have a listen:

Contributor Post Created with Sketch. The Libertarian Podcast: Hobby Lobby, ObamaCare, and Religious Liberty

 

On this week’s installment of The Libertarian Podcast, I lead Professor Epstein through a discussion of the challenges to Obamacare’s contraception mandate currently before the Supreme Court. Is the right to religious liberty different (or non-existent) for corporations as opposed to individuals? Would allowing non-participation in the mandate create a slippery slope towards opt-out government? Is the Obama Administration’s case actually weakened by the fact that it’s already granted exemptions to explicitly religious organizations? Those are just a few of the questions Richard answers in this week’s episode