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The Free To Choose Media Podcast takes some of the greatest thinkers of the 20th Century and brings them right to your streaming device. Hear the ideas of Milton Friedman, along with several other Nobel Laureates, as they conduct speeches and hold conversations about the very freedoms we are still fighting for today. Come back each week to see why these truly are not just ideas for our time, but ideas for all time.
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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 …
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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 evolut…
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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. List…
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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 …
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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 …
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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 priv…
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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 tran…
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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 subscr…
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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 Internationa…
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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 subs…
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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 matter…
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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.…
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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…
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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 s…
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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 …
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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 als…
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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 upd…
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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 emphas…
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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 s…
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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 …
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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 …
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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 tr…
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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 Investmen…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Why Are Science Fiction Movies So Bad?” In this conversation from the year 2000, movie and television producer, David Goodman, and Gregory Benford, Professor of Physics at the University of California, Irvine, discuss why science fiction movies are so bad. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each wee…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Contributions of Chemistry.” Professor George Olah, 1994 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, and Mr. Donald Alstadt, Chairman Emeritus of the Lord Corporation, discuss the contributions of chemistry. Recorded in 1999. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Physics at 2000: The Characteristics of Time.” Dr. Tomio Petrosky, Senior Research Scientist at the Prigogine Center for Statistical Mechanics, Dr. Dean Driebe, Research Associate at the Prigogine Center, and Dr. Ilya Prigogine, Director of the Prigogine Center and 1977 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, discuss physics an…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Ethnic Questions Among Post-USSR Emerging Republics.” From 1991, Vladimir Socor, political analyst with the Jamestown Foundation, Dzintra Bungs, Senior Research Fellow, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, and Bohdan Nahaylo, writer with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, discuss the question of relations among the …
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Origins of The International Rice Research Institute.” Dr. Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, and Dr. Robert Chandler, Founding Director Emeritus of the International Rice Research Institute, discuss the origins of the International Rice Research Institute and describe how the impetus for the Institute began …
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Today’s podcast is titled, “The Synthetic Interview: Tool for Advanced Learning.” Professor Don Marinelli, Co-Director of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University, and Dr. Scott Stevens, Senior Systems Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University, discuss a software tool in 1998 which allows authors to take written dialogue and …
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Dilemma of Forgiveness.” Julie Juola-Exline, Ph.D, Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, and Roy Baumeister, Ph.D, Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, attempt to define forgiveness and discuss the drawbacks and benefits of forgiving. Recorded in 1998. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updat…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Science Fiction in the Classroom.” Frederik Pohl, science fiction writer, and Elizabeth Anne Hull, Professor of English at W.R. Harper College, discuss the joys and difficulties of teaching science fiction. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Issues in Economics, Politics, and The Sciences.” Professor Sam Peltzman, Director of the George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and Professor Stephen M. Stigler, Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago Stat…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Vitamins and Medicine.” Richard A. Kunin, Past President of the Orthomolecular Medical Society and Gladys Block, Professor of Public Health, Nutrition, and Epidemiology at UC Berkeley, join Linus Pauling, 1954 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, in this exploration of the role of vitamins in the prevention of disease. Listen no…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Economic Theory and Fluctuations in Output and Inflation.” Dr. Kenneth J. Arrow, Professor of Economics Emeritus at Stanford University and 1972 Nobel Prize Winner in Economic Science and Professor John B. Taylor, Senior Fellow and Professor of Economics at the Hoover Institute, Stanford University, discuss economic theo…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Neurobiology.” Dr. Ron McKay, Chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke and Dr. Marshall Nirenberg, 1968 Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology/Medicine, discuss the medical science of neurobiology. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for …
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Robotics.” Chuck Thorpe, Principal Research Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University and Dr. Takeo Kanade, Director of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, discuss the economics of robotics, advances in technology, and roadblocks to innovation. They also expand on the many educational and entertainment pu…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Reflections on Sociology and Social Change.” Dr. Alex Inkeles, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and Dr. Robert Hessen, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, reflect on sociology and social change in the modern world. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Po…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “The Soviet Collapse.” Richard Pipes, Professor of History at Harvard University and Adam Ulam, Director of the Russian Research Center and Gurney Professor of History and Political Science at Harvard University, discuss the events and conditions which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Listen now, and don’t forget …
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Why is there Evil?” Ulysses Torassa, Journalist for the San Francisco Examiner and Dr. Roy F. Baumeister, Professor of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, discuss the origins of evil and why it exists. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Teaching Economics from a Historical Perspective.” Professor Hanna H. Gray, President Emerita, University of Chicago and Professor Robert W. Fogel, Director, Center for Population Economics, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and 1993 Nobel Prize winner in Economics, discuss teaching economics from a hist…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Is There a Distinct American Culture?” Herb London, John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at New York University and John O’Sullivan, Editor for The National Review, discuss how to determine if there is a distinct American culture.Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Me…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Africa’s Agriculture Crisis.” Dr. Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Founder of the International Wheat and Maize Institute, Dr. Robert Chandler Jr., Founding Director Emeritus of the International Rice Research Institute, and Dr. Nyle Brady, International Development Consultant for the World Bank and Unit…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “New Statistics – Without Tears.” Peter C. Bruce, Director of the Resampling Project at the University of Maryland and Julian L. Simon, Professor of Business Administration at the University of Maryland present the history and ramifications of the new statistics of resampling. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to …
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Today’s podcast is titled, “The Causes and Prevention of Cancer.” Dr. Lois Swirsky Gold, Director of the Carcinogenic Potency Project, University of California – Berkeley and Professor Bruce Ames, Director of the Environmental Health Sciences Center, University of California – Berkeley discuss the causes and prevention of cancer. Listen now, and do…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Issues in Economics: Then & Now.” 1981 Nobelist (Economics) James Tobin, Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale University and William C. Brainard, Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics of the Cowles Foundation, discuss historical and current issues in economics. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Polymorphism and Human Disease.” Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg, Fox Chase Cancer Center, winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine, and Prof. H. Sharat Chandra, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, discuss polymorphism and human disease. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week fo…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Crime, Law and Order, and Legislative Solutions.” Dr. Alex Inkeles, Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Dr. Joseph McNamara, Research Fellow, also at the Hoover Institution, discuss crime, law and order, and legislative solutions. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Evolution and Aging.” Dr. Christian de Duve, Belgian Physician and Biochemist and 1974 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine and Dr. Harry Moody, Executive Director of the Brookdale Center on Aging discuss the evolution of the human body and how it progresses through time. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Cultural and Personal Meanings of the Holidays.” Atwood Gaines, Professor of Anthropology, Don Freedheim, Professor of Psychology, Roy Baumeister, Professor of the Liberal Arts, and Jetse Sprey, Professor of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University discuss the cultural and personal meaning of the holidays. Listen now, …
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Keynesian Economics.” Keynesian Economics w/ Prof. James Tobin, Sterling Professor Emeritus-Economics, Yale University and the winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Economics and Robert Shiller, Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics, Yale University. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for th…
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