The Political Orphanage

Andrew Heaton

Politics minus bile plus jokes. Comedian and avowed independent Andrew Heaton interviews authors and thought leaders about policy and big thinky stuff.

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The Political Orphanage

Episodes

A.I. and the Future of Scams

Undeclared Wars

How the Court Neutered Trump

Grover Norquist at Burning Man (Rebroadcast)

Governing through Blockchain: Techno-Communes (Preview)

How to Build a Commune: Samwise Rodriguez

Jeff Flake Alone on an Island with a Knife

The Map That Explains Everything About America: Colin Woodard

America is Eleven Different Countries (Rebroadcast)

I Time Traveled to Talk to Medieval Yokels about Economics

MLK and Color Blindness

The Friendship Recession and Cocktail Parties

I Explain Venezuela Using Lottery Tickets

Is Everyone Disabled Now? (WSPN)

Heaton and Monkey: Yuletide Spysolvers

Jason Pargin on Internet Addiction and Algorithmic Horror

The Secret Map of Supreme Court Justices

Freddie deBoer: What It's Like to Have a Mental Breakdown

Squanto the Power Broker

Cash for Kidneys

"The Walking Dead" and Pagan Values

SHUTDOWN: The Musical

How to Start Your Own Country: No Man's Land

America's Two Angry Dads: Jefferson and Hamilton

The Ethics of Performing for Dictators

(Sneak Peak) From Branding to the Electric Chair

How Texas Blocked Pornhub

The Fight Over Gay Characters in Public Schools

Rogue Judges and Birthright Citizenship

The Economics of Illegal Immigration

The New Mao

America is Eleven Different Countries

Working with Commies and Frenchmen

The Politics of Artificial Intelligence

The Two Kinds of Independents

Knocking Trump Off the Ballot

Iowa, Ancient Greece, and Rome

Announcement: Live Show in New Hampshire! Saturday, January 20th

Moon Base Economics

The Cancelling of the American Mind

David Brooks Wants To Know You Better

A Very Snuffy's Rerun

A Rugged Snuffy's Christmas

Dead People Control Your House: Deed Restrictions

Life After Home Internet

Revolt of the Jury: Jury Nullification

Rerun: Your Life Is Way Better Than King Louis XVI's

How Nuclear Deterrence Works

Cenk Uygur And Polemicism

"Trickle Down Economics"

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