The Human Progress Podcast

Marian Tupy and Douglas Carswell discuss Brexit, Covid protectionism, and the danger of "Woke" ideology. Transcript: https://www.humanprogress.org/douglas-carswell-the-human-progress-podcast-ep-12-transcript/ Critics of Brexit often characterize it as a pessimistic and protectionist movement. Carswell argues the opposite–that Brexit was a move towards free trade, self-determination, and inter...

Renowned author and journalist Michela Wrong outlines the problems facing Africa and the reasons to be hopeful about the continent's future.   Transcript: https://www.humanprogress.org/michela-wrong-the-human-progress-podcast-ep-11-transcript/ A powerful investigation into a grisly political murder and the authoritarian regime behind it: Do Not Disturb upends the narrative that Rwanda sold th...

Rachel Laudan tells the remarkable story of the rise and fall of the world’s great cuisines―from the mastery of grain cooking some twenty thousand years ago, to the present―in this superbly researched book. Book: https://www.amazon.com/Cuisine-Empire-Cooking-History-California/dp/0520286316 Transcript: https://www.humanprogress.org/rachel-laudan-the-human-progress-podcast-ep-10-transcript/ Rachel...

Dr. Alan Levinovitz illuminates the far-reaching harms of believing that natural means “good,” from misinformation about health choices to justifications for sexism, racism, and flawed economic policies. Transcript: https://www.humanprogress.org/alan-levinovitz-the-human-progress-podcast-ep-8-transcript/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Natures-Goodness-Harmful-Science/dp/0807010871 Dr. Levino...

The modern world is wealthier than ever, but does prosperity actually make us better off? Matthew Slaboch joins to discuss the question that has troubled philosophers for centuries. Matthew Slaboch is a Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science at Denison University. Learn more: https://polisci.indiana.edu/documents/profiles/slaboch-cv.pdf Marian L. Tupy is the editor of Human...

What are U.S. college students' attitudes towards free speech? What do they know about human progress? And what do they think about capitalism? Find out in this episode of The Human Progress Podcast with Dr. Clay Routledge. Dr. Clay Routledge is a psychological scientist, writer, consultant, public speaker, and professor. He studies basic psychological needs and how these needs influence and are i...

How did a socialist get elected in Peru, a country that has benefited immensely from market reforms? Why is Latin America as a whole going through such political turmoil? Ian Vásquez joins Marian Tupy to discuss progress and setbacks in Latin America. Ian Vásquez is vice president for international studies at the Cato Institute and director of its Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. His arti...

English historian David Starkey discusses the cultural forces that undermine our progress. In particular, he worries about threats to human freedom and ideologies that deny the existence of objective truth. David Starkey is Honorary Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and the author of many books including Elizabeth'; Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII' and Monarchy: England and Her Rulers...

Political scientist John Mueller discusses how ideas influence everything from human health to war. It could be said that American foreign policy since 1945 has been one long miscue; most international threats - including during the Cold War - have been substantially exaggerated. The result has been agony and bloviation, unnecessary and costly military interventions that have mostly failed. A poli...

"Historically, liberalism is striving to have a society that exhibits neither discrimination nor domination." Peter Boettke defends classical liberalism on The Human Progress Podcast. Book: https://www.amazon.com/Struggle-Better-World-Peter-Boettke/dp/1942951876 In The Struggle for a Better World, Peter J. Boettke explores how the social sciences, and political economy in particular, help us under...

In his new book, Charles Kenny explains why despite all the gloom and doom, the world is getting better for billions. Charles Kenny is a senior fellow and the director of technology and development at the Center for Global Development. His current work focuses on gender and development, the role of technology in development, governance and anticorruption and the post-2015 development agenda. He ha...

Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley explain how resources are becoming more abundant alongside population growth. SImon Project: https://www.humanprogress.org/simonproject/ Gale L. Pooley, PhD is an associate professor of business management at Brigham Young University-Hawaii. Dr. Pooley has taught at Alfaisal University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Brigham Young University-Idaho, Boise State University, and...