On October 3, 2021, Frances Haugen—the so-called Facebook whistleblower—appeared on 60 Minutes to detail her time with the social media giant, as well as the content of the thousands of internal documents that reveal, according to her, the "conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook.” Two days later, she was tes ... Show More
Oct 14
Samuel Gregg Defends The Civilization of Commerce
In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Samuel Gregg, President of the American Institute for Economic Research and an affiliate scholar here at the Acton Institute, about his new book, The Civilization of Commerce: Invisible Hands and the Pursuit of Happiness. The Civilization o ... Show More
52m 8s
Oct 7
Paulo Ghedini on Religion & Liberty in Brazil
In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Paulo Ghedini, founder and president of the Christian Libertarian Institute, about the state of the liberty movement in Brazil and the need for an explicitly Christian case for liberty to be made there. Instituto Libertário Cristão If you’d ... Show More
45m 25s
Sep 30
Dave Hebert on How Pittsburgh Beat Detroit to Economic Renewal
In this episode, Dan speaks with Dave Hebert, Director of Economics & Economic Freedom and Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research and an affiliate scholar here at the Acton Institute, about his white paper "Why Detroit Failed and Pittsburgh Recover ... Show More
44m 22s
May 2021
Sen. Josh Hawley on Big Tech Tyranny, Media Absurdity, and the State of the GOP | Ep. 98
Megyn Kelly is joined by Sen. Josh Hawley, author of the new book "The Tyranny of Big Tech," to talk about the danger of Big Tech, the implications of allowing tech platforms to be sued, media absurdity, why he decided to object to the 2020 election results and whether he has any ... Show More
1h 19m
Jan 2020
Fighting Back Against Big Tech, with Rana Foroohar and Ros Urwin
In this episode we were joined by Rana Foroohar, FT global business columnist and author of Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech, alongside Ros Urwin of the Sunday Times. According to Foroohar, Silicon Valley has lost its soul, and the tech behemoths like Google, Facebook, Ap ... Show More
38m 32s
Jun 2023
Wired for Trouble: Kara Swisher on Big Tech
Today, we explore the perils of social media on kids and the way families are fighting back against big tech. First, how the experience of Candace Wuest and her daughter CeCe show the consequences of social media on kids. Then, journalist Kara Swisher takes us through the long vi ... Show More
32m 53s