Episodes

Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Sigal Ben-Porath — How Can Speech Be Protected on Campus?
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Alex Aragona speaks with Sigal Ben-Porath as she details her perspective on campus free speech issues.
References
1. “Free Speech on Campus” by Sigal Ben-Porath
Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Free-Speech-Campus-Sigal-Ben-Porath/dp/0812250079

Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Chris Freiman — Do People Have the Right to Immigrate?
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Alex Aragona speaks with Chris Freiman as he shares his thoughts on whether people have the right to immigrate.
References
1. Christopher Freiman’s Articles, Bleeding Heart Libertarianism
Link: https://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/author/christopher-freiman/
2. “A Defense of Open Borders” by Christopher Freiman
Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-93907-0_13
3. “Liberalism or Immigration Restriction, But Not Both” by Chris Freiman and Javier Hidalgo

Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Jessica Flanigan — Should We Legalize All Drugs?
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Alex Aragona speaks with Jessica Flanigan as she explores whether all drugs should be legalized.
References
1. “Pharmaceutical Freedom: Why Patients Have a Right to Self Medicate” by Jessica Flanigan
Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Pharmaceutical-Freedom-Patients-Right-Medicate/dp/0190684542

Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Alex Aragona speaks with Hongkonger Andrew Work. Relying on his first-hand experience with the Hong Kong extradition law protests, he explores whether recent political tensions have pushed Hong Kong toward a more liberal environment.
References
1. Lion Rock Institute
Link: https://www.lionrockinstitute.org/en/
2. “What was Hong Kong’s ‘Occupy’ movement all about? By Reuters
Link: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/what-was-hong-kongs-occupy-movement-all-about-idUSKCN1S005M/
3. “Government Structure” by GovHK
Link: https://www.gov.hk/en/about/govdirectory/govstructure.htm
4. “Carrie Lam” by Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carrie-Lam
5. “Hong Kong-China Extradition Plans Explained” by Jeff Li

Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Eric Mack — Why Not Socialism?
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Alex Aragona asks Eric Mack to explore his views on what socialism is and if it's the answer to the problems proponents say it can solve.
References
1. “John Locke” by Eric Mack
Link: https://www.amazon.ca/John-Locke-Eric-Mack/dp/0826429815
2. “Libertarianism” by Eric Mack
Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Libertarianism-Eric-Mack/dp/1509519297
3. “The Essential John Locke (Essential Scholars)” by Eric Mack
Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Essential-John-Locke-Scholars-ebook/dp/B0861HV225
4. “The Road to Serfdom: Texts and Documents – The Definitive Edition” by F.A. Hayek and Bruce Caldwell
Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Road-Serfdom-Documents-Definitive-Collected/dp/0226320553
5. “Democratic Socialists of America”
Link: https://www.dsausa.org/
6. “Ludwig Von Mises: Early Life, Economic Views, Theories” by Investopedia
7. “Why Not Socialism” by G.A. Cohen
Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Why-Not-Socialism-G-Cohen/dp/0691143617

Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Paul Robinson — Does Military Intervention Work?
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Alex Aragona chats with Paul Robinson as he offers his thoughts on whether or not military intervention works (and explores what is meant by "works").
References
1. IRRUSIANALITY

Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Pierre Desrochers & Joanna Szurmak — Is Overpopulation Hurting the Planet?
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Alex Aragona chats with Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak as they explore whether or not an increasing population necessarily harms the planet.
References from Episode 5 with Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak:
- You can purchase Pierre Desrochers and Joanna Szurmak’s book Population Bombed!: Exploding the Link Between Overpopulation and Climate Change on Amazon Canada at this link.
- You can read Thomas Malthus’ book An Essay on the Principle of Population here.
- You can read Garrett Hardin’s article Lifeboat Ethics here.
- You can read Matt Ridley’s article How Technology Evolves here.
- You can purchase the book Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund on Amazon Canada at this link.

Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
James Harrigan — Can We Have Principled Politicians?
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
Alex Aragona asks James Harrigan to explore his thoughts on whether or not we can have principled politicians that represent us.
References from Episode 4 with James Harrigan:
- You can read more about James Madison’s thoughts on the importance of checks and balances, which James Harrigan refers to during the podcast, at this link.
- You can read The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison for free on the online Library of Congress here.
- Herbert Croly’s book The Promise of American Life that James mentioned on the podcast can be purchased on Amazon Canada here.
- You can read more about Modern Monetary Theory here.

Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Jacob Levy — Does a Liberal Society Need to be Democratic?
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Alex Aragona and Jacob Levy explore Jacob's belief on whether or not a liberal society requires democratic institutions.
References from Episode 3 with Jacob T. Levy:

Wednesday Aug 14, 2019
Peter Jaworski — Should Markets Have Limits?
Wednesday Aug 14, 2019
Wednesday Aug 14, 2019
Alex Aragona and Peter Jaworski explore Peter's perspective on what the limits of markets should be. The conversation also explores the ethics surrounding paid blood and plasma donations.
References from Episode 2 with Peter Jaworski:

Sunday Jul 28, 2019
Nigel Ashford — What is Classical Liberalism?
Sunday Jul 28, 2019
Sunday Jul 28, 2019
Alex Aragona and Nigel Ashford explore what Nigel considers to be the basic tenets of classical liberalism.
References from Episode 1 with Nigel Ashford:
- More on the Masterpiece Cakeshop case at https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-111_j4el.pdf
- Read up on the Doing Business Index rankings at https://www.doingbusiness.org/en/rankingshere
- Read On Liberty by John Stuart Mill at https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/mill/liberty.pdf