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Bonus: Heaton Gets Sucked into the Jury Duty Scam
And also the guy who sold the Eiffel Tower
Mar 12 • Andrew Heaton
1:25:18
A.I. and the Future of Scams
Brace yourself for super cons in the LLM era
Mar 11 • Andrew Heaton
1:09:19
Is It War? (The Gameshow)
America's longest, deadliest gameshow
Mar 7 • Andrew Heaton
Tim Pool Accused Me of Treason
An inside look at shouting punditry
Mar 6 • Andrew Heaton
59:20
Me Talking About Freedom in a Wig
My latest from Reason, about America's 250th
Mar 6 • Andrew Heaton
Undeclared Wars
When can the President Bomb Folks without Permission?
Mar 5 • Andrew Heaton
1:00:19

February 2026

Do We Get Tariff Refunds?
James “Big Jim” Thatcher is our resident trade and logistics nerd, and he joins to talk about the practical fallout of the Supreme Court’s tariff…
Feb 27 • Andrew Heaton
34:50
How the Court Neutered Trump
And pruned back the imperial presidency
Feb 25 • Andrew Heaton
38:13
Next Tipple, 8:00 PM ET - Monday March 2
Howdy!
Feb 23 • Andrew Heaton
I Survived A Scottish Hippy Commune, Naked
The Findhorn Ecovillage
Feb 20 • Andrew Heaton
33:48
Grover Norquist at Burning Man (Rebroadcast)
Live from the Thing in the Desert
Feb 19 • Andrew Heaton and Grover Norquist
1:07:21
Sipping Tea at an English Commune
"We are living in utopia... it's just someone else's utopia."
Feb 18 • Andrew Heaton
1:02:09
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