The Political Orphanage

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Orphan Book Club: Jason Pargin
I'm Starting To Worry About this Black Box of Doom
Jan 26 • Andrew Heaton
What Mamdani Gets Wrong About Libertarians
And what Libertarians get wrong about Leftists
Jan 21 • Andrew Heaton
34:35
Bonus: Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre (Rebroadcast)
Hannibal Johnson on Greenwood
Jan 20 • Andrew Heaton
52:37
MLK and Color Blindness
I talk with the world's foremost Martin Luther King, JR. historian
Jan 19 • Andrew Heaton
48:06
Goodbye, Scott Adams
The jokes and advice of the Dilbert humorist and eventual pundit
Jan 16 • Andrew Heaton
56:11
Me in "Golden Girls" from today's Music
I apologize for nothing!
Jan 14 • Andrew Heaton
The Friendship Recession and Cocktail Parties
How to host a party if you have Asperger's
Jan 14 • Andrew Heaton
1:15:40
Make a Better Calendar
Let's have a tiny month between Christmas and New Year
Jan 11 • Andrew Heaton
59:25
I Explain Venezuela Using Lottery Tickets
And how it became an economic basket case
Jan 9 • Andrew Heaton
1:00:52

December 2025

Is Everyone Disabled Now? (WSPN)
Top Schools Now Have More Student Accommodation Than Ever
Dec 31, 2025 • Andrew Heaton and Andrea Jones-Rooy
1:07:10
Christmas Orphan Zoom
Come say hi
Dec 25, 2025 • Andrew Heaton
Heaton and Monkey: Yuletide Spysolvers
Our Annual Christmas Comedy Special
Dec 23, 2025 • Andrew Heaton
59:45
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