Archive - The Political Orphanage

Conspiracy Theories That Actually Happened

And the personalities that reflexively attract or oppose them

Jul 19 •

47:10

China Hates These Two People

Getting Banned and Expelled by the CCP

Jul 17 •

1:37:31

The Two Times We Invaded Canada

And how Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Newfoundland almost became U.S. States

Jul 10 •

31:43

I Have Decided to Invade Substack

Jul 9 •

Why Trump Wants Greenland

The Would-Be Arctic State

Jul 7 •

53:41

Why It’s Hard to Make New States

Jefferson, Lincoln and the Electoral Nuclear Option

Jul 3 •

1:35:42

Populist Hillbillies vs. Fake Lordlings

The Almost-States of Franklin, Nickajack, and Transylvania

Jul 3 •

1:09:55

June 2025

Bonus: Second Thoughts on Ranked Choice Voting

Jun 28 •

28:17

Government Grocery Stores and Free Bussing! (WSPN)

This week New York City Democrats held their primary for mayor, and nominated Zohran Kwame Mamdani.

Jun 27 •

1:26:14

Bonus: Texas Is Beating New York at Housing

Christian Britschgi is a housing reporter at Reason Magazine, and writes the Rent Free newsletter on housing policy.

Jun 25 •

43:31

Bonus: The "Sponsor Your Own Immigrant" Plan

Justin Robert Young of the Politics Politics Politics podcast pitches Heaton on a novel immigration plan:

Jun 20 •

50:55

Churchill, Non-Proliferation, and Iranian Nuclear Ambitions

Iran is accused by Israel of pursuing a nuclear weapons program, and President Trump is weighing US military intervention.

Jun 19 •

1:13:50

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