ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Words & Numbers is one of the highest-rated economics podcasts in the world. Each episode, Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan dig into economics, political science, and current events to explain what’s actually happening and why it matters.
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weekly
Average audio length:
36 minutes
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English
United States
534 episodes
since Feb. 15, 2017
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~84.18% of listeners are from United States.
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US
84.18%
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CA
6.01%
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SG
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NL
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IN
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HU
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BG
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RS
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IL
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LATEST EPISODE 🔗
James and Ant talk about Ant’s long-ass walk, and what that means about how we think.
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Ant and James go a little further than most in discussing the death penalty as we brace ourselves for the first public execution in the US since 1936.
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01:13 MIT’s Certificate in Piracy
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David Friedman joins us once again to discuss differing legal systems (and Renaissance fairs).
00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
01:14 Furries, Renaissance Fairs, and Pittsburgh Subcultures
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James and guest co-host Tom Krannawitter try to figure out (and explain) what the normative standard of nature is.
00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
01:08 Trump, the Midterms, and the Future of the Republican Party
06:27 Colorado Republicans and the Changing Conservative Movement
09:42 What Do…
James and Tom Krannawitter, who is pinch-hitting for Ant this week, discuss the differences between the Greek and German educational methods, and why we should care.
00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
01:17 Trump’s Triumphal Arch, Snipers, and Government Militarization
05:25 When Police Destro…
Ant and James dissect the constant involvement of government in "emergencies," which seem to happen once a decade. For some reason.
0:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
0:50 The Ig Nobel Prize: Are Rich People More Selfish?
5:13 Rising Oil Prices and the Real Cost of Policy Decisions
7:…
Ant and James reflect on 9/11, both the day and its legacy.
0:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
0:24 Citizens United, Super PACs, and Money in Politics
6:48 Corporate Donations, Trump, and Political Influence
10:50 AI Is Putting an Entire Industry Out of Business
13:56 AI, College Cheating, and …
What's the deal with bonds and interest rates? Find out on Words & Numbers, where we will use both words and numbers to get to the bottom of things.
0:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
0:42 Free Speech and the First Amendment
7:45 Rutgers Dean Caught Recording Students
09:55 Renaming the Gre…
A priest shows up. Antony doesn’t confess, James doesn’t convert, but they all talk about human dignity.
Checkout Fr. James Martin, SJ 's book, 'Work in Progress.'
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062694480
0:00 Introduction and Overview
0:29 The Ultimate Quiet Quitting Story
4:32 Scott Bessent’s $950 …
When government statistics are under question, it gets pretty hard to know what the hell is actually going on.
00:00 Introduction and Episode Preview
00:32 Civil Disobedience, Crime, and Flock Cameras
06:17 License Plate Tracking and the Surveillance State
10:52 Rising Treasury Yields and Federal …
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