# Joseph Heath

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Joseph Heath on the Psychology Behind Modern Populism

Joseph Heath is a political philosophy professor at the University of Toronto and the writer behind the Substack "In Due Course." He is known for his commentary on critical theory, the nature of capitalism, and how our psychological tendencies influence our political beliefs. In this episode, I go…

The best — and worst — ideas of the last six decades

Sometimes the universe hands us a gift. Over the past year, our podcast listeners spent a total of 526,915 hours listening to our program. That's 21,954.8 days and that translates to 60 years of listening to us. So what better way to mark IDEAS' 60th year then to look back on the highlights and low…

Blaise Brosnan on the Divisions Within the MAGA Right

Blaise Brosnan is a good friend of mine, and I've had many conversations with him over the years about the divisions within the MAGA movement. He currently studies as a PhD candidate at UCLA, and I brought him onto my podcast to better understand the civil war that's happening within the Republican…

Time To Start Panicking About AI?

In this episode, Henry and I finally do something we probably should have done in the first episode: introduce ourselves. We talk about our backgrounds in philosophy, how we became interested in psychology and cognitive science, and what drew us to thinking about AI. From there, we dig into the cur…

First Day with Terri Stacy - May 31, 2026: Welcoming June, 34 Days Away from America 250, & More!

The beginning of June is upon us! Thanks for closing out the Month of May with us, and with: Heath Abert, a direct descendant of Joseph Heath, who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, & State Regent of the Jonathan Jennings Chapter of the Daugh…

Jack Whitcomb on the Truth About America's Minimum Wage

The US's federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. Is that actually enough for someone to afford basic necessities like food and shelter? Or is it a wage that'd lead to starvation, and would be practically impossible for someone to live off of? Jack Whitcomb is the writer behind the Substack "Jackono…

Gary Winslett on the True State of America's Economy

Gary Winslett is a political science professor at Middlebury College and the writer behind the Substack "The Neoliberal Papers." He is a center-left Democrat who strongly supports free trade, the free market, housing deregulation, and more. In this episode, I got a chance to speak with him about t…

Episode 133: What's the Environmental Cost of AI? (with Andy Masley)

Andy Masley joins Yoel and Mickey to talk about a claim that's made him (in)famous: using AI chatbots doesn't meaningfully affect your carbon footprint or water usage. We discuss what data centers actually do with water, why "ten times a Google search" is not a useful metric, and why people really …

Episode 133: What's the Environmental Cost of AI? (with Andy Masley)

Andy Masley joins Yoel and Mickey to talk about a claim that's made him (in)famous: using AI chatbots doesn't meaningfully affect your carbon footprint or water usage. We discuss what data centers actually do with water, why "ten times a Google search" is not a useful metric, and why people really …