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2026-06-11
Artificial Sanders Socialism | Ep. 510 Words & Numbers
Ant and James change things up a bit this week by talking about a great idea from Bernie Sanders.
Read more2026-06-08
The Girlfriend Experience | Ep. 509 Words & Numbers
Polyhymnia Senior Fellow Antony Davies and COO James Harrigan talk about how kids these days seem not to be all that interested in dealing with the opposite sex. It turns out that a significant number of them…mostly boys…seem to have given up on dating entirely, opting instead to have emotional relationships with AI chatbots.
Read more2026-06-05
A Classical Composer Reads Stomping the Blues
Composer Daniel Asia reflects on Albert Murray’s Stomping the Blues, tracing what separates classical composition from jazz improvisation — and what, in the end, brings them together in “the nature of human life.”
Read more2026-06-03
Trade, Trust, and the Prosperity of Strangers
The more complex the world gets, the more we depend on people outside our tribe. That’s not a weakness—it’s how progress works.
Read more2026-06-01
Stripes of Blood, Stars of Liberty
Flag Day is more than a holiday—it’s a reminder that the Stars and Stripes has never stood for a nation alone, but for the ideas that built one: liberty, freedom, and the absence of coercion. As the colors wave, look beyond what is flying.
Read more2026-05-28
Insider Everything | Ep. 508 Words & Numbers
Should insider trading be allowed? It seems like a straightforward question, so how did we end up also talking about sports betting and Polymarket?
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