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In this Kosmos Online podcast, I'm joined by Dr. David Skarbek, a Searle visiting assistant professor in political science at Duke University. Dr. Skarbek has done extensive research in prison gangs, and joins us to talk about how prison gangs provide "governance in the absence of government", how prison gangs incorporate written constitutions, and what his research means for the ideas of liberty.

In this Kosmos Online podcast, I have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Steve Horwitz and Dr. Art Carden about writing for the media as academics. Dr. Carden is a professor of economics at Rhodes College and a contributor at Forbes, and Dr. Horwitz is the Charles A. Dana Professor and Chair of Economics at St. Lawrence University and contributor at The Freeman. Dr. Carden and Horwitz discuss writing op-eds, how to get involved with the media, how it mixes with their research, what kind of a time commitment writing can be, and how writing for the media has made them better academic writers.

In this Kosmos podcast, our guest host, Dr. James Harrigan, speaks with Dr. Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, co-director of the joint UNC-Duke Philosophy, Politics and Economics program. Dr. Sayre-McCord shares how the program got started, what some of the challenges were, shares some successes, and gives general advice on starting a joint program at your university.

In this Kosmos podcast, Dan D'Amico, Phil Magness and Adam Martin recap the Southern Economic Association's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The three scholars discuss the most interesting panels, The Menger Essay Contest winners, the increased attendance at the IHS reception and the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics' dinner, and some general conference advice.

In this Kosmos podcast, Dr. Kevin Grier of the University of Oklahoma shares his classroom assignment where he had students role play the Argentinian debt crisis. Dr. Grier explains how he structured the assignment, why he incorporates creative assignments in some of his economics courses, and provides a few book suggestions for becoming a better teacher.

In this Kosmos Online Podcast, I'm discussing themes of liberty in the popular fiction and TV series, Game of Thrones. Our guest is Game of Thrones expert Amber Taylor, who has written about the series for The Atlantic and blogs at Prettier Than Napoleon.

In this Kosmos Online podcast, I'm once again speaking with economics professor Dr. Dan D'Amico of Loyola University in New Orleans. Dr. D'Amico builds off his previous podcast about creating a libertarian community as a graduate student to give some advice on what to do once you become faculty to faciliate liberty-friendly conversations.

In this Kosmos Online podcast, Dr. Dan D'Amico and Dr. Steve Horwitz give the complete story on making media appearances as an academic. They discuss how they got involved in appearing in the media, how they prepare for their appearances, why they value these appearances, and how a tenure committee might view their efforts as public intellectuals.

What's the third thing you should do when you get a research idea? Dr. Bill Glod and Dr. Phil Magness have (very!) short answers. (If you missed the first and second thing you should do when you get a research idea, you can find the first here and the second here).

In this Kosmos Online podcast, I interview Dr. Dan D'Amico of Loyola University in New Orleans about cultivating a libertarian community in your graduate program. He discusses how reading groups can benefit the students both inside and outside the classroom, and echos some of the same sentiments about doing good research as Chris Coyne from his lecture during the Humane Studies Fellowship Research Colloquium.

In this Kosmos podcast, I interview John Blundell, author of Ladies for Liberty: Women Who Made A Difference in American History. Mr. Blundell is a visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation, and Distinguished Senior Fellow at London’s Institute of Economic Affairs and is also an IHS board member. He explains how a British economist comes to write a book about American women, profiles some of his favorite stories, and details the lessons we can learn from these extraordinary American women.

In this Kosmos podcast, Jeanne Hoffman talks with Aeon Skoble about themes of liberty in the popular TV show the Twilight Zone. Dr. Skoble is professor of philosophy at Bridgewater State University.  

In this Kosmos podcast, Jeanne Hoffman talks with Dr. William Rorabaugh about alcohol and American history. Dr Rorabaugh is professor of history at the University of Washington, and author of The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition.  

What's the second thing you should do when you get a research idea? Dr. Bill Glod and Dr. Phil Magness have (very!) short answers.

In this Kosmos podcast, I am once again joined by IHS Program Officers Dr. Bill Glod and Dr. Phil Magness, who share tips and best practices about obtaining much-needed funding as a graduate student. They also discuss how the Hayek Fund and Humane Studies Fellowship can help graduate students.

In this Kosmos podcast, I interview Dr. Brian Domitrovic about his new book, Econoclasts: The Rebels Who Sparked the Supply Side Revoltuon and Restored American Prosperity. Dr. Domitrovic is an associate professor and chair of the department of history at Sam Houston State University. He discusses the ebbs and flows of Keynesian interventionism, and who sparked the revival in free-market thought. You might be shocked to find out how high the marginal tax rate was at one point in American history!

In this Kosmos Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Matt Zwolinski who shares his current research. Dr. Zwolinski is working on a book titled Exploitation, Capitalism and the State and whether inefficiencies in the market require state intervention.

What's the first thing you should do when you get a research idea? Dr. Bill Glod and Dr. Phil Magness have (very!) short answers.

In this Kosmos podcast, I speak with the new Director of Academic Programs at the Institute for Humane Studies, Dr. James R. Harrigan. Dr. Harrigan just returned from the American University in Iraq as the Dean of Students, and shares his thoughts on kareoke, an unlikely past profession, his pick for the one book you should read, and what he least expected about working at IHS.

In this KosmosOnline podcast Jeanne Hoffman talks about Virginia‟s revolutionaries with Professor Kevin Gutzman. Dr. Gutzman is a professor of history at Western Connecticut State university, and author of “Virginia's American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840”.