Absent a holiday miracle, premium subsidies for the Affordable Care Act are set to expire at the end of this year. This will greatly increase the cost of health insurance for many who rely on the marketplace for their coverage. Today on the show, we are visited by the ghosts of Obamacare past, present and future to learn what’s next for this landmark healthcare legislation.
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Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova - The Riskies! 2025 Edition
Nate and Maria give out their second annual awards for decision-making in 2025: Who made the best decision this year? Who made the worst? Who were 2025’s biggest nits and degens? And which host had the best poker year?
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Tensions between Venezuela and the U.S. have been growing over the past few months. And last Wednesday, the pressure point was oil.
The U.S. government seized a tanker it says was filled with illegal oil headed to the black market, in violation of sanctions.
The seizure was an unprecedented move. And it represents an escalation in the standoff between the two countries. In recent months, the U.S. has struck nearly two dozen suspected drug boats in nearby waters, issued new sanctions targeting Venezuela, and increased its naval presence in the Caribbean.
The U.S. has long had economic and political interests in Venezuela. And the oil industry there has been a key part of that relationship. Francisco Monaldi, director of the Latin American Energy Program at the Baker Institute at Rice University, explains how the two nations got to this point.
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Audio Mises Wire - Obama’s PowerPoint Death Parade Led to Trump’s Venezuelan Killings
President Trump and Hegseth are cashing a blank check for carnage that was written years earlier by President Barack Obama.
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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Who Are the ‘Palestine Firsters’?
Eli Lake joins the podcast to discuss "The Palestine Firsters," his lead article in the January issue of COMMENTARY. Why do Ben Rhodes and a cast of others on the left and right want America to work against its core interests by breaking the U.S.-Israel alliance? Give a listen.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Will new loan limits lower the cost of grad school?
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made a lot of changes to the federal student loan system. One of those changes put a new cap on the amount of loans students in graduate school can take on. Today on the show, we explain the theory behind this change and how it could impact the broader labor market going forward.
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The Market For Student Loans
Here's why Black students are defaulting
Student loans are back, U.S. travel is whack, and AI — please, step back
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Audio Mises Wire - How Religious Freedom in America Was Founded on Privatization and Decentralization
The drive to religious freedom in America was carried out overwhelmingly in the state legislatures—and the federal First Amendment had almost nothing to do with it.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-religious-freedom-america-was-founded-privatization-and-decentralization
The Ezra Klein Show - What Does It Mean to Give Well?
“This lightbulb went off that almost no one was asking these questions.”
In 2006, Elie Hassenfeld and a few of his friends pooled some money they wanted to donate to charity. And they wanted to find charities where their money would go the farthest in improving lives. That information, it turned out, was incredibly hard to find.
That was the seed of GiveWell. For almost a decade, GiveWell has dedicated itself to rigorously researching the impact of charities around the world and channeling donations to the ones that are the most effective at saving lives. It might sound simple, but this was a radically new approach in the world of charitable giving, and the work itself isn’t simple at all.
I’ve supported GiveWell through the years. So as the year winds down and other people might be thinking about giving to a charity, I wanted to invite Hassenfeld, GiveWell’s chief executive, on the show to talk through this work. How does it measure impact? Are there limits to what you can measure? As an organization, has it made mistakes? What does it really mean to give well?
If you like what you hear, I hope you’ll also consider donating to GiveWell. Learn more at givewell.org.
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“Trust in Radical Truth and Radical Transparency” by Ray Dalio
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
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Factfulness by Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Poor Economics by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
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Pod Save America - Donald Trump, Empath in Chief
Trump says the savage murder of Rob and Michele Reiner was the result of their own "Trump Derangement Symptom" and says Reiner was bad for the country. The one real surprise: the number of Republicans in Congress, and even Trump's own social media followers, who denounced the post. Jon, Tommy, and Lovett discuss the Republican pushback and the weekend's (many) other tragedies, including shootings at Brown and Bondi Beach, and the death of two U.S. service members in Syria. Then they look at MAGA voters' growing disappointment with their president, Erika Kirk trying to stop Candace Owens from spreading conspiracy theories about her husband's assassination, and growing speculation about Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom's political futures. Finally, CNN's Jake Tapper talks to Tommy about the fate of his network now that its parent company is for sale, the sham Pentagon press corps, and his new book, "Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War."
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Chapo Trap House - 995 – The Numerology Guys feat. Alex Nichols (12/15/25)
Alex joins us to talk about Bari Weiss’s bizarre interview with Erika Kirk, Trump’s #PACKWATCH response to Rob Reiner’s death, and Candace Owens’ feud with just about every single member of Con Inc. over her bestie’s legacy. After a brief grab bag of new Epstein photos, we finally stage an intervention for Rod Dreher, who is currently having his artistic voice deteriorated by the stuffy losers at The Free Press.
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