Audio Mises Wire - Josh Hawley Proves That Republicans Still Don’t Understand Economics

By introducing legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is demonstrating that while Republicans like to talk about free markets, they are statists and interventionists like their Democratic colleagues across the aisle.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/josh-hawley-proves-republicans-still-dont-understand-economics

Audio Mises Wire - Thomas Paine Slaps Congress with His Résumé

Perhaps no publication contributed more to the Colonials' drive for independence from Great Britain than Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense." But what if he had tried to get the Continental Congress to publish it, instead? The following debate might have occurred.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/thomas-paine-slaps-congress-his-resume

60 Songs That Explain the '90s - “Ms. Jackson”— Outkast

Why would the best ever want to stop being the best? Rob tries to figure this out in this week's episode covering Outkast. He proves that Big Boi and André 3000 will always be better together by comparing the tag team effort in their hit song, “Ms. Jackson,” and their split album ‘Speakerboxxx/The Love Below’. Later, he is joined by ‘Last Song Standing’ hosts, Cole Cuchna and Charles Holmes, to discuss how Outkast has aged for newer rap listeners and to share their favorite Outkast album in their self-proclaimed old age.


Host: Rob Harvilla

Guests: Charles Holmes and Cole Cuchna

Producers: Olivia Crerie, Chris Sutton, and Justin Sayles

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The Indicator from Planet Money - The story of China and Hollywood’s big-screen romance

No country can come close to the amount of money Americans spend at the box office each year ... that is, until China came along. The US and Chinese film industries have a long intertwined history, with shifting power dynamics.

Today on the show, we continue our week-long look at the movie business as we explore the on-and-off romance between Hollywood and China's film industries.

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Before La La Land there was Fort Lee, New Jersey (Apple / Spotify)

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Audio Mises Wire - The Split over Epstein Tells Us Something Important about the MAGA Movement

When President Trump declared the Epstein case closed, many of his supporters in MAGA objected, believing that the government is still hiding the truth. But Trump opponents claim that MAGA is a monolithic movement beholden only to Trump. This incident tells us something else.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/split-over-epstein-tells-us-something-important-about-maga-movement