The Urbane Cowboys Podcast: Recent Episodes
Urbane Cowboys
Banter about Policy, Society and Innovation. Featuring Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Josiah and Doug bring a combination of conservative to libertarian viewpoints, public policy experience, real world business know-how, and "humor" to the issues and trends of the day.
The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of RSI, LSPI or any other person or organization.
Malcolm and Simone Collins join to discuss their work on pro-natalism. For more info, see pronatalist.org
Urbane Cowboys is back with guest Zach Goldberg of the Manhattan Institute to discuss his new report on public opinion on defunding the police.
Robert Verbruggen of Manhattan Institute rejoins the program to discuss Asian discrimination in college admissions.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley and Doug McCullough.
National Review editor and Bloomberg contributor Ramesh Ponnuru visits the show again to discuss the recent SCOTUS leak, the draft Alito opinion, and the future of abortion law in the United States.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley and Doug McCullough.
What do Charlemagne and Bismarck tell us about the future of Twitter?
Samo Burja and Josiah Neeley discuss the Great Founder Theory and how it plays out across society.
Produced by Doug McCullough.
Join us for a conversation with Matthew Schmitz of Compact Magazine.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough.
Peter Rough, Senior Fellow of the Hudson Institute, rejoins the show to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine, NATO's response, and the resulting changes to German security and energy policies.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough.
Caleb Watney of the Institute for Progress to talk about progress-oriented policy solutions. We discuss energy, environment, public health crises and more.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough from Committee for Justice
Eric Kauffman, adjunct professor of politics at Birkbeck, University of London and adjunct fellow of the Manhattan Institute joins us to discuss his recent research into identity and social politics.
All nudity was tasteful and essential to the plot.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough.
Author Richard Hanania returns to the show to discuss his book Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy: How Generals, Weapons Manufacturers, and Foreign Governments Shape American Foreign Policy (Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy).
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of the R Street Institute and Doug McCullough.
Order the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Public-Choice-Theory-Illusion-Strategy-ebook/dp/B09L9Y2W7S
Razib Khan returns to the show to discuss the recent controversy from that pop science magazine about the legacy of EO Wilson, the politicization of academia. He also answers impertinent questions about Celts.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute (probably a Celt) and Doug McCullough (definitely a Sarmatian)
America's sweetheart, Kate Hyde, rejoins the show for our annual review the bygone year.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Twitter quitter Doug McCullough.
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry (PEG) returns to the show to discuss the upcoming French elections.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of L'Institute R Street and Doug McCullough.
Join us for a conversation about class action lawsuit abuse with Ted Frank of the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of the R Street Institute and Doug McCullough.
Join us for a conversation with author Chris Arnade about his adventures across the fruited plain seeking dignity in "Back Row America."
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough.
Ross Douthat, NYT columnist and author of "The Deep Places A Memoir of Illness and Discovery," "The Decadent Society" and more, joins us to talk about his journey dealing with chronic illness.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough.
"The Deep Places" can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Places-Memoir-Illness-Discovery/dp/0593237366
Aaron Sibarium of the Free Beacon joins us to discuss L'Affair Yale Trap House
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough
Author James Poulos joins us to discuss his latest book "Human Forever: The Digital Politics of Spiritual War."
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough.
Alex Bozmoski & Nate Hochman, authors of the recent "The Future of Conservative Climate Leadership" join us to talk about the EcoRight.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute.
ALEX BOZMOSKI is the vice president for programs at DEPLOY/US.
NATE HOCHMAN is an Intercollegiate Studies Institute fellow at National Review and a recent graduate of Colorado College.
Robert Lawson, director of the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Cox School of Business, and author of "Socialism Sucks - Two Economists Drink their Way Through the Unfree World" joins us to talk about socialism, beer, and what's so great about economic freedom.
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Adam Millsap, Senior Fellow of Stand Together and Charles Koch Institute, and Forbes magazine contributor to talk all things economic freedom, the decline and renewal of the Midwest, and economic recovery from the COVID19 pandemic.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Carl Szabo of Net Choice joins the show for a conversation about regulating social media and preserving consumer choice.
Hosted by Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Philippe Lemoine joins the show for a long form conversation about the Covid pandemic and why he believes Covid will soon be endemic.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Richard Hanania, fellow of Defense Priorities, joins us to discuss the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Join us for a feel good conversation about Covid, Cuomo, Kabul, rising crime, and solutions with Michael Hendrix of Manhattan Institute.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Author Mathew Mehan Director of Academic Programs for Hillsdale in Washington DC joins us to talk about early education and his new book "The Handsome Little Cygnet"
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
The Handsome Little Cygnet available here: https://www.amazon.com/Handsome-Little-Cygnet-Matthew-Mehan/dp/1505120608
Tanner Greer returns to the program to discuss the long view of the culture war.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Charles Fain Lehman of Manhattan Institute and City Journal joins us to discuss the rise of crime during the pandemic and ways to respond to it.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Tatiana Bolton of R Street Institute joins us the program to discuss recent cyber attacks, cyber security policy, and how we can make our own digital lives more secure.
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Dylan Pahman of the Acton Institute and Journal of Markets and Morality join us to discuss whether there was a missed opportunity for a moral or religious revival during the pandemic.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Allison Schrager, senior fellow at Manhattan Institute, Bloomberg columnist, and author of "An Economist Walks into a Brothel" joins us to discuss the headwinds along the way to an economic recovery.
Hosted by Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Adam Gurri, editor in chief and publisher of Liberal Currents, joins us to talk about liberalism and society.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Manju Baturu joins the show to discuss Manchuria's place in China and the world.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley.
Ilya Shapiro, vice president and direct of Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at Cato Institute and author of "Supreme Disorder" joins the show to discuss the latest legislative proposal to pack the US Supreme Court.
Cohosted by Josiah Neely of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Alex Muresianu from Tax Foundation joins us to talk vehicle miles tax, his beloved capital expenditure expensing, and all things tax.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Saurabh Sharma of American Moment visits the show to talk about his new organization.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley and Doug McCullough.
Filmmaker Christopher Rufo joins us to discuss critical race theory and its influence on media and culture.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Mike Haugh of R Street Institute joins us to tell us the sordid tale of bribery and political intrigue in the Ohio nuclear energy sector.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Join us for a conversation with urbanist Nolan Gray about Star Wars, its superiority over Star Trek, and why think tankers are the true Jedi.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Joshua Rhodes, Research Fellow at the Webber Energy Group at the University of Texas, joins us to explain what went wrong with the Texas grid this week.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Frequent flyer Sam Hammond joins the show to talk about the Romney child tax credit.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of the R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute.
James Wallner of the R Street Institute joins us to talk about Trump Impeachment 2.0, and the constitutional and procedural issues with impeaching/convicting a former public official.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Special guests Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute (yes, THE Josiah Neeley) and Razib Khan of Unsupervised Learning join solo host Doug McCullough to explain what went wrong with the American Covid-19 response, and what we could have done better.
Richard Hanania, President of Defense Priorities joins us to discuss the prospects of a new American civil war.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Jon Stokes of theprepared.com and Ars Technica founder join the show to talk about preparedness for zombie apocalypses and whatever 2021 might have in store?
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute.
Kate Hyde rejoins the show for our third annual year in review.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Upwork economist Adam Ozimek to discuss the economics of remote work, aliens, and the economics of aliens.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough
Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review and National Review Institute joins us for a conversation about Christmas and the Church in 2020.
Josiah Neeley of R Street and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Steven Greenhut, author, columnist and R Street Institute Senior Fellow joins us to talk water, environmental politics, and.... raising goats.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review, National Review Institute, American Enterprise Institute and Bloomberg Opinion joins us to talk about the conservative movement after Trump.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Produced by Braden McCullough.
You may be tired of Covid, but Covid ain't tired.
Megan McArdle of the Washington Post joins us to discuss Covid, Thanksgiving and more.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Intitute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Kevin D. Williamson pops back in for a chat about his new book Big White Ghetto
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Look for the book here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/big-white-ghetto-kevin-d-williamson/1136472936
Author Chris DeRose joins Josiah Neeley of the R Street Institute to talk about his book "The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens and How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful Armed Rebellion Since the Revolution."
https://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Bunch-Successful-Rebellion-Revolution/dp/125026619X
Produced by Rip Van Winkle.
We talk with David Reaboi about Hungary, Qatar, and finding the US national interest in regional conflicts.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Come for the theological/social conversation with author Rod Dreher, stay for the discussion of Bigfoot.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Join Josiah Neeley, Razib Khan, and Twitter/Substack renderer of advice, Default Friend, for a freewheeling conversation about all the things.
No animals were harmed in the production of this podcast.
Brink Lindsey and Sam Hammond of Niskanen Center chat with Josiah Neeley of R Street about their new white paper on economic policies.
Ray Lehman of R Street Institute returns to the show to talk about wildfires, floods, and federal apocalypse insurance.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of the R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Insitute.
Ilya Shapiro of Cato Institute returns to talk about his timely book, Supreme Disporder, and the latest Supreme Court nomination fight after the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Supreme Disorder can be found here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/supreme-disorder-ilya-shapiro/1133607760
Matthew Yglesias, columnist and editor of Vox, joins us to talk about his new book, One Billion Americans.
We discuss immigration, making babies, and the growing pains to tripling the American population.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Doug McCullough.
Author Ryan Gidursky joins the program to talk about his new book They're Not Listening: How the Elites Created the Nationalist Populist Revolution
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Ashley Baker of the Committee for Justice and Alliance on Antitrust joins us for a conversation about the disconcerting impulse to misuse antitrust enforcement for purposes unrelated to antitrust. We discuss the proper role of antitrust enforcement and some would like to misapply it.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Join us for a lively discussion with Grover Norquist of the Americans for Tax Reform as we discuss the Biden tax plan, as well as more tax cut proposals from the Trump administration.
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Join us for a conversation with R Street Institute's Kevin Kosar about the US Postal Service, its finance, and its ability to process the 2020 election mail in ballots.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Disclaimer: Yes, we know the title is cliched. But we are a sucker for cheesy titles.
Jay Caruso of Washington Examiner returns to the show to talk about Joe Biden, the presidential election, baseball and more.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of the R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Sarah Quinlan joins us to talk about conservatism, feminism, abortion, and more.
Hosted by Doug McCullough. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Shadi Hamid of Brookings Institute and the Wisdom of Crowds Podcast joins us to talk about The Letter and the free exchange of ideas.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Ilya Shapiro, director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, joins us for a conversation about the latest Supreme Court decisions from the summer of 2020.
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Join us for a conversation with Abhijit Iyer-Mitra about the recent border skirmish between India and China.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Martin Gurri returns to the show to talk about the rest civil unrest in the United States.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Joseph Majkut of the Niskanen Center joins us to discuss how climate policy is similar or different from the Covid19 pandemic.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Derek Cohen of Texas Public Policy Foundation joins us to talk about policies to hold police accountable when the use excessive force.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Now that the lockdowns appear over and we venture back into the world, we discuss the debate about masks, and what we should be doing to ensure we have medical and safety supplies in case of a second wave or the next crisis. Join us for a conversation with R Street Institute resident fellow of technology and innovation, Caleb Watney.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Join us for a conversation with Spencer Wells, author, traveler, entrepreneur and scientist about Covid19 and more.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Tanner Greer, writer and China expert, joins us for a conversation about China, the virus, and US-China relations after the pandemic.
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Columnist Lindsay Marie rejoins the program to discuss the Justin Amash presidential campaign, the FDA response to the corona virus, Shelley Luther, masks and more.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Robin Hanson joins us for a conversation about a plan B approach to the pandemic.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
AEI Scholar James Pethokoukis joins us to talk about the outlook for economic recovery, how the economy may change, and more.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Corey DeAngelis of Cato Institute and Reason Foundation joins us to talk about Harvard Magazine's essay in favor of a presumptive ban on homeschooling. We also talk school choice and education policy.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Best selling author JD Vance joins us for a spirited conversation about China, the influence of donors on policy and politics, and the future of the conservative movement.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCillough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Byrne Hobart, CFA, joins us to talk about what is happening in capital markets during the corona virus crisis.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Ray Lehman of the R Street Institute rejoins the show to talk business continuity insurance, pandemic insurance, and reminisces about John Prine.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
American Enterprise Institute economist Michael Strain joins us to discuss his new book "The American Dream is Not Dead, But Populism Could Kill It" and the economic fallout to the corona virus.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Philippe Lemoine rejoins the show to talk math, common sense, and corona virius.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley because Doug McCullough couldn't hear the conversation since his entire family was on Zoom chats.
Produced by Doug McCullough so he could finally listen to the show.
Robert Verbruggen, National Review policy writer, rejoins the show to discuss whether saving the economy requires putting the elderly and vulnerable at risk.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Geneticist and pretty decent guy Razib Khan joins us to discuss the latest on the corona virus. Warning there's math and science.
Cohosted by Prodigal Son Josiah Neeley of the R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Charles Blain of Urban Reform joins us to discuss urban policy, affordable housing, and the state and local response to COVID19.
Cohosted by Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute and Michael Hendrix of Manhattan Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Perth Tolle joins the show to talk about economic freedom, investing in emerging markets, and the effect of the corona virus on the market.
Hosted by Doug McCullough. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Peter Rough of the Hudson Institute joins us to talk about the Trump administration approach to foreign policy. We talk about our approach to Europe, the middle east, and more.
Cohosted by Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute and Clark Packard (filling in for Josiah Neeley) of the R Street Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Ryan Khurana of Institute for Advancing Prosperity and Young Voices joins us for a fast-paced conversation about tech policy, the EU's GDPR and trends in American and Canadian entrepreneurship, and horology.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Professor Christopher Balding joins the program to talk about corona virus, and the handling of the outbreak by the Chinese government.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Michael Lind joins us to discuss his latest book, The New Class War.
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute.
Author Garett Jones returns to the program to discuss his new book "Ten Percent Less Democracy."
Stick around for Jones' take on "Open Borders" the latest book from our recent guest, Bryan Caplan.
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Benji Backer of American Conservation Coalition joins us to talk about conservative approaches to environmental policy and climate change.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Pascal Gobry returns to the show to make his case that pornography should be treated as a public health crisis.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Madeleine Kearns joins us to talk about Gender Identity Politics and more
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Kate Hyde rejoins the program to talk about news news news, the decade, 2019 and 2020.
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Sahil Handa, contributor to National Review, Wall Street Journal and elsewhere, joins us in the wake of the British parliamentary election to discuss British politics and Brexit.
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Matt Frost joins us to talk about the end of the world and ideas for combating climate change.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Here's Matt's New Atlantis article "After Climate Despair"
https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/after-climate-despair
Michael Hendrix of the Manhattan Institute rejoins the program to talk about affordable housing and urban policy.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, joins us to discuss "common good capitalism
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Notes:
We mention the "Work, Skills, Community" study by AEI, Brookings Institute and Opportunity America. Here is the link: https://opportunityamericaonline.org/wcg/
Professor Bryan Caplan joins us to talk about his new book, Open Borders
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of the R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Tiana Lowe joins us to talk about Groyper War and a little economics. We talk about tax reform, trade wars, and AOC’s obsession with the Gini coefficient.
And Epstein didn’t kill himself.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of the R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
Kevin D. Williamson, roving correspondent at National Review, and author of The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics, joins us to talk about his book and his recent National Review cover story on Kanye West.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Braden McCullough.
The Smallest Minority is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Smallest-Minority-Independent-Thinking-Politics-ebook/dp/B07NLHQ9Y9
Sudan Maccio, law partner in McCullough Sudan (and international man of mystery) join the show to talk about the new Amazon series "Jack Ryan" to discuss what it gets right and wrong about Venezuela.
We also talk about the situation with cartels in Mexico.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute (and McCullough Sudan law firm). Produced by Braden McCullough.
If you would like to help Venezuelans suffering from a lack of food and medical supplies, consider a donation to Quatro Por Venezuela Foundation:
https://www.cuatroporvenezuela.org/what-we-do/
Ben Sixsmith, a freelance writer whose work appears in places like Quillette and Spectator, discusses the Polish political scene and what it means for the future of conservatism with Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute
Produced by Braden McCullough.
Adam Gurri, publisher of Liberal Currents, joins us to discuss the liquidation of that certain austere religious leader and the spread of protests in cities around the world.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Produced by Braden McCullough.
This special edition of the Urbane Cowboys is a simulcast of BrownPundits with Razib Khan.
We talk impeachment, the sort-of withdrawal from Syria, conservative media, and more.
Featuring Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute, Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute and Razib Khan of Brown Pundits.
Brooke Medina of Civitas Institute joins us to talk about school choice, the North Carolina special election, dealing with the crisis of despair, and why young people aren't into conservatism.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Produced by Braden McCullough.
Matt Mackowiak of Save Austin Now joins us to talk about the consequences of the new Austin city ordinances.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Produced by Braden McCullough.
Carrie Wade, R Street Institute Harm Reduction Strategy Dirctor, joins us to talk about regulating vaping and explain the concept of harm reduction strategies.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Special thanks to our producer Ray Ingegneri in his final program with the Urbane Cowboys. Thank you Ray for all your hard work!
Sean Speer of senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and associate fellow of R Street Institute joins us to talk about the upcoming Canadian election. Sean breaks down several reasons why this election is surprisingly close, as well as explaining the late breaking news of a new PM scandal.
Coshosted by Josiah Neeley of the R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute and Canada-Texas Chamber of Commerce.
Special thanks to our hard working producer, Ray Ingegneri
John O'Sullivan of the National Review Institute joins us to discuss the latest development with Brexit.
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
We discuss Indian politics and the latest in the conflict over Kashmir with Kushal Mehra.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Chloe Anagnos of AIER joins us to talk about the legacy of David Koch, the recent Business Roundtable Statement on the purpose of corporations, the retirement of Colts QB Andrew Luck, and much more.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Joshua Rhodes, research associate with the Energy Institute of the University of Austin joins Josiah Neeley to discuss about the Texas electricity market and the dog gone heat.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of the R Street Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri. Doug McCullough is absent without leave.
Jeremy Carl of the Hoover Institute joins us from a clandestine location to talk about social media regulation.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute. Engineered by Ray Ingegneri.
Author and professor Bryan Caplan joins us to make the case against education.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
No flying pigs were harmed in the recording of this episode.
We discuss the hip new political philosophy of integralism with guest John Zmirak of Stream.org.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
We are joined by John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas State Climatologist. We talk about climate science and policy implications.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Commodities trader Dustin Schneider joins us to talk cattle futures, impossible burgers, the minimum wage, and economics.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
We are joined by National Review's Robert VerBruggen. We discuss busing, guns, the French-Ahmari wars, and the future of National Review.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
We discuss economic nationalism, national industrial policy, and regional economic disparity with Sam Hammond of the Niskanen Center.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
We chat with Mike Godwin of R Street Institute and Electronic Frontier Foundation about regulating social media and more.
Coshosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Lyman Stone joins us to talk about the situation in Hong Kong, as well as his views on pro-natalism and more.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Lindsay Marie, contributor to TownHall, Nigel & Hammer, and IndyPolitics, and non-resident fellow of Lone Star Policy Institute joins us to talk opioids litigation and big L Libertarian politics.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review, American Enterprise Institute, and Bloomberg joins us to discuss abortion, the Supreme Court, and the future of conservatism.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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The man who calls himself Eli Lehrer, founder of R Street Institute, joins the show to tell the R Street origin story. Join us as we celebrate R Street's 7th anniversary.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley - coincidentally - of R Street Institute, and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Clark Packard of R Street Institute joins us to talk about trade with China, auto tariffs, trade remedies, Huawei and more.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Will Wilson IV joins us to talk about artificial intelligence.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Molly Davis of Libertas Institute and Young Voices joins us to talk about data privacy, criminal just reform and... psychedelic mushrooms?
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
No mushrooms were harmed in the production of this episode.
We talk about the economy, appointments to the Fed, and monetary policy with Karl Smith.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley and Doug McCullough. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Tamara Winter of the Center for Innovative Governance joins us to talk about charter cities, the economic experience of millennials, and more.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Philippe Lemoine joins the Urbane Cowboys to talk about conspiracy theories, collusion, and rebuilding the Notre Dame cathedral.
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Holly Fretwell, research fellow at The Property and Environment Research Center joins us for our first Earth Day episode. We discuss the progress of environmental conservation and "free market environmentalism."
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
John Daniel Davidson, contributor to The Federalist, joins us to talk about the asylum crisis and what is really happening at the border.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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Garrett Jones, author of the Hive Mind, joins us to talk about the importance of a nation's IQ. Jones tells us what he would add to the book since it was published in 2015.
Co-Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Special thanks to producer Ray Ingegneri for working a minor miracle with the audio.
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Saurabh Sharma of Young Conservatives of Texas joins us to chat about... a lot of stuff.
We talk about college free speech, the state of conservatism among the youth, and mispronouncing names.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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Kevin Erdmann of the Mercatus Center joins us to talk about his recent book: "Shut Out: How a Housing Shortage Caused the Great Recession and Crippled Our Economy" and what we can do now about affordable housing.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Noah Smith of Bloomberg joins us to talk about neoliberalism and all the news of the day.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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We chat with Veronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center about the economics of the Green New Deal, free trade, and whether the US should have an industrial policy.
Cohosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingenegneri.
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Nicole Neily of Speech First joins us to chat about free speech on college campuses.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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Samuel Hammond joins us to talk about the Niskanen Center, his ideas for a free market welfare system, and a little inside baseball about right of center think tanks.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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Tim Carney, commentary editor at the Washington Examiner and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins us to talk about his new book, Alienated America.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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Catrina Rorke of the Climate Leadership Council joins us to chat about the Green New Deal and alternative substantive responses to climate change.
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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Derek Cohen of TPPF and Right on Crime rejoins us to tell us how-to continue criminal justice reform building on the gains of the First Step Act.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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We discuss nuclear energy and social media regulation with Jeremy Carl of Hoover Institute.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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Jay Caruso of the Washington Examiner joins for a conversation about what's creating a buzz in journalism today.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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Jeffrey Tucker of American Institute for Economic Research joins the show. We talk about free enterprise and free society. Plus, Jeffrey critiques Tucker Carlson's recent monologue casting shade at capitalism.
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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Martin Gurri, author of "The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium" joins the show to discuss his book, and how the yellow vests, brexit, and the rise of populism each represent a revolt against the elites.
https://www.amazon.com/Revolt-Public-Crisis-Authority-Millennium/dp/1732265143
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Razib Khan joins the Urbane Cowboys podcast once again to discuss Crispr gene editing of humans. Will we eliminate diseases, create a master race, or choose vibrant new skintones?
Co-hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Nick Zaiac of R Street Institute join the Urbane Cowboys to discuss the Texas Central Bullet Train. Is it on the naughty or nice list?
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Institute.
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Kate Hyde - @KateHydeNY - joins the Urbane Cowboys for a conversation about the year that was 2018.
We talk Trump tweets, the revolving door at the White House, and Kate's addiction to cable news.
Robert Murphy joins us to talk carbon taxes and climate change.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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Jon Gabriel, @exjon, editor-in-chief of Ricochet.com and cohost of The Conservatarians joins the show to talk social media de-platforming, life in the wild west of Arizona, pop culture, and more.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
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Reihan Salam, author of "Melting Pot or Civil War" and executive director of National Review and National Review Institute Fellow joins us to talk about his book.
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute. Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Oren Cass of the Manhattan Insitute joins the show to discuss his new book "The Once and Future Worker".
Hosted by Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of Lone Star Policy Institute.
Produced by Ray Ingegneri.
Dean Stansel of the SMU O'Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom chats with the Urbane Cowboys about his work on the the Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of North America 2018.
Hosts: Josiah Neeley of R Street Institute and Doug McCullough of the Lone Star Policy Institute.
The Urbane Cowboys talk with Devin Hartman, president of the Electricity Consumers Resource Council about electricity, energy, and the plans to bail out the coal and nuclear industry.
We revisit Episode 1 with Shoshana Weissman of the R Street Institute on this special Halloween edition of the Urbane Cowboys.
Kevin D. Williamson, author, journalist, and roving correspondent of National Review, joins the Urbane Cowboys Podcast to talk cities, urban policy, and living the life of a journalist. Stick around for banter about Muleshoe, Texas.
We talk geoengineering with Oliver Morton, author of "The Planet Remade" and briefings editor at The Economist.
Brainiac geneticist Razib Khan joins the Urbane Cowboys Podcast to talk Grievance Studies and what's going on in academia.
Josiah Neeley and Doug McCullough put on a tour de force of name dropping. Listen to find out if you were included in their banter about political celebrity encounters, Tweeple, and their favorite authors.
Bryan Mathew of Texas Public Policy Foundation joins the Urbane Cowboys to talk housing, zoning, and... super heroes.
R.J. Lehmann of the R Street Institute joins the show to discuss Hurricane Florence, flood insurance, and more.
Avik Roy of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP) joins the Urbane Cowboys to talk healthcare policy, equal opportunity, and social capital.
In Episode 8, Josiah and Doug talk climate policy and carbon tax. Then, Joseph Majkut, Director of climate policy at the Niskannen Center, joins the conversation.
Vance Ginn of the Texas Public Policy Foundation joins the Urbane Cowboys podcast to talk free trade, economics, and the Texas Model.
The Urbane Cowboys talk free speech, "Right to Try", property rights, and hotel art with Goldwater Institute's Christina Sandefur.
The Urbane Cowboys dare to return. This week they speak with Michael Hendrix, director of state and local policy at Manhattan Institute.
They talk about smart cities, Silicon Valley, social capital and more.
The energetic Robert Bryce illuminates us about energy policy. We discuss electricity, oil and gas, nuclear power and much more.
The Urbane Cowboys return for Episode 2. Listen to a conversation on criminal justice reform with Dr. Derek Cohen of Texas Public Policy Foundation.