Choosing Better

By Enoch Hill and Tim Taylor

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Conversations about wacky ideas, economics, and the art of living well.

Episode Date
The Selection Effect: Prenatal Screening and the Quiet Disappearance of Down Syndrome
Jul 24, 2026
Deterrence in the Desert: General Joe Rank on the Future of Middle East Security
Jul 10, 2026
Your Grocery Store is Watching: How AI Prices You Personally
Jun 26, 2026
Why Gaza Grips the West: The Enduring Civilization Legacy of Abrahamic Faith Traditions
Jun 12, 2026
Behind the Pump: Geopolitics in Your Tank
May 29, 2026
Sports and Economics Part 2: Salary Caps and the Stadium Game
May 15, 2026
Sports and Economics Part 1: It’s All Rigged (On Purpose)
May 08, 2026
Children in an Age of AI
Apr 24, 2026
Testing What Matters: How Assessment Shapes Education
Apr 10, 2026
Economics and Life Hacks Part 2: How to Make Better Decisions about Time and Money
Mar 27, 2026
Life is Less Spicy Without the Secret Sauce! Property Rights and Concerns for the Future (with Jason Long)
Mar 13, 2026
[Bonus Episode] America Goes to War: Making Sense of the Sudden Conflict with Iran (with Tim Buch)
Mar 04, 2026
Missionary Economics: The Art of Going, Giving, and Getting It Right
Feb 26, 2026
A Knowledge Paradox: Collectively Brilliant, Individually Helpless
Feb 13, 2026
You Are What You Love: How Our Desires Shape Who We Are
Jan 30, 2026
[Bonus Episode] Analyzing Trump’s Grab for Greenland
Jan 23, 2026
Economics and Life Hacks: Using Economic Thinking to Make Better Decisions (Part 1)
Jan 16, 2026
[Bonus Episode] The Venezuela Operation: Inside the U.S. Mission to Capture Nicolás Maduro
Jan 09, 2026
Uneven Information: Helpful Strategies When Information Is One-Sided
Jan 02, 2026
Special Christmas Episode: The Economics of Gift Giving
Dec 19, 2025
What We Can Learn from the Saints (with Matthew Milliner)
Dec 12, 2025
DDNR: Digital Do Not Resuscitate
Nov 28, 2025
Worldviews: A Pastoral Conversation with Del Tackett
Nov 14, 2025
Dating Economics: Heartbreak and Optimizing the Search for a Spouse
Oct 31, 2025
Holy Shekels: Ancient Welfare Meets Modern Economics
Oct 17, 2025
Nothing Is Really Yours
Oct 03, 2025
[Bonus Episode] Immigration for Sale? The High Cost of a U.S. Work Visa
Sep 26, 2025
From Boys 2 Men? The Growing Crisis in Male Achievement
Sep 19, 2025
From Data to Disaster: What Happens When Governments Fudge the Math
Sep 05, 2025
Believe, Behave, Belong: Why Costly Behaviors Are Necessary to Find Meaningful Belonging
Aug 22, 2025
Unbelievable: From Secular Decline to Spiritual Renewal
Aug 08, 2025
Information or Influence? The Cost of Taking Sides (with Tim Buch)
Jul 25, 2025
[Bonus Episode] One Big Beautiful Episode: Inside the Midnight Megabill that Divided America
Jul 18, 2025
CTRL+ALT+DELETE Your Job? AI Might
Jul 04, 2025
[Bonus Episode] U.S. Airstrikes on Iran: Context, Consequences, and Questions
Jun 27, 2025
Unemployment 101: Working to Understand Joblessness
Jun 20, 2025
Interactive Options: The Choices that Change the Choice
Jun 06, 2025
The Marriage Premium: Why Men (may) Need to Settle Down
May 23, 2025
[Bonus Episode] India and Pakistan: Unpacking the Subcontinent’s Standoff
May 16, 2025
Morality and the Law: Right, Wrong, and the Rules We Live By
May 09, 2025
The Upside of Unequal: Is Inequality Always Bad?
Apr 25, 2025
Cultivating Generosity: Should We Receive Pleasure When We Give to Others?
Apr 11, 2025
[Bonus Episode] Liberation Day: The Tariff Wall Is Here
Apr 04, 2025
Patriot Games: A National(ism) Past Time (recorded with a LIVE audience)
Mar 28, 2025
What Makes a Good College?
Mar 14, 2025
What do you know?
Feb 28, 2025
Agreeable Disagreement
Feb 14, 2025
Trading Places: Tariffs and the Economics of Protectionism
Jan 31, 2025
History’s Greatest Hits: A Conversation with Jason Long on the Most Important Moments in Economic Development
Jan 17, 2025
Lawn and Order: Zoning Laws and the Balance of Individual Liberty and Community Harmony
Jan 03, 2025
Who Owns the Baby? Fertility and the Limits of the Marketplace
Dec 20, 2024
Birth Dearth: Why the World Stopped Having Babies
Dec 06, 2024
We Measure What We Value… and We Value What We Measure
Nov 22, 2024
Is The Gain Worth the Pain? The Use and Effectiveness of Sanctions
Nov 08, 2024
Reality Check or Dream On? Debating Idealism vs. Realism
Oct 25, 2024
Show Me the Money: Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) the Real Deal or Not Worth the Cash?
Oct 11, 2024
A Genuine Conversation on Artificial Intelligence with Richard Hughes Gibson
Sep 27, 2024
Anxious Minds: Does Anxiety Fuel Political Polarization?
Sep 13, 2024
From Aristocrats to Average Joes: What We Lost When We Ditched the Nobility
Aug 30, 2024
The New Eugenics: A Conversation with Calum MacKellar
May 03, 2024
Should Free Speech Be Limited?
Apr 19, 2024
Pro-cedures? Medical Intervention and Risk Taking.
Apr 05, 2024
Feeling lonely? You're not alone. The Epidemic of Loneliness and Despair
Mar 29, 2024
Formation or Jobs: What Is the Purpose of an Education?
Mar 22, 2024
Assisted Suicide: Is This Our Rubicon?
Mar 15, 2024
This Is My Land! At Least I Think So…
Mar 08, 2024
Intellectual Property: How Long Is Long Enough?
Mar 01, 2024
More than Facts: What are the Liberal Arts all about?
Jan 26, 2024
Incarceration as Specialization
Jan 26, 2024
Migrating on Migration
Jan 26, 2024
Artificial Sincerity
Dec 29, 2023
Merciful Scarcity
Dec 22, 2023
A Just Price or Just a Price?
Dec 15, 2023
Ignorance is Bliss
Dec 08, 2023
What a Shame
Dec 01, 2023