Dive into the archives.
- Podcast: Practically Ideal, Episode 7
*Still late in editing and posting the ‘casts. Not late in recording them, though. This one was recorded last week.
Obama’s proposed financial regulations aren’t terrible, but are they motivated by prudence or populism? The NY Times’s new revenue model also has potential, but needs to be pulled off the right way.
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- Podcast: Practically Ideal, Episode 6
*I’m late getting this episode up. We recorded it a week ago.
Google has second thoughts on its presence in China after suffering a cyberattack, but is its response the right thing to do? And Conan and Leno, what a circus!
Twitter and Facebook seem to be getting more and more like each other. Is this a [...]Popularity: 54% [?]
- Podcast: Practically Ideal, Episode 5
The security theater being imposed on us after the Christmas Day underwear bomber gets the Practically Ideal treatment this week. Then we turn to our comparison of the Nexus One and the iPhone. I still like the iPhone, but could see myself being happy with a Nexus One. Bob’s holding out for a physical keyboard [...]
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- Podcast: Practically Ideal, Episode 4
I’m thrilled to report our latest podcast is on Conscious Capitalism–an issue near and dear to my heart. As it’s one area where I’m particularly idealistic, I’m thankful to Bob for playing devil’s advocate and keeping us practical.
We also respond to reader comments to our first episode from Marc and Adam about moderates and Climategate.
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- Podcast: Practically Ideal, Episode 3
Now that we’ve set some groundwork for our views, we apply our practical idealism to the topics of same-sex marriage (which we like) and President Obama’s decision to send more troops into Afghanistan (on which we have mixed feelings).
Bob’s Tech Report covers the fiasco surrounding JooJoo/CrunchPad and addresses Facebook’s ever-evolving privacy policies. The Pop Culture [...]Popularity: 43% [?]
- Practically Ideal on iTunes
Everything’s worked out and you can now subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. I know that makes it so much easier. Hell, I’m probably going to listen to the ‘cast via iTunes myself.
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- Podcast: Practically Ideal, Episode 2
Our second episode is now in the can and ready for download. We continue talking about our practically idealistic approach to libertarian politics, this time emphasizing what we do believe instead of only what we’re not. These two blog posts by Tyler Cowen on progressivism and conservatism serve as a backdrop to our discussion.
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- Podcast: Practically Ideal, Episode 1
I’ve been out of commission sick for a couple weeks, but I hope you’ll find it’s been worth the wait when I tell you I’ve started a podcast along with my friend Bob Caswell and recorded the first episode.
Listen here:
Or download: Practically Ideal Episode 1. (Right-click and select “Save Link As…”)
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