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Fordham professor Charles Camosy on Nursing Home Abuse and COVID

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Fordham professor Charles Camosy talks about COVID-19 and Nursing Home Abuse. We also get into his book, Resisting Throwaway Culture, and the importance of having a consistent life ethic.

Matt Ridley on How Innovation Works

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Matt Ridley talks with Matt about his new book, How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom. He also talks about whether the media’s negativity bias is driving coronavirus coverage, the link between Vitamin D and COVID-19, why prizes are better than patents for generating new drugs, and how a prize helped launch Michael Lewis’s writing career.

How to Reopen the Economy

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Avik Roy, President of The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, talks about “A New Strategy for Bringing People Back to Work During COVID-19.” Then, Thomas LaDuke, head of FTR Radio, discusses the Michigan protests.

Lindy Li on Biden’s China Ad, Surviving Bernie Bro Abuse, and 2020 Veepstakes

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Lindy Li, supporter of Joe Biden, and a candidate to be a 2020 DNC delegate, talks with Matt about being abused by Bernie Bros, why Trump and Biden are encouraging discrimination against Asian-Americans, and why Biden should probably pick Kamala Harris as his running mate.