How The World Works

Apr 24 2024 175
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"How The World Works"  features author, political commentator, and CEI writer in residence, Kevin D. Williamson having a series of conversations with notable guests about work, specifically, the jobs he and his guests have had, why work matters, the role of work in our economy, and policy ideas for helping workers and employers get the most out of the work they do. 

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David Bahnsen

Apr 24 2024 63 mins  
Kevin D. Williamson is joined by David Bahnsen, Author, Founder, Managing Partner, and Chief Investment Officer at the Bahnsen Group.  Kevin and David discuss his book, Full Time: Work and the Meaning of Life, unemployment, work as therapy, and philosophical viewpoints of the world in correlation to work.  

Kent Lassman

Mar 27 2024 64 mins  
Kevin D. Williamson is joined by Kent Lassman, President of Competitive Enterprise Institute.  Kevin and Kent discuss the Kent's life journey to becoming the President of a national libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C and the professional strides he had to take to achieve it. 

Sally Satel

Feb 21 2024 56 mins  
Kevin D. Williamson is joined by Sally Satel, American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow of mental health policy, domestic drug policy, political trends in medicine, transplant policy, and a practicing psychiatrist and lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine.  Kevin and Sally discuss the ambition behind working as a career medical professional, diversion program po

Jonah Goldberg

Jan 17 2024 59 mins  
Kevin D. Williamson is joined by Jonah Goldberg, current Editor-in-Chief at The Dispatch, Columnist at the Los Angeles Times,  American Enterprise Institute Fellow, and host of Remnant Podcast.  The two discuss Jonah's professional life path that got him to where he is today. 

Mark Mix

Dec 19 2023 59 mins  
Kevin D. Williamson is joined by Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Committee and National Right to Work Foundation. Mark shares his work experience from the days when he was a young staff member at a local paper to the organization that he serves with now.

Klon Kitchen

Nov 28 2023 59 mins  
Kevin D. Williamson is joined by Klon Kitchen, Nonresident Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute. Klon's research areas include national security and defense technology, defense innovation, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, quantum sciences, and robotics.

George Weigel

Oct 24 2023 58 mins  
Kevin D. Williamson is joined by  author, political analyst, and social activist, George Weigel to discuss his job as an author of more than 30 books, and his career in public policy. 

Bryan Caplan

Sep 26 2023 63 mins  
Kevin D. Williamson is joined by author, economist and professor of economics at George Mason University, Bryan Caplan to discuss what it's like working as a university professor, college admission standards, and ideas for improving the labor market. Youtube: cei.org/podcasts

Veronique De Rugy

Aug 29 2023 66 mins  
Kevin D. Williamson sits down with Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique De Rugy to discuss the work she does, jobs she's had, and policy ideas for helping workers and employers get the most out of the work they do.