world bank, stranger things, afghanistan update
The Blue, the Red, and the Gray
Jared and Peterson offer key insights into recent news from the world bank and Afghan resistance fighters. They also discuss America's widespread love for homoeroticism, á la Stranger Things, and Top Gun. Develop your civic-mindedness by tuning into us speak every Friday from here on out. If you'd like to get in touch with us, call our hotline: 801-980-0392 Sources for this episode are below: Afghan resistance fighters in Panjshir Valley: World Bank warns of global recession: Lown Institute Hospital Index:
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mass shootings, inflation, and a peterson special!
The Blue, the Red, and the Gray
Where do Jared and Peterson lie on the gun debate? It's been nearly a year since they first hashed it out, has anything changed? Sources for this episode: We welcome dialogue from all of our listeners, so here's our hotline, as it were: 801-980-0392 Give us a voicemail asking whatever political questions you'd like! Thanks!
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republish - universal basic income (ep. 3)
The Blue, the Red, and the Gray
How do you fit Universal Basic Income into libertarian thought? "Don't tread on me" is the essence of today's debate. Peterson dissects the implication of Universal Basic Income as presented by Andrew Yang's book . They also bring up an article from the socialist magazine and the old psychological theory presented by Abraham Maslow in 1947. On top of all this, the rough calculations done in this episode were based on the numbers in the Jacobin article. The simulation discussed was by Compass, a UK thinktank. The link to...
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our 1st international friend
The Blue, the Red, and the Gray
Presenting: Alkis Toutziaridis, the brilliant, Economics IB student from Athens, Greece. He has been highly commended by Harvard's Undergraduate Economics Association for an essay he submitted about US Debt sustainability. Safe to say, Peterson was happy to find another economics bro. He also has a unique perspective on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on his doorstep. If you'd like to send us anything, we respond at . Please rate and review below! Thanks!
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against empathy
The Blue, the Red, and the Gray
Paul Bloom, a professor of psychology at Yale University, wrote the book Against Empathy a decade ago. Listen to find out how it applies to public policy and why it should be disavowed, at least, according to Jared. We also used some new outro music which we do not own the rights to. Don't sue us, Nintendo. Like and subscribe Send us an email at to chat. Thanks!
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counteracting idealogues
The Blue, the Red, and the Gray
Today's episode covers Woke Racism by John McWhorter. The book has received much criticism from thought leaders of the third-wave antiracist movement. Jared and Peterson try to understand both McWhorter's perspective and the perspective of those thought leaders. Finally, they turn to a broader principle of combating idealogues. What is an idealogue, and when are they harmful to the world? Thanks for listening! Don't forget to subscribe! And if you have any feedback, please email us at
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one billion americans
The Blue, the Red, and the Gray
The United States of America has the capacity to grow to three times its current population size, according to Matt Yglesias's book, . Peterson and Jared talk about some of the problems brought up in the book, such as family sizes, immigration, congestion, and zoning laws. They both agreed that this common goal was more unifying than polarizing. The hard part is agreeing on the little things that would generally end up as power struggles in political debate. Let us know what you think about our work by emailing || We'll take any questions or comments and try to...
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axis & allies
The Blue, the Red, and the Gray
Who are the enemies to the United States? They come out of the woodwork when crises, such as Ukraine, develop. We dive into second order effects of this war in Ukraine using SOPHOMORIC OBSERVATION (not navel gazing). We ponder the orb, if you will, trying to decipher what lies in store in the near future. Given that our work is purely speculative, we'd like to hear your opinions. Shoot us an email at . We'd love to get your feedback.
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austrian vs keynes
The Blue, the Red, and the Gray
What do Keynesian and Austrian economics have in common? Not much. Peterson and Jared differentiate between the two, citing their episode about Ray Dalio for Keynesian. Don't sleep on this one! Share with your friends!
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Kael Weston: Senate Candidate for Utah speaks on foreign policy
The Blue, the Red, and the Gray
What do Kael Weston and Jack Ryan have in common? Join Jared and Peterson as they find out how a former State Department agent would act in response to the Ukraine-Russia conflict if he became senator. Worth noting is his war biography: . Kael is the Democratic Senate Candidate in 2022 for Utah. He's interesting in broadening the political marketplace of opinions, not a commonplace position to take. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram: @ . His website is:
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