Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 48, originally published in April 2011.

Jason Hartman and economist and best-selling author, John Lott, discuss Lott’s book, “Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don’t.” In his book, Lott answers many common economic questions, such as are free market economies really based on fleecing the consumer, and is everyone, from corporate CEOs to your local car salesman, really looking to make a buck at your expense. He bravely confronts the profound distrust of the market. Lott shows how free markets liberate the best, most creative, and most generous aspects of our society, while efforts to constrain economic liberty, no matter how well intentioned, invariably lead to increased poverty and injustice.

John R. Lott, Jr. has held positions at the University of Chicago, Yale University, Stanford, UCLA, Wharton, and Rice and was the chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission during 1988 and 1989. Lott has published over 90 articles in academic journals. He is also the author of The Bias Against Guns, More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws, and Are Predatory Commitments Credible?: Who Should the Courts Believe? The third edition of More Guns, Less Crime will be published by the University of Chicago Press this April. Opinion pieces by Lott have appeared in such places as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and The Chicago Tribune. He has appeared on such television programs as the ABC and NBC national evening news broadcasts, The “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” and the “Today Show.” He received his Ph.D. in economics from UCLA in 1984.

Website:

www.Twitter.com/JohnRLottJr

Direct download: HS_511_FBF_John_Lott.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

In today's 10th episode, Jason Hartman talks with Michelle Tillis Lederman, author of The Connector’s Advantage, The 11 Laws of Likability, Heroes Get Hired and Nail The Interview – Land The Job, about how likability works and the mindset you have to have in order to succeed in business. There's no way to make people like you, but there are ways to present yourself that will allow you to have a better chance of being liked.

Key Takeaways:

[3:30] What is Mood Memory?

[6:53] How do you segue out of a conversation without offending the person you're speaking to?

[10:25] The definition of a "niche connector"

[12:38] The 7 Mindsets of connectors

[16:24] Always have the mindset that when you connect online your goal is to bring it offline

Website:

www.MichelleTillisLederman.com

Direct download: HS_510_Michelle_Tillis_Lederman.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:11pm EDT

Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 186, originally published in November 2013.

James Howard Kuntsler is the author of "The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century" and "Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology and the Fate of a Nation" among many other books.

James is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere (1994) and The Long Emergency (2005). In The Long Emergency he argues that declining oil production is likely to result in the end of industrialized society as we know it and force Americans to live in smaller-scale, localized, agrarian (or semi-agrarian) communities. Starting with World Made by Hand in 2008, Kunstler has written a series of science fiction novels conjecturing such a culture in the future.

Kunstler so gives lectures on topics related to suburbia, urban development, and the challenges of what he calls "the global oil predicament" and a resultant change in the “American Way of Life.” He has lectured the TED Conference, the American Institute of Architects, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the International Council of Shopping Centers, the National Association of Science and Technology as well as at numerous colleges and universities, including Yale, MIT, Harvard, Cornell, University of Illinois, DePaul, Texas A & M, West Point, and Rutgers University.

Also a seasoned journalist, Kunstler continues to write for The Atlantic Monthly, Slate.com, RollingStone, The New York Times Sunday Magazine and the Op-Ed page where he often covers environmental and economic issues. Kunstler is also a leading supporter of the movement known as "New Urbanism."

To learn more about James, you can visit http://kunstler.com 

Direct download: HS_509_FBF_James_Kunstler.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:37pm EDT

Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 193, originally published in December 2013.

Dr. Robert Bristow is the Medical Director of Emergency Management at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Director of Disaster Medicine at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, faculty member of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness in the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and consultant to National Geographic’s new film "American Blackout."

He explains what would happen if there was a national power failure in the United States caused by a cyber attack. He shares some things to keep in mind for emergency preparedness.

Website:

Nat Geo's American Blackout

Direct download: HS_508_FBF_Robert_Bristow.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:40pm EDT

Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 262, originally published in July 2015.

Bernard Kerik was an NYPD Commissioner who was sentenced to 48 months in prison for an ethics violation. For over 30 years, Bernard put bad and violent criminals away, but when he was on the inside he noticed not everyone was bad or even deserved such harsh prison sentences. He tells Jason that the criminal justice system is setup to destroy people's lives, not to reform them. What should be simple fines or suspension of licenses has turned into lengthy prison sentences. Bernard shares his story and why he firmly believes the criminal justice system needs to change. 

Key Takeaways:

[1:54] How did Bernard go from being an NYPD Commissioner to an inmate?

[7:50] Prison has become a business. 

[11:15] Prison creates monsters, which is why the recidivism rate won't drop. 

[14:15] Today we're taking people for ethics violations and we're turning them into convicted felons. 

[20:05] Bernard has concluded that you really don't have any constitutional rights anymore. 

[22:40] Has police brutally always existed or is it just more in the news? 

[25:10] Please visit Bernard's organization at http://accjr.org/.

[26:55] How is it possible that the U.S houses 25% of the world's prisoners? 

Mentioned In This Episode:

www.accjr.org

From Jailer to Jailed by Bernard Kerik

Three Felonies a Day by Harvey Silverglate

Direct download: HS_507_FBF_Bernard_Kerick.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:51pm EDT

Jason Hartman talks with Erik Fogg, author of Wedged: How You Became a Tool of the Partisan Political Establishment & How to Start Thinking for Yourself Again, as well as Chief at ReConsider and co-host of the ReConsider podcast, about the discourse in our society that is causing all of us problems that are being perpetuated by people who deal in fear.

Key Takeaways:

[2:16] Our 2 party system is brought about largely by the way we vote

[5:15] People who are upset or angry are more likely to donate to things like a campaign, vote, or keep watching a TV show

[8:29] Politicians, as a group, can never ultimately win because they're playing a zero sum game

[9:37] What is the Green Fog Curve?

[11:51] The most dangerous thing for us individually is to start letting our emotional response drive our reaction

Website:

www.JasonHartman.com

www.ReConsiderMedia.com

Direct download: HS_506_Erik_Fogg.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:39pm EDT

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