Jul 15, 2026
Is Rumpsringa real? Are Amish people happier than you? Let’s visit Amish country! Heaton visits Muhlenberg County, Ohio, to investigate America’s unique subculture of pacifistic, techno-phobic Anabaptists.
We meet Marcus Yoder, the Executive Director of the Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center, and talk to him about...
Jul 10, 2026
Brian Dunning of the Skeptoid podcast returns to The Political Orphanage for a spirited pushback episode on the modern non-profit industry. In a previous conversation, we argued that sprawling tax-exempt organizations can become bloated, unaccountable, and more interested in perpetuating themselves than solving...
Jul 3, 2026
Why did the United States become a stable republic while so many revolutions ended in dictatorship?
The answer lies in two men pivitol to the Revolution: George Washington... and Oliver Cromwell.
A century before George Washington, Cromwell fought a king in the name of liberty, overthrew the monarchy, and then—step...
Jul 1, 2026
What if history isn’t a string of great man biopics or a struggle between conservatives and progressives? What if it’s a battle of disciplinarians against drunks and harlots? Thaddeus Russell comes on to talk about his book, “A Renegade History of the United States.”
Jun 30, 2026
The Founding Fathers were all children of the Enlightenment, and they agreed on kicking King George out, but they never agreed on how to run the country.
Seth Radwell, author of American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing Our Nation joins on to discuss these two halves of our Founding, and how...