Jun 27, 2025
This week New York City Democrats held their primary for mayor, and nominated Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Mamdani is a Democratic Socialist who promises to implement free bussing, a $30 per hour minimum wage, universal childcare, and a government-run grocery store program.
Hosts of the World's Smartest Podcast Network hosts,...
Jun 19, 2025
Iran is accused by Israel of pursuing a nuclear weapons program, and President Trump is weighing US military intervention.
In this episode we chart the history of nuclear non-proliferation, and assess Iran in light of...
Jun 12, 2025
A terrorist shot William McKinley at a World's Fair in Buffalo in 1901. In this episode, we go over the specter of anarchism in that era, why McKinley embodied the establishment, and how he died.
Jun 4, 2025
Andrew Jackson was the first U. S. president who experienced an assassination attempt.
It didn’t stick.
In today’s episode we learn about the most grizzled executive in American history from the vantage point of his last near-brush...