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Kyle Pomerleau: The Harmful Effects of the Medical Device Tax BTN PODCAST: At the start of this year makers of medical devices became subject to a federal excise tax on their products. It's an especially bad way to fund Obamacare, says the Tax Foundation's Kyle Pomerleau, because it could reduce innovation, raise costs of medical care, and cause conflict within the medical industry over who should ultimately bear the burden of the tax.	Joy Pullmann - The Common Core SRN PODCAST: Joy Pullmann, managing editor of School Reform News, has been traveling the country spreading the word about the common core and why people should oppose it. She discusses her travels with Heartland's Jim Lakely.
Steve Stanek: Chained CPI BTN PODCAST: Steve Stanek discusses chained CPI and other aspects of President Obama's 2014 budget on The Take with Charles Butler.	John Droz: North Carolina Renewable Power Mandates ECN PODCAST: Energy Expert John Droz reports on North Carolina legislation that would roll back the state’s renewable power mandates.
Mike Ford: What to Do with Disruptive Students SRN PODCAST: New reports have found that one in four African-American students has been suspended, compared to less than one in ten white students. School discipline is a controversial issue. Are kids responsible for their own bad behavior? Are their parents? What about schools? A new report shows how concerned Milwaukee parents and teachers are about badly behaved students, and discusses some ways reduce the negative effects of such behavior both on the disruptive kids and their well-behaved classmates. Mike Ford is research director at the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, and he joins the podcast to discuss his report. It puts numbers to how much disruptive students reduce other students’ learning, and suggests two solutions: Putting disruptive children in online education, and character education in public schools.	Ed Ring: Municipal Workers Receiving Far More Than Taxpayers Know FIRE PODCAST: When perks including pensions, health insurance, paid vacations, disability insurance, and other forms of compensation are included, many municipal workers in California are receiving triple the compensation typically reported in newspapers and even by the State Controller. Ed Ring of the California Public Policy Center explains the shocking amounts taxpayers are spending on municipal workers.