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Benjamin Domenech: Smokers under Obamacare

HCN PODCAST: Benjamin Domenech talks about how smokers are singled out for Obamacare rate hikes.

Dr. Alieta Eck: ObamaCare Hurts College Students

SRN PODCAST: Although most young people voted for President Obama in 2008 and 2012, his signature achievement is particularly crushing to their freedom, health needs, and pocket books, says Dr. Alieta Eck. She is the founder of Zarephath Health Center in New Jersey, a free health clinic for poor and uninsured people. Dr. Eck outlines a better healthcare system for students, young people, and the general public, and shows how to make sure everyone has healthcare without forcing doctors to provide it and taxpayers to fund it.

Sheldon Richman: 100 Years of the Federal Income Tax

BTN PODCAST: The federal income tax has just turned 100 years old. Economic writer and historian Sheldon Richman says even if the Sixteenth Amendment establishing the income tax were repealed, Congress would have the power to impose an income tax.

Neil deMause: Chicago Cubs Plan to Renovate Stadium Themselves

FIRE PODCAST: Professional sports teams have received billions of taxpayers dollars in deals most independent economists say do little or nothing to improve local economies. Pushback against these deals has been growing and is a factor in the Chicago Cubs announcing they plan to renovate Wrigley Field with their own money, says Neil deMause, author of "Field of Schemes" and operator of the fieldofschemes.com Web site.

Marc Morano: Bill Nye the Science Guy Debate

ECN PODCAST: James Taylor interviews Marc Morano, publisher of the website Climatedepot.com, about his "debate" with Bill Nye, the Science Guy.

Ember Reichgott Junge: Charter School Movement

SRN PODCAST: Heartland's Jim Lakely speaks with Ember Reichgott Junge, a former Democratic Minnesota state senator and a member of the National Charter Schools Hall of Fame. They follow up her appearance at a Heartland Author Series luncheon to discuss the 20-year history of the charter school movement, the principle of offering choice in schools, and the future of reforms in public education.
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