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John Conlin: End the Education Plantation SRN PODCAST: The federal government uses money to push states around all the time, so why not use it for something good for kids? That’s the idea behind a new advocacy group that wants a new federal law requiring any state that accepts any federal education dollars to change the method they use to fund K-12 education. John Conlin with End the Education Plantation joins the podcast to talk about his group's radical idea for having every education dollar follow each child into his or her chosen classroom.	James Hohman: Detroit and the Emergency Manager BTN PODCAST: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has announced plans to assign an emergency manager to take over Detroit city government, which is on the verge of insolvency. James Hohman of the Michigan-based Mackinac Center says emergency managers in Michigan have powers local officials do not have, but even with those powers there is no guarantee the city can avoid insolvency in the long run.
Bill Gunderson: Housing Recovery Looks Real FIRE PODCAST: In this "Best of" Heartland podcast, Investments expert Bill Gunderson says, in many markets, a real recovery in housing looks to be underway.	John C. Goodman: State Reform after Supreme Court Ruling HCN PODCAST: In this "Best of" Heartland podcast, Manager of External Relations Kendall Antekeier sat down with John C. Goodman, President of the National Center for Policy Analysis. Together they discuss what reforms states can consider after the Supreme Court ruling, many of those suggested by Goodman’s new book “Priceless – Curing the Health Care Crisis.”
Joy Pullmann: The Parent Trigger SRN PODCAST: In this "Best of" Heartland podcast, Jim Lakely and Joy Pullmann discuss the new policy brief released by the Heartland Institute, titled "The Parent Trigger: Justification and Design Guidelines."	Ben VanMetre: Little Reality Behind Governor's Rhetoric BTN PODCAST: Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has delivered his proposed budget for the next fiscal year. With budgets like these, it's easy to understand why Illinois has the nation's worst unfunded pension liability, backlog of unpaid bills, and credit rating. Ben VanMetre of the Illinois Policy Institute explains.