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James Tooley: How the World's Poor Get a Good Education from Markets SRN PODCAST: About a decade ago, James Tooley wandered out into a foreign slum and encountered a network of inexpensive private schools on every few street corners. The professor of education policy at Newcastle University and his team went back to study this system of education, and found that private schools serve the world's poor far better than local government schools, and at a far lower price. He later wrote the acclaimed book The Beautiful Tree about his experiences and research. Here, Tooley talks about his research, why education is not distorted by a profit motive, and why governments provide the poor worse services than they can get for themselves through free markets.	James M. Taylor: Renewable Power Mandates ECN PODCAST: James M. Taylor, senior fellow for environment policy at The Heartland Institute and host Jim Lakely discuss the latest news on efforts to roll back wasteful and expensive renewable power mandates from state to state.
Avik Roy: Arkansas Medicaid deal HCN PODCAST: Benjamin Domenech talks with Avik Roy of the Manhattan Institute about Arkansas' Medicaid deal.	Wisconsin Teacher: Public Schools Push the U.S. Left SRN PODCAST: Because bureaucrats control public schools, public schools have for decades pushed successive generations of Americans farther and farther left, says Karen Schroeder. She's president of Advocates for Academic Freedom and a Wisconsin public school teacher who has seen this first-hand. Because textbooks and teacher training are controlled by progressive bureaucrats, even private schools have the same effect. Schroeder explains how this damages academic freedom and self-government, and what parents and citizens can do about it. Find the petition she mentions here.
Jim Capretta: Medicaid Reform HCN PODCAST: Benjamin Domenech interviews Jim Capretta of the EPPC on Medicaid reform.	Patrick Barron: The Simplicity of Sound Money BTN PODCAST: In May, banking industry consultant Patrick Barron will be addressing the European Parliament and lobbying for Germany to exit the Eurozone, reestablish the Deutsche Mark as its official currency, and back it with physical gold. He joins us to discuss the virtues of sound money.