The hosts of the podcast Decoding the Gurus join James and Guy to talk about galaxy brain, pseudo-profound bullshit, and Jordan Peterson.

In this episode, Guy and James visit with Dr. Benjamin Goldman, assistant professor of economics at Cornell University, regarding his research into economic mobility. In addition to his position at Cornell, Dr. Goldman is a research affiliate with Opportunity Insights, the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities and EdRedesign. Their conversation focuses on research Dr. Goldman conducted with several other researchers at Opportunity Insights on the changing nature of economic mobility in the U.S.

Along the way, they also discuss Dr. Goldman's research into changing marriage rates for both college- and non-college educated individuals, and what those rates have meant for family formation and economic prospects.

To learn more about Dr. Benjamin Goldman, click here: https://www.benjamindgoldman.com/

To review the research he and his research partners at Opportunity Insights conducted on economic mobility, click here: https://opportunityinsights.org/paper/changingopportunity/

To review Dr. Goldman's paper on the changes in married rates among the college-educated and non-college educated, click here: https://benjamindgoldman.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/papers/education_marriage/education_marriage.pdf

To learn more about Dr. Guy Crain, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/humanities-department/crain-guy/

To learn more about Professor James Davenport, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

Contact us at curprn@gmail.com with suggestions for guests, comments on this episode, or questions you'd like us to ask or answer.

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Although Guy and James are both professors at Rose State College, the views expressed on this podcast are solely the views of Guy & James and their guests, and do not represent the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty or students.

James and Guy look back on the episodes they've done so far--the good, the bad, and the ugly. Find out who their dream guests would be, what they're still curious about, and their favorite guest answer to their special question.

In this episode, Dr. Bryan Caplan, economist at George Mason University, discusses his book, The Case Against Education, with Guy & James. Caplan explains why he thinks most of the gains from education are from signaling rather than human capital development, and how this distorts the education process.

Along the way, we also discuss Caplan's views on immigration and why he has developed a preference for graphic novels as a means of communicating his ideas.

To learn more about Dr. Bryan Caplan, go here: https://economics.gmu.edu/people/bcaplan; and here: http://www.bcaplan.com/

To check out his book, The Case Against Education, go here: https://www.amazon.com/Case-against-Education-System-Waste/dp/0691174652/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=bryacaplwebp-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=2a0c58e873ed68d8abd86c1449dd0968&creativeASIN=0691174652

To follow his blog, "Bet on It," go here: https://www.betonit.ai/

To learn more about Dr. Guy Crain, go here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/humanities-department/crain-guy/

To learn more about Professor James Davenport: go here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

Contact us at curprn@gmail.com with suggestions for guests, comments on this episode, or questions you'd like us to ask or answer.

You can follow Curiosity Porn on X (Twitter) at curprn_podcast and on Facebook.

Although Guy and James are both professors at Rose State College, the views expressed on this podcast are solely the views of Guy & James and their guests, and do not represent the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty, or students.

Have you ever hesitated to share something because you were afraid people wouldn't understand? Or, worse, that they would understand but would punish you for it? This is episode is for you! Philosopher Emily McWilliams from the University of Dayton joins James and Guy to discuss a variety of ways that people can suffer communicative injustices.

In this episode, Dr. Robert Litan, co-Author of "Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism" and "Better Capitalism," discusses why economic growth remains an important priority, why not all forms of capitalism are created equal, and why we need a continuous entrepreneurial revolution.

Along the way, Dr. Litan shares his thoughts on the role immigration plays in spurring innovation and economic growth, the importance of AI, and the ability of entrepreneurship to help overcome the challenges of climate change.

Since Guy was away at a conference, James was joined by Dr. Sue Lynn Sasser, professor of economics (Emeritus) at the University of Central Oklahoma for this conversation.

To learn more about Dr. Robert Litan, go here: https://www.brookings.edu/people/robert-e-litan/

To know more about Professor James Davenport, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

To learn more about Dr. Guy Crain, click here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/humanities-department/crain-guy/

Contact us at curprn@gmail.com with suggestions for guests, comments on this episode, or questions you'd like us to ask or answer.

You can follow curiosity porn on X (Twitter) at @curprn_podcast and on Facebook.

Although Guy and James are both professors at Rose State College, the views expressed on this podcast are solely the views of Guy and James and their guests and do not represent the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty, or students.

Philosopher Jerry Green joins us to talk about how hard it is to define conspiracy theories, what attracts people to conspiracy theories, and whether James and Guy should start producing children's programming.

Dylan Pahman is the Executive Editor of the Journal of Markets & Morality and a research fellow at the Acton Institute. He joins us to discuss the the work of the Acton Institute in exploring and promoting the relationship between religion and liberty. Along the way we learn why he thinks St. John of Damascus is the greatest theologian and why Adam Smith gets misunderstood. He and Guy also have a discussion about what ethical lessons we can learn from the television series Parks & Recreation.

To learn more about Dylan Pahman, go here: https://www.acton.org/about/staff/dylan-pahman

To learn more about the Acton Institute, go here: https://www.acton.org/about/mission

To review the Journal of Markets & Morality, go here: https://www.marketsandmorality.com/index.php/mandm

To learn more about Dr. Guy Crain, go here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/humanities-department/crain-guy/

To learn more about Prof. James Davenport, go here: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

Contact us at curprn@gmail.com with suggestions for guests, comments on this episode, or questions you'd like us to ask.

You can follow Curiosity Porn on X (Twitter) at @curprn_podcast and on Facebook.

Although Guy and James are both professors at Rose State College, the views expressed on this podcast are the views of Guy and James and their guests and do not reflect the views of Rose State College, its administration, faculty, or students.