Free To Choose Media Podcast

Today’s podcast is titled “The Epidemic of Youth and Sports Gambling.” Recorded in late 2025, Les Bernal, national director of Stop Predatory Gambling, and Saul Malek, board member of the Texas Coalition on Problem Gambling, join host Jim Falk to examine the rapid spread of sports betting among young adults and teens. Their conversation traces the industry’s rapid growth since the 2018 Supreme Court ruling, draws on Malek’s firsthand experience with gambling addiction, and asks whether state governments can protect young people from an industry they now profit from. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates for the …

Today’s podcast is titled “Tariffs: How They Affect the Economy and Trade.” Recorded in early 2025, Jim Falk sits down with Donald Boudreaux, Ph.D., professor of economics at George Mason University and senior fellow at the Mercatus Center, and Jeff Ferry, chief economist emeritus at the Coalition for a Prosperous America, to examine tariffs and their impact on the U.S. economy. Their conversation weighs who bears the cost of tariffs versus who benefits, digs into competing explanations for the decline in American manufacturing, and debates whether today’s trade policy risks repeating the mistakes of the past. Listen now, and don’t …

Today’s podcast is titled “The Presidential Office: Its Influence and Power Today.” Recorded in early 2025, Jim Falk welcomes back presidential historian Jeremi Suri, Ph.D., Mack Brown Distinguished Professor at UT Austin and author of The Impossible Presidency, along with John Lawrence, Ph.D., former chief of staff to Nancy Pelosi and author of Arc of Power, for a look at how modern media and institutional dynamics have reshaped the presidency. Their conversation traces the shift from traditional news to podcasts and influencers, the ongoing tug-of-war between executive power and congressional checks, and why the office’s contradictory demands make it, as …

Today’s podcast is titled “Presidential Leadership: The Defining Traits.” Recorded in early 2025, host Jim Falk sits down with presidential historians Talmage Boston, author of How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our Top Presidents, and Jeremi Suri, Ph.D., Mack Brown Distinguished Professor at UT Austin and author of The Impossible Presidency, along with John Lawrence, Ph.D., former chief of staff to Nancy Pelosi and author of Arc of Power, to discuss what separates history’s most effective presidents from the rest. The conversation points to common threads among the best: building a strong team, staying open to opposing views, …

Today’s podcast is titled “Brands in Crisis.” Recorded in 2025, Bruce Turkel, branding expert and author of All About Them, and Laura Culp, founder of Culp Branding, join host Vince Poscente to discuss how companies survive — or fail to survive — a brand crisis. Their conversation ranges from the fire extinguisher paradigm of crisis preparedness to what separates a genuine apology from a deflection, using Johnson & Johnson’s Tylenol response, Chipotle’s food-safety recovery, and Tesla’s ongoing brand-identity struggle as contrasting case studies. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.