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The Political Orphanage

Ep. 14 |The Politics of Star Trek | Guest: Tim Sandefur

The Political Orphanage

Andrew Heaton

Politics, Comedy, News

4.91000 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Heaton gives a primer on how to swear like a Scotsman after Scottish News. Then the Goldwater Institute's Tim Sandefur joins to discuss the political philosophies of Star Trek, and how Picard measures up to Captain Kirk.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to Something's Off with Andrew Heaton. I'm your host Kent Brockman.

0:22.0

This may be the most Andrew Heaton-themed podcast I have ever done today.

0:27.0

Maybe the most Andrew-Heat-themed thing I have ever done today.

0:30.5

For one thing, it's St Andrew's Day. Andrew is the patron saint of Russia,

0:35.0

Sicily, Romania, Ukraine, Barbados, me and the great nation of Scotland.

0:42.0

Therefore, today in honor of that wonderful country, we will be doing Scottish news.

0:48.0

But then, my guest is Tim Sandifer.

0:52.0

He is the vice president forigation at the Goldwater Institute,

0:55.6

formerly of the Pacific Legal Foundation. He's an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute.

1:00.4

He's a writer, an author, a brilliant man all around and a brilliant legal mind.

1:05.0

It would make a lot of sense to talk to him about law, wouldn't it?

1:08.0

Wouldn't you think that would make sense?

1:10.0

That I should ask him about the differences between originalism and living constitutionalism and my theory

1:14.4

that Ruth Bader Ginsburg's corpse has been doing weekend at Bernies for two years?

1:18.3

Wouldn't that make sense?

1:19.1

It would, but I'm not going to talk to him about that.

1:21.8

I'm going to talk to him about Star Trek.

1:25.3

I'm going to talk to Tim Sanford about the politics of Star Trek in a brand new segment

1:29.9

called alienating the Audience.

1:33.0

So for a few of you, I recommend that you stick around

1:36.1

through the Scottish News and a word from our sponsors,

1:38.6

then I will see you next week.

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