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The Political Orphanage

PJ O'Rourke Wants to Leave You Alone

The Political Orphanage

Andrew Heaton

Politics, Comedy, News

4.91000 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

PJ O'Rourke is a wry political satirist, HL Mencken Fellow at the Cato Institute, and most recently the author of "None of My Business." He joins Heaton to talk about economics, socialism, term limits, and why America will never ever be Sweden. 

Season 2, Ep 30

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the political orphanage when everyone else in the media is boxing, on this podcast we are all playing Twister.

0:17.2

And today I am joined by PJO Work, the Obie Wan Canoebe of my own political satire career, the author of Parliament

0:25.6

of Hor's, former editor of National Lampoon, and the reigning elder statesman of free market

0:31.2

wiscracks.

0:32.2

Mr. O'Rourke, I am delighted to have you on the program.

0:34.6

Thank you for joining us.

0:35.6

Well, you're very welcome.

0:37.1

T thrilled to be here.

0:38.5

We're going to use your most recent book,

0:39.8

none of my business, as a jumping point today,

0:41.9

to discuss economics, being a foreign correspondent in the

0:45.0

Soviet Union, socialism, and a slew of policy recommendations. But first, if you don't mind,

0:50.3

hold on a moment, Mr. Awwert, because I need to make a quick announcement for the benefit of the show.

0:55.5

Hello orphans, Andrew Heaton here, the host of the very podcast you're listening to.

1:01.5

As you can see, I have convinced PJO work to come on our program. And do you

1:06.7

know where he lives? In New Hampshire, home of the New Hampshire primary, which I am hoping to take this show to next month.

1:15.0

It's 2020, it's time to up my game and I want to go into the thick of America's political

1:19.9

nexus to get us some insights on just how the hell the great American dumpster fire is going

1:25.1

to turn out.

1:26.1

I want to go talk to those New Englanders and see how they think and who they'll pick.

1:30.9

And for that, I need your help. If you're a regular listener of the program and not yet

1:35.4

supporting the show on Patreon, go to Patreon.com slash Andrew Heaton and help toss some

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