Episode 4 of the FUN POLICE podcast series is out !

Episode 4: Hedging bets We have a fascination with gambling, but for some, it is also seen as both shady and dangerous. As a result, activists try to ban it, for public health reasons and on the grounds of morality. The promise of potential winnings are evil, they say. But what are the consequences of […]

Episode 3 of the FUN POLICE podcast series is out !

Episode 3: Harm reduction Many people attempt to quit smoking, but it’s a difficult task. With the availability of smoking cessation devices, the question is: how effective are they, and why are they being treated the same as smoking? In this episode, we take a look at tobacco harm reduction, its proponents and adversaries. Act […]

Episode 2 of the FUN POLICE podcast series is out !

Episode 2: The Billionaire Every prohibitionist movement needs its funders. Its moneymen. Usually, there are powerful industrialists who’ve made it big and are “giving back” by restricting choices of the little people. For popular movements against alcohol in the 1900s, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford were the principal philanthropists. Neoprohibitionists now rely […]

Episode 1 of the FUN POLICE podcast series is out !

To understand Neo-prohibitionism, we need to understand the premise of their arguments. In this episode we talk about the harm principle, and the implications of self-harm. We also analyse the history of prohibition throughout time and answer the question: is prohibitionism limited to only one culture, or is it a universal fallacy? We close the […]