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 […]
I joined TNT Radio’s State of the Nation with Steve Hook and Bryan McClain to promote the FUN POLICE podcast series.
Consumer Choice Center Senior Policy Analyst Bill Wirtz is invited on Straight Talk with Scott Ryfun on WGIG and WTKS to discuss the release of the Consumer Choice Center original podcast series FUN POLICE.
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 […]
I was a guest on the Wednesday Night Live show and podcast, promoting the FUN POLICE podcast series. Find the FUN POLICE wherever you listen to podcasts: https://pod.link/1714265675
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 […]
Back in June, the French president celebrated the victory in the changing room of the winning team of the domestic league rugby final by downing a bottle of beer in one go. Seventeen seconds is what it took Emmanuel Macron to empty the bottle, as the players cheered him on. The controversy it sparked wasn’t […]
I was invited on Forum Daily in Canada to talk about the generation ban on tobacco and vaping products in the UK. Watch it here:
For the Consumer Choice Center I’ve been working on a podcast series called Fun Police, a 5-part investigative podcast series about neo-prohibitionism. Listen to the podcast trailer here, and subscribe to the podcast! Also as a video here:
This week’s episode is a joint episode with the friends at Consumer Choice Radio. One of our topics in this episode: Ireland attempts to stick warning labels on your booze, and we’re not a fan. February 23, 2023 Check out more of Consumer Choice Radio: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/radio/ Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: […]
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