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Sports and Economics Part 1: It’s All Rigged (On Purpose)
May 8, 2026
1h 02m 08s
Children in an Age of AI
Apr 24, 2026
41m 26s
Testing What Matters: How Assessment Shapes Education
Apr 10, 2026
55m 11s
Economics and Life Hacks Part 2: How to Make Better Decisions about Time and Money
Mar 27, 2026
53m 48s
Life is Less Spicy Without the Secret Sauce! Property Rights and Concerns for the Future (with Jason Long)
Mar 13, 2026
58m 16s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/8/26 | Sports and Economics Part 1: It’s All Rigged (On Purpose)✨ | sportseconomics+4 | — | NFL | — | sports economicsNFL draft+3 | — | 1h 02m 08s | |
| 4/24/26 | Children in an Age of AI✨ | AI in educationparenting+3 | — | — | — | AIparenting+5 | — | 41m 26s | |
| 4/10/26 | Testing What Matters: How Assessment Shapes Education✨ | educational assessmenttesting practices+4 | — | MississippiFinland | — | assessmenteducation+5 | — | 55m 11s | |
| 3/27/26 | Economics and Life Hacks Part 2: How to Make Better Decisions about Time and Money✨ | economicsdecision making+4 | — | — | — | economicslife hacks+5 | — | 53m 48s | |
| 3/13/26 | Life is Less Spicy Without the Secret Sauce! Property Rights and Concerns for the Future (with Jason Long)✨ | property rightseconomic disparity+4 | Jason Long | Anthropic | United States | property rightseconomic development+6 | — | 58m 16s | |
| 3/4/26 | [Bonus Episode] America Goes to War: Making Sense of the Sudden Conflict with Iran (with Tim Buch)✨ | U.S.-Iran conflictmilitary decisions+3 | Tim Buch | CIA | IranU.S.+2 | IranU.S.+6 | — | 1h 04m 30s | |
| 2/26/26 | Missionary Economics: The Art of Going, Giving, and Getting It Right✨ | missionary workeconomic thinking+4 | — | Wheaton CollegeWheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics+1 | — | missionary economicsChristian missions+5 | — | 58m 44s | |
| 2/13/26 | A Knowledge Paradox: Collectively Brilliant, Individually Helpless✨ | knowledgesociety+3 | — | Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics | — | knowledge paradoxSaxon+3 | — | 56m 59s | |
| 1/30/26 | You Are What You Love: How Our Desires Shape Who We Are✨ | desirespassions+4 | — | Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics | — | desiresidentity+5 | — | 45m 21s | |
| 1/23/26 | [Bonus Episode] Analyzing Trump’s Grab for Greenland✨ | TrumpGreenland+5 | — | — | GreenlandUnited States+1 | TrumpGreenland+5 | — | 34m 09s | |
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| 1/16/26 | Economics and Life Hacks: Using Economic Thinking to Make Better Decisions (Part 1)✨ | economic thinkingdecision-making+4 | — | Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics | — | economicsdecision-making+5 | — | 45m 31s | |
| 1/9/26 | [Bonus Episode] The Venezuela Operation: Inside the U.S. Mission to Capture Nicolás Maduro | On January 3, 2026, President Donald Trump authorized the United States military and CIA to capture and extradite Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro to face federal criminal charges. The operation was completed within five hours with few casualties—no Americans were killed in the operation. Join Enoch and Tim in this special current events episode as they break down the operation, discuss Venezuela's devastating economic collapse over the past decade, and explore the implications for America's future role in the country.Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: January 8, 2026 | — | ||||||
| 1/2/26 | Uneven Information: Helpful Strategies When Information Is One-Sided | How can we know if the car we want to buy is not a lemon? Or how can we sincerely communicate how much we love a romantic partner? Oftentimes in life we encounter information asymmetries. We struggle to make ideal decisions with incomplete knowledge or even to signal our own intentions when an audience may not believe us. Enoch and Tim talk about examples in or everyday lives and discuss strategies to help live in a world with uneven information.Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: November 7, 2025 | — | ||||||
| 12/19/25 | Special Christmas Episode: The Economics of Gift Giving | In this episode, Enoch and Tim explore the fascinating and sometimes controversial economics of gift giving. They breakdown the “deadweight loss of Christmas” to explain the inefficiency of gift exchange. But these two grinches explain why giving gifts does so much more than retail cost valuations insofar as the process of finding and buying a gift demonstrates a unique act of love and care.Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: December 16, 2025 | — | ||||||
| 12/12/25 | What We Can Learn from the Saints (with Matthew Milliner) | The saints are more than folk tales and stories for children. They are true lives of Christian men and women who lived faithfully. Professor of Art History at Wheaton College, Dr. Matthew Milliner, joins Enoch and Tim as they discuss how we can benefit from learning deeply from the saints. They compare the Catholic and Protestant traditions and share how choosing to be influenced by examples of saints may form and strengthen our faith.Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: October 29, 2025 | — | ||||||
| 11/28/25 | DDNR: Digital Do Not Resuscitate | In this episode, Enoch and Tim explore the emerging practice of using AI and deepfake technology to create interactive digital replicas of deceased people. While these tools are marketed as aids to grief and memory preservation, we examine the philosophical and moral hazards of digitally "resurrecting" the dead—from questions of consent and exploitation to concerns about whether such practices impede genuine grief work and erode the meaning we make from mortality itself.Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: October 9, 2025 | — | ||||||
| 11/14/25 | Worldviews: A Pastoral Conversation with Del Tackett | Enoch and Tim interview Dr. Del Tackett, an acclaimed educator whose teaching materials have impacted over 20 million people across more than 100 countries. The conversation centers on the critical role that meta-narratives, or worldviews, play in shaping what individuals believe and pursue in their personal pursuits of flourishing. Their conversation challenges the widespread assumption of neutrality, arguing that everyone operates from an underlying worldview whether they acknowledge it or not. The discussion provides listeners with both a framework for understanding their own beliefs and practical insights into how deliberate worldview formation can guide life's most important choices and priorities.Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: October 14, 2025 | — | ||||||
| 10/31/25 | Dating Economics: Heartbreak and Optimizing the Search for a Spouse | For some dating is an adventure while for others dating is a daunting gamble. Is there a way for a person to optimize their approach to dating? Join Enoch and Tim as they discuss an economic approach to dating, tell stories, and try to make dating more approachable. Sure, dating risks rejection and heartbreak, but the benefits of finding a lifelong mate just may outweigh the risks. Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: October 15 & 30, 2025 | — | ||||||
| 10/17/25 | Holy Shekels: Ancient Welfare Meets Modern Economics | Summary: Enoch and Tim challenge the assumption that welfare policy is a modern invention by exploring social safety nets in ancient societies. The conversation centers on the Old Testament's laws of Jubilee, examining the theological and practical purposes behind these ancient provisions for economic redistribution and debt relief. Rather than treating these historical practices as mere curiosities, they draw connections between ancient wisdom and contemporary welfare debates, asking what principles from these time-tested systems might inform modern policy design. Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: September 25, 2025 | — | ||||||
| 10/3/25 | Nothing Is Really Yours | Is ownership a natural right, a social contract, or just God’s loan? Join Tim and Enoch for a mix of humor, history, and hard questions.Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: 4 September, 2025 | — | ||||||
| 9/26/25 | [Bonus Episode] Immigration for Sale? The High Cost of a U.S. Work Visa | In this bonus episode of Choosing Better, Enoch and Tim dig deep into the sweeping changes to the U.S. H-1B visa system following the shock announcement of a $100,000 application fee. They break down the policy’s potential upsides and downsides, discuss its implications, and explore what it might mean for the future of American immigration. The U.S. immigration system is overviewed and some shocking trivia is revealed.Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: 25 September, 2025 | — | ||||||
| 9/19/25 | From Boys 2 Men? The Growing Crisis in Male Achievement | Are boys and men falling behind? Enoch and Tim unpack the widening gap between men and women in education, leadership, volunteerism, and broader civic life. They spotlight striking statistics—like how university enrollment now stands at 59% female and only 41% male—and explore what this shift means for the future of families, communities, and society. The conversation traces how public attention has only recently turned to this issue and considers the long-term consequences of a generation of men growing up feeling undervalued, underperforming, and unseen. What happens to a society when half its young people believe the system isn’t built for them?Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: 28 August, 2025 | — | ||||||
| 9/5/25 | From Data to Disaster: What Happens When Governments Fudge the Math | Why does it matter if inflation, unemployment, or GDP numbers get nudged to “look better” than they are? Enoch and Tim explore why keeping politics out of economic data is critical for good policy and stability. They discuss the recent dismissal of the BLS commissioner, walk through how data is collected, why it might be trusted and the lessons that can be drawn from case studies of Argentina, Mexico, and Greece. Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: August 8, 2025 | — | ||||||
| 8/22/25 | Believe, Behave, Belong: Why Costly Behaviors Are Necessary to Find Meaningful Belonging | We all long for meaningful belonging—a place where we’re seen, accepted, and part of something greater than ourselves. But true belonging often comes at a cost. In this episode, Enoch and Tim explore why shared beliefs and behaviors—especially the difficult ones—are essential to forming lasting, purpose-driven communities. Building on their previous episode about the global rise of Christianity and renewed interest in faith, they dive into howcommitment, conformity, and even sacrifice shape religious identity. With personal stories, humor, and honest reflection, they unpack why even non-religious groups rely on behavioral boundaries to foster deep connection. Along the way, they reference the New York Times’ Believing project.Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: 14 July 2025 | — | ||||||
| 8/8/25 | Unbelievable: From Secular Decline to Spiritual Renewal | After years of slow decline, belief is growing. Not just in the US but across cultures and continents. In this episode, Enoch and Tim dive into surprising data about Christianity's recent rise, the return of young men to church, the increased attention from academics and influencers, and the influence of Christian underpinnings for society more broadly. Credits: Drew Elliot (music) with additional thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics.Recording Date: 1 July 2025 | — | ||||||
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