Archive - The Freedom Academy with Asha Rangappa

Class 49. What We Can Learn from the Progressive Era

We know about "dark money"...is there such a thing as "light" money?

Nov 13 •

59:33

Guest Speaker Zoom Link, 11/11/25, 7:30 p.m. EST

Is there a way for money to actually help make America more democratic, rather than more corrupt?

Nov 11 •

Friday Round Up! 11/7/25

The Trump administration's official legal position is: Let them eat cake (or not at all).

Nov 8 •

Playing Defense with Sports Betting: Is it Too Late to Regulate?

Can lawmakers preserve the integrity of the game?

Nov 6 •

Friday Round Up! 10/31/25

The Six Degrees from Kevin Bacon legal theory for drone strikes.

Nov 1 •

October 2025

Freedom Academy Book Club: Elements of Power with David Abraham

Demystifying the world of rare earths and critical minerals and why the world is fighting over them.

Oct 29 •

1:00:06

Book Club Zoom Link, 10/28/25, 8:00 p.m. EDT

It’s Freedom Academy Book Club day!

Oct 28 •

Friday Round Up! 10/24/25

We need to focus on the players who are throwing the game.

Oct 25 •

October 23, 2025 Office Hours Zoom Link (with Molly Jong-Fast!), 5 p.m. EDT

I’m so excited to have my friend and writer-commentator-journalist Molly Jong-Fast join us for today’s office hours!

Oct 23 •

Friday Round Up! 10/17/25

Why the Trump administration is using the CIA to do an end-run around Congress.

Oct 18 •

So You've Decided to Target Random People with Military Force

Here's why it's illegal.

Oct 15 •

Friday Round Up! 10/10/25

Making sense of a(nother) flimsy indictment.

Oct 11 •

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