{"podcast":{"title":"John Stossel on Odysee","slug":"john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","podcast_index_feed_id":5955553,"rss_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/@johnstossel:7","website_url":"https://odysee.com/@johnstossel:7","image_url":"https://thumbnails.lbry.com/UCjo1uN-aM3rmBV46xj7l2KA","author":"John Stossel","episode_count":50,"summary":"After 40+ years of reporting, I now understand the importance of limited government and personal freedom. ------------------------------------------ Libertarian journalist John Stossel is a zealous advocate of free markets, a syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor. Prior to joining Fox, John co-anchored ABC’s primetime newsmagazine show, 20/20. Stossel’s economic programs have been adapted into teaching kits by a non-profit organization, \"Stossel in the Classroom.\" High school teachers in American public schools now use the videos to help educate their students on economics and economic freedom. They are seen by more than 12 million students every year. Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards and has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Other honors include the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T22:19:59.576984+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553"},"episode":{"title":"FDR to Obama: How Dumb Government Actions Made the Great Depression and Recession Worse","slug":"fdr-to-obama-how-dumb-government-actions-made-the-great-depression-and-recession-worse","published_at":"2026-04-21T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/fdr-to-obama-how-dumb-government-actions-made-the-great-depression-and-recession-worse","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","url":"https://odysee.com/fdr-to-obama-how-dumb-government-actions:aef363b3ec6c503e024f98ff66f773e1021974b2","audio_url":"https://player.odycdn.com/v6/streams/aef363b3ec6c503e024f98ff66f773e1021974b2/ce1105.mp4","summary":"When there’s a problem, politicians always have “solutions.” History shows those “solutions” often make things worse. _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form _ _ _ _ _ _ We’re told FDR and his New Deal saved America from the Great Depression. Economist Donald J. Boudreaux, author of “The Triumph of Economic Freedom,” says that’s a myth: “He created government programs all right, but they did not pull us out of the Depression.” When farmers complained about low prices, government paid farmers to destroy their crops. “People can't eat prices. They have to eat food!” says Boudreaux. 70 years later, during the Great Recession, politicians again blamed free markets and pushed more government “solutions.” Boudreaux says that’s why both downturns lasted so long. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0URAJzjy6sU","meta_description":"When there’s a problem, politicians always have “solutions.” History shows those “solutions” often make things worse. _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":444,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/episodes/fdr-to-obama-how-dumb-government-actions-made-the-great-depression-and-recession-worse/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/fdr-to-obama-how-dumb-government-actions-made-the-great-depression-and-recession-worse.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}