{"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":"Nicotine Pouch Panic: How Government Keeps People Smoking","slug":"nicotine-pouch-panic-how-government-keeps-people-smoking","published_at":"2026-04-28T11:30:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/nicotine-pouch-panic-how-government-keeps-people-smoking","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","url":"https://odysee.com/nicotine-pouch-panic-how-government:e5d5600986125176c3fe674390d61b30915aa085","audio_url":"https://player.odycdn.com/v6/streams/e5d5600986125176c3fe674390d61b30915aa085/a57c1f.mp4","summary":"Nicotine pouches, like Zyn, are safer than smoking. But now, politicians want to restrict the pouches. Here's why that's a problem. _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form _ _ _ _ _ _ Some states ban flavored nicotine pouches. Others slap big taxes on them. Some as high as 95% That doesn’t protect people. That's keeps more people smoking. Because: “If you make the safer alternative more expensive," Guy Bentley of the Reason Foundation explains, "more cigarettes will be sold.” Politicians say they’re doing this for the kids! “Pouches seem to lock their sights on young kids!” warns Senator Chuck Schumer. “The governor is a grandmother!" proclaim bureaucrats in my state. "She cares about the health of our children.” “Please,” responds Bentley, “Almost no kids are using these products.” Only 0.6% of high schoolers use them regularly. “It's adults who were buying the stuff?” I ask. “It is,” explains Bentley, “More than seven million American adults are using nicotine pouches … And that's a good thing, not a bad thing.” It is. My video above explains why, and how the “just-ban-things” crowd create more problems: like black markets and crime. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aBOgQIU8ws","meta_description":"Nicotine pouches, like Zyn, are safer than smoking. But now, politicians want to restrict the pouches. Here's why that's a problem. _ _ _ _ _ _…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":327,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/episodes/nicotine-pouch-panic-how-government-keeps-people-smoking/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/nicotine-pouch-panic-how-government-keeps-people-smoking.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}