{"podcast":{"title":"John Stossel on Odysee","slug":"john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","podcast_index_feed_id":5955553,"rss_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/@johnstossel:7","website_url":"https://odysee.com/@johnstossel:7","image_url":"https://thumbnails.lbry.com/UCjo1uN-aM3rmBV46xj7l2KA","author":"John Stossel","episode_count":50,"summary":"After 40+ years of reporting, I now understand the importance of limited government and personal freedom. ------------------------------------------ Libertarian journalist John Stossel is a zealous advocate of free markets, a syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor. Prior to joining Fox, John co-anchored ABC’s primetime newsmagazine show, 20/20. Stossel’s economic programs have been adapted into teaching kits by a non-profit organization, \"Stossel in the Classroom.\" High school teachers in American public schools now use the videos to help educate their students on economics and economic freedom. They are seen by more than 12 million students every year. Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards and has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Other honors include the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T22:19:59.576984+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553"},"episode":{"title":"The Case for Capitalism: Voluntary Trade, Rising Wealth, and Why Socialism Always Fails","slug":"the-case-for-capitalism-voluntary-trade-rising-wealth-and-why-socialism-always-fails","published_at":"2026-05-12T11:30:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/the-case-for-capitalism-voluntary-trade-rising-wealth-and-why-socialism-always-fails","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","url":"https://odysee.com/the-case-for-capitalism-voluntary-trade%2C:a96454ca6d2cef313fb9b9c4c36d5fdefaa574dc","audio_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/media/the-case-for-capitalism-voluntary-trade%2C/a96454ca6d2cef313fb9b9c4c36d5fdefaa574dc/060c58.mp4","summary":"62% of American young adults favor socialism. But that’s just ignorant. Capitalism is the only system that creates better lives for more people! _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form _ _ _ _ _ _ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says, “Capitalism, at its core, is the absolute pursuit of profit… That is not a redeemable system." Yes, capitalism can be ugly, selfish, and sometimes ruthless. But nothing else works. Under capitalism, you can only get rich by creating useful things for everyone else. The economically ignorant don't understand that. They say, “We have a finite amount of money. Jeff Bezos has $100 billion. His wealth is making a lot of people poorer.” So if someone has millions, the rest of us have millions less. But there ISN'T a finite amount of money. Trade CREATES wealth. In my video above we debunk more of the socialists' economically ignorant ideas. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HExwihnFmvM","meta_description":"62% of American young adults favor socialism. But that’s just ignorant. Capitalism is the only system that creates better lives for more people! _ _ _ _ _…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":322,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/episodes/the-case-for-capitalism-voluntary-trade-rising-wealth-and-why-socialism-always-fails/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/the-case-for-capitalism-voluntary-trade-rising-wealth-and-why-socialism-always-fails.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}