{"podcast":{"title":"John Stossel on Odysee","slug":"john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","podcast_index_feed_id":5955553,"rss_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/@johnstossel:7","website_url":"https://odysee.com/@johnstossel:7","image_url":"https://thumbnails.lbry.com/UCjo1uN-aM3rmBV46xj7l2KA","author":"John Stossel","episode_count":50,"summary":"After 40+ years of reporting, I now understand the importance of limited government and personal freedom. ------------------------------------------ Libertarian journalist John Stossel is a zealous advocate of free markets, a syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor. Prior to joining Fox, John co-anchored ABC’s primetime newsmagazine show, 20/20. Stossel’s economic programs have been adapted into teaching kits by a non-profit organization, \"Stossel in the Classroom.\" High school teachers in American public schools now use the videos to help educate their students on economics and economic freedom. They are seen by more than 12 million students every year. Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards and has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Other honors include the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T22:19:59.576984+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553"},"episode":{"title":"Why Socialism's Biggest Fans (Sanders, Mamdani, Piker) are Often Rich","slug":"why-socialism-s-biggest-fans-sanders-mamdani-piker-are-often-rich","published_at":"2026-07-07T11:30:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/why-socialism-s-biggest-fans-sanders-mamdani-piker-are-often-rich","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","url":"https://odysee.com/why-socialism%27s-biggest-fans-%28sanders%2C:9295d8b4f48af5983b2ae8075d2fbefdb454dc98","audio_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/media/why-socialism%27s-biggest-fans-%28sanders%2C/9295d8b4f48af5983b2ae8075d2fbefdb454dc98/087f20.mp4","summary":"I'm told socialism is a working-class movement. In reality, its biggest promoters live lives of privilege! _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly videos from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form _ _ _ _ _ _ Political psychologist Rob Henderson has a name for this: a "luxury belief.” An idea that buys the wealthy status, while the poor pay the price. Take NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. His socialist ideas make him popular, yet make life for everyday working people expensive. That doesn’t matter to him. He grew up rich! “He is the poster boy for luxury beliefs,” says Henderson, “He has a wealthy filmmaker mother, [and] an Ivy League professor father.” Mamdani is not unique among socialists. Congresswoman AOC, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, and streamer Hasan Piker all have privileged lives. In the video above, Stossel TV Fellow Leyla Taghiyeva breaks down the examples, and why it’s a problem. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7n6injw8GI","meta_description":"I'm told socialism is a working-class movement. In reality, its biggest promoters live lives of privilege! _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":395,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/episodes/why-socialism-s-biggest-fans-sanders-mamdani-piker-are-often-rich/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/why-socialism-s-biggest-fans-sanders-mamdani-piker-are-often-rich.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}