{"podcast":{"title":"The Truth Quest Podcast","slug":"the-truth-quest-podcast-676709","podcast_index_feed_id":676709,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/truthquest/feed.xml","website_url":"https://truthquest.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3099311/Truth_Quest_Image_Podbean9i1uq.jpg","author":"truthquest","episode_count":395,"summary":"“The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself.” ~ Saint Augustine","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T02:18:56.549060+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-truth-quest-podcast-676709"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 373 - The Truth About Adam Smith","slug":"ep-373-the-truth-about-adam-smith","published_at":"2026-06-19T14:07:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-truth-quest-podcast-676709/ep-373-the-truth-about-adam-smith","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-truth-quest-podcast-676709","url":"https://truthquest.podbean.com/e/episode-373-the-truth-about-adam-smith/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6znvnwpjx8bzysbn/Episode_373_-_The_Truth_About_Adam_Smith6h5rw.mp3","summary":"Adam Smith is widely considered to be the father of modern economics. His influence is far and wide - from the Founding Fathers of the country to the economic and classical liberal strands of libertarianism. In this episode, we pay tribute to the enduring genius of Adam Smith by discussing some of his most powerful and influential concepts — ideas that continue to ignite liberty and prosperity centuries later, such as the invisible hand, division of labor, man of system, cooperation, competition, limited government and free market capitalism. Show Notes Twitter | Rumble | BitChute | Spotify | Apple -------------------------------- The Wealth of Nations at 250: Ten Profound Quotations from Adam Smith -------------------------------- Support the podcast by shopping at the Truth Quest Shirt Factory. Check out the \"Greed is Good\" shirt; inspired by this episode.","meta_description":"Adam Smith is widely considered to be the father of modern economics. His influence is far and wide - from the Founding Fathers of the country to the econ…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1227,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-truth-quest-podcast-676709/episodes/ep-373-the-truth-about-adam-smith/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-truth-quest-podcast-676709/ep-373-the-truth-about-adam-smith.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}