The Human Progress Podcast

About The Human Progress Podcast

Hosted by Marian L. Tupy and Chelsea Follett

Publisher

HumanProgress.org

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Apr 2021

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

86 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026

   The Mental Health Paradox | Jonathan Alpert | Ep. 85

   Americans have never been more aware of mental health. Therapy is more accessible, psychiatric diagnoses are more common, and the language of trauma and self-care has entered everyday life. Yet by many measures, mental health in America appears to be worsening. In his new book, Therapy Nation: How America Got Hooked on Therapy and Why It’s Left Us More Anxious and Divided (https://www.amazon.com/Therapy-Nation-America-Anxious-Divided/dp/B0FT4JBYR8/ref=sr_1_1?), psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert argues that the mental health profession may be partly responsible for that paradox. In this episode of The Human Progress Podcast, our research fellow Adam Omary speaks with Alpert about psychiatric overdiagnosis, the rise of therapy culture, the benefits and dangers of mental health labels, why therapy can sometimes backfire, and how a stronger sense of personal agency can help people become happier and more resilient.

2. 

   11 Sept 2026

   Growth vs. Redistribution in the Fight Against Poverty | Kevin Corinth | Ep. 84

   The United States has spent decades trying to reduce poverty through an expanding social safety net. But how much of the country’s progress against poverty is thanks to that redistribution, and how much has come from economic growth?In a recent paper, American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Kevin Corinth and economist Richard Burkhauser examine nearly a century of American poverty trends. They find that poverty was already falling rapidly before the War on Poverty began, when government transfers played a much smaller role and rising market incomes drove much of the improvement.In this episode of The Human Progress Podcast, our research fellow Chelsea Follett speaks with Corinth about how we measure poverty, the relative roles of economic growth and redistribution in reducing it, the trade-offs created by the social safety net, the lessons of 1990s welfare reform, and why economic growth remains essential to lifting people out of poverty.

3. 

   18 Aug 2026

   How Markets Make Us Better People | Walker Wright | Ep. 83

   Host Chelsea Follett interviews Walker Wright about how markets foster moral character, reduce prejudice, and ultimately make people better through economic freedom and commerce.

Who has been a guest on The Human Progress Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Walker Wright
• Brian Albrecht
• Brian C Albrecht
• Michael Strain
• Brian Domitrovic

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

12,970,139

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

18 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

21 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100

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Quality

52

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

97

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