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Stossel

Season 1 2009 - 2010
TV-PG

  • 2009-12-11T02:00:00Z on Fox Business
  • 1h
  • 2d (48 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary, News, Talk Show
John F. Stossel is an American consumer reporter, investigative journalist, author, libertarian columnist, and former co-anchor for the ABC News show 20/20. In this show he looks at consumer-focused topics, such as civil liberties, the business of health care, and free trade.

48 episodes

Series Premiere

2009-12-11T02:00:00Z

1x01 Global Climate Change

Series Premiere

1x01 Global Climate Change

  • 2009-12-11T02:00:00Z1h

John Stossel takes on global warming in the debut of his new show, "Stossel."

2009-12-18T02:00:00Z

1x02 Paying for Healthcare

1x02 Paying for Healthcare

  • 2009-12-18T02:00:00Z1h

From John Stossel's blog:

Fox News reports today that the Senate health “reform” bill is in danger from liberal Democrats. Former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said:

"I know health reform when I see it, and there isn't much left in the Senate bill."

He’s right. It isn’t “reform”. But expanding the government’s role in healthcare isn’t reform either. And why does the media call what Congress does, health “reform”? The definition of reform is: making something better. I don’t know that what Congress does will make our system better. Much of what Congress does makes life worse.

Tonight’s show (8pm ET / 5pm PT) is about government’s promises. The “reformers” say they will improve American health care, and slow the growth in costs. To believe that Congress will do this is magical thinking. They won’t keep costs under control. Medicare was supposed to cost $12 billion a year by 1990, but the actual cost was $110 billion. In the UK, the government-run system has tripled per-person spending since 1990 – a much bigger increase than is the US.

My studio audience includes single-payer activists and members of the NYU Young Communist Club. They will give Whole Foods’ CEO John Mackey and me a hard time. Mackey’s stores were boycotted by “progressives” after he wrote an Op Ed that was critical of Government-Care.

Hope you can join us tonight on Fox Business. If you cannot, the health care show will be re-broadcast Friday night at 10 (against my old program, 20/20!), Saturday at 7PM EST, and Sunday at 11PM EST.

2010-01-08T02:00:00Z

1x03 Atlas Shrugged

1x03 Atlas Shrugged

  • 2010-01-08T02:00:00Z1h

John Stossel explores Ayn Rand's classic novel, Atlas Shrugged.

2010-01-15T02:00:00Z

1x04 Crony Capitalism

1x04 Crony Capitalism

  • 2010-01-15T02:00:00Z1h

John Stossel takes on the cozy relationship between Big Business and Big Government.

2010-01-22T02:00:00Z

1x05 Energy Independence

1x05 Energy Independence

  • 2010-01-22T02:00:00Z1h

John Stossel takes on the issue of whether we need the government to spur innovation in the energy industry, and asks if energy independence is unrealistic.

2010-01-29T02:00:00Z

1x06 Food Police

1x06 Food Police

  • 2010-01-29T02:00:00Z1h

John Stossel takes on the "obesity crisis" in America.

2010-02-05T02:00:00Z

1x07 Things Are Getting Better

1x07 Things Are Getting Better

  • 2010-02-05T02:00:00Z1h

John Stossel reports that the media have missed one of the biggest trends of the century - nearly everything has been getting better.

2010-02-12T02:00:00Z

1x08 The Road to Serfdom

1x08 The Road to Serfdom

  • 2010-02-12T02:00:00Z1h

John Stossel asks if the growth of Big Government is leading us down the "road to serfdom."

2010-02-19T02:00:00Z

1x09 Government Schools

1x09 Government Schools

  • 2010-02-19T02:00:00Z1h

Stossel looks at America's public education system and asks, "Are we imprisoning our kids?"

2010-02-26T02:00:00Z

1x10 Hands Off My Meds

1x10 Hands Off My Meds

  • 2010-02-26T02:00:00Z1h

Stossel asks who owns your body and why should the FDA control what you put in your body?

2010-03-05T02:00:00Z

1x11 Prohibition

1x11 Prohibition

  • 2010-03-05T02:00:00Z1h

Stossel asks if government prohibitions on drugs, sex, kidney sales, and polygamy do more harm than good.

2010-03-12T02:00:00Z

1x12 Licensing Madness

1x12 Licensing Madness

  • 2010-03-12T02:00:00Z1h

Stossels asks whether government licensing is just a scheme to protect established businesses.

2010-03-19T01:00:00Z

1x13 Saving Cleveland

1x13 Saving Cleveland

  • 2010-03-19T01:00:00Z1h

Stossel looks at Cleveland -- America's "Most Miserable City," according to Forbes -- and asks why cities like this are struggling so much what they can do to fix it.

2010-03-26T01:00:00Z

1x14 The Biggest Rip-Off

1x14 The Biggest Rip-Off

  • 2010-03-26T01:00:00Z1h

Stossel looks at the unfunded liabilities behind Social Security and Medicare, and asks "Are we stealing from our children?"

2010-04-02T01:00:00Z

1x15 Junk Science

1x15 Junk Science

  • 2010-04-02T01:00:00Z1h

Stossel takes on the "junk science" coming from the Left and the Right.

2010-04-09T01:00:00Z

1x16 What Am I?

1x16 What Am I?

  • 2010-04-09T01:00:00Z1h

Stossel talks with a panel of experts about what it means to be a "libertarian."

2010-04-16T01:00:00Z

1x17 Tax Insanity

1x17 Tax Insanity

  • 2010-04-16T01:00:00Z1h

Stossel looks at our gigantic tax code and suggests alternatives to this "tax insanity."

Stossel takes on some myths about capitalism, bottled water, private property, and the pesticide DDT.

2010-04-30T01:00:00Z

1x19 Free Trade

1x19 Free Trade

  • 2010-04-30T01:00:00Z1h

Stossel takes on myths about free trade.

2010-05-07T01:00:00Z

1x20 Government Bullies

1x20 Government Bullies

  • 2010-05-07T01:00:00Z1h

Stossel says "give me a break!" to government bullies.

2010-05-14T01:00:00Z

1x21 Bans on Betting

1x21 Bans on Betting

  • 2010-05-14T01:00:00Z1h

Stossel looks at government's bans on betting.

2010-05-21T01:00:00Z

1x22 Free Speech

1x22 Free Speech

  • 2010-05-21T01:00:00Z1h

Stossel talks about free speech and whether or not obscenity, flag burning, and hate speech should be protected.

2010-05-28T01:00:00Z

1x23 Going Green

1x23 Going Green

  • 2010-05-28T01:00:00Z1h

Stossel takes on the big myths about "going green."

2010-06-11T01:00:00Z

1x24 Free to Choose

1x24 Free to Choose

  • 2010-06-11T01:00:00Z1h

Stossel looks at Milton Friedman’s 1980 “Free to Choose” TV series and the lessons we could learn from it.

2010-06-18T01:00:00Z

1x25 Drug War Disaster

1x25 Drug War Disaster

  • 2010-06-18T01:00:00Z1h

Stossel takes a look at the War on Drugs and asks if it is worth the fight.

2010-06-26T01:00:00Z

1x26 More Guns Less Crime?

1x26 More Guns Less Crime?

  • 2010-06-26T01:00:00Z1h

Don't believe guns can be a "great equalizer" and empower people — especially smaller people, like women — to defend themselves against criminals who are bigger and stronger?

2010-07-09T01:00:00Z

1x27 The Trouble with Lawyers

1x27 The Trouble with Lawyers

  • 2010-07-09T01:00:00Z1h

The show covers personal injury lawyers who say they’re protecting the little guy, but keep up to 40% of what they win. Stossel examines what these lawsuits do to the cost of products, which has a built in cost to cover what lawyers take.

2010-07-16T01:00:00Z

1x28 Freedom Under Siege

1x28 Freedom Under Siege

  • 2010-07-16T01:00:00Z1h

Stossel takes a look at the new threats to freedom, like Congress's drive to create more Federal crimes. If you live an active life, build something, start or run a business, it's pretty much impossible to live without breaking some law.

2010-07-23T01:00:00Z

1x29 The Immigration Debate

1x29 The Immigration Debate

  • 2010-07-23T01:00:00Z1h

We hear constantly about immigration and the problems immigrants create. But the media overlook one of our worst immigration policies: how America rejects skilled immigrants who want to come to the U.S. legally.

2010-07-30T01:00:00Z

1x30 Sex & The Law

1x30 Sex & The Law

  • 2010-07-30T01:00:00Z1h

This time around, Stossel tackles a serious issue of "sex and the rules put around it in the US." The topic is serious and "for adults only" warning were issued before The show.

When a private company operates a public facility under contract to government, it must perform. If it doesn't, it will be "fired" — its contract won't be renewed. Government is never fired.

Contracting out to private enterprise isn't the same thing as letting fully competitive free markets operate, but it still works better than government.

When President George H.W. Bush signed the ADA into law 20 years ago, he had good intentions. Everyone wants to protect the disabled, but did those good intentions have nasty, unintended consequences?

1x33 Entrepreneurs Under Attack

  • 2010-09-10T01:00:00Z1h

Everyone says he likes small business. Even big-government types. Then they find all kinds of reasons to make business owners jump through hoops for the right to operate.

2010-09-17T01:00:00Z

1x34 Government Schools 2

1x34 Government Schools 2

  • 2010-09-17T01:00:00Z1h

1x35 The Trouble with Lawyers 2

  • 2010-09-24T01:00:00Z1h

2010-10-01T01:00:00Z

1x36 Should Everyone Vote

1x36 Should Everyone Vote

  • 2010-10-01T01:00:00Z1h

2010-10-08T01:00:00Z

1x37 Bankrupting America

1x37 Bankrupting America

  • 2010-10-08T01:00:00Z1h

2010-10-15T01:00:00Z

1x38 The Power to Prosper

1x38 The Power to Prosper

  • 2010-10-15T01:00:00Z1h

2010-10-22T01:00:00Z

1x39 Election Myths

1x39 Election Myths

  • 2010-10-22T01:00:00Z1h

2010-10-29T01:00:00Z

1x40 Scare Stories

1x40 Scare Stories

  • 2010-10-29T01:00:00Z1h

1x41 Libertarians and the Election

  • 2010-11-05T01:00:00Z1h

On this program, John analyzes the results of the Tuesday mid-term elections in the USA, with the help of his guests. John attempts to answer the question, did some voters shy away from certain candidates out of ignorance and a misconception of what libertarians are really about?

The core theme: did Libertarians get their ideas across to the public? Did Libertarians win? With Tea Party candidates and protesters getting much attention in this cycle, John also takes another look at the Tea Party and its ideology to see whether it really squares with that of most Libertarians. And, we hear from typically great guests, among them Ron Paul, Bill O'Reilly, and favorite Fox News liberal contributor, Ellis Henican.

2010-11-12T02:00:00Z

1x42 Politically Incorrect

1x42 Politically Incorrect

  • 2010-11-12T02:00:00Z1h

On this program, John analyzes the results of the Tuesday mid-term elections in the USA, with the help of his guests. John attempts to answer the question, did some voters shy away from certain candidates out of ignorance and a misconception of what libertarians are really about?

The core theme: did Libertarians get their ideas across to the public? Did Libertarians win? With Tea Party candidates and protesters getting much attention in this cycle, John also takes another look at the Tea Party and its ideology to see whether it really squares with that of most Libertarians. And, we hear from typically great guests, among them Ron Paul, Bill O'Reilly, and favorite Fox News liberal contributor, Ellis Henican.

2010-11-19T02:00:00Z

1x43 Food Fight

1x43 Food Fight

  • 2010-11-19T02:00:00Z1h

2010-11-26T02:00:00Z

1x44 Public or Private

1x44 Public or Private

  • 2010-11-26T02:00:00Z1h

1x45 You Owe $200,000 To The Fed

  • 2010-12-03T02:00:00Z1h

2010-12-10T02:00:00Z

1x46 Liberty 2010

1x46 Liberty 2010

  • 2010-12-10T02:00:00Z1h

2010-12-17T02:00:00Z

1x47 Skepticism & Religion

1x47 Skepticism & Religion

  • 2010-12-17T02:00:00Z1h

Do you believe in psychics, astrology, ghosts? Polls show that about a quarter of Americans believe in such paranormal nonsense.

But if any of that were true, you'd think the astrologers, or psychics, or ghost hunters would be eager to prove it, because, not only would they be proven right, they'd make a million dollars.

That’s right, James Randi will pay them, or you, a million dollars. All you have to do is prove you have an ability that can’t be explained by science.

Mr Randi says it is simple. Make a claim about your ability, and his group will devise a way to test it. If you can do what you say, he will give you a million dollars.
He won’t even test you himself. He says some people have complained that he gives off “vibrations” that mess up the test. So far no one has collected. In fact, no one has even passed a preliminary test.

On my show tonight James Randi will also demonstrate how some of these people, like the ones selling “power” bracelets that they claim can increase your balance or strength… trick you into thinking their products work.
He’ll perform a test on me tonight, at 9pm on the Fox Business Network.

Who gives to charity? ...and other issues surrounding private charitable giving, its benefits, and what happens at the intersection of private charity and forcibly taxpayer funded social welfare programs.

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