Stossel - Season 1

Season 1
Network

DatesDez. 10, 2009 - Dez. 30, 2010
Episodes

Season 1Episode 160 min
Global Climate Change
John Stossel takes on global warming in the debut of his new show, "Stossel."
Dez. 10, 2009

Season 1Episode 260 min
Paying for Healthcare
Tonight’s show 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.
Dez. 17, 2009

Season 1Episode 360 min
Atlas Shrugged
John Stossel explores Ayn Rand's classic novel, Atlas Shrugged.
Jan. 7, 2010

Season 1Episode 460 min
Crony Capitalism
John Stossel takes on the cozy relationship between Big Business and Big Government.
Jan. 14, 2010

Season 1Episode 560 min
Energy Independence
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.
Jan. 21, 2010

Season 1Episode 660 min
Food Police
John Stossel takes on the "obesity crisis" in America.
Jan. 28, 2010

Season 1Episode 760 min
Things Are Getting Better
John Stossel reports that the media have missed one of the biggest trends of the century - nearly everything has been getting better.
Feb. 4, 2010

Season 1Episode 860 min
The Road to Serfdom
John Stossel asks if the growth of Big Government is leading us down the "road to serfdom."
Feb. 11, 2010

Season 1Episode 960 min
Government Schools
Stossel looks at America's public education system and asks, "Are we imprisoning our kids?"
Feb. 18, 2010

Season 1Episode 1060 min
Hands Off My Meds
Stossel asks who owns your body and why should the FDA control what you put in your body?
Feb. 25, 2010

Season 1Episode 1160 min
Prohibition
Stossel asks if government prohibitions on drugs, sex, kidney sales, and polygamy do more harm than good.
März 4, 2010

Season 1Episode 1260 min
Licensing Madness
Stossels asks whether government licensing is just a scheme to protect established businesses.
März 11, 2010

Season 1Episode 1360 min
Saving Cleveland
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.
März 18, 2010

Season 1Episode 1460 min
The Biggest Rip-Off
Stossel looks at the unfunded liabilities behind Social Security and Medicare, and asks "Are we stealing from our children?"
März 25, 2010

Season 1Episode 1560 min
Junk Science
Stossel takes on the "junk science" coming from the Left and the Right.
Apr. 1, 2010

Season 1Episode 1660 min
What Am I?
Stossel talks with a panel of experts about what it means to be a "libertarian."
Apr. 8, 2010

Season 1Episode 1760 min
Tax Insanity
Stossel looks at our gigantic tax code and suggests alternatives to this "tax insanity."
Apr. 15, 2010

Season 1Episode 1860 min
Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity
Stossel takes on some myths about capitalism, bottled water, private property, and the pesticide DDT.
Apr. 22, 2010

Season 1Episode 1960 min
Free Trade
Stossel takes on myths about free trade.
Apr. 29, 2010

Season 1Episode 2060 min
Government Bullies
Stossel says "give me a break!" to government bullies.
Mai 6, 2010

Season 1Episode 2160 min
Bans on Betting
Stossel looks at government's bans on betting.
Mai 13, 2010

Season 1Episode 2260 min
Free Speech
Stossel talks about free speech and whether or not obscenity, flag burning, and hate speech should be protected.
Mai 20, 2010

Season 1Episode 2360 min
Going Green
Stossel takes on the big myths about "going green."
Mai 27, 2010

Season 1Episode 2460 min
Free to Choose
Stossel looks at Milton Friedman’s 1980 “Free to Choose” TV series and the lessons we could learn from it.
Juni 10, 2010

Season 1Episode 2560 min
Drug War Disaster
Stossel takes a look at the War on Drugs and asks if it is worth the fight.
Juni 17, 2010

Season 1Episode 2660 min
More Guns Less Crime?
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?
Juni 25, 2010

Season 1Episode 2760 min
The Trouble with Lawyers
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.
Juli 8, 2010

Season 1Episode 2860 min
Freedom Under Siege
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.
Juli 15, 2010

Season 1Episode 2960 min
The Immigration Debate
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.
Juli 22, 2010

Season 1Episode 3060 min
Sex & The Law
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.
Juli 29, 2010

Season 1Episode 3160 min
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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.
Aug. 5, 2010

Season 1Episode 3260 min
The Americans with Disabilities Act
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?
Sept. 2, 2010

Season 1Episode 3360 min
Entrepreneurs Under Attack
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.
Sept. 9, 2010

Season 1Episode 3460 min
Government Schools 2
Sept. 16, 2010

Season 1Episode 3560 min
The Trouble with Lawyers 2
Sept. 23, 2010

Season 1Episode 3660 min
Should Everyone Vote
Sept. 30, 2010

Season 1Episode 3760 min
Bankrupting America
Okt. 7, 2010

Season 1Episode 3860 min
The Power to Prosper
Okt. 14, 2010

Season 1Episode 3960 min
Election Myths
Okt. 21, 2010

Season 1Episode 4060 min
Scare Stories
Okt. 28, 2010

Season 1Episode 4160 min
Libertarians and the Election
Nov. 4, 2010

Season 1Episode 4260 min
Politically Incorrect
Nov. 11, 2010

Season 1Episode 4360 min
Food Fight
Nov. 18, 2010

Season 1Episode 4460 min
Public or Private
Nov. 25, 2010

Season 1Episode 4560 min
You Owe $200,000 To The Fed
Dez. 2, 2010

Season 1Episode 4660 min
Liberty 2010
Dez. 9, 2010

Season 1Episode 4760 min
Skepticism & Religion
Dez. 16, 2010

Season 1Episode 4860 min
Who is more charitable: Democrats or Republicans?
Dez. 30, 2010
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