Best Colby Fair Podcasts (2025)

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Building Intentional Community: The Sensational Daddies Way 49:24

4d ago49:24

49:24

Welcome to another enriching episode of the Sensational Daddies podcast, hosted by the dynamic duo, Colby Fair and Marcus C.J. Lewis. This week, they dive deep into the essence of community, especially focusing on its necessity within the Black queer community. Join the daddies as they share personal stories, experiences, and tips on building inten…

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Embracing Our Inner Hot Boys: A Celebration of Self-Expression and Growth 58:38

18d ago58:38

58:38

Welcome to The Sensational Daddies podcast, where your hosts, Colby Fair and Marcus C.J. Lewis, engage in sensational conversations that impact and uplift the Black queer community. Join us for a vibrant episode filled with stories of personal growth and community building. Colby and Marcus share their exciting journey of self-discovery, from embra…

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Which is the worst Tax Expenditure?: A Chat with Adam Michel 39:53

21d ago39:53

39:53

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Adam Michel of the Cato Institute about tax expenditures. Adam currently has on his X account the Tax Expenditure Madness brackets (also on his substack: https://adamnmichel.substack.com/). Adam sets up brackets like the March Madness NCAA basketball tournament, but instead of pitting basketball teams against…

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Owning Your Hurt: A Deep Dive into Self-Healing and Empowerment 54:32

25d ago54:32

54:32

Join hosts Colby Fair and Marcus C.J. Lewis in this uplifting episode of the Sensational Daddies podcast, where they delve into profound conversations that uplift the Black queer community. In this episode, they explore the intricacies of owning one's hurt and the path to self-closure without relying on the apology that might never come. Through pe…

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Race and Taxes: A Chat with Bill Gale 28:37

26d ago28:37

28:37

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Bill Gale of the Tax Policy Center about his new paper (with Oliver Hall and John Sabelhaus), "The Same But Different: How the Income Tax Affects Black, Hispanic, and White Households." We discuss how the bottom 70% of Black households, by income, pay less in tax than White households with similar incomes. Th…

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Navigating Love and Red Flags in the Black Queer Community 1:04:16

2M ago1:04:16

1:04:16

Welcome to another episode of the Sensational Daddies podcast, where hosts Colby Fair and Marcus C.J. Lewis delve into the complexities of relationships within the Black queer community. Join them as they express gratitude for their supportive listeners and discuss unexpected revelations and emotional dynamics following the inaugural launch of thei…

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Tax Enforcement in Developing Countries: A Chat with Oyebola Okunogbe 34:25

2M ago34:25

34:25

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Oyebola Okunogbe, an economist at the World Bank. They discuss tax enforcement in the developing world, including the challenges developing world countries face that more developed countries do not face, and, how those challenges shape tax systems. Get CPE for listening to Tax Chats! Free CPE courses are avai…

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"New Year, New Goals: Rest, Mindfulness, and Being Present" 49:08

2M ago49:08

49:08

Join hosts Colby Fair and Marcus C.J. Lewis on this episode of the Sensational Daddies podcast as they delve into uplifting and impactful conversations for the Black queer community. With the new year approaching, they discuss holiday reflections and resolutions, focusing on personal growth, intentionality, and mindfulness. Colby shares his heartwa…

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Advising the President's Advisor: Elena Patel on working at the CEA 35:25

2M ago35:25

35:25

Send us a text Jeff and Scott talk about Elena Patel , an economics professor at the University of Utah, about her time working at the Council of Economic Advisors. Elena worked as a tax economist advising the chair of the CEA, who is an economic advisor to the President. Elena talks about how one gets this job, what one does in the job, what the C…

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A Chat with Rita de la Feria on Tax Fairness 45:42

2M ago45:42

45:42

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Rita de la Feria on tax fairness. Fairness is in the eye of the beholder, and tax fairness, in particular, appears to be particularly sensitive to whose eye is beholding.By Dyreng and Hoopes

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Re-release: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Tax Perjury Trial: A conversation with Edgar Dyer 33:38

3M ago33:38

33:38

Send us a text This episode originally aired on January 15, 2022. We are releasing it for Martin Luther King day, January 20, 2025. If you already heard it and don't wish to hear it again, skip it! Martin Luther King Jr. is the only person to have ever been tried for perjury with regards to state income taxes in Alabama. Jeff and Scott interview Ed…

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Low Property taxes in California: Chatting about Prop 13 with Dan Walters 34:15

3M ago34:15

34:15

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Dan Walter's, an Opinion Columnist for CalMatters. They chat about Prop 13, a law that dramatically limits property tax increases in California, and was passed in 1978. Dan has been writing about California since 1975, and shares his perspectives on Prop 13 from having lived through and covered the debate sur…

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Democrats Lowering the Income Tax in Hawaii! A Chat with Seth Colby 30:34

3M ago30:34

30:34

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Seth Colby, a Tax Research and Planning Officer for the State of Hawaii. They discussed a recent policy change in Hawaii, where Hawaii dramatically reduced income tax rates, while increasing sales taxes, in an effort to both collect less revenue for lower-income Hawaiians, while generating additional revenue …

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"The Parent Trap: Navigating Toxic Family Dynamics" 52:44

4M ago52:44

52:44

Welcome to the Sensational Daddies podcast, where hosts Colby Fair and Marcus C.J. Lewis dive into profound conversations that resonate with and uplift the Black queer community. In this episode, Colby and Marcus openly share their personal experiences of navigating complex familial relationships, exploring the challenges of 'raising parents' and b…

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The Regulation of Paid Tax Preparers: A Conversation with John Treu 36:42

4M ago36:42

36:42

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with West Virginia University accounting professor, and lawyer, John Treu, about the regulation of paid tax preparers, including John's empirical evidence that they improve return quality and the Loving case.By Dyreng and Hoopes

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Re-release: Are Craisins Candy? Must have tax information before Thanksgiving 24:11

5M ago24:11

24:11

Send us a text Scott and Jeff discuss what constitutes candy, for sales tax purposes, in North Carolina. The discussion ends with the verdict on craisins--are they candy? Scott is quizzed on other types of food and whether they are candy, and, scores a perfect 0/5.By Dyreng and Hoopes

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Tax Notes: A Chat with Tax Analysts CEO Cara Griffith 27:02

5M ago27:02

27:02

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Cara Griffith, CEO of Tax Analysts about Tax Notes, the main product of Tax Analysts. Tax Notes is a tax practitioner publication catering to tax professionals, and Jeff and Scott talk about who reads Tax Notes, how content is produced, and who the competitors to Tax Notes are. Finally, we discuss Tax Analyst…

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Electric Car Subsidies in the IRA: A Chat with Felix Tintelnot 34:25

5M ago34:25

34:25

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Felix Tintelnot about electric cars, and the subsidies they were given before the IRA, and in the IRA. We learn that because electric cars are heavier and therefore more likely to crush you to death if they crash into you, they create negative externalities, in addition to the positive benefit of reducing pol…

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Certifying Fairness? A Chat with Fair Tax Foundation's CEO Paul Monaghan 39:37

6M ago39:37

39:37

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Paul Monaghan, the CEO of the Fair Tax Foundation. The Fair Tax Foundation certifies companies for paying a "good" amount of tax, focusing on the spirit of the law rather than the letter of the law, certifying companies from small to publicly traded large corporations. How can you tell if a company is paying …

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Cement and Carbon Taxes: A Chat with Marcel Olbert and Daniel Klein 42:42

6M ago42:42

42:42

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Marcel Olbert, assistant professor of accounting at London Business School, and Daniel Klein, assistant to the CFO at Heidelberg Materials. They discuss carbon taxes, and a new paper Marcel has on carbon leakage. They also discuss how carbon taxes and leakage affect Heidelberg Materials, one of the largest pr…

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Deadly Tax Protests in Kenya: A chat with Nana Ama Sarfo 28:13

7M ago28:13

28:13

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Nana Ama Sarfo, a contributing editor with Tax Notes, with a special interest in covering taxes in the developing world. They chat about the recent deadly tax protests in Kenya, where a tax increase on basic life staples lead to violence in the street, parliament being lit on fire, and death. Get CPE for list…

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Taxing Traffic? A Chat About Congestion Pricing with Matthew Tarduno 40:03

7M ago40:03

40:03

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with economist and professor Matthew Tarduno about the problems that automobile traffic causes, and different ways that have been devised to solve the problem (including tax-adjacent ways!). Get CPE for listening to Tax Chats! Free CPE courses are available approximately one week after episodes are published. Visi…

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Utah State Tax Policy: A Chat with Senator Daniel McCay 40:26

7M ago40:26

40:26

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Senator Daniel McCay, chairman of the Utah Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee, about how he thinks about tax policy, what the objectives of tax policy are, and how he thinks Utah is doing tax-wise. Get CPE for listening to Tax Chats! Free CPE courses are available approximately one week after episodes are …

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The Power to Destroy: A Chat with Michael Graetz about his new book 44:45

8M ago44:45

44:45

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Michael Graetz, Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale, about his new book, The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America. We talk about the start of the anti-tax movement with the opposition to property tax increases in California, the Regan-era tax cuts, and how the desire to cut taxes has shap…

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Overturning Chevron: A Chat about the Loper Bright decision with Andy Grewal 31:23

9M ago31:23

31:23

Send us a text Jeff and Scott talk with Iowa law professor Andy Grewal about the recent Supreme Court case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which effectively eliminates Chevron deference. They discuss the ramifications for tax and non-tax administrative law. Get CPE for listening to Tax Chats! Free CPE courses are available approximately one …

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Taxocracy: A Chat with Scott Hodge about his new book 38:43

9M ago38:43

38:43

Send us a text Jeff and Scott talk with Scott Hodge (who is revealed to be a more authentic "Scott" than Scott Dyreng), CEO Emeritus to the Tax Foundation. They discuss his new book, "Taxocracy: What You Don't Know About Taxes and How They Rule Your Daily Life", about all the ways which taxes shape our lives. Get CPE for listening to Tax Chats! Fre…

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Moore with Daniel Hemel 30:35

9M ago30:35

30:35

Send us a text In this episode, Jeff and Scott chat once more with Daniel Hemel. In the past we have spoken with Daniel about taxing stock buybacks (episode #79) and Donald Trump's tax returns (episode #80). This time we talk about the carefully watched supreme court decision Moore v USA. Get CPE for listening to Tax Chats! Free CPE courses are ava…

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Thoreau Disobeys: A Chat about Thoreau and Taxes with Laura Dassow Walls 35:14

10M ago35:14

35:14

Send us a text Henry David Thoreau famously refused to pay his poll tax and went to jail (very briefly) as a result. Jeff and Scott chat with Laura Dassow Walls, emerita English professor at Notre Dame and author of Henry David Thoreau: A Life, about what we can learn from Thoreau about taxes and the relationship they create between taxpayers and t…

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All You Could Ever Want to Know about the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) with Jacob Bastian 43:37

10M ago43:37

43:37

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Jacob Bastian, assistant professor of Economics at Rutgers, about the earned income tax credit (EITC). Get CPE for listening to Tax Chats! Free CPE courses are available approximately one week after episodes are published. Visit https://earmarkcpe.com/ to download the free app. Go to the Tax Chats channel, re…

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Taxes and Online Sports Betting: A Chat with Nathan Goldman 33:09

11M ago33:09

33:09

Send us a text Jeff and Scott talk to Nathan Goldman, accounting professor at North Carolina State University (completing the tax triangle between UNC, Duke, and NC State!)., about taxes and online sports betting. Sports betting was recently legalized in North Carolina, and Nathan co-wrote (with Christina Lewellen) a widely circulated piece about t…

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The Budget Lab at Yale: A Chat with Martha Gimbel 29:57

11M ago29:57

29:57

Send us a text Scott and Jeff chat with Martha Gimbel, executive director of The Budget Lab at Yale University. We discuss the functions of the lab, including its efforts on budget scoring. Get CPE for listening to Tax Chats! Free CPE courses are available approximately one week after episodes are published. Visit https://earmarkcpe.com/ to downloa…

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Free Tax Filing from Code for America: A Chat with Gabriel Zucker 36:59

11M ago36:59

36:59

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Gabriel Zucker about Code for America's efforts to enable better access to free tax filing, both at the federal level, and, facilitating state tax filing as the IRS roles out its direct filing program. Get CPE for listening to Tax Chats! Free CPE courses are available approximately one week after episodes are…

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Tax Resistance and Revolution: A Chat about the Indian Salt March with Partho Shome 41:55

12M ago41:55

41:55

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Partho Shome about taxes in the colonial era in India, especially the excise tax on salt. They then discuss how these taxes lead to the famous "salt march" led by Mahatma Gandhi, which ultimately lead to Indian Independence. This experience is contrasted to the American independance movement, which also had r…

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How many pages are in the tax code? Jeff and Scott Chat about tax code complexity 35:41

12M ago35:41

35:41

Send us a text Recorded on April 15, Jeff and Scott Chat about tax code complexity. Why is the tax code so complex? Is it because life is complex? Because we have chosen to hone the tax code to achieve certain social goals? Jeff and Scott chat about it all in light of Scott not being able to complete his tax code until the very last moment. Get CPE…

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Tax Deductions for Charitable Giving: A Chat with Nic Duquette 42:49

1y ago42:49

42:49

Send us a text Scott and Jeff chat with Nic Duquette, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. We discuss charitable giving, tax deductions related to charitable giving, tax exempt organizations, and the like. Listener submitted correction: "there is no longer an above-the-line charitable deduction for cash contributions…

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Cordell Hull, Father of the Income Tax: A Chat with Tracey Roberts 33:42

1y ago33:42

33:42

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Samford University law professor Tracey Roberts about Cordell Hull. Hull was a senator, secretary of state, and, won the Nobel Prize for his role in creating the United Nations. However, he also had a substantial role in creating the income tax, which Tracey, Jeff and Scott discuss. This episode is based on P…

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"The Power to Destroy": A Chat with Clyde Ray about McCulloch V Maryland 26:01

1y ago26:01

26:01

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Clyde Ray, a political scientist and author of the book John Marshall's Constitutionalism, about the Supreme Court case McCulloch v Maryland, which hinged on whether a state could tax a federal bank. In this case, John Marshall teaches us that "the power to tax involves the power to destroy."…

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Scoring the Wyden-Smith Tax Deal: A Chat with Alexander Arnon 41:14

1y ago41:14

41:14

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Alexander Arnon. Alex serves as the Director of Business Tax and Economic Analysis at the Penn Wharton Budget Model, and he explains the Wyden-Smith tax deal, including the extension of the business tax components of the TCJA, the expansion of the child tax credit, and the Employee Retention Credit. Alex talk…

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Testifying about Taxes: A Chat about Congressional Testimony with Douglas Holtz-Eakin 36:48

1y ago36:48

36:48

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the President of the American Action Forum, former director of the CBO, and former chief economic policy adviser to Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. Doug has also testified before Congress more than anyone else that did not do so as a requirement of their job. Jeff and Sc…

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The Trend in Income Inequality: A Chat with Wojciech Kopczuk 46:44

1y ago46:44

46:44

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Wojciech Kopczuk, professor of Economics at Columbia University, an editor at the Journal of Public Economics, and IgNobel Prize Winner, about the trends in income inequality. The long-standing received wisdom is that income inequality is high, and growing higher. A recent paper published in the Journal of Po…

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Taxing Americans Abroad: A Chat with Laura Snyder 38:44

1y ago38:44

38:44

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Laura Snyder, an advocate for an improved tax system for Americans living abroad. Laura is currently the President of Stop Extraterritorial American Taxation, (SEAT) and is also an American living abroad. They talk about the different types of Americans living abroad, and how their lives are complicated by th…

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Predicting Tax-Related Court Cases with Artificial Intelligence: A Chat with BlueJ CEO Benjamin Alarie 41:23

1+ y ago41:23

41:23

Send us a text For the second time, Jeff and Scott chat with Benjamin Alarie, a law professor at the University of Toronto, and, the founder and CEO of BlueJ. They talk about one of BlueJ's products which predicts tax court case outcomes, and also discuss the future of AI and taxes generally. Get CPE for listening to Tax Chats! Free CPE courses are…

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Tax Tune - A Way to Pay Taxes (re-release) 3:24

1+ y ago3:24

3:24

Send us a text A Way to Pay Taxes (to the tune of Away in the Manger) Re-release (originally released Christmas, 2021) Lyrics by Jeff Hoopes, Sung by Stacey Hoopes Oh Joseph and Mary They were there for a task They came to the city To pay their tax But as they remitted The tax on their worth Oh Mary, a virgin She had to give birth They went to the …

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Taxes at the Hoopes House 26:16

1+ y ago26:16

26:16

Send us a text Jeff and Scott talk about two taxes levied at the Hoopes household, the "floor tax", and the "toilet tax." These two taxes demonstrate how the tax system can be used as either a carrot or a stick, and the benefit of each approach, and the importance of administrative costs (which made the toilet tax impractical). We also discus how, …

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Marketing and Soda Taxes: A chat with Kristopher Keller 35:56

1+ y ago35:56

35:56

Send us a text Jeff and Scott talk with UNC Marketing professor Kristopher Keller about his work on the effect of marketing on soda taxes (joint work with Jonne Guyt and Rajdeep Grewal). After passing a soda tax, a tax on sugared beverages meant to discourage their consumption, stores can change their marketing of soda. Kristopher, with coauthors, …

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Simplfying Tax Filing Across Countries: A Chat with Benjamin Angel 30:40

1+ y ago30:40

30:40

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Benjamin Angel, the Director for Direct Taxation, Tax Coordination, Economic Analysis and Evaluation at the European Commission. The EC has recently proposed rules that would enable smaller business that have operations across EU countries to have a simplified tax filing process, reducing compliance costs and…

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SALT Cap Workaround: A Chat with TaxOps' Stacey Roberts and Meredith Smith 40:32

1+ y ago40:32

40:32

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with two state and local tax experts, Stacey Roberts and Meredith Smith, about the state and local tax deduction cap put in by Congress in 2017, and ways states are allowing their residents to get around it. Get CPE for listening to Tax Chats! Free CPE courses are available approximately one week after episodes ar…

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Empirically Addressing Repurchase Allegations: A Chat with Nick Guest 35:43

1+ y ago35:43

35:43

Send us a text In this episode, Jeff and Scott chat with Nick Guest, Assistant Professor of Accounting at Cornell University's SC Johnson College of Business about a recent study he conducted related to stock repurchases, available published here or in working paper version here.By Dyreng and Hoopes

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Generative AI and Taxes: A Chat with BlueJ CEO Benjamin Alarie 47:58

1+ y ago47:58

47:58

Send us a text Jeff and Scott chat with Benjamin Alarie, a law professor at the University of Toronto, and, the founder and CEO of BlueJ. They talk about one of BlueJ's products, Ask BlueJ, which is a generative AI system that allows users to ask it technical tax questions, and, get answers. They discuss how responses are quickly improving, how thi…

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