Charlie Deist is an attorney and broadcaster who has served as a guest host of The Bob Zadek Show, filling in for Bob Zadek on the program he describes as the show of ideas, not attitude. In the excerpts he appears in two roles: as host of a discussion of capitalism, entrepreneurship and governance innovation with Michael Strong and Joe Quirk, and as host of an episode on the 1918 pandemic and its lessons for COVID-19 policy featuring physical educator and historical kinesiologist Ron Jones. In both he supplies the show’s recurring libertarian framings while directing guests toward concrete historical and economic detail.
Guest host on entrepreneurship and governance
Introducing the episode with Michael Strong and Joe Quirk, Deist identifies himself as guest host and gives the listener the call-in number, 424-BOB-SHOW, and describes the program as the