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Ep. 2429 Scott Horton and Tom on the Crime of the Century from 2023-12-13T02:00
Scott Horton talks to Tom about Tom's new book, , and revisits some of the idiotic remarks and failed predictions by the so-called experts. Sponsors: : a family-run business operated by libertarian...
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Ep. 2428 Is the Middle Class Getting Screwed? from 2023-12-09T02:00
The Heritage Foundation's Peter St. Onge joins us to discuss the problem of financial insecurity, as well as whether the national debt will ever really be a problem, whether rising prices are (as J...
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Ep. 2427 Are Americans Hated Abroad? And Other Questions for Libertarian Travelers from 2023-12-08T02:00
Not everything has to be about politics but libertarians notice more and ask the right questions when traveling the world. Andrew Corbley joins us. Book Discussed: Sponsors: &
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Ep. 2426 Censorship Keeps You Safe, Says Establishment from 2023-12-07T02:00
Should speech the authorities deem to be "misinformation" be regulated or banned during emergency situations? To this day we hear some people saying yes -- even though yesterday's "misinformation" ...
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Ep. 2425 Javier Milei: Hope for Liberty? from 2023-12-02T02:00
Javier Milei was elected president of Argentina with a pugilistic, populist style and a hardcore libertarian message. I discuss this startling development with attorney and author of Libertarianism...
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Ep. 2424 Our Elites: Stupid or Evil? With James Delingpole from 2023-12-01T02:00
The provocative James Delingpole joins us to discuss what the elites are up to, why they thrive on chaos, the political class as servants of the devil (metaphorically or otherwise), and plenty of o...
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Ep. 2423 The Continuing Mystery of Early 2020 from 2023-11-30T04:00
Now that the dust has finally settled, we have the leisure to return to the panicked days of early 2020 and reexamine what really happened. And it may not be quite what we think. Nick Hudson and Jo...
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Ep. 2422 Larry Elder on Gavin Newsom, the Condition of California, and a Brighter Future from 2023-11-25T02:00
Despite the atrocious condition of California, Governor Gavin Newsom has ambitions for higher office. Larry Elder discusses the real Newsom record, what's really happening in California, and what a...
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Ep. 2421 A Libertarian Thanksgiving with Gene Epstein from 2023-11-24T02:00
Gene Epstein and I discuss things we're thankful for, but nothing too sentimental. It's mostly the kinds of nerdy things that, if we're being honest, are what power the Tom Woods Show. Sponsor:
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Ep. 2420 Peter Schiff on the Biden Economy from 2023-11-23T02:00
Peter Schiff assesses the true condition of an economy Paul Krugman says is great but whose greatness the rubes are too dumb to recognize. Sponsors: &
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Ep. 2419 How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World from 2023-11-18T02:00
Wherever we turn, people who despise us are making our lives more difficult, whether that takes the form of higher energy prices, higher prices in general, vax mandates, a war for our children's mi...
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Ep. 2418 Toss That US History Book Out the Window (and Maybe Your Economics Book, Too) from 2023-11-17T02:00
Author and retired economics professor Tom DiLorenzo, recently chosen to be the new president of the Mises Institute, discusses a variety of topics: how government agencies manipulate the public fo...
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Ep. 2417 Could Trump Win as a Felon? and Other Questions from 2023 America from 2023-11-16T02:00
Clint Russell of Liberty Lockdown talks to me about Israel/Palestine, Vivek Ramaswamy, war and veterans, the Ron Paul legacy, problems in the libertarian world, whether Trump could win as a convict...
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Ep. 2416 Why Is Everything Ugly? from 2023-11-10T02:00
Architect Dino Marcantonio joins me to review the scourge of ugliness and what traditional architecture can do about it. Sponsors: : a family-run business operated by libertarian fans of the Tom W...
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Ep. 2415 The Fake China Threat from 2023-11-09T02:00
China is the one exception even for self-described noninterventionists. The threat from China must be countered. But how real is this threat? Joseph Solis-Mullen joins us to discuss. Sponsor:
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Ep. 2414 Vivek: "Let's Avoid World War III" from 2023-11-08T02:00
Vivek Ramaswamy joins us to discuss avoiding World War III, as well as his recent clash with other GOP candidates over free speech. Sponsor:
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Ep. 2413 Bad Theology: Israel, the "Rapture," and the End Times from 2023-11-04T01:00
Millions of American Christians have come to believe in a heterodox theology according to which the physical return of the Jewish people to their ancestral lands is necessary to bring about the ret...
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Ep. 2412 Is Bogus Scholarship the Rule or the Exception? from 2023-11-03T01:00
John Staddon, professor emeritus of psychology at Duke University, discusses the significance of the "replication crisis" (when it was learned that a vast number of research papers had generated re...
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Ep. 2411 Ron Paul Institute Director on Best and Worst Middle East Scenarios from 2023-11-02T00:00
Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Institute joins us to discuss the various calls for further U.S. intervention in the Middle East, and what a plausible answer might be to this seemingly intractable c...
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Ep. 2410 Democrats, Republicans, and the Middle East: Plus the Biden Record and 2024 from 2023-10-28T01:00
Dan McCarthy, vice president for the Collegiate Network at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and editor of Modern Age, joins us to discuss a wide array of issues: how the Middle East affects th...
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Ep. 2409 100 Books Educated People Should Read from 2023-10-27T01:00
About 200,000 new books are released every year. You have very limited time. Which ones should you read? Glenn Corey has done his homework: he's read a zillion of them and written up one hundred of...
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Ep. 2408 Debate: Israel and Palestine from 2023-10-26T01:00
Alan Futerman, co-author of The Classical Liberal Case for Israel, and Jeremy R. Hammond, author of Obstacle to Peace: The U.S. Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, square off in a fruitful de...
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Ep. 2407 Lost in Trans Nation: How to Escape the Madness from 2023-10-21T01:00
For years, Dr. Miriam Grossman has resisted the direction of her profession, which has adopted novel gender theories wholesale, and instead been a source of consolation and common sense for people ...
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Ep. 2406 Central Banks and Their Evil Digital Currencies from 2023-10-20T01:00
Absolutely nobody asked for a Central Bank Digital Currency, but the central banks of the world seem determined to give them to us anyway. The great Dominic Frisby joins us to discuss their dangers...
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Ep. 2405 Contra Shapiro: The Rights and Wrongs of Israel and Gaza from 2023-10-18T01:00
Scott Horton joins us to discuss the horrific Hamas attacks on Israel, but alongside commentary that might upset Ben Shapiro. Sponsors: The Tom Woods School of Life trains decent people to flourish...
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Ep. 2404 Anti-Marx, Anti-War, with Michael Rectenwald from 2023-10-14T01:00
Michael Rectenwald discusses his journey into and out of Marxism, where social justice nuttiness comes from, and the lure of military intervention. Sponsor:
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Ep. 2403 Feminism Triumphs, But Women Miserable from 2023-10-13T01:00
Carrie Gress returns to review feminism's record, and it isn't pretty. Sponsor:
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Ep. 2402 How Inflation Poisoned Our Food from 2023-10-12T01:00
Matthew Lysiak discusses the various interests that combined to substitute cheap, fake food for the real food Americans used to eat. A key driving force: trying to conceal the effects of inflation ...
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Ep. 2401 "Social Justice" Arguments Smashed from 2023-10-06T23:00
So-called "Social Justice Warriors" believe a series of things that are demonstrably untrue, but they believe them with a religious fervor. The Libertarian Institute's Keith Knight and I are hereti...
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Ep. 2400 Government and Science: A Dreadful Mix from 2023-10-04T23:00
In one of the strongest episodes of this show ever, Terence Kealey, professor emeritus at Buckingham University and a research fellow of the Cato Institute, makes a stunningly powerful case for the...
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Ep. 2399 RFK, Jr., on Secession, and More with Carla Gericke from 2023-09-30T01:00
The Free State Project's Carla Gericke joins us with updates: RFK, Jr., on secession, bold moves in the New Hampshire legislature, the fate of the "Crypto 6," and plenty more.
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Ep. 2398 The $900B Military Budget and Other Follies, with David Stockman from 2023-09-29T01:00
David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, walks us through current stupidities, his conclusions after studying 20th-century American economic history, and...
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Ep. 2397 Trump v. DeSantis: Gavin Wax and Steve Deace Debate from 2023-09-28T01:00
I invited Gavin Wax, president of the New York Young Republican Club, and Steve Deace, host of The Steve Deace Show on The Blaze, to hash it out. Sponsors:
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Ep. 2396 The Oliver Anthony Problem from 2023-09-22T17:00
The singer who goes by the name Oliver Anthony took America by storm with his unexpected hit "Rich Men North of Richmond." He correctly identified the villains in America -- not rich people as a cl...
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Ep. 2395 Civil Rights Law Is Why We Hate Each Other from 2023-09-22T01:00
Typically when people seek the origins of woke ideology, they point to this or that philosopher or philosophical movement. Richard Hanania says the answer is far more mundane: it is a direct result...
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Ep. 2394 The Evil ADL from 2023-09-21T01:00
Paul Gottfried joins me to discuss the Anti-Defamation League, which has garnered quite a bit of additional attention because of its ongoing feud with Elon Musk. Sponsor: The Tom Woods School of Li...
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Ep. 2393 Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on the Sad State of American Medicine from 2023-09-16T01:00
Joseph Ladapo, surgeon general of Florida, holds his MD from Harvard Medical School and his Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. In 2019 he was entirely withi...
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Ep. 2392 Alex Epstein: Don't Declare a "Climate Emergency" from 2023-09-15T01:00
Alex Epstein warns of what a "climate emergency" would mean, and pours cold water on the hysteria. Sponsors:
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Ep. 2391 Want a Journalism Career? Then Shut Up About the You-Know-Whats from 2023-09-14T01:00
Journalist Rav Arora, who hosts the Illusion of Consensus podcast with Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya, discusses being shut out of outlets that once published him because during Covid he took being a ...
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Ep. 2390 The State Is Making You Mentally Ill from 2023-09-09T01:00
In mental health people talk about "cognitive distortions" that must be overcome for the person's mental condition to improve. CJ Killmer of the Dangerous History Podcast contends that many cogniti...
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Ep. 2389 Departments of Hate Studies, and Other Stupid Developments from 2023-09-08T01:00
The great Wanjiru Njoya of the University of Exeter joins us to discuss "antiracism," whether Boers should worry about people singing "Kill the Boer," and the development of "hate studies" as a dis...
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Ep. 2388 The Weird Founders of Feminism from 2023-09-07T01:00
We often hear it said that feminism had noble origins that mysteriously degenerated into the more absurd forms it takes today. Is it possible that something was rotten about it from the start? Carr...
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Ep. 2387 Dave Smith on Trump, Humor, and The Simpsons from 2023-09-01T01:00
Comedian and podcaster Dave Smith, fresh from his tenth appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast, joins us to discuss the craft of comedy, plus the uncertain and oddball 2020 race.
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Ep. 2386 Biden's Gun Fables from 2023-08-31T01:00
John Lott, who runs the Crime Prevention Research Center, discusses the multiple fabrications contained in a single presidential Tweet. Sponsor:
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Ep. 2385 Is the Old GOP Dead? from 2023-08-30T01:00
The Mises Institute's Tho Bishop joins us for a look at last week's clash of non-Trump GOP candidates and what it means for 2024 and beyond.
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Ep. 2384 Bad Arguments for More Wars, with Scott Horton from 2023-08-26T01:00
Scott discusses the China/Taiwan issue, a little bit about Ukraine, his forthcoming book, and a specific thing we can all do for the cause. Libertarian Institute fundraising drive:
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Ep. 2383 Fears About AI Are Overblown from 2023-08-25T01:00
Perry Metzger argues that AI will prove to be an immense boon to mankind, and that the apocalyptic warnings are misplaced. Sponsor:
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Ep. 2382 They Thought They Were Free: Larken Rose and Jones Plantation from 2023-08-24T01:00
Larken Rose discusses his new film, Jones Plantation, and how the ruling powers throughout history have manipulated people into thinking they're free. Sponsor: StartMail - Film Website:
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Ep. 2381 Your Unscientific Doctor Is Nothing New from 2023-08-19T03:00
Tom Mullen makes use of his experience in the health insurance industry as well his personal experience as a caretaker for family members to conclude that the unscientific approach of mainstream me...
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Ep. 2380 Get Out While the Getting's Good? from 2023-08-16T03:00
Mikkel Thorup, host of the Expat Money Show, has lived all over the world and traveled widely. He's an expert on the various issues involved with becoming an expat, as well as measures short of exp...
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Ep. 2379 The War on Ivermectin, Plus: The "Excess Deaths" Problem from 2023-08-15T03:00
Dr. Pierre Kory of the Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance discusses the Ivermectin controversy, why the critics are all wet, the sad state of medical research, and what could be causing all...
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Ep. 2378 Contradictions and Stupidities of Public Health from 2023-08-12T03:00
Laurie Calhoun joins me to discuss what we should have learned over the past three years. Book Discussed:
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Ep. 2377 The Angels vs. Devils History of American Conservatism from 2023-08-11T03:00
Paul Gottfried joins me to discuss a new book by neoconservative Matthew Continetti that the establishment loves. It's a history of American conservatism told in a way that will please the media: t...
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Ep. 2376 Libertarian Sheriff Confounds Authorities from 2023-08-09T03:00
David Hathaway was elected sheriff of Santa Cruz County in Arizona by a landslide, after alleged experts warned him that his opposition to Covid restrictions would cost him the election. In this ep...
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Ep. 2375 Christianity and the State: Time to Abandon Tired Ideas from 2023-08-05T03:00
Gary Chartier joins me to make a vigorous case against the naive confidence in the state, and the reflexive assumption that the state is necessary to foster the common good, that we hear from all t...
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Ep. 2374 Another Step Toward Banning Gas-Powered Cars from 2023-08-03T03:00
The federal government won't outright ban internal combustion engine vehicles; it will simply set mileage standards that no such car can meet. And that's what's happening. Eric Peters discusses the...
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Ep. 2373 The Woke Mob Came for Levi's Brand Manager; Here's Why from 2023-08-02T03:00
Jennifer Sey was brand manager at Levi's and in line to become the company's first-ever female CEO when her dissident views on Covid began the process of her departure from the company. We discuss ...
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Ep. 2372 The Banks vs. Dissenters from 2023-07-29T03:00:28
Within a month, both Nigel Farage in the UK and Joseph Mercola in the United States had their bank accounts closed for obviously ideological reasons. Dominic Frisby joins us to discuss what it all ...
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Ep. 2371 Michael Rectenwald and Tom Woods on Ayn Rand, RFK, Lockdown Victims, and Personal Productivity from 2023-07-28T03:00
In this discussion with Michael Rectenwald, we cover a wide variety of topics: RFK, Jr., the Ayn Rand Institute, Ayn Rand herself, the useless Covid mitigation measures, the forgotten stories of pe...
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Ep. 2370 Time to Slay the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Dragon from 2023-07-26T03:00
Josh Hammer, host of the Josh Hammer Show and senior editor-at-large of Newsweek, joins me to discuss cracks in the DEI edifice and where we should be heading.
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Ep. 2369 The No-Babies Problem Is Destroying the World from 2023-07-21T03:00
The demographic implosion will have wide-ranging and devastating consequences around the world. Kevin Dolan joins us to discuss. Guest's Conference: Learn a Language:
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Ep. 2368 Free Cities vs. Unfree Cities from 2023-07-20T03:00
We've heard plenty about the condition of many American cities, suffering under the consequences of crippling interventions. What if we could try a free city here and there, and see if its good exa...
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Ep. 2367 Eric July: Instead of Complaining, Build from 2023-07-19T03:00
Eric July thought there were major problems with the major comic book companies. When he started his own -- Rippaverse -- the naysayers said it was impossible. Until he generated seven figures in a...
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Ep. 2366 The Civil Rights Revolution Gave Us a New Constitution from 2023-07-16T03:00
Conservatives complain about the extremes to which the civil rights revolution has been taken, but almost none of them dare to go to the root. In the traditional American conservative way, they eve...
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Ep. 2365 The War Among Republicans from 2023-07-14T03:00
Tho Bishop joins us to look at what's going on, primarily between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, in the Republican Party, where people who just six months ago were fans of both men, have come to de...
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Ep. 2364 Gene Epstein: Should We Abandon the Nonaggression Principle? from 2023-07-13T03:00
Gene Epstein discusses themes covered in his recent debate with David Friedman on the merits of the nonaggression principle, and whether libertarianism can and should do without it.
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Ep. 2363 Another Blow Struck Against Censorship from 2023-07-12T03:00
Investigative journalist Tracy Beanz joins me to review Missouri v. Biden, where the Biden White House is being taken to task for ordering the suppression of dissident ideas.
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Ep. 2362 What Real Resistance Looks Like from 2023-07-08T03:00
A conversation about how to resist evil in an American context takes unexpected turns.
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Ep. 2361 How Not to Produce a Generation of Ignoramuses from 2023-07-06T03:00
Connor Boyack and Elijah Stanfield discuss the pitiful state of knowledge of U.S. history and what can be done about it.
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Ep. 2360 Vivek on Assange, Ukraine, and Supreme Court from 2023-07-04T03:00
Entrepreneur and GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy discusses the Supreme Court's smackdown of our alma mater, along with his views of the Espionage Act, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, and...
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Ep. 2359 Supreme Court Rules Against Harvard from 2023-07-01T03:00
The convoluted array of rules and regulations and requirements that runs through the various pieces of civil rights legislation, executive orders, and the 14th Amendment, have alternatively require...
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Ep. 2358 The Biden Corruption Problem from 2023-06-30T03:00
Jim Bovard, referred to by the Wall Street Journal as "the roving inspector general of the modern state," discusses the various accusations against the Bidens and the various efforts to cover them ...
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Ep. 2357 Silenced Doctors Fight Back from 2023-06-29T03:00
Jacob Huebert, president of the Liberty Justice Center, a public-interest law firm, joins us to discuss his work against the crazy law in California that muzzles doctors who dissent from whatever t...
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Ep. 2356 All the Wars Are Based on Lies from 2023-06-28T03:00
The Libertarian Institute's Keith Knight joins me to revisit some of the tall tales we learned in school (or in the newspapers). Learn a Language: My Columbia University French course was a complet...
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Ep. 2355 The RFK Jr. Phenomenon from 2023-06-24T03:00
In this potpourri episode covering a bunch of current topics I talk about the RFK Jr. candidacy and the reaction to it.
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Ep. 2354 How Concerned Should We Be About the Banks? from 2023-06-23T03:00
Kevin Duffy joins us to discuss whether this is a passing issue or a serious problem.
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Ep. 2353 Let the Poor Starve? A Libertarian Answer from 2023-06-22T03:00
Gerard Casey, professor emeritus at University College, Dublin, answers this common criticism of libertarianism. Sponsors: CrowdHealth - Monetary Metals: If you're a listener of the Tom Woods Show...
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Ep. 2352 The 2023 Economy, and How Not to Get Demolished by It from 2023-06-21T03:00
Comedian and Family Feud host Steve Harvey calls my guest, Henry Bingaman, the "best damn writer I've ever worked with." Today Henry joins us to talk about a strategy that more and more people are ...
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Ep. 2351 Setting the Evil SOBs Straight on Energy, and More with Saifedean Ammous from 2023-06-17T03:00
Saifedean returns today so we can discuss more issues, including the economics of energy, how genuine free-market economists handle "externalities," and what capitalism is really all about. Sponsor...
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Ep. 2350 Economics for Normal People from 2023-06-16T03:00
The great Saifedean Ammous joins us to discuss his most recent work, Principles of Economics, which in the course of teaching this venerable discipline eviscerates the bad guys.
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Ep. 2349 Trump Indicted; What Does the Future Hold? from 2023-06-15T03:00
Dan McCarthy joins us to discuss Trump's legal troubles, the state of the two major parties, the right and wrong way to look at the war in Ukraine, and more. Sponsor: If you're a listener of the To...
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Ep. 2348 Alfred Hitchcock, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and More Greats We Need to Encounter from 2023-06-14T03:00
The great Brad Birzer, Russell Amos Kirk professor of American studies at Hillsdale College, joins us for an outstanding discussion of some of the great works of modern literature and film (and eve...
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Ep. 2347 Bud Light, the FBI, and Federal Debt: Potpourri Episode with Ryan McMaken from 2023-06-10T17:00
Ryan McMaken, executive editor at Mises.org, joins me to discuss three issues in the news. Sponsor: Hurry and get Dad what he wants for Father's Day: steaks. Omaha Steaks has an amazing 60% off dea...
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Ep. 2346 Rule of Thumb: Believe the Opposite from 2023-06-09T03:00
If they tell you they had nothing to do with the 2008 financial crisis, be assured it was actually their fault. If they say they mitigated the effects of Covid, be confident that they worsened them...
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Ep. 2345 Small Business, Lockdowns, and Regulation from 2023-06-08T03:00
Libertarian Danny Hudson discusses how the COVID lockdowns led him to start his own company, the regulatory hurdles he faced, and the success he's had. Sponsor: Hurry and get Dad what he wants for ...
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Ep. 2344 Gene Epstein Wins the Ultimate Libertarian Debate from 2023-06-07T03:00
Gene Epstein just appeared in a debate in which he defended principled libertarianism against charges of greed and disdain for the week. It was a crushing victory. We walk through his arguments. Sp...
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Ep. 2343 How to Negotiate with Joe Biden, with David Stockman from 2023-06-03T03:00
The Reagan Administration's David Stockman joins me to discuss the continuing failure to deal with spending and debt, and what he would have done differently in Kevin McCarthy shoes. Sponsor: For F...
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Ep. 2342 Naomi Brockwell on Protecting Your Privacy from 2023-06-02T03:00
Naomi Brockwell get specific in discussing the why and how of Internet privacy, whether it's email, your browser, using a VPN, you name it. Sponsor: CrowdHealth -
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Ep. 2341 The "Consent of the People" is Meaningless from 2023-06-01T03:55
Gerard Casey, professor emeritus of philosophy at University College Dublin, joins me for a wide-ranging discussion of what libertarians should do when states already exist, whether "the consent of...
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Ep. 2340 RFK, Jr., Libertarians, Gun-Free Zones, and Porcfest from 2023-05-31T03:00
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., will be speaking at the Free State Project's Porcfest event this year and has asked for no guns in the audience for his talk. Should libertarians object? The Free State Proj...
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Ep. 2339 Stephen Wolfram on Our AI Present and Future from 2023-05-27T03:00
The brilliant Stephen Wolfram joins us to explain the inner workings of ChatGPT and then to discuss the prospects of AI in general. Sponsor: For Father's Day, spare Dad the neckties and socks, and ...
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Ep. 2338 Paul Gottfried on Libertarians, Conservatives, and Our Prospects from 2023-05-26T03:00
Paul Gottfried joins me for a wide-ranging discussion of the central principles of conservatism and libertarianism, whether libertarianism is equipped for the present moment, what the role of "natu...
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Ep. 2337 The GOP Primary Fight, with Auron MacIntyre from 2023-05-25T03:00
Auron MacIntyre joins me to analyze Trump and DeSantis, as well as RFK, Jr., and how much of the electorate is voting left no matter how bad the candidate is. Sponsor: For Father's Day, spare Dad t...
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Ep. 2336 The Legacy of the New Deal and the Great Society from 2023-05-24T03:00
Germinal G. Van returns to discuss the sweeping changes to American society and economy during the 1930s and 1960s. Sponsor: For Father's Day, spare Dad the neckties and socks, and get him what he ...
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Ep. 2335 Vivek Ramaswamy on the FBI, Public Health, Affirmative Action, and More from 2023-05-20T03:00
Entrepreneur and GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy discusses his influences, the public health establishment, the drug war, the FBI, affirmative action, and much more.
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Ep. 2334 The Durham Report and the Russiagate Liars from 2023-05-18T03:00
The so-called Durham Report was issued this week, and concluded that the probe into Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russia should never have been opened. Scott Horton joins us for the details.
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Ep. 2333 Provoked: Scott Horton on Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S. from 2023-05-17T03:00
There's only one permissible opinion on this subject, and Scott Horton sets fire to it.
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Ep. 2332 Proud Boys Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy from 2023-05-16T03:00
Rachel Alexander joins me to discuss why it matters. Sponsor: CrowdHealth - Get your first 3 months for just $99/month at
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Ep. 2331 Can Trump Win? from 2023-05-13T03:00
Syndicated columnist Dan McCarthy thinks so. We also discuss Ron DeSantis and what course of action makes the most sense for him.
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Ep. 2330 Stay and Fight, or Move? from 2023-05-12T03:00
Californian Allan Stevo tries to persuade me that staying put and fighting the battle against the bad guys, as opposed to moving to a more congenial place, should be seriously considered.
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Ep. 2329 Public Health and the Illusion of Control from 2023-05-10T21:00
Ian Miller returns to discuss the charade we endured for three years, in which the alleged experts pretended to be able to protect people from a disease they ended up having zero ability to protect...
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Ep. 2328 The Despicable New York Times: The Record from 2023-05-06T03:00
As a young man, Ashley Rindsberg was discouraged from publishing his book on the New York Times' distortions over the years, but he finally decided to release it anyway. We discuss it today. Book D...
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Ep. 2327 Dave Smith on Tucker Carlson, RFK Jr., and More from 2023-05-05T03:00
The great Dave Smith, comedian and host of Part of the Problem, joins me to discuss Tucker Carlson and RFK, Jr., two figures disliked by the respectable (i.e., terrible) wing of libertarianism.
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Ep. 2326 The Path to a Libertarian Future from 2023-05-04T03:00
We can get so caught up in the ephemeral headlines of the day that we lose sight of the big picture and the kind of society we want to have. Jack Lloyd joins me to talk about how we start moving in...
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Ep. 2325 Corey DeAngelis and Connor Boyack: The State's Schools Are Beyond Repair from 2023-05-03T03:00
Corey DeAngelis and Connor Boyack join us for a deeper look into the government's school system, which turns out to be vastly worse than you thought. Book Discussed:
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Ep. 2324 Artificial Intelligence: Promise and Perils from 2023-04-28T03:00
Steve Patterson and I discuss the world of ChatGPT and beyond, and what it portends for the human experience.
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Ep. 2323 De-Zombifying Conformist Youth from 2023-04-27T03:00
Aaron Sobczak of the Libertarian Youth Caucus discusses the challenges of getting younger people to think independently rather than adopting the establishment position on pretty much everything.
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Ep. 2322 Was I Wrong About Fiat Money? Gene Epstein Corrects Me from 2023-04-26T03:00
In a previous episode I made a claim about the unique difficulty of saving for retirement under a fiat money system. Gene Epstein emailed to say I was wrong. When he persisted in the argument over ...
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Ep. 2321 Kevin Gutzman on Today's History Profession from 2023-04-22T17:00
Distinguished Jefferson and Madison biographer Kevin Gutzman discusses the sad state of our profession.
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Ep. 2320 The Egalitarian Trap from 2023-04-22T03:00
Wanjiru Njoya of the law school at the University of Essex warns that the pursuit of "equality" ends in totalitarianism. Sponsors: Converso - Blinkist -
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Ep. 2319 Against the Medical Establishment from 2023-04-20T03:00
Sarah Thompson discusses homeopathy as an alternative to the medical establishment with a skeptical but open-minded Tom. Sponsor: Converso -
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Ep. 2318 When Race Trumps Merit from 2023-04-19T03:00
The Manhattan Institute's Heather Mac Donald discusses the society-wide assault on the arts, education, medicine, the legal system, and more, on the alleged basis of racial equity. Sponsor:
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Ep. 2317 A Libertarian Journalist in a Non-Libertarian Profession Tells His Stories from 2023-04-15T03:00
Veteran journalist Bill Steigerwald, a libertarian who interviewed people across the spectrum -- like George McGovern, Robert McNamara, Christopher Hitchens, Newt Gingrich, Pat Buchanan, Ron Paul, ...
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Ep. 2316 A Chronicle of the Madness: Recording the Insanity of the Past Three Years from 2023-04-14T03:00
"Follow the Science: Lockdowns Go Viral" is a top-notch documentary series covering the full gamut of the Covid response, in order to help ensure nothing like this ever happens again. It is the rec...
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Ep. 2315 Why We're Getting Killed in the World of Ideas from 2023-04-13T03:00
Author Moriah Jovan discusses the importance of the arts in the transmission of ideas, and the best and worst ways to convey those ideas via the arts. Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and Ay...
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Ep. 2214 Jeff Deist on Our Unreal Society from 2023-04-12T03:00
Jeff Deist returns to discuss the weird, almost unreal America of 2023. Book Discussed:
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BONUS Ep. 2313 Most Trends Are Stupid. This One Isn't from 2023-04-11T03:00
Everywhere you look, businesses are adopting a recurring revenue model. Everything from your local car wash to Circle K to that trampoline park down the street has a membership option. Why? Because...
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Ep. 2312 The Trump Indictment, with Robert Barnes from 2023-04-08T03:00
Attorney Robert Barnes, who has represented numerous high-profile clients, discusses the ridiculous indictment of Donald Trump.
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Ep. 2311 Vaccines and Allowable Opinion from 2023-04-07T03:00
Investigative journalist Jeremy Hammond joins me to discuss the undiscussable: the CDC-recommended vaccine schedule, as well as the particular case of the persecuted Dr. Paul Thomas. Book Discussed:
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Ep. 2310 Making a Living During Covid from 2023-04-06T03:00
Gene Owens of Faithless Town discusses the fate of the arts during Covid, and a recent campaign to get their gig canceled because of their unacceptable views. (Did you know it's "fascist" to oppose...
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Ep. 2309 Social Media and Mental Health: Where's the Evidence? from 2023-04-05T03:00
Jonathan Haidt, a generally level-headed academic, has been arguing that social media use contributes to depression in teen girls. A great many people, since the thesis sounds plausible enough, ass...
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Ep. 2308 Do We Have Free Will? and Other Fundamental Questions from 2023-04-01T03:00
I first got to know about Laura Davidson by reading her articles in the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. I was so struck by her work that for the first and only time, I inquired with my col...
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Ep. 2307 The Real Story of Bank Regulation from 2023-03-31T03:00
Kevin Johnston has actually had to deal with bank regulation and regulators and thinks everyone has an extremely naive view of both. We get into the weeds in today's episode.
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Ep. 2306 How to Handle a Hostile Media from 2023-03-30T03:00
Carla Gericke of the Free State Project joins us to discuss the recent 11-episode NBC News series on the New Hampshire libertarian group, and what to do when faced with a hostile media.
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Ep. 2305 How and Why They Control the Money from 2023-03-29T03:00
Thorstein Polleit, author of The Global Currency Plot, discusses the Euro as well as various plans for de facto or de jure world currencies, and why the elites want to carry out plans like these. S...
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Ep. 2304 Bad Weather Events Aren't Worsening Because of Climate Change, and Other Good News Nobody Knows from 2023-03-25T03:00
The great Alex Epstein joins us to smack down more myths related to fossil fuel use. Guest's Book: Fossil Future
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Ep. 2303 Julian Assange's Brother on the Family's Struggle from 2023-03-24T02:00
Gabriel Shipton joins us today to discuss the situation with his brother, along with a wonderful new documentary film that tells a deeply personal story about a family struggling against injustice....
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Ep. 2302 The Scary Direction of American Law Schools from 2023-03-23T02:00
It made national news days ago when a federal judge who disagrees with the latest leftist obsessions was unable to deliver his prepared remarks because of heckling by students who cannot allow the ...
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Ep. 2301 The Brainwashing of Kids Is Getting a Little Obvious from 2023-03-22T02:00
Karol Markowicz, a columnist for the New York Post, joins us to discuss the various ways in which, from COVID to gender, crazy people are trying to colonize your children's minds.
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Ep. 2300 The Global Currency Plot: The Background from 2023-03-18T02:00
Thorsten Polleit discusses part one of his new book The Global Currency Plot. This is the theoretical part. In a future episode (very soon), we will take this apparatus and apply it to current even...
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Ep. 2299 Silicon Valley Bank and Our Stupid Monetary System from 2023-03-17T02:00
Peter St. Onge of the Heritage Foundation discusses what went wrong with SVB, what should have happened next, and the problems with the bailout (which is said to be not a bailout, but it is).
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Ep. 2298 Adam Smith: A Warning from Gene Epstein from 2023-03-16T02:00
I'm afraid the dull-sounding title will lead people to skip this episode, but it's one of the best of 2023. Gene Epstein comments on my episode with Mark Skousen on Adam Smith, and warns that Smith...
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Ep. 2297 A New Nuremberg Trial, So the Dystopia Is Never Repeated from 2023-03-15T02:00
Steve Deace joins us to discuss unknown heroes and martyrs of the Covid fiasco, and the steps necessary to prevent a repeat of those awful years. Sponsor: Gold Alliance - Book Discussed: Listen...
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Ep. 2296 The Totalitarians Fall, with Michael Malice from 2023-03-11T03:00
We conclude our series of episodes about Michael Malice's book The White Pill with some remarks about the collapse of the horrid regimes he chronicles. Book Discussed: Listener Website Mentioned:
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Ep. 2295 Three Years of Lunacy: A Retrospective from 2023-03-10T03:00
Health writer Gabrielle Bauer joins me for a retrospective on the weird and sinister cult that gripped America for three years -- supposedly in the name of health. Sponsor: Gold Alliance -
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Ep. 2294 The Invisible Hand Isn't a Libertarian Fantasy from 2023-03-09T03:00
On the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith, Mark Skousen discusses his historical significance. And yes, the "invisible hand" image is apt and should be defended against critics.
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Ep. 2293 How Countries Get Rich (or Stay Poor) from 2023-03-08T03:00
Shawn Ritenour, professor of economics at Grove City College, discusses his new book, The Economics of Prosperity: Rethinking Economic Growth and Development. Sponsors: Crowdhealth - Save $99 when ...
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Ep. 2292 Stalin Takes Over, with Michael Malice from 2023-03-03T03:00
Michael Malice and I continue our discussion of his book The White Pill with a look at the record of Joseph Stalin. Book Discussed:
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Ep. 2291 The Communists Take Power, with Michael Malice from 2023-03-02T03:00
After the Bolsheviks took power in Russia, a major chunk of the Western intellectual classes cheered with delight for what they insisted was the glorious new society of the future. Michael Malice j...
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Ep. 2290 Jeff Deist on National Divorce, Monetary Policy, and "Experts" from 2023-03-01T03:00
My conversation with Mises Institute president Jeff Deist covers national divorce, as well as rule by "experts," and how the Federal Reserve tries to make money seem like something that requires ex...
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Ep. 2289 Friendship in an Age of Hate from 2023-02-25T03:00
Gary Chartier, dean of the business school at La Sierra University, joins us for a discussion of friendship: the philosophical challenges it raises, and its indispensable role in human flourishing....
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Ep. 2288 Paul Gottfried on the Fate of Dissident Voices from 2023-02-24T03:00
Paul Gottfried, Yale Ph.D. and editor of Chronicles magazine, discusses the dissident Right, Murray Rothbard, the cowards who excommunicated them, and more. Book Discussed: A Paleoconservative Anth...
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Ep. 2287 A Program for Ignoring the Feds from 2023-02-23T03:00
Maine state senator Eric Brakey is pushing an ambitious legislative agenda that amounts to defying or refusing to cooperate with the federal government on a variety of issues. We also discuss the T...
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Ep. 2286 Why and How the State Attacks the Family from 2023-02-22T03:00
Connor Boyack discusses how the modern state targets the family and seeks to indoctrinate children. Book Discussed: Children of the Collective
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Ep. 2285 White Privilege, Black Lives Matter, and Other Taboo Subjects from 2023-02-18T03:00
Wilfred Reilly joins us to discuss the reality behind so much of the oppression narrative that has come to dominate the American consciousness.
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Ep. 2284 The Evil Woodrow Wilson Revisited from 2023-02-17T03:00
CJ Killmer, host of the Dangerous History Podcast, joins us for a review of the wickedness of Woodrow Wilson, with special attention to periods of Wilson's public life most people know little about.
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Ep. 2283 Fake Conspiracies Democrats Still Believe from 2023-02-16T03:00
And a handful of Republicans, too, but let's be reasonable here: Democrats are vastly, vastly more diluted at this stage of our history than Republicans are. Keith Knight joins us for a lightning r...
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Ep. 2282 Do Viruses Exist? from 2023-02-15T03:00
The most direct and radical challenge to the public-health consensus about COVID-19 and the correct response to it has come from a group of scientists who claim that virology itself is pseudoscienc...
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Ep. 2281 The Psychology of Human Action: Why Some People Slavishly Follow the Elites from 2023-02-12T14:00
Jeff Leskovar wanted to figure out why so many people adopt the whole program of the elites, even though there's no particular reason that someone who favors arming Ukraine should also favor, say, ...
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Ep. 2280 Questions a COVID Commission Should Ask from 2023-02-10T03:00
Martin Kulldorff, on leave from Harvard Medical School, has joined forces with seven colleagues to draft a devastating list of questions that it would be nice to see any proposed Covid commission a...
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Ep. 2279 Spotify Isn't the Devil, and Other Items from the Music World from 2023-02-09T03:00
You've heard the tale of woe: Spotify makes billions while giving content creators mere pennies. Won't someone rectify this capitalist injustice? Michael Kupris gives you the full story.
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Ep. 2278 The President Historians Hate from 2023-02-08T03:00
Warren G. Harding has often come in dead last, or close to it, in historians' rankings of the presidents. These rankings are completely useless, since they simply reflect the political bias of hist...
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Ep. 2277 The Trump/DeSantis Feud from 2023-02-04T03:00
Donald Trump has been savaging Governor Ron DeSantis, who hasn't been returning the favor. Mises Institute communications director Tho Bishop joins us to discuss who's coming out on top in all this.
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Ep. 2276 The Political Significance of Pat Buchanan from 2023-02-02T17:00
Dan McCarthy joins us for an episode assessing the political significance of Pat Buchanan, who last week at age 84 announced his retirement from his syndicated column. Sponsor: Movies Plus: Get 20%...
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Ep. 2275 Is the Economy Screwing Young People? from 2023-02-01T03:00
We hear a lot of anecdotal data about young people struggling, about the problems of high prices and low wages, and millennials living with their parents. I wanted to know how true this was in gene...
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Ep. 2274 A Bull and a Bear Have a Civil Discussion -- and You'll Learn a Lot from 2023-01-28T04:55
Well, here's a novel thing: a civil discussion between people who disagree! Mark Skousen, who leans bullish, and Jon Wolfenbarger, who leans bearish, make their respective cases for where the econo...
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Ep. 2273 The Virginia Dynasty: When Jeffersonians Ruled from 2023-01-27T03:00
Kevin Gutzman, author of the new book The Jeffersonians, talks Madison, Monroe, and the Constitution (and the key person who undermined it).
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Ep. 2272 How to Win in a Blue State from 2023-01-26T04:55
Ali Rak has accumulated about 20 legislative victories, whether getting bad bills defeated or good ones passed, all while living in a blue county in a blue state. She shares specific tools and stra...
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Ep. 2271 Striking Back at Propaganda Aimed at Children from 2023-01-25T03:00
Connor Boyack discusses his efforts to strike down laws that restrict entrepreneurial activity by children (we've all heard of lemonade stands being shut down) and to encourage children to think an...
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Ep. 2270 The Gilded Age and the "Robber Barons" from 2023-01-21T04:55
Tom talks to Germinal G. Van about the period of American history that historians treat cartoonishly, with wicked businessmen allegedly exploiting everyone.
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Ep. 2269 The Effects of Lockdowns on Society from 2023-01-20T03:00
Last year an anonymous group of well-known filmmakers decided to embark on a crucially important project: documenting the truth about the Covid lockdowns: the data, the human stories, all of it. Ha...
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Ep. 2268 Homeless and (Seemingly) Hopeless, to Success and Happiness from 2023-01-19T03:00
My wife's uncle, Paul Laino, has rather a stirring story to tell: after spending four years homeless and addicted to drugs he cleaned himself up and now makes, let's just say, a very comfortable in...
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Ep. 2267 Have We Lost Younger People? And Other Issues, with Ezra Wyrick from 2023-01-18T04:55
Ezra Wyrick, a smart 18-year-old libertarian, talks about what resonates and what doesn't with younger people, plus proper libertarian messaging and strategy. Special Offer: Happily date box: Take ...
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Ep. 2266 The Libertarian Mayor Nobody Saw Coming from 2023-01-14T04:45
Aron Lam, mayor of Keenesburg, Colorado, surprised the incumbent mayor by actually running a real campaign for the office, and had all his ducks in a row before the incumbent knew what hit him. Mig...
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Ep. 2265 Clint Russell on Woke Corporations, and What We Should Do Now from 2023-01-13T03:00
Clint Russell of Liberty Lockdown joins me to talk woke capitalism and ESG, why mankind is so frustrating, and productive approaches to living in a hostile world. Sponsor: This Sunday, January 15th...
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Ep. 2264 The Real Resistance: State Pushback Against the Feds, 2023 Edition from 2023-01-12T03:00
The Tenth Amendment Center's Michael Boldin discusses issues on which states are prepared to push back in the 2023 legislative session, and progress that was made in 2022.
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Ep. 2263 What Is the Great Reset Resetting? from 2023-01-11T04:00
The great Michael Rectenwald just released his new book The Great Reset and the Struggle for Liberty. He joins us to discuss what exactly the program is, what its constituent parts are, how they al...
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Ep. 2262 Government and Wealth Distribution: A Closer Look from 2023-01-07T04:00
The prolific Germinal G. Van returns to discuss his latest work, a two-volume study of wealth distribution and inequality in American history.
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Ep. 2261 The Significance of Pope Benedict XVI (1927-2022) from 2023-01-06T04:00
Catholic and non-Catholic listeners alike requested an episode on Pope Benedict XVI, so I invited Catholic publisher Roger McCaffrey to discuss what his pontificate meant in the context of the post...
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Ep. 2260 How I Beat Alcohol from 2023-01-05T04:00
The great Carla Gericke, president emeritus of , kicks off a new year of the Tom Woods Show by describing how she kicked a serious alcohol habit. Sponsors: Crowdhealth - Save $99 when you use code ...
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Ep. 2259 When the State Promotes Suicide from 2022-12-31T04:00
Tim Moen joins us to provide the background to some of the stories we've been hearing coming out of Canada about the promiscuous recommendation of euthanasia there.
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Ep. 2258 We Need More Libertarian Capitalists from 2022-12-28T04:00
Matt McWilliams, libertarian and businessman, joins us, as we get ready to make our new year's resolutions, to discuss the opportunities that technology has made available to us, and how we can put...
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Ep. 2257 The Vaccine Injured: Ignore Them from 2022-12-22T20:00
Josh Stylman, executive producer of the film Anecdotals, joins me to discuss the fate of the vaccine injured in the age of COVID. I rank this one in the top ten of all 2,257 episodes. Special Offer...
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Ep. 2256 Financial Traps Everyone Falls Into from 2022-12-20T04:00
There's so much bad financial and life advice out there that it's no wonder people often go so dreadfully wrong. Luke Tatum joins me for a review of the conventional wisdom and what people should d...
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Ep. 2255 Overpoliced from 2022-12-16T04:00
Chris Cofer and Pete Quinones join me to discuss their new film, Overpoliced, and why the police shouldn't be the one group of government employees we're naive about.
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Ep. 2254 How to Opt Out of the Technocratic State, Post-Covid from 2022-12-15T04:00
Derrick Broze joins us to discuss technology as a double-edged sword and what we can do to protect ourselves against bad actors. Sponsor: This Christmas, get your friends and loved ones something o...
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Ep. 2253 The Real Thomas Jefferson from 2022-12-14T04:00
The great and brilliant Kevin Gutzman joins us to discuss his brand new book, released just today, called The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe.
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Ep. 2252 The Military Can't Win the War on Drugs, and Other Lessons from U.S. Foreign Policy from 2022-12-13T04:00
Christopher Coyne joins us again to discuss further problems with and failures of the American empire. Sponsor: This Christmas, get your friends and loved ones something original and unusual but th...
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Ep. 2251 Twitter's Liars and Creeps from 2022-12-09T19:00
Twitter denied doing the various things it's now becoming clear it obviously did do when it comes to suppressing dissident voices. Auton MacIntyre joins me to discuss this ongoing story. Sponsors: ...
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Ep. 2250 Gerald Celente on Ukraine, the Economy, and the American Elite from 2022-12-09T04:00
The great Gerald Celente, publisher of Trends Journal, reviews where things are going in terms of the economy, foreign policy, and civil liberties, and what the bright spots are. Sponsor: This Chri...
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Ep. 2249 The Military State and Why It Persists from 2022-12-08T04:00
Christopher Coyne joins me to discuss some of the factors contributing to the seeming permanence of the military-industrial complex in the United States.
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Ep. 2248 Rand and Rothbard Convinced Me from 2022-12-07T04:00
The great Murray Sabrin joins us to discuss how his experiences as an insatiably curious person and a child of an immigrant family led him to libertarianism and a career spent in defense of liberty...
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Ep. 2247 Intelligence, Blackmail, and Jeffrey Epstein from 2022-12-03T04:00
Whitney Webb joins us to discuss the unknown history of collusion between intelligence services and organized crime, and the practice of blackmail, in order to set the context for Jeffrey Epstein.
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Ep. 2246 Trump, DeSantis, and Biden: What Will 2024 Bring? from 2022-12-02T04:00
Brion McClanahan joins me to discuss the prospects of these men, the Trump/DeSantis feud, whether DeSantis would make us crazy, whether Biden has a chance, and more. Sponsor: Omaha Steaks - Go to ...
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Ep. 2245 What on Earth Do We Do Now? from 2022-12-01T04:00
We're outgunned and outnumbered, and crazy ideas are considered mainstream. What should we do now? Michael Heise joins me to discuss his plan: Project Decentralized Revolution.
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Ep. 2244 The FTX Fiasco from 2022-11-30T04:00
Stephan Livera joins me to discuss what happened with FTX, whether it is an indictment of Bitcoin, what it means for the Bitcoin price, whether it was a money-laundering scheme, and a lot more. Spo...
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Ep. 2243 Thomas Paine: Radical American Hero from 2022-11-25T17:00
The radical Thomas Paine, who could both cheer and enrage with his various writings, was a fascinating and important figure in American history, and historian Dave Benner -- author of a new biograp...
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Ep. 2242 Lockdowns: The Debate from 2022-11-24T17:00
This week Stanford University's Jay Bhattacharya triumphed decisively in an Oxford-style debate on lockdowns and "focused protection" with Sten Vermund, and he joins us today to discuss it. Sponsor...
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Ep. 2241 How to Overcome Film Censorship from 2022-11-24T04:00
We all know about documentaries that the official outlets won't let us watch. Or movies whose dialogue sounds like a woke treatise rather than anything actual people would ever say. Cory Tucek crea...
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Ep. 2240 Dissident Tech Entrepreneur Takes Aim at Big Tech Suppression from 2022-11-23T04:00
Tech entrepreneur Pete Zaborsky joins me to discuss his vision of a future in which all voices can be heard, and how to get there. Sponsor: Crowdhealth - Save $99 when you use code WOODS at
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Ep. 2239 The Death of Journalism from 2022-11-19T17:00
John Ziegler, co-host of the Death of Journalism podcast, joins me to discuss the mess that is journalism today, how narratives ossify into the Official Position that nobody may contradict, and whe...
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Ep. 2238 A Communist Reveals Her Secrets from 2022-11-18T04:00
Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College and editor of The American Spectator, joins me to discuss the curious story of Bella Dodd, once a committed communist who says she ...
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Ep. 2237 Another Lizard Rises to Power? from 2022-11-17T04:00
The great Dominic Frisby, one of my favorite Tom Woods Show guests, returns to update us on the wild situation in the UK, why Liz Truss resigned, why tax reductions are off the table there seemingl...
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Ep. 2236 The Man Whose Words Are Forbidden from 2022-11-16T04:00
Filmmaker Jason Rink joins us to discuss his new project (in three episodes) called Q Sent Me, about the Q shaman from January 6. Even discussing the topic and allowing the man to speak without imp...
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Ep. 2235 What Happened in the Midterms? from 2022-11-11T04:00
Dan McCarthy and I discuss the "red wave" that failed to materialize, what it means for the future, and whether we should succumb to despair. Sponsors: Crowdhealth - Save $99 when you use code WOOD...
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Ep. 2234 Dr. Peter McCullough's Dissident Health Company from 2022-11-10T04:00
Dr. Peter McCullough, a widely published and respected cardiologist who has been a source of sanity during Covid times, has been threatened with the loss of his board certifications for his caution...
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Ep. 2233 The Fed Is Screwing Up Housing Again from 2022-11-09T04:00
The housing market is all out of whack again, and the culprit is a familiar one. Ryan McMaken joins us for the details.
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Ep. 2232 When Civilizations Hate Themselves from 2022-11-08T04:00
Benedict Beckeld joins me to discuss a phenomenon -- disproportionate self-criticism, even hatred -- that we see creeping into civilizations when certain conditions are met.
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Ep. 2231 Jeff Deist on How and How Not to Advocate a Private Law Society from 2022-11-04T20:00
Mises Institute president Jeff Deist discusses right and wrong ways to think about and transition to a stateless order. Article Discussed:
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Ep. 2230 What Libertarians Can Do in a World Gone Mad from 2022-11-04T03:00
The popular caricature of libertarianism involves our alleged belief in "rugged individualism," and "I don't need help from anybody," etc. Opposing collectivism doesn't mean opposing all groupings ...
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Ep. 2229 The Evil Woodrow Wilson, and Other Stories from U.S. History from 2022-11-03T03:55
The authors of A Twisted History of the United States return to discuss Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, and more material from U.S. history that's usually distorted and mangled. Sponsor: Crowdhea...
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Ep. 2228 A Twisted History of the United States from 2022-11-02T03:06:01
Authors Gary Richied and Charlie Westerman join me for an unconventional gallop through early American history. Sponsor: The Expat Money Show with Mikkel Thorup is the #1 resource for anyone consid...
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Ep. 2227 Where We Are and Where We're Headed from 2022-10-29T20:00
Clint Russell and I discuss the Alex Jones verdict, the medical establishment, the post-Trump GOP, how my friend John Bush became successful and why more libertarians should be like him, and more. ...
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Ep. 2226 Sluggish Economic Growth: Capitalism's Fault? from 2022-10-28T03:35:02
Our friend Gene Epstein discusses his recent debate with an economist who blames the free market for disappointing economic growth. Sponsor: Crowdhealth - Save $99 when you use code WOODS at
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Ep. 2225 Big Pharma Myths Debunked from 2022-10-27T03:45
We've been taught to have a superstitious reverence for the government-pharmaceutical establishment, but is it justified?
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Ep. 2224 The Fight Against Biden's Mandates Continues from 2022-10-25T18:40:30
Jim Erdman, a veteran of the CIA, recounts the COVID irrationality throughout the U.S. government and the ongoing battle against the vaccine mandates.
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Ep. 2223 Smaller Is Better from 2022-10-22T03:00
Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute joins me to make a worldwide case for smaller states, decentralization, and secession. Special Offer: Happily date box: Take 50% off your first date at
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Ep. 2222 Historical Revisionism, and Why We Need It from 2022-10-21T03:00
Since we see current events distorted in the media every day, why wouldn't we think events from the past were equally distorted? Without historical revisionism, today's propaganda becomes tomorrow'...
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Ep. 2221 Status Quo Bias Is Our Worst Enemy from 2022-10-20T03:00
If things are ever going to improve, we need to overcome the very powerful status quo bias that exists among the American population. Most people assume that the way things are is the way they must...
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Ep. 2220 How a Free Society Helps the Poorest from 2022-10-19T03:00
Paddy Weeks, chairman of , joins me to discuss transparent, effective ways to help the world's poorest without government involvement. And of course we tip our hat to the late Gret Glyer, who got t...
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Ep. 2219 The Absurd Alex Jones Trials from 2022-10-15T03:00
The great Robert Barnes joins me to run through all the irregularities in the Alex Jones trial, and what they mean for the rest of us. Sponsors: &
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Ep. 2218 The Forces of Tolerance Punish a Dissident from 2022-10-14T03:55
Jack Phillips made news ten years ago when he declined to bake a wedding cake celebrating a same-sex marriage and the couple involved attempted to use state violence to force him to bake it. Philli...
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Ep. 2217 To a Great Man from 2022-10-13T03:00
At the Mises Institute's supporters summit I paid tribute to a great benefactor of our movement, who has (of course) been attacked by pygmies his whole life. Sponsor: The Expat Money Show with Mikk...
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Ep. 2216 Egalitarianism Also Fails in the Workplace from 2022-10-12T01:00
Peter Klein, professor of entrepreneurship at Baylor University, explains why the current fad of flattening hierarchies in the workplace is unlikely to deliver good results.
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Ep. 2215 The New Transgender Orthodoxy from 2022-10-08T03:00
Gerard Casey, professor emeritus of philosophy at University College, Dublin, joins us to discuss the transgender movement, which has ossified into orthodoxy in record time. Sponsor: The Expat Mone...
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Ep. 2214 Who Will Succeed the Disastrous Pope Francis? from 2022-10-07T03:00
Longtime Vatican observer and book and magazine publisher Roger McCaffrey joins us to discuss what we can expect after the Francis pontificate comes to an end.
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Ep. 2213 Radical Leftist Prefers Romney to Rothbard from 2022-10-05T03:55
Melinda Cooper, who teaches "gender, sexuality, and culture" at Australian National University, tries to take on Murray Rothbard in an academic journal. As usual for a progressive, even though she ...
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Ep. 2212 Jeff Deist on the Political Corruption of Language from 2022-10-04T03:00
Language can evolve organically, or it can change from the top down to serve a political agenda. We've had plenty of the latter in our day. Jeff Deist joins us to discuss it and explain why it matt...
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Ep. 2211 Corey DeAngelis on the School Choice Movement from 2022-09-30T03:55
Covid changed a lot of minds on schooling, and suddenly the school choice movement has attracted a lot of attention, and is finding success. We discuss these, plus libertarian criticisms of school ...
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Ep. 2210 Coping with the Rotten New Economy from 2022-09-29T03:00
How is someone supposed to navigate an economy like the one our ruling class has given us? Joel Bein of Career Hackers has some ideas.
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Ep. 2209 What's Causing All Those Excess Deaths? from 2022-09-27T19:56:47
Dr. Pierre Kory, president of Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance, joins me to answer the question you'd think the whole world would be asking, but which nobody dares to.
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Ep. 2208 The Godfather of Right-Wing Populism? from 2022-09-24T03:00
Dan McCarthy, editor of the venerable Modern Age, joins me for a discussion of Willmoore Kendall's 1963 classic, The Conservative Affirmation, which has just reappeared in print with an interesting...
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Ep. 2207 Paul Gottfried on the Right's Factions from 2022-09-23T03:00
The great Paul Gottfried walks us through the state of the American Right. Sponsor: The Expat Money Show with Mikkel Thorup is the #1 resource for anyone considering the expat lifestyle or offshore...
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Ep. 2206 How the West Brought War to Ukraine from 2022-09-22T03:00
Today we discuss Benjamin Abelow's new book, How the West Brought War to Ukraine: Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe.
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Ep. 2205 Is There Legitimate Hope? from 2022-09-17T03:00
I discuss favorable trends -- if you can believe it -- along with the grim realities of the fight ahead of us. This episode is taken from my recent appearance on the Pete Quinones Show. Sponsors: and
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Ep. 2204 Our Wild Economy, and Where It's Headed from 2022-09-16T03:00
Jon Wolfenbarger, founder and CEO of Bull and Bear Profits, sorts it out for us.
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Ep. 2203 Business School Fights Woke Capitalism from 2022-09-15T03:00
Allen Mendenhall, associate dean of the business school at Troy University, joins me to discuss their new program aimed at wokeness in the business world.
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Ep. 2202 Is NATO the Embodiment of the Nonaggression Principle? from 2022-09-14T03:00
Scott Horton joins us to discuss the true nature of NATO as well as the real prospect of permanently ending the horrors in Yemen. Link Discussed:
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Ep. 2201 The American Ruling Class, and Its Intensifying Evils from 2022-09-13T03:00
Commentator Auron MacIntyre joins me to discuss the rapidly increasing evil of the American ruling class.
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Ep. 2200 On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy from 2022-09-10T04:00
Comedian Lou Perez discusses his new book, .
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Ep. 2199 Does the GOP Establishment Want DeSantis? from 2022-09-09T04:00
Dan McCarthy joins us to warn that a Ron DeSantis presidential candidacy could wind up backfiring. Sponsor: The Expat Money Show with Mikkel Thorup is the #1 resource for anyone considering the exp...
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Ep. 2198 The Fact-Checker Scam from 2022-09-08T04:00
Jeremy R. Hammond joins us today to discuss the Big Tech situation and in particular the problem with "fact checkers," who are merely enforcers of the establishment's narrative. Sponsor: CrowdHealth -
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Ep. 2197 Tyranny Cloaked in Benevolence, with Viva Frei from 2022-09-07T16:00
The great lawyer and online personality Viva Frei joins us to discuss what's going wrong, what's going right, the true nature of the regimes that rule is, and whether we can have legitimate hope.
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Ep. 2196 How to Invest During Crazy Times from 2022-09-03T03:00
Larry Lepard became known among libertarians in 2008, when he spent $200,000 of his own money on full-page ads in major newspapers for Ron Paul. Today he joins us to discuss how to think about inve...
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Ep. 2195 Progressives Try to Suppress Secession Discussion from 2022-09-02T03:00
Carla Gericke, former president of the Free State Project, joins us to discuss the recent discussion of secession in New Hampshire, and the response of critics who are appalled that anyone would da...
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Ep. 2194 Our Electric Car Future: Is It Inevitable? from 2022-09-01T03:00
Eric Peters joins us to discuss the fanatical movement toward electric cars, what the drawbacks are, and whether it can be stopped.
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Ep. 2193 Don't Weep for Labor: Its Share Is Not Declining from 2022-08-31T03:00
Almost everyone in academia, including even some libertarians, is convinced that labor has suffered a declining share of national income over time. Then predictably, come the various government int...
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Ep. 2192 Economics for the Non-Savage from 2022-08-30T03:55
So much damage is done because people have a frankly juvenile understanding of the economy: what it is and how it works. Per Bylund has provided us with the antidote.
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Ep. 2191 Biden's Student Loan Debacle from 2022-08-27T03:00
Gene Epstein joins us to discuss the economics of the partial cancellation of college loans.
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Ep. 2190 How to Reach the Normies, with Doc Dixon from 2022-08-26T03:00
Over the past few years I've been thrilled to see Doc Dixon's star begin to rise within the libertarian world. He's a solid libertarian in our tradition, and an extremely talented magician, who foo...
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Ep. 2189 Did the Declaration of Independence Apply to Slaves? from 2022-08-25T03:00
A revival of the Broadway musical 1776, featuring female, trans, and nonbinary cast members portraying the Founding Fathers, has reignited the usual attacks on the Founders, so I look at the matter...
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Ep. 2188 Is National Divorce Anti-Liberty? from 2022-08-24T03:55
National divorce is urgently and obviously necessary, but among the blue-pilled in our movement it's a betrayal of libertarian principles that must be rejected. I take this on.
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Ep. 2187 The Ruling Elites Are Divided from 2022-08-20T03:00
Yes, we are ruled by bad guys, but as Rothbard explained, sometimes the bad guys have rivalries among themselves, and these rivalries can go a long way toward explaining current events. Tom Luongo ...
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Ep. 2186 Vivek Ramaswamy on Getting Politics Out of Investing from 2022-08-19T03:00
Vivek Ramaswamy, founder of Strive Asset Management, is leading a heroic charge against the ESG-driven politicization of investing and capital allocation.
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Ep. 2185 Jeff Deist on Trump, the FBI, and National Divorce from 2022-08-18T03:00
Jeff Deist joins me to discuss the FBI raid on Trump, the benefits of national divorce, and more. Sponsor: The Expat Money Summit, hosted by our friend Mikkel Thorup, is the expat event of the year...
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Ep. 2184 The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics from 2022-08-17T03:00
The great Tom DiLorenzo, who spent 41 years as an economics professor, joins me for a takedown of anti-market arguments and a defense of freedom.
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Ep. 2183 International Options for Freedom Lovers? from 2022-08-16T03:00
Mikkel Thorup, who runs the Expat Money Summit and has himself visited over 100 countries (and lived in nine), joins us to discuss international options for freedom lovers.
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Ep. 2182 Jeremy Kauffman on Being Blunt and Unafraid from 2022-08-13T03:00
Jeremy Kauffman, a creator of LBRY.com and a board member of the Free State Project, is running for U.S. Senate from New Hampshire, but not exactly following the "make commercials in the style of M...
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Ep. 2181 The Alex Jones Case, and Other Current Events from 2022-08-12T03:00
Matt Kibbe joins me to discuss the Alex Jones situation, the perennial "are they stupid or evil" debate," and other items in the news.
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Ep. 2180 Mao's Mass Murder from 2022-08-11T15:00
You can still find people to this day who try to claim Mao Tse-Tung was an agrarian reformer and that the deaths were caused by bad weather, but in this episode my guest Jason Jewell gives us the t...
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Ep. 2179 The Crimes of Communism from 2022-08-10T03:00
Jason Jewell of Faulkner University joins us to discuss communism (theory and history) and the realities of life under Lenin and Stalin. Sponsor: Liquid IV - Take 15% off your entire order at
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Ep. 2178 How Not to Fight Our Wicked Elites from 2022-08-09T03:00
In this episode I discuss the damages of COVID fanaticism that can't be captured in statistics, and the insistence that only violent revolution can solve our problems.
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Ep. 2177 Poverty, Inequality, and Government Policy from 2022-08-06T03:03:41
The prolific Germinal G. Van joins us to discuss his latest book, a study of poverty, inequality, and economic policy. Special Offer: Happily date box: Take 50% off your first date at
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Ep. 2176 Food Supply Problems Coming? What to Do from 2022-08-05T03:00
The founder of the Beef Initiative joins me to discuss what ranchers and consumers alike can do to ensure the uninterrupted consumption of nourishing food.
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Ep. 2175 Taxes and How to Minimize Them from 2022-08-04T03:00
Matthew Sercely is a tax advisor who shares your values, so he's part of an exclusive elite. Today we discuss all manner of tax questions. Matthew began his business in 2020, under the pressure of ...
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Ep. 2174 How Should Man Live? from 2022-08-03T03:00
People have been debating that question for thousands of years. In this episode we explore Hellenistic philosophy, and what it means for man to live according to his nature -- a subject that forms ...
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Ep. 2173 Equality -- Good vs. Evil Definitions from 2022-08-02T03:00
The word "equality" sure sounds nice, but it's been used on behalf of plenty of evil causes. Is there any sense in which it is unambiguously good? Tom Mullen joins me to discuss the issue, with emp...
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Ep. 2172 The True Story of Children's Wartime Experiences from 2022-07-30T03:00
The great jack-of-all-trades Dominic Frisby joins me to compare lunacies between the UK and the US these days, and then discusses his latest project: a dramatic production based on the actual stori...
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Ep. 2171 What We Can Learn from Progressives, and Other Issues with Richard Hanania from 2022-07-29T03:00
Richard Hanania joins us for a potpourri episode: Ukraine/Russia, wokeism, what non-progressives can learn from progressives, and more.
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Ep. 2170 January 6, Dobbs, Trump, and November from 2022-07-28T03:00
Dan McCarthy, editor of Modern Age, joins me to discuss the political implications of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe and of the January 6 hearings, what it means for November elections and a po...
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Ep. 2169 The Great Reset and Woke Capitalism, with Michael Rectenwald from 2022-07-27T03:00
The great ex-Marxist Michael Rectenwald joins us to discuss what our elites are up to, and what steps we can take to insulate ourselves against their schemes. Special Offer: Happily date box: Take ...
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Ep. 2168 Time to Unplug from the Machine from 2022-07-26T03:00
David Moore, who recently sold his healthcare business and has been leading entrepreneur groups and masterminds to help people escape the machine, joins me to discuss an approach that's been helpin...
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Ep. 2167 A Career that Gets You Out of the Machine from 2022-07-23T03:00
Henry Bingaman is a master with words: his words have sold $300 million in goods and services for his clients (of whom I am one). He's also a libertarian and a Supporting Listener of the Tom Woods ...
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Ep. 2166 What You Can't Say from 2022-07-22T03:00
Michael Malice says the Paul Graham essay "What You Can't Say" is one of the most important things he's read, so I'm discussing it in today's episode.
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Ep. 2165 How Insane Does Academia Have to Get Before We Say No from 2022-07-21T03:47:52
It used to be that you could just grin and bear it through the college-industrial complex. But academia has become so farcical and absurd that it probably needs to be avoided in as many cases as po...
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Ep. 2164 The Media Left Out Some Teensy-Weensy Details This Week from 2022-07-20T03:00
In my review of the news today I notice some odd details left out of major headlines: like the latest BLM celebrity who (the headline doesn't mention) was shooting at a mother and her children, or ...
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Ep. 2163 The Problem of (and Solution to) Woke HR Departments from 2022-07-19T03:00
Kevin Dolan of Exit joins us to discuss the bizarre workplace situation most people face, and why it is that there appear to be no non-woke corporations. We also discuss how to cope in this world.
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Ep. 2162 Emergency Health Care, Ruined by Socialism from 2022-07-16T03:00
Nick Paproski, Chief Operating Officer for a large EMS staffing company and a licensed paramedic, joins me to discuss how crazed regulation has ruined ambulance services, too.
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Ep. 2161 Communism: The Bad and the Ugly, in Both History and Theory from 2022-07-15T03:00
The title says it all.
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Ep. 2160 Propaganda: The Classic Example from History from 2022-07-14T03:00
CJ Killmer of the Dangerous History Podcast joins me to discuss British and American propaganda during world War I.
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Ep. 2159 Uprising Against the Anti-Human World Economic Forum from 2022-07-13T03:00
Dutch farmers have been vigorously protesting restrictions that would devastate both them and the food supply, and the Western media either ignores or misrepresents them. Keean Bexte has been repor...
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Ep. 2158 If This Doesn't Convince You (of Libertarianism), Nothing Will from 2022-07-09T16:00
Keith Knight of the Libertarian Institute and I discuss the contributions of some of the most persuasive and original thinkers in our tradition. Book Discussed: The Voluntaryist Handbook or
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Ep. 2157 Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons from 2022-07-08T18:00
Scott Horton talks arms reduction, Hiroshima, whether reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons is naive/unrealistic, and more. Book Discussed:
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Ep. 2156 How the Fed Ruins Ordinary People from 2022-07-07T03:00
You may have heard about the Austrian School's free-market explanation of why the economy moves in a boom-bust cycle, but in this episode I walk you through it step by step. Conclusion: End the Fed!
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Ep. 2155 You Won't Learn US History in School (Duh) from 2022-07-06T03:00
We have long deplored how American history is taught in classrooms, at all levels. But most people have done more griping than doing. Connor Boyack just did something we've obviously needed for the...
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Ep. 2154 Roe Overturned: Historians Discuss the Decision from 2022-07-02T19:00
James Madison biographer Kevin Gutzman joins me, along with historian Brion McClanahan, to discuss the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Ep. 2153 Dumb Excuses for the Fed from 2022-07-01T03:00
Hard money is stupid and backward, they say, and the Federal Reserve is necessary to protect us against the wild excesses of a free economy. Oh, and falling prices would be terrible! We're going to...
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Ep. 2152 Tom Woods Show Guest and Philanthropist Shot Dead from 2022-06-29T23:00
Listeners of the Tom Woods Show will recognize the name Gret Glyer, the young man who spent three years living in Malawi, the world's poorest country at the time, in order to help the most vulnerab...
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Ep. 2151 Scott Horton Wins Another Debate, and Discusses Worst Thing in the World from 2022-06-28T23:00
The great foreign-policy hero Scott Horton returns first to discuss his recent debate at Porcfest with Cathy Young, and secondly to talk about the ongoing atrocity in Yemen and how we might actuall...
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Ep. 2150 The Unknown Villainy of the Fed from 2022-06-25T21:00
With the Federal Reserve once again under scrutiny, it's time to stick the knife in.
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Ep. 2149 Covid Panickers Make Bogus Claims About Risk to Children from 2022-06-24T03:00
Both the White House and the CDC have made claims in recent days and weeks that Covid is one of the top killers of children, or that for children it's significantly worse than the flu. There is not...
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Ep. 2148 A (Literal) Student of Rothbard and Hoppe Just Launched Something Massive from 2022-06-22T03:00
The Mises Institute's Joe Becker, who studied economics at UNLV under Murray Rothbard and Hans Hoppe and worked in numerous capacities for Ron Paul, discusses a major new project from the Mises Ins...
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Ep. 2147 What Is Happening With Bitcoin? from 2022-06-17T23:00
Bitcoin has been taking a beating lately. Its critics have been having a field day. What's really going on? Stephan Livera and Guy Swann join us to discuss.
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Ep. 2146 The Regime's Obsession with January 6 from 2022-06-17T03:00
The great documentary filmmaker Jason Rink joins me to discuss the January 6 hearings and the real story of that day.
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Ep. 2145 Does Intellectual Property Exist? from 2022-06-15T03:00
Is it possible that we've been snookered into believing in a nonsensical concept? Is it possible to "own" an idea? Stephan Kinsella walks us through copyright, patent, trademarks, and trade secrets...
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Ep. 2144 The Romantic Movement: Lessons for Libertarians? (Woods Singing Episode) from 2022-06-11T21:00
I talk about the ideas behind the nineteenth-century Romantic movement, as well as particular examples in music, architecture, and literature (.e.g., Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, the Got...
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Ep. 2143 Open Source: Voluntaryism in Action (Non-Depressing Episode) from 2022-06-10T03:55
What does it mean when coders tell you something is "open source"? My guess is that most people have no idea. But we should, because we could use a little positive news right about now, and the ope...
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Ep. 2142 The Money Masters Are Screwing You from 2022-06-09T03:00
Tho Bishop discusses how he introduces the awful truth about money and the Federal Reserve to potentially sympathetic audiences that have never heard about it before.
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Ep. 2141 News Flash: Libertarians Find Some Backbone from 2022-06-08T03:00
A week after the Mises Caucus came to dominate the Libertarian Party, the messaging is already moving in the right direction. Sponsor: Get your father what he actually wants this Father's Day: stea...
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Ep. 2140 The State (and Culture) Against Blacks from 2022-06-07T03:00
Germinal G. Van returns to discuss the welfare state, cultural attitudes, and other factors undermining the living standards of American blacks.
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Ep. 2139 Aristotle on How to Live a Good Life from 2022-06-04T18:00
Is there such a thing as a good life? If so, what does it consist of? Aristotle wrote about this all the way back in the fourth century B.C., and I'm giving you an overview of his conclusions in th...
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Ep. 2138 Black Culture and Generational Poverty from 2022-06-04T03:55:01
Germinal G. Van immigrated to the United States from the Ivory Coast in 2010, and at age 32 he is the author of an astonishing 23 books. From this unique vantage point he explores in his new book t...
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Ep. 2137 Libertarians Take Control of Libertarian Party from 2022-06-03T00:00
Michael Heise of the Libertarian Party Mises Caucus joins me today to discuss the clean sweep his libertarian caucus made at the recent Libertarian National Convention. Sponsor: Get your father wha...
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Ep. 2136 Can Capitalism Work in an Age of Digital Privacy? from 2022-06-02T00:00
Bestselling author Ryan Levesque returns to discuss the challenges posed by Web 3.0, a world in which privacy-oriented consumers are less likely to make their private information available to adver...
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Ep. 2135 How to Introduce Our Ideas to a New Audience from 2022-06-01T00:00
This is one of my favorite interviews of all time: I had a chance to appear on the Viva & Barnes podcast, hosted by attorneys Viva Frei and Robert Barnes, and I introduced their audience to the Mis...
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Ep. 2134 Dr. Peter McCullough on Covid Treatments and Vaccines from 2022-05-28T03:30
Dr. Peter McCullough and his co-author John Leake join me to discuss their new book, .
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Ep. 2133 What I Did After Fleeing Facebook from 2022-05-27T03:30
Mark Weinstein is the founder of MeWe, a Facebook alternative that allows adults to have conversations. I've hosted my Tom Woods Show Elite there for years and we haven't run into a single problem....
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Ep. 2132 The Stupidity of War: American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacency from 2022-05-26T03:00
John Mueller of The Ohio State University joins us to discuss why our default posture shouldn't be Munich 1938, in a discussion of his book, .
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Ep. 2131 We Need More Fossil Fuels from 2022-05-25T03:00
The heroic Alex Epstein joins us to discuss why human flourishing requires more fossil fuels, not less. Book Discussed: Special Offer: Happily date box: Take 50% off your first date at
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Ep. 2130 Dissident Voices and Free Speech from 2022-05-24T03:55
Allan Stevo, author of Face Masks in One Lesson and Face Masks Hurt Kids, reports on his recent speaking event alongside Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Naomi Wolf against the suppression of dissident ...
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Ep. 2129 The WHO's Pandemic Treaty from 2022-05-21T03:00
There's a lot of concern about a forthcoming "pandemic treaty" from the World Health Organization. In this episode I discuss what it would likely include, as well as whether an international agreem...
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Ep. 2128 Does China Really Have a "Social Credit System"? from 2022-05-20T02:00
It's a commonplace that in China people have a "social credit score" that is affected by their political views and activities, and which restricts them from exercising basic rights. Is this true?
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Ep. 2127 He Voted No on Iraq, Even in a Pro-Military District from 2022-05-19T03:00
Former US congressman John J. Duncan, Jr., a Tom Woods Show listener who also happens to be one of the half-dozen House Republicans who voted against war in Iraq, joins us for some recollections fr...
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Ep. 2126 The Prospects for Dissidents in the 2020s from 2022-05-18T02:00
Dan McCarthy joins us to discuss the prospects for conservatives (and to some extent libertarians) in a society in which the left holds the major power centers but a widespread spirit of resistance...
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Ep. 2125 Monetize Your Haters from 2022-05-13T16:00
One of my prized possessions is my Eric July "Monetize Your Haters" T-shirt. If there's one thing better than ignoring or defeating your enemies, it's becoming more prosperous because of their atta...
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Ep. 2124 How to Answer Progressives (and Conservatives): Eric July's Advice from 2022-05-13T00:00
Across social media, as well as in his gig with Glenn Beck's The Blaze, Eric July interacts with people from all ideological standpoints, and defends libertarianism before all comers. But what work...
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Ep. 2123 Is There a "Black Community"? A Discussion with Eric July from 2022-05-12T00:00
We all use the term, but is there really a "black community" (or, for that matter, an LGBT community, or anything similar)? Apart from basic demands for respect and a fair chance, do all black peop...
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Ep. 2122 You Don't Win the Culture by Complaining: Eric July's New Company from 2022-05-11T00:00
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Ep. 2121 From Left-Liberal to Libertarian: The Eric July Story from 2022-05-10T03:55
We kick off Eric July week with a bit of autobiography: how Eric went from being a self-described "knucklehead" as a young man to being one of the most prolific and effective libertarian communicat...
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Ep. 2120 Jeff Deist on Roe and our Glorified Superlegislature from 2022-05-06T22:00
president Jeff Deist joins us to discuss the Roe controversy, issues you won't read in the New York Times, and the most realistic way to handle disputed questions in a society with radically differ...
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Ep. 2119 Michael Malice on Roe vs. Wade and National Divorce from 2022-05-06T03:55
Michael Malice joins us to talk about the surprising news regarding Roe v. Wade and what it means both for the 2022 midterms and for the prospects of national divorce.
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Ep. 2118 Robert Barnes on War, Corrupt Law Schools, and 2024 from 2022-05-05T01:00
Attorney Robert Barnes, who has represented numerous high-profile clients, joins me for a candid look at lawyers and law schools, the regime's foreign policy, and the most likely national outcome i...
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Ep. 2117 College Students Stand Up to CNN Disinfo Agents from 2022-05-03T23:00
Christopher Phillips and Mitchell Robson of The Chicago Thinker, a student publication at the University of Chicago, join me to discuss the legacy media and how their writers made fools out of the ...
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Ep. 2116 Jeff Deist and Tom on Independent Media from 2022-04-28T23:00
Jeff Deist and Tom discuss the desperation of legacy media in the face of independent personalities who have built massive followings.
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Ep 2115 What If the Dollar Loses Its Reserve Status? from 2022-04-28T03:00
The great Gene Epstein discusses how likely it is that the dollar ceases to be the world's reserve currency, and what the consequences for the average American would be if that happened.
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Ep. 2114 I Sued My University, and They Caved from 2022-04-27T03:00
Law professor Todd Zywicki joins us to discuss (1) his lawsuit against his university's vaccine mandate, (2) the COVID regime in general, (3) the issue of cancel culture and banking. Special Offer:...
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Ep. 2113 Who Owns You? And Other Libertarian Fundamentals from 2022-04-26T03:00
It's back to basics in this episode, but with the charming Woodsian twist you've come to love.
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Ep. 2112 The Myth of Cuban Health Care from 2022-04-23T16:00
John Osterhoudt and Daniel Raisbeck of Reason TV join me to discuss myth and reality when it comes to the allegedly miraculous health care system created by Fidel Castro and the communists.
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Ep. 2111 Replacing the Medical Establishment? from 2022-04-22T23:00
Julie Wentz created Arizona Stands Up to get the Covid state of emergency overturned in her state. But over the course of her activism she realized that there must have been something fundamentally...
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Ep. 2110 How to Build a Parallel Economy: A Case Study from 2022-04-21T23:00
Andrew Torba, founder and CEO of Gab, had to build everything from scratch -- his own servers, his own email autoresponder service, his own payment processor, and more -- after his free-speech plat...
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Ep. 2109 Do Progressives Have an Endgame? from 2022-04-20T03:00
Anthony Esolen has written an excellent essay arguing that they do not, that stasis and repose are themselves the enemy.
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Ep. 2108 Final State COVID Report Card from 2022-04-19T03:00
A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research tallies up the results across states of the various interventions that were imposed in the name of fighting the virus. How did it all come ...
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Ep. 2107 COVID and Long-Term Care Facilities: An Inside Look from 2022-04-15T19:00
Hal Cranmer operates a string of long-term care facilities in Arizona. While other places were locked down, Cramner's facilities were normal. He shares the details in this episode.
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Ep. 2106 Almost-CEO of Levi's Resigns Over Pushback Against Her COVID Position from 2022-04-14T22:00
Jennifer Sey, brand president for Levi's, resigned from the company in February 2022 after 23 years because of constraints on her freedom to speak her mind about COVID. Her husband, Daniel Kotzin, ...
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Ep. 2105 Equality and Inequality from 2022-04-13T22:00
In this episode I talk about the cases two prominent philosophers -- Thomas Nagel and Ronald Dworkin -- make for "equality," and discuss some of the difficulties they encounter. Sponsor: CrowdHealt...
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Ep. 2104 Regime Journalists Didn't Expect This from 2022-04-12T22:00
Students at the University of Chicago left regime journalists sputtering at a recent roundtable about "disinformation." Plus, Michael Malice and I discuss the truth about journalism.
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Ep. 2103 Time for New Elites from 2022-04-08T22:00
The existing elites have wrecked everything there is to wreck -- " education, medicine, diplomacy (peace), money, banking, big business, literature, art, and entertainment, just for starters," says...
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Ep. 2102 Is This the Government We Deserve? with Paul Gottfried from 2022-04-07T23:00
The great Paul Gottfried, who holds a Ph.D. in history from Yale and is editor of Chronicles magazine, joins me for a wide-ranging discussion that begins by contemplating whether we should go so ea...
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Ep. 2101 College: The Worst COVID Holdout from 2022-04-07T03:00
Today we're joined by Joni McGary, who is leading a nationwide effort to repeal COVID vaccine and booster mandates at American colleges. Special Offer: We love our monthly Happily date box — it's f...
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Ep. 2100 Free the Children from 2022-04-06T03:00
Attorney and author Jim Ostrowski joins us to discuss his new book Free the Children: How Red State Americans Can Liberate Their Children From Government Schools.
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Ep. 2099 How to Change the World, For Real from 2022-04-05T03:00
In the immortal words of Ten Years After: "I'd love to change the world / But I don't know what to do." John Bush joins me to discuss his exit-and-build strategy of exiting corrupt institutions and...
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Ep. 2098 Dissident Comedian Censored Amid Russia Hysteria from 2022-04-02T16:00
Lee Camp hosted Redacted Tonight for eight years -- until February 2022, when the show and his network were forced to close. His podcast has been removed from Spotify. He joins me to discuss censor...
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Ep. 2097 The Power of Capitalism: A Tour of Recent History from 2022-04-02T02:00
Rainer Zitelmann joins us for a discussion of the improvement in living standards brought about by the market economy, the intellectuals' disdain for capitalism, and real-life examples from around ...
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Ep. 2096 Why States Go to War with Each Other from 2022-03-31T23:00
Andrew Heaton, comedian and host of The Political Orphanage, holds a master's degree in international relations. He joins us to walk us through international relations theory to see what it can tel...
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Ep. 2095 The Problems with Business School from 2022-03-30T17:00
Connor Mortell, a student at the business school at Florida State University, joins us to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly in business school programs. Even in business schools, fallacies ab...
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Ep. 2094 Holding the COVID Crazies Accountable? from 2022-03-29T16:00
Dr. Paul Broun is a former U.S. congressman from Georgia and Ron Paul ally who seeks to return to the U.S. Congress, in part to bring accountability to the so-called public health establishment.
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Ep. 2093 The State Whose Activists We Should Learn From from 2022-03-26T03:00
Free State Project president emerita Carla Gericke joins us to discuss favorable social and political developments in New Hampshire that folks in other states may want to emulate.
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Ep. 2092 Inflation: What Caused It and Where It's Going from 2022-03-25T00:00
Gene Epstein joins us to discuss the roots of the current price inflation, and long he expects it to last. Sponsor: My friend Buck Johnson interviews fascinating people who go against the grain of ...
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Ep. 2091 The Most Canceled Filmmaker in America from 2022-03-24T00:00
Jason Rink returns to the show to discuss his experiences covering controversial topics, and his expectations for what the future of free speech may hold.
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Ep. 2090 January 6 and "Stop the Steal": A Filmmaker Tells the Story from 2022-03-23T00:00
Jason Rink, longtime libertarian activist, is an independent filmmaker who has spent the past year and a half focused on forbidden topics.
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Ep. 2089 What Did the Trucker Convoy Accomplish? from 2022-03-22T03:55
A participant looks back on the recent events in Canada and assesses the pluses and the minuses.
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Ep. 2088 The Continued Rise of the Antiwar Right from 2022-03-19T13:00
The dissident wing of the American Right continues to show promise from a libertarian point of view, especially but not limited to foreign policy. Nothing is less fashionable than to support Rep. M...
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Ep. 2087 Where is the Russia/Ukraine Situation Headed? from 2022-03-18T16:00
Scott Horton joins me for a sober look at the present situation, answers common critics ("duh, you're repeating Putin talking points!"), and gives us a solid backgrounder.
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Ep. 2086 Austrian Economics, Ask Me Anything from 2022-03-17T22:00
The brilliant Jeff Herbener, economics department chairman at Grove City College, joins us to answer my followers' questions on economics: everything from the current state of the world to the Fed ...
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Ep. 2085 How Not to Lose Your Shirt During the Apocalypse from 2022-03-16T20:00
With the world a mess, what are you supposed to do with your money? Austrian-inspired investor Jon Wolfenbarger shares his insights. Sponsor: Axe Head Watchmakers was created after the owner, a Tom...
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Ep. 2084 Was Hitler a Socialist? from 2022-03-15T16:00
Rainer Zitelmann, author of the new book Hitler's National Socialism, discusses Hitler's views of society, economics, and politics.
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Ep. 2083 We're Just Downgrading "Russian Disinformation," Citizen from 2022-03-11T23:00
Search engine Duck Duck Go just announced that it would be downgrading results it considered "Russian propaganda." Blue-pilled libertarians will consider this a "market response" to the Russian inv...
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Ep 2082 America's Twisted Corporate Culture from 2022-03-11T01:00
And how to escape it, with Exit Group founder Kevin Dolan.
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Ep. 2081 Dave Smith on the State of the Movement and the World from 2022-03-09T22:00
The great Dave Smith and I discuss the state of the liberty movement and the world. (Can't put this episode on YouTube, because we note that natural immunity is superior to vaccine-induced immunity...
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Ep. 2080 DeSantis Defies the Herd from 2022-03-09T00:00
Yesterday I had a chance to attend a COVID-related roundtable hosted by Florida governor Ron DeSantis and plenty of voices of reason were to be heard.
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Ep. 2079 Libertarians and Unpopular Truths from 2022-03-08T04:00
If we're going to be faithful to the tradition of thought we have inherited, we must sometimes defend unpopular truths. If instead we'd rather jump on whatever the latest left-wing bandwagon is, th...
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Ep. 2078 Russia and Ukraine: The Essential Backgrounder from 2022-03-05T17:00
This is the backgrounder you need on the history leading up to the present moment. The great Scott Horton includes copious quotations from members of the foreign-policy establishment predicting exa...
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Ep. 2077 The Economics of Thomas Jefferson from 2022-03-04T19:00
Germinal G. Van joins me to discuss his 22nd book, in which he evaluates the good and the bad in Jeffersonian economic policy.
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Ep. 2076 Have We Been Doing This All Wrong? from 2022-03-03T17:00
Podcaster Pete Quiñones joins me to discuss how the past few years have changed his thinking and strategy for what we should be doing and who our natural audience is when it comes to spreading the ...
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Ep. 2075 The Future of Money and Privacy from 2022-03-02T17:00
After the Canadian government's crackdown on the truckers, people are looking for answers and alternatives when it comes to money, and we're all interested in fortifying our privacy. Naomi Brockwel...
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Ep. 2074 Russia, Ukraine, and NATO from 2022-03-01T04:00
Russian expert Gilbert Doctorow joins us for a rational discussion of the conflict between Russia and ukraine, and to caution against the wild demands of armchair warriors on the Internet who seem ...
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Ep. 2073 Feds Move Against State on Guns; State Holds Ground from 2022-02-26T17:00
A bill that became law in Missouri in June 2021 prevents state and local law enforcement from cooperating in the execution of federal gun regulations in the state. The Justice Department considers ...
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Ep. 2072 Race Marxism: The Truth About Critical Race Theory and Praxis from 2022-02-26T04:00
James Lindsay returns to discuss his new book on the origins and consequences of Critical Race Theory. Can it really derive from Marxism if it lacks the traditional economic analysis? We have plent...
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Ep. 2071 Fiat Money: Its Damage Goes Beyond Economics from 2022-02-25T04:55
Saifedean Ammous, who's written a brutal smash of the fiat money system, traces other problems to the perverse incentives introduced by the government's money. In this episode we discuss two primar...
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Ep. 2070 Fiat Money and Debt Slavery, with Saifedean Ammous from 2022-02-24T04:55
Saifedean Ammous, one of the great Austrian economists working today, has written a scathing indictment of the fiat money system, leaving no stone unturned in seeking out all the damage it does to ...
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Ep. 2069 What Now, Canada? from 2022-02-23T04:55
Rebel News's Dakota Christensen returns to discuss the Canadian government's response to the trucker protest, and what the future may hold now.
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Ep. 2068 Bad Arguments Against Capitalism from 2022-02-22T04:55
If our economy "cares only about profit," the results will be X, Y, and Z. We've heard this over and over again. I take on this and a bunch of related complaints today.
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Ep. 2067 The System Is Disintegrating, and That's Good News from 2022-02-19T00:00
Angela McArdle joins me to discuss the state of American politics, the inevitable decentralization of everything, and how we should navigate this opportunity.
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Ep. 2066 Conservatives and LIbertarians: Allies, or Not? from 2022-02-18T02:00
In this episode I share with you the audio of a panel on which I appeared alongside Modern Age editor Dan McCarthy, at an Intercollegiate Studies Institute conference earlier this month. Although a...
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Ep. 2065 How to Fight Back in a Blue City: Los Angeles Edition from 2022-02-17T00:00
Angela McArdle, who is running for chair of the LIbertarian National Committee and currently chairs the Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County, joins us to discuss her ballot initiative to repeal ...
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Ep. 2064 Big Tech, Foreign Policy, Libertarian Infighting: A Potpourri Episode from 2022-02-15T17:00
After speaking at an Intercollegiate Studies Institute event earlier this month (February 2022) I was interviewed that afternoon for their podcast, Conservative Conversations. We discuss a bit of t...
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Ep. 2063 Bitcoin Fixes This from 2022-02-12T22:00
With price inflation spiking, Dan Held is here to talk Bitcoin with us. Dan is the Director of Growth Marketing at Kraken. His former company Interchange, a portfolio reconciliation tool for crypto...
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Ep. 2062 James Delingpole on the Lizard People and a World Gone Mad from 2022-02-12T02:00
The great and controversial James Delingpole reports from the UK on what our overlords have been up to, what else they have in store, and topics only James Delingpole could dream up.
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Ep. 2061 The Canadian Trucker Convoy: Your Questions Answered from 2022-02-11T02:00
Dakota Christensen of Rebel News joins us today to talk about the thrilling situation in Canada, and share with us his on-the-ground insights.
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Ep. 2060 The Harvard Political Review Interviews Your Favorite Libertarian from 2022-02-09T04:00
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Ep. 2059 I Brought Libertarianism to Some Young Conservatives from 2022-02-08T04:55:01
I recently spoke to a group of young conservatives at an Intercollegiate Studies Institute conference whose impression of libertarianism had largely been formed by our worst representatives. I reas...
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Ep. 2058 The Hidden History of Resistance to the Feds from 2022-02-05T22:00
In this episode I walk you through and comment on a bunch of primary source documents no teacher refers to and no anthology contains. But they exist, and they tell a story about the states and the ...
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Ep. 2057 The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Libertarian Movement? from 2022-02-04T22:00
Samuel Goldman wrote an interesting article days ago for The Week in which he made the case for precisely this. It's actually a respectful article about us, which is rare, but where would be the fu...
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Ep. 2056 Adam Curry on Making Dissident Voices Bulletproof from 2022-02-03T22:00
Adam Curry, former MTV VJ and now co-host of the No Agenda Show, joins us to talk about his work to keep podcasting, which has thus far had to deal with less content suppression than other forms of...
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Ep. 2055 No More War, (Some) Republicans Say from 2022-02-02T19:00
Eric Brakey and I have a wide-ranging discussion about the evolution of the GOP, what Trump should have done differently, the importance of Rand Paul during the virus fiasco, the slowness of the GO...
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Ep. 2054 Let Doctors Speak Freely from 2022-02-01T04:00
The fanatics who have been trying to silence dissident voices have made it so doctors risk losing their licenses if they come down publicly on the unpopular side of a controversial medical topic. M...
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Ep. 2053 The Drug War Ruins Lives, Part 2,644 from 2022-01-30T00:30
Libertarian city council member Cara Schulz left her audience spellbound at a recent meeting during a discussion of chronic pain sufferers. Doctors are having their hands tied and people with unbea...
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Ep. 2052 What the States Can Do About the Debased Dollar from 2022-01-28T01:30
It may be true that our money is screwed up at the federal level, but there are actions we can take at the state level to counteract the lunacy. JP Cortez of the Sound Money Defense League joins us...
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Ep. 2051 The Definitive Masks-Don't-Work Episode from 2022-01-27T00:30
Ian Miller, who has spent the past two years generating over 2000 charts showing the failure of all kinds of alleged "mitigation measures," has honed in on the mask issue in his new book, . Sponsor...
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Ep. 2050 Cannabis in an Age of Prohibition from 2022-01-26T00:30
Jared Wall operates and got a taste of what it's like to be an entrepreneur in a legally murky area. He shares his story with us today.
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Ep. 2049 Saifedean Ammous and Tom on COVID Rationality, and Being Independent Academics from 2022-01-23T00:00
Saifedean Ammous is a top Austrian economist and an important authority on Bitcoin, and it was my pleasure to make an appearance not long ago on The Bitcoin Standard, Saifedean's podcast. We discus...
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Ep. 2048 The Supreme Court, and the Prospects for National Divorce from 2022-01-22T01:00
Judge Andrew Napolitano recently featured Jeff Deist of the Mises Institute and me on his podcast Judging Freedom. We discuss the Supreme Court decisions regarding vaccine mandates, and where Ameri...
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Ep. 2047 Scott Atlas on Public Health's Credibility Collapse from 2022-01-21T00:00
Scott Atlas, special adviser to the president on the coronavirus and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, discusses his work at the White House, the truth about Fauci and Birx, and t...
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Ep. 2046 Undoing Gun Owner Stereotypes from 2022-01-19T20:00
Jake Wiskerchen and Mike Sodini of Walk the Talk America are helping within the mental-health community to reduce stigmas and negative stereotypes about gun owners while reducing, among gun owners ...
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Ep. 2045 Lew Rockwell on the Dystopia from 2022-01-18T19:00:01
Lew Rockwell, publisher of and founder and chairman of the Mises Institute, joins me for a wide-ranging discussion of restrictions around the world, whether political action can do any good, what ...
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Ep. 2044 Important: Scott Horton on US/Russia Dangers from 2022-01-14T22:00
With all the domestic insanity we're understandably focused on, it's easy to neglect what's happening in foreign policy -- Ukraine and Kazakhstan seem so remote to us, after all. But the lizard peo...
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Ep. 2043 Biden Set to Make Cars Much Worse from 2022-01-14T03:00
We've been spending so much time focused on the virus madness that we may have missed some of the less dramatic insanity of the Biden world. Case in point: mandates on cars that will have a dramati...
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Ep. 2042 I Won't Comply: Manhattan Business Owner Refuses to Demand Vaccination Proof from 2022-01-13T02:00
Eli Klein, a lifelong Democrat, opposed the COVID restrictions from the beginning, and says he will never demand proof of vaccination to enter his Manhattan art gallery. Sponsors:
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Ep. 2041 Everyone Should Want to Abolish the Fed from 2022-01-12T02:00
Tom Mullen returns to discuss how the Federal Reserve, the institution that's been kept off everybody's radar and was scarcely discussed in politics until 2007 -- nearly a hundred years after its c...
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Ep. 2040 With Omicron, Supreme Court's Data Is Worthless from 2022-01-11T02:00
After a brief overview of my recent trip to St. John (U.S. Virgin Islands) and COVID stuff I witnessed there, I turn to the Supreme Court: not the Sotomayor nonsense, which you already know about, ...
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Ep. 2039 Michael Malice on Anarchism, Security, and More from 2022-01-07T17:00
We wrap up Michael Malice week with some common objections to anarchism and how best to think about those issues.
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Ep. 2038 Michael Malice and Tom Behind the Scenes: The Secrets to Book Publishing from 2022-01-06T20:00
Michael Malice and Tom discuss their interesting experiences publishing books (via both traditional publishers and self-publishing) and what they've learned -- and what you should know -- about it.
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Ep. 2037 Life Without the State from 2022-01-06T01:00
Michael Malice and Tom discuss statelessness, an option some may have dismissed in the past, but which in light of the present dystopia becomes more attractive every day.
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Ep. 2036 Michael Malice on How to Talk About Anarchism from 2022-01-05T01:00
Michael Malice, whose Anarchist Handbook became a sensation in 2020, joins me to talk about the ideas it contains and how best to communicate them.
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Ep. 2035 Malice and Woods on Possible Scenarios for 2022 from 2022-01-04T02:00
We kick off 2022 and a new Michael Malice week with a discussion of what scenarios, particularly involving the virus and the tyranny, could await us in the new year.
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Ep. 2034 Revolution From the Bench, and Other Evils from 2021-12-31T22:37:59
Allen Mendenhall of Troy University joins me for a potpourri episode in which we devote some time to whether the Constitution commits us to an ideological program of ongoing revolution or whether i...
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Ep. 2033 The Pros and Cons of Florida from 2021-12-30T17:04:08
CJ Killmer, host of the Dangerous History Podcast, has lived in Florida for nearly four decades and has taught Florida history at the college level for years. He joins us to discuss Florida in the ...
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Ep. 2032 RFK, Jr., on Dr. Fauci from 2021-12-28T23:31:02
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., joins us to discuss his new book, , which paints rather an unflattering portrait of the face of the American COVID response.
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Ep. 2031 The Forgotten Old Right from 2021-12-22T01:00
In a recent episode of the Mises Institute's Human Action Podcast, hosted by Jeff Deist, we discussed the Old Right, the loose collection of writers and thinkers who opposed domestic and foreign in...
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Ep. 2030 Telling the Truth in an Age of Deplatforming from 2021-12-21T01:00
Daniel McAdams, executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and co-host of the Ron Paul Liberty Report, joins us to talk about the challenge of spreading uncomfortable tru...
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Ep. 2029 Mark Crispin Miller, the Truth-Teller NYU Hates from 2021-12-18T04:00
Mark Crispin Miller, who teaches (among other things) a course on propaganda for New York University, discusses his run-in with the administration, as well as how the present case of propaganda com...
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Ep. 2028 The Destruction of New York City from 2021-12-17T01:00
Karol Markowicz of the New York Post joins us to discuss the rapid decline of a once-great city by irrational and punitive mandates and useless and destructive so-called health interventions.
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Ep. 2027 How to Unplug From The Craziness from 2021-12-16T01:00
Susan May of TogetherWalking.com discusses the process of unplugging: from mainstream news sources, education, and the rest of the apparatus of the clown world we find ourselves inhabiting. Sponsor...
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Ep. 2026 The Normalization of Pedophilia from 2021-12-15T04:00
Anne Hendershott, a professor of sociology at the University of Steubenville, discusses the academic and cultural efforts to normalize pedophilia.
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Ep. 2025 Lessons From the Ron Paul Revolution from 2021-12-11T21:00
In this retrospective on the Ron Paul Revolution I focus on things we learned and things we should have known.
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Ep. 2024 The Search for the Origin of COVID-19 from 2021-12-10T21:00
The great Matt Ridley joins me to discuss his fascinating new book -- and I mean that; it truly reads like a novel -- on the origins of COVID-19 and the strange, obstructionist behavior by lots of ...
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Ep. 2023 Should We Just Grab Power and Shape Society How We Want? from 2021-12-09T20:00
Frustrated conservatives and libertarians have begun wondering if, since our enemies have no reservations about the use of power, we are in a lopsided battle: our opponents don't hesitate to use po...
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Ep. 2022 Another Miracle Thanks to Voluntary Philanthropy from 2021-12-08T14:45:18
The DonorSee app has transformed lives all around the world. Now they want to build a STEM school in a part of the world that desperately needs it, and they'll do it without a cent of state funding...
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Ep. 2021 Homeschooling Mom Fights Insanity in Blue County from 2021-12-07T04:00
Ali Rak, homeschooling mother of four, has been an effective organizer in Charles County, Maryland, and heads Reopen Charles County. We discuss her efforts as well as the county's upcoming hearing ...
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Ep. 2020 Media Blackout Greets RFK Jr.'s New Book on Fauci from 2021-12-05T00:00
Tony Lyons is president of Skyhorse Publishing, the house that published Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new book on Dr. Fauci. That book has been subject to the kind of blackout we have come to expect by ...
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Ep. 2019 Pandemic Socialism from 2021-12-04T01:00
Matt Kibbe joins us to discuss how F.A. Hayek's sometimes overlooked work The Counter-Revolution of Science relates to COVID central planning around the world.
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Ep. 2018 Judge Napolitano on the FBI and CIA from 2021-12-02T23:01:51
Judge Andrew Napolitano joins me to discuss what we've recently learned about FBI and CIA wrongdoing.
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Ep. 2017 Lockdown and Post-Lockdown in Music City from 2021-12-02T05:10:52
Musician Dan Hagen discusses what happened to Nashville during lockdown, his role in returning it gradually to normal, vaccine passports, and what the future may hold for Nashville and the rest of ...
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Ep. 2016 The Truth About Inflation from 2021-11-30T19:00
With price inflation now evident to everyone, I decided to revisit some fallacies (like Elizabeth Warren's claim that price increases are caused by "greed") about inflation and fiat money.
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Ep. 2015 An Anti-State Christmas from 2021-11-26T17:07
With Thanksgiving over and Advent approaching, people have begun thinking about Christmas 2021 -- and there are plenty of Christmas-related fallacies to smash. Tom Mullen joins me for an anti-state...
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Ep. 2014 Economic Fallacies Everyone Believes from 2021-11-25T17:00
Economic ignorance and stupidity just won't go away, but for the sake of all that's decent we have to keep fighting it. Caleb Fuller of Grove City College joins us to discuss some common goofs. Spo...
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Ep. 2013 Your US History Book Treated You Like You Were 7 from 2021-11-25T02:00
Patrick Newman joins me to discuss two issues in 19th-century economic history that your textbook covers cartoonishly: money and banking, and internal improvements.
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Ep. 2012 Let's Draft Women, Say the Champions of Equality from 2021-11-24T04:00
Democrats and some Republicans favor adding women to the military draft. "Proponents of the change see the move as a victory for women's rights," says Roll Call. Eric Brakey and I discuss.
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Ep. 2011 Jeff Deist on Kyle Rittenhouse from 2021-11-23T04:24:03
Mises Institute president Jeff Deist joins me to discuss the significance of Kyle Rittenhouse and the way the two Americas saw it.
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Ep. 2010 Business Guru vs. Paul Krugman from 2021-11-21T00:00
Ken McCarthy perceived the commercial potential of the Internet before almost anyone, and is considered the godfather of Internet marketing. Paul Krugman, meanwhile, claimed in the 1990s that the I...
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Ep. 2009 Thomas Jefferson vs. Your Teacher from 2021-11-20T03:00
Marco Bassani fills in the sections of 19th-century US history your teacher left out, particularly involving state resistance to the federal government.
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Ep. 2008 Woods Takes on the Big Questions from 2021-11-19T03:00
and I talk about public speaking, the role of politics, the government's virus response and how to know it's been b.s., whether libertarians are "individualists" who neglect "society," whether we t...
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Ep. 2007 New Alternatives to the State's Indoctrination Centers from 2021-11-17T21:00
This episode discusses easily accessible alternatives to the state's schools. Book Mentioned: Other Links:
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Ep. 2006 Why the Fifth Circuit Slammed the Vaccine Mandate from 2021-11-16T17:31:02
The Fifth Circuit recently affirmed its stay of the Biden vaccine mandate. I review the text of its decision and discuss the highlights.
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Ep. 2005 Phil Labonte on Music, the Virus, Liberty, and White or Black Pill from 2021-11-14T06:11:32
Phil Labonte of All That Remains talks libertarianism (he credits ol' Woods here with radicalizing him) talks music, Covid, and whether he's white or black pilled. Special Offer: We love our monthl...
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Ep. 2004 A Skeptical Observer's Tour of Modern Feminism from 2021-11-13T06:13:18
Paula Wright joins us to discuss feminism in its various forms, and what if anything it commits people to other than equal access to opportunities for women.
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Ep. 2003 A Step Toward Sound Money from 2021-11-12T00:00
Addison Quale of Monetary Metals joins us to discuss gold and sound money, and a way we can start moving toward it even without the pronouncements of legislators. Guest's Link:
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Ep. 2002 Why It's Hurting Your Pocketbook to Be Bearish All the Time from 2021-11-10T21:00
Investor and economist Mark Skousen warns that our movement tends to be so pessimistic about the economy that we miss out on income growth opportunities and have nothing to show for it but a bunch ...
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Ep. 2001 Actor Resists Mandate at Great Personal and Professional Cost from 2021-11-09T18:32:06
One of my favorite episodes of all time. Broadway actor Clifton Duncan discusses his evolution from someone who was generally panicked about COVID to an immovable foe of vaccinate mandates, even at...
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Ep. 2000 The Long-Awaited 2000th Episode, Not to Be Missed from 2021-11-05T16:00
What an amazing celebration we had at the luxurious Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida, on October 16 for the 2000th episode of the Tom Woods Show. Hosted by Jeff Deist, the episode includes a...
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Ep. 1999 Cronyism: The Untold Chapter of U.S. History from 2021-11-03T16:00
Patrick Newman discusses his brand new study of the history of cronyism over two and a half centuries of American history.
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Ep. 1998 The Libertarian Devil's Dictionary: Cutting Through the Propaganda Words from 2021-11-01T23:00
Jim Ostrowski joins us to get to the bottom of the regime's manipulation of language, and what its terms really mean. Sponsor: CrowdHealth - Save 50% for the first six months at , using code WOODS.
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Ep. 1997 Is Gen Z Hopeless? How to Win Them Over from 2021-10-30T03:00
Ron Paul struggled with the elderly population in his presidential runs, but now the problem is the young people -- even after having their lives taken from them for nearly two years, they seem to ...
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Ep. 1996 Breakup! A Freedom Lover's Guide to Surviving the End of Empire from 2021-10-28T20:00
Matt Asher discusses the prospects for American breakup, and what we should do while we wait.
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Ep. 1995 Jeff Deist and Tom Woods on What Must Be Done from 2021-10-27T03:05:40
At the 's supporters summit over the weekend, Institute president Jeff Deist and I had an informal discussion after dinner in front of the assembled attendees, and reviewed Hans Hoppe's essay "What...
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Ep. 1994 Entrepreneur Fights Back Against Big Tech, Seeks "New Tech Leadership" from 2021-10-22T03:00
According to Peter Rex, who's been in real estate for 16 years and has purchased and managed over 20,000 properties, "Big Tech leadership has lost its social license to lead. They’re focused on ext...
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Ep. 1993 False Alarm: Against Climate Change Hysteria from 2021-10-20T03:55
Author Björn Lomborg joins me to discuss the problems with climate-change propagandists who have a massive chunk of the world's population convinced that literal human extinction is sure to occur b...
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Ep. 1992 Airline Employees Fight Back Against Mandates from 2021-10-19T03:00
Airline pilot Josh Yoder joins me to discuss US Freedom Flyers, his new organization aimed at pushing back against the Biden vaccine mandates.
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Ep. 1991 Politics Is a Rotten Way for People to Interact from 2021-10-15T16:00
Everyone loves the satire of the Babylon Bee, and over the summer I had the pleasure of appearing on their podcast. We talk domestic politics and foreign policy, and I explain to a largely Christia...
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Ep. 1990 The Dreadful State of Economics, and How to Fix It from 2021-10-14T06:01:39
One of this year's winners of the Nobel Prize in economics, David Card, co-authored the notorious Card-Krueger study of the minimum wage, which appeared to turn the conventional economic wisdom abo...
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Ep. 1989 Secession: The Constitutional, Historical, and Moral Case from 2021-10-12T17:00
I make the constitutional, historical, and moral case for national divorce.
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Ep. 1988 How to Navigate the Fed's Boom/Bust Cycle from 2021-10-11T03:55
Murray Sabrin, who taught finance at Ramapo College for 35 years, has a brand new book answering this question: since Austrian School economists know that Federal Reserve interventions cause the bo...
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Ep. 1987 Neocon War Hawk Flattened in Debate from 2021-10-08T20:00
In a recent live event in New York City, the heroic Scott Horton, our great foreign-policy expert, debated Bill Kristol, one of the most influential neoconservatives, on the wisdom of "regime chang...
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Ep. 1986 Antifascism: The Course of a Crusade from 2021-10-08T01:00
Paul Gottfried joins us to discuss the "antifascist" movement and what it's really about (it's obviously not about fighting against fascism, which doesn't exist today). Sponsor: CrowdHealth is a co...
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Ep. 1985 Secret: How ol' Woods Pays Less Than You for Health Care from 2021-10-06T23:00
Andy Schoonover is CEO of CrowdHealth, which urges people to say goodbye to health insurance altogether and save a small fortune by seceding from the whole system. Guest's Website: (use code WOODS)
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Ep. 1984 Why Ludwig von Mises Mattered (and a Word on the Dopes Who Misunderstand Him) from 2021-10-05T20:00
Joseph Salerno, academic vice president of the Mises Institute, joins me to discuss in layman's terms why Ludwig von Mises mattered, what some of his crucial contributions were, and how left-leanin...
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Ep. 1983 Woods's Travel Stories During the Madness from 2021-10-02T03:00
From the moment Georgia reopened in late April 2020, I've been back to my old travel habit along with my fiancée, Jenna Laino. In the process, we've found plenty of sanity and plenty of insanity, a...
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Ep. 1982 Professor Leaves Vaccine Mandates in Shreds from 2021-10-01T02:00
Byam Bridle is a professor of viral immunology at the University of Guelph in Canada. His letter to the president of his university is a ten-megaton bomb directed at vaccine mandates. Sponsor: Hey,...
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Ep. 1981 Forbidden Thinkers and Their Forbidden Works from 2021-09-29T23:00
In one of my favorite interviews ever, I run through a lightning round of names from our tradition of thought, and describe their key contributions to how we understand the world. Thanks to Keith K...
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Ep. 1980 What to Do When the Cancel Mob Comes for You from 2021-09-28T20:00
You know the usual approach: apologize, beg for mercy, explain that you didn't really mean it, that you've "grown" -- we're all drearily familiar with the usual pathetic attempts to avoid judgment ...
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Ep. 1979 A Smart College Alternative (Including for Kids Trapped by Vaccine Mandates) from 2021-09-25T21:00
Cameron Sorsby of Praxis outlines a sensible alternative to college, giving young people years of work experience instead of years of debt. And Praxis is doing something special for students who fi...
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Ep. 1978 Reagan Admin's David Stockman Lays Out a Program for Freedom from 2021-09-25T00:00
You and I complain a lot, and rightly so, but we do of course have a positive program. I asked David Stockman, who was director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Reagan Administration, ...
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Ep. 1977 Michael Malice on How to Use Social Media from 2021-09-24T00:00
Michael Malice, King of Twitter, has built a large audience in part through his astute use of social media. Sponsor: With Egnyte, your small to medium-size business can share files securely, safe f...
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Ep. 1976 Is AOC the Best Libertarian in Congress? That's What Left-Leaning Libertarians Say from 2021-09-22T18:00
Left-leaning libertarians have actually been claiming, if you can believe this, that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose worldview is altogether confused and state-centered, is actually the best libert...
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Ep. 1975 Entrepreneur Sells Breathable Mask, Big Tech Pounces from 2021-09-21T18:00
Chet Peters, who operates Fake Mask USA, has had to reckon with Big Tech in all its various manifestations while selling to the public an actually breathable mask. Sponsor: Cheeky Maiden Soap is a ...
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Ep. 1974 Jay Bhattacharya on Herd Immunity, Seasonal Spikes, and the Return of Rationality from 2021-09-18T21:00
Stanford University's Jay Bhattacharya returns to the show to discuss the recent southern spike, the prospects for herd immunity, and his grounds for optimism, among much else.
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Ep. 1973 Warning from Israel: Pfizer, COVID, and Passports from 2021-09-17T21:00
Israel has been in the news around the world for its vaccination rates and hospitalization rates, and for its "green pass" vaccine passport system. Rafi Farber reports from Israel in today's episod...
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Ep. 1972 Australian Prison State from 2021-09-16T11:25:18
David Limbrick, an elected official in Victoria, joins us for an inside look at the nightmare that has descended upon once-free Australia.
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Ep. 1971 The American One Party State from 2021-09-15T03:00
Paul Gottfried joins me to discuss the emerging one-party state in America. This isn't the kind of conversation we might have had in the old days, lamenting the lack of difference between the two p...
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Ep. 1970 September 11 Remembered, Minus the Propaganda from 2021-09-13T23:44:16
Daniel McAdams, executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and foreign-policy adviser to then-Congressman Paul from 2001 to 2012, joins me to reflect on the events and si...
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Ep. 1969 Congressman Thomas Massie: Resist the Biden Mandates from 2021-09-11T01:55:14
Opposed by midwits everywhere but cheered by lovers of freedom and science, Congressman Thomas Massie has been a voice of reason over the past year and a half. Today I was able to reach him in a re...
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Ep. 1968 The Latest Media Falsehood, Exposed from 2021-09-10T03:02:49
I cover several topics in this potpourri episode: what life is like in a COVID-normal country, an idiotic and phony story the media jumped on because it made normal people look bad, and the insider...
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Ep. 1967 Is This Where Secession Begins? from 2021-09-08T23:00
Daniel Miller of the Texas Nationalist Movement discusses opportunities for an obstacles to Texan secession, and notes that the apparent obstacles are not as insuperable as many people may have tho...
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Ep. 1966 How to Not Suck at Life: Here Are the Rules from 2021-09-07T23:00
In this day and age it's more important than ever to stand out -- and easier than ever, since more and more people are crazy. In this episode Connor Boyack and I review some of the rules that will ...
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Ep. 1965 When Crazy People Conspire Against You, Here's the Mindset You Need from 2021-09-05T13:14
The lunatics really took things up a notch in 2020 and 2021, such that normal people feel more on the defensive than ever before. Ben Settle, who taught me email marketing, has advice for the world...
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Ep. 1964 Twenty Years of the Patriot Act from 2021-09-03T22:00
Stephen Presser, legal affairs editor for Chronicles magazine and professor of legal history emeritus at Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law, joins me for a review of the surveillance ...
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Ep. 1963 Secession: Not When or Why But How? from 2021-09-02T18:00
It's more and more obvious that the differences within the United States are irreconcilable. Some form of peaceful separation is clearly the only humane solution. Historian Brion McClanahan joins m...
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Ep. 1962 One Country's Struggle Against the New Segregation from 2021-09-01T05:38:21
The use of vaccination status to divide society into two classes is spreading around the world, more intensely in some places than others. Today we take a look at what's happening in Lithuania, and...
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Ep. 1961 Who Are the Bad Guys, and What Should We Do About Them? from 2021-08-31T03:00
Once you read Murray Rothbard, you can never look at the world the same way again. In 1992 he delivered the best libertarian speech I have ever heard, so full of insight that I had to devote an ent...
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Ep. 1960 How to Opt Out from the Technocratic State from 2021-08-28T21:00
Derrick Broze joins us to discuss agorism and our present situation, and living as free a life as possible even under difficult constraints.
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Ep. 1959 The Evil "Paleo Strategy," Which Isn't and Wasn't Evil at All, and Made Perfect Sense from 2021-08-27T20:00
We hear from libertarian critics of Ron Paul and Murray Rothbard (yes, such people exist, believe it or not) that they pursued something called "the paleo strategy," which today is ridiculed and di...
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Ep. 1958 The Books You Must Read, Plus Stories, Smackdowns, and Fun from 2021-08-26T16:15:01
I had a great time talking to Joshua Smith of the Libertarian National Committee (and who hosts Break the Cycle) on a huge variety of topics, including lots of stuff I've never mentioned before. En...
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Ep. 1957 Politics: the New Religion from 2021-08-25T03:00
Ever since 1789 and the French Revolution, politics in the West has come to resemble a religion with its dogmas, heretics, and messianic language. In our own day, this is especially evident among t...
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Ep. 1956 The World Is Closing to the Unvaccinated; Can We Reverse It? from 2021-08-24T03:00
We're hearing about various places introducing "vaccine passports." We've also heard about places phasing them out. Is there anything we can do? Sponsor: Cheeky Maiden Soap is a family-run business...
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Ep. 1955 Medical Freedom and All Your Freedoms: Anthony Welti Goes Cross Country to Defy the Narrative from 2021-08-21T16:00
Liberty activist Anthony Welti has taken to the road to go cross country spreading what he's learned about winning votes, raising money, and persuading people of our ideas. He's been excellent and ...
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Ep. 1954 American Indians, Slavery, and Freedom: An Untold Chapter of American History from 2021-08-20T19:00
Joseph Cotto joins us to discuss his study of the Seminoles (and slavery) in American history, in a story few Americans know.
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Ep. 1953 What American Health Care Needs: More Capitalism from 2021-08-19T03:00
Murray Sabrin, who taught finance at Ramapo College for many years, joins us to explain how we take the dysfunctional American health care system and transform it into one that produces excellent c...
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Ep. 1952 Scott Horton on What Just Happened in Afghanistan from 2021-08-18T07:02:13
Scott Horton joins us to discuss the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, the specifics of how it was done, and the content of Joe Biden's speech to the nation.
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Ep. 1951 Who Is Shaping Your Kids' Brains? from 2021-08-17T03:35:03
Not people who despise everything you stand for, I hope. Laura Swain joins me to discuss the importance of homeschooling, why it's not overwhelming, and how you can make it work.
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Ep. 1950 Fossil Fuels and Human Flourishing: Alex Epstein vs. AOC from 2021-08-14T03:00
Alex Epstein of the Center for Industrial Progress joins me to discuss his recent congressional testimony regarding the energy situation in impoverished Puerto Rico, where progressives would make a...
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Ep. 1949 Mark Sisson on Staying Healthy During COVID and Beyond from 2021-08-13T04:59
Mark Sisson, creator of the Primal Blueprint, discusses how to maintain optimal health, including a healthy weight, by making sensible choices about how we treat our bodies.
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Ep. 1948 My Covid Experience Didn't Change My Mind a Bit from 2021-08-11T23:33:02
I talk about my recent illness and why, despite being harsher than I expected, it doesn't change my mind about lockdowns and craziness in the slightest.
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Ep. 1947 "Lefty Lockdown Skeptic" on the Politics and Madness of COVID from 2021-08-11T00:00
Civil liberties attorney Jenin Younes, who goes by (@Leftylockdowns1), lost most of her left-liberal friends over her stance on COVID and lockdowns, so of course she's an ideal Tom Woods Show gues...
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Ep. 1946 The Real January 6 from 2021-08-07T22:55:19
Dan McCarthy joins me to discuss the real significance of January 6 and the elite response to it.
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Ep. 1945 Tom Returns with Right Said Fred ("I'm Too Sexy") on COVID, the Arts, and the Future from 2021-08-06T20:35:08
I'm back behind the microphone after taking it easy during a battle with pneumonia that still isn't quite over, but thrilled to talk to Fred and Richard Fairbrass of Right Said Fred, who have had #...
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Ep. 1944 Defend the Guard Against the Feds, with Scott Horton and Dan McKnight from 2021-08-05T05:18:55
The great Scott Horton, filling in for a recovering Tom, talks to Dan McKnight about the end of the Afghan War and his organization's work to pass Defend the Guard legislation in the states.
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Ep. 1943 Dave Smith and Jeff Deist on Where Libertarianism Goes Now from 2021-08-02T03:47:18
Guest host Dave Smith talks to the Mises Institute's Jeff Deist about libertarian opportunities in a post-Trump, post-COVID world.
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Ep. 1942 Investing Tips from a Financial Wiz: How to Survive the Inevitable Demise of Fiat Money from 2021-07-31T06:38:51
I got to know the brilliant financial mind Larry Lepard during the 2008 Ron Paul presidential campaigns, when at great personal expense he took out full-page ads for Dr. Paul in USA Today and the N...
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Ep. 1941 Shane Hazel on the Marines, Liberty and Being a Political "Spoiler" from 2021-07-29T18:00
Guest host Stephan Kinsella talks to Shane Hazel about his growing awareness of liberty and Austrian economics while in the Marines in Iraq, his run for Senate on the Libertarian ticket in 2020 in ...
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Ep. 1940 Helping the Poor Without the State from 2021-07-22T04:42:03
The outstanding Gret Glyer, creator of the DonorSee philanthropy app, has made it possible for donors to see the results of their donations -- you can help fund someone's eye surgery, and you'll re...
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Ep. 1939 Surviving a Cancel Attempt After a Hate Hoax from 2021-07-19T01:00
As a philosophy Ph.D. student at Yale University, Sarah Braasch found herself accused of a "hate crime" that a vicious and uninformed social media mob tried to destroy her over.
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Ep. 1938 The War in Afghanistan Comes to an End from 2021-07-15T21:00
Scott Horton, author of Fool's Errand, a study of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, joins us to discuss the end of the war, and what the U.S. can claim to have accomplished.
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Ep. 1937 Patrick Moore on Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom from 2021-07-14T01:00
Patrick Moore helped found Greenpeace but left the organization when he thought it had drifted into anti-science hysteria. In his new book Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom, he review...
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Ep. 1936 Los Angeles is Also a Disaster from 2021-07-13T01:32:06
The great libertarian comedian Andrew Heaton joins me for, well, a rather unusual but eminently worth-listening-to episode about the horrors of Los Angeles, with a little bit of libertarianism thro...
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Ep. 1935 Should Libertarians Be Optimistic? Yes, Says Eric Brakey from 2021-07-10T16:00
Former Maine state senator Eric Brakey, who's now with Young Americans for Liberty, makes the case for why libertarians should be optimistic rather than pessimistic. Sponsor: Press House Coffee: Ta...
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Ep. 1934 Federal Raids on Crypto Activity in New Hampshire from 2021-07-09T03:00
Back in March a series of raids were carried out on various properties throughout New Hampshire, with six people arrested on charges connected with cryptocurrency activity. The legal outcome could ...
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Ep. 1933 The Truth About Antifa from 2021-07-08T15:00
"Antifa is an idea, not an organization," we're told. Well, that "idea" sure seems to burn down a lot of buildings, doesn't it? Jack Posobiec joins me to discuss the violent movement that the media...
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Ep. 1932 Does the National Debt Matter? from 2021-07-07T03:00
The national debt grows larger and larger, and yet the average person doesn't perceive any negative consequences. Does it really matter? Gene Epstein joins us to review precisely why it does.
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Ep. 1931 The Economic Condition of Black America in the 20th Century from 2021-07-06T15:00
Author Germinal G. Van, who emigrated to the United States from the Ivory Coast in 2010, joins me to discuss significant episodes in the recent economic history of black America.
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Ep. 1930 The Enemy of the People, Covington Catholic Edition from 2021-07-03T03:00
Documentary filmmaker Steve Oldfield joins me to discuss his new film on how the media and its celebrity accomplices joined forces to try to destroy an innocent kid. Sponsor: Happily -
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Ep. 1929 Recollections from the Ron Paul Days: The Remnant Awakened, and the Bad Guys Did Their Worst from 2021-07-01T23:00
A member of my Supporting Listeners group suggested that I revisit the old Ron Paul days (the 2008 campaign in particular) for the sake of the young folks who weren't around for them and don't unde...
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Ep. 1928 Will the U.S. Help the World Reopen? from 2021-06-30T22:00
A journalist in the UK, heartened by the US reopening, hopes it will spur his countrymen into opposition and in favor of freedom. Sponsor: Press House Coffee: Take 20% off your first order when you...
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Ep. 1927 Thomas Jefferson Is Better Than Rachel Maddow from 2021-06-30T03:00
Michael Boldin reflects on 15 years of the Tenth Amendment Center, which he founded in 2006. For 15 years Boldin and the Center have brought a perspective into American life that would otherwise ha...
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Ep. 1926 The Big Woods Announcement, Plus: Heroes of COVID from 2021-06-29T04:40:04
Well, here's an interesting non-coincidence: the people in public life who have been the best on COVID just happen to have come out of the Ron Paul movement. Then, I announce my latest project, whi...
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Ep. 1925 Bitcoin Legal Tender? And More Crypto News from 2021-06-25T21:45
Peter McCormack joins me to discuss good Bitcoin news from El Salvador, less favorable news from China, the electricity and volatility questions, and more.
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Ep. 1924 What's Wrong With Critical Race Theory from 2021-06-24T17:07:15
James Lindsay joins me to discuss what Critical Race Theory is, what its flaws are, and what we should do about it. Sponsor: Cheeky Maiden Soap is a family-run business operated by libertarian fans...
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Ep. 1923 The Good Guys Fight Back, and Woods Gets Punchy from 2021-06-22T21:15:52
This is one of my punchiest episodes. It features Joshua Smith, At-Large member of the Libertarian National Committee. Enjoy.
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Ep. 1922 Adam Curry on the Growth of Dissident Voices from 2021-06-22T03:00
Adam Curry, former MTV VJ and current co-host of the popular podcast No Agenda, joins me to discuss getting red-pilled in a blue-pilled industry, the importance of the alternative media, and what's...
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Ep. 1921 Rapper Zuby on Race, Politics, and Music from 2021-06-19T21:00
Nzube Udezue, popularly known as Zuby, first came to my attention because of his excellent Twitter commentary on COVID that he'd been writing for his 420,000+ followers. Turns out he's fascinating ...
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Ep. 1920 What the State Is, Minus the Cutesy Myths from 2021-06-18T03:00
We've been raised to think of the state as a social service agency, or as the institution through which we govern ourselves, or any of a variety of comforting myths about what the state really is. ...
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Ep. 1919 Corruption in the Libertarian Party from 2021-06-16T18:59:42
To make a long story short: with the apparent blessing of the chair of the national party, the chair of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire purged her executive committee, replaced it largely wi...
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Ep. 1918 Novice Investment Questions and Other Topics with Mark Skousen from 2021-06-16T03:00
Mark Skousen has published a successful investment newsletter, Forecasts & Strategies, for over 40 years. I ask him the kind of questions I myself want answered, and then we move on to (if you can ...
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Ep. 1917 Libertarians Who Stink on Lockdowns, and Other Topics with James Delingpole from 2021-06-15T03:00
In this episode I review the COVID craziness with the UK's James Delingpole. We also discuss where certain libertarians might have done a teensy bit better on this issue, and a bunch of other thing...
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Ep. 1916 The 1790s: The Battle Lines Are Drawn in U.S. History from 2021-06-11T21:00
Marco Bassani joins us again to discuss the two competing theories of what the United States is/are/was/were, and why this matters to us even today. Sponsor: Save yourself the time and hassle of go...
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Ep. 1915 The Real Divisions at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention from 2021-06-11T04:28:47
Marco Bassani of the University of Milan discusses the debate over the Constitution and what was really at stake.
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Ep. 1914 The PC Attacks Keep Coming if People Keep Surrendering from 2021-06-09T23:17:15
Another potpourri discussion with historian Brion McClanahan, in which (among other things) we discuss barbarians who demand that the names of people the regime disapproves of need to be removed fr...
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Ep. 1913 Who Were the Best Presidents, and Other Fun Questions from 2021-06-08T20:13:45
The great historian Brion McClanahan joins me once again for some random but (if I may say so) darn good questions, including the perennial "favorite (or least bad) presidents" one.
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Ep. 1912 The Thomas Jefferson They'd Rather You Not Know About from 2021-06-08T03:28:23
Brion McClanahan and I discuss the ideas of Thomas Jefferson that the political and academic classes despite.
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Ep. 1911 Those Fauci Emails from 2021-06-05T03:00
Everyone except CNN and MSNBC is talking about the recently released pile of Dr. Fauci emails, obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request. I talk about what stands out to me.
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Ep. 1910 The Bullish Case for Bitcoin from 2021-06-04T03:00
Vijay Boyapati, who left his job with Google to support the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign, just released an excellent new book, which can be appreciated by the novice and advanced student ali...
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Ep. 1909 The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism from 2021-06-03T03:00
Paul Kengor, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism, joins me to discuss the crimes of communism, why people don't know about them, the "that wasn't real communism" argument, and a ...
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Ep. 1908 "Regulation" Wouldn't Have Saved Us in 2008 from 2021-06-02T03:00
Here's the specific, step-by-step answer to the claim that "deregulation" caused the financial crisis of 2008. Sponsor: CoinBits App is an ingenious way to make investing in Bitcoin easy and painle...
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Ep. 1907 Another Fake Narrative Smashed: Government, the Fed, and 2008 from 2021-06-01T03:00
We don't want to live in a world in which our kids grow up believing that Dr. Fauci and his interventions saved the world, but that's what can happen if a false narrative takes root. Likewise, if p...
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Ep. 1906 Capitalism and Its Critics from 2021-05-28T22:02:32
Donald Devine joins me for a series of warnings, intended for left and right alike, about using government to transform society according to your preferred pattern.
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Ep. 1905 Our Radical Ideas Have a Bigger Audience Than We Thought from 2021-05-27T21:33:15
Michael Malice's latest book, The Anarchist Handbook, made it all the way to #1 among nonfiction books on Amazon. He accomplished this feat with no publisher, no marketing department, and not even ...
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Ep. 1904 Ron Paulian State Rep Takes Unpopular Positions and Succeeds from 2021-05-26T21:00:02
I've known Jeff Shipley since the 2008 Ron Paul days. He's been keeping the flame of liberty alive in the Iowa state legislature for years. He's made some predictable enemies and some unlikely frie...
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Ep. 1903 Don't Worry, Everyone: The Experts Are in Charge from 2021-05-25T21:00
Bill Buckley once said, "I would rather be governed by the first 2000 names in the telephone directory than by the Harvard University faculty." Kathryn Huwig joins me to discuss the state of COVID,...
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Ep. 1902 The Modern State Is a Radical Departure from 2021-05-23T03:00
Marco Bassani of the University of Milan joins me to discuss the idea of the modern state -- centralized, one and indivisible, exercising a monopoly on violence over its territory, with no subdivis...
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Ep. 1901 Scourge of Lockdowns and Liberalism: Florida's Rep. Anthony Sabatini from 2021-05-21T23:06:01
The outspoken Rep. Anthony Sabatini -- who was more anti-lockdown than Ron DeSantis, who favors marijuana legalization, and -- is arguably the most notorious member of the Florida legislature, and ...
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Ep. 1900 The Good Guys Win for a Change from 2021-05-20T19:55:08
The Libertarian Party's Mises Caucus, which wants tough, radical messaging on lockdowns, war, the Fed, and other important issues on which dissent from establishment thought is rare, continues to m...
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Ep. 1899 The Phony Story About Florida Fudging Its COVID Numbers from 2021-05-19T18:00
For months, left-liberals have pretended that Florida Department of Health employee Rebekah Jones was a "whistleblower" whose house was raided because she refused to fudge Florida's COVID numbers. ...
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Ep. 1898 The COVID Stuff Is Finally Unraveling from 2021-05-18T18:00
With the CDC's recent statement about the vaccinated (they can go about their lives as before) the scaffolding of the COVID regime is seriously wobbling. Now big stores feel free to announce that "...
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Ep. 1897 The Two Nations of COVID from 2021-05-15T21:00
With the CDC saying that vaccinated people may return to their pre-pandemic restrictions, it's been interesting to observe the crazies' response: having been propagandized and terrorized for 14 mon...
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Ep. 1896 Young State Rep Leads Charge Against Vaccine Passports from 2021-05-14T22:01:38
23-year-old New Hampshire state representative Tim Baxter discusses COVID and his fight against vaccine passports.
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Ep. 1895 Traveling Through COVID America from 2021-05-13T20:05:33
Antony Sammeroff, author of Universal Basic Income: For and Against, and co-host of the Scottish Liberty Podcast, joins me to discuss his travels throughout the U.S. and around the libertarian move...
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Ep. 1894 Why the Economy Goes Up and Down -- Explained for a Teenager, a 5-Year-Old, and a Grad Stduent from 2021-05-12T20:02:41
In this unique episode, Professor Jeff Herbener and I explain why the economy goes up and down in boom-bust cycles (hint: it's not the fault of "capitalism"), but we describe it in three ways: how ...
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Ep. 1893 The Red Pill Talk from 2021-05-11T20:00
What you learned in fifth grade about government employees being wise public servants innocently pursuing the common good is a fairy tale, and once you see that, you never look at the world the sam...
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Ep. 1892 The Voice of the Ron Paul Revolution from 2021-05-08T15:55:02
If you were part of the Ron Paul Revolution in 2008 and/or 2012, you'll remember the great Jordan Page, who opened for so many Ron Paul events. We're going to walk down memory lane a bit and revisi...
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Ep. 1891 The Demonization of Non-Lefists from 2021-05-07T19:30
Tho Bishop of the Mises Institute discusses the treatment of dissident voices and what our correct strategy should be. Sponsor: If you're interested in investing in crypto but it all seems like Gre...
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Ep. 1890 Glorious: Vile Libertarians Driven From Office from 2021-05-06T19:40:34
Some of the most vile so-called libertarians imaginable ran the Libertarian Party of Nevada for years. During 2020 they didn't think it was worth bothering speaking about the lockdowns -- why, we c...
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Ep. 1889 The Forbidden John C. Calhoun, and More from 2021-05-05T20:33:29
Southern historian Brion McClanahan joins me to discuss John C. Calhoun, the American historical figure everyone is supposed to hate, along with D.C. statehood and court packing.
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Ep. 1888 Woods Takes the Gloves Off from 2021-05-04T19:28:54
I spend some time on (and name representatives of) milquetoast libertarianism, and also cover "cancel culture," what libertarians ought to think of COVID/Fauci, and a lot more juicy stuff. Thanks t...
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Ep. 1887 COVID Madness -- and Sanity -- in Trudeau's Canada from 2021-05-01T19:30
Adam Schneider, eCommerce consultant to the Libertarian Party's Mises Caucus, reports on the ongoing severity of Canadian lockdowns, along with high-profile cases of resistance. Sponsor: If you're ...
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Ep. 1886 The Forgotten Quality That Makes You Human, and Wicked People Less Than from 2021-04-30T19:30
F.H. Buckley, a professor at George Mason University's law school, joins us to discuss curiosity -- a topic that may itself appear curious, and yet turns out to be at the heart of so much that's wr...
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Ep. 1885 Join Us for the Ultimate Anti-Fauci Project from 2021-04-29T19:30
In recent episodes I have called on documentary filmmakers to embark on the ultimate anti-Fauci project: a documentary covering COVID and the absurd response. And although it should include the cha...
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Ep. 1884 The Truth About the Supreme Court from 2021-04-28T19:30
My friend and co-author Kevin Gutzman joins us to discuss the original function of the Supreme Court and what has happened since, including the Democrats' latest attempt at court packing.
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Ep. 1883 It's Happening: A YouTube Alternative Is Taking Off from 2021-04-27T19:30
Instead of just complaining about YouTube's arbitrariness, Jeremy Kauffman created a better platform: Odysee.
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Ep 1882 Sheriff Resists COVID Crazies from 2021-04-24T15:30
Sheriff David Hathaway of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, joins me to discuss what it has been like being sheriff since late last year. Sponsor: If you're tired of doom and gloom in your financial anal...
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Ep. 1881 Track Coach Fired Over Masks from 2021-04-23T19:00
Track coach Brad Keyes of New Hampshire's Pembroke Academy was fired recently for refusing to force his athletes to use masks while racing outdoors, citing (among other arguments) the virtually una...
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Ep. 1880 Is Progressivism Dying? from 2021-04-21T19:00
I recently read an editorial in Modern Age by editor Dan McCarthy arguing that progressivism's strength is only apparent, and in fact its prospects are not nearly as great as we think. I'd love to ...
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Ep. 1879 Free Market Economists Aren't All the Same: How the Chicago and Austrian Schools Differ from 2021-04-20T16:00
The Chicago School of Milton Friedman and the Austrian School of Ludwig von Mises and F.A. Hayek differ in important ways, and although individuals from both schools have made important contributio...
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Ep. 1878 Jay Bhattacharya on Variants, Vaccine Passports, and the Future from 2021-04-18T00:00
Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya covers a wide range of issues in this episode: asymptomatic transmission and how common (or otherwise) it is, how concerned people should be about the variants, what the...
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Ep. 1877 Bitcoin for Beginners from 2021-04-16T20:50:59
John Bush joins us for an overview of the importance of Bitcoin and his recommendations for beginners.
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Ep. 1876 Charity Without Coercion from 2021-04-16T03:00
Jeff Perry and Logan Davies of Voluntaryism in Action join us to discuss private solutions to poverty and distress. Sponsor: If you're tired of doom and gloom in your financial analysis, Merk Resea...
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Ep. 1875 Michael Malice on How to Make Radical Ideas Approachable from 2021-04-14T03:00
Michael Malice joins us to exchange strategies for introducing ideas (like ours) that will likely shock people who have never encountered them before. It's a great discussion as usual.
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Ep. 1874 Eric July on Liberty, P.C. Comics, and the Fate of Live Music from 2021-04-13T03:00
The multitalented Eric July, who's a successful musician and libertarian content creator, joins us for a potpourri episode on SJWs in the comic book world (including a recent matter involving Jorda...
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Ep. 1873 The Scourge of Cowardice in 2021 from 2021-04-11T01:00
We face a paradox: the most cowardly people in our society constantly trumpet their alleged bravery. The bravest people, meanwhile, are the ones held in the most contempt. Let's sort this out.
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Ep. 1872 Time to Build Our Own from 2021-04-10T02:00
With things getting crazier and more disturbing by the day, we need to think seriously about building our own institutions. In this episode I give Liberty Classroom, my educational subscription web...
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Ep. 1871 The Economic Fallout of 2020 from 2021-04-08T22:43:16
Our old friend John Tamny of RealClearMarkets.com joins us to discuss the economic folly that accompanied the coronavirus panic.
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Ep. 1870 Saifedean Ammous on Bitcoin, Present and Future from 2021-04-07T22:12:29
The great Saifedean Ammous joins us to discuss current trends in Bitcoin, whether it's in a "bubble," what its advantages are, what the future may hold, and why all of this should matter to liberta...
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Ep. 1869 The Tom Woods Secrets from 2021-04-06T18:00
In this episode, podcaster James Jenneman (of ) draws out quite a bit from ol' Woods about my books and work, the virus craziness (not too much about that, though), my productivity, mindset advice,...
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Ep. 1868 Dave Smith on Vaccine Passports from 2021-04-02T21:00
Dave Smith, host of Part of the Problem, joins us to discuss vaccine passports and the response from the Libertarian Party and two of its state affiliates.
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Ep. 1867 How Poor Countries Become Rich from 2021-04-01T16:00
What is the process by which countries develop economically? It used to be assumed that government-to-government transfers were indispensable. That view has fallen somewhat out of favor, but there ...
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Ep. 1866 The Anthony Fauci Phenomenon from 2021-03-31T20:55:42
Anthony Fauci, although perhaps known to public health specialists and an advisor to numerous White Houses, was largely unknown to the American public until early 2020. Since then, his stature has ...
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Ep. 1865 The Twenty-Five Minute Case Against the on 2020 (and 2021) Insanity from 2021-03-30T21:00
The heroic Nick Hudson of (Pandemics -- Data and Analytics) recently spoke at an investment conference held by South Africa's and laid out the point-by-point case against the insanity.
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Ep. 1864 Gene Epstein on More Bad Arguments for the Minimum Wage from 2021-03-27T16:00
Gene Epstein joins us to refute a Dean Baker article claiming that another reason to raise the minimum wage is that it has not kept pace with increases in productivity. Gene has the numbers, as usu...
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Ep. 1863 Amazing Innovations -- Stymied by Regulators from 2021-03-27T03:00
Patrick Reasonover joins me to discuss They Say It Can't Be Done, a documentary about four extraordinary innovations -- for example, a 3D printing technology with the potential to eliminate the org...
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Ep. 1862 Ivor Cummins Answers Forbidden COVID Questions from 2021-03-26T02:59:38
The brilliant and heroic Ivor Cummins, whose COVID work has been outstanding and thorough, returns to deliver more truth.
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Ep. 1861 The Green New Deal: Worse Than You Think from 2021-03-25T00:00
Marc Morano returns to the show to discuss the craziness of the Green New Deal, which turns out to be even worse than you thought.
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Ep. 1860 Kathryn Huwig Smashes COVID Pseudoscience at State House from 2021-03-23T18:27:09
Kathryn Huwig has been providing excellent COVID analytics pretty much from the beginning, and her work has laid bare the science-free hysteria of Ohio COVID policy. Her recent remarks before the O...
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Ep. 1859 What Is Friendship (and Should Politics Interfere)? from 2021-03-20T16:00
Gary Chartier, who has written on the subject of friendship from a philosophical and theological perspective, joins me to delve into what friendship means, and whether we can or should be friends w...
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Ep. 1858 Christianity and the State from 2021-03-19T14:00
We're familiar with the arguments regarding why Christians should view the state in a positive light. Are there countervailing arguments? (You know the answer!) Gary Chartier joins me to discuss.
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Ep. 1857 Christianity and the Market Economy: Friends or Foes? from 2021-03-18T21:00
Gary Chartier and I discuss why it's incorrect to claim that the market economy is opposed to Christian ethics.
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Ep. 1856 What Is Left-Libertarianism? from 2021-03-17T19:28:12
The term "left-libertarian" is sometimes used colloquially to refer to libertarians who favor cultural trends that are generally described as left wing, but it has a more precise and interesting me...
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Ep. 1855 The Making, Unmaking, and Remaking of a Libertarian from 2021-03-16T21:00
Gary Chartier is a polymath who has made contributions to theology, philosophy, business ethics, and legal theory. He joins me this week to delve into some of these topics. This first episode deals...
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Ep. 1854 Telling Biden to Pound Sand, Jefferson Style from 2021-03-13T23:00
The story of state nullification of unconstitutional federal laws goes almost completely untold in most textbooks. If a sliver of it is told, it is told only in caricature and in a completely uncom...
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Ep. 1853 How to Bring Health Care Costs Way Down, Right Now from 2021-03-13T01:00
John Osterhoudt of Reason TV joins me to discuss the important direct primary care movement among physicians, which has brought price transparency and much lower costs to American health care.
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Ep. 1852 COVID SCHMOVID: How to Succeed Even When the Politicos Are Kneecapping You from 2021-03-12T00:00
Pedro Adao went from nothing to having an 8-figure business in under two years, during COVID, and he did it using the kind of technique that was available to no one even a generation ago. It's the ...
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Ep. 1851 The Charts That Tell the COVID Story from 2021-03-10T21:00
Ian Miller's heroic charts tell the story of the failure of the fashionable motivation measures against COVID, so I'm glad to have a chance to talk to him in today's episode.
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Ep. 1850 When COVID Became a Religion from 2021-03-09T04:11:30
I think this one is self-explanatory, but let me add this: this episode begins with reference to three academic papers that make preposterous, blue-pilled claims about COVID, and which were funded ...
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Ep. 1849 My Speakeasy Talk in California: COVID and the Two Americas from 2021-03-06T16:00
This week I spoke in southern California to a group of people who capable of reading charts, and who are determined to be normal and live lives worthy of human beings. I laid out the roots of the d...
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Ep. 1848 Professor Tom DiLorenzo on "America's Stalinist Universities" from 2021-03-05T01:17:22
Tom DiLorenzo, recently retired as a professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland, recently wrote an article called "America's Stalinist Universities" that looked at the uniformity of thoug...
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Ep. 1847 The Truth About the Great Depression from 2021-03-04T00:00
Economist Bob Murphy joins me for a discussion of what really caused the Great Depression (it wasn't "capitalism") and bad explanations for what cured it.
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Ep. 1846 Against Woke Propaganda for Toddlers from 2021-03-02T16:11:13
It's getting crazy out there, folks. Connor Boyack, creator of the Tuttle Twins children's book series, joins me to discuss how intense the ideological battle is getting, and how we can equip young...
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Ep. 1845 The Disastrous $15 Minimum Wage from 2021-02-27T20:00
Andrew Heaton joins us to discuss a popular recent proposal and the harms -- many of which are unknown to its proponents -- that it will surely cause. Sponsor: If you're tired of doom and gloom in ...
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Ep. 1844 Restaurant Owners Resist Lockdowners from 2021-02-26T18:10:20
Patrick and Jessica Harold, owners of Woodchips BBQ in Michigan and longtime Tom Woods Show listeners, stood up to the lockdowners -- as all too few businesses have. They share their story in this ...
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Ep. 1843 State Legislator Leads Charge Against Lockdown from 2021-02-25T17:11:35
New Hampshire state legislator Melissa Blasek discusses her transition from quiet private citizen to outspoken, pro-freedom representative. Sponsor: ClickUp is the fastest growing productivity tool...
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Ep. 1842 What Successful People Share in Common from 2021-02-24T15:58:03
John Lee Dumas, host of the Entrepreneurs on Fire podcast, discusses some of the common themes he's encountered after interviewing 3000 entrepreneurs.
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Ep. 1841 The Nonexistent Super Bowl Superspreader, and Other Cases of Hysteria from 2021-02-23T15:00
The Super Bowl was supposed to be a so-called superspreader event, or as Dr. Fauci put it, a series of mini-superspreaders in the form of Super Bowl parties in people's homes. in this episode I rev...
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Ep. 1840 The Truth About the Iran Nuclear Program from 2021-02-20T15:00
Is Iran on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons, or is the case against Iran just propaganda? Scott Horton joins us to discuss. Sponsor: If you're tired of doom and gloom in your financial analys...
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Ep. 1839 War All the Time: The Perpetual War on Terror from 2021-02-19T15:00
Scott Horton and I discuss themes in the "War All the Time" chapter of his new book Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism. Sponsor: Lucy Nicotine, with their gum and lozenges, is an exce...
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Ep. 1838 Backgrounder on Syria, and Why the US Should Stay Out from 2021-02-18T15:00
Most of us believe the United States should stay out of Syria, but know few of the details beyond that. Scott Horton joins us for a masterclass on the subject.
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Ep. 1837 The Iraq Fiasco Revisited, with Scott Horton from 2021-02-17T15:00
Scott Horton joins us for a retrospective on the 2003 war in Iraq: the stated reasons, the real reasons, the conduct of the war, and the results.
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Ep. 1836 The Roots of the War on Terror from 2021-02-16T19:25:25
Scott Horton joins us for a discussion of the pre-9/11 roots of the War on Terror, including Jimmy Carter's policies in Afghanistan and Iran, the Iran-Iraq War, and more.
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Ep. 1835 True Statements Get You Banned, but Propaganda is A-OK from 2021-02-13T20:00
Author Jeremy Hammond joins me to discuss the bizarre phenomenon we are observing today, where statements backed up by solid evidence get you in trouble, while mindlessly repeating obvious nonsense...
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Ep. 1834 Citizenship in 2021: Obey the Authorities and Ask No Questions from 2021-02-13T00:22:27
James Delingpole, the great English author, commentator, and podcaster, joins me to discuss the bizarre phenomena of the past year and the even more bizarre phenomenon of almost total public acquie...
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Ep. 1833 Did the Libertarian Party Ignore the Biggest Issue of 2020? from 2021-02-12T00:00:30
Caryn Ann Harlos, Secretary of the Libertarian Party, discusses the present and future of the Libertarian Party, and the peculiar lack of urgency in LP messaging about the 2020 lockdowns. Sponsor: ...
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Ep. 1832 Can the GOP Be a Vehicle for Liberty? from 2021-02-10T18:33:34
Fresh off a debate with libertarian Dave Smith about whether the Libertarian Party or the Republican Party is the way to go for libertarians interested in politics, former Maine state senator Eric ...
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Ep. 1831 Are Democrats Better for the Economy? from 2021-02-09T17:42:41
That's what David Leonhardt claims in a recent New York Times article. Gene Epstein joins me to dismantle this comic-book story. Sponsor: If you're tired of doom and gloom in your financial analysi...
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Ep. 1830 The Importance and Significance of Austrian Economics from 2021-02-06T22:00
Mark Skousen joins me to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Carl Menger's book Principles of Economics, the book that launched the Austrian School of economics. Plus, we discus...
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Ep. 1829 Staying Sane and Building Community in Dystopian Times from 2021-02-06T07:33:18
Carla Gericke of the Free State Project updates us on what's happening in New Hampshire and gives us ideas for how liberty-lovers can support each other and keep each other sane during these diffic...
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Ep. 1828 Those Biden Executive Orders from 2021-02-05T00:08:45
Sarah Anderson of FreedomWorks joins me to discuss the flurry of executive orders coming out of the Biden White House in its first days.
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Ep. 1827 The Evil History of Taxation, with Dominic Frisby from 2021-02-04T00:35:56
The great Dominic Frisby -- one of my favorite guests -- talks American and French Revolutions, Bitcoin, the Magna Carta, and plenty more in our review of the history of taxation.
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Ep. 1826 Socialism as a Secular Creed: A Worldwide Study from 2021-02-02T16:35:01
Professor Andrei Znamenski joins me to discuss socialism in its various manifestations across time and around the world, and its resemblance to a religion.
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Ep. 1096 Are Our Choices Really Hillary or Mitt? How One Historian Avoided Both from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Professor Kevin Gutzman is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books on American history. He's politically on the right while nevertheless holding much of the "conservative movement" ...
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Ep. 1095 Women and Libertarianism (Plus the LP, and More) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sherry Clark, co-host of in Knoxville, Tennessee, joins me to talk women and libertarianism, as well as homeschooling, the Libertarian Party (and infighting), and how she went from neoconservatism...
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Ep. 1094 The Case Against Education from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bryan Caplan, a professor of economics at George Mason University, has just released a provocative (and really excellent) book that takes aim at the education system virtually all of us grew up in....
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Ep. 1093 Are We in a Giant Bubble? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kevin Duffy, a principal of , gives his assessment of the U.S. economy as a whole and of particular sectors: housing, precious metals, auto loans, and more.
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Ep. 1092 Is Trump Changing U.S. Policy on Nuclear Weapons? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mark Perry joins me to discuss the recent Nuclear Posture Review, which some say represents a dramatic break with the past in terms of nuclear policy and the possibility of using nuclear weapons. H...
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Ep. 1091 Potpourri with Dave Smith: Ben Shapiro Attacks Ron Paul, Plus Trump, Immigration, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The great comedian and brilliant libertarian Dave Smith and I talk about pretty much everything: what libertarianism is really all about, why Ben Shapiro's attack on Ron Paul is dumb, how I changed...
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Ep. 1090 Secrets of a Highly Productive Libertarian from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Antony Sammeroff, who co-hosts the Scottish Liberty Podcast, leads an amazingly productive life. He balances his work, his passion, his personal life, and his health. He does what we all wish we co...
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Ep. 1089 Noam Chomsky: The Good and the Bad from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gene Epstein, formerly of Barron's, joins me to discuss the work of Noam Chomsky, whose views in some areas are so well formed, and in others are simplistic and disappointing. Chomsky is one of the...
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Ep. 1088 How to Think About Inequality, and Why We Shouldn't Fear It from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Per Bylund, a professor of entrepreneurship, suggests a new way of thinking about inequality, its causes (and its mitigation), and whether we should even care about it. Fun!
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Ep. 1087 The Truth About the FISA Memo, With ex-CIA Analyst Ray McGovern from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Is the Nunes memo, which speaks of the politicization of the FBI in the service of opposing the election of Donald Trump, really a "nothingburger," or is there something there? Ray McGovern, no Tru...
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Ep. 1086 Lysander Spooner: The Evolution of a Radical Libertarian from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Calton joins me to discuss one of the most fascinating figures in libertarian history, and how he evolved from defending the Constitution against the claim that it favored slavery all the way...
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Ep. 1085 The New Deal and Other Failed Government Interventions, with Robert Higgs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Robert Higgs, the distinguished economic historian and author of , covers some of the alleged success stories of government intervention.
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Ep. 1084 Trump's State of the Union: A Breakdown from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mises Institute president Jeff Deist joins me to discuss last night's State of the Union address. We discuss policy, style, Democratic reaction, Trump's ideological confusion, and a lot more.
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Ep. 1083 Overlooked History: The Early Development of Libertarian Ideas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The great Gerard Casey, professor emeritus of philosophy at University College, Dublin, joins me to discuss the years surrounding the English Civil War, a critical period in the history of politica...
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Ep. 1082 The Truth About F.A. Hayek from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
F.A. Hayek, illustrious member of the Austrian School of economics, won the Nobel Prize in 1974, and wrote prolifically on both economic and non-economic topics. He has been a source of controversy...
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Ep. 1081 How to Jolt People Out of Conventional Thinking (and Push Them in Our Direction?) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mance Rayder, author of Freedom Through Memedom, joins me for some big-picture arguments against the state and for freedom.
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Ep. 1080 Down With State Licensing (Including for Personal Trainers and Coaches) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Strength trainer Mark Rippetoe returns to discuss state licensing, its true motivations, and why a free society doesn't need it.
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Ep. 1079 The (Pernicious?) Idea of Utopia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode, featuring Justine Brown, begins with a discussion of Thomas More's classic work Utopia, trying to get to the bottom of what the author meant to convey with it, and then continues with...
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Ep. 1078 Lew Rockwell on the Media, the Regime, and Their Relationship from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The media's opposition to Trump has confused and obscured the true nature of the relationship between itself and the American regime. Do we really have an adversarial press? Lew Rockwell joins me t...
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Ep. 1077 Dissident Historians from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Douma, Assistant Research Professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown, and Director of the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, joins me to discuss what...
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Ep. 1076 Liberty, the Radio Spectrum, and Wireless Technology from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Thomas Hazlett, former chief economist at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and a professor of economics at Clemson University, talks about where regulators have gone wrong and the market...
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Ep. 1075 Today's Resistance to the FDA, NSA, DEA, and Other Evils from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Boldin, founder and executive director of the Tenth Amendment Center, talks about a wide variety of resistance movements at the state level against the federal government. Nullification: it...
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Ep. 1074 Libertarians Have a Class Theory, Too (and It's Better Than Marx's) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With the idea of class so central to Marxian theory, libertarians might be tempted to ignore class as a category. But there is in fact such a thing as libertarian class theory, because in libertari...
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Ep. 1073 How a Historian Saw the Light from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Historian Brion McClanahan and I begin by discussing the conservative movement's wary and sometimes hostile reception of his book criticizing Alexander Hamilton. From there, we trace out how Brion ...
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Ep. 1072 David Stockman on Bannon, Trump, and What's Coming for the Economy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With Steve Bannon on the outs with Trump and out at Breitbart, David Stockman -- director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan -- returns to discuss Bannonism, the Trump econo...
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Ep. 1071 Local Tyranny Persecutes Home Studio; Owner Fights Back from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lij Shaw has recorded artists from Adele to John Oates, and for over a decade has operated a home studio out of his detached garage. The city of Nashville came after him for this, and persisted eve...
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BONUS Ep. 1070 "I Was a Business-Nerd Executive." But He Left It All Behind... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Steve Clayton is a former VP at LabCorp, the Fortune 500 company so many of us use to have blood work done. He left behind this prestigious, very high-paying job to strike out as an entrepreneur. H...
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Ep. 1069 Trump's 2017: A Review from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nobody knew what to expect in a Trump presidency. Daniel McCarthy joins me for a lively review of the past year.
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Ep. 1068 Potpourri: Why Some (Bad) Libertarians Don't Like Others, the Book that Changed My Mind, My Unfashionable Opinions, and Lots More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this interview with MilLiberty, a podcast for millennials, I cover libertarianism, factional infighting, the book that first changed my thinking, how to use technology to undermine the academic ...
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Ep. 1067 Peace Breaking Out and ISIS Defeated -- or Is It? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
ISIS has been defeated, say the headlines, and perhaps the barbarous wars in Iraq and Syria may at last be drawing to a close. But is that the full story? Scott Horton joins me for a reality check.
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Ep. 1066 An Exhausted Tom Talks 2017 Tom Woods Show Highlights with Michael Malice from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yesterday Michael and I did a year in review, looking at the United States and the world. Today's year in review is about the show itself, and highlights from 2017's hundreds of episodes. As usual,...
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Ep. 1065 The Winners and Losers of 2017, with Michael Malice from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Malice joins me for something of a year in review episode. Who were the big winners -- and losers -- of 2017? Who was the biggest villain? What was the biggest surprise? Lots of fun.
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Ep. 1064 The Debate Within Bitcoin: Jameson Lopp vs. Roger Ver on Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bitcoin Cash, which resulted from a Bitcoin fork, has been championed by its proponents as being more in line with Satoshi Nakamoto's original vision for the cryptocurrency, and as helping to solve...
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Ep. 1063 Nat Turner's Rebellion: Why a Historical Novel Was So Controversial from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gene Epstein returns on the 50th anniversary of William Styron's historical novel The Confessions of Nat Turner, the slave who led a famous revolt in Virginia. Since Styron was a white southerner w...
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Ep. 1062 Debate: Can the Free Market Provide National Defense? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Economist Bob Murphy (Ph.D., NYU) and podcaster Todd Lewis square off in the central debate of anarcho-capitalism: is government truly necessary for national defense, or could the free market provi...
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Ep. 1061 The Search Engine Manipulation Effect: A Psychologist Looks at Google from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Robert Epstein, former editor of Psychology Today, joins me to discuss his research on how various online services, particularly Google and Facebook, can influence the way people think about a ...
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Ep. 1060 Cliches of Statism, and How to Answer Them from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I talk to Stefan Molyneux about many of the cliches libertarians find themselves having to answer, involving child labor, labor unions, monopolies, the environment, and more.
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Ep. 1059 Against the Social Gospel: J. Gresham Machen Against the Liberals from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
J. Gresham Machen, whom many listeners have urged me to do an episode about, taught at Princeton Theological Seminary for many years and was a significant figure in American Presbyterianism who fou...
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Ep. 1058 Killjoys: A Critique of the Nanny State from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Christopher Snowdon of London's makes the case against paternalistic meddling in individual decisions.
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Ep. 1057 Dave Rubin on the Left's Drift, and Striking Out on His Own from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dave Rubin, host of the hugely successful Rubin Report, alienated former colleagues (e.g., at The Young Turks Network, where he had been an on-air host) when he openly disapproved of what he saw as...
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Ep. 1056 Walter Block Answers the Hard Libertarian Questions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Walter Block, who holds an endowed chair in economics at Loyola University, New Orleans, joins me to cover a smorgasbord of topics: reparations, the environment, whether libertarians may use tax-fu...
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Ep. 1055 The Truth About the Vietnam War, with Gareth Porter from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We've all heard the usual arguments: the U.S. government entered the Vietnam War because of the domino theory, or because of SEATO treaty obligations, or whatever. The recent Ken Burns PBS series o...
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Ep. 1054 Salon Outraged: Kids Learning About Ayn Rand! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Salon is unhappy with my guest: his children's book series teaches libertarian ideas -- and, worst of all, introduces them even to some of the ideas of...AYN RAND!
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Ep. 1053 Down With Schooling? Brett Veinotte Explores Alternatives from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brett Veinotte of the School Sucks Project just returned from a 40-day cross-country trip, where he held meetings and events highlighting alternative approaches to education. He joins me today to d...
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Ep. 1052 Catalonia, Spain, and Secession: What's the Libertarian Answer? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Marco Bassani, a professor of the history of political theory at the University of Milan, joins me to discuss a question that has divided libertarians: is the independence of Catalonia from Spain a...
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Ep. 1051 Want to Be Poorer? Defy These Economic Laws from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hunter Lewis, in an amazing book called Economics in Three Lessons & One Hundred Economic Laws, concisely reviews the crucial economic ideas that can help people see the world in a whole new way.
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Ep. 1050 How State and Society Invented Adolescence, and Screwed Up Young People from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
According to Dr. Robert Epstein, adolescence is an artificial construct of recent vintage, unknown in earlier times or indeed in many parts of the world today. The creation of this category, and th...
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Ep. 1049 Harvard Student: Campus Left Distorts True Nature of Communism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Laura Nicolae, a sophomore at Harvard (and whose father fled communist eastern Europe), made some waves recently with an article for the Harvard Crimson about the cavalier way the campus left treat...
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Ep. 1048 A Moral Case for Resisting the Federal Government from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I've long been associated with the cause of nullification of unconstitutional federal laws, having written a book on it. Here I discuss various arguments -- historical, constitutional, and moral --...
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Ep. 1047 Early Anarchists, from Godwin to Spooner -- What Did They Believe? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rothbardian anarcho-capitalists, who make up a substantial proportion of my audience, are often confused by non-libertarian anarchists, who don't seem like real anarchists to them. These anarchists...
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Ep. 1046 My Most Important Influence, and Why I Fight for It from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In today's episode I share the remarks I delivered at the 's 35th anniversary event in New York City in October 2017. No intra-libertarian drama here; just the hows and whys behind the importance a...
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Ep. 1045 The Key Ingredient in Why We Understand the Economy, and They Don't from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There's one thing in particular that the Austrian School of economics understands better than do other schools, and it helps to explain why the Austrians in turn better understand how the economy w...
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Ep. 1044 GOP Congressman Denounces Pentagon Budget from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John Duncan (R-TN) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 30 years, and is the last Republican in Congress to have voted against the war in Iraq. He joins me to review the claim that t...
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Ep. 1043 Spontaneous Order or Lord of the Flies? An Inside Look at a School That Puts Students in Charge from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A promotional video about this school sparked a heated debate among listeners in my private Facebook group. The video describes the school as having no classrooms, tests, or homework, in which the ...
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Ep. 1042 Ivy League Professor Turns Libertarian (and We Also Discuss Machiavelli) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jo Ann Cavallo, who chairs the Department of Italian at Columbia University, found herself drawn to libertarianism and the Austrian School of economics because of -- who else? -- Ron Paul. She's no...
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Ep. 1041 How to Make (Funny) Two-Minute Arguments Against Statism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Seamus Coughlin, creator of Freedom Toons, has mastered the art of using animation to convey libertarian ideas in a way that's genuinely funny, and not at all preachy. I catch up with him on what h...
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Ep. 1040 Why We Should Cheer Political Fragmentation All Over the West, with Michael Malice from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Malice has written an important column for the Observer, on the fragmented politics of the West. In Europe, more and more political parties, favoring incompatible policies and ideologies, a...
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Ep. 1039 WTF?! An Economic Tour of the Weird from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Economist Peter Leeson has just released a challenging new book, via Stanford University Press, that tries to make sense of seemingly irrational practices from far-off times and places -- ranging f...
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Ep. 1038 Race and Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Walter Williams, a professor of economics at George Mason University and the author of many books, discusses discrimination, economics, and race.
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Ep. 1037 A War on Terror Scorecard, with Scott Horton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Scott Horton, our great libertarian foreign-policy expert, joins me to review seven countries and discuss the (grim) outcome of intervention in each.
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Ep. 1036 What Are Other Economists Missing About the Economy? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mark Skousen, who just released the 5th edition of his economics textbook, joins me to discuss quite a few topics, with special emphasis on why the Austrian School sees the economy more clearly tha...
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Ep. 1035 How Ludwig von Mises Fixed Economics (But Ingrates Won't Thank Him) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mises was of course one of the great economists, and casual followers rightly credit him for his work on the problems with socialism, or the origins of business cycles, or other topics with obvious...
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Ep. 1034 Comedian Owen Benjamin Defies Thought Police from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Actor and stand-up comedian Owen Benjamin lost not just a gig but also his agent and his management when he suggested that elementary-school children whose parents want to support their "gender tra...
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Ep. 1033 Was Gen. Kelly Right About the Civil War? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
General John F. Kelly, Chief of Staff to the President, made some comments about the Civil War recently that sent the enforcers of orthodoxy into apoplexy. Here is our calm response to the controve...
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Ep. 1032 Bitcoin, Present and Future, with Roger Ver from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver joins me to discuss a wide range of topics related to the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, including its recent spike, ideological disputes within the Bitcoin world, the IRS and Bi...
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Ep. 1031 Lyn Ulbricht's Son Got Two Life Sentences After a Judicial Travesty Over a Victimless Crime; What Happened, And What She's Doing Now from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2015 Ross Ulbricht was convicted of crimes related to the operation of the Silk Road marketplace, where people could buy and sell goods anonymously. He was sentenced to an astonishing two life s...
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Ep. 1030 We See You Watching: One Man's Campaign Against Local Surveillance from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mike Maharrey, national communications director for the , joins me for a lesson in local activism, as he describes his public awareness campaign about police surveillance practices. (He's being sue...
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Ep. 1029 NSA Whistleblower Bill Binney, and His Ordeal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bill Binney, a cryptanalyst-mathematician and (formerly) highly placed intelligence official within the National Security Agency (NSA) blew the whistle on NSA activities in 2002. Since then, he's b...
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Ep. 1028 Dave Smith, Bob Murphy, and Tom Woods Free-For-All Aboard the Contra Cruise from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode I talk to Dave Smith and Bob Murphy on Dave's podcast Part of the Problem, recorded aboard the Contra Cruise. We hit on lots of topics: what we'd do without state-run "help the need...
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Ep. 1027 Stefan Molyneux on the Art of the Argument from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the age of social media, the quality of discourse seems to have hit a low point. We find ourselves bombarded with criticisms that (to put it mildly) don't rise to the level of an argument. I dis...
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Ep. 1026 Insurance: Another Industry Warped by Government from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Insurance, as it exists today, is shot through with government subsidies and regulations that make practically everyone worse off. Almost no one besides experts in the field is even aware of the go...
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Ep. 1025 Ron Paul on the Revolution at Ten Years from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ron Paul joins me for a look at the ten years since the birth of the Ron Paul Revolution, plus a lot more. Topics include the Deep State, the CIA's records on the JFK assassination, the question Ed...
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Ep. 1024 Larry Sharpe on Politics, Race, the LP, and Winning from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Businessman and consultant Larry Sharpe, who's seeking the governorship of New York on the Libertarian Party ticket, joins me by popular demand to discuss finding the libertarian message, making it...
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Ep. 1023 Labor History: The Real Story from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today's episode focuses in on three major episodes in American labor history: Haymarket, Homestead, and the Pullman strike. These are generally related with a predictable bias, which this episode c...
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Ep. 1022 Myths and Lunacies of Feminism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Karen Straughan joins me to discuss feminism, many feminists' caricature of men, girls in the Boy Scouts, the enablers of Harvey Weinstein, the left-libertarian Pence/Weinstein comparison, gender-f...
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Ep. 1021 The Nobel Prize and Behavioral Economics: Anything Here for Austrians? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gene Epstein of Barron's joins me to discuss Richard Thaler, this year's recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics, who has helped to popularize "behavioral economics," and how to deal with situati...
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Ep. 1020 Statelessness: Another Case Study from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pete Earle, author of the study A Century of Anarchy, joins me to discuss a little-known case study of statelessness.
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Ep. 1000 Roast of Tom Woods, Plus a Lot More: Episode 1000, Live from Orlando! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We recorded this episode live in Orlando on September 30, 2017. It features Eric July, Michael Malice, Dave Smith, Michael Boldin, and Tom DiLorenzo, along with some surprise guests (Dave Smith and...
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Ep. 1019 Labor Unions: Myths and Facts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Haven't labor unions improved the standard of living of American workers? Why, wouldn't we not even have the weekend without them? My father belonged to the Teamsters, so I have a natural inclinati...
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Ep. 1018 Listener Success Stories: How the Tom Woods Show Spawned These New Entrepreneurs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I keep hearing success stories from people who got started in eCommerce at my urging, so I finally decided to make an episode out of a few of them. A little good news for a change!
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Ep. 1017 What I Told a Room Full of Doctors from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2010 I addressed the annual meeting of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. I spoke about government and health care, yes, but I also spoke about state nullification -- not your ...
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Ep. 1016 Some Libertarians Are Just Too Good for the Nonaggression Principle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's fashionable again for libertarians to urge the abandonment of the nonaggression principle, the bedrock of our entire philosophy. It's dumb, you see. But what they propose in its place is dumb ...
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Ep. 1015 North Korea Update: Will the War of Words Become a Hot War? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With Donald Trump publicly undermining Rex Tillerson and calling Kim Jong Un "Rocketman," should we be concerned about a potential nuclear conflict? Is there a strategy behind Trump's comments and ...
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Ep. 1014 James Damore, Formerly of Google, on Diversity of Thought from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode I check in with James Damore, author of the notorious memo on the "gender gap" in tech, to find out what he's up to now, what his plans are, and how he looks back on the incident th...
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BONUS Ep. 1013 From Washing Dishes to eCommerce Expert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fred Lam is an eCommerce expert who went from washing dishes to doing over $20 million in sales. His book Starting from Zero, which he explains how to get for free in the episode, features a forewo...
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Ep. 1012 The Fallacies of Marxism, with Gerard Casey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gerard Casey, professor emeritus of philosophy at University College, Dublin, joins me for an overview of Marxism and its (shall we say) difficulties.
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Ep. 1011 A Skill to Keep You Out of the Poorhouse: A Conversation with Bob Bly from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
EDIT: I mistakenly said September 13 in today's episode when I meant September 30 for the 1000th episode live event. Please be there! Details at . The only person in the world I have ever allowed...
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Ep. 1010 The Libertarian Party Mises Caucus: A Challenge to the Status Quo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Heise of the Libertarian Party Mises Caucus joins me to discuss the state of the Libertarian Party, and the ambitions of his growing caucus that seeks to recall the party to libertarian pri...
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Ep. 1009 Government Keeps Making Your Car Lousier (While the Market Tries to Make Them Better) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eric Peters -- whom I donate to every month -- returns to discuss creepy features in new cars, the government-led demise of the six-cylinder engine, private companies snooping into your information...
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BONUS Ep. 1008 The Battle Over the Old Latin Mass from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
People have asked me to discuss this issue, which I've written a book about, so I decided to make it into a bonus episode. (This episode is my appearance on Roger McCaffrey's podcast.) Ever since...
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Ep. 1007 Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Liberty from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gerard Casey is the author of what the brilliant David Gordon is calling the best history of political thought he's ever read. We discuss several of his early chapters, on the sophists, Socrates, P...
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Ep. 1006 Saying Bad Words Is Worse Than Warmongering, With Guest Dave Smith from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dave Smith, the libertarian comedian whose new comedy special Libertas is the number one comedy album on iTunes, joins me for a lively discussion of Trump, foreign policy, Milo, libertarianism, and...
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Ep. 1005 Are We Richer and Better Off Than We Think? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Is it really true that the American standard of living is falling, and that our children will be worse off than we are? Martin Feldstein challenged this view in the Wall Street Journal. Jeff Herben...
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Ep. 1004 Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days -- Conversation with NYT Bestselling Author Chris Guillebeau from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Guillebeau, the New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup, returns for his third appearance on the show to discuss how to build up a "side hustle" as an additional income stream. ...
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Ep. 1003 Alexander Hamilton and the Awful Judges Who Carried on His Legacy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We're taught that Alexander Hamilton is one of the indispensable men in the American story. In his new book -- released just today -- How Alexander Hamilton Screwed Up America, historian Brion McCl...
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BONUS Ep. 1002 Michael Cheney: Picking the Brain of One of the World's Most Successful Affiliate Marketers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Cheney is one of the most successful and sought-after affiliate marketers in the world. (That means he earns commissions selling other people's products online.) He's also the guy I've lear...
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Ep. 1001 Rothbard on Strategy: Need We Abandon Principle to Be Successful? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One group of libertarians accuses a second group of being sellouts. The second group accuses the first group of being purists who make any progress toward the free society possible. Murray N. Rot...
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Ep. 999 "Limited Government" Isn't Good Enough from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gerard Casey, professor emeritus of philosophy at University College, Dublin, discusses society without the state.
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Ep. 998 Against the Haters: The Brilliance of Hans-Hermann Hoppe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hans-Hermann Hoppe is one of the most significant libertarian thinkers in the world today. Murray Rothbard could not say enough about his brilliance. Unfortunately, his detractors (and even many of...
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Ep. 997 Ron Paul and His Enemies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I discuss the fractured "liberty movement," the increasing attacks on Ron Paul, and why Dr. Paul matters -- a point that the youngsters, who didn't experience the presidential campaigns, may not know.
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Ep. 996 Gab, the Social Media Platform Where You Can (Gasp!) Say What You Want from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew Torba, creator of the free-speech social media platform Gab, joins me to discuss fighting back against the big companies' ideological jihad against people and institutions expressing unappro...
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BONUS Ep. 995 This Mom's Website Pays the Bills for Her Family -- and Five Others from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Katie Wells of WellnessMama.com is an incredible online success story: her wellness site makes a very nice profit, and allows her to work from home. She has a blog, a podcast, a members' area, an e...
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Ep. 994 Food and Farm Freedom -- and How to Do It Yourself from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John Moody returns to the show to discuss the latest in food and farm freedom, plus his newest venture, Steader.com, where experts teach people a wide variety of homesteading topics.
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Ep. 993 Can Government Be Run Like a Business? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We often hear it said: if only government could be run like a business, we'd be getting somewhere. The problem isn't that it's difficult to run government like a business. The problem is that it's ...
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Ep. 992 Conservatives and Reverence for Our Leader from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Robert Nisbet is one of a handful of conservatives to have seen the major problems with American conservatism as we know it. In this episode, Drawn from my remarks at a 2005 mises Institute confere...
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Ep. 991 Professor Says Collapse of Bourgeois Norms Promotes Poverty; Left Calls Her a White Supremacist from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Professor Amy Wax wrote an op-ed last month arguing that society's most vulnerable have suffered the most by the collapse of the bourgeois moral consensus. You'll never guess: the screechers called...
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BONUS Ep. 990 Libertarian Drama: Libertarian Party Chairman Takes Swipes at Your Host from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I hate to dwell on this silliness, so I've decided to make this into a bonus episode rather than one of my five regular weekly episodes. Jason Stapleton invited me on to the not long ago to addres...
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Ep. 989 James O'Keefe on the Lying Media from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
James O'Keefe has become notorious, and controversial, for his organization's undercover videos -- most recently, of people associated with CNN, who appear to suggest that some of their major stori...
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Ep. 988 Private Responses to Hurricane Harvey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today I'm joined by Brent DeRidder of the Liberty Coalition for Disaster Relief and Gret Glyer, creator of the DonorSee philanthropy app, to discuss how private individuals and groups can relieve t...
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Ep. 987 "Price Gouging" Is Urgently Necessary from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
During natural disasters, there's a sudden and intense spike in demand for the existing stock of resources. This puts upward pressure on prices, and this upward pressure has salutary effects (which...
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Ep. 986 Lew Rockwell: Will There Be a "Private Sector" Assault on Dissidents? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With various websites (not all "white nationalist") seeing various Internet services withdrawn from them, and given that our media and political classes are not exactly known for their ability to m...
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Ep. 1226 Michael Malice on Healing Libertarian Rifts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Libertarian worlds collided earlier this month when Reason magazine editor-at-large Matt Welch joined me on Michael Malice's program. as you no doubt realize, there has been plenty of infighting am...
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Ep. 1825 The Reddit/GameStop Phenomenon from 2021-01-30T04:00
Economist Bob Murphy joins me to discuss what's been going on with hedge funds, Reddit, and GameStop stock.
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Ep. 1824 Optimism? Pessimism? Libertarian Prospects and Strategy from 2021-01-29T04:00
The host of It's Too Late with Alan Mosley joins me to discuss the state of our movement and his approach to the "what should we do" question, as well as lockdowns, so-called "science," and more. S...
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Ep. 1823 Our Irreconcilable Division, and What Should Happen Next from 2021-01-28T15:20:38
Today I discuss some of the ideas behind the radical ideological division that exists in the United States today, as well as what the sensible answer to it all is. Sponsor: Join Tom Woods Show gues...
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Ep. 1822 The COVID Stimulus Racket, with David Stockman from 2021-01-27T14:00
Ronald Reagan's director of the Office of Management and Budget, David Stockman, joins me to discuss the COVID stimulus racket, what the real numbers are, and what the economy is really looking lik...
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Ep. 1821 The Woods/Malice "Politically Incorrect" Cartoon Is Here from 2021-01-26T04:44:21
Michael Malice and I discuss our new animated series, The Politically Incorrect Guide, on the day of the first episode's release.
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Ep. 1820 What Can Be Done About the Deplatforming Mania? from 2021-01-23T22:00
Mark Jeftovic, author of , joins me to discuss the recent surge in deplatforming, the rise of alternative platforms, and what we'll need to do to protect ourselves.
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Ep. 1819 The Overlooked Source of Police Abuse from 2021-01-22T22:49:08
Howard Lichtman and Matt White of ThickRedLine.org join me to discuss what should be obvious: the connection between victimless crime laws and police abuse. They intend to do something about it, an...
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Ep. 1818 The Trump Economy: An Assessment from 2021-01-21T20:00
The great Gene Epstein joins me to assess the Trump economy from a free-market perspective, and to reply to a confused podcaster (not the old man here, of course).
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Ep. 1817 The Idea the World Needs Now from 2021-01-20T20:00
Marc Victor, an important and successful libertarian lawyer, joins me to discuss how to get a divided world from wringing each other's necks. Sponsor: Press House Coffee: Take 20% off your first or...
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Ep. 1816 Is This Really the End of Trump and Trumpism? from 2021-01-19T20:00
Dan McCarthy joins me to discuss the final days of Donald Trump, including the January 6 episode, and assess what it means for the future.
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Ep. 1815 The California Disaster from 2021-01-17T04:00
Between the lockdowns and terrible economic policy, California -- which was once pitched as a poster child for big government -- has become unlivable for more and more people. Besides the lockdowns...
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Ep. 1814 What Is the "Great Reset"? from 2021-01-16T04:00
We've heard talk of something called the "Great Reset," which the COVID crisis is said to have created a perfect opportunity to implement. Some have dismissed the very idea as (what else?) a "consp...
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Ep. 1813 Attorney Successfully Challenges COVID Restrictions from 2021-01-14T22:10:05
Chris Ferrara, special counsel with the Thomas More Society, has been successful in challenging COVID restrictions on religious liberty grounds, and he joins me to discuss his work and other legal ...
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Ep. 1812 After 2020, Challenges Entrepreneurs Face from 2021-01-13T21:00
2020 was rough for a lot of businesses, for obvious reasons. And as the economy opens up in the coming months, certain behavioral patterns on the part of the public are unlikely to change. We discu...
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Ep. 1811 Even When Civilization Collapses, Read Books from 2021-01-12T18:27:11
Here's a great discussion with Jeff Deist, president of the Mises Institute, on why it matters even in dire and desperate moments to be steeped in our important books and ideas.
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Ep. 1810 The Idea of a Grand Conspiracy Is Too Optimistic from 2021-01-09T20:00
Yes, there are sinister people in the world, and yes, sometimes they work together toward nefarious goals. But thinking this alone accounts for the world we live in is unfortunately naive, as Anton...
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Ep. 1809 The Destructive Evils of Marxism from 2021-01-09T04:00
Antony Sammeroff reviews some of the fallacies of Marxism, and also tackles the insistence of some Marxists that the Soviet Union and other communist regimes weren't "real communism."
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Ep. 1808 Why Are People Statists? from 2021-01-08T04:27:44
Antony Sammeroff Week continues with this discussion of the factors (educational influences only the most obvious among them) that push people toward statism and away from liberty.
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Ep. 1807 The Psychology of Being a Libertarian from 2021-01-07T04:00
Antony Sammeroff, who among many other things does outstanding work as a therapist, discusses the psychological factors that may account for why some of us embrace the hard truths of libertarianism...
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Ep. 1806 From Left to Libertarian: How He Did It from 2021-01-06T04:00
The great Antony Sammeroff of the Scottish Liberty Podcast joins me to discuss his evolution from left-liberalism to libertarianism, and a lot more -- including the worst mistake writers (including...
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Ep. 1805 COVID Debate: Martin Kulldorff and Eric Topol from 2021-01-04T04:00
Two distinguished scientists join me for a discussion of the optimal public-health response to the challenges posed by COVID-19. Martin Kulldorff is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical Schoo...
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Ep. 1804 Saying Goodbye to 2020, Woods Edition from 2021-01-01T04:00
Rather than a detailed year in review (really, who needs that for 2020?), I look back on a few genuine highlights of the year, as well as my experiences in states at various stages of reopening, an...
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Ep. 1803 Small Farms, the State, the Market, and You from 2020-12-31T20:11:02
Longtime food freedom activist Max Kane is developing a market-based approach to getting fresh local food conveniently into the hands of ordinary Americans. We discuss his FarmMatch.com network, as...
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Ep. 1802 Jeff Deist on the 2020 Fiasco, and Whether There's a Case for Hope from 2020-12-24T04:00
Mises Institute president Jeff Deist joins us for an end-of-year wrapup, surveying the wreckage of 2020, and then rising to the occasion when I ask him if there's reason to be hopeful. Sponsor: Kra...
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Ep. 1801 The Ongoing Public Health Failure, with Jennifer Cabrera from 2020-12-23T04:00
Jennifer Cabrera joins me to review some new mask research, and assess the interventions that everyone is supposed to pretend are working.
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Ep. 1800 The War on Business, and How to Fight Back from 2020-12-20T04:00
Anastasia Boden of the Pacific Legal Foundation joins me to discuss the fight against unjust laws and regulations that privilege some businesses at the expense of others, or that simply punish busi...
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Ep. 1799 John Mackey on Elevating Humanity Through Business from 2020-12-19T20:00
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey joins us to discuss his new book Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business.
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Ep. 1798 Ivor Cummins on Neglected COVID Truths from 2020-12-18T04:00
Ivor Cummins, who has devoted years to the study of the root causes of modern chronic disease, has been one of the best commentators and number crunchers on COVID-19.
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Ep. 1797 Demonized for Wrongthink on Masks and Other Topics, Professor Confronts His Accusers from 2020-12-17T04:00
New York University's Mark Crispin Miller returns to the show to discuss the ordeal he's been enduring for wrongthink -- don't let students hear both sides of the mask controversy! -- and how he pl...
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Ep. 1796 Business Owner Refuses to Close, Confronts Enforcers from 2020-12-16T04:00
Andrew Cooperrider, owner of the Brewed coffee shop in Lexington, Kentucky, refused to close his establishment in defiance of the governor's orders. He shares his story, and his message, in this ep...
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Ep. 1795 California Legislator Defeats Newsom in Court from 2020-12-12T22:00
California Legislator Kevin Kiley, along with colleague Rep. James Gallagher, successfully sued the governor of California on behalf of the powers of the legislature against an executive run comple...
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Ep. 1794 Since We're Losing, We Need a New Strategy from 2020-12-11T04:10:05
Tom Mullen and Bryan Siemon join me to discuss Tom's new song and music video "Invisible Hand," as well as the most effective ways to reach people with our ideas and whether we ought to be discoura...
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Ep. 1793 Michael Malice and Tom on Writing and Publishing Books from 2020-12-09T04:00
Author and podcaster Michael Malice joins me for a behind-the-scenes discussion of how we write our books and get them published. Even if you have no interest in writing a book -- and that's surely...
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Ep. 1792 Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya on the Lockdown Fiasco from 2020-12-08T04:46:17
Jay Bhattacharya (MD, PhD, Stanford) is a professor of medicine at Stanford University who has been working both on the epidemiology of COVID-19 as well as the appropriate policy response. He is a ...
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Ep. 1791 Walter Williams, Hero of Liberty, RIP from 2020-12-05T22:00
Walter Williams, the brilliant economist and syndicated columnist, died this week. With Thomas Sowell he hammered away for decades against the myths about race and economics peddled by the mainstre...
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Ep. 1790 How We're Pushing Back Against the Feds in 2021 from 2020-12-04T14:00
Michael Boldin, founder and executive director of the Tenth Amendment Center, joins me to discuss ways states have resisted federal overreach in the recent past and what they might do in the future.
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Ep. 1789 How Historical Events, More Than Books, Convert People to Libertarianism from 2020-12-03T16:45:34
Although plenty of people are dedicated to the official narrative about COVID, plenty of others recognize the damages of lockdown and the bizarre hysteria that's driven the whole campaign. Some peo...
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Ep. 1788 Face Masks in One Lesson from 2020-12-02T15:25
Allan Stevo discusses the controversy over universal masking, and recommends strategies for living normally. Sponsor: Give your friends and family the gift that keeps on giving: a Roaster's Choice ...
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Ep. 1787 Actor Rob Schneider on Free Speech, Politics, and Comedy from 2020-12-01T04:00
Rob Schneider has had a long career in film and television since becoming a household name with his sketch comedy on Saturday Night Live. He joins me to discuss free speech, politics, and comedy. S...
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Ep. 1786 What I Told State Legislators About COVID from 2020-11-27T18:51:20
Here is the audio of the remarks I delivered on November 20 to a room of about 100 state legislators from around the country. My aim was twofold: to smash the now-laughable narrative about the viru...
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Ep. 1785 Debate: David Stockman v. Walter Block on Libertarian Electoral Strategy from 2020-11-26T23:00
David Stockman, who served as director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, strongly opposed the re-election of Donald Trump -- not on NeverTrump grounds, but because Stockma...
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Ep. 1784 Postmodernism Debate: Russell v. Rectenwald from 2020-11-25T23:00
Two academics known for their positions on postmodernism, Thaddeus Russell and Michael Rectenwald, join me to hash it out.
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Ep. 1783 Can We Actually Win? Yes, and Here's How from 2020-11-25T06:46:11
Cliff Maloney, who served as an intern for Ron Paul, is now president of Young Americans for Liberty. He joins me to discuss how his organization managed to elect over 120 state-level candidates ac...
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Ep. 1782 Facebook Fact Checks Me, Repeats COVID Doom Propaganda from 2020-11-24T04:00
I guess it was bound to happen eventually: Facebook did a "fact check" on one of my videos. And they don't just refer people to a generic article on how super lockdowns and masks are supposed to be...
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Ep. 1781 What Do the Next Four Years Have in Store? from 2020-11-21T04:00
In this episode I discuss with the Mises Institute's Jeff Deist and the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity's Daniel McAdams What the next four years are likely to have in store for us, and...
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Ep. 1780 Entertainer Dissents From Industry, Demands Liberty from 2020-11-20T08:27:38
Jon Schaffer is lead vocalist for the metal band Iced Earth, and co-founder, with Blind Guardian's Hansi Kürsch, of Demons & Wizards. He's also been a Ron Paul supporter and recently endorsed the L...
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Ep. 1779 Lockdowns on Trial from 2020-11-19T04:00
Michael Betrus joins me to discuss his self-explanatory work "COVID-19: Lockdowns on Trial". It's thorough and crushing.
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Ep. 1778 Media Targets COVID Dissidents from 2020-11-18T04:00
To put it mildly, the mainstream media has not exactly distinguished itself during the COVID crisis. Wild, gruesome predictions that never panned out have rarely been noted or corrected. In the UK,...
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Ep. 1777 Charity Without the Welfare State: Libertarians Who Put Theory Into Action from 2020-11-17T04:00
Libertarians are fond of arguing that in a free society people's needs would be met through voluntary action. Well, amidst all the depressing news of 2020, here's a bright light: an amazing group o...
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Ep. 1776 The Libertarian Party After 2020, With Angela McArdle from 2020-11-14T20:00
Angela McArdle, who chairs the Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County, joins me to discuss the Jo Jorgensen campaign (what went right and what went wrong), gains the party has made, and where it s...
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Ep. 1775 The COVID Cult from 2020-11-13T04:45
In these 20 minutes I stuff as much reality about the virus and the barbaric government response as it's humanly possible to include. I delivered these remarks at the Ron Paul symposium in Angleton...
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Ep. 1774 Maybe Libertarians Have to Be Political After All from 2020-11-12T04:00
I've been lethargic about politics for a long time, and I understand who so many people (myself included) have considered it a waste of time. But with one side in particular planning so many evil t...
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Ep. 1773 There Are Only Two Genders, and Other Things You Can't Say in America from 2020-11-11T04:00
Debra Soh joins me to discuss whether gender is a "spectrum," whether children should "transition," whether gender is a "social construct," and more.
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Ep. 1772 How Bad Ideas Are Killing Common Sense and Rational Debate from 2020-11-10T04:00
Gad Saad returns to discuss his new book The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense.
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Ep. 1771 Michael Rectenwald on the American Dystopia from 2020-11-07T21:30
Marxist turned classical liberal Michael Rectenwald joins me to discuss some of the dystopian features of 2020 America as we explore themes from his new novel, "Thought Criminal".
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Ep. 1770 Screw Politics and Protect Yourself from 2020-11-06T04:00
With the election fiasco still ongoing, I've deliberately chosen a non-political -- maybe even anti-political -- topic for today, with Joel Bein of Crash: strategies to follow to get ahead in your ...
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Ep. 1769 Trump v. Biden: What Happened from 2020-11-04T18:55:01
Like him or hate him, Donald Trump somehow withstood an unprecedented onslaught from the media, the entertainment world, the "intelligence" community, the foreign-policy establishment, politicized ...
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Ep. 1768 Why Don't More People Want to Live? And Other Important Questions from 2020-11-04T08:22:15
Jordan Schachtel is an independent journalist who's done excellent work on the COVID fiasco from the beginning. We explore the whole bizarre affair, one aspect at a time.
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Ep. 1767 Epidemiologist Favors Mostly Normal Life, So the Crazies Hate Her from 2020-11-02T23:30
Oxford's Sunetra Gupta has been called the world's premier infectious disease epidemiologist, but that hasn't stopped people who disagree with her from all kinds of wild, unprofessional attacks on ...
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Ep. 1766 Report from the UK: Restrictions and Panic from 2020-10-31T19:00
The great Dominic Frisby joins us for an update on what's happening in the UK, where the authorities say the police will be used to break up Christmas dinners.
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Ep. 1765 The PCR Testing Fiasco from 2020-10-30T03:00
Kevin McKernan joins me to discuss the problems with PCR testing during the pandemic, and why they're yielding results that are, to say the least, unhelpful.
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Ep. 1764 Resistance, the American Way from 2020-10-29T03:00
In the first half of this episode I play the full, extended interview I did for Pete Quinones' great documentary The Monopoly on Violence. He asked me to discuss state nullification of unconstituti...
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Ep. 1763 The State's War on Cars from 2020-10-28T03:00
The great Eric Peters returns for an update on the ongoing war on cars, the various forms it takes, and how it affects you.
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Ep. 1762 No, Consumer Spending Isn't What Drives the Economy from 2020-10-27T05:32:01
Investor and FreedomFest creator Mark Skousen joins me to discuss the economy, and particularly the common error of thinking that "consumer spending" drives the economy.
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Ep. 1761 Trump vs. Biden: The Final Debate from 2020-10-23T21:50:02
Lew Rockwell joins me for our final debate analysis episode of the 2020 election cycle!
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Ep. 1760 Heterodox Leftist Opposes Lockdown and Democratic Establishment from 2020-10-23T05:41:03
I got to know Professor Michael Crispin Miller when he wrote to tell me how much he enjoyed my remarks at the Mises Institute's Jekyll Island conference on the lockdowns and the rest of the disastr...
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Ep. 1759 Me vs. Academia from 2020-10-22T03:00
Ol' Woods here has always had views a teensy bit different from the academic mainstream, so in today's episode we start off with some reminiscences from the Columbia University history department, ...
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Ep. 1758 The Lockdowners' Crimes Against Humanity from 2020-10-21T03:50:01
Nick Hudson created PANDA -- Pandemics Data & Analytics -- as a conduit for rational, data-driven analysis of COVID-19, and to examine the human and economic toll of extended lockdowns.
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Ep. 1757 The COVID Economy, and the COVID Restrictions: Present and Future from 2020-10-20T03:55:05
The great Gene Epstein joins me for a review of where the US economy stands now and where it's going, with COVID and the restrictions in the background, and then we proceed to a discussion of the v...
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Ep. 1756 The COVID Mask Controversy from 2020-10-17T16:25:01
Masks have become central to the response to COVID-19, and a great deal of acrimony has developed between people who favor and oppose masks. After the New England Journal of Medicine argued that th...
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Ep. 1755 Indoctrination Monopoly Lashes Out at Libertarian Educators from 2020-10-16T14:52:59
The popular libertarian children's book series caught the attention of Current Affairs, which is not at all happy that children are being exposed to libertarian ideas. "Why, this is indoctrination...
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Ep. 1754 The 45 Minutes Your Undecided COVID Friends Need to Hear from 2020-10-14T20:00
This is the single best presentation I've made on COVID and the government response. I genuinely do not see how someone can hear this information and continue along in support of lockdowns and the ...
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Ep. 1753 The Price of Panic: How the Tyranny of Experts Turned a Pandemic Into a Catastrophe from 2020-10-14T03:00
Jay Richards joins me to discuss the first book to hit the shelves on COVID and the lockdowns, and it's a ten-megaton bomb against the propagandists.
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Ep. 1752 Freedom Cells: Finally, Something Practical Libertarians Can Do to Live Freer from 2020-10-10T19:30
Longtime liberty activist John Bush joins me to discuss his Freedom Cells strategy, already in effect and growing, to allow libertarians to live and flourish with as little state involvement as pos...
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Ep. 1751 Pence v. Harris: What Happened from 2020-10-08T22:59:17
Dan McCarthy joins me for a rather lively overview and analysis of last night's vice presidential debate.
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Ep. 1750 Rational COVID Reporter vs. the Lockdowners from 2020-10-07T22:00:07
Jennifer Cabrera has done very important work compiling overlooked data on COVID, and has been one of the top voices I myself have consulted to stay sane during these crazy times. One of my favorit...
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Ep. 1749 The Non-Hysterics Just Asserted Themselves from 2020-10-07T03:00
Scientists from Oxford, Harvard, and Stanford just released a declaration against lockdowns as a strategy and for the resumption of normal life, particularly for younger people -- and that means sp...
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Ep. 1748 The Unknown History of States Defying the Feds from 2020-10-06T03:00
If a President Biden where to try to shut the country down, as he has said he would, it would be necessary for the rational states to recall the powers they once had to protect their people from th...
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Ep. 1747 Ex-Marxist Exposes Postmodernism, Critical Theory, and Cultural Studies from 2020-10-03T03:00
Michael Rectenwald, whose life was made miserable to impossible at New York University after he began to dissent from the social justice orthodoxy, just created a full-blown course on postmodernism...
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Ep. 1746 Can Anarchism and Conservatism Teach Each Other? from 2020-10-02T03:00
Dan McCarthy, editor of Modern Age, is a traditional conservative who has great sympathy for and is widely read in Rothbardian anarcho-capitalism. We have a meeting of the minds in today’s episode.
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Ep. 1745 Lew Rockwell and Tom on the First Trump/Biden Debate from 2020-09-30T21:17:35
Lew Rockwell joins me for our traditional post-debate episode!
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Ep. 1744 Doing Business in an Age of Shutdowns, with CEO Donald Wilson from 2020-09-30T03:00
Donald Wilson is the CEO of GearBubble, the platform I’ll be using to offer Tom Woods Show merchandise, and where over 150,000 people sell print-on-demand products like phone cases, mugs, and T-shi...
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Ep. 1743 Lockdowns Are Crushing the Developing World from 2020-09-29T03:00
Gret Glyer is the creator of DonorSee, the extraordinary philanthropy app. He lived in Malawi for three years and is well informed about the challenges facing the developing world. From the beginni...
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Ep. 1742 University Life in America: An Eyewitness Report from 2020-09-26T03:00
TJ Roberts, a law student who recently finished his undergraduate studies, gives us a no-holds-barred glimpse into modern university life. And as you might expect, it ain't pretty.
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Ep. 1741 Harvard Medical School Prof. Martin Kulldorff: Lockdowns Not the Answer from 2020-09-24T21:55:03
Martin Kulldorff is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and is a biostatistician and epidemiologist whose research centers on the early detection and monitoring of infectious disease ...
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Ep. 1740 The Post-Ginsburg Supreme Court, with Kevin Gutzman from 2020-09-24T03:59:45
Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought for what she believed in -- which is precisely what made her an atrocious Supreme Court justice. Historian and legal scholar Kevin Gutzman joins me to discuss her legacy ...
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Ep. 1739 The Meme Policeman on How to Smash Low-IQ Propaganda from 2020-09-23T03:00
Ryan Wood, otherwise known as the "Meme Policeman," joins me to discuss his demolition of the low-IQ memes we all see circulating on social media.
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Ep. 1738 The Anti-Lockdown Side Is Growing from 2020-09-22T03:00
Now even the political left, which should have opposed the lockdowns from the beginning, is speaking out against lockdowns, as we can see in an important piece that appeared in Jacobin magazine. Le...
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Ep. 1737 Bob Murphy on How Money Works, and Against MMT from 2020-09-19T01:00
The great economist Bob Murphy joins me to overturn misconceptions about money, including the particular misunderstanding popular among Bernie Sanders supporters.
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Ep. 1736 Little-Known Presidential Power Grabs from 2020-09-18T03:00
Here's an episode's worth of material that I venture to guess no high school student learned in history class, and which pays particular attention to how presidents have grabbed war powers for them...
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Ep. 1735 Dave Rubin on How Political Disagreement Became Semi-Warfare from 2020-09-16T21:10:44
Dave Rubin, host of the popular Rubin Report, joins me to discuss the phenomenon whereby vigorous debate has degenerated into warring camps.
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Ep. 1734 Labor Needs a Free Market, and Other Libertarian Lessons from 2020-09-16T03:55:03
Sheldon Richman returns to continue our discussion of topics from his new book, What Social Animals Owe to Each Other.
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Ep. 1733 Phil Labonte on the Fate of Music During Lockdown from 2020-09-15T03:00
Phil Labonte, vocalist for the metal band All That Remains, joins me to discuss the difficulties facing performers during the age of COVID restrictions.
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Ep. 1732 The Truth About Kyle Rittenhouse from 2020-09-12T20:00
Opinion has been sharply divided about Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who killed two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in what many say was an act of self-defense. In this episode I'm joined by ...
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Ep. 1731 Well, Well, Well: Look Who's (Kind of) Libertarian from 2020-09-11T03:00
Russell Kirk, one of the founding intellectuals of postwar American conservatism, was often contemptuous of libertarians. But when it came to economics, it turns out that he was rather a libertaria...
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Ep. 1730 Jeff Deist on Silver Linings from the COVID Dystopia from 2020-09-10T04:44:56
The COVID lockdowns and restrictions are terrible and inexcusable and dystopian, without a doubt. Yet might there be some weird silver linings here? Jeff Deist explains.
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Ep. 1729 Libertarianism: A Necessary Review of the Foundations from 2020-09-09T04:10:39
Sheldon Richman joins me to discuss some of the first principles we defend as libertarians, where they come from, and why we defend them.
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Ep. 1728 How the Presidency Got So Powerful from 2020-09-05T19:00
In this episode I trace important developments in the history of the U.S. presidency that helped to transform it into the powerful office it is now.
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Ep. 1727 Do Conservatives Have Important Things to Tell the World? from 2020-09-05T03:00
Hillsdale College professor and prize-winning author Brad Birzer joins me to discuss the neglected but important Robert Nisbet, and we have an interesting back-and-forth about his principles for co...
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Ep. 1726 Conservatism in the Age of Trump from 2020-09-04T03:00
Paul Gottfried joins me to discuss cancel culture (on both left and right) as well as the composition of the official conservative movement after nearly four years of a Trump presidency, and quite ...
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Ep. 1725 Can Trump Win? from 2020-09-02T22:00
Daniel McCarthy, editor of the venerable Modern Age, joins me to discuss recent events, including the President's convention speech, and assess the probability of four more years of Trump.
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Ep. 1724 Postmodernism, Critical Theory, and What's Wrong With (Much of) Academia from 2020-09-01T17:58:28
James Lindsay joins me to discuss postmodernism, critical theory, and the various fields -- like "queer studies", "disabled studies", and the like -- that have made academia into a minefield of unt...
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Ep. 1723 Ever Thought About Fleeing the U.S.? from 2020-08-30T03:00
I sure hadn't, until recently. Two immigration lawyers join me today to discuss Americans' options when it comes to moving somewhere else and in particular getting dual citizenship. Sponsor: offer...
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Ep. 1722 Are There Shutdown-Proof Businesses? from 2020-08-29T03:00
Mark Ling has been a serial product creator and entrepreneur since age 20. He's co-founder of the Rocket Languages foreign-language instruction program, which I've promoted for years and which is f...
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Ep. 1721 Eating Meat: A Nutritional, Environmental, and Ethical Defense from 2020-08-27T03:00
New York Times bestselling author and former research biochemist Robb Wolf joins me to make the nutritional, environmental, and ethical case for eating meat.
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Ep. 1720 Newly Elected Libertarian Party Chair from 2020-08-26T03:00
Joe Bishop-Henchman was recently elected chair of the Libertarian National Committee. We talk about his background, his vision for the party, and how divisions in the party might be healed. Sponsor...
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Ep. 1719 The Colonial Origins of American Liberty from 2020-08-25T03:00
The traditions and principles behind American liberty extend well beyond the Constitution or the War for Independence, and indeed can be found deep within the colonial experience. Here's a review o...
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Ep. 1718 Woods Public Speaking and Persuasion Secrets from 2020-08-21T19:00
I talk about what I've learned over the course of my 25-year public speaking career, in the form of tips for would-be and/or nervous public speakers. Even if you're never going to give a presentati...
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Ep. 1717 The Origins of Gun Rights, and the Problem With Wimpy Christians from 2020-08-20T21:00
John Zmirak argues that gun rights can be justified both through natural law and via Christian arguments, and that mainline churches deploring the "gun lobby" hold their own tradition in contempt. ...
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Ep. 1716 Michael Malice: Is Everything in Decline, or Is There Legitimate Hope? from 2020-08-19T19:00
Generation after generation, we hear lamentations of decline and certain doom -- from both left and right. There's plenty to be concerned about, to be sure, but is this the correct way to assess th...
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Ep. 1715 Libertarians and Social Anxiety from 2020-08-18T19:00
The great Antony Sammeroff, author of Universal Basic Income: For and Against, joins us to discuss the other work he does, helping people live the best lives they can. One area in which he's helped...
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Ep. 1714 Patriarchy, Toxic Masculinity, Rape Culture, and Other Things That Aren't Real from 2020-08-18T03:00
Gerard Casey joins me to discuss some of the buzzwords of modern feminism (like "patriarchy" and "toxic masculinity") as well as "rape culture" and the #MeToo movement.
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Ep. 1713 The Lesson About Society That Nobody Understands from 2020-08-15T21:00
Economics in One Lesson is one of the books virtually everyone recommends for beginners, and for good reason. I elaborate on some of the ideas explained in this important book -- which, in its fund...
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Ep. 1712 Time to De-Demonize Fossil Fuels from 2020-08-15T04:05:32
Alex Epstein returns to discuss the moral and economic rights and wrongs of energy policy, and how people who truly care about human flourishing should think about fossil fuels, climate change, and...
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Ep. 1711 Rep. Thomas Massie Against the Fact-Free COVID-19 Hysterics from 2020-08-14T03:00
Thomas Massie, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky, joins me to discuss the correct, non-hysterical response to COVID-19, along with electric cars, crazy spending bills, and standing alone against the m...
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Ep. 1710 David Stockman and Gene Epstein on Economic Prospects in the Age of COVID from 2020-08-12T16:00
David Stockman, who served as OMB director under Ronald Reagan, joins Gene Epstein, formerly of Barron's, to discuss where the economy is right now and where it's going. Gene is more optimistic tha...
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Ep. 1709 Scott Horton and Tom Woods on Government Police from 2020-08-11T15:52:04
Scott Horton and I talk about the problems with the police and the insights libertarians have into the solution.
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Ep. 1708 The Questions Everyone Wants to Ask Me, Answered from 2020-08-08T22:00
I joined Pete Quinones of the for a freewheeling Ask Me Anything session -- the first time I've ever done one. We covered all kinds of topics, from optimism/pessimism to social media bias (and the...
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Ep. 1707 When Neocons Attack: Bolton-Linked PAC Targets Libertarian from 2020-08-07T03:00
Former Maine state senator Eric Brakey discusses his GOP primary race for U.S. Congress in Maine, where a John Bolton-linked PAC dumped a pile of money into an effort to damage his name (particular...
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Ep. 1706 Lockdowns, Masks, and the Virus from 2020-08-05T23:06:28
In this episode I look at some examples and counterexamples of countries with lockdowns and mask mandates, and see if simple connections can be made.
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Ep. 1705 Trump's Foreign Policy: Promises and Results from 2020-08-05T03:00
Has Trump lived up to expectations that he might roll back some of the U.S. government's foreign intervention? Zach Weissmueller joins me to discuss.
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Ep. 1704 Stubborn, Wealth-Destroying Economic Myths Smashed from 2020-08-01T16:00
In this free-flowing discussion I cover a bunch of economic myths and misconceptions that have hounded the human race to this day.
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Ep. 1703 The Dystopian Schools of COVID, and What Parents Can Do Instead from 2020-07-31T03:00
With masks, "social distancing," and even more regimentation than usual in store for children this fall, parents are wondering what to do. In this episode, I present them with a pretty good option.
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Ep. 1702 The Woods Life Advice You Need from 2020-07-30T04:15:01
One of the most enjoyable (for me, at least) presentations I've ever given is shared in this episode, which recounts valuable life lessons I've accumulated over my nearly 48 years. I solemnly promi...
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Ep. 1701 Smashing the Duopoly from 2020-07-29T03:00
Martha Bueno, vice chair of the Libertarian Party of Miami Dade County, discusses the various ways the major parties give themselves advantages over upstarts, and offers a strategy for reversing it.
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Ep. 1700 Hmm, Maybe the Media Has a Double Standard! from 2020-07-28T03:00
With Nathan Sandmann having settled his defamation suit with the Washington Post, it's an opportune moment to review what the media did to the Covington Catholic High School students last year, and...
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Ep. 1699 Left-Liberals Are the Source of Everything Good? from 2020-07-25T20:30
A chart comparing conservatives and liberals appeared in a California high school class, and it seemed like a good jumping-off point for an episode. You'll never guess: conservatives are caricature...
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Ep. 1698 The Fact-Free Lockdown Hysteria from 2020-07-24T03:00
In this episode I summarize the claims of the pro-lockdown side and conclude by considering what life is all about, after all, and whether mere biological existence truly qualifies.
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Ep. 1697 Michael Malice on Trump, Systemic Racism, and the Destruction of New York from 2020-07-23T03:00
Michael Malice joins me for a discussion of current events, including the condition of New York in the age of COVID, new poll results showing how racist Americans think their country is, and what T...
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Ep. 1696 How Revolutionary Ideologies Mimic Christianity: A Case Study from 2020-07-22T03:00
John Zmirak, senior editor at The Stream, joins me to discuss the weird ways leftist political ideologies (wittingly or otherwise) appropriate Christian ideas. Sponsor:
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Ep. 1695 The Source of Economic Ups and Downs from 2020-07-21T03:00
Professor Jonathan Newman joins me to review the role of the Federal Reserve in creating economic discoordination and chaos -- the opposite of what its defenders claim it does.
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Ep. 1694 Angela McArdle: Report on the Libertarian Convention from 2020-07-18T03:00
The Libertarian Party held its convention in Orlando last week, and plenty of things happened that will be of interest to Tom Woods Show listeners, even if not all are members of the LP. Check it out!
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Ep. 1693 Adam Curry on "Cancel Culture," Podcasting, and Music from 2020-07-17T03:00
Adam Curry, whose career in entertainment includes years as an MTV VJ, co-hosts the No Agenda podcast and was a pioneer in podcasting himself. The way he and co-host John Dvorak finance the podcast...
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Ep. 1692 Markets and Environmental Protection (Plus, How the Virus Will Affect Education) from 2020-07-16T03:00
Timothy Terrell of Wofford College joins me to discuss the misconception that environmental damage is a case of "market failure," and the real driving force behind environmental improvements. We be...
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Ep. 1691 The Pentagon vs. the Economy from 2020-07-13T14:30
The warfare state deforms the economy in ways most Americans don't realize. I discussed the topic in this episode with Scott Horton.
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Ep. 1690 Dave Smith on the Present Insanity from 2020-07-10T17:15:08
Comedian and podcaster Dave Smith joins me for a review of what's been happening in the world, including media atrocities, school so-called reopenings, and why no president can "unify the country."
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Ep. 1689 Scott Horton on the "Russian Bounties" Story from 2020-07-09T14:30
Scott Horton joins us to discuss whether we have reason to believe that the Russians placed "bounties" on the heads of American troops in Afghanistan, and also to review recent U.S. policy toward R...
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Ep. 1688 The Problem with Lincoln? from 2020-07-08T15:00:07
Tom DiLorenzo, recently retired as a professor at Loyola University Maryland, joins us to discuss a side of Abraham Lincoln most Americans have never heard. Sponsor: With thousands of five-star rev...
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Ep. 1687 Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All from 2020-07-07T14:25:04
Michael Shellenberger joins me to discuss his new book, .
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Ep. 1686 The Real Meaning of Independence Day, with Kevin Gutzman from 2020-07-03T18:45:33
What is Independence Day really all about? Certainly more than just the sleep-inducing "no taxation without representation." James Madison biographer Kevin Gutzman joins me for the real story. Plus...
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Ep. 1685 The Mob Claims Another One from 2020-07-02T22:38:50
Steve Hsu is professor of theoretical physics at Michigan State University. Until recently, he was vice president for research and graduate studies. Despite over 1000 letters on his behalf includin...
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Ep. 1684 Welcome to Leftist America from 2020-07-01T21:55:54
In this episode I talk about the new America, in which we freely call people "white supremacists" (Paul Krugman just used the term to refer to all elderly people in Florida), dissident voices are s...
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Ep. 1683 Should We Panic About Texas and COVID? from 2020-07-01T04:20:01
Texas, Florida, and Arizona have the usual suspects up to their usual doomsday scenarios. Should we really be concerned?
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Ep. 1682 Cuomo and de Blasio Lockdown Regimes Smacked by Judge from 2020-06-29T22:20:05
The Thomas More Society's Christopher Ferrara just won a major victory over the governor of New York and the mayor of New York City with a ruling by Federal District Judge Gary L. Sharpe that strik...
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Ep. 1681 A Lifetime of Exposing Government Lies from 2020-06-26T22:05:27
Journalist Diana Johnstone has covered the world, and particularly US foreign affairs, for decades. It ain't a pretty story, but it's one that needs to be told.
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Ep. 1680 Dominic Frisby on Lockdowns, the Insane West, and the Libertarian National Anthem from 2020-06-25T20:55:03
Comedian, financial writer, and jack-of-all-trades Dominic Frisby joins me to discuss the continued lockdowns in the UK, what's happening in Western societies, and his new national anthem for Liber...
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Ep. 1679 Dale Brown: How to Slash Violent Crime from 2020-06-24T21:03:35
Dale Brown's Detroit Threat Management Center has had tremendous success in lowering violent crime rates, and has done so using methods that emphasize de-escalation and nonviolence. In the wake of ...
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Ep. 1678 The Conservative Surrender from 2020-06-23T15:30:02
With the present pitiful showing by conservatives as the backdrop, Paul Gottfried joins us to discuss what went wrong with Conservatism, Inc.
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Ep. 1677 Roundtable on the Police: Problems and Solutions from 2020-06-20T13:00
Libertarian writer James Reilly and Mises Institute president Jeff Deist join me for a libertarian perspective on the problems with the police and what our proposed solutions would be.
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Ep. 1676 Never Forget the Villainy of the Fed from 2020-06-19T17:25:10
Once again the Federal Reserve is being presented to us as a great savior during a time of crisis. I once spoke at Jekyll Island itself in refutation of this claim. Worth revisiting during these ti...
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Ep. 1675 How the Public Views the Rich from 2020-06-18T17:00:02
Rainer Zitelmann's new book on people's perceptions of the rich is filled with interesting and surprising results: who "deserves" to be wealthy, what qualities people associate with the rich, how p...
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Ep. 1674 When Police Brutality Occurs in Minneapolis, Attack the South from 2020-06-17T14:00:02
Nothing is less fashionable than defending the South from attack. Responses like "why, you must support slavery," or "you're a racist," sum up the intellectual level you can expect from your critic...
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Ep. 1673 Academia Is Worse Than You Thought from 2020-06-16T15:10:36
Professor Gad Saad joins me to discuss trends in academia, whether leftist domination occurs because they're just smarter than we are, and why CEOs feel compelled to endorse every fashionable cause.
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Ep. 1672 The Monopoly on Violence from 2020-06-13T02:32:17
Pete Quinones joins me to discuss his new documentary on the state and how we might think about life without it.
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Ep. 1671 Bitcoin: A Guide for the Perplexed from 2020-06-12T15:15
Vijay Boyapati joins me for a crash course in Bitcoin: why it matters (to the world and to you), what it accomplishes, where it's headed, and why he thinks it's actually superior to gold.
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Ep. 1670 Spike Cohen, LP Vice-Presidential Nominee from 2020-06-11T00:27:47
Spike Cohen, the Libertarian Party's vice presidential nominee, joins me to discuss radicalism and gradualism, his days as a neoconservative, entrepreneurial background, his libertarian transformat...
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Ep. 1669 What Does "Defund the Police" Mean? from 2020-06-10T04:50:54
I'm being told to celebrate because the left has brought the phrase "defund the police" into the national spotlight. I'll get excited when I can figure out what on Earth they mean by it.
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Ep. 1668 The Ethics of Anarcho-Capitalism from 2020-06-08T23:42:02
Kris Borer joins me to discuss the foundations of and the most persuasive case for anarcho-capitalism -- that is, a pure free market without a state of any kind.
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Ep. 1667 Protests Are Stupid, and Other Unpopular Opinions from 2020-06-06T16:40
Dave Smith, comedian and host of Part of the Problem, joins me to discuss the George Floyd protests, the riots, and the (mostly depressing) libertarian response.
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Ep. 1666 Nobody Knows Who Invented the Computer from 2020-06-04T22:58:53
Matt Ridley joins us for a discussion of innovation and how and where it flourishes, along with specific examples ranging from the mundane lightbulb to the personal computer. (I ask Matt why invent...
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Ep. 1665 The Political Fallout of the Riots from 2020-06-03T23:01:20
Dan McCarthy, editor of the venerable , joins me for a discussion of the riots and what they could mean for America's political future.
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Ep. 1664 On Looting and Police Brutality, with Eric July from 2020-06-03T02:02:48
Musician and libertarian content creator Eric July joins me to discuss police brutality, real solutions, and people making excuses for rioters and looters.
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Ep. 1663 Dr. Jo Jorgensen, LP Presidential Nominee from 2020-06-01T22:56:39
Dr. Jo Jorgensen joins me today to discuss her campaign for president, her background, the main issues she intends to focus on, her experiences with Harry Browne (with whom Dr. Jorgensen was vice p...
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Ep. 1662 How to Resist the Feds from 2020-05-30T16:00
Ten years ago next month I released my book Nullification, a combination history and strategy book for restraining federal power. The ideas in that book are strictly forbidden -- the official conse...
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Ep. 1661 The Lockdowns and Those Millions of Lives from 2020-05-28T23:33:02
Today I look a bit deeper into the results of the lockdowns, which are being credited with having saved "millions" of lives.
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Ep. 1660 Post-Virus America from 2020-05-27T22:35:02
Gene Epstein joins us for a much-needed bit of optimism, particularly regarding the economy, as we look toward post-virus America.
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Ep. 1659 What Just Happened at the Libertarian Convention? from 2020-05-26T23:11:04
The online portion, anyway. Washington delegate Miguel Duque joins me to discuss the party's presidential nominee, where the Mises Caucus stands right now, and what comes next.
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Ep. 1658 Ex-Marxist Ridicules "Wokeness" from 2020-05-22T16:00
Michael Rectenwald, retired professor at New York University, was a lifelong Marxist until very recently. He's now repudiated that past and embraced a Misesian future. His new book, , explores ever...
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Ep. 1657 These Libertarians Are Carrying on, Virus or No from 2020-05-22T03:00
Carla Gericke, president emeritus of the Free State Project, joins me to discuss PorcFest -- it's still on this year! -- and other goings-on among New Hampshire libertarians. Guest's Website:
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Ep. 1656 Shenanigans in the Libertarian Party? from 2020-05-21T02:56:36
Michael Heise of the Mises Caucus of the Libertarian Party joins me to discuss some developments at the party's highest levels that have even people who haven't been our traditional allies crying f...
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Ep. 1655 Why Does the Left Favor Lockdowns? from 2020-05-20T03:00
It's been quite remarkable to me the extent to which the lockdowns have divided people along ideological lines. A left-wing case against lockdown seems so easy to make and so obvious, and yet a van...
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Ep. 1654 The Two COVID Americas from 2020-05-19T03:00
Pete Quinones and I have a wide-ranging discussion of the ongoing COVID-19 problem and the state response, and the parallel nations emerging out of all this: (1) people who are simply giving up lif...
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Ep. 1653 Economic Historians Are a Train Wreck from 2020-05-16T16:00
Most American historians are atrociously bad at economic history, and the fallacies they peddle about how they think events occurred in the past go on to inform terrible decisions about economic po...
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Ep. 1652 Reagan Admin's David Stockman on Lockdowns and the Economy from 2020-05-15T17:30
David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, joins me for a discussion of the wisdom (or otherwise) of the response to COVID-19, and what the economic ramifi...
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Ep. 1651 Owner of Capitalism.com on 21st-Century Entrepreneurship from 2020-05-14T16:03:54
Ryan Daniel Moran, a libertarian who operates Capitalism.com, is a highly successful entrepreneur who first came on my radar when he made a video about the taxes he was paying -- which in turn remi...
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Ep. 1650 Genuine Ron Paulian Is Frontrunner for U.S. Congress from 2020-05-13T12:27:16
Eric Brakey, former state senator from Maine and a Tom Woods Show listener and supporter, is currently the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for U.S. Congress in his district. We discuss ca...
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Ep. 1649 Economics vs. the Civilization Wreckers from 2020-05-12T15:02:46
Jeff Deist, president of the , invited me to be a guest on the Human Action podcast, which has been exploring each part of Ludwig von Mises' Human Action with a different expert each episode. My ep...
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Ep. 1648 Are Left and Right Experiencing Two Different Pandemics? from 2020-05-08T22:30:58
Jeff Deist, chairman of the Mises Institute, joins me to try to get to the bottom of why the response to COVID-19 (and the lockdowns) seems for the most part to divide along ideological lines, an o...
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Ep. 1647 How to Live Free, Even Now from 2020-05-07T19:55:37
One of the great Harry Browne's most important books was How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World. It is a blueprint for throwing off all manner of shackles (some self-imposed) that hold us back from...
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Ep. 1646 Dave Smith and Tom Woods on Justin Amash from 2020-05-06T15:55:14
U.S. Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan recently joined the Libertarian Party and, having formed an "exploratory committee," seems certain to run for president. Dave Smith joins me to discuss Ama...
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Ep. 1645 Sheriffs Resisting Stay-at-Home Orders? from 2020-05-05T16:55:03
Sheriff Richard Mack of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, who has a Supreme Court victory under his belt, joins me to discuss recent events involving American sheriffs and...
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BONUS Ep. 1644 My New Print-on-Demand Business (and Yours?) from 2020-05-03T03:00
The old man here has succumbed and finally decided to make Tom Woods Show merchandise, so I've been consulting with a listener who's an expert in this area. This, in turn, reminded me of Rachel Rof...
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Ep. 1643 Libertarians and the Shutdown, and 100 Other Things from 2020-05-02T03:00
In this potpourri episode I discuss the COVID economy, the role of the Libertarian Party, what our position on the shutdown should be, how to pitch libertarianism to the left, my advice to budding ...
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Ep. 1642 How the Shutdown Affects Business Owners from 2020-05-01T03:00
Steven Nekhaila, who chairs the Libertarian Party of Florida, owns multiple businesses, and he joins me to discuss how the shutdown has been affecting business owners.
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Ep. 1641 Ron Paulian Poised to Become U.S. Congressman? from 2020-04-30T03:00
Matt Gurtler became politically aware during the 2008 Ron Paul presidential campaign, for which he volunteered, and is currently a state representative in Georgia. With an open U.S. congressional s...
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Ep. 1640 Michael Malice on the North Korean Succession from 2020-04-29T03:00
There's been speculation in the media about the health and whereabouts of North Korea's Kim Jong Il. This, in turn, has led some people to speculate about who might succeed him. Michael Malice join...
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Ep. 1639 Protesting the Stay-at-Home Orders from 2020-04-28T12:30:44
Angela McArdle joins me to discuss the protest she's organizing in Los Angeles -- May 1, 2020, at 1:00pm near City Hall -- against the stay-at-home orders. People who protest these orders have been...
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Ep. 1638 Ban Homeschooling, Says Harvard Law Prof from 2020-04-25T03:00
Elizabeth Bartholet of Harvard Law School says homeschooling should be banned with very rare exceptions that parents would have to justify with overwhelming evidence. Her reasons are many, but one ...
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Ep. 1637 What the Mediocre Joe Biden Represents from 2020-04-23T14:35:53
In the midst of the pandemic Joe Biden has become invisible, even more of a nonentity than usual. Dan McCarthy has an intriguing take on what the mediocre, uninspiring Biden truly represents.
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Ep. 1636 The Ignored Questions of COVID-19 from 2020-04-22T14:11:55
In this episode I cover a lot of ground, albeit a bit haphazardly: the unintended consequences of "lockdown," the superstitious reverence for "scientists" (who, contrary to popular belief, are not ...
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Ep. 1635 Ten Years of Nullification from 2020-04-21T03:00
It's been ten years since my book Nullification was published, so it's an appropriate moment for a retrospective on how during that time the states have pushed back against various federal intrusio...
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Ep. 1634 J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Friendship from 2020-04-18T19:37:51
Brad Birzer joins me to discuss J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, their friendship, and its inspiration for his latest project, which will knock your socks off.
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Ep. 1633 Trump, the Governors, and the Constitution from 2020-04-17T08:23:36
The President and the governors of numerous states have been in a war of words over who has the authority to reopen the country in the wake of the virus. We've even heard governors talking about th...
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Ep. 1632 The U.S. Warfare State and the Heroes Who Opposed It from 2020-04-16T03:00
Quite a diverse array of voices have spoken out against the U.S. war machine over the past two centuries, and in today's episode we discuss a bunch of them.
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Ep. 1631 What the Governors Should Do Now from 2020-04-15T03:00
Jeff Deist of the Mises Institute joins me to review the specific steps the state governors should take right now to restore normal life in the United States.
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Ep. 1630 Dissident Virus Voices from 2020-04-14T13:20:46
Brett Veinotte of invited me onto his podcast to talk coronavirus, lockdowns, and frustration -- and hope.
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Ep. 1629 Kinsella on the Coronavirus, His Road to Libertarianism, and the Good and Bad in Ayn Rand from 2020-04-09T18:55:03
Libertarian legal theorist Stephan Kinsella and I discuss his road to libertarianism (of the Rothbardian kind), where he thinks we need more work, the rights and wrongs of Ayn Rand, and more. And y...
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Ep. 1628 Is the Coronavirus a Libertarian Moment? from 2020-04-08T06:08:35
Finance professor Murray Sabrin thinks so. Murray is convinced that libertarians in fact have an excellent opportunity to lay bare the problems with the state.
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Ep. 1627 Lockdowns vs. Human Flourishing: Is There Another Approach? from 2020-04-07T05:17:52
Alex Epstein returns to discuss the coronavirus response, what sensible practices we ought to adopt, and why mere biological life is not enough.
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Ep. 1626 What's Wrong With American Health Care? from 2020-04-04T18:50:44
Anthony Welti, candidate for Washington state insurance commissioner, joins us to discuss the libertarian insights that reveal what's wrong with American health care.
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Ep. 1625 The Woods Controversies Revisited from 2020-04-03T08:37:51
With the insightful -- and to my mind hilarious -- Roger McCaffrey, I review the fun controversies surrounding some of my most successful books. We also discuss libertarianism and the appeal it sho...
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Ep. 1624 Non-Marxist Latin American History from 2020-04-02T04:17:58
Dedra Birzer, lecturer in history at Hillsdale College, joins me for a bird's-eye view of a major chunk of Latin American history, beginning with pre-Columbian civilizations and continuing through ...
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Ep. 1623 Doug Casey on the Coronavirus Fallout from 2020-04-01T05:45:07
Doug Casey, whose book Crisis Investing spent 29 weeks at the #1 position on the New York Times bestseller list, joins me to assess the fallout from the various governmental responses to the corona...
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Ep. 1622 You Want Your Grandmother Dead, Says the Herd from 2020-03-31T03:00
Dave Smith and I discuss the approach being recommended to cope with COVID-19. Is "if this saves one life, I'll be happy" a sensible way to think about the world? If you object to shutdowns for ind...
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Ep. 1621 Resisting the Federal Government in These Dark Days? from 2020-03-28T03:00
I talk to the 's Michael Boldin and host Peter Quinones about state nullification of unconstitutional federal laws, and whether it might apply in the current circumstances.
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Ep. 1620 The Economics of the Shutdown from 2020-03-27T03:00
Professors Joseph Salerno and Peter Klein join me to discuss the economics of the extraordinary episode we are currently living through, as well as the likely consequences of how the federal govern...
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Ep. 1619 How Free People Can Help the Most Vulnerable, Especially During a Crisis from 2020-03-26T03:00
DonorSee creator Gret Glyer joins us to discuss how individuals can make real differences in the lives of other individuals, often halfway around the world -- particularly during the coronavirus cr...
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Ep. 1618 How to Prepare for the Unexpected, Step by Step from 2020-03-25T05:15:07
Jack Spirko, host of The Survival Podcast, joins me to answer the questions we all have right now: what exactly should we do to prepare for the unexpected? What do we need and what do we not need? ...
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Ep. 1617 Another Libertarian Strategy: Startup Societies from 2020-03-24T02:00
Joe McKinney, founder and CEO of the Startup Societies Foundation, discusses the array of models and possibilities for "startup societies," whereby new or existing communities establish arrangement...
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Ep. 1616 More Forbidden Questions in American History from 2020-03-22T01:00
Here's a freewheeling discussion of a whole bunch of questions your junior high school teacher never answered -- or even raised. Enjoy!
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Ep. 1615 How the State Makes Busybodies into Busybullies from 2020-03-20T08:00
Economist Antony Davies and political scientist James Harrigan join me to discuss their new book "Cooperation and Coercion: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What That Means for Economics and P...
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Ep. 1614 Peter Schiff on the Economics of the Coronavirus from 2020-03-19T03:59:55
Uncertainty casts a shadow over everything right now, as people wonder how long the coronavirus problem will persist and how intense it will become. Some people face questions about employment and ...
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Ep. 1613 Dave Smith on Humorless Libertarian Ninnies from 2020-03-18T03:00
Popular podcaster and comedian Dave Smith joins me to discuss the libertarian movement's ninny problem, whereby a tiny (but obnoxiously loud) minority spends its time on the rampage against people ...
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Ep. 1612 Joe and Bernie Go One-on-One from 2020-03-17T03:00
I review last night's one-on-one presidential debate between the top two remaining democratic presidential contenders. Plenty of lunacy to go around, that's for sure.
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Ep. 1611 How Innovation Works, and Why It Thrives in Freedom from 2020-03-14T20:00
The great Matt Ridley joins us for a fascinating whirlwind tour of the history of innovation, and identifies key features of it that free societies disproportionately make possible. One of my all-t...
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Ep. 1610 Both Sides Get the Economy Wrong from 2020-03-13T03:00
John Tamny returns to discuss job-training programs, price deflation, deficits, and other areas where one side (liberals or conservatives) get it badly wrong.
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Ep. 1609 How Did Iran Become Enemy #1? from 2020-03-12T03:00
Gareth Porter discusses the history of U.S.-Iran relations, how they became so strained, the truth about the Iranian nuclear program, and more.
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Ep. 1608 How to Speak Effectively, Research Better, and Read Faster from 2020-03-11T03:00
Brett Veinotte of the School Sucks Project has just produced something new: not the overview of schooling, education, unschooling, and the usual topics he covers, but topics like these: once we hav...
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Ep. 1607 How to Defend Liberty in Challenging Territory from 2020-03-10T03:00
Angela McArdle, who chairs the Libertarian Party of Los Angeles, has poured enormous energy into the libertarian movement and come up with a great many creative ideas to spread our message. She's a...
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Ep. 1606 Anarcho-Communism and Other Challenges to Libertarians from 2020-03-06T17:00
In this final episode of Bob Murphy Week we begin by talking animal rights, school shootings, and how the poor would be cared for in a libertarian society, and finish with a discussion of the probl...
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Ep. 1605 Two Hard Cases: Child Abuse, and Coronavirus from 2020-03-05T17:00
In this installment of Bob Murphy Week, we consider whether and how a stateless society could handle difficult problems like child abuse and pandemics.
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Ep. 1604 How Would a Libertarian Society... from 2020-03-04T17:00
As Bob Murphy Week on the Tom Woods Show continues, I take advantage of having a great libertarian theorist on the show in order to raise challenging problems like consumer safety, hunting and fish...
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Ep. 1603 Weaknesses in Austrian Economics? from 2020-03-03T17:00
Bob Murphy is a prolific scholar and popular writer and speaker on the Austrian School of economics, so I thought I'd ask him: what if any weaknesses do you find in Austrian Economics, and/or where...
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Ep. 1602 Weaknesses in Libertarianism? from 2020-03-03T03:30
As we kick off Bob Murphy Week with libertarian theorist and Austrian economist Bob Murphy, I ask him if there are areas of libertarianism that could use further work, and/or where the conventional...
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Ep. 1601 How to Be a Successful Capitalist in a World of Fickle Consumers from 2020-02-29T03:30
Success within the market economy boils down to one thing: the satisfaction of consumer preferences. But this is easier said than done. What are consumer preferences? What do people want? What will...
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Ep. 1600 The Great Society and Its Failures from 2020-02-28T04:00
Amity Shlaes returns to the show to discuss her new book on Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, which -- to say the least -- failed to live up to its promises. Sponsor: helps you overcome the mental a...
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Ep. 1599 Lew and I Talk Bernie and Bloomberg from 2020-02-26T23:16:51
Last night's Democratic debate was more interesting than some of the others, partly because of the attacks on Bernie and partly because everyone was dying to see whether Bloomberg could recover fro...
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Ep. 1598 Common Logical Fallacies That Need to Be Smashed from 2020-02-26T04:32:57
Gerard Casey, who taught logic at University College, Dublin, for 30 years, joins us to discuss some common logical fallacies we regularly encounter. Learn logic and other subjects with Gerard Case...
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Ep. 1597 President Bernie Sanders? from 2020-02-25T04:00
I talk about (the horrendous) Mike Bloomberg and what he might have said in the debate, and also cover the Bernie Sanders phenomenon: his struggle against the Democratic establishment, and what's l...
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Ep. 1596 What Punishments Do Criminals Deserve, and Other Questions in Libertarian Theory from 2020-02-21T17:00
We wrap up Walter Block week with a glance through his enormous list of publications and picking out interesting topics for libertarians: punishment theory, conjoined twins, the death penalty, and ...
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Ep. 1595 Suing the New York Times for Libel from 2020-02-20T21:00
Walter Block week continues with this episode about Walter's experience suing the New York Times for libel, after they misrepresented his comments in what had to be a deliberate act of journalistic...
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Ep. 1594 In Defense of Corporate Raiders, Organ Merchants, and More from 2020-02-19T16:00
We continue Walter Block week with a discussion of the second Defending the Undefendable book, and cover the corporate raider, the multinational enterpriser, the picket-line crosser, the hatchet ma...
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Ep. 1593 Defending the Undefendable: A Libertarian Defense of Despised People from 2020-02-19T04:00
Today we discuss Walter's classic work, Defending the Undefendable. The rogues gallery Walter seeks to rehabilitate in this episode includes the middleman, the slumlord, the speculator, and more.
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Ep. 1592 Walter Block: I Lost a Debate to Ayn Rand from 2020-02-18T04:00
Walter Block must be the most prolific living libertarian, with over 600 peer-reviewed articles, more than 30 books, and thousands of popular articles to his credit. In this first episode of Walter...
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Ep. 1591 Libertarianism: The Non-Embarrassing Version, With Scott Horton from 2020-02-15T17:00
Scott Horton, the great libertarian foreign-policy expert, returns to the show to discuss the state of the campaign for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination, and the prospects for having...
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Ep. 1590 Peter Schiff on Trump, and How to Protect Your Money from 2020-02-14T17:33:31
Euro Pacific Capital's Peter Schiff joins me to take listener questions (submitted via my private group), including (1) what sectors tend to get hit the hardest or hit the least during downturns, ...
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Ep. 1589 Brexit Opponents Mercilessly Lampooned from 2020-02-13T17:00
The great Dominic Frisby joins me to discuss how he successfully lampooned the elitists who pushed the Remain cause on the British, and defended the Brexiteers. Plus libertarianism, comedy, and how...
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Ep. 1588 Is There a Way to Protect Against Cancel Culture and Deplatforming? from 2020-02-12T16:23:04
Mark Jeftovic, CEO of and cryptocurrency enthusiast, says yes, and in his new book and in our conversation today he describes the approach all of us should take, regardless of how obviously inoffe...
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Ep. 1587 The Problems With Economic Nationalism from 2020-02-11T04:00
Gene Epstein joins me to discuss the problems associated with protectionism, industrial policy, and the overall package of economic nationalism.
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Ep. 1586 The Truth About Income Inequality from 2020-02-08T00:30
Income inequality has been a hot topic in recent years, but nearly everyone gets it wrong. Here are the real facts, and the best way for libertarians -- or anyone -- to think about them. Sponsor: T...
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Ep. 1585 Other Arguments Against Socialism Are Fine, But Not Decapitating from 2020-02-07T00:41:26
This episode builds on the discussion in episode 1584 about the primary, and devastating, argument against socialism, namely the one developed by Ludwig von Mises that involves the impossibility of...
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Ep. 1584 The Greta Thunberg Problem from 2020-02-06T00:30
We've heard Greta Thunberg's angry, apocalyptic warnings about the problems arising from climate change. Now economist Paul Krugman says she's closer to the economics than her critics are. What's t...
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Ep. 1583 Mises' Smash of Socialism, 100 Years Later from 2020-02-04T23:25:08
In 1920 Ludwig von Mises published "Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth," an article that demolished the foundations of socialism in its original, no-private-property-in-the-means-of...
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Ep. 1582 How to Be a Human Being: A Four-Step Owner's Manual from 2020-02-03T23:32:18
The demonization of people we disagree with has reached a level of us few of us could have conceived of a generation ago -- or indeed even five years ago. Thinking about this reminded me of several...
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Ep. 1581 The 1619 Project and Race in American History from 2020-01-31T23:31:37
Phil Magness returns to discuss the sound and unsound aspects of the New York Times' 1619 Project. Topics include Lincoln and the colonization of the former slaves, the role of slavery in the Ameri...
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Ep. 1580 Libertarian Awesomeness: Greatest Hits of the Tom Woods Show from 2020-01-31T14:52:44
In this episode about episodes, I review nearly the past four years of the Tom Woods Show to find golden nuggets of awesomeness you may have missed.
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Ep. 1579 The Constitution Nobody Knows from 2020-01-30T02:00
Mike Maharrey of the Tenth Amendment Center joins me to discuss what I consider the best short introduction to the real Constitution, as opposed to the one taught in law school and the New York Times.
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Ep. 1578 The Mystery of Fascism from 2020-01-29T02:00
David Ramsay Steele discusses the phenomenon of fascism, what it really was, and what's wrong with using it as a generic term of abuse. Plus: vegetarianism and animal welfare, and why economic grow...
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Ep. 1577 Debate: Should the Fed Be Abolished? from 2020-01-27T23:22:08
At FreedomFest 2010, Gene Epstein and I debated Warren Coates and John Fund on whether the Federal Reserve should be abolished. Here is that debate!
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Ep. 1576 When All Else Fails: The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice from 2020-01-25T05:25:52
Princeton University Press published my guest's book When All Else Fails, on the subject of whether and under what circumstances it is morally legitimate to resist the state with physical force. No...
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Ep. 1575 American Secession: Potential of National Breakup? from 2020-01-24T04:59:03
Law professor F.H. Buckley joins me to discuss his new book American Secession, and why breaking up the United States -- or at least implementing one of his lesser proposals -- means a happier outc...
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Ep. 1574 Do Robots Mean a Future of Joblessness? from 2020-01-23T04:00
Antony Sammeroff joins me to discuss his recent Soho Forum debate, in which he argued in the negative, on the resolution: "Robotics will soon lead to widespread joblessness, underemployment, and th...
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Ep. 1573 The Exploitation of Labor and Other Union Myths from 2020-01-22T04:00
Legal scholar Mark Pulliam joins me to discuss the commonly believed myths that underlie U.S. labor law.
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Ep. 1572 Appeasing the Left Is a Fool's Errand from 2020-01-18T03:57
In this potpourri solo episode I hit on several issues. First, is it fair to draw conclusions about Bernie Sanders and his campaign on the basis of violent, pro-gulag remarks from one of his field ...
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Ep. 1571 Can You Avoid Being a "Wage Slave"? from 2020-01-17T05:10:06
Last week a discussion thread in my Supporting Listeners group discussed the pros and cons of traditional employment versus working for oneself, particularly online. Good points were raised all aro...
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Ep. 1570 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from the American Economic Association Meeting from 2020-01-16T03:00
Mark Skousen, an author and college professor whose investment newsletter Forecasts & Strategies is celebrating its 40th year, joins me to discuss what he saw at the recent American Economic Associ...
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Ep. 1569 Murray Rothbard and the Betrayal of the American Right from 2020-01-15T05:58:37
The Betrayal of the American Right is a book that appeared more than a decade after the death of its author, Murray N. Rothbard, known in his lifetime as "Mr. Libertarian." I had the privilege of w...
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Ep. 1568 Scott Horton on the Killing of Soleimani from 2020-01-14T03:11:14
The strike that took out Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was cheered by a great many Americans, including some who ordinarily speak out against the U.S. government's foreign interventions. If this ...
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Ep. 1567 Jeff Deist on the Trouble with Libertarian Technocrats from 2020-01-11T00:30
Jeff and I talk about a much-discussed recent article by George Mason University's Tyler Cowen, which finds merit in the market system but insists we recognize and appreciate the value of the state...
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Ep. 1566 The Trump Episode from 2020-01-10T05:40:10
Jeff Deist and I discuss the Trump phenomenon, the U.S. political establishment, and what a post-Trump Republican Party will look like.
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Ep. 1565 Decentralization and Secession: Jeff Deist on the Only Way Forward from 2020-01-09T01:00
When people have radically incompatible worldviews, is it sensible or humane to try to govern them all according to the same set of rules? Yet neither progressives nor conservatives stop to conside...
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Ep. 1564 Jeff Deist on Libertarianism and Its Deformation from 2020-01-08T05:45:39
Jeff Deist week continues with this discussion of the fundamentals of libertarianism, and how it's been transformed into a bizarre mutation of its former self.
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Ep. 1563 Untold Stories from Ron Paul's Congressional Office from 2020-01-06T23:30:04
We kick off Jeff Deist week on the Tom Woods Show with an episode on Ron Paul and what it was like to work in his congressional office, as Jeff himself did as the former congressman's chief of staf...
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Ep. 1562 The Anti-Libertarian Character Assassins, and How to Smash Them from 2020-01-01T02:00
As we wind up what's been a great 2019 for the Tom Woods Show I turn my attention briefly to the "libertarian socialist" phenomenon and the problem of establishment-friendly libertarianism, which c...
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Ep. 1561 Bogus History Makes for Disastrous Policy: 2008 Edition from 2019-12-31T18:01:32
Hayek said that if we misunderstand history and draw the wrong lessons from it, we will make the wrong decisions in the present. This is why even now, over a decade later, it is still essential tha...
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Ep. 1560 Peter Schiff, Gene Epstein, and More on What's to Come in 2020 from 2019-12-28T04:00
Immediately after the New York City premiere of our documentary, The Housing Bubble, we were joined by an all-star panel of commentators, including Gene, Peter, and several other important voices. ...
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Ep. 1559 Debate Episode: Lew Rockwell and I Review the Democratic Field from 2019-12-22T03:30
Last night's debate at Loyola Marymount University saw the candidates rather more combative with each other than they'd been up to now. Lew and I have our usual fun reviewing the proceedings!
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Ep. 1558 What Just Happened in U.K. Politics from 2019-12-20T04:45:17
Entrepreneur Toby Baxendale joins me to talk about Labour's crushing defeat in the recent elections and what to expect from Boris Johnson and his party.
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Ep. 1557 Scott Horton on Lies of Afghanistan from 2019-12-19T03:30
The Washington Post recently released a substantial array of documents showing that the war in Afghanistan has been accompanied by lies and distortion, particularly about the war's progress and suc...
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Ep. 1556 What's the Correct Strategy Against a Hostile Regime? from 2019-12-18T03:30
Very refreshing to see, of all places, the Claremont Review of Books trumpeting decentralization and nullification as the correct approaches against a hostile regime. I spend this episode elaborati...
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Ep. 1555 Crucial Advice Libertarians Need to Heed, Gene Epstein Edition from 2019-12-15T04:00
As we wrap up Gene Epstein week, Gene offers various nuggets of wisdom for libertarians which, if followed, will contribute to a happy and successful life.
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Ep. 1554 What Books Should Libertarians Read? Gene Suggests These from 2019-12-14T06:01:54
I couldn't resist asking Gene Epstein, who was once book review editor for Barron's, to share with us and discuss some of the books that have shaped his thinking as a libertarian, so here we go!
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Ep. 1553 Gene Slices and Dices Common Errors (Even Ones Libertarians Make) from 2019-12-13T03:00
This episode is devoted to Gene's intellectual hobby horses – and he has a bunch of them.
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Ep. 1552 The Most Implausible Libertarian Conversion of All Time from 2019-12-11T18:45:01
As Gene Epstein week continues, I ask Gene to discuss how he moved away from leftism and toward libertarianism. His answer, although honest, is also quite preposterous, and serves to highlight the ...
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Ep. 1551 Gene Epstein Week Begins: "Mommy Was a Commie" from 2019-12-10T21:00
Gene Epstein joins me for a week of episodes on the Tom Woods Show. Gene is former economics and book review editor for Barron's, and currently serves as director of , a debate series in New York C...
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Ep. 1550 Michael Malice on Anarchism and Emma Goldman from 2019-12-07T01:30
Michael and I discuss some of the work of Emma Goldman, the left-wing anarchist who held many objectionable and even preposterous views, but who was a genuinely interesting thinker who defied cooki...
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Ep. 1549 A Case for Optimism for 2020: Tech, Finance, Education, Career from 2019-12-06T06:21:56
Mitchell Earl of Crash.co joins me to make a case for optimism going into 2020, especially around careers, education, tech, and finance.
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Ep. 1548 David Stockman on Impeachment, the Democrats, the Fed, and More from 2019-12-05T04:00
David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan and a critic of Donald Trump, joins me to discuss what he considers the Democrats' laughable case for impeachment...
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Ep. 1547 The Country Where Libertarian Thought Is Thriving from 2019-12-04T06:05:03
How do we account for the impressive spread of libertarian and specifically Misesian thought in Brazil? This phenomenon has been ongoing for years now, so I've invited Raphael Lima, whose massive Y...
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Ep. 1546 Another Multimillionaire Who Didn't Use His College Training from 2019-12-03T05:47:03
Aidan Booth pursued an engineering degree in New Zealand, but went on to excel as an entrepreneur in fields for which he never received formal training. Now in his mid-30s, Booth has employees, fac...
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Ep. 1545 What Is the Impeachment Really All About? from 2019-11-29T18:00
Daniel McCarthy, editor of Modern Age, joins me to discuss recent articles of his, including in the New York Times, on the Democratic primary, the Democrats' battle plan with regard to Donald Trump...
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Ep. 1544 Drug Decriminalization Picks Up Steam, and Other Items from the Mises Caucus from 2019-11-28T20:00
Michael Heise of the Libertarian Party's Mises Caucus joins me to discuss recent developments, including some Second Amendment and drug decriminalization efforts the caucus has been supporting.
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Ep. 1543 Did America Have a Christian Founding? from 2019-11-27T23:00
Mark David Hall has written an important book on a topic that both sides of the debate tend to treat superficially. We discuss whether the United States can be said to have had a "Christian foundin...
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Ep. 1542 Do You Really Own Your Home? from 2019-11-27T04:00
It would seem that the right to rent out your property on terms you see fit follows naturally from your ownership of the property. But from the state's point of view, that is not so. Tim Brochu of ...
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Ep. 1541 The Ugly History of Taxation from 2019-11-26T04:00
For thousands of years, taxation has shaped history both openly and in ways that are more obscure. Dominic Frisby takes us through a whirlwind tour of the history of taxation, full of outrage and i...
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Ep. 1540 The Horton/Woods Liberty Battle Plan from 2019-11-23T06:45:15
Scott Horton and I lay out our battle plan for the next year. We can't do it without you good listeners, though.
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Ep. 1539 Lew and Tom Dissect the Democrats from 2019-11-22T01:30
I think this is the best debate analysis Lew Rockwell and I have done yet this election season. We look pro and con at Tulsi Gabbard's performance in particular, but everyone gets subjected to the ...
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Ep. 1538 Socialist Runs into Buzzsaw from 2019-11-21T03:30
Gene Epstein's recently hosted a debate between Gene himself and Richard Wolff, the Marxist professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts. The resolution under debate was, "So...
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Ep. 1537 Scott Horton on War Propaganda, and What to Do from 2019-11-20T04:00
I was blown away at the Ron Paul Symposium in Lake Jackson, Texas, on November 9, 2019, when libertarian foreign policy expert Scott Horton took the stage. Brilliant, powerful, devastating, irrefut...
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Ep. 1536 My Acceptance Speech: The Beautiful Vision of Austrian Economics from 2019-11-16T04:00
On November 14, 2019, in Vienna, I received the 2019 Hayek Lifetime Achievement Award from the Austrian Economics Center, where such figures as Peter Thiel, Arthur Laffer, and Deirdre McCloskey hav...
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Ep. 1535 Ron Paul: What My Presidency Would Have Been Like from 2019-11-14T17:00
At the 's recent (November 2019) event in Lake Jackson, Texas, I had a chance to interview Ron Paul before a live audience, for this episode of the podcast. The theme of the event was "State Propag...
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Ep. 1534 Entrepreneurs Aren't So Great; They Just Have Daddy's Money, Says Progressive from 2019-11-13T23:00
Peter Klein and I review an article claiming that entrepreneurship is largely about privilege, and (implicitly) that we should be less impressed by entrepreneurs. Daddy's money is what makes it pos...
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Ep. 1533 The Early Republic: Can We Learn Anything for Today? from 2019-11-13T03:30
Brad and I geek out on American history as we discuss themes and personalities from his new course for Liberty Classroom on the period 1807-1820. To get Brad's course, along with our 24 other cour...
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Ep. 1532 How One Man Is Neutralizing the Drug War from 2019-11-12T01:40:14
Chris Dreisbach, CEO of Blueprints for Addiction Recovery, is saving accused drug offenders from prison and helping them avoid having their lives ruined. It is a great, important, and virtually unk...
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Ep. 1531 Epstein Didn't Kill Himself from 2019-11-09T20:30
Whitney Webb is a journalist who has done important work on the Jeffrey Epstein case for . She joins me to discuss the true nature of Epstein's operation, and the dubious story that he "committed s...
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Ep. 1530 Principle or Bust: Jacob Hornberger on his LP Presidential Campaign from 2019-11-08T17:58:54
Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of , returns to the show to discuss his run for the 2020 Libertarian Party presidential nomination. He says he'll stick to libertarian principle come what ma...
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Ep. 1529 Lew Rockwell: Against the Left from 2019-11-07T18:52:01
Lew and I discuss his new book Against the Left, which makes the case that although threats to liberty exist across the ideological spectrum, there is something uniquely evil about the left that ma...
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Ep. 1528 Public Goods, Education, and Other Excuses for State Power from 2019-11-06T07:58:23
Richard Ebeling joins me to discuss some of the tough questions libertarians face.
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Ep. 1527 Entrepreneur Says This Is Last Straw, Becomes Libertarian from 2019-11-05T01:30
Today I welcome to the show multimillionaire internet marketer Michael Cheney, one of the kings of email and of sales. he's recently joined the libertarian community, which has welcomed him with op...
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Ep. 1526 The Crazed Theodore Roosevelt from 2019-11-02T00:30
Libertarian historian Ralph Raico warned that we should always be suspicious of presidents who are "beloved." Theodore Roosevelt was one such figure. Today's episode discusses TR's view of the pres...
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Ep. 1525 Mises vs. the Civilization Destroyers from 2019-11-01T00:30
Ludwig von Mises devoted a section of his book Socialism to what he called "destructionism." Destructionism, like socialism itself, builds nothing. It lives off the accumulated wealth created by a ...
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Ep. 1524 The Constitution a Coup? from 2019-10-30T23:00
Patrick Newman joins me once again to discuss a brand new book by Murray Rothbard, the prolific economist and historian who died in 1995. We cover the process of deciphering Rothbard's notoriously ...
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Ep. 1523 How the Best Capitalists Create Tribes of Rabid Fans from 2019-10-30T08:30:33
Libertarian podcaster and successful entrepreneur Jason Stapleton joins me for a discussion not just of entrepreneurship, but of how it is that some people manage to build followings of rabid, unfa...
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Ep. 1522 Parents Battle Over Transitioning 7-Year-Old Boy from 2019-10-28T23:36:24
The parental custodianship case of James Younger -- the 7-year-old boy whose mother wants to "transition" into a girl named Luna -- generated much heat, particularly last week. Some people tried to...
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Ep. 1521 Why Economists Never Took Marx Seriously from 2019-10-24T21:30
It's fashionable to like Karl Marx again, so it's worth remembering that economists dismissed him from the beginning. The Marginal Revolution of the early 1870s upended the foundations of Marxism, ...
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Ep. 1520 New Leadership for the Libertarian Party? My Guest Hopes So from 2019-10-23T21:41:33
Joshua Smith, At-Large Member of the Libertarian National Committee, is seeking to become the party's chairman. We discuss his background, lessons learned from 2018, whether the party is on the rig...
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Ep. 1519 Peter Schiff Interviews Me on Economic History, Nullification,&More from 2019-10-23T02:30
Peter Schiff interviews me on economic history, Keynesianism, and state nullification.
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Ep. 1518 Tulsi Gabbard Is a Russian Asset, Say Zombies from 2019-10-22T00:00
The official line of the regime and its media accomplices is that presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard is a "Russian asset." Isn't it funny how all the Respectable People suddenly and in unison all...
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Ep. 1517 The Real James Madison from 2019-10-19T00:00
Madison biographer Kevin Gutzman joins me for a discussion of the Madison nobody knows.
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Ep. 1516 Israel and Palestine: A Reexamination from 2019-10-17T16:00
Sheldon Richman, author of the new book Coming to Palestine, joins me to discuss the rights and wrongs of Israel and the Palestinians.
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Ep. 1515 Democrats Debate Again; Lew Rockwell and I Dismantle from 2019-10-16T19:45:06
Twelve Democrats debated in Ohio last night, and as usual Lew Rockwell and I watched so you didn't have to. We cover the lowlights as well as who's up, who's down, and more.
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Ep. 1514 Michael Malice and Tom on Personal Struggles and Mental Health from 2019-10-15T23:00
In this highly unusual but weirdly compelling episode in the wake of World Mental Health Day, Michael and I discuss how we've dealt with difficult personal struggles.
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Ep. 1513 Crypto and a World of Individual Sovereignty from 2019-10-15T00:00
User-friendly cryptography has dramatically altered the world by enabling secure communication and commerce via the Internet. But this is only the beginning: by applying cryptography to the control...
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Ep. 1512 The Phantom Menace: Isolationism from 2019-10-11T19:00
Lindsey Graham and Bill Weld have been accusing Donald Trump (and Barack Obama) of "isolationism." This is such a deranged thing to say that I had to make an episode about it.
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Ep. 1511 Impeachment: Trump Stonewalls, So What Happens Now? from 2019-10-11T02:30
Kevin Gutzman joins me for some historical/constitutional background on impeachment, how strong the case against Trump is, and what is likely to come of Trump's refusal to cooperate.
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Ep. 1510 Syria, Trump, and the Kurds: Scott Horton Tells the Story from 2019-10-09T20:05:46
The hysteria reached a fever pitch with Trump's recent announcement about American withdrawal from northern Syria. Scott Horton joins me to explain the real situation, and how a satisfactory arrang...
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Ep. 1509 Making Sense of Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, and Free Speech from 2019-10-08T19:00
Gerard Casey joins me to discuss free speech, why we should be absolutists on it, the perils of "hate crime" laws, and much more.
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Ep. 1508 My First Battle with the Neocons, and Other War Stories from 2019-10-07T19:30
In this episode I talk a bit about episodes in my own evolution, including the big turning point that red pilled me, how I went from vice president of the Harvard Republicans to (eventually) a libe...
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Ep. 1507 Dave Smith on Libertarian Strategy, the Toughest Libertarian Views to Defend, and More from 2019-10-04T16:00
We conclude Dave Smith Week with questions drawn from the Tom Woods Show Elite, which you can join at . How has he navigated a comedy world and a city that are unsympathetic to his views, to say th...
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Ep. 1506 Dave Smith on "Cancel Culture" and the Thought Controllers from 2019-10-03T18:00
The new rule, evidently, is that if you joke about anything our overlords have told us is Not Funny, or if you are found to have said something naughty on Twitter ten years ago, you are to be destr...
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Ep. 1505 Dave Smith on Comedy from 2019-10-02T23:56:37
Here Dave takes us into the weeds of comedy itself. How to write a joke (more or less), who's on Dave's Mount Rushmore of comedy, who his influences are, and a lot more. Also whether there's a line...
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Ep. 1504 Dave Smith: How Screwed Up is the Libertarian Movement Right Now? from 2019-10-01T22:00
The second episode of Dave Smith Week covers the libertarian movement itself, with Dave's recent Soho Forum debate against Libertarian National Committee chairman Nick Sarwark the springboard for d...
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Ep. 1503 Dave Smith Week Begins: The Making of a Comedian and Libertarian from 2019-10-01T02:30
Dave Smith went from being a stand-up comedian to being a stand-up comedian who also happens to be one of our most articulate and indispensable voices. We get into Dave's background and turning poi...
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Ep. 1502 The Trayvon Hoax? from 2019-09-27T20:00
Documentary filmmaker Joel Gilbert joins me to discuss his investigative work into the Trayvon Martin case, where it turns out that a serious case of witness fraud was at the heart of the trial.
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Ep. 1501 How I Talk to My Progressive Friends, and More with Marc Clair from 2019-09-27T00:00
Marc Clair, host of the Lions of Liberty podcast, joins me to discuss how we can reach folks outside our orbit, plus some fun podcaster-to-podcaster inside baseball. Sponsor: Kettlebell Kitchen sh...
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Ep. 1500 The Modern Presidency and Its Origins from 2019-09-25T22:30
Professor Jeremy Bailey joins me to discuss the evolution of the modern presidency and the way key figures like Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson tried -- and failed or succeeded, which is the ...
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Ep. 1499 The Neocon Takeover of the American Right from 2019-09-25T04:53:38
This episode is more of an overview of the life and evolution of one of our important thinkers, Paul Gottfried, who holds his Ph.D. in history from Yale. Paul has been an opponent of the neocons fr...
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Ep. 1498 Against Bernie's National Rent Control from 2019-09-24T00:00
Bernie Sanders is proposing a nationwide program of rent control -- because why should landlords be allowed to raise rents arbitrarily? I explain why this is a terrible idea.
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Ep. 1497 Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom from 2019-09-21T00:00
Michael Rectenwald returns to the show to discuss woke capitalism, big tech, the mob mentality, and the suppression of dissident voices.
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Ep. 1496 "I Fooled Penn and Teller" from 2019-09-19T23:30
As a fan of magic myself, I was delighted to learn not only that I had a professional magician among my newsletter subscribers, but also that he managed to fool Penn and Teller on their "Fool Us" t...
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Ep. 1495 Space Exploration and the Private Sector from 2019-09-18T22:00
Jim Cantrell, co-founder and former CEO of Vector Launch, veteran employee of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab and France's CNES, and founding team member of SpaceX and Moon Express, joins me to discuss t...
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Ep. 1494 The CIA and Mind Control from 2019-09-17T20:30
Bestselling author Stephen Kinzer returns to the show to discuss the CIA's research and experiments in mind control.
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Ep. 1493 Peter Schiff on What to Do With Your Money, and More from 2019-09-17T03:00
Peter Schiff returns to answer listener questions about Trump's economics, navigating the ups and downs of the economy, and a lot more. Sponsor: Honey is a free browser extension that saves you mo...
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Ep. 1492 Lew and I Watched the Debate So You Didn't Have To from 2019-09-14T00:30
Lew Rockwell returns to discuss yet another Democratic debate. Join us as we slice through the inanities.
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Ep. 1491 How This Metal Vocalist Became a Libertarian (Hint: Ron Paul is Involved) from 2019-09-12T20:51:32
Phil Labonte, the outspoken libertarian frontman of the band All That Remains, joins me to discuss how he became a libertarian, how his views compare to those of other people in his genre, how the ...
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Ep. 1490 Lessons of 9/11, with Scott Horton from 2019-09-12T02:30
Scott Horton joins me to commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and respond to the rah-rah "they hate us because we're great" view of why the attacks occurred.
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Ep. 1489 Something to Celebrate: Left-Wing Thought Control Website Closes from 2019-09-10T23:29:04
The left-wing thought-control site ThinkProgress has closed its doors, after many years of policing allowable opinion. Because of my interests I'm aware in particular of their absurd treatment of t...
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Ep. 1488 Opinions You're Not Allowed to Hold from 2019-09-10T04:06:27
I review my refrain about the narrowness of allowable opinion in American (and Western) political discourse: you can argue about the fringes of what the state apparatus should be doing, but no fund...
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Ep. 1487 The State and the Roots of Collective Violence from 2019-09-07T03:00
David Gornoski has taken what sounds like rather an obscure topic -- the mimetic theory of Rene Girard -- and showing the liberty movement how it helps us understand the state and collective violence.
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Ep. 1486 Want Abundant, Clean Energy? We Need Thorium, Not Wind or Solar from 2019-09-06T03:00
By popular demand, Kirk Sorensen joins me to discuss the energy potential of thorium, which can be tapped safely in overwhelming abundance and which solves every problem that troubles environmental...
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Ep. 1485 Dave Smith on the New Dave Chappelle Special from 2019-09-05T03:00
Comedian Dave Chappelle generated enormous controversy with his recent Netflix special, "Sticks and Stones." Fashionable opinion explained to us that we were to reject this special as "racist" and ...
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Ep. 1484 Another Ron Paulian Heads to Congress? Check This Out from 2019-09-04T14:08:25
Eric Brakey served two terms in the state senate of Maine, and has been a Ron Paul supporter and Tom Woods Show listener for years. He's currently seeking the GOP nomination for U.S. Congress from ...
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BONUS Ep. 1483 Picking the Brain of the World's Top Affiliate from 2019-08-31T14:30
Gerry Cramer has been repeatedly ranked as the top affiliate on Clickbank, which in turn has been called the top affiliate network in the United States. His students, for that matter, can frequentl...
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Ep. 1482 Eric July on Malcolm X, SJWs and Comics, Metal and Rap, and More from 2019-08-31T03:00
Eric July, the politically incorrect libertarian frontman for the metal band Backwordz, joins me for a freewheeling discussion of music, politics, Malcolm X, the SJW takeover of the world of comics...
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Ep. 1481 Does Bitcoin Have What It Takes? from 2019-08-30T03:00
Saifedean Ammous recently debated Professor George Selgin at the Soho Forum on the subject of Bitcoin's suitability to replace existing currencies and challenge central banks. We review that debate...
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Ep. 1480 Trump, the Federal Reserve, and the Business Cycle from 2019-08-29T02:30
Murray Sabrin, a professor of finance at Ramapo College, discusses the damage caused by the Federal Reserve, as well as the various approaches to business cycles taken by different economic schools...
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Ep. 1479 Sweden Is Truly Awful from 2019-08-28T03:00
Are libertarians too quick to argue that "after all, Sweden is really very capitalist, so you can't use it against us"? One author thinks so. This episode looks more closely at the Sweden story to ...
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Ep. 1478 New York Times Thinks Slavery Drives Economic Progress from 2019-08-27T00:30
The New York Times recently announced its "1619 Project," by which it intends to demonstrate that "nearly everything that has made America exceptional grew out of slavery." Our friend Phil Magness ...
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Ep. 1477 Teacher Pulls Back Curtain on Government Schools from 2019-08-23T15:00
Larry Ludlow reports from his own experiences within the government school system. It's pretty brutal, folks.
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Ep. 1476 Government, Food, Farmers, and You from 2019-08-22T15:00
John Moody returns to update us on government and its various agencies, and how they affect farmers, your food, and you.
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Ep. 1475 Gene Epstein Smacks Down Progressive Economics from 2019-08-21T20:30
Gene Epstein returns to discuss People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent, the new book by economist Joseph Stiglitz. It gets the full Epstein treatment.
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Ep. 1474 What Is Fascism? from 2019-08-21T00:30
Gerard Casey, professor emeritus of philosophy at University College, Dublin, joins me to discuss the philosophy of fascism, which he describes as a form of irrationalism.
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Ep. 1473 Are People Naturally Libertarian? and Other Questions With the LP's Executive Director from 2019-08-20T00:19:12
Dan Fishman recently became executive director of the Libertarian Party. He joins me to discuss (among plenty of other things) his political evolution, where he sees the party going, and whether pe...
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Ep. 1472 How We Flourish Without a Central Planner from 2019-08-17T15:00
Julie Borowski, the popular libertarian content creator, has just released a children's book called Nobody Knows How to Make a Pizza, in which she illustrates how, without a central planner, amazin...
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Ep. 1471 How to Conquer Self-Destructive Behavior from 2019-08-17T04:11:40
Today I am joined by two libertarians: Dr. Michael Edelstein and Dr. David Ramsay Steele. Together they wrote Three Minute Therapy: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life, which applies an easily r...
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Ep. 1470 Vince Vaughn on Hollywood, Libertarianism, and American Politics from 2019-08-15T20:30
Vince Vaughn has scores of Hollywood films to his credit -- from The Lost World: Jurassic Park to Hacksaw Ridge and many in between -- and has been a Ron Paul supporter since the 2008 presidential ...
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Ep. 1469 Scott Horton on Iran, Syria, and His Critics from 2019-08-15T00:30
Not long ago, the great libertarian foreign policy expert Scott Horton joined me for a full week's worth of episodes. We got some great feedback and a little criticism, so Scott and I decided that ...
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Ep. 1468 Spooner vs. Locke: Can Governments Rest on "Consent"? from 2019-08-13T12:02:59
John Locke tries to rest the legitimacy of government on the consent of the people. But can they really give consent? Locke himself admitted that unanimous consent was impossible, but thought the s...
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Ep. 1467 The Evils of the Russian Revolution from 2019-08-09T15:27:09
We conclude Brion McClanahan Week with a discussion of a historical topic that fascinates us both: the Russian Revolution. We then clear up some loose ends and bring this week of history to a close.
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Ep. 1466 Think Locally, Act Locally from 2019-08-09T03:00
Brion McClanahan's podcast tagline is "think locally, act locally." We take a deep dive into what this means, including the federalist/decentralist tradition in America, plus: what about issues tha...
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Ep. 1465 Is There Anything Valuable in the Southern Tradition? from 2019-08-08T00:00
Well, here's the question nobody is allowed to ask, since even to ask it is to invite anti-intellectual, third-grade-level responses. But presumably a region that generated Thomas Jefferson, George...
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Ep. 1464 The Obscure Presidents, Good and Bad from 2019-08-06T23:42:04
Brion McClanahan Week continues with a look at U.S. presidents we barely hear about (and who tend, naturally, to be the better ones) and how we should evaluate them.
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Ep. 1463 A Historian Abandons Neoconservatism from 2019-08-06T00:30
Brion McClanahan Week on the Tom Woods Show begins with a discussion of this important historian's background, and how he came to abandon the neoconservatism so many of us imbibed in our youth.
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Ep. 1462 The Moral Mess of Higher Education from 2019-08-03T20:30
Phil Magness discusses his new book (with Jason Brennan) about the problems with higher education. They aren't talking about ideological conformity, bad as that is. They are discussing other proble...
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Ep. 1461 The Powerful Fear Humor: Interview with Babylon Bee Editor-in-Chief from 2019-08-02T21:00
Kyle Mann, editor-in-chief of the brilliant satire site The Babylon Bee, joins me to discuss comedy, politics, social media, and Snopes' hilarious "fact checking" of what is obviously satire. Spon...
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Ep. 1460 Kamala Harris Destroyed, and Other Debate Highlights from 2019-08-02T03:00
Today Tho Bishop and I review the second night of the second round of Democratic presidential debates (the July 31, 2019 debate, to be exact). Plenty of dull talking points, to be sure, but enough ...
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Ep. 1459 Lew Rockwell on So-Called Moderates Against Leftists in July Dem Debate from 2019-07-31T21:00
Last night there was yet another Democratic presidential debate, and the great Lew Rockwell and I watched it so you didn't have to. Winners, losers, and insanity all covered in detail.
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Ep. 1458 Socialism Sucks: Two Economists Drink Their Way Through the Unfree World from 2019-07-31T00:30
Ben Powell returns to the show to discuss his new book with Bob Lawson, in which the two economists visit various unfree places around the world and share their observations. (It turns out that alc...
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BONUS Ep. 1457 The Simplest Online Business from 2019-07-27T15:00
Most of my listeners will be familiar with Praxis, the program that gets young people internships, and their first job, with a business that matches their interests. Clark Davis, a Tom Woods Show l...
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Ep. 1456 Scott Horton Week: The Full Story of the Yemen Atrocity from 2019-07-26T16:00
We wrap up Scott Horton week with a full overview of the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen, what the true story behind it is, and precisely why the U.S. regime chose to take sides.
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Ep. 1455 Scott Horton Week: The Whole Truth About Syria from 2019-07-25T19:00
Maybe you favor nonintervention, but are you sure you know all the ins and outs of the situation in Syria in recent years? The great Scott Horton cuts through the propaganda to get to the real story.
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Ep. 1454 Scott Horton Week: The Full Truth About Iraq from 2019-07-24T17:00
Our discussion with Scott Horton about the War on Terror continues today with coverage of Iraq. You think you know the story: the creeps deceived us about WMDs. There's so much more to the Iraq dis...
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Ep. 1453 How the US Regime Intensified the Somalian Famine: Forgotten History from the War on Terror from 2019-07-23T23:00
Day two of Scott Horton Week takes us to Somalia, and Scott's discussion of how this of all countries came to find itself in the crosshairs of the U.S. War on Terror. we also discussed the humanita...
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Ep. 1452 The War on Terror: Where Things Stand from 2019-07-23T03:18:25
The great Scott Horton joins us for a tour of half a dozen countries with an update on the status of the War on Terror in each.
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Ep. 1451 University Pretends to Support Austrian Economics to Get Grant Money, Is Caught Red-Handed from 2019-07-19T22:49
In 2002 the University of Missouri accepted a multi-million dollar bequest whose stipulation was that it hire professors working within the tradition of the Austrian School of economics. It has rec...
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Ep. 1450 The CIA and 1953 Coup in Iran from 2019-07-19T01:00
In 1979, as the Iranian Revolution was under way, Jimmy Carter called the 1953 ouster of Iranian prime minister "ancient history." But it wasn't. It poisoned Iranian-American relations through the ...
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Ep. 1449 The Boatload of Real-Life Examples Keynesians Have to Ignore from 2019-07-18T00:00
Keynesians like to pretend that they're impartial scientists, following the evidence wherever it leads. We, meanwhile, are portrayed as too blinded by ideology to be worth listening to. So today I ...
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Ep. 1448 How to De-Brainwash Students from 2019-07-16T23:30
The prolific and sorely underrated Connor Boyack, president of the , is back with still more important work. For years libertarians have wrung their hands about the lack of materials for younger pe...
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Ep. 1447 The Trouble with Churchill, and Other Revisionist History from 2019-07-16T03:00
This episode covers Anglo-American politics between the world wars, and includes coverage of Winston Churchill, including libertarian and conservative critiques.
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Ep. 1446 The Gory Details of Before and After 2008, and Why Ours Is the Only Explanation from 2019-07-12T14:30
I get into detail about the lead-up to the crisis of 2008, the problems the federal government and the Federal Reserve caused, and why explanations other than the free-market one fail. This episode...
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Ep. 1445 Versailles: The Treaty That Shaped the Twentieth Century from 2019-07-10T21:00
It's been 100 years since the signing of the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I. That treaty had a profound impact -- entirely for ill -- on the course of the twentieth century. Histori...
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Ep. 1444 Scott Horton on 20 Years of Foreign Policy Horrors from 2019-07-09T20:00
The indefatigable Scott Horton, the great libertarian foreign-policy expert, just reached a truly amazing milestone: his five thousandth interview. We look back over 20+ years of Scott's work -- an...
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Ep. 1443 You Don't Need to See This List of Bad Cops, Citizen from 2019-07-08T16:00
Carla Gericke, past president of the , joins me for an update from New Hampshire and to discuss some important local issues that affect many communities. She has been at the forefront of a campaign...
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Ep. 1442 Business and the Just Society: Friends or Foes? from 2019-07-05T23:00
James Otteson is the author of an excellent new book: Honorable Business: A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society. He discusses the purpose of business, outlines a sound approach to b...
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Ep. 1441 Jeff Deist on "Woke" Capitalism and Politicizing All of Life from 2019-07-03T23:38:15
You can't just go out and buy shaving cream anymore; you'd better know the company's stance on fashionable issues, lest people attack you for conniving at oppression. It's part of the left's fantas...
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Ep. 1440 A Foe of the Empire: Antiwar.com's Justin Raimondo, 1951-2019 from 2019-07-03T03:00
Justin Raimondo, who died last week, had been the soul of Antiwar.com since its creation in 1995, and wrote over 3,000 columns during his tenure. The great libertarian foreign-policy expert Scott H...
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Ep. 1439 Down With Religious Arguments Against the Market from 2019-07-01T23:40:47
I talk to Mike Maharrey about the arguments we often hear from some religious folks, on both left and right, against the market economy. (We answer these arguments, of course.) This episode is take...
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Ep. 1438 Were Biden and Sanders the Losers? Handicapping the Second Democratic Debate from 2019-06-29T18:30
The June 27, 2019 Democratic presidential debate featured more familiar names, and was much more vicious. We review the winners and losers (in terms of prospects; in terms of ideas they were all lo...
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Ep. 1437 Lew Rockwell and Tom Review the First Democratic Debate from 2019-06-27T22:55:12
It's that time again, folks. The debate analysis episodes I did with Lew back in 2015 and 2016 were among my most downloaded ever. We're doing it again for the Democratic debates, starting with thi...
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Ep. 1436 Black Guns Matter, with Maj Toure from 2019-06-27T00:30
Maj Toure, founder of Black Guns Matter, is running for Philadelphia City Council on a pro-gun, libertarian message he says is making inroads with the public. He knows all the arguments inside and ...
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Ep. 1435 WaPo Gets History Wrong; We Smash, Hard from 2019-06-25T22:00
Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne manages to get pretty much every aspect of American economic history wrong as he lectures us on the wickedness of laissez-faire. Peter Klein joins me for the s...
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Ep. 1434 Taxation Isn't Theft or Slavery? from 2019-06-25T00:00
That's what Current Affairs editor Nathan J. Robinson says. How well do his arguments hold up? I scrutinize them in this solo episode.
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Ep. 1433 Was the Ron Paul Campaign Secretly Backed by the Russians? from 2019-06-22T15:00
The chairman of the Libertarian National Committee recently linked to what has to be one of the most preposterous articles I have ever read, alleging Russian involvement in the Ron Paul 2008 presid...
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Ep. 1432 Finally, a Brilliant Pro-Market Business Ethics Book from 2019-06-21T22:00
Gary Chartier has written an excellent book on business ethics that situates one's life in the market within an overall framework of human flourishing. He covers a variety of controversial topics w...
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Ep. 1431 The Mises Caucus and the Tenth Amendment Center, Teaming Up Against the Bad Guys from 2019-06-21T00:30
Two great Michaels join me today: Michael Boldin, founder and executive director of the Tenth Amendment Center, and Michael Heise, founder of the Mises Caucus of the Libertarian Party. We get updat...
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Ep. 1430 Now This Is a Libertarian Historian, Digging Out Unknown Truths from 2019-06-19T23:01:48
The great Murray Rothbard, known as Mr. Libertarian, was first and foremost an economist, but he brought his characteristic iconoclasm also to the study of history, where he tore through old orthod...
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Ep. 1429 Scott Horton on the Police, the Military, and Other State Institutions People Make Excuses For from 2019-06-18T21:19:05
Scott and I discuss the life and work of the heroic William Norman Grigg, who covered stories that would otherwise have remained in obscurity, generally pertaining to various ways -- largely but no...
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Ep. 1428 From Progressive to Libertarian: A Personal Testimony from 2019-06-15T15:00
Carey Wedler has been producing libertarian content online for years, but as she first became politically aware, she was a progressive. I love stories like these, so we discuss the various insights...
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Ep. 1427 Are Men the Oppressors and Women the Oppressed? from 2019-06-14T20:00
The heroic Karen Straughan returns to the show to throw cold water on the cartoonish images of an oppressive patriarchy, toxic masculinity, and the usual kit and kaboodle, and finds that feminists,...
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Ep. 1426 Can You Be Christian and Libertarian? from 2019-06-13T21:00
Jacqueline Isaacs, a contributor to the book , joins me to discuss whether these two systems are compatible.
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Ep. 1425 Women Need Guns from 2019-06-12T20:00
Libertarian content creator Liberty Doll joins me to discuss the importance of gun rights, particularly for women, and responds to the most common arguments from the other side.
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Ep. 1424 Feminism and the Family from 2019-06-11T16:35:58
(N.b.: some sensitive subject matter.) Ladies of Liberty week begins with Brave the World, as my guest Julia is known to her followers. We talk feminism, family, promiscuity, children, the state, a...
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Ep. 1423 Tucker Carlson Supports Elizabeth Warren's Economics from 2019-06-08T03:00
Virtually every major news source covered what Tucker Carlson had to say in the monologue of his FOX News program the other day, when he declared Elizabeth Warren's economic plan to be a simple mat...
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Ep. 1422 The America First Committee and World War II from 2019-06-06T23:46:56
Ben Lewis joins me to discuss the controversial America First Committee, which favored nonintervention in the Second World War (until Pearl Harbor).
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Ep. 1421 Bernie Sanders' Fake Constitution from 2019-06-06T00:00
A recent Facebook meme suggested that of course Bernie Sanders' wealth redistribution plans are constitutional -- why, we have the general welfare clause to authorize them! Ugh. Today I go through ...
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Ep. 1420 The Real Antiwar Movement Takes All Kinds from 2019-06-04T23:00
Last week I received the news that Murray Polner, my co-editor on the book We Who Dared to Say No to War, had died at the age of 91. Murray had been a man of the left, but we thoroughly enjoyed our...
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Ep. 1419 Did the War Party Break Trump? from 2019-06-04T14:00
The war machine is a tough nut to crack. Trump wanted troops out of this place and that, but they're still there. Who is really making policy? Meanwhile, Mike Pompeo is trying to pretend that Georg...
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Ep. 1418 Luis J. Gomez, Co-Creator of GaS Digital, on Racism, Free Speech, Comedy, and SJWs from 2019-05-31T23:00
Luis J. Gomez is co-creator of the GaS Digital Network, which features the programs of Tom Woods Show favorites Dave Smith and Michael Malice. He grew up in very rough circumstances, but worked ext...
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Ep. 1417 The Strategy Episode from 2019-05-30T23:56
Walter Block, Jeff Deist, and I discuss various questions involving (among other things) libertarian strategy: what if anything we can do to advance the ideas we believe in. Plus: the significance ...
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Ep. 1416 Kratom, the State, and Clever Entrepreneurship from 2019-05-29T23:00
John Bush, a longtime activist I got to know during the Ron Paul presidential campaigns, began selling kratom after having had good results with it himself. Today we discuss kratom: what it is, wha...
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Ep. 1415 Bad Idea: Bernie and AOC Want to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates from 2019-05-28T22:00
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders are proposing that interest rates on credit cards be capped, as a way of helping the poor. Would such a policy have that effect? I'm joined by Todd Zywick...
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Ep. 1414 Michael Malice on Immigration, Culture, and the New Right from 2019-05-25T00:30
Michael and I conclude our discussion of his new book The New Right by treating issues like immigration, culture (where it comes from and why the left is winning), and plenty more.
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Ep. 1413 Michael Malice on William F. Buckley and Other Villains from 2019-05-24T00:30
Michael and I discuss Buckley, Reagan, Christians who think America is Old Testament Israel, the media, and plenty of other juicy topics as we continue our discussion of his brand new book The New ...
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Ep. 1412 The Democracy Delusion from 2019-05-22T22:06:31
I welcome Michael Malice back to the show to discuss "democracy," the system where the people's voices are heard -- or so the story goes.
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Ep. 1411 Michael Malice on Humor, Trolling, and the New Right from 2019-05-22T03:00
On day two of Michael Malice week we discuss humor and the dissident Right: how it uses humor, whether some things are too serious to joke about, humor as an essential tool against the state, and m...
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Ep. 1410 The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics from 2019-05-20T21:00
Michael Malice joins me to discuss his new book on what he calls the "New Right," a disparate group of thinkers and activists who operate without a thought for Conservatism, Inc., who oppose progre...
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BONUS Ep. 1409 The Progressive Rock Episode, with Big Big Train's David Longdon from 2019-05-18T16:00
The best band you've never heard of is Big Big Train, which Brad Birzer told me about for the first time on this very podcast. If you're used to conventional radio hits, your life is about to be im...
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Ep. 1408 We Are Politically Vanquished. What Should Our Strategy Be? from 2019-05-17T22:38:17
At this year's state convention of , president Jeff Deist delivered remarks that I think are important, well stated, and to my mind completely convincing.
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Ep. 1407 Does Study of the Middle Ages Have a "White Supremacy" Problem? from 2019-05-16T21:00
Rachel Fulton Brown, a professor of history at the University of Chicago, has been at the center of a controversy within medieval studies over race and "white supremacy" within the field. The New Y...
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Ep. 1406 My Keynote to the Florida LP: What We're Up Against from 2019-05-16T03:44:51
In this keynote address to the state convention of the Libertarian Party of Florida, I consider the question: if our position is so compelling, why aren't we doing a better job of persuading people?
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Ep. 1405 The Battle Hymn of the Republic and American Righteousness from 2019-05-15T03:00
Richard Gamble of Hillsdale College examines Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic -- its history and theology -- and how it fits into the American civil religion, whereby the United States...
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Ep. 1404 Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies from 2019-05-14T03:00
Kristian Niemietz joins me to discuss the persistent attraction of socialism despite its terrible track record, and the excuses and apologias its supporters offer in order to justify their ongoing ...
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Ep. 1403 The Origins and Evils of Crony Capitalism from 2019-05-10T23:05:45
Randall Holcombe of Florida State University joins me to discuss what he calls "political capitalism," whereby the private and public sectors collaborate for their mutual benefit, and against the p...
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Ep. 1402 If We're So Right, Where Are the Libertarian Countries? from 2019-05-10T01:00
Following up on a theme I raised with Professor Dan Moller in episode 1399 (if our ideas are so good, why aren't we more popular?), I want to address a related question, which has been thrown at us...
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Ep. 1401 New Book The Socialist Manifesto -- Refuted from 2019-05-09T05:53:34
Gene Epstein joins me to respond to Bhaskar Sunkara's new book The Socialist Manifesto. (Sunkara was invited to participate, but declined.)
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Ep. 1400 Libertarian Party Vice Chair Alex Merced on the LP's Past and Future from 2019-05-08T04:29:54
Alex Merced, Libertarian Party vice chair, takes questions submitted by my private Supporting Listeners group, the Tom Woods Show Elite (https://www.supportinglisteners.com) on topics including the...
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Ep. 1399 Why the Welfare State Is Morally Wrong: A New Approach from 2019-05-07T04:33:57
Dan Moller, a philosophy professor at the University of Maryland, has just produced an intriguing, and to my mind compelling, new kind of argument against the welfare state. He takes on this issue ...
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Ep. 1398 Tyler Cowen on Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero from 2019-05-03T23:00
Big business has become a villain not just to the progressive left but also to the populist right and even to many libertarians, who think they see cronyism everywhere. Lost amid this climate of co...
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Ep. 1397 Eric Peters, Libertarian Car Expert, Punished by Google for Wrongthink from 2019-05-03T00:30
Eric Peters was recently punished by Google for some of the content on his website, which covers news from the world of cars through a libertarian lens. Wait until you hear what the offending mater...
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Ep. 1396 Alex Jones and Tom from 2019-05-02T02:30
In this blast from the past from 2009, I'm interviewed by Alex Jones about central banking and the financial crisis.
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Ep. 1395 Another Woods Smash: Do Libertarians Think Every Man Is an Island? from 2019-04-30T23:00
I often repeat Jonathan Haidt's point that left-liberals understand their opponents far less well than their opponents understand them. The most recent uncomprehending critic I've seen says liberta...
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Ep. 1394 The Real History of the (non-Isolationist) 1920s from 2019-04-30T03:00
Historians love to hate Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, the presidents during most of the 1920s. Historians also enjoy tut-tutting the U.S. for having been "isolationist" during the 1920s. This...
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Ep. 1393 Trump, Mueller, and "Obstruction" from 2019-04-27T19:00
Scott Horton joins me to review the "obstruction" claims on the part of media outlets that in the wake of the Mueller report suddenly dropped the "collusion" talk of the past two years and shifted ...
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Ep. 1392 Without Government, We'll All Go Broke When Our Banks Fail -- Plus, Insider Trading and Liberty from 2019-04-25T20:47:22
I take on more criticisms of libertarianism -- less common but still important, and very interesting: (1) don't we need government-created deposit insurance so people don't lose a fortune if their ...
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Ep. 1391 Government Scams That Everyone Believes from 2019-04-24T23:30
In this episode I hit "too big to fail," the military-industrial complex, state pensions, Obamacare, the Federal Reserve, and many more. This episode is drawn from one of my appearances on Financia...
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Ep. 1390 Jefferson and Slavery: Non-Cartoon Version from 2019-04-24T03:57:29
Madison and Jefferson biographer Kevin Gutzman joins me to discuss Jefferson's real record on slavery, the emphasis on slavery among the Western left (which leaves the impression among most student...
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Ep. 1389 How to Defeat the Government/University Complex, Which Is Turning Frustrated Kids into Socialists from 2019-04-23T04:21:01
Isaac Morehouse says the people who got duped in the college admissions scandals weren't the schools that accepted unqualified students but the parents who paid the bribes to get their children in....
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Ep. 1388 Abolish the CIA from 2019-04-18T20:00
Jacob Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation discusses CIA mischief at home and abroad, and why the national security state is a threat to American liberty.
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Ep. 1387 How to Understand Notre Dame Cathedral, Jewel of Western Civilization from 2019-04-18T04:00
Denis McNamara, author of How to Read Churches, joins me to discuss Notre Dame Cathedral and Church architecture in general, in the wake of the terrible fire just two days ago. Professor McNamara i...
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Ep. 1386 Down With the Green New Deal, Says Former Greenpeace Director Patrick Moore from 2019-04-16T19:55:40
Patrick Moore, who spent nine years as president of Greenpeace Canada and another six as a director of Greenpeace International, joins me to critique the Green New Deal proposal.
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Ep. 1385 The Truth About Whistleblower Julian Assange from 2019-04-16T03:00
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London last Thursday. The media and political sources who despise him are doing their best to make his activities sound ne...
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Ep. 1384 Andrew Yang and Universal Basic Income from 2019-04-14T00:00
Antony Sammeroff joins me to discuss Andrew Yang's recent appearance with Ben Shapiro, and how Shapiro might have pushed back a bit more against Yang's proposal of a universal basic income.
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Ep. 1383 How Phony "Rights" Empower the State, and Other Libertarian Topics from 2019-04-12T04:44:12
Today's episode covers a wide array of foundational libertarian topics: positive vs. negative rights, Locke vs. Hobbes, constitutional interpretation, slavery and the U.S. Constitution, subsidiarit...
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Ep. 1382 Lew Rockwell on the 2020 Democrats, and Everything Else from 2019-04-10T23:00
All right, not quite *everything* else... but on: Trump, Russiagate, the media, Barry Goldwater, meeting Rothbard, being Mises' editor, becoming an anarcho-capitalist, and more.
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Ep. 1381 I've Been Wrong About Right and Left from 2019-04-09T20:48:15
I felt uneasy after my recent episode with Michael Malice on the meaning of political left and right, and now I know why: I've been wrong about a major piece of the puzzle. The brilliant Paul Gottf...
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Ep. 1380 Don't Get Snookered by Phony Constitutional Originalists from 2019-04-09T03:00
Mark Pulliam returns to the show to discuss the problem of faux originalism in constitutional interpretation, emanating these days from certain libertarian and conservative think tanks. It's easy t...
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Ep. 1379 Andy Ngo on Hate Crime Hoaxes and Dissident Journalism from 2019-04-06T03:00
Andy Ngo of joins me to discuss recent hate crime hoaxes, particularly in left-liberal Portland, as well as dissident journalism in general and his own philosophical evolution after observing the ...
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Ep. 1378 What Is Socialism, Anyway? Pinning Down a Slippery Term from 2019-04-05T05:07:19
The word "socialism" is thrown around constantly these days, usually in favorable contexts. But what in fact is socialism? Hitler wasn't a socialist, socialists insist, who then turn around and say...
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Ep. 1377 Dissident Voices Suppressed Online? Technology to the Rescue from 2019-04-04T03:00
The news continues to be grim about purges on major social media platforms, but Andrew Torba, creator of Gab, has just released Dissenter, a browser extension that adds an independent comments sect...
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Ep. 1376 The Fed's Lies: A Fun-Filled Review from 2019-04-03T04:03:24
During the critical year of 2007, between the end of the housing bubble and the onset of the financial crisis, major officials of the Federal Reserve made claims that appear to have been designed m...
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Ep. 1375 Myths of Gun Control, Plus: New Rothbard Book from 2019-04-02T02:30
José Niño returns to discuss the most common myths of gun control. Before that, I spend some time talking about the fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty, which will be released sometime this year. ...
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Ep. 1374 Russiagate: Here's How Bad the Media Really Was from 2019-03-29T23:02:50
This episode reviews some of the key moments and claims from the Russiagate fiasco, to help clarify just what a damning indictment of the media it truly is.
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Ep. 1373 Scott Horton on Yemen 4th Anniversary and Afghanistan Peace Talks from 2019-03-28T23:15:04
Scott Horton, the great libertarian foreign policy expert, brings us up to date on the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen as well as the ongoing peace talks in Afghanistan. We touch a bit on Syria a...
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Ep. 1372 Michael Malice on What Left and Right Mean from 2019-03-28T04:35:42
By popular demand, Michael Malice and I discuss the political terms "left" and "right" -- are they meaningful? If so, what do they mean? Do libertarians belong somewhere on that continuum?
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Ep. 1371 The Mueller Report and Fake News from 2019-03-26T19:30
The year 2019 hasn't been a good one for the news media -- and now the Mueller report, which failed to find evidence of "collusion" between the Trump campaign and Russia, has just hit like a 10-meg...
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Ep. 1370 The Fake Social Contract from 2019-03-26T02:30
The "social contract," which we are said to have consented to "implicitly," is the primary way we hear the state justified. Our opponents on social media seem to consider this a devastating reply, ...
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BONUS Ep. 1369 Church Politics in the Age of Francis from 2019-03-23T17:30
Some of my favorite conversations on or off the air are with Catholic publisher Roger McCaffrey (who's the godfather to two of our daughters, incidentally). In addition to being very knowledgeable ...
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Ep. 1368 Reagan Admin's David Stockman: Is MAGA a Fantasy? from 2019-03-23T02:03:35
David Stockman, who served as director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, and who's been a great friend of the Tom Woods Show, returns to discuss his new book, Peak Trump: ...
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Ep. 1367 Jordan Peterson Hits Back at Cambridge University from 2019-03-21T22:31:08
Cambridge University has rescinded a fellowship offer extended to Jordan Peterson, probably the best-known and most followed academic in Canada's history. He hit back in his characteristic style.
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Ep. 1366 The Democrats and Their Court-Packing Plan from 2019-03-20T23:08:42
On a previous episode I predicted that the Democrats would not let the transformation of the Supreme Court stand, and would instead try to revive the idea of packing the Court. I was right. In this...
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Ep. 1365 The Shrinking Index Card of Allowable Libertarian Opinion from 2019-03-20T00:15:17
You'll never guess what your host did that outraged the delightful "left-libertarian" wing of our little movement this time, but it speaks volumes. I also discuss the ongoing Tulsi Gabbard situation.
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Ep. 1364 True Conservatism Means Anarchism? from 2019-03-18T22:00
Professor Alex Salter discusses his provocative article for The American Conservative: "Why True Conservatism Means Anarchy."
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Ep. 1363 World War II Did Not Cure the Great Depression from 2019-03-16T15:00
This one just won't go away. Even people who should know better unthinkingly repeat this one. Here's what's wrong with this claim.
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Ep. 1362 The Discrimination Myth from 2019-03-15T19:30
Frank Karsten returns to discuss myths of discrimination that virtually everyone believes, and which tend to empower the state.
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Ep. 1361 Hoaxed: How the Media Demonizes Dissidents and Distorts the News from 2019-03-14T15:59:16
Mike Cernovich has just released Hoaxed, a superb documentary about the media and how it distorts the news, influences public opinion, and demonizes dissidents. The result: a must-listen episode of...
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Ep. 1360 Wealth Redistribution: Its Bad Consequences Within and Between Countries from 2019-03-13T17:00
I discuss the difficulties and bad consequences of wealth redistribution, both within a country (welfare programs) and between countries (foreign aid).
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Ep. 1359 Can Economic Nationalism Help Americans? from 2019-03-11T23:17:57
Gene Epstein returns to discuss the economic side of the brand of nationalist conservatism that's been developing under Trump. Will it help the people it claims to be looking out for? Show notes fo...
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Ep. 1358 Foreign Policy Disasters: Why Isn't Anyone Held Responsible? from 2019-03-08T20:45:04
Stephen Walt, a professor of international relations at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, joins me to discuss the poor record of post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy. How has the fore...
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Ep. 1357 Surprise: Official Libertarianism Ignores These Two Heroes from 2019-03-08T01:00
People say libertarians aren't interested in good news, and that bad news sells. I'm not sure I buy that, or that that's a specifically libertarian trait. Regardless, I have good news today. Today'...
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Ep. 1356 A Stake Through the Heart of Socialism from 2019-03-06T21:00
In episode 1355 we looked at Einstein's famous essay on socialism. In this episode we drive the final stake through the heart of Einstein's version of socialism: the socialist calculation problem.
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Ep. 1355 Was Einstein an Idiot (on Economics)? from 2019-03-05T22:30
Albert Einstein wrote a famous essay for the socialist publication Monthly Review in 1949 called "Why Socialism?" In this episode I note some of the problems, as well as the surprising admissions, ...
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Ep. 1354 The Ultimate Libertarian Reading List from 2019-03-04T23:07:11
Last night I asked the folks in the Tom Woods Show Elite, which you can join at , for suggestions for a solo episode I might do. Someone recommended this idea, and I loved it. Enjoy!
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Ep. 1353 The Disastrous New Deal from 2019-03-01T23:00
Every schoolboy learns that Franklin Roosevelt cured the Great Depression with his New Deal programs. This is false, as libertarians well know. But it's still taught, year after year. In this episo...
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Ep. 1352 This Left-Wing Attack Piece is the Bologna; Peter Klein and I Are the Slicer from 2019-03-01T00:30:46
I finish my reply to the AlterNet article containing 11 questions that are supposed to demonstrate whether your libertarian friend is a hypocrite or not. Joining me this time is Professor Peter Kle...
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Ep. 1351 Medicare for All, and Other Disasters from 2019-02-27T23:00
Dr. Jane Orient, executive director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, discusses what's really wrong with health care (hint: it isn't a lack of government involvement) and how ...
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Ep. 1350 Remember When Conservatives Didn't Make You Pull Your Hair Out? from 2019-02-26T22:00
Remember when conservatives used to be antiwar, opposed centralized power, and actually wanted to eliminate government agencies rather than just take them over? Yes, such people once existed. Rober...
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Ep. 1349 What's So Extreme About Socialism? from 2019-02-25T19:30
Bob Murphy and I discuss the view, apparently now mainstream on the left, that socialism has been unjustly demonized, and that it would be quite all right to have the federal government in direct c...
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Ep. 1348 Another Leftist Tries to Refute Us. WOMP WOMP from 2019-02-23T00:30
An article at AlterNet called "11 Questions You Should Ask Libertarians to See If They're Hypocrites" is just crying out to be discussed and demolished on the Tom Woods Show. Today is your lucky day.
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Ep. 1347 Hooray for Billionaires from 2019-02-21T22:30
"The rich" are one of the few groups we're supposed to hate. Unfortunately, among the so-called rich we have vanishingly few people capable of launching a full-throated defense of themselves agains...
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Ep. 1346 Libertarianism vs. Postmodernism and "Social Justice" Ideology from 2019-02-21T01:00
Professor Michael Rectenwald, the former Marxist who will deliver the Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture at the Mises Institute's Austrian Economics Research Conference this year, returns for a snea...
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Ep. 1345 The Making of Michael Malice, #1 Tom Woods Show Guest from 2019-02-20T03:31:11
Both times I've surveyed my listeners, Michael Malice has been chosen as their favorite guest on the Tom Woods Show. Here I try to uncover what makes him tick. That takes us back to his birth in th...
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Ep. 1344 More Unknown History: People Weren't Always Clueless About the Boom-Bust Cycle from 2019-02-19T01:00
When you read old -- and I mean old, like nineteenth century old -- American writers on money and banking, something jumps out at you: they understood things with a surprising clarity, and had a pr...
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Ep. 1343 From Blackstone to Marxism: The Strange Journey of American Legal Thought from 2019-02-15T22:00
Stephen Presser and I go from William Blackstone, whose Commentaries on the Laws of England played such a central role in influencing early American ideas about the law, all the way to the Marxist-...
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Ep. 1342 Money, Morality, and the Crisis of 2008 from 2019-02-14T20:00
How many times has this crisis been chalked up to "greed"? As if people hadn't been greedy three weeks earlier. It's time our amateur moralizers learned a little something, and that's the purpose o...
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Ep. 1341 Young Americans for Liberty: A Dissenting Voice Amidst the Groupthink from 2019-02-14T00:00
Cliff Maloney, president of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) -- an organization I have enthusiastically supported for over ten years -- joins me to discuss their strategy for the campuses and soci...
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Ep. 1340 Conservatives and Libertarians: Natural Allies? from 2019-02-12T22:30
Ben Lewis and I go back into conservative/libertarian history to discuss the work of Frank Meyer, who thought the conservative and libertarian positions were not so difficult to reconcile. Conserva...
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Ep. 1339 The Wrong Way to Argue for the Free Market from 2019-02-11T22:00
Friends and foes of the market alike refer to capitalism as a system of "competition." Is that really its characteristic feature, and is that what distinguishes it from other systems? This is actua...
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Ep. 1338 Society Needs the State Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle from 2019-02-08T22:00
In this episode I explore the history of the idea that society can more or less run itself, that there are certain observable regularities in our relationships with one another, particularly in com...
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Ep. 1337 Tough Libertarian Questions: Blackmail, Bridges, and Outer Space from 2019-02-08T01:00
Walter Block, who holds the Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Chair at Loyola University in New Orleans, joins me to discuss some particularly tricky questions for libertarians.
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Ep. 1336 Obamacare Unconstitutional? District Court Judge Says So from 2019-02-06T18:30
Josh Blackman, a professor at South Texas College of Law, discusses the grounds on which U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor found Obamacare unconstitutional. We discuss John Roberts' decision ...
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Ep. 1335 The Myth of Religious Violence from 2019-02-05T22:00
That's a provocative title, to be sure. Author William Cavanaugh, a professor at DePaul University, is not saying that what we recognize to be religious beliefs can never inspire violence. What he ...
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Ep. 1334 The Government's War on Affordable Housing from 2019-02-04T23:00:05
We hear lots of calls for "affordable housing," and much less discussion about what might be making housing not so affordable. Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute shows that -- surprise -- the gove...
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Ep. 1333 The Tom Woods Guide to Seceding From Everything from 2019-02-01T22:00
Looking over many Tom Woods Show episodes, I discovered a common theme: finding freedom in an unfree world. It's not true that we libertarians only complain. We build. So I talk secession from: the...
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Ep. 1332 Should Libertarians Support Secession? from 2019-01-31T16:00
Historian Brion McClanahan joins me to discuss an article on secession, particularly on the nineteenth-century southern secession, that makes the rounds every once in a while in fashionable liberta...
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Ep. 1331 Do We Need the State for the Sake of the Vulnerable? from 2019-01-30T01:00
In one of my Twitter exchanges, I came across a fellow who thought the vulnerable would be worse off under libertarianism, since they'd be less likely to have access to education, etc. Since a lot ...
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Ep. 1330 The State Retards Progress and Peace from 2019-01-29T01:00
Richard Cobden, the nineteenth-century pro-trade, noninterventionist member of Parliament, once said, "The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace and the spread of commerce ...
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Ep. 1329 Lawyers Against the State from 2019-01-25T23:36:27
Today I talk to Ethan Blevins with the Pacific Legal Foundation, which does pro bono work for people wronged by the state. Crazy laws and regulations in left-wing Seattle keep these folks pretty bu...
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Ep. 1328 Are the Media the Enemies of the People? from 2019-01-24T23:00
Some libertarians shrink from this kind of language, but I don't see how it can be doubted, especially now. In this episode I discuss not just the Covington high school students, but also the media...
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Ep. 1327 The Green New Deal Is Insane from 2019-01-24T00:16:45
Alex Epstein of the Center for Industrial Progress joins me to discuss the Green New Deal proposal, which seeks a radical transformation of the American economy in the service of "green" energy tar...
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Ep. 1326 How to Secede From Our Monetary Regime from 2019-01-23T01:00
Frequent guest Bob Murphy returns, this time talking about his new (co-authored) book, The Case for IBC. This is an acronym for "Infinite Banking Concept," a strategy that uses properly designed wh...
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Ep. 1325 Articles of Impeachment Against Abraham Lincoln from 2019-01-22T01:00
A law professor recently included a thought experiment on a constitutional law exam: suppose Lincoln had survived the assassin's bullet, and later wound up facing articles of impeachment for some o...
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Ep. 1324 How to Nudge Non-Libertarians in the Right Direction from 2019-01-19T19:00
Musician Tatiana Moroz has an audience a portion of which is new to libertarian ideas, so she asked me newbie-friendly questions: how I get non-libertarians to start thinking differently, who will ...
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Ep. 1323 Agorism: Anti-Politics, Anti-State, Pro-Freedom Now from 2019-01-18T23:27:27
Author and publisher Victor Koman joins me to discuss agorism, the anti-political, anti-state philosophy and strategy developed by Samuel E. Konkin III. Those chapters that exist of Konkin's would-...
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Ep. 1322 Smashing Fallacies in American Economic History from 2019-01-17T23:58:26
Professor Jeff Herbener just completed the first of two courses for my LibertyClassroom.com website on American economic history, an area where there are plenty of misconceptions and fallacies to r...
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Ep. 1321 The Progressives' Dream -- Rule by So-Called Experts -- and How to Dismantle It from 2019-01-16T22:35:07
A hundred years ago progressives thought it best that we be ruled by experts. Their vision culminated in the administrative state we have today, in which federal agencies make law, at times even cl...
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Ep. 1320 "Pro-Family" Economics Makes Me Crazy from 2019-01-15T18:20:39
Tucker Carlson, who's been great on some issues, has been speaking out against what he considers the free-market fundamentalism (I wish!) of mainstream conservatism. He says we need to understand t...
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BONUS Ep. 1319 Your New Business for 2019: What to Do and What to Avoid from 2019-01-12T21:00
Steve Clayton was a vice president at LabCorp, where many of us have gone to have blood work done, and took a chance: he left it all behind to go out on his own as an entrepreneur. The gamble paid ...
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Ep. 1318 Cryptocurrency: Regulatory Hurdles, and Advances in Privacy from 2019-01-11T23:30
Today, Sasha Hodder, an authority on the legal and regulatory aspects of cryptocurrency, discusses the regulatory hurdles faced by crypto, but also advances in privacy for users.
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Ep. 1317 What Can Libertarians Contribute to the Study of Literature? from 2019-01-10T22:30:05
Allen Mendenhall, who holds a Ph.D. in English from Auburn University, joins me to discuss what libertarian literary criticism looks like.
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Ep. 1316 How to Be Better at (Almost) Everything from 2019-01-09T23:00
Pat Flynn -- fitness expert, libertarian, and entrepreneur -- joins me to discuss one of the vanishingly small number of books in personal development that gives you specific action items to improv...
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Ep. 1315 Everything Should Be Abolished from 2019-01-08T22:00
In this episode, I review some themes from my 2011 book Rollback, which makes the case against, well, pretty much everything -- the Fed, the military-industrial complex, the whole kit and kaboodle....
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Ep. 1314 Ocasio-Cortez Wants 70% Top Marginal Tax Rate from 2019-01-08T00:45:58
She says it's about time people "pay their fair share," and that she needs the dough to fund her Green New Deal. Others are saying that since we had high top marginal rates in the past, it's no pro...
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Ep. 1313 Capitalism Makes Poor Better Off; Left Goes Berserk from 2019-01-04T21:03:02
The latest claim -- if you can believe it -- is that so-called dollar stores make the poor poorer. This isn't the first time the private sector has been condemned for expanding the choices availabl...
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Ep. 1312 Trump's Mistakes from 2019-01-03T22:18:01
If you say Trump makes political mistakes, you get scolded: why, what do you know, Mr. Know-It-All? He managed to get elected against all the odds! He knows what he's doing! Now while that cautiona...
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Ep. 1311 Good News in 2019? War on Terror Takes a Hit, and Peterson/Rubin Challenge Patreon from 2019-01-02T21:42:57
As the new year begins I devote this episode to (1) a review of the decisions by Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin to leave Patreon and build an alternative, and (2) taking stock of the War on Terror,...
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Ep. 1310 The Ron Paul Revolution: Grassroots Leaders Look Back from 2018-12-22T17:00
In this final episode of the Tom Woods Show for 2018, I'm joined by Michael Maresco (the "Ron Paul rider"), Bryan Thome of the Ron Paul Forums, and Jordan Page, musician of the Revolution. We excha...
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Ep. 1309 The Syria Withdrawal: Three Cheers from 2018-12-21T15:42:30
Scott Horton joins me to discuss the reality of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, and the hysterical establishment response, from center-left to center-right. We also discuss fears about th...
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Ep. 1308 Bill Kristol's Weekly Standard Is No More from 2018-12-20T03:41:17
The Weekly Standard, a neoconservative magazine with a 23-year run, is dead. Longtime neocon slayer Paul Gottfried joins me to discuss the magazine, its editorial line, and its demise -- and what, ...
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Ep. 1307 The Economist Ron Paul Wants You to Know from 2018-12-18T22:30
Ron Paul says he can't think of a more prolific free-market economist in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis than my guest today, Bob Murphy. Today we follow Bob's personal and intellectual traje...
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Ep. 1306 The Stock Market Demystified from 2018-12-18T02:42:35
For lots of people the stock market seems hopelessly complicated, and people who discuss it seem to employ a strange lingo outsiders can never master. So today we answered a bunch of questions subm...
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Ep. 1305 Bitcoin vs. Social Media Purges from 2018-12-14T22:21
Patreon is a platform that a lot of content creators use to raise money from appreciative fans who want to support them. But Patreon has joined the purge bandwagon, too. What alternative do people ...
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Ep. 1304 How I Got into Harvard from 2018-12-14T01:30:55
Stephan Kinsella, the libertarian theorist and author of "Against Intellectual Property", asked me the other day about my college admission experience. He and I each have a child in the tenth grade...
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Ep. 1303 The Rise of Victimhood Culture from 2018-12-13T02:49:34
Jason Manning, a professor of sociology at West Virginia University, has accomplished a feat I could never have matched: he's co-authored a scholarly and dispassionate overview of what he calls "vi...
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Ep. 1302 Michael Malice on the Continuing Social Media Purges from 2018-12-12T03:06:25
The social media purge continues: Sargon of Akkad was just removed from Patreon despite not being an extremist by any definition. Today Michael Malice and I discuss the ongoing case of Gavin McInne...
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Ep. 1301 Transgender Ideologues Try to Silence Feminist from 2018-12-08T01:38:31
Feminist author Meghan Murphy, who had a large following on Twitter, was recently removed from that platform because of what appear to be fairly innocuous Tweets related to transgenderism, and even...
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Ep. 1300 Trump Report Card, Public Speaking Tips, and More from 2018-12-07T03:44:40
In this episode I talk a bit about Trump, then about the cause of the boom-bust cycle, then entrepreneurship, and then public speaking. Quite a potpourri -- and a darn good one, if I may say so. Th...
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Ep. 1299 Reagan Admin's David Stockman on George H.W. Bush, Trump's Prospects, and the Fed from 2018-12-06T02:00:47
David Stockman, who served as director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, shares reflections and anecdotes about the late George H.W. Bush. We then discuss how the Fed, rat...
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Ep. 1298 George H.W. Bush: His Presidency Assessed from 2018-12-04T22:59:18
With the passing of former president George H.W. Bush, we've heard much talk of his having been an underrated president. Daniel McCarthy joins me to offer his assessment.
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Ep. 1297 Marxism and Other Weirdness in English Departments from 2018-12-04T00:54:45
Allen Mendenhall holds a Ph.D. in English from Auburn University as well as two law degrees (from Temple and West Virginia). He is an associate dean at Faulkner University's Thomas Goode Jones Scho...
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Ep. 1296 Tattoos and the State from 2018-12-01T17:19:37
Leah Farrow and Josh Griffin, co-hosts of the No Regerts podcast, join me to discuss the history of tattoos and the state, regulation and self-regulation, and a lot more.
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Ep. 1295 If You Criticize Trump, You Must Love Obama! from 2018-11-29T22:11:06
This week David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, made some comments about the problems with what he called Donald Trump's "statism," and with Federal R...
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Ep. 1294 Should the Authorities Have Killed This Man? New Ballad Tells His Story from 2018-11-28T23:33:14
Jordan Page, musician of the Ron Paul Revolution, just released "The Ballad of Lavoy Finicum," about a man who was shot and killed by Oregon state troopers in 2016 (Jordan tells the story). We also...
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Ep. 1293 Scott Adams on Trump and Persuasion from 2018-11-27T22:11:24
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, joins me to discuss the Trump phenomenon and what people missed about it (and therefore why they didn't see his victory coming), plus democracy, persuasion, debatin...
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Ep. 1292 The Heroic No-Frills Private School, and Its Enemies from 2018-11-27T02:22:41
James Tooley has both chronicled and contributed to the extraordinary phenomenon, unknown to almost everyone, of low-cost private schools in the developing world. He's now bringing this model to En...
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Ep. 1291 The War That Destroyed a Civilization? from 2018-11-23T19:26:29
Scott Horton and I discuss World War I and its hideous legacy. Also: why the Progressives favored intervention, what the Social Gospel clergy had to say, where Hitler came from, and a lot more. Thi...
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Ep. 1290 How Jeff Deist and I Advise a Child Who Wants to Run for President from 2018-11-22T16:02:57
A 9-year-old boy wrote me a letter not long ago, part of which asked me about politics, because he describes himself as "very interested in running for president someday." Jeff Deist and I discusse...
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Ep. 1289 In Which My Secrets, Resentments, Passions, and Various Good and Bad Things Are Laid Bare from 2018-11-21T23:31:50
In this episode my colleague Bob Murphy interviews me about everything from public speaking (and my tips) to my resentments (and how I overcame them), our religious differences, my major contributi...
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Ep. 1288 Decriminalize Mushrooms from 2018-11-20T22:38:38
In recent years researchers have discovered therapeutic uses for psilocybin mushrooms where the results have been extraordinary. Kevin Matthews of Decriminalize Denver joins me to discuss these fin...
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Ep. 1287 The Left Can't Meme, But We Sure Can from 2018-11-19T23:36:58
Mance Rayder's second book is like a bazooka aimed at the leftism that is de rigueur in academia, entertainment, and culture. Using well-chosen memes, Mance demonstrates the double standards and in...
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Ep. 1286 Can Murray Rothbard Be Explained to Children? from 2018-11-17T00:19:34
You know you've really mastered a topic if you can explain it to a complete beginner and be understood. You've truly mastered it if you can convey the basic idea even to a child. And that's precise...
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Ep. 1285 The Establishment Is Ignorant: Nullification Edition from 2018-11-16T01:03:10
Ever since it became known that acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has spoken favorably about the right of the states to nullify unconstitutional federal laws, we've been treated to a barrage...
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Ep. 1284 How Northerners Used States' Rights to Fight Slavery from 2018-11-14T21:55:33
Nullification -- and indeed anything involving the states -- is all about slavery, right? What a surprise: the propagandists are wrong again. In this episode, the 's Michael Boldin joins me for som...
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Ep. 1283 Scott Horton on Scott Horton: The Making of a Libertarian Foreign Policy Expert from 2018-11-13T22:25:06
According to the survey we ran for the Freedom Feud game aboard the Contra Cruise, the #2 most popular guest on the Tom Woods Show is Scott Horton, the great foreign-policy expert. This time, thoug...
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Ep. 1282 DEBATE: Should Israel Give Up Territory? from 2018-11-12T23:58:59
Elliot Resnick and Gene Epstein debate the resolution: "Israel should keep every inch of land it currently possesses."
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Ep. 1281 The End of World War I: A Look Back 100 Years Later from 2018-11-09T22:35:42
World War I was a catastrophe for Western civilization. One hundred years ago, on November 11th, it finally came to an end. Author and historian Hunt Tooley joins me for an assessment of the wars l...
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Ep. 1280 Trump, the Democrats, the Midterms, and the Future from 2018-11-09T00:30:26
Were the midterm elections of repudiation of Trump, a mixed bag, or even an endorsement of Trump? What can we expect over the next two years, and what are the Democrats likely to do in 2020? Dan Mc...
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Ep. 1279 The John Birch Society: A Conversation With Its President Emeritus from 2018-11-08T01:11:30
John F. ("Jack") McManus, longtime president of the John Birch Society, joins me to discuss the Society's founding and history, its controversial positions, its clashes with William F. Buckley and ...
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Ep. 1278 Woods's Greatest Hits from 2018-11-06T23:54:13
In today's episode I review some of the golden nuggets from the previous 600 or so episodes. Fascinating people and ideas you may have missed -- and even if you didn't miss them, it couldn't hurt t...
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Ep. 1277 Private Law and Defense Are No Problem, or The Shortcomings of Public Goods Theory from 2018-11-05T21:57:33
Neoclassical economics insists that a separate class of goods, called "public goods," cannot, because of their peculiar characteristics, be efficiently provided by the market and must instead be fi...
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BONUS Ep. 1276 Patrick Henry Descendant Starts Selling at Age 8, Works Online for 19 Years from 2018-11-04T18:19:24
Paul Counts has been an entrepreneur since he began selling pencils at age 8. He's been making his living online for 19 years. He knows both the tech side and the marketing side inside and out -- a...
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Ep. 1275 Myths and Truths of U.S. Monetary History: Plus, Funny Footage from the Contra Cruise from 2018-11-03T14:54:57
In this episode I delve into some myths and truths of U.S. monetary history, from the colonial period through the creation of the Federal Reserve. The second part is a treat: some audio footage, re...
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Ep. 1274 Major Discovery: Previously Lost Works by Lysander Spooner from 2018-11-02T17:45:31
Lysander Spooner, the great 19th-century individualist anarchist, evidently wrote on banking and currency competition, but those works had been lost until now. Phil Magness, through some clever det...
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Ep. 1273 Birthright Citizenship: What the Constitution and Common Sense Say from 2018-11-01T22:45:42
Donald Trump has indicated his desire to overturn the practice of birthright citizenship, a position Ron Paul and Rand Paul alike have long held. Opponents claim the Fourteenth Amendment requires b...
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Ep. 1272 Gene Epstein on How to Debate a Socialist from 2018-10-31T18:50:05
Fresh off his Soho Forum debate victory (as measured by Oxford-style rules) against Jacobin magazine editor Bhaskar Sunkara, Gene Epstein joins me for a review of the event and the arguments that g...
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Ep. 1271 Are Democrats and Left-Liberals Smarter Than You? from 2018-10-29T23:06:17
Why, the reason so many college professors have identical thoughts and hold the same political positions is that they are very smart and all these thoughts and positions are just the logical outcom...
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Ep. 1270 The Major Arguments for Money the State Can't Control from 2018-10-26T23:44:56
Here's where we libertarians are most often ridiculed -- why, the monetary system we favor is for cranks, they say, and what's more, it's already been tried! Uh huh. In this episode I make the case...
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Ep. 1269 Ten Years Later, People Still Blame Deregulation from 2018-10-25T22:31:53
Ten years after the financial crisis, the standard story still dominates: "deregulation" caused it. This is not even slightly true. It's urgent that we get this right, and not let the Fed's apologi...
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Ep. 1268 Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and the Making of Modern Economics from 2018-10-24T22:05:54
Mark Skousen joins me to discuss highlights and lowlights of the history of economic thought, and what we can learn from both.
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Ep. 1267 The Facebook Purge Continues from 2018-10-23T17:29:03
The Facebook purges continue, with recent victims including the Free Thought Project (3.1 million likes), Police the Police (1.9 million likes), and V is for Voluntary (165,000 likes). I speak to t...
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Ep. 1266 How Government Makes the Poor Worse Off, Example #43,662 from 2018-10-22T21:43:18
Jim Epstein of Reason TV just released a mini-documentary on the effects of the coming $15 minimum wage on one particular sector of the New York economy, and it's devastating.
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Ep. 1265 What I Told the Libertarian Party of Florida from 2018-10-19T19:58:50
Last week I spoke to a small gathering in Orlando of members of the Libertarian Party of Florida. Alex Merced, vice chair of the national party, spoke before me and introduced me. He spoke about hi...
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Ep. 1264 Going to College? Everyone Congratulates You. Not? You're Probably a Loser from 2018-10-18T21:22:03
Note the difference in reaction between telling someone you're going to college (congratulations and warm wishes) and telling someone you're taking a different path (skeptical line of questioning)....
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Ep. 1263 Reason's Matt Welch on Libertarianism, Foreign Policy, Journalism, and Michael Malice from 2018-10-17T23:05:57
Matt Welch, editor-at-large of Reason magazine, joins me to discuss his background, how his views evolved, the state of the Libertarian Party, his experiences in eastern Europe, and a lot more.
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Ep. 1262 What's the Deal with Elon Musk? And Other Car News for Libertarians from 2018-10-16T19:04:12
The great Eric Peters returns with further updates from the world of automobiles. You don't have to be a car aficionado to benefit from Eric's knowledge, and as always we have an entertaining and i...
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Ep. 1261 Is There a Moral Obligation to Help the Poor Abroad, and Other Moral Questions Asked of Libertarians from 2018-10-16T01:56:54
Philosopher Jim Otteson and I discuss his book Actual Ethics (Cambridge University Press), which advances a vigorous moral defense of the classical liberal, or libertarian, political tradition. We ...
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Ep. 1260 Has the War in Afghanistan Been a Success? from 2018-10-13T20:29:30
A recent post on a libertarian Facebook page suggested that only blind ideologues would dispute that the war in Afghanistan has been a success. After all, local polling data finds satisfaction with...
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Ep. 1259 A Neoconservative's Embarrassing Fall from 2018-10-11T21:26:23
Neoconservative historian and Council on Foreign Relations fellow Max Boot recently called on Americans, Republicans in particular, to vote a straight Democrat ticket in November. He just released ...
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Ep. 1258 Libertarians Are Cranks on Money, Our Critics Say from 2018-10-10T22:27:30
When it comes to sound money and fiat paper, we libertarians are nearly always dismissed as cranks. Why, don't we know that we need the government to be able to create whatever amount of money the ...
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Ep. 1257 The Wreckage of Feminism from 2018-10-09T22:03:04
Janice Fiamengo joins me to discuss the untold stories of how feminism has actually affected society and relationships, and the reality turns out to be rather different from the cartoon.
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Ep. 1256 How to Be a Good Person, Libertarian, and Scholar: Walter Block's Amazing New Milestone from 2018-10-09T00:16:56
Walter Block is one of the world's most prolific libertarian scholars. But recently he's managed to outdo himself. He just reached a milestone that no other scholar anywhere can come close to match...
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Ep. 1255 The Problem With Government Police from 2018-10-05T21:15:07
...is that they're government police. Is there a way to insert some good old-fashioned competition into police services?
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Ep. 1254 Theater of the Absurd: Guess What These Peer-Reviewed Journals Were Tricked into Publishing from 2018-10-05T00:55:45
Three academics just made public a secret project they had been engaged in for a year: submitting absurd, nonsense articles to major, peer-reviewed journals in gender studies and similar fields -- ...
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Ep. 1253 Libertarian Culture Wars from 2018-10-03T22:47:51
In this juicy talk I do begin with some internecine libertarian wrangling, to be sure, but that's not my primary focus. I cover lots of ways in which we libertarians find ourselves at odds with the...
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Ep. 1252 The Brett Kavanaugh Ordeal, with Dave Smith from 2018-10-03T00:21:11
Dave Smith, the popular comedian and host of the Part of the Problem podcast, joins me to try to get to the bottom of the situation with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, accused of sexual ass...
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Ep. 1251 Are There Objective Moral Truths? from 2018-10-02T01:17:12
Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the author of the outstanding libertarian book The Problem of Political Authority. Today he discusses his wo...
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Ep. 1250 In Defense of Andrew Jackson? from 2018-09-28T23:10:57
Today Hillsdale College's Brad Birzer joins me to discuss his new book, In Defense of Andrew Jackson. We discuss Indian policy, the national bank, nullification, and more.
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Ep. 1249 Continually Mistaken, Chronically Admired: The Strange Case of an Establishment Economist from 2018-09-27T22:10:42
Joseph Stiglitz is something of a celebrity economist, yet he's been grotesquely wrong both economically and morally so often. His case tells us a lot about the American establishment if he is the ...
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Ep. 1248 Free People and Disaster Relief from 2018-09-26T23:19:44
Brent DeRidder of the Liberty Coalition for Disaster Relief discusses voluntary efforts to assist with recovery from natural disasters, particularly Hurricane Florence.
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Ep. 1247 Band Tells Major Label to Take a Hike, Prospers from 2018-09-25T22:02:39
You do want to listen to this episode, I promise you. Rick DeJesus of the band Adelitas Way says musicians are dead wrong to oppose or fear Spotify, and they're definitely wrong to think they nee...
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Ep. 1246 Stefan Molyneux and His Critics from 2018-09-24T20:27:38
Stefan Molyneux's work has had nearly half a billion views and hundreds of millions of downloads. He has stirred up controversy among libertarians in recent years, having supported Donald Trump and...
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BONUS Ep. 1245 How a Music Teacher Cracked the Online Code from 2018-09-23T12:25:38
Ross Trottier, a music and guitar teacher (and a Tom Woods Show listener), who now has a thriving online and offline business, went through a period of homelessness and had to start from nothing. H...
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Ep. 1244 The Professor Everybody Shuns from 2018-09-21T22:13:37
Michael Rectenwald, a lifelong leftist, has found himself shunned by former friends and colleagues -- even people whose careers he helped advance -- because he criticized and satirized some of the ...
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Ep. 1243 Universal Basic Income: For and Against from 2018-09-21T00:06:37
Antony Sammeroff, co-host of the Scottish Liberty Podcast, argues that the idea of a Universal Basic Income is a very bad one, and for reasons you may not have thought of.
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Ep. 1242 Critic Calls Libertarianism a Religion, Knows Nothing, Gets Smacked Down from 2018-09-20T01:06:42
AJ+, a division of Al Jazeera, has a popular social media presence and makes widely viewed videos -- nearly all of them dreadfully wrong -- on a variety of topics. And man are they wrong about libe...
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Ep. 1241 The Rotten Assumptions of Our Bipartisan Foreign Policy from 2018-09-18T19:21:06
Andrew Bacevich, professor emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University, joins me to discuss the bad ideas and habits at the heart of American foreign policy.
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Ep. 1240 Forgotten Lessons from U.S. Economic History from 2018-09-14T21:53:49
In this episode I discuss earlier recessions and depressions in U.S. history, and what lessons we might draw from them. Hint: these are not the lessons that were drummed into our impressionable hea...
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Ep. 1239 The State Is a Cult, and Other Important Topics from 2018-09-13T20:17:47
Now this is a fun potpourri episode: we cover (in addition to the topic in the title) anarchism vs. minarchism, the Constitution (should libertarians care about it?), what the Libertarian Party sho...
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Ep. 1238 Suicide of the West: Two Views from 2018-09-13T02:43:04
Dan McCarthy, editor of the venerable conservative journal , joins me to discuss two very different books with the same title: Suicide of the West, one by Jonah Goldberg and the other by an older c...
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Ep. 1237 On the Anniversary of 9/11, Sanity from 2018-09-11T21:38:30
I'm in New York City, as it happens, on the 17th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11. In today's episode I review the blowback theory and review the ledger of U.S. foreign policy since that time.
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Ep. 1236 A Thousand Statist Arguments Smashed from 2018-09-10T21:30:43
This one packs a punch: one statist superstition after another is pounded into dust.
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Ep. 1235 Mises Institute Chairman Lew Rockwell Takes Your Questions from 2018-09-07T20:12:39
The founder and chairman of the joins me for some great questions from my : where he sees us having success, what he thinks of the New York Times op-ed by the anonymous "senior official," how he b...
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Ep. 1234 Resistance Movement in the White House? Anonymous NYT Op-Ed Says Yes from 2018-09-06T20:07:23
Former CIA officer Phil Giraldi joins me to discuss the creepy op-ed in the New York Times yesterday by a "senior official" in the Trump Administration who claims to be part of a movement trying to...
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Ep. 1233 Keynesianism Flattened from 2018-09-05T22:00
Keynesian economists believe the market economy tends toward the chronic underemployment or unemployment of resources, and requires wise management. and whether the topic is austerity, business cyc...
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Ep. 1232 Are Workers Getting Shafted? from 2018-09-04T21:52:43
We hear on a regular basis that workers, whether because of free trade, or capitalism generally, or whatever other institution or trend, are getting the short end of the stick. An ever-smaller shar...
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BONUS Ep. 1231 The Crisis in the Catholic Church from 2018-09-01T16:11:01
With the abuse crisis exploding in recent weeks, culminating in the atomic bomb of a letter released by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, I decided it was time for another bonus episode. My guests are...
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Ep. 1230 Questions on Economics You're Embarrassed to Ask from 2018-08-31T22:57:38
I've got a bunch of listeners who have some questions on economics that they feel like they should know the answers to, so they feel funny asking. In this episode we take some economics 101 questio...
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Ep. 1229 Thomas Jefferson: The History You Never Learned from 2018-08-31T00:05:44
Jefferson biographer Kevin Gutzman, who just released a new course on Jefferson for my LibertyClassroom.com, joins me to discuss Jefferson's influences, his early political career, his extraordinar...
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Ep. 1228 My Worst Presidents, and a Whole Lot More from 2018-08-29T22:31:10
I was delighted to be the special guest for the 100th episode of the Scottish Liberty Podcast, featuring Tom Laird, who runs the Scottish Libertarian Party, and Antony Sammeroff, who's such an effe...
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Ep. 1227 The McCain Legacy in Foreign Policy from 2018-08-28T22:28:41
It's important to cut through the exaggerated platitudes to the heart of who John McCain was, lest a misplaced desire to carry on his "legacy" cause further harm to the United States and the world....
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Ep. 1225 Eric July on Libertarianism, the Black Community, and Dealing with Critics from 2018-08-25T14:50:45
Eric July, whose band Backwordz hit #1 in Billboard's Alternative New Artist category, joins me to discuss -- in addition to his epic battle with rapper Talib Kweli -- what libertarianism has to sa...
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Ep. 1224 Cody Wilson on Liberty, the State, and Open Source Gun Designs from 2018-08-24T17:11:12
The media went berserk recently over Cody Wilson and his Stoic defense of the publication of open-source gun designs suitable for 3D printing. We go beneath the surface and talk social media deplat...
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Ep. 1223 How to Profit Off Your Enemies' Tears from 2018-08-23T19:42:10
If you let trolls get under your skin, you're doing it wrong. They are gifts. And you can profit from them. Ben Settle, my email marketing mentor and publisher of the Email Players newsletter, is o...
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Ep. 1222 Now They're Coming for Medieval Studies from 2018-08-22T15:47:05
Rachel Fulton Brown, a professor of medieval history at the University of Chicago who's been under assault by ideologically motivated peers, joins me for a discussion of her travails, yes, but also...
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Ep. 1221 Laura Ingalls Wilder, Erased by Library Association, Deserves Her Place in Literary History from 2018-08-21T18:20:20
Dedra Birzer of Hillsdale College joins me to discuss the works and views of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane, who was an important libertarian writer in her own right. Wilder...
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Ep. 1220 The Present and Future of the LP (and the Problem of "Libertarian Socialism") from 2018-08-18T11:51:51
Joshua Smith, who secured a spot on the Libertarian National Committee at the party's recent convention, joins me to discuss the party's present and future, the controversy with "libertarian social...
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Ep. 1219 Jeff Deist on Social Media De-Platforming and the Truth about P.C. from 2018-08-16T22:31:32
Jeff Deist, former chief of staff to Ron Paul and current president of the Mises Institute, joins me to discuss how we should think about social media de-platforming and what it means (surely liber...
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Ep. 1218 The Legal Framework of a Stateless Society from 2018-08-15T16:43:19
Dr. Jamin Hubner joins me to discuss his Creative Common Law project, which serves as the legal blueprint for how a stateless society would function and deal with common problems.
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Ep. 1217 How the State Sucks the Life Out of Education, and How the Private Sector Just Made a Great Leap Forward in Math from 2018-08-14T16:13:25
JW Weatherman joins me to discuss the problems with state education -- particularly in math, a subject people are essentially taught to hate -- and a thrilling way the private sector has just made ...
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Ep. 1216 The Standard Narrative of US History, Smashed and Stomped on from 2018-08-13T21:15:27
What we learned in school: decentralization is stupid and backward, and the progressive way forward is for you stupid rubes to centralize power in the hands of your betters. This episode is the ant...
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BONUS Ep. 1215 Mom of 7 Wants to Stay Home, Becomes Successful Online Entrepreneur from 2018-08-12T15:32:04
Sara Young, a widely respected entrepreneur and teacher, was determined to make her living from her computer so she wouldn't have to leave her children home alone. That determination yielded her fa...
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Ep. 1214 How Austrian School Economists Predicted the Major Economic Crises from 2018-08-11T15:43:14
Mark Thornton joins me to discuss his new book -- to which I contributed the foreword -- on the so-called "skyscraper curse" and Austrian business cycle theory, and how economists of the Austrian S...
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Ep. 1213 Conservatives 'Tough on Crime' Act Goes Wrong Again from 2018-08-10T06:56:36
Families Against Mandatory Minimums' Kevin Ring, who saw the problems with mandatory minimum sentences first hand, discusses a major injustice in the present system of sentencing.
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Ep. 1212 Michael Malice on Social Media, Alex Jones, and What's Coming Next from 2018-08-09T19:21:39
Are things going to stabilize or worsen on the major social media platforms? Michael Malice joins me to discuss the Alex Jones situation, and the nature of social media itself. Is the contentiousne...
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Ep. 1211 Major Smear Job on Libertarians, One Year Later: Nancy MacLean (Sort of) Responds from 2018-08-09T01:15:14
Historian Phil Magness joins me to discuss the controversy over Nancy MacLean's book Democracy in Chains, which claims to trace a massive racist, right-wing conspiracy back to -- of all people -- a...
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Ep. 1210 Apple vs. Alex Jones; Plus, My Replies to Left and Right from 2018-08-07T16:40:57
Alex Jones just got decapitated by Apple and other platforms, so I spend some time in today's episode unpacking what that means. I also take on left-liberals who think the problem with the Fed and ...
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Ep. 1209 Traditional Universities Have Competition from 2018-08-04T22:24:18
Scott Pulsipher, president of Western Governors University, discusses his model for very inexpensive, outcome-based online education. We also address efforts by the inspector general of the Departm...
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Ep. 1208 She Was Brought Before the Ottawa Human Rights Commission from 2018-08-03T20:44:04
Janice Fiamengo, a professor of English at the University of Ottawa and an outspoken opponent of feminism, found herself brought before the Ottawa Human Rights Commission in a two-year ordeal relat...
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Ep. 1207 Pat Buchanan on Trump, Russia, and What the President Should Do from 2018-08-01T20:22:46
Pat joins me to discuss the state of Russiagate, how the President should respond, what a President Buchanan would be doing, what's likely to happen in the fall elections, the state of the Democrat...
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Ep. 1206 The Crisis of '08: Truth vs. Propaganda from 2018-07-31T21:21:15
Opponents of the free market had a field day in 2007/8: why, this collapse goes to show how unstable capitalism is! That's why I wrote my book Meltdown, which (thankfully) wound up spending 10 week...
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Ep. 1205 Hitler Didn't Like the Free Market from 2018-07-30T23:48:10
With libertarians being called "fascists" and even "Nazis" by so-called progressives, I thought it might be useful to review what Adolf Hitler himself believed about economic theory. You'll never g...
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BONUS Ep. 1204 Without This Music, Your Life Is Worse from 2018-07-28T22:40:33
At long last, the episode you've been waiting for on progressive rock is here. This is yet another way the Tom Woods Show improves your life. My guests today are Roie Avin, founder and editor of ...
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Ep. 1203 ROUNDTABLE: Tom, Jason Stapleton, Dave Smith, Mance Rayder, and Marc Clair on Why We Joined the LP from 2018-07-28T00:20:43
In this libertarian podcasters' roundtable, we have a lively discussion about why we recently joined the Libertarian Party, what our plans are, and how we can know if we've succeeded. Fun!
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Ep. 1202 Abolish the Sex Offender Registry? from 2018-07-26T22:32:58
Emily Horowitz, a professor at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, was the overwhelming winner (measured objectively by audience opinions before and after) of a debate earlier this year at the on thi...
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Ep. 1201 The Innocence Project: Helping the Wrongfully Convicted from 2018-07-25T22:21:53
Rebecca Brown joins me to discuss The Innocence Project, which helps prevent and identify wrongful convictions, and get compensation for people released from prison. What are the factors that combi...
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Ep. 1200 Walter Block on His Life With Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard from 2018-07-24T16:54:56
The prolific libertarian scholar Walter Block joins me for a fascinating look at his life in the libertarian world, from his days as a social democrat through libertarianism and beyond.
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Ep. 1199 Dave Smith on Russia Hysteria from 2018-07-20T22:52:02
The great comedian Dave Smith, host of , discusses joining the Libertarian Party, the current hysteria about Trump and Russia, and how his podcast became so successful.
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Ep. 1198 Judge Napolitano on Kavanaugh, and the Court's Worst Decisions from 2018-07-18T21:27:42
Judge Andrew Napolitano, senior judicial analyst at the FOX News Channel, joins me to discuss Trump's most recent Supreme Court nominee as well as the names the Judge would have preferred, plus the...
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Ep. 1197 Socialists and Other Ingrates from 2018-07-17T20:54:36
I strongly urge you to listen to this episode. These are my opening remarks to this year's Mises University program at the . I discuss two sets of ungrateful people. The first: socialists. I go int...
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Ep. 1196 A Market Alternative to the FDA from 2018-07-16T20:43:41
In popular discourse, consumer safety is one of the most frequently cited reasons for government oversight. Neil Thanedar, my guest today, is co-founder and CEO of Labdoor, which can accomplish mor...
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Ep. 1195 Did Trump Eclipse the Libertarian Moment? from 2018-07-13T18:23:58
Dan McCarthy, editor of the venerable journal , recently suggested in the Spectator that the Trump phenomenon may have taken the air out of the so-called libertarian moment -- partly because that m...
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Ep. 1194 Why There's No Point in Not Being Radical: Libertarian Strategy with Tim Moen, LP of Canada from 2018-07-12T22:25:12
Tim Moen, the leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada, is an anarcho-capitalist in the Rothbardian tradition. That gives him an interesting perspective on libertarian politics and strategy, and I...
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Ep. 1193 Insights from 17-Year-Old Unschooling Listener and Budding Historian from 2018-07-09T17:10:17
Once in a while I feature a listener who's doing something particularly interesting. My guest today, Noah Tetzner, hosts a popular podcast on the history of the Vikings, and also has the world figu...
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Ep. 1192 A Novel Way to Help the Poor, and Other Libertarian Solutions from 2018-07-06T17:52:03
The brilliant Murray Sabrin, professor of finance at Ramapo College, is running for U.S. Senate as a Libertarian. We discuss the race, yes, but we cover a great deal else as well: how to help the p...
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Ep. 1191 The U.S. Constitution: What Your Teacher Left Out from 2018-07-04T21:40:43
Here's a wide-ranging conversation full of the kind of info none of us got in school. When did the federal government first go off the rails? Does the Constitution do any good? (You may be surprise...
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Ep. 1190 Me to the Libertarian Party: Wake People Up; Don't Put Them to Sleep from 2018-07-02T22:10:48
At the recent event in New Orleans sponsored by the Mises Caucus of the Libertarian Party I spoke very bluntly about what a libertarian party should be doing and the good that it could accomplish, ...
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Ep. 1189 Freedom Potpourri -- with Chuck Woolery from 2018-06-28T22:20:25
I recently joined former game show host Chuck Woolery on his podcast to talk about all kinds of issues, ranging from Confederate monuments to Austrian economics to constitutional law and a lot mor...
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Ep. 1188 Just When You Thought We'd Smashed the Schools Good, Along Comes Gene Epstein from 2018-06-27T21:58:22
Gene Epstein joins me to make if anything an even more radical case against the existing education system than Bryan Caplan does in the latter's recent book The Case Against Education. Whatever "bu...
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Ep. 1187 Private Property vs. No Private Property: The Results from 2018-06-26T20:24:53
Nathan Dempsey, creator of Liberty Minecraft, discusses what a game involving money, property, and nonaggression might teach us about organizing society -- and what he learned when he set up, side ...
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Ep. 1186 Lightning Answers to Libertarian Questions from 2018-06-25T20:53:31
There's plenty of good material in today's episode, but I'm especially pleased with the lightning round, where I was asked ten major questions of interest to libertarians and given 60 seconds to an...
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Ep. 1185 Her Family Fled Three Communist Countries; Now She's an Ancap from 2018-06-22T17:59:04
My guest today is known on social media by her pseudonym The Pholosopher. She's been very successful at spreading the message of voluntaryism, so we discuss what's been working.
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Ep. 1184 The Catholicism Episode (with Some Entrepreneurship Thrown in) from 2018-06-21T15:52:53
I've had lots of requests for an episode like this, so here it is. Today, at the behest of Steve Patterson, I discuss two things: the how and why of entrepreneurship, at least in my case, and Catho...
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Ep. 1183 Venezuela Isn't Really Socialist Anyway, Say Embarrassed Socialists from 2018-06-20T22:43:48
Ever heard a socialist brush off the experience of Venezuela on the grounds that that country isn't really socialist after all? Here's how to reply.
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Ep. 1182 Micro-Experiments in Liberty Around the World from 2018-06-19T22:05:37
Tom W. Bell joins me to discuss the variety of micro-experiments in liberty, of varying degrees of significance, going on all over the world -- like special economic zones, the beginnings of seaste...
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Ep. 1181 Against SJWism in Sci-fi and Fantasy: Larry Correia Returns from 2018-06-18T19:52:51
New York Times bestselling author Larry Correia joins me to discuss what's going on in the world of sci-fi and fantasy, where SJW influence has been growing, and non-SJW voices have been demonized ...
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Ep. 1180 Inflation: Its Cultural and Political Consequences from 2018-06-15T22:41:01
Jorg Guido Hulsmann, a senior fellow of the and a professor of economics at the University of Angers in France, discusses those aspects of inflation most people overlook, involving how it changes ...
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Ep. 1179 Molyneux and I Smack Around the Deranged Universities from 2018-06-15T10:17:05
Stefan and I go well beyond the college-is-a-waste-of-time stuff here. College can be fine, and the right thing for some people. But we go through: the ideological environment, quotas, how much peo...
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Ep. 1178 Who's Afraid of Robots? from 2018-06-13T19:16:44
John Tamny of joins me to discuss how progress really works and the extraordinary advances we've lived through that people scarcely notice or appreciate. And robots are going to make us better off...
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Ep. 1177 Insider Trading: A Crime? from 2018-06-13T01:23
Should insider trading be a crime? With Donald Trump suggesting that he might pardon Martha Stewart, it's an opportune moment to examine this important question.
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Ep. 1176 The Anti-Marxist Argument That Clinches It from 2018-06-11T22:30:58
There are plenty of arguments against Marxism, and we make several in this episode. But there's one, by Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk, that crushes Marx. That's because it stipulates, for the sake of argum...
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Ep. 1175 Social Media Thought Control: Is This the Answer? from 2018-06-10T02:02:54
Traditional social media outlets have been under scrutiny for their data collection, ideological bias, and skewed algorithms. Bill Ottman, co-creator and CEO of Minds.com, reviews the problems and ...
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Ep. 1174 Science Deniers? from 2018-06-08T19:31:23
Cameron English runs a project called Deniers for Hire, which shines a light on progressive bloggers and journalists who defame scientists they disagree with (why, these scientists must be shills f...
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Ep. 1173 The Supreme Court Christian Baker Case Is Crazy from 2018-06-07T18:07:28
Lots of people are celebrating the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision because a Christian baker who had been punished for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding was vindicated. Unfortunately, th...
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Ep. 1172 The Problem With Government Police from 2018-06-05T23:34:20
What if the problem with the state's police isn't bad apples but the fact that they're the state's police? Is it possible to imagine policing without the state?
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Ep. 1171 The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking from 2018-06-04T23:07:26
No wonder my listeners demanded this episode. Saifedean Ammous takes an economic perspective informed by the Austrian School and applies it to Bitcoin and why it matters. He discusses the various r...
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Ep. 1170 Trump and the Deep State: Is Everyone Getting It Wrong? from 2018-06-01T18:28:10
One side claims the Deep State is a figment of our imagination. Another thinks of Trump as a fearless crusader against it. Both sides are missing something very important.
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Ep. 1169 How to Make Someone an Instant Opponent of the State from 2018-05-31T18:19:04
Keith Knight joins me to discuss themes in "The Ultimate Red Pill," his epic video bringing together the best anti-statist arguments and clips. We talk about which arguments work best to get people...
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Ep. 1168 Libertarian Victories Do Exist: Here's Exhibit A from 2018-05-30T22:27:30
Carla Gericke, board member and former president of the Free State Project, discusses ongoing if underreported libertarian victories in New Hampshire, her own campaign for state senate, whether and...
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Ep. 1167 Michael Malice and I on How to Get People to Listen to You from 2018-05-29T22:49:16
As Michael Malice prepares to start his evening news recap show and moves his existing show to another network, I offer suggestions on how to build an audience: what works, what doesn't, how you ca...
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Ep. 1166 Everyone Is Wrong About Money Except the Austrian School from 2018-05-25T18:34:09
This episode begins with my five-minute opening statement from a FreedomFest debate on abolishing the Federal Reserve System, and then proceeds to discuss further problems with the Fed (as well as ...
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Ep. 1165 Stossel Producer Naomi Brockwell on How to Explain Bitcoin to Your Grandmother from 2018-05-24T20:25:41
Naomi Brockwell -- TV producer, cryptocurrency expert, and libertarian -- joins me to discuss new frontiers in cryptocurrency, how to explain Bitcoin to your grandmother, replies to cryptocurrency ...
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Ep. 1164 Cultural Marxism and the Frankfurt School from 2018-05-23T19:40:15
Is there such a thing as "cultural Marxism"? If so, what is it? And what was the Frankfurt School, and what was it trying to accomplish? Paul Gottfried, who holds a Ph.D. in history from Yale and h...
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Ep. 1163 The Spanish-American War: Watershed in U.S. Foreign Policy from 2018-05-22T20:33:29
The Spanish-American War anticipated important themes in the interventionist foreign policy that was to come over the next century. The host of the Dangerous History Podcast joins me to discuss its...
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Ep. 1162 The Law Schools Are Run by Crazy People from 2018-05-21T22:23:04
Mark Pulliam joins me to discuss the politicization of American law schools and the role played by the American Bar Association, which enjoys state-bestowed monopoly privileges.
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BONUS Ep. 1161 Libertarian Homeschooling Dad Becomes Master of Online Business from 2018-05-19T21:22:36
Matt McWilliams is more likely to be at the zoo with his kids at 2:00pm than he is to be behind a desk. Matt is a libertarian and a homeschooling father, and served as an officer in the Libertarian...
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Ep. 1160 Our American Pravda: How the Media Misleads from 2018-05-18T21:36:42
Ron Unz -- theoretical physicist, software developer, political candidate, and author -- joins me to discuss themes from his "Our American Pravda" article, which explores stories the media suddenly...
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Ep. 1159 Did "Racists" and "White Supremacists" Get Trump Elected? from 2018-05-17T20:41:20
Musa al-Gharbi joins me to discuss the social science literature and its casual claim that racists and white supremacists handed Trump his victory in 2016. The evidence is overwhelmingly against th...
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Ep. 1158 Women vs. Feminism: Why We All Need Liberating From the Gender Wars from 2018-05-16T19:52:41
Joanna Williams, education editor at Spiked, discusses her new book Women vs. Feminism. Topics include education, sexual harassment and assault, and advocacy research masquerading as scholarship.
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Ep. 1157 Baby Alfie: A Guide for Libertarians from 2018-05-16T01:40:23
The parents of 23-month-old Alfie Evans, who suffered from some kind of neurodegenerative disorder, were told they could not take their child for treatment in Rome, where doctors stood willing to a...
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Ep. 1156 LISTEN TO THIS ONE Is the Term "Libertarian" Still Useful? Jeff Deist on Libertarian Division from 2018-05-14T20:17:18
This one's a doozy, my friends. The Mises Institute's Jeff Deist joins me to discuss libertarianism, left and right, and ongoing divisions within the movement. We pose the question: if you could ha...
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Ep. 1155 Help the Poor, No Bureaucracy Necessary from 2018-05-11T21:18:01
Great things are happening with DonorSee, the amazing app through which you can see with your own eyes the effects of your support for worthy projects around the world. Listeners of this very show ...
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Ep. 1154 Trump and the Iran Deal from 2018-05-10T19:31:56
Historian and journalist Gareth Porter, who holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University, joins me to discuss the truth versus the propaganda about the Iranian nuclear program.
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Ep. 1153 Why the Race for Libertarian Party Chair Is So Contentious from 2018-05-09T21:42:34
Joshua Smith, who is seeking the chairmanship of the Libertarian National Committee, joins me to discuss the present direction of the LP, the infighting, and his own vision for the party.
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Ep. 1152 Pat Buchanan on Foreign Adventurism from 2018-05-08T19:55:36
I talk to Pat Buchanan about foreign policy, where conservatives have gone wrong, and what the future holds.
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Ep. 1151 David Stockman on the Real Condition of the Trump Economy from 2018-05-07T22:48:19
Has America been made great again, or are the same old problems festering beneath the surface? David Stockman, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, gives us t...
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Ep. 1150 DEBATE: Is There Anything to "Russiagate"? from 2018-05-04T23:54:57
David Pakman of the David Pakman Show, and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, square off in a discussion of allegations of collusion between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian officials and operat...
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Ep. 1149 Little Pink House: The Evils of Eminent Domain from 2018-05-03T20:22:47
The brand new film Little Pink House relates the events leading up to Kelo v. New London, about the taking of Susette Kelo's home to give to a private developer. I talk to writer, producer, and dir...
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Ep. 1148 The Totalitarian Jean-Jacques Rousseau from 2018-05-02T23:04:25
The ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) have been profoundly influential -- and not for the better. We'll discuss his views on the origins of inequality, the role of the legislator, and the ...
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Ep. 1147 The Constitution Con from 2018-05-01T22:42:26
Here's an in-depth discussion of case after ludicrous case of the Framers of the Constitution expressly intending one thing, and government doing another. Might there be a lesson here about constit...
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Ep. 1146 North and South Korea Making Peace? from 2018-04-30T18:02:13
Michael Malice joins me to discuss the recent summit meeting between North and South Korea, in which a North Korean leader set foot in the South for the first time ever. What does it all mean?
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BONUS Ep. 1145 How I Make Money From Trolls Who Hate Me, and Other Tips for Business and Life from 2018-04-28T19:45:23
Ben Settle, my email marketing mentor, is one of my favorite guests: nonstop insights into business, marketing, and life. I could talk to him all day. I subscribe to his Email Players newsletter, a...
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Ep. 1144 The Truth About War Powers, the Military-Industrial Complex, and Militarism in American Culture from 2018-04-27T22:24:38
In something of a potpourri episode, Scott Horton and I discuss the real truth about presidential war powers under the Constitution, plus the empire's highly successful propaganda apparatus, the mi...
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Ep. 1143 After Communism, What? Liberty and Statism in Eastern Europe from 2018-04-26T22:31:35
Stoyan Penchev joins me to discuss the status of liberty and statism, and the state of public opinion, in eastern Europe in particular and Bulgaria in particular.
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Ep. 1142 Why Does Politics Yield Perverse Outcomes Again and Again? from 2018-04-26T00:10:04
Why does politics so consistently yield perverse outcomes, of a sort it would be unthinkable to encounter in the private sector? Bob Murphy joins me for a discussion of Public Choice theory, which ...
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Ep. 1141 The Dictator Pope: The Inside Story of the Francis Papacy from 2018-04-24T23:59:23
Henry Sire, who originally published his book The Dictator Pope under a pen name, joins me for some background and insight into Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who as Pope Francis has presided over confusio...
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Ep. 1140 The Progressive Era Was a Scam from 2018-04-23T23:32:58
Patrick Newman, who recently edited a brand new Rothbard book out of the archives, joins me for a bird's-eye overview of one of the least understood periods of American history.
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Ep. 1139 Anti-Libertarian Cliches Sliced and Diced from 2018-04-19T23:30:59
Today's episode covers a wide range of topics: the origins of Trump, fallacies of protectionism, how to respond to critics who say libertarianism has never been tried, plus Somalia, working conditi...
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Ep. 1138 Black Guns Matter from 2018-04-18T20:26:34
Kevin Dixie, owner and founder at No Other Choice Firearms Training, talks Second Amendment, crime, safety, and what it's like dealing with the "black leadership" when you're teaching black folks h...
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Ep. 1137 Absolute Immunity for Prosecutors: The Built-In Bias Against the Accused from 2018-04-17T22:03:36
Professor William Anderson joins me to discuss the perverse incentives in the American legal system that work against the accused and their ability to fight back against abuses and outrages perpetr...
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Ep. 1136 Dave Smith on Speaking Forbidden Truths on CNN; Plus: the Rotten State of Comedy, and More from 2018-04-16T19:46:27
Dave Smith, the libertarian comedian whose comedy special Libertas spent three weeks as the #1 comedy album on iTunes last year, joins me to discuss his wonderful CNN gig, where he gets away with t...
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Ep. 1135 Domestic Consequences of U.S. Militarism from 2018-04-15T02:14:25
Libertarians often point out that war has consequences at home as well. The co-author of a new book on precisely this subject joins me to fill in the details.
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Ep. 1134 Princeton Professor Hits Back at Campus Censors from 2018-04-12T19:58:15
Keith Whittington, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University, joins me to talk trigger warnings, safe spaces, campus censorship and intimidation, and the purpose of ...
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Ep. 1133 The State Keeps Messing With Your Car (But the Car Companies Can Be Annoying, Too) from 2018-04-11T23:38:43
Whether you're a car enthusiast or not, you have to love Eric Peters: insanely knowledgeable and thoroughly libertarian. We have a lot to discuss today: nanny-ish new cars, the consequences of fede...
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Ep. 1132 Conservatives Who Yield Everything to the Other Side, Example #43,366 from 2018-04-10T21:33:49
Historian Kevin Gutzman joins me to take on a recent article by a conventional conservative in favor of "originalism" in constitutional interpretation. Fair enough, but as with most conservative di...
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Ep. 1131 DEBATE EPISODE: Trump's Tariffs, Pro and Con from 2018-04-09T19:02:24
With tariffs in the news and stirring up debate, I thought a Tom Woods Show debate on the subject would be enlightening for everyone. Dan McCarthy, editor of the venerable conservative journal Mode...
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BONUS Ep. 1130 How to Work Smart, Not Hard: Pitfalls to Avoid, and Strategies to Follow, for the Aspiring Entrepreneur from 2018-04-07T20:22:21
There are only two people in the world for whom I've ever offered a testimonial: Ben Settle and my guest today, Michael Cheney. Michael has been producing products and dominating affiliate leaderbo...
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Ep. 1129 Ron Paul and I on Public Schools, Indoctrination, and Homeschooling from 2018-04-06T20:56:32
The indoctrination aspect of "public education" has become more pronounced and obvious in recent months. Ron Paul and I discuss that and other outrages with a system everyone defends and takes for ...
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Ep. 1128 Comedian Owen Benjamin, and the Deranged Leftists Who Stalk Him from 2018-04-05T21:36:12
Owen Benjamin, who has had a successful career in entertainment, has been having problems with venues canceling on him after rival comedians report him for unapproved thoughts (none of which is act...
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Ep. 1127 From Economics Class to Libertarianism -- to Politics? from 2018-04-05T02:27:39
Mitch Toland, once an Obama supporter, made his way into Austrian economics and libertarianism in a most unusual way: his economics professor had him write a paper on Hayekian triangles (a graphica...
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Ep. 1126 Private Cities: Another Path to a Free Society? from 2018-04-03T23:56:57
Titus Gebel, founder and CEO of Free Private Cities, Inc., discusses how private enterprise can provide services traditionally associated with governments, and why this approach holds promise for t...
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Ep. 1125 Are Economists Obsessed With "Efficiency"? from 2018-04-03T01:21:01
The general public sure thinks they are -- and sometimes, economists give them good reason to think so. Bob Murphy joins me to discuss (and critique) the Coase Theorem, which purports to solve an i...
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Ep. 1124 Death by Regulation: The Truth About the FDA from 2018-03-30T01:59:07
Research scientist Dr. Mary Ruwart discusses the true effects of the lethal FDA, which we're taught we couldn't live without.
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Ep. 1123 What's Happening in South Africa? from 2018-03-28T23:11:56
With talk of uncompensated expropriation of white landowners making international news, I thought it was a good time to speak to Ernst Roets, a staple of South African television and deputy CEO of ...
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Ep. 1122 John Bolton: The Bad and the Ugly from 2018-03-27T18:10:19
Scott Horton joins me to discuss the views -- on Iraq, North Korea, Russia, Afghanistan, and Iran -- of John Bolton, who was recently tapped to replace H.R. McMaster as National Security Advisor. C...
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Ep. 1121 The Mundane Truth About the Sherman Antitrust Act from 2018-03-26T22:50:55
Here's how we learn about so-called landmark legislation in school: your wise public servants identified a problem, and then put their heads together in a disinterested, dispassionate way to solve ...
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BONUS Ep. 1120 Behind the Scenes at Tom Woods, Inc. from 2018-03-26T03:44:51
I was recently a guest on the podcast with Kevin Geary, and we talked not about libertarianism but about how I run my little operation here. I hope you take some insights away from our conversation.
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Ep. 1119 The Venezuelan Disaster from 2018-03-24T00:26:41
José Niño tells the real story of Venezuela: the problems before Chavez, the Chavez disaster, and what's going on today. Plus: are any lessons being learned?
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Ep. 1118 Austrians Against the Mainstream: A Case Study from 2018-03-23T00:08:02
It's a common neoclassical claim that people will prefer an income tax over an equivalent excise tax. This claim, though questionable, is perhaps less interesting than the method these economists u...
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Ep. 1117 Was the Vietnam War "Winnable"? from 2018-03-21T21:54:59
Some say the U.S. could have won the Vietnam War had there been more political will, or if this rather than that military strategy had been tried. Gareth Porter joins me to consider this question.
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Ep. 1116 Debate: Bob Murphy and Dylan Moore on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) from 2018-03-20T21:25:45
With Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) becoming more prominent both in policy discussions and on social media, now is a good time for a full-blown debate. Enjoy!
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Ep. 1115 Neocons and Messianism Make for Lousy Statesmanship from 2018-03-20T02:06:30
Claes Ryn, professor of politics at the Catholic University of America and director of its Center for the Study of Statesmanship, joins me to discuss how a real statesman would conduct American aff...
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Ep. 1114 Heroic Rand Paul, Weird Libertarian Party from 2018-03-16T00:07:12
Today I cover two separate topics: Rand Paul's heroic opposition to the Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel nominations, and the Libertarian Party's strange statement the day of the recent student walkout....
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Ep. 1113 Who Was Worse, FDR or Wilson? from 2018-03-14T21:02:01
This and other questions are discussed in this freewheeling discussion with Michael Malice. Plenty of personal questions (directed at me), too. A total blast. Enjoy! This episode is taken from m...
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Ep. 1112 Not Just Bitcoin: What Else Blockchain Technology Can Do from 2018-03-14T03:55:16
Anthony Rozmajzl, an economics major at Grove City College, won first place in the Thomas E. Woods Prizes at this year's Austrian Student Scholars Conference for his paper on blockchain technology ...
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Ep. 1111 How a Young Student Escaped the Education-Industrial Complex from 2018-03-12T23:45:44
Angelo Valle discovered libertarianism and the Tom Woods Show while in high school, heard about Praxis on the show, and at age 20 is now prospering at a successful startup. Now that's the kind of s...
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Ep. 1110 Medical Marijuana, the Drug War, and the Way Forward from 2018-03-10T03:09:28
Josh Wilcoxson joins me to discuss the effectiveness of medical marijuana, the state of the legalization movement, and how we should proceed from here.
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Ep. 1109 Mises in 1918: Guido Hulsmann on a Momentous Year from 2018-03-08T20:29:25
Mises biographer Guido Hulsmann joins me to discuss the life of the great economist and social philosopher Ludwig von Mises in the momentous year of 1918, one hundred years ago.
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Ep. 1108 Teacher: School "Walkouts" for Gun Control Are Illegal from 2018-03-07T21:09:46
A schoolteacher in a left-liberal state argues that the school walkout movement -- which is obviously spreading through intimidation, and the implied suggestion that no other point of view deserves...
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Ep. 1107 Lew Rockwell on Standing Against the Tide from 2018-03-07T00:36:45
Topics include: Jordan Peterson, Trump's tariffs, hate mail, the creation of LewRockwell.com, the future of the Mises Institute, and whether more than the nonaggression principle is necessary to su...
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Ep. 1106 Sizzling: Tom and Stefan on Libertarians Gone Wrong from 2018-03-05T20:47:59
Stefan Molyneux and I have a wide-ranging discussion about what's been happening to the libertarian movement, the periodic witch-hunts, and why, in the age of the Internet (where you can build an a...
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Ep. 1105 Don't Pine for the "Original Principles" of the Bolshevik Revolution from 2018-03-01T18:36:51
The Bolshevik Revolution continues to be romanticized to this day. Plenty of communists claim that if only the Soviet Union could have stuck to the original principles of the Revolution, the horror...
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Ep. 1104 What I Told College Students About Communism from 2018-02-28T14:07:02
Here's an overview of what I said about communism to an audience of students at the University of California at Santa Barbara last night. Were the crimes of communism mere aberrations? Were they pe...
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Ep. 1103 Marx, Rawls, and Other Fonts of Error from 2018-02-28T00:11:45
David Gordon, whose knowledge the late historian Ralph Raico compared to the Library of Congress, joins me for a potpourri episode in which all kinds of wicked errors are delightfully smashed.
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Ep. 1102 Can Liberty Go Mainstream? A Comic Creator Says Yes from 2018-02-27T01:26:11
Johnny Rocket, host of the Johnny Rocket Launch Pad (on which I've been a guest, in one of my favorite interviews ever), joins me to discuss his Liberty Force Comic as well as other, unconventional...
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Ep. 1101 How to Respond to School Shootings from 2018-02-24T00:33:16
In the wake of the recent school shooting in Florida, New York Times bestselling novelist and former firearms instructor Larry Correia joins me to respond to the barrage of demonstrations against g...
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Ep. 1100 Peter Schiff: Where the Economy Stands, and What to Do from 2018-02-23T01:02:02
Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, joins me to answer questions submitted by members of my Supporting Listeners group. Topics include the state of the housing market, precious metals invest...
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Ep. 1099 Myths of the Addiction Industry from 2018-02-22T03:34:04
Steven Slate, who once struggled with drug use himself, joins me to talk about whether what we think we know about addiction is really true. Is addiction a "disease"? Is "treatment" the only way to...
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Ep. 1098 Capitalism, Stakeholders, and "Corporate Social Responsibility" from 2018-02-21T00:24:40
According to stakeholder theory and the Corporate Social Responsibility movement, it's not enough for a corporation to create products that satisfy consumer preferences and please their stockholder...
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Ep. 1097 Libertarianism and Parenting (the Less You Think You Need This Episode, the More You Truly Need It) from 2018-02-19T22:09:08
This is one of my favorite episodes ever. Author and homeschooling parent Laura Blodgett joins me to discuss themes in her 52 Weeks to a Better Relationship with Your Child series. Even if you don'...
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