Bob Murphy Show

In this frolicking episode, professional poker player Adam Haman comes on to discuss movie depictions of poker. He also talks with Bob about his activity in the LP, and then deeper issues of epistemology and theology.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• Adam's (co-hosted) podcast Natural Order.
• Trailer for the movie "Havana."
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Douglas Robert is a recovering Austrian who subscribes to the MMT framework as being the most useful for trading. He has a friendly debate with Bob over the inverted yield curve and whether a recession is at hand.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• Douglas Robert's critique of Bob Murphy on yield curve.
• Douglas Robert's YouTube channel.
• Bob's article on Canadian expansionary austerity.
• Warren Mosler versus Robert Murphy debate.
• BMS episode featuring Warren Mosler.
• Bob's recent critique of Mosler's view on interest rates.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Robert Barnes is a lawyer specializing in constitutional issues, who has defended several celebrity clients including Wesley Snipes and Alex Jones. He joins Bob to discuss the legal perversions surrounding the recent convictions of several Proud Boys members for their role in the Jan. 6 protest/riot at the Capitol.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• Robert Barnes' Locals community. His law practice website.
• Bob Murphy's critique of plea deals in context of Proud Boys.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Gene Epstein is disappointed in Bob's kid-glove treatment of Oren Cass' critique of American capitalism, and explains some of the problems with the data that Oren relied upon to make his case.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• Oren Cass' controversial interview on BMS ep. 283.
• Oren Cass debates Cato scholar at Soho Foum on government intervention in manufacturing.
• Main website for Gene Epstein's Soho Forum.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

Bob uses a recent exchange between Dave Smith and reason's Liz Wolfe to analyze the apparent tension between libertarian allegations of coordinated skullduggery and the Austrian critique of socialism.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The Part of the Problem episode featuring Liz Wolfe.
• Bob's pamphlet Chaos Theory, his Libertarian Papers article on private military defense, and a Mises U lecture on private military defense.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.

Back on BMS ep. 229, Bob invited Steve Patterson back to the show to discuss Riemann's Rearrangement Theorem, which was such a counterintuitive result that Bob changed his mind and agreed with Steve that mathematicians had smuggled nonsense into their field. Math PhD Ian Deters now joins Bob to defend the use of infinity in higher mathematics.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview (with mathematical images overlaid).
• The BMS ep 229 featuring Steve Patterson's critique of infinity.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.

After having parsed William Lane Craig's opening statement making the case for theism, Bob now evaluates Christopher Hitchens' opening. He concludes that Hitchens hardly responded at all to Craig, and spent most of his time criticizing Christianity rather than theism.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The April 4, 2009 debate between William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens.
• Bob's analysis of Craig's opening argument, in BMS ep. 282.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.

Scott Horton recently released a special production on Waco that clocked in at almost 13 hours. He joins Bob to discuss the essentials of the story, covering all aspects of the tragedy, starting with the religious views of the Davidians and ending with the absurd trial of the survivors.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview (with BONUS video features of infrared analysis).
• Scott Horton's 13-hour tour de force, "The Waco Tragedy."
• The YouTube version of Waco: The Rules of Engagement.
• BMS ep. 5 featuring Scott Horton.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.

Vance Ginn recently had Bob on his podcast, "Let People Prosper!"

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• Vance Ginn's podcast, Let People Prosper!
• Bob's EconLib article on privatizing federal assets.
• Oren Cass on the Bob Murphy Show.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.

Oren Cass is the founder of American Compass, which has a new handbook advising conservatives on how to rebuild American capitalism. Bob provides a skeptical but friendly forum for Oren to explain his dissatisfaction with the standard libertarian position on free trade and labor unions.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

• The YouTube version of this interview.
• The American Compass Handbook for Conservative Policymakers.
• Oren Cass on Contra Krugman (talking ObamaCare) and on a 2020 episode of the Bob Murphy Show.
• Oren's article "Policy-Based Evidence Making."
• Bob's summary of Oren's Congressional testimony on climate change damage, Parts 1, 2, and 3.
• Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

The audio production for this episode was provided by Podsworth Media.