I wasn’t always a libertarian. I began as a moderate Republican. I eventually became vice president of the Harvard College Republicans. But something pulled me away from conventional opinion and toward the persuasive and compelling heterodoxy of Austro-libertarianism. Here’s my story. Hope you enjoy it! Host of This Event Mises Institute Video of This Event An Evening with Tom Woods Woods Books Mentioned We Who Dared to Say No to War: American Antiwar Writing from 1812 to Now, eds. Thomas E. Woods Jr. and Murray Polner Rollback, by Thomas E. Woods Jr. Videos Mentioned Tom Woods Speech at Nullify Now, Los Angeles Thomas Thwaites: How I Built a Toaster — From Scratch Special Offers If you enjoy the Tom Woods Show, my new book — Real Dissent: A Libertarian Sets Fire to the Index Card of Allowable Opinion — is for you. Check it out! And get a free copy of the audiobook version, with me reading it, at TomWoodsAudio.com. And get my FREE eBook, 14 Hard Questions for Libertarians — Answered!