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06.18.2019

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 not exclusively involving the police -- the state ...

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06.18.2019 Ep. 1429 Scott Horton on the Police, the Military, and Other State Institutions People Make Excuses For 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 not exclusively involving the police -- the state ...
06.15.2019 Ep. 1428 From Progressive to Libertarian: A Personal Testimony 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 she had that led her down our path. ...
06.14.2019 Ep. 1427 Are Men the Oppressors and Women the Oppressed? 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, far from advancing equality, can consistently be relied ...
06.13.2019 Ep. 1426 Can You Be Christian and Libertarian? Jacqueline Isaacs, a contributor to the book Called to Freedom: Why You Can Be Christian and Libertarian, joins me to discuss whether these two systems are compatible. Sponsor: Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 1426
06.12.2019 Ep. 1425 Women Need Guns 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. Show notes for Ep. 1425
06.11.2019 Ep. 1424 Feminism and the Family (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, and being an adult. Show notes for Ep. 1424
06.08.2019 Ep. 1423 Tucker Carlson Supports Elizabeth Warren's Economics 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 matter of economic patriotism that most ...
06.06.2019 Ep. 1422 The America First Committee and World War II Ben Lewis joins me to discuss the controversial America First Committee, which favored nonintervention in the Second World War (until Pearl Harbor). Show notes for Ep. 1422
06.06.2019 Ep. 1421 Bernie Sanders' Fake Constitution 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 the (rather extensively documented) original intent of the general ...
06.04.2019 Ep. 1420 The Real Antiwar Movement Takes All Kinds 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 ...
06.04.2019 Ep. 1419 Did the War Party Break Trump? 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 George Washington would have supported ...
05.31.2019 Ep. 1418 Luis J. Gomez, Co-Creator of GaS Digital, on Racism, Free Speech, Comedy, and SJWs 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 extremely hard from a young age. Now ...
05.30.2019 Ep. 1417 The Strategy Episode 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 of Ludwig von Mises, up-and-comers in the movement, and ...
05.29.2019 Ep. 1416 Kratom, the State, and Clever Entrepreneurship 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, what it can do, what the FDA ...
05.28.2019 Ep. 1415 Bad Idea: Bernie and AOC Want to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates 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 Zywicki, a professor of law at Antonin ...
05.25.2019 Ep. 1414 Michael Malice on Immigration, Culture, and the New Right 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. Show notes for Ep. 1414
05.24.2019 Ep. 1413 Michael Malice on William F. Buckley and Other Villains 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 Right: A Journey to the Fringe ...
05.22.2019 Ep. 1412 The Democracy Delusion 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. Show notes for Ep. 1412
05.22.2019 Ep. 1411 Michael Malice on Humor, Trolling, and the New Right 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 more. Sponsor: Policy Genius ...
05.20.2019 Ep. 1410 The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics 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 progressivism not just on the margins but ...
05.18.2019 BONUS Ep. 1409 The Progressive Rock Episode, with Big Big Train's David Longdon 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 improved, I ...
05.17.2019 Ep. 1408 We Are Politically Vanquished. What Should Our Strategy Be? At this year's state convention of the Libertarian Party of Florida, Mises Institute president Jeff Deist delivered remarks that I think are important, well stated, and to my mind completely convincing. Show notes for Ep. 1408
05.16.2019 Ep. 1407 Does Study of the Middle Ages Have a "White Supremacy" Problem? 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 York Times recently published a report indicating ...
05.16.2019 Ep. 1406 My Keynote to the Florida LP: What We're Up Against 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? Show notes for Ep. 1406
05.15.2019 Ep. 1405 The Battle Hymn of the Republic and American Righteousness 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 government is the instrument of righteousness not ...
05.14.2019 Ep. 1404 Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies 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 faith. Sponsor: MVMT Show notes for Ep. 1404
05.10.2019 Ep. 1403 The Origins and Evils of Crony Capitalism 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 public interest. Sometimes the process is open and obvious, but more ...
05.10.2019 Ep. 1402 If We're So Right, Where Are the Libertarian Countries? 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 from time ...
05.09.2019 Ep. 1401 New Book The Socialist Manifesto -- Refuted Gene Epstein joins me to respond to Bhaskar Sunkara's new book The Socialist Manifesto. (Sunkara was invited to participate, but declined.) Show notes for Ep. 1401
05.08.2019 Ep. 1400 Libertarian Party Vice Chair Alex Merced on the LP's Past and Future 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 Johnson/Weld ticket, whether the LP should avoid presidential politics altogether, whether there's ever a case ...
05.07.2019 Ep. 1399 Why the Welfare State Is Morally Wrong: A New Approach 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 in particular because it is one of ...
05.03.2019 Ep. 1398 Tyler Cowen on Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero 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 condemnation is a sober assessment of ...
05.03.2019 Ep. 1397 Eric Peters, Libertarian Car Expert, Punished by Google for Wrongthink 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 material was. Plus, Eric takes a ...
05.02.2019 Ep. 1396 Alex Jones and Tom In this blast from the past from 2009, I'm interviewed by Alex Jones about central banking and the financial crisis. Show notes for Ep. 1396
04.30.2019 Ep. 1395 Another Woods Smash: Do Libertarians Think Every Man Is an Island? 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 libertarians "believe every man is an island." This was too ridiculous not to ...
04.30.2019 Ep. 1394 The Real History of the (non-Isolationist) 1920s 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 is all wrong, as usual, so in today's episode I ...
04.27.2019 Ep. 1393 Trump, Mueller, and "Obstruction" 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 to "obstruction". Show notes for ...
04.25.2019 Ep. 1392 Without Government, We'll All Go Broke When Our Banks Fail -- Plus, Insider Trading and Liberty 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 money is in a bank that fails? and (2) ...
04.24.2019 Ep. 1391 Government Scams That Everyone Believes 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 Financial Sense Newshour. Show notes for Ep. 1391
04.24.2019 Ep. 1390 Jefferson and Slavery: Non-Cartoon Version 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 students today that slavery was exclusive to the West, when in ...
04.23.2019 Ep. 1389 How to Defeat the Government/University Complex, Which Is Turning Frustrated Kids into Socialists 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. He's right. Today we discuss the increasingly irrelevant ...
04.18.2019 Ep. 1388 Abolish the CIA 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. Show notes for Ep. 1388
04.18.2019 Ep. 1387 How to Understand Notre Dame Cathedral, Jewel of Western Civilization 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 is academic director and associate professor at ...
04.16.2019 Ep. 1386 Down With the Green New Deal, Says Former Greenpeace Director Patrick Moore 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. Show notes for Ep. 1386
04.16.2019 Ep. 1385 The Truth About Whistleblower Julian Assange 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 nefarious and disreputable. But when Assange's activity is described ...
04.14.2019 Ep. 1384 Andrew Yang and Universal Basic Income 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. Show notes for Ep. 1384
04.12.2019 Ep. 1383 How Phony "Rights" Empower the State, and Other Libertarian Topics 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, subsidiarity, the social contract, and a lot more. It comes from my recent appearance on the ...
04.10.2019 Ep. 1382 Lew Rockwell on the 2020 Democrats, and Everything Else 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. Show notes for Ep. 1382
04.09.2019 Ep. 1381 I've Been Wrong About Right and Left 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 Gottfried joins me to ...
04.09.2019 Ep. 1380 Don't Get Snookered by Phony Constitutional Originalists 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 to be fooled by these arguments. What these arguments promote in the ...

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