The Tom Woods Show

Bestselling author Stephen Kinzer returns to the show to discuss the CIA's research and experiments in mind control. Sponsor: Simple Habit Show notes for Ep. 1494

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 money wherever you shop online. Time magazine calls it "basically free money." Get Honey at JoinHoney.com/woods Show notes for Ep. 1493

Lew Rockwell returns to discuss yet another Democratic debate. Join us as we slice through the inanities. Sponsor: Simple Habit Show notes for Ep. 1492

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 Internet has changed the music industry for better and worse, and a lot more. Sponsor: Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 1491

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. Show notes for Ep. 1490

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 the Tenth Amendment Center -- which, unlike ThinkProgress, is alive and kicking. And speaking of kicking, let's kick ThinkProgress while it's down. Sponsor: Simple Habit Show notes for Ep. 1489

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 fundamental questions may be raised. Also, at the end of the episode I make note of the latest Twitter casualty, and the absurd grounds on which the person in question was banned. Sponsor: Policy Genius Show notes for Ep. 1488

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. Sponsor: Simple Habit Show notes for Ep. 1487

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 environmentalists. Sponsor: Away Show notes for Ep. 1486

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 otherwise insensitive. Comedian Dave Smith joins me to sort it all out. Sponsor: Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 1485