The Tom Woods Show

Tucker Carlson recently interviewed Lydia Brimelow of the VDARE website on the lawfare directed against them, but in general it's been ignored. But it shouldn't be. Lydia and her colleagues are obviously being targeted for their political views despite not having broken any laws, and this phenomenon is unlikely to end here.

Guest's Website: VDARE.com

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Show notes for Ep. 2466

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Dan McCarthy, editor of the venerable Modern Age, runs us through the most likely VP picks for Donald Trump, the motivations behind each, who the best one is, and who are most likely.

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Show notes for Ep. 2465

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Comedian and podcaster Dave Smith discusses his debate with RFK, Jr., the state of the LP, the C19 madness, and more.

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Guest's Podcast: Part of the Problem

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Last year I launched a business mastermind, and the results have been outstanding. We just added another member this week, and we're getting ready to launch year two. Here's a peek into what it's like inside a mastermind, where smart and ambitious people help each other multiply their successes.

My thanks to Henry Bingaman for letting me share from an episode of his Practical Liberty podcast.

Interested in joining us? Check out TomWoods.com/mastermind 

Show notes for Ep. 2463

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We used to joke about how this phrase was used every four years. Paul Gottfried thinks this time it may be true.

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Guest's Website: Chronicles Magazine

Show notes for Ep. 2462

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Keri Smith discusses what made her leave the woke world, despite being a true believer for a long time.

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Guest's Podcast: Deprogrammed

Guest's Website: kerismith.net 

Guest's Twitter: @RealKeriSmith

Show notes for Ep. 2461

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The great Dominic Frisby joins us for an overview of the sharp upward moves in Bitcoin and gold, and also to share his new song, "I Want to Be in the Illuminati."

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Guest's Twitter: @DominicFrisby

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Show notes for Ep. 2460

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Writing, publishing, and marketing a book can be exhausting. I have a lot of experience with it, so in this episode I'll share some tips (and also note that royalties are the least of the revenue generators a book can provide). I've also just launched Woods Author Academy. I'm joined by Brett Hoffstadt, creator of the Boost With a Book program.

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Show notes for BONUS Ep. 2460b

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I had a very fruitful and enjoyable discussion with Kim Iversen on the Kim Iversen Show a week or so ago, so I invited Kim onto the ol' Tom Woods Show. Kim would have described herself as a progressive before the Covid fiasco, but the government response and the groupthink, along with other lingering issues, pushed her out.

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Show notes for Ep. 2459

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The great Nick Giambruno, founder of Financial Underground, joins me for a financial news update, including the debt inflection point the U.S. and the world are finally facing, Bitcoin and its future, getting a second passport and considering your international options, and plenty more.

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Show notes for Ep. 2458

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Price inflation is about more than just paying more for a Big Mac. It has other, more insidious (and to the untrained eye, invisible) effects on society.

Guest's Website: monetary-metals.com/woods

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Show notes for Ep. 2457

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Johnny Burtka, president of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, joins me to discuss the traditional education of a statesman in the Western world, and compare that to what we observe today.

Book Discussed: Gateway to Statesmanship: Selections from Xenophon to Churchill

Guest's Link: Intercollegiate Studies Institute

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Show notes for Ep. 2456

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Actually, the Judge and I talk about a lot more than that, and I'm sure you'll enjoy the whole conversation.

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Show notes for Ep. 2455

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Jennifer Lahl just released a documentary, The Lost Boys, that tells the stories of several young men who got pulled into the world of "gender theory" -- and not just theory, unfortunately -- and how they came back.

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Documentary Discussed: The Lost Boys
 

Show notes for Ep. 2454

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Mary Ruwart is a veteran of the libertarian movement, and extremely effective at persuasion and debate. We talk about some tough issues, how best to disarm people, and the present and future of the Libertarian Party.

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Guest's Course: Short Answers to the Tough Questions

Show notes for Ep. 2453

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Lots of people have read The Road to Serfdom, but few have read the material for which F.A. Hayek won the Nobel Prize in 1974. Mark Skousen joins us to discuss the significance of Hayek's work and how it helps us understand the world (and interventionism) better.

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Guest's Event: FreedomFest

Show notes for Ep. 2452

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Connor Boyack, president of the Libertas Institute and creator of the Tuttle Twins children's book series, is overseeing an extremely important venture that's rapidly spreading around the country: the children's entrepreneur market.

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Show notes for Ep. 2451

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Clifton Duncan was an accomplished Broadway actor who had graduated from an extremely selective elite program, and was making television appearances alongside people you would know. His star was most certainly on the rise. Then the mandates came, and Clifton declined the shot. He now waits tables. Well, the crazies didn't just ruin Clifton's career; they're in the process of destroying American theater, period, as Clifton explains in this episode. But there's good news: Clifton wants to develop a one-man show on the life and ideas of Thomas Sowell. Let's help him make it happen!

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Show notes for Ep. 2450

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Col. Douglas Macgregor discusses the current situation in Ukraine, Gaza, the Red Sea, and more, plus his retrospective on the Cold War.

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Guest's Website: OurCountryOurChoice.com

Show notes for Ep. 2449

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I met John Bush 17 years ago, when we were both spreading the word about Ron Paul. These days, John is devoted to building the institutions a free and decent society will need, even in our unfree landscape. If all we do is react to the latest crazy thing coming from the politicos, we'll never build anything.

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Show notes for Ep. 2448

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Nate Fischer and Josh Abbotoy of New Founding join me to discuss their plans to build a rural community in Appalachia, and the hysterical woke lunatics who are up in arms about it.

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Show notes for Ep. 2447

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Michael Gibson discusses the problems with the universities, and why he's supporting dropouts with brilliant ideas.

Book Discussed: Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University

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Show notes for Ep. 2446

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It's not just this field or that field: there is a systematic sickness in academic and in intellectual life in general, in which preposterously false things are believed, and based on foundations that are never examined. This is one of my favorite episodes ever, and my thanks to Steve Patterson for this excellent conversation.

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Show notes for Ep. 2445

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David Ramsay Steele discusses the new religions, scientism among them, that have captured the minds of present-day elites, who of course scoff at the religions of yesteryear.

Book Discussed: The Conquistador With His Pants Down: David Ramsay Steele's Legendary Lost Lectures

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Show notes for Ep. 2444

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A roundtable discussion with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's Dan McCarthy and Townhall's Scott Morefield about Donald Trump's prospects and whether the GOP made a good choice.

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Show notes for Ep. 2443

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Scott joins us to discuss the strikes on Yemen, and then proceeds to a wider discussion of how we got here, in Yemen and elsewhere.

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Show notes for Ep. 2442

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Amy Wax, who teaches at the law school at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the inane things the DEI establishment expects us to believe.

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Show notes for Ep. 2441

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Gene Epstein has given himself a tough assignment: persuading progressives that a market economy is more likely to generate the results they want than any interventions they try.

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Show notes for Ep. 2440

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Michael Malice joins me to discuss what's changed (for him and for the world) in the ten years we've known each other.

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Show notes for Ep. 2439

 

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The great Jason Rink, known as the most canceled filmmaker in America, joins me to discuss his new installment in his January 6 documentary that focuses on the so-called Q Shaman, Jacob Chansley, and a bit of the madness he endured from the censorship-industrial complex.

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Show notes for Ep. 2438

 

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The great Adam Curry, whom you surely remember as an MTV VJ and host of Headbangers Ball, is also co-host of the No Agenda Show with John C. Dvorak. Adam and I talk music, religion, and politics, and as you'll see if you didn't know already, Adam is based.

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Show notes for Ep. 2437

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Libertarian author and podcaster Keith Knight discusses his book Domestic Imperialism: 9 Reasons I Left Progressivism.

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Show notes for Ep. 2436

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Dave joins me for a wide-ranging discussion: his interview with Tucker Carlson, the hysterical response to his criticism of Bill Buckley, the bad instincts of Conservatism, Inc., Trump and DeSantis, Israel/Palestine, and more.

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Show notes for Ep. 2435

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David Stockman, who headed the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, joins us to discuss the Trump economic record, both in terms of policy and results.

Book Discussed: Trump's War on Capitalism

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Show notes for Ep. 2434

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Gabriel Custodiet urges us not to make compromises for the sake of convenience.

Guest's Book: The Watchman Guide to Privacy: Reclaim Your Digital, Financial, and Lifestyle Freedom

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Show notes for Ep. 2433

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Jim Bovard is rightly a hero among libertarians for his outstanding journalistic work. In this episode we discuss everything from police dogs to the TSA to Section 8 housing and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Book Discussed: Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty

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Show notes for Ep. 2432

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Alex Dresser lost two jobs and a potential spouse thanks to the Covid measures, and that's just for starters. The crazies used to accuse us of being grandma killers, but they themselves killed Alex's grandmother. He joins us to tell the kinds of stories the media and much of the public refused to hear.

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Show notes for Ep. 2431

 

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Chris Maidment declared the endorsement of Nikki Haley by Americans for Prosperity as a betrayal of the organization's stated principles, and was promptly dismissed.

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Show notes for Ep. 2430

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Scott Horton talks to Tom about Tom's new book, Diary of a Psychosis, and revisits some of the idiotic remarks and failed predictions by the so-called experts.

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Show notes for Ep. 2429

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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 Joe Biden insists) caused by "price gouging," and more.

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Show notes for Ep. 2428

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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: On the Face of It: A Traveler on His World

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Show notes for Ep. 2427

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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" can quickly become today's consensus, and so much of the official guidance itself had to be abandoned as misinformation. Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya joins us.

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Show notes for Ep. 2426

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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 Today Jacob Huebert, and Argentinian university student Octavio Bermudez, who has written extensively on the Milei phenomenon.

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Show notes for Ep. 2425

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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 other topics.

Show notes for Ep. 2424

 

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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 Jonathan Engler join us.

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Show notes for Ep. 2423

 

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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 sensible person might do to turn things around -- for California and for the country.

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Show notes for Ep. 2422

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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.

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Show notes for Ep. 2421

 

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Peter Schiff assesses the true condition of an economy Paul Krugman says is great but whose greatness the rubes are too dumb to recognize.

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Show notes for Ep. 2420

 

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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 minds -- the grim list goes on and on. Is the correct approach despair, indifference, political action, or something else? Kevin Dolan of Exit, and entrepreneur Kevin Stokes, join me to discuss.

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Website Discussed: The Tom Woods School of Life

Show notes for Ep. 2419

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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 for bigger budgets, the problem with the "big business" chapter in your American history book, institutional rivalry in the libertarian world, and plenty more.

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Show notes for Ep. 2418

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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 convicted felon, and plenty more.

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Show notes for Ep. 2417

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Architect Dino Marcantonio joins me to review the scourge of ugliness and what traditional architecture can do about it.

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Show notes for Ep. 2416

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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.

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Show notes for Ep. 2415

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Vivek Ramaswamy joins us to discuss avoiding World War III, as well as his recent clash with other GOP candidates over free speech.

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Show notes for Ep. 2414

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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 return of Christ and the end of the world. Furthermore, during the tribulation that will ensue, believers in this theology will be "raptured" into heaven and spared the unspeakable terrors that will then afflict the human race. This theological opinion would have been news to Augustine and St. Thomas, not to mention Martin Luther and the Protestant movement. Brent McGuire, senior pastor at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Dallas, sets the record straight.

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Show notes for Ep. 2413

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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 results that nobody could replicate), the problem with "peer review," the role of state funding in deforming science, and much more.

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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 conflict. Also, I do my best to steelman the Israeli position to get Daniel's response.

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Show notes for Ep. 2411

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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 the dynamics within the Democratic and Republican parties, the likely outcome of the DeSantis/Newsom debate, the issues that are hurting Joe Biden the most, and plenty more.

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Show notes for Ep. 2410

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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 them to help guide you in becoming informed as efficiently as possible.

Book Discussed:

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Show notes for Ep. 2409

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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 debate over the most contentious issue of the present moment.

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Show notes for Ep. 2408

Guests' Books:
- The Classical Liberal Case for Israel, by Walter Block and Alan Futerman
- Obstacle to Peace, by Jeremy R. Hammond
 
Previous Debates:
 
Related Articles:
- Walter Block and Alan Futerman, "The Moral Duty to Destroy Hamas"
- Alan Futerman, Walter Block, and Rafi Farber, "The True Nature of the BDS Movement"
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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 and families caught up in transgender propaganda.

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Show notes for Ep. 2407

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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, as well as to review what we need to know about gold and Bitcoin.

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Show notes for Ep. 2406

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Scott Horton joins us to discuss the horrific Hamas attacks on Israel, but alongside commentary that might upset Ben Shapiro.

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Show notes for Ep. 2405

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Michael Rectenwald discusses his journey into and out of Marxism, where social justice nuttiness comes from, and the lure of military intervention.

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Show notes for Ep. 2404

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Carrie Gress returns to review feminism's record, and it isn't pretty.

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Show notes for Ep. 2403

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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 on food prices by persuading Americans to consume cheap -- and, it turns out, unhealthy -- alternatives.

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Show notes for Ep. 2402

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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 heretics here to smash those ideas.

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Show notes for Ep. 2401

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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 separation of science and state.

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Show notes for Ep. 2400

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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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Show notes for Ep. 2399

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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 how he ended up working in the Reagan Administration.

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Show notes for Ep. 2398

Direct download: woods_2023_09_28.mp3
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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.

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Show notes for Ep. 2397

Direct download: woods_2023_09_27.mp3
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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 class, but a specific group of unjustly rich people. At the same time, the powers that be are not shaking in their boots that someone singing "Ain't Got a Dollar" is popular among the masses; that's exactly the mentality they want the masses to have. John Bush joins us to talk this all through, as well as to discuss his personal story of going from borderline desperation to success.

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Show notes for Ep. 2396

Direct download: woods_2023_09_22.mp3
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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 of the idiosyncratic twists and turns of civil rights law. Thus wokeism is in fact a creature of the state.

Book Discussed: The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics

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Show notes for Ep. 2395

Direct download: woods_2023_09_21.mp3
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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.

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Show notes for Ep. 2394

Direct download: woods_2023_09_20.mp3
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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 within the so-called mainstream of medicine, but the way Covid was handled opened his eyes to some grim truths about his field.

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Show notes for Ep. 2393

Direct download: woods_2023_09_15.mp3
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Alex Epstein warns of what a "climate emergency" would mean, and pours cold water on the hysteria.

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Show notes for Ep. 2392

Direct download: woods_2023_09_14.mp3
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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 dissident a little too far for them.

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Show notes for Ep. 2391

Direct download: woods_2023_09_13.mp3
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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 cognitive distortions accurately describe the effects that propagandists seek to induce in the minds of their subjects.

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Show notes for Ep. 2390

Direct download: woods_2023_09_08.mp3
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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 discipline.

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Show notes for Ep. 2389

Direct download: woods_2023_09_07.mp3
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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? Carrie Gress joins us to discuss several early feminist thinkers and the biographical and intellectual details that the usual story excludes.

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Show notes for Ep. 2388

Direct download: woods_2023_09_06.mp3
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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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Show notes for Ep. 2387

Direct download: woods_2023_08_31.mp3
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John Lott, who runs the Crime Prevention Research Center, discusses the multiple fabrications contained in a single presidential Tweet.

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Show notes for Ep. 2386

Direct download: woods_2023_08_30.mp3
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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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Show notes for Ep. 2385

Direct download: woods_2023_08_29.mp3
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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.

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Show notes for Ep. 2384

Direct download: woods_2023_08_25.mp3
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Perry Metzger argues that AI will prove to be an immense boon to mankind, and that the apocalyptic warnings are misplaced.

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Show notes for Ep. 2383

Direct download: woods_2023_08_24.mp3
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Larken Rose discusses his new film, Jones Plantation, and how the ruling powers throughout history have manipulated people into thinking they're free.

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Show notes for Ep. 2382

Direct download: woods_2023_08_23.mp3
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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 medicine is nothing new.

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Show notes for Ep. 2381

Direct download: woods_2023_08_17.mp3
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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 expatriation (second passports, international banking, etc.). We discuss some of those issues, including the value of having a Plan B in case the SHTF.

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Show notes for Ep. 2380

Direct download: woods_2023_08_15.mp3
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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 those excess deaths.

Book Discussed: The War on Ivermectin: The Medicine That Saved Millions and Could Have Ended the Pandemic

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Show notes for Ep. 2379

Direct download: woods_2023_08_14.mp3
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Laurie Calhoun joins me to discuss what we should have learned over the past three years.

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Show notes for Ep. 2378

Direct download: woods_2023_08_11.mp3
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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: the history of American conservatism is a history of respectable people trying to push away people whose opinions are outside the allowable range.

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Book Discussed: The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism, by Matthew Continetti

Show notes for Ep. 2377

Direct download: woods_2023_08_10.mp3
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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 episode we catch up with him on how things have been going.

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Show notes for Ep. 2376

Direct download: woods_2023_08_08.mp3
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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 too many Christian thinkers.

Book Discussed: Christianity and the Nation State: A Study in Political Theology

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Show notes for Ep. 2375

Direct download: woods_2023_08_04.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT

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 situation, the drawbacks to electric cars (though he is fine with people who prefer them) and whether there's any jumping off this train.

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Show notes for Ep. 2374

Direct download: woods_2023_08_02.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT

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 her background as a champion gymnast, her work in pre-woke corporate America, and what comes next.

Book Discussed: Levi's Unbuttoned: The Woke Mob Took My Job But Gave Me My Voice

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Show notes for Ep. 2373

Direct download: woods_2023_08_01.mp3
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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 means.

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Show notes for Ep. 2372

Direct download: woods_2023_07_28.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT

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 people who suffered during lockdown, what we can do apart from complaining and woe-is-meing, and my strategy for productivity.

Show notes for Ep. 2371

Direct download: woods_2023_07_27.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT

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.

Show notes for Ep. 2370

Direct download: woods_2023_07_25.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT

The demographic implosion will have wide-ranging and devastating consequences around the world. Kevin Dolan joins us to discuss.

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Show notes for Ep. 2369

Direct download: woods_2023_07_20.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:00pm EDT

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 example can do some good? Reason's Zach Weissmueller gives us an example from Honduras of precisely that.

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Show notes for Ep. 2368

Direct download: woods_2023_07_19.mp3
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