Law professor F.H. Buckley, author of The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America, discusses the evolution of the presidency from the eighteenth century to today.

Dr. Mary Ruwart, author of Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression, joins Tom for a wide-ranging discussion of the FDA, the future of the Libertarian Party, and more.

Larken Rose, author of The Most Dangerous Superstition, discusses how the state bamboozles the public.

Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses the genesis and development of the anti-Iran hysteria.(We apologize for a few audio hiccups early in the discussion.)

Tom talks about his book 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask.

Can we conceive of a private, non-governmental system of law? If so, what would it look like? Bob Murphy joins Tom to discuss themes in his book Chaos Theory.Bob is the author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal, and other books, and he blogs at Free Advice.

Joseph Salerno, academic vice president of the Mises Institute and author of Money, Sound and Unsound, talks about the Fed, the Great Depression, currency wars, deflation, and why governments hate cash.

On Equal Pay Day, Mark Perry of the University of Michigan and the American Enterprise Institute gives the real scoop about the male-female pay gap.

Yuri Maltsev, economist and Soviet defector, discusses life in the Soviet Union.

Tom DiLorenzo, author of Hamilton's Curse, tells the truth about the beloved Alexander Hamilton.