The Tom Woods Show

Journalist Diana Johnstone has covered the world, and particularly US foreign affairs, for decades. It ain't a pretty story, but it's one that needs to be told.

Show notes for Ep. 1681

Direct download: woods_2020_06_26.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:05pm EDT

Comedian, financial writer, and jack-of-all-trades Dominic Frisby joins me to discuss the continued lockdowns in the UK, what's happening in Western societies, and his new national anthem for Libertaria.

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Show notes for Ep. 1680

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Category:general -- posted at: 4:55pm EDT

Dale Brown's Detroit Threat Management Center has had tremendous success in lowering violent crime rates, and has done so using methods that emphasize de-escalation and nonviolence. In the wake of the George Floyd killing, he joins us to discuss lessons police departments can learn from his successes.

Show notes for Ep. 1679

Direct download: woods_2020_06_24.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:03pm EDT

With the present pitiful showing by conservatives as the backdrop, Paul Gottfried joins us to discuss what went wrong with Conservatism, Inc.

Show notes for Ep. 1678

Direct download: woods_2020_06_23.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:30am EDT

Libertarian writer James Reilly and Mises Institute president Jeff Deist join me for a libertarian perspective on the problems with the police and what our proposed solutions would be.

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Show notes for Ep. 1677

Direct download: woods_2020_06_20.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00am EDT

Once again the Federal Reserve is being presented to us as a great savior during a time of crisis. I once spoke at Jekyll Island itself in refutation of this claim. Worth revisiting during these times.

Show notes for Ep. 1676

Direct download: woods_2020_06_19.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:25pm EDT

Rainer Zitelmann's new book on people's perceptions of the rich is filled with interesting and surprising results: who "deserves" to be wealthy, what qualities people associate with the rich, how people form their opinions of the rich, and plenty more.

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Show notes for Ep. 1675

Direct download: woods_2020_06_18.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:00pm EDT

Nothing is less fashionable than defending the South from attack. Responses like "why, you must support slavery," or "you're a racist," sum up the intellectual level you can expect from your critics, none of whom have read a thing. Historian Brion McClanahan returns to discuss the bizarre if predictable South hatred that emerged following George Floyd's death at the hands of police in Minneapolis.

Show notes for Ep. 1674

Direct download: woods_2020_06_17.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:00am EDT

Professor Gad Saad joins me to discuss trends in academia, whether leftist domination occurs because they're just smarter than we are, and why CEOs feel compelled to endorse every fashionable cause.

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Show notes for Ep. 1673

Direct download: woods_2020_06_16.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:10am EDT

Pete Quinones joins me to discuss his new documentary on the state and how we might think about life without it.

Show notes for Ep. 1672

Direct download: woods_2020_06_12b.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:32pm EDT