The Tom Woods Show

The Iran nuclear deal is being heartily denounced by the GOP presidential field, Rand Paul included. What does the deal say, and why does Rand Paul oppose it? How does he distinguish himself from the field now? Scott Horton returns to discuss these and other important questions.

Direct download: woods_07_17_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 3:09pm EDT

Bob Murphy's new book Choice -- a digestible, easily understood overview of the arguments in Ludwig von Mises' Human Action -- is getting reviews as enthusiastic as any I have ever seen. We discuss the book, and controversial topics in Austrian economics, in today's episode!

Direct download: woods_07_16_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 2:32pm EDT

Capitalism is sometimes equated with "fascism" by some of its most visceral critics. But the whole point of fascism, as its architects explained again and again, was to produce an alternative to both communism and capitalism! In today's episode I spend some time discussing what it was like to be a businessman in Nazi Germany. It wasn't a laissez-faire paradise after all!

Direct download: woods_07_15_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 12:45pm EDT

Today I explore the egalitarian ideas of John Rawls, the enormously significant political thinker to whom so many social democratic theorists refer. In this episode I'm sharing with you a lesson from my government course for the Ron Paul Curriculum. Enjoy!

Direct download: woods_07_14_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 10:56am EDT

With the handing down of the Obergefell decision, the Fourteenth Amendment is back in the news. What was it really supposed to mean? Not what do some libertarians and conservatives wish it said, but what was it originally supposed to mean? Kevin Gutzman joins me for the answer.

Direct download: woods_07_13_2015_3.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 9:59pm EDT

Mises Institute senior fellow Mark Thornton reviews the cases of Portugal and Washington state: have the fears of the prohibitionists been realized?

Direct download: woods_07_10_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 1:02pm EDT

Nick Giambruno joins Tom to discuss the ongoing crisis in Greece, the state of the world's banking system, and more. Don't miss this episode!

Direct download: woods_07_09_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 2:01pm EDT

Ron Paul returns to discuss his new book Swords into Plowshares, at once a deeply personal reflection on war and his own career in the military, and also a systematic antiwar broadside. Truly a must-listen.

Direct download: woods_07_08_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 1:28pm EDT

Liberland is a burgeoning micronation between Croatia and Serbia, and founded on libertarian principles. By popular demand, we talk to two of its top people in today's episode.

Direct download: woods_07_07_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 9:49am EDT

I bet a lot of libertarians oppose the war in Afghanistan but couldn't give a lot of details to back up their position. This episode will remedy any such deficiency!

Direct download: woods_07_06_2015_2.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 11:16am EDT