The Tom Woods Show

Rand Paul dropped out of the presidential race today, so I invited Dan McCarthy, editor of The American Conservative, to join me for a discussion of that decision, of the Rand Paul campaign in general, and why we may be looking at the nomination of Rubio now, believe it or not.

Show notes for Ep. 585

Direct download: woods_2016_02_03.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 6:35pm EDT

Within what we might call establishment libertarianism there is almost an allergy to Murray Rothbard, the great libertarian polymath. Who was Rothbard, anyway, and what exactly is going on here?

Show notes for Ep. 584

Direct download: woods_2016_02_02.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 1:00pm EDT

Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, recently proposed a series of amendments to the U.S. Constitution. As it turns out, they're actually pretty good. Would they help? Brion McClanahan joins me to figure it all out.

Show notes for Ep. 583

Direct download: woods_2016_02_01.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 10:26am EDT

Who's up and who's down after last night's GOP debate? Lew Rockwell joins me for another of our debate commentary episodes!

Show notes for Ep. 582

Direct download: woods_2016_01_29.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 1:27pm EDT

I'm without a guest in this episode, and taking apart yet another critique of libertarianism. Enjoy!

Show notes for Ep. 581

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Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 1:21pm EDT

National Review, the flagship publication of the conservative movement, recently released an issue-length symposium simply titled, "Against Trump." They never did anything like that against Mitt Romney or John McCain, so what exactly is going on here? Jack Kerwick joins me to make sense of it.

Show notes for Ep. 580

Direct download: woods_2016_01_27.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 11:41am EDT

Quite an amazing development: the Tenth Amendment Center and the American Civil Liberties Union have announced a joint effort at the state level to fight back against surveillance. Some 16 states have introduced legislation approved by both organizations. Michael Boldin gives us the scoop on this Tenther Tuesday!

Show notes for Ep. 579

Direct download: woods_2016_01_26.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 9:38am EDT

The official conservative movement has its leftist opponents, but more interesting are its critics on the right, who are contemptuous of its think-tanks, its magazines, even its ideas. We discuss plenty of these people and groups in today's episode!

Show notes for Ep. 578

Direct download: woods_2016_01_25.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 11:14am EDT

Mark Skousen, the Austrian-friendly editor of the Forecasts & Strategies newsletter for over 35 years, dissents from the advice of what he calls the "doomsayers," and says those people miss a lot of bull markets. I thought my audience would benefit from another perspective. Enjoy!

Show notes for Ep. 577

Direct download: woods_2016_01_22.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 12:19pm EDT

Already 576 episodes and not one on feminism? That ends today with this provocative discussion with the infamous Milo Yiannopolous!

Show notes for Ep. 576

Direct download: woods_2016_01_21.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 12:51pm EDT