The Tom Woods Show

The prolific libertarian scholar Walter Block joins me for a fascinating look at his life in the libertarian world, from his days as a social democrat through libertarianism and beyond.

Show notes for Ep. 1200

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Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 12:54pm EDT

The great comedian Dave Smith, host of Part Of The Problem, discusses joining the Libertarian Party, the current hysteria about Trump and Russia, and how his podcast became so successful.

Show notes for Ep. 1199

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Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 6:52pm EDT

Judge Andrew Napolitano, senior judicial analyst at the FOX News Channel, joins me to discuss Trump's most recent Supreme Court nominee as well as the names the Judge would have preferred, plus the Judge's opinion on the worst decisions in the Court's history, and much more. Thanks to the folks in my Supporting Listeners group for submitting questions!

Show notes for Ep. 1198

Direct download: woods_2018_07_18.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 5:27pm EDT

I strongly urge you to listen to this episode. These are my opening remarks to this year's Mises University program at the Mises Institute. I discuss two sets of ungrateful people. The first: socialists. I go into detail about the improvements in the lives of everyone, but especially the desperately poor, under the free market. The numbers are frankly miraculous. And all these folks can think to do is shout at their employers through bullhorns.
 
Then I take on those libertarians who spend their time denouncing Ron Paul, Murray Rothbard, Walter Block, and other prolific and productive libertarians. This section is especially savage, but not gratuitously so. Just the right amount of savage.
 
Direct download: woods_2018_07_17.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 4:54pm EDT

In popular discourse, consumer safety is one of the most frequently cited reasons for government oversight. Neil Thanedar, my guest today, is co-founder and CEO of Labdoor, which can accomplish more than the FDA even claims to be able to, and more efficiently and inexpensively.

Show notes for Ep. 1196

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Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 4:43pm EDT

Dan McCarthy, editor of the venerable journal Modern Age, recently suggested in the Spectator that the Trump phenomenon may have taken the air out of the so-called libertarian moment -- partly because that moment wasn't as libertarian as people thought. Plenty to think about here, and no conversation with Dan is ever dull.

Show notes for Ep. 1195

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Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 2:23pm EDT

Tim Moen, the leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada, is an anarcho-capitalist in the Rothbardian tradition. That gives him an interesting perspective on libertarian politics and strategy, and I ask him some tough questions. A juicy episode!

Show notes for Ep. 1194

Direct download: woods_2018_07_12.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 6:25pm EDT

Once in a while I feature a listener who's doing something particularly interesting. My guest today, Noah Tetzner, hosts a popular podcast on the history of the Vikings, and also has the world figured out far better than I ever did at 17.

Show notes for Ep. 1193

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Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 1:10pm EDT

The brilliant Murray Sabrin, professor of finance at Ramapo College, is running for U.S. Senate as a Libertarian. We discuss the race, yes, but we cover a great deal else as well: how to help the poor without government involvement, how to understand money (and which book to read), what a professor of finance knows that political candidates don't, Murray's family history in Poland, the right of self-defense, why Rothbard sat on Murray's Ph.D. dissertation committee (Rothbard did this for only two people ever), and a lot more.

Show notes for Ep. 1192

Direct download: woods_2018_07_06.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 1:52pm EDT

Here's a wide-ranging conversation full of the kind of info none of us got in school. When did the federal government first go off the rails? Does the Constitution do any good? (You may be surprised at my answer.) What is the role of the states in the American system? And lots more.
 
Thanks to the Libertarian Christian Podcast for letting me use my appearance on their program.
 
Direct download: woods_2018_07_04.mp3
Category:Talk Radio -- posted at: 5:40pm EDT