Tom covers two themes: the state's attempts to obscure its true nature, and nullification as a tool of self-defense.

John Lott, author of More Guns, Less Crime, joins Tom to reply to common objections to gun ownership.

Lew Rockwell, founder of the Mises Institute and LewRockwell.com, joins Tom to discuss his forthcoming book, Against the State: An Anarcho-Capitalist Manifesto.

Joel McDurmon, author of American Fascist: The Real Theodore Roosevelt, joins Tom. Check out Joel's other books, too: How to Argue with a Liberal...and Win! and Restoring America One County at a Time.

Dale Bellis of Liberty HealthShare talks about an inexpensive (and legal) alternative to traditional health insurance.

Keith Preston, author of Attack the System: A New Anarchist Perspective for the 21st Century, joins Tom to discuss Noam Chomsky, left- and right-anarchism, the totalitarian p.c. movement, and more.

Jeff Berwick of the Dollar Vigilante discusses a growing international retreat from the war on drugs. Plus how he avoids taxes, and what the future likely holds for the economy.

Author Will Grigg returns to the program to discuss elite opinion's obsession with race. Follow Will at freedominourtime.blogspot.com.

Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center joins Tom to discuss some encouraging developments around the country.

Burt Folsom joins Tom to discuss his new book Uncle Sam Can't Count: A History of Failed Government Investments, from Beaver Pelts to Green Energy.

Bob Murphy discusses the problems with Thomas PIketty's fashionable new book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century.

The Mises Institute's Mark Thornton joins Tom to discuss a recent article in the Financial Times, and why its recommendations for Fed policy will benefit the wealthiest at the expense of everyone else.

Christopher Cantwell joins Tom to discuss recent efforts to make libertarianism "complete" by making it into something different.

Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper: How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong

How can you prosper in today's economy? Tom talks strategies with Charles Hugh Smith, author of Get a Job, Build a Real Career, and Defy a Bewildering Economy. Check out Charles at Of Two Minds.

Chris Coyne discusses his new book Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails.

Mike Church, host of the Mike Church Show on Sirius/XM, joins Tom to talk early U.S. history: Washington's famous crossing of the Delaware, and more.

Pat Buchanan, New York Times bestselling author of Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War, gives an iconoclastic account of Winston Churchill.

Professor John Hasnas of Georgetown University says the rule of law is a myth perpetrated by governments to make their populations more compliant. This is another have-your-mind-blown episode.Read "The Myth of the Rule of Law," "The Depoliticization of Law," and "The Obviousness of Anarchy" by Professor Hasnas.

Connor Boyack discusses the first -- an adaptation of Bastiat's The Law -- in his new series of books intended to convey the ideas of liberty to children.

Bill Kauffman returns to the show to discuss his film Copperhead, directed by Ron Maxwell and starring Peter Fonda, and now out on DVD.

Gary Chartier, author of The Conscience of an Anarchist, joins Tom to discuss the recent controversy among libertarians.