Bob Murphy and I hosted the Contra Krugman podcast for five years, and today we do an honorary final episode in recognition of the retirement of Paul Krugman from his New York Times column.

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Show notes for Ep. 2581

Daniel McAdams, executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, joins me to discuss Syria, DOGE, the Trump appointments, and the profound influence of Ron Paul.

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Show notes for Ep. 2580

Caitlin Long discusses the federal crackdown on banks serving the crypto industry, and what the future may hold.

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Show notes for Ep. 2579

Michael Malice returns to discuss the cabinet, DOGE, and the health establishment, as well as plenty of other interesting stuff.

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Michael's Locals: http://michaelmalice.locals.com 

Michael's Twitter: @MichaelMalice

Michael's Most Recent Book: The White Pill

Show notes for Ep. 2578

Peter St. Onge joins us to discuss a wide variety of topics: income taxes vs. tariffs, what DOGE could accomplish, the collapse of the media, and what "end the Fed' really looks like.

Sponsors: Persist SEO & Ron Paul Curriculum

Guest's Twitter: @profstonge

Guest's Substack: ProfStOnge.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2577

Roger Ver, an early Bitcoin promoter and investor, has been arrested in Spain and is set to be extradited by a U.S. regime whose procedure with him and whose arguments against him make obvious that he is being targeted for who he is rather than for what he is alleged to have done. It is urgent that we publicize his case. Steve Patterson and Robert Barnes join us.

Sponsors:
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Help Roger: FreeRogerNow.org

Book Mentioned: Hijacking Bitcoin: The Hidden History of BTC

Show notes for Ep. 2576

Almost no one knows the full story, but my guest, Ken McCarthy, was a key figure in shaping the way the World Wide Web eventually unfolded. Things could have gone a very different way, that would have been vastly worse for the cause of freedom.

Sponsor: Blinkist

Book Discussed: How the Web Won: The Inside Story of How a Motley Crew of Outsiders Hijacked the Information Superhighway and Struck a Blow for Human Freedom

Guest's Website: KenMcCarthy.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2575

The great Scott Horton walks us through the forgotten history that brought us to the present situation with Russia and Ukraine.

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Book Discussed: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War With Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine

Support the Libertarian Institute:
https://libertarianinstitute.org/donate 

Scott's other Websites:
https://scotthorton.org 
https://www.antiwar.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2574

Dr. Jonathan Shedler of the University of California at San Francisco joins us to discuss the problems that arise when random people declare themselves "therapists" and dish out platitudes to unsuspecting people, but also why, contrary to what many on the right think these days, there is legitimate benefit from psychotherapy, which amounts to promoting self-knowledge and realizing that things we don't know about ourselves can harm us.

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Show notes for Ep. 2573

There are so many aspects of the American regime that require our attention that I think most of us simply neglected the potential threats from what we laughingly call "public health." We sure can't do that anymore.

Important Links Mentioned:
Diary of a Psychosis: DiaryOfCovid.com 
The Tom Woods Cruise: TomWoodsCruise.com 
My Free Books: TomsFreeBooks.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2572

The great (and based) email marketing expert Ben Settle joins Paul Counts (who directs my mastermind programs with me) for this look into how Donald Trump accomplished the seemingly impossible.

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Guests' Links:
BenSettle.com
The Tom Woods Mastermind
The Tom Woods Cruise

Show notes for Ep. 2571

My slogan these days is that the time for writing angry letters to the editor is over. It's time for action. Josh Abbotoy is doing precisely that, building livable communities where people can raise families without being assaulted by madness.

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Show notes for Ep. 2570

Nina Teicholz joins us to discuss the new dietary guidelines coming out of the USDA, the evidence against seed oils, and how there could be such systemic errors on a subject so crucial to human flourishing.

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Book Discussed: The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

Guest's Substack: Unsettled Science

Guest's Twitter: @bigfatsurprise

Show notes for Ep. 2569

Dan McCarthy joins us to discuss the election and what the next 4 years might look like, as well as what happens to Liz Cheney now.

Sponsors: CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS & Policygenius

Guest's Website: Modern Age:
ModernAgeJournal.com 

Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist

Show notes for Ep. 2568

Marc Lobliner of Tiger Fitness talks about the food pyramid, how much time you need in the gym, one thing you absolutely cannot sacrifice, and plenty more.

Sponsors: Persist SEO & Blinkist

Guest's Website:
MarcLobliner.com 

Guest's Twitter:
@MarcLobliner

Show notes for Ep. 2567

Clint Russell and Cliff Maloney join us to discuss the significance of the Trump victory, the presumed Ross Ulbricht pardon, and what the future holds.

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Clint's Website: Liberty Lockdown:
https://libertylockdownpodcast.com 

Guests' Twitter Accounts:
@LibertyLockPod
@Maloney

Show notes for Ep. 2566

Scott Horton, whose book Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine is on the verge of release, offers a helpful correction to the comic-book story of Ukraine and Russia that we read in the New York Times.

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Book Discussed: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine

Support the Libertarian Institute:
LibertarianInstitute.org/Donate 

Scott's other Websites:
ScottHorton.org 
AntiWar.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2565

The establishment warned us of a "population bomb" that would strain the planet's resources, but instead we're facing demographic free-fall in many parts of the world. Kevin Dolan and I discuss what it all means and what he's trying to do about it.

Sponsors:
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Link Mentioned: OneBuckTrial.com 

Guest's Websites:
Natal Conference: Natalism.org 
Exit: ExitGroup.us 

Guest's Twitter: @extradeadjcb

Show notes for Ep. 2564

What makes the most sense in 2024?

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Guest's Podcast: Part of the Problem

Guests' Website: ComicDaveSmith.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2563

Following up major bump in the poles for Kamala Harris, Donald Trump has seen his own poll numbers rebound in recent weeks and he goes into election week with considerable momentum but still in a tight race. Dan McCarthy joins us to discuss.

Sponsors: Policy Genius & Persist SEO

Guest's Website: Modern Age

Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist

Show notes for Ep. 2562

Amy LePore, who has many years of experience in emergency services, joins us to discuss the failures of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Guest's Website: Dissident Media

Guest's Twitter:
@DissidentMedia
@ArchetypalDork

Show notes for Ep. 2561

University of Colorado at Boulder philosophy professor Michael Huemer, author of Progressive Myths, joins us to smash some. (I didn't actually count how many we covered, but it's at least six.)

Sponsors: Blinkist & CrowdHealth

Book Discussed: Progressive Myths

Show notes for Ep. 2560

Meltdown, my New York Times bestseller on the 2008 financial crisis, turns 15 this year. There is a slight chance the world has not studied it enough. Keith Knight and I discuss the myths and realities of what the SOBs did to us.

Special Offer: Get Tom's US history courses for free at WoodsHistory.com

Book Discussed: Meltdown: The Classic Free Market Analysis of the 2008 Financial Crisis

Guest's Website: The Libertarian Institute
Contribute to their fund drive here: https://libertarianinstitute.org/donate 

Guest's Podcast: Don't Tread on Anyone

Guest's Book:
Domestic Imperialism: 9 Reasons I Left Progressivism

Guest's Twitter: @an_capitalist

Show notes for Ep. 2558

Auron MacIntyre joins us to discuss Kamala Harris as plagiarist, Why you'll be disappointed to expect pure rationality from voters, and what's wrong with the dumb term "woke right" that liberals posing as conservatives invented.

Sponsors: Persist SEO & SupportingListeners.com

Guest's Book:
The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies

Guest's Twitter: @AuronMacIntyre

Guest's Podcast: The Auron MacIntyre Show

Show notes for Ep. 2557

Actor Clifton Duncan discusses his important Sowell project and the state of the arts in America.

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Show notes for Ep. 2555

Justin Folk, director of the Matt Walsh film Am I Racist, joins us to discuss the making of the film, the message, and the various crazies who comprise the "anti-racist" movement.

Sponsors: Blinkist & Crowdhealth

Show notes for Ep. 2554

Schenck v. United States was an important decision in U.S. history, related to the subject of freedom of speech, particularly in wartime. It turns out that so-called progressives have a pretty lousy record on this issue, as historian CJ Killmer explains in this episode.

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Show notes for Ep. 2553

Tom Luongo joins us to note that the bad guys we face aren't a single, undifferentiated blob, but that they are divided against themselves, and to explain why that matters.

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Show notes for Ep. 2552

Dr. Jonathan Engler argues that the evidence (particularly in New York and Italy, early sites of reported heavy fatalities) is not consistent with the idea of a novel pathogen gradually spreading and causing a novel illness. "Any and all harms observed and reported," Engler argues, "can be explained by a combination of: mistreatment, maltreatment, non-treatment, neglect, abuse and data fraud."

Sponsors: CrowdHealth & WoodsHistory.com

Guest's Substack: Sanity Unleashed

Guest's Twitter: @jengleruk

Show notes for Ep. 2551

Candice Jackson served in the Trump administration as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Operations and Outreach in the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education, and the Office's Acting Assistant Secretary from April 2017 to July 2018. She discusses the politics of campus sexual assault, the issue of racially disparate disciplinary action, and the invasion of the classroom by "gender theory."

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Free Book Mentioned: Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About Gender

Show notes for Ep. 2550

Scott Horton, fresh from (just about completing) his new book Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine, joins us to discuss that as well as to discuss the Kamala Harris disaster and why Donald Trump isn't trouncing her in the polls.

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Support the Libertarian Institute:
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Scott's other Websites:
scotthorton.org 
antiwar.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2549

Marc Tancer, owner of Taggart Trading, discusses the significance of gold, gold's recent rise, why gold still matters in the age of Bitcoin -- but also the rise of gold scams, and how to spot and avoid them.

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Guest's Website: TaggartTrading.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2548

Dan McCarthy, syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate and a vice president at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, joins us for a general political discussion that includes thinking the unthinkable.

Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Persist SEO

Guest's Website: Modern Age

Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist

Show notes for Ep. 2547

Dr. Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins University joins us to discuss what happens when a prematurely formed consensus shuts down alternative ways of thinking.

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Show notes for Ep. 2546

Erick Brimen, CEO of Prospera, discusses his ambition for free private cities as a mechanism for attaining more liberty.

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Guest's Website: prospera.co 

Guest's Twitter: @erickbrimen

Show notes for Ep. 2545

Darryl Cooper, denounced by the White House for his appearance with Tucker Carlson (you'll never guess: the Winston Churchill and World War II segment made them unhappy), joins us to discuss the regime's rules about what you can say and think without being misrepresented, denounced, and smeared.

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Show notes for Ep. 2544

Ken McCarthy is widely known as the godfather of internet marketing, but he is also a dissident content creator, and in today's episode we discuss the recent unpleasantness (we dare not say its name here, for obvious reasons) and what nurses were reporting about what was happening in the hospitals. We also cover what Anthony Fauci was up to in the 1980s, long before his recent celebrity.

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Show notes for Ep. 2543

We've overlooked some of the key reasons housing is so expensive. If we took these head on, argues Bryan Caplan, we could well see a 50% reduction in house prices.

Sponsors: Factor: Code: WOODS50 & CrowdHealth

Book Discussed:
Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation

Guest's Website: bcaplan.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2542

Clint Russell and I discuss all kinds of interesting things, but in particular the ongoing problem of the suppression of unpopular opinions -- the kinds you and I hold, dear listener.

Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Blinkist

Guest's Podcast: Liberty Lockdown

Guest's Twitter: @LibertyLockPod

Show notes for Ep. 2541

Economist Bob Murphy joins me to discuss, in some detail, the proposal to ban "price gouging" by (of all people) grocery store owners, as well as to impose a tax on unrealized capital gains.

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Guest's Websites:
BobMurphyShow.com
Infineo.ai

Guest's Twitter:
@BobMurphyEcon

Show notes for Ep. 2540

Auron MacIntyre, author of The Total State, used to be a public school teacher. He joins us to discuss why so many public schools are in fact dangerous places, even though everyone knows what the problems are.

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Guest's Book:
The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies

Guest's Twitter: @AuronMacIntyre

Guest's Podcast: The Auron MacIntyre Show

Show notes for Ep. 2539

"Resolved: the proper libertarian position is to support Israel in its war with Hamas."

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Show notes for Ep. 2538

Dr. Murray Sabrin joins me to discuss the RFK announcement, the inflation situation, the JFK assassination, and plenty more.

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Show notes for Ep. 2537

Mark Moss, host of the Mark Moss Show, joins us to discuss the differences between Bitcoin and other forms of cryptocurrency, as well as what if anything the state can do to hobble Bitcoin. We also discuss his work, The Uncommunist Manifesto.

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Guest's Podcast: The Mark Moss Show

Guest's Twitter: @1MarkMoss

Show notes for Ep. 2536

Jon Harris has created an important documentary correcting a major problem with the story of American history, which is typically New England-centered. Virginia, with the 1607 Jamestown settlement, was not only founded earlier, but also generated so many important figures in early American history.

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Show notes for Ep. 2535

The Kamala phenomenon has been something to behold: she gained no traction in the 2020 primaries, has radical-left positions she's running away from, won't talk to the press, and isn't all that bright, and yet the numbers with the betting sites suddenly went crazy in her favor. Can she sustain it, and even win? What does Trump need to do? Dan McCarthy joins us.

Sponsors: Quest for Empire & Expat Money Summit

Guest's Website: Modern Age

Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist

Show notes for Ep. 2534

At this craziness level, we're making a big mistake if we're not at least contemplating a Plan B that involves settling somewhere else in the world. Mikkel Thorup, the world's most sought-after expat expert, shares fascinating information and ideas with us during these bizarre times.

Sponsors: Policy Genius & Persist SEO

Guest's Event: Expat Money Summit

Guest's Twitter: @ThorupMikkel

Show notes for Ep. 2533

Andrew Isker, longtime Minnesotan who's about to become a refugee from that state, cuts through the cute pictures and sound bites to the real man, and it ain't pretty.

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Show notes for Ep. 2532

Connor Boyack and Elijah Stanfield join us to talk about their work in getting good ideas to kids before the crazies can colonize their minds with dumb and destructive ideas.

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Show notes for Ep. 2531

What was once unthinkable is starting to become quite thinkable, and entrepreneur Jeremy Bellotti did it. He found himself in an impossible position during Covid, which led him to make a bold decision: he didn't simply leave the United States. He took the next step.

Guest's Live Session: TomWoods.com/Mastery

Sponsors: Bank on Yourself & CrowdHealth

Show notes for Ep. 2530

Carla Gericke, fresh from an appearance with Dr. Phil, just launched the NHExit movement.

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Show notes for Ep. 2529

Some students wonder: why do I need to know American history? Well, here's one good reason: because sinister people are constantly trying to put one over on you, counting on your ignorance of that history. Brion McClanahan joins me to discuss.

Sponsors: Blinkist & Tom's History Courses

Show notes for Ep. 2528

Dominic Frisby joins me to discuss the backlash against mass immigration in the UK, as well as what's been happening with the stock market and Bitcoin.

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Guest's Substacks:
https://www.theflyingfrisby.com (financial)
https://www.frisbys.news (comedy)

Guest's Twitter: @DominicFrisby

Show notes for Ep. 2527

I delivered these remarks at a Lincoln/Reagan Day dinner in Montana in 2011.

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Show notes for Ep. 2526

Yes, the states are intended to have the power to obstruct the enforcement of unconstitutional federal laws. Mark Pulliam, a previous Tom Woods Show guest, argues otherwise in a Law & Liberty symposium, but our friend Mark isn't infallible. Michael Boldin, founder and executive director of the Tenth Amendment Center, joins us.

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Guest's Website: TenthAmendmentCenter.com

Guest's Twitter: @TenthAmendment

Show notes for Ep. 2525

Peter St. Onge, a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, runs through the economics of a Harris presidency, along with other economic topics informed people should know about.

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Show notes for Ep. 2524

John Papola, known for his viral Keynes/Hayek rap videos, is co-founder, CEO, and creative director of Emergent Order, a creative studio based in the Austin, Texas, area. We talk economics, because some of the "dissident right," with whom I am sympathetic, seems to think it's a foolish distraction from more important things.

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Show notes for Ep. 2523

JD Vance has been critical of U.S. funding of the war in Ukraine, but is that simply because he'd rather fund other countries with the money? Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity joins me for an overview of where the Republican Party is going on foreign policy.

Sponsors: Blinkist & Policy Genius

Guest's Websites:
Ron Paul Institute
Ron Paul Liberty Report

Guest's YouTube Channel: The Ron Paul Liberty Report

Guest's Twitter:
@DanielLMcAdams
@RonPaulInstitut

Guest's Conference
Use code WOODS for a discount on the registration fee.

Show notes for Ep. 2522

Bellicosity towards Iran has started up again, along with the familiar propaganda. Scott Horton joins us to discuss.

Sponsors: Persist SEO & Virtual Storefronts

Support the Libertarian Institute

Scott's other Websites:
ScottHorton.org 
AntiWar.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2521

Hungary, we're told, is run by an incorrigible authoritarian, Viktor Orban, who hasn't helped his popularity with the Western intelligentsia by seeking an end to the war in Ukraine. We're joined by Gladden Pappin, president of the Hungarian Institute for International Affairs, who says that when he settled his family in Hungary several years ago they discovered that Western reporting on the country had been nothing but lies.

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Show notes for Ep. 2520

Syndicated columnist and Modern Age editor Dan McCarthy joins us to discuss the JD Vance VP nomination and what it means for the Republican Party.

Sponsors: Federated Computer & Monetary Metals

Guest's Website: Modern Age: https://www.modernagejournal.com 

Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist

Show notes for Ep. 2519

It's been several days since the assassination attempt against Donald Trump, and we've had some time to process what happened and what it means. Auron MacIntyre joins me.

Sponsors: Federated Computer & Monetary Metals

Guest's Book:
The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies

Show notes for Ep. 2518

Keith Knight of the Libertarian Institute interviews me on the 20th anniversary of my book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History.

Sponsors: Persist SEO & Federated Computer (Coupon Code: WOODS)

Guest's Website: The Libertarian Institute
Contribute to their fund drive here: libertarianinstitute.org/donate 

Guest's Podcast: Don't Tread on Anyone
@KeithKnightDontTreadonAnyone

Guest's Book:
Domestic Imperialism: 9 Reasons I Left Progressivism

Guest's Twitter: @an_capitalist

Get Tom's US History Courses Free: WoodsHistory.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2517

David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Reagan Administration, covers a wide range of topics in this episode including the strangely controversial question: is this a good economy or a bad one?

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Guest's Website: David Stockman's Contra Corner

Guest's Twitter: @dastockman

Show notes for Ep. 2516

Brandan P. Buck recently completed his Ph.D. dissertation on the forgotten history of right-wing antiwar voices, a tradition that is beginning to reassert itself.

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Show notes for Ep. 2515

Jane Johnson, a retired instructor of economics, discusses the bipartisan lack of interest in the federal debt and what it means for our future, as well as what may be in store for American higher education.

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Show notes for Ep. 2514

Investor and New York Times bestselling author Doug Casey talks about how young people should think and what they should do in the current environment, as well as the uniqueness of Western civilization and what's being done to it.

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Show notes for Ep. 2513

Kevin Gutzman, a professor of history and the author of numerous important books, and who also teaches at Tom's LibertyClassroom.com, discusses the significance of the overturning of "Chevron deference" as well as the particular merits of Clarence Thomas.

Sponsors: Blinkist & Persist SEO

Guest's Website: KevinGutzman.com

Show notes for Ep. 2512

In Murthy v. Missouri the Court refused to consider the merits of a free-speech case because the plaintiffs allegedly lacked "standing," but as the dissent argues, all the elements for standing were present, and the Court most certainly should have ruled on the merits. Tracy Beanz, who's followed the case closely, joins us.

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Show notes for Ep. 2511

Gene and I discuss his two debates at the most recent Porcfest: one on whether consequentialist arguments (e.g., capitalism makes us rich) or arguments based on first principles (e.g., the nonaggression principle) work better to persuade people to adopt our point of view. We also say a bit about Gene's debate with David Friedman over the Austrian and Chicago schools of economics.

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Show notes for Ep. 2510

Gerard Casey, professor emeritus of philosophy at University College, Dublin, wrote a massive history of political thought from a libertarian perspective, called Freedom's Progress? A History of Political Thought. Today I throw questions at him about Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, primarily related to what people who favor a free society should think about them.

Book Discussed: Freedom's Progress? A History of Political Thought

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Show notes for Ep. 2509

Kyle Anzalone, news editor at the Libertarian Institute and opinion editor at Antiwar.com, joins me for a review of the state of major conflicts.

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Show notes for Ep. 2508

Christopher Coyne of George Mason University has discovered. drearily predictable pattern of terrible decisions in one American war after another.

Sponsors: Monetary Metals & Factor

Book Discusssed: How to Run Wars: A Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite

Show notes for Ep. 2507

The question had been asked: what if Trump is convicted? Will he be irreparably damaged among independents? Is there a Plan B? Syndicated columnist and Modern Age editor Dan McCarthy joins us to discuss where Trump stands now, along with many other topics in this potpourri episode.

Sponsors: Policy Genius & CrowdHealth

Guest's Website: Modern Age: https://www.modernagejournal.com 

Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist

Show notes for Ep. 2506

Vivek returns to the show to discuss his plan for a floundering BuzzFeed as well as the urgency of fending off the left in 2024.

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Show notes for Ep. 2505

With much frustration over the 2024 Libertarian Party nominee, where does the Libertarian Party go from here? Chair Angela McArdle joins us.

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Show notes for Ep. 2504

The outstanding Congressman Thomas Massie joins us for a wide-ranging discussion, including the never-before-told story of how he and Donald Trump reconciled after Trump supported his primary opponent.

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Show notes for Ep. 2503

Jeremy Kauffman, who has served on the board of the Free State Project and run for US Senate as a Libertarian, thinks support for Donald Trump is the wisest move for libertarians in 2024 -- and yes, he is well aware of Trump's weaknesses.

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Show notes for Ep. 2502

Clint Russell ran for the LP's vice presidential nomination and shared the stage with Vivek Ramaswamy at the recent convention. We talk about how things unfolded in terms of the nomination process but also about personalities: Donald Trump, Vivek, Chase Oliver, and the guy in the thong.

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Guest's Podcast: Liberty Lockdown

Guest's Twitter: @LibertyLockPod

Show notes for Ep. 2501

Robert Barnes, for my money the best legal commentator out there, discusses what happened, and what it means.

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Show notes for Ep. 2500

Jennifer Bilek has been writing on gender and transgender issues for many years, and has made particular note of the big money involved.

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Show notes for Ep. 2499

Auron McIntyre returns to talk further about his book The Total State, including likely outcomes and whether there's reason, in the long run, to be white-pilled.

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Show notes for Ep. 2498

Donald Trump spoke at the Libertarian Party's convention last weekend (all three major candidates were invited). Jeff Deist and Dan McCarthy join me to discuss the meaning and significance of it all.

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Show notes for Ep. 2497

Naomi Brockwell joins us to discuss the forgotten history of the rise of financial surveillance.

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Show notes for Ep. 2496

Dominic Frisby joins us to discuss his video Elon Musk tweeted, about how normal behavior became "far right."

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Show notes for Ep. 2495

Auron MacIntyre has written a book that will stand the test of time, tracing the process by which "liberal democracies" degenerate into tyrannies.

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Book Discussed: The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies

Show notes for Ep. 2494

Germinal Van, author of a new intellectual biography of Thomas Sowell, discusses the man's insights into economics, race, the "gender pay gap," and plenty more.

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Book Discussed: Thomas Sowell: A Misunderstood Economist

Show notes for Ep. 2493

Corey DeAngelis discusses his brand new book, The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools.

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Book Discussed: The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From the Radicals Ruining Our Schools

Show notes for Ep. 2492

Vladimir Brokvin, my Harvard professor of Russian history (and who was criticized by some students for being "too anti-Soviet"), cuts through the propaganda.

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Book Discussed: From Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin: Russia in Search of Its Identity, 1913-2023

Show notes for Ep. 2491

In this episode you can hear for yourself exactly what I said at the Soho Forum in my discussion of the 2020 madness surrounding you-know-what. Gene Epstein says it's the best summation of the topic I've ever done.

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Show notes for Ep. 2490

Statistician Ben O'Neill, who has taught statistics at the Australia National University and the University of New South Wales, offers a unique perspective on a topic we're not supposed to discuss.

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Show notes for Ep. 2489

Germinal G. Van, the youthful author of dozens of books, discusses his life as an immigrant from the Ivory Coast and why he holds the leftists who think they can speak in his name in so much contempt.

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Guest's Website: GGV Publishing Company

Show notes for Ep. 2488

The Libertarian Institute's Sheldon Richman joins us to talk about the encampments, who the students are, what it all means for American politics, and plenty more.

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Guest's Websites: The Libertarian Institute & Free Association (Substack)

Show notes page

Jay Abraham is among the best, if not the very best, of the world's business and marketing minds. His testimonials come from some of the world's most successful people. He has consulted for over a thousand different industries. He sees things other people do not see. A private 2-hour conversation with Jay transformed my life beyond anything I could have expected. In this episode we peek into his fascinating mind.

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Show notes for Ep. 2486

The Soho Forum's Gene Epstein joins me to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of my remarks about lockdowns, masks, and the rest of it at his debate forum in New York.

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Event Discussed: https://www.youtube.com/live/fKzl5CngE5Q?si=0TZllYK_-TlaDLFj 

Show notes for Ep. 2485

A potpourri episode with Gene, who discusses his recent Covid debate, whether younger folks are uniquely struggling, and whether it's correct to say (with Biden) that the economy is actually great but the public is too dumb to recognize it.

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Show notes for Ep. 2484

UFC fighter Renato "Money" Moicano recently told a national audience that if they want to save their country they should read Ludwig von Mises and the "six lessons" of the Austrian School. Jonathan Newman joins us to discuss those lessons.

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Show notes for Ep. 2483

Raphael Lima discusses the off-the-charts corruption in Brazil and the clampdown on free expression, as well as the eerie parallels with the United States.

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Guest's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ideiasradicais 

Guest's Twitter: @Ideias_Radicais

Show notes for Ep. 2482