Thu, 17 July 2014
Philip Hamburger of Columbia Law School discusses his new book, Is Administrative Law Unlawful? |
Wed, 16 July 2014
Jason Jewell discusses the libertarian case he makes in an edited volume called Christian Faith and Social Justice: Five Views. |
Tue, 15 July 2014
Bob Murphy joins Tom to discuss a recent Fed announcement, and the problems the Fed has created for itself since the financial crisis. |
Mon, 14 July 2014
Tom talks to Prof. Joshua Hall, editor of Homer Economicus: The Simpsons and Economics. |
Fri, 11 July 2014
Veronique de Rugy joins Tom (1) to make the case for the Export-Import Bank, and (2) to discuss the controversy over "austerity." |
Thu, 10 July 2014
The Abbeville Institute's Donald Livingston, professor emeritus at Emory University, joins Tom to discuss secession and the southern tradition. |
Wed, 9 July 2014
Tom shares an interview with C-SPAN about his book Rollback. |
Tue, 8 July 2014
Pat Buchanan returns to the show to discuss The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority. |
Mon, 7 July 2014
Sean Parnell, author of The Self-Pay Patient, joins Tom. |
Thu, 3 July 2014
Pete Leeson of George Mason University discusses his new book Anarchy Unbound: Why Self-Governance Works Better Than You Think (Cambridge University Press, 2014). |
Wed, 2 July 2014
Charles Sauer of the Free Market Medical Association talks markets and health care. |
Tue, 1 July 2014
Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center returns for an update on nullification initiatives, plus his anti-NSA work with Greenpeace. Check out his new report, "The State of the Nullification Movement 2014." |
Mon, 30 June 2014
Kevin Gutzman, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution, James Madison and the Making of America, and (with Tom) Who Killed the Constitution? The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to Barack Obama, explains the real issues at stake in the War for Independence. |
Fri, 27 June 2014
Scott Horton discusses what's happening in Iraq, and who's to blame. |
Thu, 26 June 2014
Brion McClanahan, co-author of Forgotten Conservatives in American History as well as The Founding Fathers' Guide to the Constitution and The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers, discusses curiously forgotten thinkers. |
Wed, 25 June 2014
Jeff Taylor, author of Politics on a Human Scale: The American Tradition of Decentralism, fills in some holes in the standard tale of U.S. history. |
Tue, 24 June 2014
David Stockman, author of The Great Deformation: The Corruption of American Capitalism, talks about war and the Fed, plus his impressions of Ronald Reagan, his conversion from leftism, and the current economic picture. Check out David Stockman's Contra Corner, David's indispensable website and blog. |
Mon, 23 June 2014
Tom responds to a critic of the libertarian idea of self-ownership. |
Fri, 20 June 2014
Economist Robert P. Murphy joins Tom to talk "Private Defense," the second of two essays in his book Chaos Theory. (You can also read that book online.) |
Thu, 19 June 2014
Steve Deace, host of the Steve Deace Show, columnist for the Washington Times, and the author of the book, "Rules for Patriots", joins Tom. |
Tue, 17 June 2014
Tim Ravich, lawyer and professor, discusses the direction the law is likely to take regarding unmanned aerial vehicles for commercial use. |
Mon, 16 June 2014
Lew Rockwell, author of the new book Against the State: An Anarcho-Capitalist Manifesto, returns to discuss still more state crimes. |
Fri, 13 June 2014
Alejandro Chafuen of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation discusses his book Faith and Liberty: The Economic Thought of the Late Scholastics. |
Thu, 12 June 2014
Justin Raimondo of Antiwar.com discusses the defeat of Eric Cantor and the controversy over the Bowe Bergdahl/Gitmo swap. Check out Justin's books Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement and An Enemy of the State: The Life of Murray N. Rothbard. |
Wed, 11 June 2014
Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity discusses militant victories in Mosul and Tikrit -- plus Libya, Hillary Clinton, and more. |
Tue, 10 June 2014
Tom talks about anti-capitalist thought and the disasters that flow from it. |
Mon, 9 June 2014
Dan Simmons of the Institute for Energy Research talks about hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," and the case for and against. |
Fri, 6 June 2014
Berin Szoka of TechFreedom.org explains net neutrality and why we should be skeptical of government regulation. |
Thu, 5 June 2014
Tim Delmastro joins Tom to discuss his upcoming film Freedom From Choice (click here for the trailer), which discusses the state's inroads on food freedom, medical freedom, financial freedom, and more. Help out Tim's project at FreedomFromChoiceFilm.com. |
Wed, 4 June 2014
Mark Skousen and Jeff Herbener explain the problems with GDP as a measurement of the health of an economy. |
Tue, 3 June 2014
Jeff Deist, Ron Paul's last chief of staff and now the president of the Mises Institute, joins Tom to discuss liberty's past and future. |
Mon, 2 June 2014
Dan McCarthy, editor of The American Conservative, joins Tom for an exploration of conservatism -- plus Jeb Bush, Ron and Rand Paul, and more. |
Fri, 30 May 2014
Tom covers two themes: the state's attempts to obscure its true nature, and nullification as a tool of self-defense. |
Thu, 29 May 2014
John Lott, author of More Guns, Less Crime, joins Tom to reply to common objections to gun ownership. |
Wed, 28 May 2014
Lew Rockwell, founder of the Mises Institute and LewRockwell.com, joins Tom to discuss his forthcoming book, Against the State: An Anarcho-Capitalist Manifesto. |
Tue, 27 May 2014
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. |
Mon, 26 May 2014
Dale Bellis of Liberty HealthShare talks about an inexpensive (and legal) alternative to traditional health insurance. |
Fri, 23 May 2014
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. |
Thu, 22 May 2014
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. |
Wed, 21 May 2014
Author Will Grigg returns to the program to discuss elite opinion's obsession with race. Follow Will at freedominourtime.blogspot.com. |
Tue, 20 May 2014
Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center joins Tom to discuss some encouraging developments around the country. |
Mon, 19 May 2014
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. |
Fri, 16 May 2014
Bob Murphy discusses the problems with Thomas PIketty's fashionable new book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. |
Thu, 15 May 2014
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. |
Wed, 14 May 2014
Christopher Cantwell joins Tom to discuss recent efforts to make libertarianism "complete" by making it into something different. |
Tue, 13 May 2014
Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper: How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong |
Mon, 12 May 2014
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. |
Fri, 9 May 2014
Chris Coyne discusses his new book Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails. |
Thu, 8 May 2014
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. |
Wed, 7 May 2014
Pat Buchanan, New York Times bestselling author of Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War, gives an iconoclastic account of Winston Churchill. |
Tue, 6 May 2014
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. |
Mon, 5 May 2014
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. |
Fri, 2 May 2014
Bill Kauffman returns to the show to discuss his film Copperhead, directed by Ron Maxwell and starring Peter Fonda, and now out on DVD. |
Thu, 1 May 2014
Gary Chartier, author of The Conscience of an Anarchist, joins Tom to discuss the recent controversy among libertarians. |
Wed, 30 April 2014
Dr. Jane Orient of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons joins Tom to discuss true free-market health care. |
Tue, 29 April 2014
Jordan Page, the musician who opens for so many Ron Paul events, talks music, message, and changing the world. |
Fri, 25 April 2014
Bruce Benson, author of To Serve and Protect: Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice, talks about privatization of police and security. |
Thu, 24 April 2014
Norman Horn, from libertarianchristians.com, joins Tom to discuss Christians and Libertarians. |
Wed, 23 April 2014
The NSA spying scandal from the ground up -- the legal doctrines, the institutions, everything, with guest Ben O'Neill. Check out his four-part series on the subject at Mises.org. |
Tue, 22 April 2014
Tom talks to Matt Kibbe, President and CEO of FreedomWorks, about his new book Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff: A Libertarian Manifesto. |
Mon, 21 April 2014
Law professor F.H. Buckley, author of The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America, discusses the evolution of the presidency from the eighteenth century to today. |
Wed, 16 April 2014
Dr. Mary Ruwart, author of Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression, joins Tom for a wide-ranging discussion of the FDA, the future of the Libertarian Party, and more. |
Tue, 15 April 2014
Larken Rose, author of The Most Dangerous Superstition, discusses how the state bamboozles the public. |
Mon, 14 April 2014
Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses the genesis and development of the anti-Iran hysteria.(We apologize for a few audio hiccups early in the discussion.) |
Fri, 11 April 2014
Tom talks about his book 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask. |
Thu, 10 April 2014
Can we conceive of a private, non-governmental system of law? If so, what would it look like? Bob Murphy joins Tom to discuss themes in his book Chaos Theory.Bob is the author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal, and other books, and he blogs at Free Advice. |
Wed, 9 April 2014
Joseph Salerno, academic vice president of the Mises Institute and author of Money, Sound and Unsound, talks about the Fed, the Great Depression, currency wars, deflation, and why governments hate cash. |
Tue, 8 April 2014
On Equal Pay Day, Mark Perry of the University of Michigan and the American Enterprise Institute gives the real scoop about the male-female pay gap. |
Mon, 7 April 2014
Yuri Maltsev, economist and Soviet defector, discusses life in the Soviet Union. |
Fri, 4 April 2014
Tom DiLorenzo, author of Hamilton's Curse, tells the truth about the beloved Alexander Hamilton. |
Thu, 3 April 2014
Ana Martin, aka The Libertarian Homeschooler, joins Tom. Check out The Libertarian Homeschooler's Facebook page. |
Wed, 2 April 2014
Jeff Herbener, department chairman of economics at Grove City College and a faculty member at Tom's Liberty Classroom, discusses the problems with standard "public goods" analysis. Check out Jeff's article archive at Mises.org. |
Tue, 1 April 2014
Gary Chartier, author of Radicalizing Rawls: Global Justice and the Foundations of International Law, makes an argument for private-property anarchism, and explains about how the project of John Rawls -- among the most important political philosophers of the 20th century -- can be made market-friendly. Follow him on Twitter and at his blog. |
Mon, 31 March 2014
What good is the GOP if its economics is semi-Keynesian? David Stockman, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan joins Tom to discuss that and other topics. Check out David's new blog, David Stockman's Contra Corner, and read his indispensable book, The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America. |
Fri, 28 March 2014
Stephan Kinsella joins Tom for an overview of libertarian ideas, clearing up common confusions. |
Thu, 27 March 2014
Ben Powell, author of Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy, talks myth and fact about sweatshops. |
Wed, 26 March 2014
Are there non-governmental solutions to common problems? Edward Stringham, author of the forthcoming Private Governance (Oxford University Press), joins Tom. |
Tue, 25 March 2014
Amanda Billyrock talks cryptocurrency, the Free State Project, social media, women in libertarianism, and standing up to the cops. |
Mon, 24 March 2014
Is climate change real? If so, how would libertarians handle it? Plus, why slavery can't long exist on a free market. Bob Murphy joins Tom. |
Fri, 21 March 2014
Joel Salatin joins Tom to talk about food, nature, and the state. Check out his books, which include Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World and Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front. |
Thu, 20 March 2014
What's wrong with the Common Core education standards? James Pesta, professor of literature at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, explains. |
Wed, 19 March 2014
Tom talks to Chase Madar, author of The Passion of Bradley Manning. Check out Chase's article "The Anti-Warrior," plus his archives at The American Conservative and The Nation. |
Tue, 18 March 2014
Walter Block discusses how environmental protection and the market economy can work in harmony. |
Mon, 17 March 2014
Professor David Howden gives an overview of Austrian business cycle theory, and replies to common objections. |
Fri, 14 March 2014
Gerard Casey, professor of philosophy at University College, Dublin, discusses his book Libertarian Anarchy: Against the State. |
Thu, 13 March 2014
Antiwar.com's Justin Raimondo joins Tom to discuss Ukraine, the Middle East, and more. |
Wed, 12 March 2014
Scott Beaulier joins Tom to discuss the public pension time bomb in the states. |
Tue, 11 March 2014
Marshall DeRosa joins Tom to discuss federalism, secession, and why it's dangerous for a regime to be "dedicated to a proposition." |
Mon, 10 March 2014
Has it even been tried? Tom covers this and other topics today with Mark Thornton, senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. |
Fri, 7 March 2014
Tom talks to Carol Paul. |
Thu, 6 March 2014
Tom talks to Robert Blumen about his article "Say's Law and the Permanent Recession." Check out Robert's article archive at Mises.org. |
Wed, 5 March 2014
Tom talks to Steve Hogarth of Marillion, whose fans first showed the world the potential of the Internet in 1997. |
Tue, 4 March 2014
It's Tenther Tuesday with Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center! Updates on nullification efforts around the country, including the much-discussed effort to nullify the NSA at the state level. Check out TAC at http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com. |
Mon, 3 March 2014
Tom responds to typical scare arguments against libertarians. |
Fri, 28 February 2014
Scott Horton joins Tom to review the truth against the claims of the War Party nearly 11 years ago as they prepared to launch the Iraq War. Plus, Ukraine analysis, Horton style. Check out Scott and find out about the Scott Horton Show at ScottHorton.org. |
Thu, 27 February 2014
Ron Paulian Josh Taylor, of the Internet comedy team Blimey Cow, joins Tom to talk about how to start a YouTube channel and make it a success. A few standouts, for me, are I Pledge Blind Allegiance, Five Tips for Starting a YouTube Channel, and (Tough) Love Your Enemies. Check them out at Josh's site and at BlimeyCow.com. And subscribe to their YouTube channel. |
Wed, 26 February 2014
Tom talks to Daniel Barbeau about his prize-winning paper on California's nullification of the federal legal-tender laws during the Civil War. |
Tue, 25 February 2014
Professor Shawn Ritenour, author of Foundations of Economics: A Christian View, joins Tom to explain what makes Austrian economics different from (and better than) neoclassical economics. Follow Shawn's blog: foundationsofecon.blogspot.com. |
Mon, 24 February 2014
Richard Maybury, author of Whatever Happened to Penny Candy, joins Tom to discuss global economic trends, what people should do, and more. |
Fri, 21 February 2014
Bill Kauffman, one of Tom's favorite authors, talks about decentralism, localism, and how empire corrupts the soul. Check out Bill's article archive at The American Conservative, and take a look at his latest book, Bye Bye Miss American Empire: Neighborhood Patriots, Backcountry Rebels, and their Underdog Crusades to Redraw America's Political Map. |