The Tom Woods Show (general)

Historian Kevin Gutzman joins us to discuss the professional historical associations and other horrors.

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Guest's Website: KevinGutzman.com

Show notes for Ep. 2598

Direct download: woods_2025_01_24.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

Jack Hunter, an OG from the old days, joins us to discuss the connection between the Ron Paul Revolution and the good parts of the present moment.

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Guest's Publication: Rand Paul Review

Show notes for Ep. 2597

Direct download: woods_2025_01_23.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

Dan McCarthy of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute joins us to talk about what the next four years are likely to look like.

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Guest's Website: Modern Age:
ModernAgeJournal.com 

Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist

Show notes for Ep. 2596

Direct download: woods_2025_01_22.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

Wanjiru Njoya joins us to discuss the seductive but wrongheaded idea of "social justice."

(Ep. 2595 of the Tom Woods Show)

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Guest's Articles:
https://mises.org/profile/wanjiru-njoya 

Guest's Twitter: @WanjiruNjoya

Show notes for Ep. 2595

Direct download: woods_2025_01_17.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

Left and right alike these days are convinced "capitalism" doesn't work because younger people face high costs and crappy jobs. Are we sure we're blaming the right thing? Gene Epstein joins us.

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Guest's Website: The Soho Forum
https://www.thesohoforum.org 

Guest's Twitter: @genesohoforum

Show notes for Ep. 2594

Direct download: woods_2025_01_16.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

It's been difficult to have an adult conversation on Ukraine and Russia, because anything other than the CIA line is treated as "Russian disinformation." Scott Horton joins us.

Sponsors: Bank on Yourself & CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS

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. 2593

Direct download: woods_2025_01_15.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

JD Haltigan, who holds a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Miami in Florida, discusses the state of his profession as well as the state of American society.

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Guest's Website: JDHaltigan.com
 
Guest's Twitter: @JDHaltigan

Show notes for Ep. 2592

Direct download: woods_2025_01_10.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

Jason Rink, once known as "the most canceled filmmaker in America," just had his January 6th film American Shaman released on AppleTV. Times are changing....

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Films Mentioned:
American Shaman
J6: A True Timeline

Guest's Substack: Counterframe

Show notes for Ep. 2591

Direct download: woods_2025_01_09.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, and who knows the details of the federal budget like few others, has written the definitive guide for the Department of Government Efficiency if it genuinely wants to cut spending.

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Guest's Website:
 
Guest's Twitter: @DA_Stockman

Show notes for Ep. 2590

Direct download: woods_2025_01_08.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

Mises Institute president Tom DiLorenzo joins me for a chat about Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Guest's Website
 
Event Mentioned: Mises Circle in Phoenix (featuring the Toms and Dr. Robert Malone). Take $15 off with code Woods25
 
Tom D's Talk: Axis of Evil
 
Direct download: woods_2025_01_03.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

Skot Sheller joins us for a rundown.

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Guest's Twitter: @Bangershell11

Show notes for Ep. 2588

Direct download: woods_2025_01_02.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

Dominic Frisby and I discuss how 2025 might be an opportunity for genuine change, on both a personal and social/political level.

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Guest's Substacks:
TheFlyingFrisby.com (financial)
Frisbys.news (comedy)

Guest's Twitter: @DominicFrisby

Show notes for Ep. 2587

Direct download: woods_2025_01_01.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

Carl Benjamin joins us for a wide-ranging discussion of ideology, language, religion, rationalism, and plenty more.

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Guest's Twitter: @Sargon_of_Akkad

Guest's Website: LotusEaters.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2586

Direct download: woods_2024_12_23.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

Dan McCarthy joins us for a review of the philosophical and institutional changes that American conservatism has undergone just in the past 10 years.

Sponsors: Bitcoin Mentor & CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS

Guest's Website: Modern Age:
ModernAgeJournal.com 

Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist

Show notes for Ep. 2585

Direct download: woods_2024_12_20.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

Crystal Mangum finally admits, 18 years after ruining the reputations of several Duke lacrosse players, that they did not sexually assault her after all. William L. Anderson, who did so much valuable reporting on the case at the time, joins me to tell the full story.

Sponsors: Bitcoin Mentor & CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS

Guest's Website: Mises Institute

Show notes for Ep. 2584

Direct download: woods_2024_12_19.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

We've all heard about Russiagate, but do we know the details and what really happened? It's a more shocking story than you think, and Scott Horton is here to tell it.

Sponsors: Blinkist & Policygenius

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. 2583

Direct download: woods_2024_12_18.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

Robb Wolf, author of The Paleo Solution, joins us to discuss "natural flavors," seed oils, and other health concerns, and what the order of priority should be.

Sponsors: CrowdHealth & Bank on Yourself

Guest's Books:
The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet
- Wired to Eat: Turn Off Cravings, Rewire Your Appetite for Weight Loss, and Determine the Foods That Work for You
- Sacred Cow: The Case for (Better) Meat

Guest's Website: RobbWolf.com

Show notes for Ep. 2582

Direct download: woods_2024_12_13.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Guest's Website: The Bob Murphy Show
 
Guest's Twitter: @BobMurphyEcon
 
Related Articles:
 

Show notes for Ep. 2581

Direct download: woods_2024_12_12.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

Sponsors: Persist SEO & Ron Paul Curriculum

Guest's Website:
 
Guest's Twitter:
@DanielLMcAdams

Show notes for Ep. 2580

Direct download: woods_2024_12_11.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

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Guest's Twitter: @CaitlinLong_
 
Guest's Website: Custodia Bank

Show notes for Ep. 2579

Direct download: woods_2024_12_06.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_12_05.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

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Guest's Twitter: @profstonge

Guest's Substack: ProfStOnge.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2577

Direct download: woods_2024_12_04.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

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Help Roger: FreeRogerNow.org

Book Mentioned: Hijacking Bitcoin: The Hidden History of BTC

Robert Barnes' Website: 1776 Law Center

Show notes for Ep. 2576

Direct download: woods_2024_11_29.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_11_28.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_11_27.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Guest's Website: JonathanShedler.com 
 
Guest's Twitter: @JonathanShedler

Show notes for Ep. 2573

Direct download: woods_2024_11_22.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_11_21.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_11_20.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Guest's Website: RidgeRunner USA
 
Guest's Twitter: @Byzness

Show notes for Ep. 2570

Direct download: woods_2024_11_15.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_11_14.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_11_13.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_11_08.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

Sponsors: Persist SEO: PersistSEO.comSupportingListeners.com 

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

Guests' Twitter Accounts:
@LibertyLockPod
@Maloney

Show notes for Ep. 2566

Direct download: woods_2024_11_07.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

Sponsors: SuperBeets Heart Chews & CrowdHealth

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

Direct download: woods_2024_11_06.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_11_01.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_10_31.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_10_30.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_10_25.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_10_24.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

CJ Killmer, host of the Dangerous History Podcast, discusses the suspiciously CIA-ish group where Kamala Harris spent time as a young woman, as well as CIA influence on culture in general.
 
 
Guest's Twitter:  @KillmerCJ
 
 
Guest's Patreon: CJ Killmer
Direct download: woods_2024_10_23.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

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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

Direct download: woods_2024_10_18.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_10_17.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

If someone favors U.S. military assistance to Ukraine, I can also generally predict where that person stands on gender theory. Why is that? What do those things have to do with each other? And why won't people listen even when you have all the evidence? Andrew Heaton joins us.
 
Book Discussed:

Sponsors: Factor: Code: Woods50 & Bank on Yourself

Guest's Podcast: The Political Orphanage
 
Guest's Twitter: @MightyHeaton
 
Direct download: woods_2024_10_16.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Sponsors: Persist SEO & WoodsHistory.com

Show notes for Ep. 2555

Direct download: woods_2024_10_10.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00pm EST

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

Film Website: AmIRacist.com

Show notes for Ep. 2554

Direct download: woods_2024_10_09.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

Sponsors: WoodsHistory.com & SupportingListeners.com

Guest's Twitter: @KillmerCJ
 
 
Guest's Patreon: CJ Killmer

Show notes for Ep. 2553

Direct download: woods_2024_10_04.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

Sponsors: Persist SEO & Supporting Listeners

Guest's Website: Tom Luongo
 
Guest's Twitter: @TFL1728

Show notes for Ep. 2552

Direct download: woods_2024_10_03.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_10_02.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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."

Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Persist SEO

Free Book Mentioned: Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About Gender

Guest's Twitter: @CEJacksonLaw

Show notes for Ep. 2550

Direct download: woods_2024_09_27.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Federated Computer: Coupon Code: WOODS

Support the Libertarian Institute:
libertarianinstitute.org/donate 

Scott's other Websites:
scotthorton.org 
antiwar.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2549

Direct download: woods_2024_09_26.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

Sponsors: Policy Genius & Federated Computer: Coupon Code: WOODS

Guest's Website: TaggartTrading.com 

Show notes for Ep. 2548

Direct download: woods_2024_09_25.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_09_20.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Blinkist

Book Discussed:
 
Guest's Twitter: @MartyMakary

Show notes for Ep. 2546

Direct download: woods_2024_09_19.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Sponsors: CrowdHealth & SuperBeets: Code: WOODS

Guest's Website: prospera.co 

Guest's Twitter: @erickbrimen

Show notes for Ep. 2545

Direct download: woods_2024_09_18.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Federated Computer: Coupon Code: WOODS

Guest's Substack: Martyr Made
 
Guest's Twitter: @martyrmade

Show notes for Ep. 2544

Direct download: woods_2024_09_13.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Bank on Yourself

Guest's Websites:

Show notes for Ep. 2543

Direct download: woods_2024_09_12.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_09_11.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_09_06.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_09_05.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_09_04.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

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Guests' Websites:
 
Guests' Twitter:
@ComicDaveSmith
@WalterEBlock

Show notes for Ep. 2538

Direct download: woods_2024_08_30.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

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Guest's Substack: Murray's Newsletter

Show notes for Ep. 2537

Direct download: woods_2024_08_29.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_08_28.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

Sponsors: Quest for Empire & Blinkist

Guest's Documentary:

Show notes for Ep. 2535

Direct download: woods_2024_08_23.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_08_22.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

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Guest's Event: Expat Money Summit

Guest's Twitter: @ThorupMikkel

Show notes for Ep. 2533

Direct download: woods_2024_08_21.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Guest's Book: BonifaceOption.com
 
Guest's Website: ContraMundumPodcast.com

Show notes for Ep. 2532

Direct download: woods_2024_08_16.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Guests' Links:

Show notes for Ep. 2531

Direct download: woods_2024_08_15.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_08_14.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

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Guest's Links:

Show notes for Ep. 2529

Direct download: woods_2024_08_09.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

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Show notes for Ep. 2528

Direct download: woods_2024_08_08.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_08_07.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

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Show notes for Ep. 2526

Direct download: woods_2024_08_02.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_08_01.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Guest's Twitter: profstonge

Guest's Substack: Peter St. Onge

Show notes for Ep. 2524

Direct download: woods_2024_07_31.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Guest's Website: Emergent Order
 
Guest's Podcast: Dad Saves America
 
Guest's Twitter: @JohnPapola

Show notes for Ep. 2523

Direct download: woods_2024_07_26.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

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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

Direct download: woods_2024_07_25.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

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

Show notes for Ep. 2521

Direct download: woods_2024_07_24.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Guest's Links:
 
Guest's Twitter: @gjpappin

Show notes for Ep. 2520

Direct download: woods_2024_07_19.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

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

Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist

Show notes for Ep. 2519

Direct download: woods_2024_07_18.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_07_16.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:00pm EST

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

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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

Direct download: woods_2024_07_12.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_07_11.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_07_10.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_07_05.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Guest's Website: InternationalMan.com
 

Show notes for Ep. 2513

Direct download: woods_2024_07_04.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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.

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Guest's Website: KevinGutzman.com

Show notes for Ep. 2512

Direct download: woods_2024_07_03.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_06_29.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Guest's Website: The Soho Forum
https://www.thesohoforum.org 

Guest's Twitter: @genesohoforum

Show notes for Ep. 2510

Direct download: woods_2024_06_28.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_06_27.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Guest's Websites:
 
Guest's Twitter: @KyleAnzalone_

Show notes for Ep. 2508

Direct download: woods_2024_06_21.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_06_20.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_06_19.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Vivek on Twitter: @VivekGRamaswamy
 

Show notes for Ep. 2505

Direct download: woods_2024_06_14.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Guest's Website: Libertarian Party
 
Guest's Patreon: Angela McArdle

Show notes for Ep. 2504

Direct download: woods_2024_06_13.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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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Guest's Twitter: @RepThomasMassie

Show notes for Ep. 2503

Direct download: woods_2024_06_12.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_06_06.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

Direct download: woods_2024_06_05.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST

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

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Guest's Website: 1776LawCenter.com
 
Guest's Podcast: VivaBarnesLaw
 
Guest's Locals: VivaBarnesLaw

Show notes for Ep. 2500

Direct download: woods_2024_06_01.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:00pm EST

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

Sponsors: Monetary Metals & Bank on Yourself

Guest's Substack: Jennifer Bilek Substack
 
Guest's Website: The11thHourBlog.com

Show notes for Ep. 2499

Direct download: woods_2024_05_31.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00pm EST