The Tom Woods Show

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., will be speaking at the Free State Project's Porcfest event this year and has asked for no guns in the audience for his talk. Should libertarians object? The Free State Project's Carla Gericke joins me to discuss that and other controversies as she and her fellow Free Staters strive to create a freer society in the here and now.

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Show notes for Ep. 2340

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The brilliant Stephen Wolfram joins us to explain the inner workings of ChatGPT and then to discuss the prospects of AI in general.

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Show notes for Ep. 2339

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Paul Gottfried joins me for a wide-ranging discussion of the central principles of conservatism and libertarianism, whether libertarianism is equipped for the present moment, what the role of "natural law" is, and plenty more.

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Show notes for Ep. 2338

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Auron MacIntyre joins me to analyze Trump and DeSantis, as well as RFK, Jr., and how much of the electorate is voting left no matter how bad the candidate is.

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Show notes for Ep. 2337

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Germinal G. Van returns to discuss the sweeping changes to American society and economy during the 1930s and 1960s.

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Show notes for Ep. 2336

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Entrepreneur and GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy discusses his influences, the public health establishment, the drug war, the FBI, affirmative action, and much more.

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Show notes for Ep. 2335

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The so-called Durham Report was issued this week, and concluded that the probe into Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russia should never have been opened. Scott Horton joins us for the details.

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Show notes for Ep. 2334

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There's only one permissible opinion on this subject, and Scott Horton sets fire to it.

Show notes for Ep. 2333

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Rachel Alexander joins me to discuss why it matters.

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Show notes for Ep. 2332

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Syndicated columnist Dan McCarthy thinks so. We also discuss Ron DeSantis and what course of action makes the most sense for him.

Show notes for Ep. 2331

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Californian Allan Stevo tries to persuade me that staying put and fighting the battle against the bad guys, as opposed to moving to a more congenial place, should be seriously considered.

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Show notes for Ep. 2330

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Ian Miller returns to discuss the charade we endured for three years, in which the alleged experts pretended to be able to protect people from a disease they ended up having zero ability to protect them from.

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Show notes for Ep. 2329

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As a young man, Ashley Rindsberg was discouraged from publishing his book on the New York Times' distortions over the years, but he finally decided to release it anyway. We discuss it today.

Book Discussed:

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Show notes for Ep. 2328

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The great Dave Smith, comedian and host of Part of the Problem, joins me to discuss Tucker Carlson and RFK, Jr., two figures disliked by the respectable (i.e., terrible) wing of libertarianism.

Show notes for Ep. 2327

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We can get so caught up in the ephemeral headlines of the day that we lose sight of the big picture and the kind of society we want to have. Jack Lloyd joins me to talk about how we start moving in that direction.

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Show notes for Ep. 2326

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Corey DeAngelis and Connor Boyack join us for a deeper look into the government's school system, which turns out to be vastly worse than you thought.

Book Discussed: Mediocrity: 40 Ways Government Schools Are Failing Today's Students

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Show notes for Ep. 2325

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