Synopsis
Join New York Times bestselling author Tom Woods for your daily serving of liberty education! Guests include Ron Paul, Judge Andrew Napolitano, David Stockman, and hundreds more, with topics like war, the Federal Reserve, net neutrality, the FDA, Austrian economics, and many other subjects of interest to libertarians. Join us!
Episodes
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Ep. 2291 The Communists Take Power, with Michael Malice
02/03/2023 Duration: 33minAfter the Bolsheviks took power in Russia, a major chunk of the Western intellectual classes cheered with delight for what they insisted was the glorious new society of the future. Michael Malice joins us for the grim truth of the matter. Book Discussed:
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Ep. 2290 Jeff Deist on National Divorce, Monetary Policy, and "Experts"
01/03/2023 Duration: 38minMy conversation with Mises Institute president Jeff Deist covers national divorce, as well as rule by "experts," and how the Federal Reserve tries to make money seem like something that requires expert management.
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Ep. 2289 Friendship in an Age of Hate
25/02/2023 Duration: 27minGary Chartier, dean of the business school at La Sierra University, joins us for a discussion of friendship: the philosophical challenges it raises, and its indispensable role in human flourishing. Book Discussed: Understanding Friendship: On the Moral, Political, and Spiritual Meaning of Love
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Ep. 2288 Paul Gottfried on the Fate of Dissident Voices
24/02/2023 Duration: 42minPaul Gottfried, Yale Ph.D. and editor of Chronicles magazine, discusses the dissident Right, Murray Rothbard, the cowards who excommunicated them, and more. Book Discussed: A Paleoconservative Anthology: New Voices for an Old Tradition
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Ep. 2287 A Program for Ignoring the Feds
23/02/2023 Duration: 27minMaine state senator Eric Brakey is pushing an ambitious legislative agenda that amounts to defying or refusing to cooperate with the federal government on a variety of issues. We also discuss the Twitter Files revelation that U.S. senator Angus King sought to have some of Eric's supporters silenced.
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Ep. 2286 Why and How the State Attacks the Family
22/02/2023 Duration: 28minConnor Boyack discusses how the modern state targets the family and seeks to indoctrinate children. Book Discussed: Children of the Collective
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Ep. 2285 White Privilege, Black Lives Matter, and Other Taboo Subjects
18/02/2023 Duration: 39minWilfred Reilly joins us to discuss the reality behind so much of the oppression narrative that has come to dominate the American consciousness.
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Ep. 2284 The Evil Woodrow Wilson Revisited
17/02/2023 Duration: 44minCJ Killmer, host of the Dangerous History Podcast, joins us for a review of the wickedness of Woodrow Wilson, with special attention to periods of Wilson's public life most people know little about.
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Ep. 2283 Fake Conspiracies Democrats Still Believe
16/02/2023 Duration: 32minAnd a handful of Republicans, too, but let's be reasonable here: Democrats are vastly, vastly more diluted at this stage of our history than Republicans are. Keith Knight joins us for a lightning round of examples of things that are flat-out false that Democrats nevertheless believe and try to impose on everyone else.
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Ep. 2282 Do Viruses Exist?
15/02/2023 Duration: 50minThe most direct and radical challenge to the public-health consensus about COVID-19 and the correct response to it has come from a group of scientists who claim that virology itself is pseudoscience that has led mankind down the wrong path. One such scientist, Dr. Mark Bailey, joins us to share his perspective.
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Ep. 2281 The Psychology of Human Action: Why Some People Slavishly Follow the Elites
12/02/2023 Duration: 31minJeff Leskovar wanted to figure out why so many people adopt the whole program of the elites, even though there's no particular reason that someone who favors arming Ukraine should also favor, say, a higher minimum wage. All these positions are nevertheless held as a bundle. Those holding them tend not to want to debate, and seem relatively untroubled by the suppression of their opponents' voices. Jeff thinks he's discovered the reason behind all this, and he shares it with us today. Guest's Paper:
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Ep. 2280 Questions a COVID Commission Should Ask
10/02/2023 Duration: 39minMartin Kulldorff, on leave from Harvard Medical School, has joined forces with seven colleagues to draft a devastating list of questions that it would be nice to see any proposed Covid commission ask politicians or public health officials, and we discuss some of them in this episode. Sponsor: Crowdhealth - Save $99 when you use code WOODS at
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Ep. 2279 Spotify Isn't the Devil, and Other Items from the Music World
09/02/2023 Duration: 38minYou've heard the tale of woe: Spotify makes billions while giving content creators mere pennies. Won't someone rectify this capitalist injustice? Michael Kupris gives you the full story.
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Ep. 2278 The President Historians Hate
08/02/2023 Duration: 42minWarren G. Harding has often come in dead last, or close to it, in historians' rankings of the presidents. These rankings are completely useless, since they simply reflect the political bias of historians. (How can someone nonideologically declare whether a president was a "failure" or not?) Ryan Walters, author of a new biography of the twenty-ninth president, reassesses the brief tenure of a man we've been urged to despise.
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Ep. 2277 The Trump/DeSantis Feud
04/02/2023 Duration: 31minDonald Trump has been savaging Governor Ron DeSantis, who hasn't been returning the favor. Mises Institute communications director Tho Bishop joins us to discuss who's coming out on top in all this.
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Ep. 2276 The Political Significance of Pat Buchanan
02/02/2023 Duration: 46minDan McCarthy joins us for an episode assessing the political significance of Pat Buchanan, who last week at age 84 announced his retirement from his syndicated column. Sponsor: Movies Plus: Get 20% off an annual subscription when you use promo code WOODS at
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Ep. 2275 Is the Economy Screwing Young People?
01/02/2023 Duration: 01h34sWe hear a lot of anecdotal data about young people struggling, about the problems of high prices and low wages, and millennials living with their parents. I wanted to know how true this was in general, and if it was, what was causing it. So I invited Gene Epstein, King of Data, to join us to get to the bottom of it. Sponsor: Omaha Steaks, where the Woods family has ordered so much delicious food over the years, is taking 55% off customer favorites right now, but as a Tom Woods Show listener you can take an additional $30 off your order (minimum order may be required) when you use code WOODS at
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Ep. 2274 A Bull and a Bear Have a Civil Discussion -- and You'll Learn a Lot
28/01/2023 Duration: 47minWell, here's a novel thing: a civil discussion between people who disagree! Mark Skousen, who leans bullish, and Jon Wolfenbarger, who leans bearish, make their respective cases for where the economy is now and where it's likely to go, and what the best moves for investors in such a climate are. Sponsor: Movies Plus: Get 20% off an annual subscription when you use promo code WOODS at
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Ep. 2273 The Virginia Dynasty: When Jeffersonians Ruled
27/01/2023 Duration: 38minKevin Gutzman, author of the new book The Jeffersonians, talks Madison, Monroe, and the Constitution (and the key person who undermined it).
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Ep. 2272 How to Win in a Blue State
26/01/2023 Duration: 37minAli Rak has accumulated about 20 legislative victories, whether getting bad bills defeated or good ones passed, all while living in a blue county in a blue state. She shares specific tools and strategies that she uses, that can be replicated in other states.