The Tom Woods Show

After a brief overview of my recent trip to St. John (U.S. Virgin Islands) and COVID stuff I witnessed there, I turn to the Supreme Court: not the Sotomayor nonsense, which you already know about, but the excellent amicus brief co-authored by Tom Woods Show guest Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford.

We wrap up Michael Malice week with some common objections to anarchism and how best to think about those issues.

Michael Malice and Tom discuss their interesting experiences publishing books (via both traditional publishers and self-publishing) and what they've learned -- and what you should know -- about it.

Michael Malice and Tom discuss statelessness, an option some may have dismissed in the past, but which in light of the present dystopia becomes more attractive every day.

Michael Malice, whose Anarchist Handbook became a sensation in 2020, joins me to talk about the ideas it contains and how best to communicate them.

We kick off 2022 and a new Michael Malice week with a discussion of what scenarios, particularly involving the virus and the tyranny, could await us in the new year.

Allen Mendenhall of Troy University joins me for a potpourri episode in which we devote some time to whether the Constitution commits us to an ideological program of ongoing revolution or whether it is intended to be simply a framework within which people of differing ideologies can coexist peacefully. Guest's Book: Speaking Softly: Lines on Law, Literature, and Culture -

CJ Killmer, host of the Dangerous History Podcast, has lived in Florida for nearly four decades and has taught Florida history at the college level for years. He joins us to discuss Florida in the age of COVID, the pros and cons of moving to Florida, the different areas of Florida and which ones you might prefer, and some Florida history. Sponsor: CrowdHealth - - Enter promo code: WOODS.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., joins us to discuss his new book, , which paints rather an unflattering portrait of the face of the American COVID response.

In a recent episode of the Mises Institute's Human Action Podcast, hosted by Jeff Deist, we discussed the Old Right, the loose collection of writers and thinkers who opposed domestic and foreign interventionism. Their names have almost been forgotten, and Jeff and I want to make curious people aware of them.

Daniel McAdams, executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and co-host of the Ron Paul Liberty Report, joins us to talk about the challenge of spreading uncomfortable truths to the largest possible audience without getting deplatformed.

Mark Crispin Miller, who teaches (among other things) a course on propaganda for New York University, discusses his run-in with the administration, as well as how the present case of propaganda compares with previous examples.

Karol Markowicz of the New York Post joins us to discuss the rapid decline of a once-great city by irrational and punitive mandates and useless and destructive so-called health interventions.

Susan May of TogetherWalking.com discusses the process of unplugging: from mainstream news sources, education, and the rest of the apparatus of the clown world we find ourselves inhabiting. Sponsor: CrowdHealth - - Enter promo code: WOODS

Anne Hendershott, a professor of sociology at the University of Steubenville, discusses the academic and cultural efforts to normalize pedophilia.

In this retrospective on the Ron Paul Revolution I focus on things we learned and things we should have known.

The great Matt Ridley joins me to discuss his fascinating new book -- and I mean that; it truly reads like a novel -- on the origins of COVID-19 and the strange, obstructionist behavior by lots of key actors.

Frustrated conservatives and libertarians have begun wondering if, since our enemies have no reservations about the use of power, we are in a lopsided battle: our opponents don't hesitate to use power to oppress their enemies, but we on principal refuse to do likewise. John Grove joins me to talk this through.

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Ali Rak, homeschooling mother of four, has been an effective organizer in Charles County, Maryland, and heads Reopen Charles County. We discuss her efforts as well as the county's upcoming hearing on masks and what she's trying to do to defeat them.