Everyone always thinks the current president must be the worst. Surely President X is the most ignorant when it comes to economics! Well, there’s a lot of competition for that honor, my friend, as Gene Epstein joins me to explain. About the Guest Gene Epstein… Read More
Archives for May 2017
Ep. 920 Discussion with YouTube Personality Sargon of Akkad on Libertarians (He’s Not One) and Leftists (He’s Definitely Not One)
Carl Benjamin, known online as Sargon of Akkad, has built up an enormous online following thanks to his compelling and controversial YouTube videos. He identifies with no particular ideology, but says he feels the greatest kinship with libertarianism, even while he does sometimes criticize it.… Read More
Ep. 919 Social Work: Good, Bad, or Ugly?
Patrick Gann recently graduated from Millersville University with a degree in social work. We discuss the ideological slant and unexamined assumptions to be found within social work departments and out in the field. Guest’s Twitter @gameodactyl Tom’s New Free eBook Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About Health Care The Contra Cruise Join us October 15-22 for an… Read More
Ep. 918 Two Dozen Key Foreign Policy Questions the Media and Government Ignore
Andrew Bacevich, retired from Boston University, recently posed 24 awkward but important questions about the present state of American foreign policy. I thought they were worth reviewing, because taken together they say quite a bit — none of it good — about both the foreign… Read More
Ep. 917 The Truth About the Real Estate Market, and What Regular People Should Do
Hunter Thompson, a full-time real estate investor, discusses today’s housing market, what sectors do well in a down economy, how real-estate investing compares to other investment possibilities, and more. Guest’s Website CashFlowConections.com Guest’s Podcasts Cash Flow Connections – Real Estate Podcast AnarcoTopics Podcast Tom’s New Free eBook Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About Health Care The Contra Cruise Join us October 15-22 for an unforgettable week… Read More
Ep. 916 Last House Republican to Oppose Iraq War Joins Me
Congressman John “Jimmy” Duncan Jr. has served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee for 29 years. He is the last remaining Republican House member who voted against the war in Iraq. He serves on the board of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity . Sponsor No more ill-fitting… Read More
Ep. 915 Southern Monuments Removed, Others Under Attack
The perpetually aggrieved have recently settled upon various Confederate monuments, particularly in New Orleans, as the next thing to be destroyed. Given the level of American discourse (a word I use laughingly in this context), anyone saying a word against this is of course condemned… Read More
Ep. 914 A Gallop Through Soviet History
Kristaps Andrejsons, host of The Eastern Border podcast, joins me for a rapid-fire overview of some of the major episodes in the history of the Soviet Union. Guest’s Podcast The Eastern Border Guest’s Twitter @Eastern_Border iTunes Link The Eastern Border Book Mentioned Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror Famine , by Robert Conquest Related Episodes Ep. 399 Lenin and the Russian… Read More
Ep. 913 What You Can Learn from a Hostage Negotiator
Christopher Voss spent 24 years working in the FBI Crisis Negotiation Unit as a hostage negotiator and was the FBI’s chief international hostage and kidnapping negotiator from 2003 to 2007. His book, which I thoroughly enjoyed, is full of actionable advice for real negotiation in… Read More
Ep. 912 How to Get the Last Laugh Against SJW Totalitarians: Colin Moriarty Edition
Colin Moriarty spent 14 years of his life in the video game world, until one day he published a joke on Twitter that only an idiot would take offense at, and everyone swarmed for the kill. But he got the last laugh, as we note… Read More
