Keith Knight joins me to discuss themes in “The Ultimate Red Pill,” his epic video bringing together the best anti-statist arguments and clips. We talk about which arguments work best to get people thinking in new ways, which arguments reached him, and the one thing… Read More
Archives for May 2018
Ep. 1168 Libertarian Victories Do Exist: Here’s Exhibit A
Carla Gericke, board member and former president of the Free State Project, discusses ongoing if underreported libertarian victories in New Hampshire, her own campaign for state senate, whether and why libertarians should pursue politics, and a lot more. Sponsor Skillshare is an online learning community… Read More
Ep. 1167 Michael Malice and I on How to Get People to Listen to You
As Michael Malice prepares to start his evening news recap show and moves his existing show to another network, I offer suggestions on how to build an audience: what works, what doesn’t, how you can exploit your enemies to increase your popularity, and a lot… Read More
Ep. 1166 Everyone Is Wrong About Money Except the Austrian School
This episode begins with my five-minute opening statement from a FreedomFest debate on abolishing the Federal Reserve System, and then proceeds to discuss further problems with the Fed (as well as problems with the so-called Greenbackers, whose critique of the Fed is that they’d prefer… Read More
How to Respond to a Crazy Person
This is one for the books, my friends. Let me begin with this: I earned my Ph.D. in history under Alan Brinkley, whose father was the famous newsman David Brinkley (of This Week with David Brinkley fame, and who was a staple of mainstream television… Read More
Ep. 1165 Stossel Producer Naomi Brockwell on How to Explain Bitcoin to Your Grandmother
Naomi Brockwell — TV producer, cryptocurrency expert, and libertarian — joins me to discuss new frontiers in cryptocurrency, how to explain Bitcoin to your grandmother, replies to cryptocurrency skeptics, what it’s like to work for John Stossel, and a lot more. Sponsor Billfodl is the… Read More
It’s Exhausting to Be a Libertarian
You know what’s tiring? Being a libertarian. You’re expected to be an expert on everything. How would A be done without the state? What about B? Or C? Or what about section 3.2, paragraph 12, of local regulation PT-4488B? Or these chestnuts: Wouldn’t children be… Read More
Ep. 1164 Cultural Marxism and the Frankfurt School
Is there such a thing as “cultural Marxism”? If so, what is it? And what was the Frankfurt School, and what was it trying to accomplish? Paul Gottfried, who holds a Ph.D. in history from Yale and has written extensively on these subjects, joins me… Read More
Ep. 1163 The Spanish-American War: Watershed in U.S. Foreign Policy
The Spanish-American War anticipated important themes in the interventionist foreign policy that was to come over the next century. The host of the Dangerous History Podcast joins me to discuss its causes and long-term significance. Sponsor Harry’s razors, the official razors of the Tom Woods… Read More
Ep. 1162 The Law Schools Are Run by Crazy People
Mark Pulliam joins me to discuss the politicization of American law schools and the role played by the American Bar Association, which enjoys state-bestowed monopoly privileges. Sponsor Credit Suite helps companies build business credit that’s not linked to the owner’s personal Social Security number. They also… Read More
