I recently joined former game show host Chuck Woolery on his Blunt Force Truth podcast to talk about all kinds of issues, ranging from Confederate monuments to Austrian economics to constitutional law and a lot more. Enjoy! Contra Cruise Contest Enter to win passage with us! The Contra Cruise!… Read More
Archives for June 2018
Ep. 1188 Just When You Thought We’d Smashed the Schools Good, Along Comes Gene Epstein
Gene Epstein joins me to make if anything an even more radical case against the existing education system than Bryan Caplan does in the latter’s recent book The Case Against Education. Whatever “but surely you agree we have to have X!” arguments you’ve heard, Gene anticipates… Read More
Ep. 1187 Private Property vs. No Private Property: The Results
Nathan Dempsey, creator of Liberty Minecraft, discusses what a game involving money, property, and nonaggression might teach us about organizing society — and what he learned when he set up, side by side, a place that recognized and a place that did not recognize private… Read More
Ep. 1186 Lightning Answers to Libertarian Questions
There’s plenty of good material in today’s episode, but I’m especially pleased with the lightning round, where I was asked ten major questions of interest to libertarians and given 60 seconds to answer each. Fun! (I’m sharing my recent appearance on the Johnny Rocket Launch… Read More
Libertarians Urged to Nominate Another Stuffed Shirt
I’m in Boston with the family this week, so I’m dialing back the emails. (For shame, I know!) Anyway, I keep reading respectable people telling me the Libertarian Party needs Bill Weld. Latest example: George Will. Why this is funny: I do not understand the… Read More
Ep. 1185 Her Family Fled Three Communist Countries; Now She’s an Ancap
My guest today is known on social media by her pseudonym The Pholosopher. She’s been very successful at spreading the message of voluntaryism, so we discuss what’s been working. Guest’s Website ThePholosopher.com Guest’s YouTube The Pholosopher Guest’s Twitter @dapholosopher Guest’s Website @dapholosopher Episode Mentioned Ep. 1169 How to Make Someone an Instant… Read More
Ep. 1184 The Catholicism Episode (with Some Entrepreneurship Thrown in)
I’ve had lots of requests for an episode like this, so here it is. Today, at the behest of Steve Patterson, I discuss two things: the how and why of entrepreneurship, at least in my case, and Catholicism. The episode is not about the interrelationship… Read More
Ep. 1183 Venezuela Isn’t Really Socialist Anyway, Say Embarrassed Socialists
Ever heard a socialist brush off the experience of Venezuela on the grounds that that country isn’t really socialist after all? Here’s how to reply. Sponsor Harry’s razors, the official razors of the Tom Woods Show, know you’ll love their blades, so they want to… Read More
Ep. 1182 Micro-Experiments in Liberty Around the World
Tom W. Bell joins me to discuss the variety of micro-experiments in liberty, of varying degrees of significance, going on all over the world — like special economic zones, the beginnings of seasteading, even Liberland. Book Discussed Your Next Government? From the Nation State to Stateless Nations Guest’s Website TomWBell.com Related Episodes Ep. 948 Seasteading: How Floating Nations Will Improve… Read More
Ep. 1181 Against SJWism in Sci-fi and Fantasy: Larry Correia Returns
New York Times bestselling author Larry Correia joins me to discuss what’s going on in the world of sci-fi and fantasy, where SJW influence has been growing, and non-SJW voices have been demonized with the customary accusations. Correia himself was recently disinvited from an important conference… Read More
