You could say I have a teensy bit of experience in this area. Every once in a while, just as people ask me about podcasting — what equipment I use, what software is most user friendly, etc. — they also ask about other behind-the-scenes stuff.… Read More
Archives for November 2018
Ep. 1295 If You Criticize Trump, You Must Love Obama!
This week David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, made some comments about the problems with what he called Donald Trump’s “statism,” and with Federal Reserve policy. He was immediately barraged with criticism from Trump supporters who thought he… Read More
I Am Underwhelmed by These MAGA Folks
Yesterday’s Tom Woods Letter, which all the influential people receive every weekday. Click here to be one of them , and get my free eBook The Deregulation Bogeyman at the same time. I thought arguing with SJWs was maddening and pointless. I’d forgotten about what the so-called right wing can be like. Last night… Read More
Ep. 1294 Should the Authorities Have Killed This Man? New Ballad Tells His Story
Jordan Page, musician of the Ron Paul Revolution, just released “The Ballad of Lavoy Finicum,” about a man who was shot and killed by Oregon state troopers in 2016 (Jordan tells the story). We also take a few moments to discuss Jordan’s appearance at the… Read More
Ep. 1293 Scott Adams on Trump and Persuasion
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, joins me to discuss the Trump phenomenon and what people missed about it (and therefore why they didn’t see his victory coming), plus democracy, persuasion, debating, Hillary Clinton, and plenty more. Sponsor Away carry-ons and suitcases make the perfect gift,… Read More
Ep. 1292 The Heroic No-Frills Private School, and Its Enemies
James Tooley has both chronicled and contributed to the extraordinary phenomenon, unknown to almost everyone, of low-cost private schools in the developing world. He’s now bringing this model to England itself, his home country, and he’s already got people talking. Of course, the usual suspects… Read More
The Tom Woods Bump Put Him on the Map
So says the creator of Meme Policeman, which is now up to 23,000 Facebook followers. “Since then,” he adds, “I regularly get hundreds of website hits a day, sometimes thousands. My most loyal and devoted followers are still from the early days of the Tom… Read More
Ep. 1291 The War That Destroyed a Civilization?
Scott Horton and I discuss World War I and its hideous legacy. Also: why the Progressives favored intervention, what the Social Gospel clergy had to say, where Hitler came from, and a lot more. This episode is drawn from my recent appearance on the Scott Horton Show .… Read More
Ep. 1290 How Jeff Deist and I Advise a Child Who Wants to Run for President
A 9-year-old boy wrote me a letter not long ago, part of which asked me about politics, because he describes himself as “very interested in running for president someday.” Jeff Deist and I discussed the kind of things children that age might want to think… Read More
Ep. 1289 In Which My Secrets, Resentments, Passions, and Various Good and Bad Things Are Laid Bare
In this episode my colleague Bob Murphy interviews me about everything from public speaking (and my tips) to my resentments (and how I overcame them), our religious differences, my major contribution to the historical profession (not a joke!), and a lot more. One of my… Read More
