Peter Schiff returns to answer listener questions about Trump’s economics, navigating the ups and downs of the economy, and a lot more. Sponsor Honey is a free browser extension that saves you money wherever you shop online. Time magazine calls it “basically free money.” Get Honey at JoinHoney.com/woods.… Read More
Archives for September 2019
Ep. 1492 Lew and I Watched the Debate So You Didn’t Have To
Lew Rockwell returns to discuss yet another Democratic debate. Join us as we slice through the inanities. Sponsor Simple Habit is a meditation app that takes five minutes of your time, that you can use on the go (you don’t have to be in the… Read More
Ep. 1491 How This Metal Vocalist Became a Libertarian (Hint: Ron Paul is Involved)
Phil Labonte, the outspoken libertarian frontman of the band All That Remains, joins me to discuss how he became a libertarian, how his views compare to those of other people in his genre, how the Internet has changed the music industry for better and worse,… Read More
Ep. 1490 Lessons of 9/11, with Scott Horton
Scott Horton joins me to commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and respond to the rah-rah “they hate us because we’re great” view of why the attacks occurred. About the Guest Scott Horton, managing director of the Libertarian Institute , is the host of Antiwar Radio on… Read More
Ep. 1489 Something to Celebrate: Left-Wing Thought Control Website Closes
The left-wing thought-control site ThinkProgress has closed its doors, after many years of policing allowable opinion. Because of my interests I’m aware in particular of their absurd treatment of the Tenth Amendment Center — which, unlike ThinkProgress, is alive and kicking. And speaking of kicking,… Read More
Ep. 1488 Opinions You’re Not Allowed to Hold
I review my refrain about the narrowness of allowable opinion in American (and Western) political discourse: you can argue about the fringes of what the state apparatus should be doing, but no fundamental questions may be raised. Also, at the end of the episode I… Read More
Ep. 1487 The State and the Roots of Collective Violence
David Gornoski has taken what sounds like rather an obscure topic — the mimetic theory of Rene Girard — and showing the liberty movement how it helps us understand the state and collective violence. Sponsor Simple Habit is a meditation app that takes five minutes of your… Read More
Ep. 1486 Want Abundant, Clean Energy? We Need Thorium, Not Wind or Solar
By popular demand, Kirk Sorensen joins me to discuss the energy potential of thorium, which can be tapped safely in overwhelming abundance and which solves every problem that troubles environmentalists. Sponsor You’ll be king of the airport with your Away carry-on, which makes travel such… Read More
Ep. 1485 Dave Smith on the New Dave Chappelle Special
Comedian Dave Chappelle generated enormous controversy with his recent Netflix special “Sticks and Stones.” Fashionable opinion explained to us that we were to reject this special as “racist” and otherwise insensitive. Comedian Dave Smith joins me to sort it all out. Sponsor Skillshare is an… Read More
Ep. 1484 Another Ron Paulian Heads to Congress? Check This Out
Eric Brakey served two terms in the state senate of Maine, and has been a Ron Paul supporter and Tom Woods Show listener for years. He’s currently seeking the GOP nomination for U.S. Congress from Maine’s second district, where he is winning key endorsements and… Read More