Christopher Coyne joins me to discuss some of the factors contributing to the seeming permanence of the military-industrial complex in the United States. Sponsor Blinkist lets you read (or listen to) the key lessons and takeaways from thousands of nonfiction books in 15 minutes or… Read More
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Ep. 2248 Rand and Rothbard Convinced Me
The great Murray Sabrin joins us to discuss how his experiences as an insatiably curious person and a child of an immigrant family led him to libertarianism and a career spent in defense of liberty. Sponsor This Christmas, get your friends and loved ones something… Read More
Ep. 2247 Intelligence, Blackmail, and Jeffrey Epstein
Whitney Webb joins us to discuss the unknown history of collusion between intelligence services and organized crime, and the practice of blackmail, in order to set the context for Jeffrey Epstein Sponsor BitTrust IRA helps you seamlessly and securely add cryptocurrency to your portfolio. It… Read More
Ep. 2246 Trump, DeSantis, and Biden: What Will 2024 Bring?
Brion McClanahan joins me to discuss the prospects of these men, the Trump/DeSantis feud, whether DeSantis would make us crazy, whether Biden has a chance, and more. Sponsor This Christmas, get your friends and loved ones something original and unusual but that you know they’ll… Read More
Ep. 2245 What on Earth Do We Do Now?
We’re outgunned and outnumbered, and crazy ideas are considered mainstream. What should we do now? Michael Heise joins me to discuss his plan: Project Decentralized Revolution Sponsor Getting clobbered by your competitors? Invisible in the search engines? Your leads at a trickle — or nonexistent?… Read More
Ep. 2244 The FTX Fiasco
Stephan Livera joins me to discuss what happened with FTX, whether it is an indictment of Bitcoin, what it means for the Bitcoin price, whether it was a money-laundering scheme, and a lot more. Sponsor This Christmas, get your friends and loved ones something original… Read More
Ep. 2243 Thomas Paine: Radical American Hero
The radical Thomas Paine, who could both cheer and enrage with his various writings, was a fascinating and important figure in American history, and historian Dave Benner — author of a new biography of the man — joins me to talk about him. Book Discussed… Read More
Ep. 2242 Lockdowns: The Debate
This week Stanford University’s Jay Bhattacharya triumphed decisively in an Oxford-style debate on lockdowns and “focused protection” with Sten Vermund, and he joins us today to discuss it. Sponsor This Christmas, get your friends and loved ones something original and unusual but that you know… Read More
Ep. 2241 How to Overcome Film Censorship
We all know about documentaries that the official outlets won’t let us watch. Or movies whose dialogue sounds like a woke treatise rather than anything actual people would ever say. Cory Tucek created Movies Plus to fight back against it all. Sponsor This Christmas, get… Read More
Ep. 2240 Dissident Tech Entrepreneur Takes Aim at Big Tech Suppression
Tech entrepreneur Pete Zaborsky joins me to discuss his vision of a future in which all voices can be heard, and how to get there. Sponsor CrowdHealth is a community of people who are tired of paying for a broken system. A place where you can… Read More