Mises biographer Guido Hulsmann joins me to discuss the life of the great economist and social philosopher Ludwig von Mises in the momentous year of 1918, one hundred years ago. Sponsor Get a free trial set, valued at $13, (pay just an eeny weeny shipping… Read More
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Ep. 1108 Teacher: School “Walkouts” for Gun Control Are Illegal
A schoolteacher in a left-liberal state argues that the school walkout movement — which is obviously spreading through intimidation, and the implied suggestion that no other point of view deserves a hearing — is in fact illegal, since it amounts to political activity by schoolteachers… Read More
Ep. 1107 Lew Rockwell on Standing Against the Tide
Topics include: Jordan Peterson, Trump’s tariffs, hate mail, the creation of LewRockwell.com, the future of the Mises Institute, and whether more than the nonaggression principle is necessary to sustain liberty. About the Guest Lew Rockwell is publisher of LewRockwell.com , and founder and chairman of the Mises Institute… Read More
Ep. 1106 Sizzling: Tom and Stefan on Libertarians Gone Wrong
Stefan Molyneux and I have a wide-ranging discussion about what’s been happening to the libertarian movement, the periodic witch-hunts, and why, in the age of the Internet (where you can build an audience even without the approval of the Official Libertarian Institutions), the drama doesn’t… Read More
Ep. 1105 Don’t Pine for the “Original Principles” of the Bolshevik Revolution
The Bolshevik Revolution continues to be romanticized to this day. Plenty of communists claim that if only the Soviet Union could have stuck to the original principles of the Revolution, the horrors would not have occurred. Problem: the horrors began with the Revolution, and the… Read More
Ep. 1104 What I Told College Students About Communism
Here’s an overview of what I said about communism to an audience of students at the University of California at Santa Barbara last night. Were the crimes of communism mere aberrations? Were they perversions of an otherwise noble ideal? Or were they the natural, expected… Read More
Ep. 1103 Marx, Rawls, and Other Fonts of Error
David Gordon, whose knowledge the late historian Ralph Raico compared to the Library of Congress, joins me for a potpourri episode in which all kinds of wicked errors are delightfully smashed. Sponsor Skillshare is an online learning community with over 16,000 classes in design, business,… Read More
Ep. 1102 Can Liberty Go Mainstream? A Comic Creator Says Yes
Johnny Rocket, host of the Johnny Rocket Launch Pad (on which I’ve been a guest, in one of my favorite interviews ever), joins me to discuss his Liberty Force Comic as well as other, unconventional ways we might bring our unorthodox message to the masses.… Read More
Ep. 1101 How to Respond to School Shootings
In the wake of the recent school shooting in Florida, New York Times bestselling novelist and former firearms instructor Larry Correia joins me to respond to the barrage of demonstrations against guns. If you oppose gun control, you value guns more than your own children, they say.… Read More
Ep. 1100 Peter Schiff: Where the Economy Stands, and What to Do
Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, joins me to answer questions submitted by members of my Supporting Listeners group. Topics include the state of the housing market, precious metals investing, Puerto Rico after Irma, the ongoing carnage in the retail sector, and more. Sponsor… Read More
