I hate to dwell on this silliness, so I’ve decided to make this into a bonus episode rather than one of my five regular weekly episodes. Jason Stapleton invited me on to the Jason Stapleton Program not long ago to address a series of unprovoked attacks on me… Read More
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Ep. 989 James O’Keefe on the Lying Media
James O’Keefe has become notorious, and controversial, for his organization’s undercover videos — most recently, of people associated with CNN, who appear to suggest that some of their major stories are politically and ideologically driven. We discuss the American media, criticisms of his work, and… Read More
Ep. 988 Private Responses to Hurricane Harvey
Today I’m joined by Brent DeRidder of the Liberty Coalition for Disaster Relief and Gret Glyer, creator of the DonorSee philanthropy app, to discuss how private individuals and groups can relieve the suffering associated with this terrible disaster. Facebook Page Liberty Coalition GoFundMe Liberty Coalition for Disaster Relief App Discussed DonorSee.com The Contra… Read More
Ep. 987 “Price Gouging” Is Urgently Necessary
During natural disasters, there’s a sudden and intense spike in demand for the existing stock of resources. This puts upward pressure on prices, and this upward pressure has salutary effects (which we’ll discuss in this episode). That’s not how most people see it. “Price gouging,”… Read More
Ep. 986 Lew Rockwell: Will There Be a “Private Sector” Assault on Dissidents?
With various websites (not all “white nationalist”) seeing various Internet services withdrawn from them, and given that our media and political classes are not exactly known for their ability to make fine distinctions, could ever more sites and groups, more or less innocuous, find themselves… Read More
Ep. 985 What Are Schools Wrong About? Oh, Just History, Economics, Preparing Kids for Life….
In this episode I talk to Katie Wells of WellnessMama.com , in a conversation ranging from entrepreneurship to education, homeschooling, history, the Federal Reserve, nullification, and more. Source of This Episode Heathy Moms Podcast Liberty Classroom Learn the history they didn’t teach you at Tom’s Liberty Classroom . Get a discount via… Read More
Ep. 984 Strength Trainer Mark Rippetoe on Fitness, Government, and Entrepreneurship
By popular demand, popular (and iconoclastic) strength trainer Mark Rippetoe joins me to discuss strength training and fitness (and what so many people get wrong), as well as his libertarian views — and how it all meshes together. Guest’s Website StartingStrength.com Guest’s Facebook Starting Strength Guest’s Twitter @SS_strength Liberty… Read More
Ep. 983 Can We Really Measure the “Happiest” Countries?
The “happiness” literature purports to speak about levels of happiness in various countries. Popular journalism then purports to explain why the happiest places are happy — and it’s always because of the state. Is there anything to this research? About the Guest Gene Epstein is… Read More
Ep. 982 Ordinary Libertarian Fired After Antifa Tweets “Nazi!” at Employer
Well, this was bound to happen. Brandon Navom of Software Engineers for Liberty was fired from his job for planning to take part in a free speech rally that had nothing to do with anything other than free speech. Hysterics tweeted at his employer that Navom was a Nazi… Read More
Ep. 981 Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan
The brilliant Scott Horton, a one-man libertarian foreign-policy think tank, joins me to discuss the Trump policy in Afghanistan, the real history of the war, and why the only sensible approach is to get out. About the Guest Scott Horton, managing director of the Libertarian Institute ,… Read More
