Both the White House and the CDC have made claims in recent days and weeks that Covid is one of the top killers of children, or that for children it’s significantly worse than the flu. There is nothing to these claims, and our guest Kelley… Read More
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Ep. 2148 A (Literal) Student of Rothbard and Hoppe Just Launched Something Massive
The Mises Institute’s Joe Becker, who studied economics at UNLV under Murray Rothbard and Hans Hoppe and worked in numerous capacities for Ron Paul, discusses a major new project from the Mises Institute that people have been wanting for a long time. Sponsor BetterHelp offers professional… Read More
Ep. 2147 What Is Happening With Bitcoin?
Bitcoin has been taking a beating lately. Its critics have been having a field day. What’s really going on? Stephan Livera and Guy Swann join us to discuss. Sponsor Getting clobbered by your competitors? Invisible in the search engines? Your leads at a trickle —… Read More
Ep. 2146 The Regime’s Obsession with January 6
The great documentary filmmaker Jason Rink joins me to discuss the January 6 hearings and the real story of that day. Sponsor BitTrust IRA helps you seamlessly and securely add cryptocurrency to your portfolio. It stores your private keys in nuclear bunkers with military grade… Read More
Ep. 2145 Does Intellectual Property Exist?
Is it possible that we’ve been snookered into believing in a nonsensical concept? Is it possible to “own” an idea? Stephan Kinsella walks us through copyright, patent, trademarks, and trade secrets from a libertarian perspective, and also considers the utilitarian arguments for intellectual property. Sponsor… Read More
Ep. 2144 The Romantic Movement: Lessons for Libertarians? (Woods Singing Episode)
I talk about the ideas behind the nineteenth-century Romantic movement, as well as particular examples in music, architecture, and literature (.e.g., Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, the Gothic revival, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, for starters), and then draw a sad conclusion about what it all means for… Read More
Ep. 2143 Open Source: Voluntaryism in Action (Non-Depressing Episode)
What does it mean when coders tell you something is “open source”? My guess is that most people have no idea. But we should, because we could use a little positive news right about now, and the open source phenomenon is a powerful illustration of our… Read More
Ep. 2142 The Money Masters Are Screwing You
Tho Bishop discusses how he introduces the awful truth about money and the Federal Reserve to potentially sympathetic audiences that have never heard about it before. Sponsor Blinkist lets you read (or listen to) the key lessons and takeaways from thousands of nonfiction books in… Read More
Ep. 2141 News Flash: Libertarians Find Some Backbone
A week after the Mises Caucus came to dominate the Libertarian Party, the messaging is already moving in the right direction. Sponsor Get your father what he actually wants this Father’s Day: steaks. Omaha Steaks has a delicious $99 Dads Want Steaks package that includes… Read More
Ep. 2140 The State (and Culture) Against Blacks
Germinal G. Van returns to discuss the welfare state, cultural attitudes, and other factors undermining the living standards of American blacks. Sponsor BetterHelp offers professional counseling online at affordable prices. Get matched with your own licensed, professional therapist, to whom you can send a message… Read More
