The word “socialism” is thrown around constantly these days, usually in favorable contexts. But what in fact is socialism? Hitler wasn’t a socialist, socialists insist, who then turn around and say Sweden is socialist, even though no true socialist thinks so. Can we pause a…
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The news continues to be grim about purges on major social media platforms, but Andrew Torba, creator of Gab, has just released Dissenter, a browser extension that adds an independent comments section to any website. We discuss this, and the future of social media, including…
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During the critical year of 2007, between the end of the housing bubble and the onset of the financial crisis, major officials of the Federal Reserve made claims that appear to have been designed more to prop up confidence in a shaky system than to…
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José Niño returns to discuss the most common myths of gun control. Before that, I spend some time talking about the fifth volume of Conceived in Liberty, which will be released sometime this year. It takes Murray Rothbard’s history of the United States, which he never…
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This episode reviews some of the key moments and claims from the Russiagate fiasco, to help clarify just what a damning indictment of the media it truly is. Article Discussed “It’s official: Russiagate is this generation’s WMD,”  by Matt Taibbi Forthcoming Book Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another , by Matt Taibbi Listener Website Mentioned AdamJLemke.com The Contra Cruise!…
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Scott Horton, the great libertarian foreign policy expert, brings us up to date on the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen as well as the ongoing peace talks in Afghanistan. We touch a bit on Syria and on Russiagate as well. Any episode with Scott is indispensable,…
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By popular demand, Michael Malice and I discuss the political terms “left” and “right” — are they meaningful? If so, what do they mean? Do libertarians belong somewhere on that continuum? About the Guest Michael Malice is a celebrity ghostwriter and the host of “YOUR WELCOME” on…
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The year 2019 hasn’t been a good one for the news media — and now the Mueller report, which failed to find evidence of “collusion” between the Trump campaign and Russia, has just hit like a 10-megaton bomb. Mike Cernovich and I survey the wreckage.…
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The “social contract,” which we are said to have consented to “implicitly,” is the primary way we hear the state justified. Our opponents on social media seem to consider this a devastating reply, as if we’ve never heard it before. Taxation isn’t theft because we’ve…
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Some of my favorite conversations on or off the air are with Catholic publisher Roger McCaffrey (who’s the godfather to two of our daughters, incidentally). In addition to being very knowledgeable about a great many things, he is a man of impeccable judgment, such that…
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