Andrew Bacevich, professor emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University, joins me to discuss the bad ideas and habits at the heart of American foreign policy. Book Discussed… Read More
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Ep. 1239 The State Is a Cult, and Other Important Topics
Now this is a fun potpourri episode: we cover (in addition to the topic in the title) anarchism vs. minarchism, the Constitution (should libertarians care about it?), what the Libertarian Party should… Read More
Ep. 1238 Suicide of the West: Two Views
Dan McCarthy, editor of the venerable conservative journal Modern Age , joins me to discuss two very different books with the same title: Suicide of the West, one by Jonah Goldberg and the… Read More
Ep. 1236 A Thousand Statist Arguments Smashed
This one packs a punch: one statist superstition after another is pounded into dust. Book Discussed Rollback , by Tom Woods Book Mentioned The Economic Laws of Scientific Research , by Terence Kealey The Contra Cruise! Join… Read More
Ep. 1229 Thomas Jefferson: The History You Never Learned
Jefferson biographer Kevin Gutzman, who just released a new course on Jefferson for my LibertyClassroom.com , joins me to discuss Jefferson’s influences, his early political career, his extraordinary accomplishments even outside… Read More
Ep. 1224 Cody Wilson on Liberty, the State, and Open Source Gun Designs
The media went berserk recently over Cody Wilson and his Stoic defense of the publication of open-source gun designs suitable for 3D printing. We go beneath the surface and talk… Read More
Ep. 1222 Now They’re Coming for Medieval Studies
Rachel Fulton Brown, a professor of medieval history at the University of Chicago who’s been under assault by ideologically motivated peers, joins me for a discussion of her travails, yes,… Read More
Ep. 1221 Laura Ingalls Wilder, Erased by Library Association, Deserves Her Place in Literary History
Dedra Birzer of Hillsdale College joins me to discuss the works and views of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane, who was an important libertarian writer in… Read More
Ep. 1214 How Austrian School Economists Predicted the Major Economic Crises
Mark Thornton joins me to discuss his new book — to which I contributed the foreword — on the so-called “skyscraper curse” and Austrian business cycle theory, and how economists… Read More
Ep. 1211 Major Smear Job on Libertarians, One Year Later: Nancy MacLean (Sort of) Responds
Historian Phil Magness joins me to discuss the controversy over Nancy MacLean’s book Democracy in Chains, which claims to trace a massive racist, right-wing conspiracy back to — of all people… Read More
