James Lindsay returns to discuss his new book on the origins and consequences of Critical Race Theory. Can it really derive from Marxism if it lacks the traditional economic analysis? We have plenty to discuss in this episode. Sponsor: IPVanish - Take 70% off at IPVanish, which helps you secure your private information like your location data, personal identity, and browsing history when you use the Internet on any computer or mobile device. Visit IPVanish.com and use promo code WOODS at checkou...
Feb 26, 2022•34 min
Saifedean Ammous, who's written a brutal smash of the fiat money system, traces other problems to the perverse incentives introduced by the government's money. In this episode we discuss two primary ones: the substitution of industrial sludge for real food, and the introduction of inefficient and inadequate energy sources in place of ones that work. Sponsor: Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 2071
Feb 25, 2022•56 min
Saifedean Ammous, one of the great Austrian economists working today, has written a scathing indictment of the fiat money system, leaving no stone unturned in seeking out all the damage it does to individuals and society. Sponsor: Persist SEO Show notes for Ep. 2070
Feb 24, 2022•40 min
Rebel News's Dakota Christensen returns to discuss the Canadian government's response to the trucker protest, and what the future may hold now. Sponsor: Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 2069
Feb 23, 2022•36 min
If our economy "cares only about profit," the results will be X, Y, and Z. We've heard this over and over again. I take on this and a bunch of related complaints today. Sponsor: BetterHelp Show notes for Ep. 2068
Feb 22, 2022•33 min
Angela McArdle joins me to discuss the state of American politics, the inevitable decentralization of everything, and how we should navigate this opportunity. Sponsor: Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 2067
Feb 19, 2022•25 min
In this episode I share with you the audio of a panel on which I appeared alongside Modern Age editor Dan McCarthy, at an Intercollegiate Studies Institute conference earlier this month. Although a conservative, Dan has much sympathy for the sane strain of libertarianism (represented, I'd like to think, by your host here) and thought it would be a good idea for a room full of conservative students to hear me. They'd never heard a libertarian who wasn't a leftist or a coward, he said. Sponsor: Pe...
Feb 18, 2022•55 min
Angela McArdle, who is running for chair of the LIbertarian National Committee and currently chairs the Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County, joins us to discuss her ballot initiative to repeal the vaccine passport system there. Biggest surprise: how many progressives have thanked her for doing it, and how appalled they are that their allies support it. Sponsor: BitTrust IRA Show notes for Ep. 2065...
Feb 17, 2022•30 min
After speaking at an Intercollegiate Studies Institute event earlier this month (February 2022) I was interviewed that afternoon for their podcast, Conservative Conversations. We discuss a bit of the history of our movements as well as foreign policy, Big Tech, libertarian infighting, and other juicy topics. Sponsors: Skillshare IPVanish - Take 70% off at IPVanish, which helps you secure your private information like your location data, personal identity, and browsing history when you use the In...
Feb 15, 2022•49 min
With price inflation spiking, Dan Held is here to talk Bitcoin with us. Dan is the Director of Growth Marketing at Kraken. His former company Interchange, a portfolio reconciliation tool for crypto institutional traders, was acquired by Kraken in 2019. Prior to that, Dan was at Uber on Rider Growth/Global Data. Before Uber, Dan built some of the most popular early crypto products including ChangeTip (acquired by AirBnB), and ZeroBlock (acquired by Blockchain.com in the second ever all-Bitcoin ac...
Feb 12, 2022•35 min
The great and controversial James Delingpole reports from the UK on what our overlords have been up to, what else they have in store, and topics only James Delingpole could dream up. Sponsor: Policy Genius Show notes for Ep. 2062
Feb 12, 2022•59 min
Dakota Christensen of Rebel News joins us today to talk about the thrilling situation in Canada, and share with us his on-the-ground insights. Sponsor: Harry's Show notes for Ep. 2061
Feb 11, 2022•34 min
That's a surprise, isn't it? Enjoy. Sponsor: CrowdHealth: JoinCrowdHealth.com/99 - Enter promo code: WOODS Show notes for Ep. 2060
Feb 09, 2022•23 min
I recently spoke to a group of young conservatives at an Intercollegiate Studies Institute conference whose impression of libertarianism had largely been formed by our worst representatives. I reassured them that we're not all cowards and leftists, and a very productive discussion ensued. Sponsor: BetterHelp Show notes for Ep. 2059
Feb 08, 2022•26 min
In this episode I walk you through and comment on a bunch of primary source documents no teacher refers to and no anthology contains. But they exist, and they tell a story about the states and the federal government that the establishment would prefer you not hear. Show notes for Ep. 2058
Feb 05, 2022•34 min
Samuel Goldman wrote an interesting article days ago for The Week in which he made the case for precisely this. It's actually a respectful article about us, which is rare, but where would be the fun without a critique by Woods? Show notes for Ep. 2057
Feb 04, 2022•28 min
Adam Curry, former MTV VJ and now co-host of the No Agenda Show, joins us to talk about his work to keep podcasting, which has thus far had to deal with less content suppression than other forms of media, free from outside interference, so programs like this one can continue to bring you the truth. Sponsor: Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 2056
Feb 03, 2022•42 min
Eric Brakey and I have a wide-ranging discussion about the evolution of the GOP, what Trump should have done differently, the importance of Rand Paul during the virus fiasco, the slowness of the GOP base to appreciate how much they're hated, and a lot more. Thanks to Eric and his Free America Now podcast. Sponsor: BitTrust IRA Show notes for Ep. 2055
Feb 02, 2022•45 min
The fanatics who have been trying to silence dissident voices have made it so doctors risk losing their licenses if they come down publicly on the unpopular side of a controversial medical topic. My guest today, Dr. Jon Ward, is trying to change that. Sponsor: Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 2054
Feb 01, 2022•34 min
Libertarian city council member Cara Schulz left her audience spellbound at a recent meeting during a discussion of chronic pain sufferers. Doctors are having their hands tied and people with unbearable pain can't get the care they need because the authorities pretend they're looking out for drug addicts or would-be drug addicts. None of the arguments for the current system stand up to scrutiny, and Schulz made mincemeat of them in a detailed and devastating presentation. Sponsor: Skillshare Sho...
Jan 30, 2022•35 min
It may be true that our money is screwed up at the federal level, but there are actions we can take at the state level to counteract the lunacy. JP Cortez of the Sound Money Defense League joins us to discuss what can be done more locally to protect ourselves against the ongoing debasement of the dollar. Sponsor: Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 2052
Jan 28, 2022•30 min
Ian Miller, who has spent the past two years generating over 2000 charts showing the failure of all kinds of alleged "mitigation measures," has honed in on the mask issue in his new book, Unmasked: The Global Failure of COVID Mask Mandates . Sponsors: BetterHelp & Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 2051...
Jan 27, 2022•42 min
Jared Wall operates ThcHempSpot.com and got a taste of what it's like to be an entrepreneur in a legally murky area. He shares his story with us today. Sponsor: Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 2050
Jan 26, 2022•37 min
Saifedean Ammous is a top Austrian economist and an important authority on Bitcoin, and it was my pleasure to make an appearance not long ago on The Bitcoin Standard, Saifedean's podcast. We discuss our experiences studying at Columbia University, and the different paths we took in discovering Austrian Economics. We discuss how we became independent academics, operating outside of traditional institutions and how this gave us more freedom of speech and the ability to to reach a larger audience. ...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 39 min
Judge Andrew Napolitano recently featured Jeff Deist of the Mises Institute and me on his podcast Judging Freedom. We discuss the Supreme Court decisions regarding vaccine mandates, and where American society is likely to go from here. Sponsor: Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 2048
Jan 22, 2022•29 min
Scott Atlas, special adviser to the president on the coronavirus and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, discusses his work at the White House, the truth about Fauci and Birx, and the collapse of the public health establishment's credibility. Sponsor: Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 2047
Jan 21, 2022•29 min
Jake Wiskerchen and Mike Sodini of Walk the Talk America are helping within the mental-health community to reduce stigmas and negative stereotypes about gun owners while reducing, among gun owners themselves, the stigma surrounding mental health counseling, in order to reduce suicides by firearm. Sponsor: Blinkist Show notes for Ep. 2046
Jan 19, 2022•31 min
Lew Rockwell, publisher of LewRockwell.com and founder and chairman of the Mises Institute, joins me for a wide-ranging discussion of restrictions around the world, whether political action can do any good, what another Trump run would mean, and so on. Sponsor: BitTrust IRA Show notes for Ep. 2045
Jan 18, 2022•49 min
With all the domestic insanity we're understandably focused on, it's easy to neglect what's happening in foreign policy -- Ukraine and Kazakhstan seem so remote to us, after all. But the lizard people could be cooking up a real disaster here, and we need to know what's going on. Sponsor: Skillshare Show notes for Ep. 2044
Jan 14, 2022•1 hr
We've been spending so much time focused on the virus madness that we may have missed some of the less dramatic insanity of the Biden world. Case in point: mandates on cars that will have a dramatic and deleterious effect on the automobile market. Libertarian car expert Eric Peters joins us to discuss this and other issues, including how to buy a used car on a budget. Sponsor: Policy Genius Show notes for Ep. 2043...
Jan 14, 2022•36 min
