Since we see current events distorted in the media every day, why wouldn't we think events from the past were equally distorted? Without historical revisionism, today's propaganda becomes tomorrow's history. Two other scholars (Ryan McMaken and Tom DiLorenzo) and I make the case for revisionism in today's episode. Show notes for Ep. 2222
If things are ever going to improve, we need to overcome the very powerful status quo bias that exists among the American population. Most people assume that the way things are is the way they must be, and the best possible way they can be. So even if you live in neither Oregon nor Idaho, you will want to hear my guest, Matt McCaw, discuss the Greater Idaho movement. Here is a case in which one simple change would make virtually everybody involved better off, and the only thing standing in the w...
Paddy Weeks, chairman of DonorSee , joins me to discuss transparent, effective ways to help the world's poorest without government involvement. And of course we tip our hat to the late Gret Glyer, who got the whole thing started and who left us too soon. Sponsor: BetterHelp Show notes for Ep. 2220
The great Robert Barnes joins me to run through all the irregularities in the Alex Jones trial, and what they mean for the rest of us. Sponsors: Policy Genius & Persist SEO Show notes for Ep. 2219
Jack Phillips made news ten years ago when he declined to bake a wedding cake celebrating a same-sex marriage and the couple involved attempted to use state violence to force him to bake it. Phillips is back in the news because the forces of love and tolerance and understanding need to destroy him. Sponsor: Blinkist Show notes for Ep. 2218
At the Mises Institute's supporters summit I paid tribute to a great benefactor of our movement, who has (of course) been attacked by pygmies his whole life. Sponsor: The Expat Money Show with Mikkel Thorup is the #1 resource for anyone considering the expat lifestyle or offshore investments! Check it out at ExpatMoney.com Show notes for Ep. 2217
Peter Klein, professor of entrepreneurship at Baylor University, explains why the current fad of flattening hierarchies in the workplace is unlikely to deliver good results. Sponsor: BetterHelp Show notes for Ep. 2216
Gerard Casey, professor emeritus of philosophy at University College, Dublin, joins us to discuss the transgender movement, which has ossified into orthodoxy in record time. Sponsor: The Expat Money Show with Mikkel Thorup is the #1 resource for anyone considering the expat lifestyle or offshore investments! Check it out at ExpatMoney.com Show notes for Ep. 2215
Longtime Vatican observer and book and magazine publisher Roger McCaffrey joins us to discuss what we can expect after the Francis pontificate comes to an end. Sponsor: CrowdHealth Show notes for Ep. 2214
Melinda Cooper, who teaches "gender, sexuality, and culture" at Australian National University, tries to take on Murray Rothbard in an academic journal. As usual for a progressive, even though she finds him far more principled, antiwar, and pro-civil liberties than his neoconservative and establishment counterparts, she'll take Mitt Romney any day. Sponsor: Persist SEO Show notes for Ep. 2213
Language can evolve organically, or it can change from the top down to serve a political agenda. We've had plenty of the latter in our day. Jeff Deist joins us to discuss it and explain why it matters. Sponsor: Bittrust IRA Show notes for Ep. 2212
Covid changed a lot of minds on schooling, and suddenly the school choice movement has attracted a lot of attention, and is finding success. We discuss these, plus libertarian criticisms of school choice. Sponsor: Blinkist Show notes for Ep. 2211
How is someone supposed to navigate an economy like the one our ruling class has given us? Joel Bein of Career Hackers has some ideas. Show notes for Ep. 2210
Dr. Pierre Kory, president of Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance, joins me to answer the question you'd think the whole world would be asking, but which nobody dares to. Sponsor: BetterHelp Show notes for Ep. 2209
Dan McCarthy, editor of the venerable Modern Age , joins me for a discussion of Willmoore Kendall's 1963 classic, The Conservative Affirmation , which has just reappeared in print with an interesting and learned foreword by Dan himself. Sponsor: Persist SEO Show notes for Ep. 2208
The great Paul Gottfried walks us through the state of the American Right. Sponsor: The Expat Money Show with Mikkel Thorup is the #1 resource for anyone considering the expat lifestyle or offshore investments! Check it out at ExpatMoney.com Show notes for Ep. 2207
Today we discuss Benjamin Abelow's new book, How the West Brought War to Ukraine: Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe . Sponsor: BetterHelp Show notes for Ep. 2206
I discuss favorable trends -- if you can believe it -- along with the grim realities of the fight ahead of us. This episode is taken from my recent appearance on the Pete Quinones Show. Sponsors: Blinkist and Policy Genius Show notes for Ep. 2205
Jon Wolfenbarger, founder and CEO of Bull and Bear Profits, sorts it out for us. Sponsor: BetterHelp Show notes for Ep. 2204
Allen Mendenhall, associate dean of the business school at Troy University, joins me to discuss their new program aimed at wokeness in the business world. Sponsor: BitTrust IRA Show notes for Ep. 2203
Scott Horton joins us to discuss the true nature of NATO as well as the real prospect of permanently ending the horrors in Yemen. Link Discussed: 833StopWar.com Show notes for Ep. 2202
Commentator Auron MacIntyre joins me to discuss the rapidly increasing evil of the American ruling class. Sponsor: BetterHelp Show notes for Ep. 2201
Comedian Lou Perez discusses his new book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy . Show notes for Ep. 2200...
Dan McCarthy joins us to warn that a Ron DeSantis presidential candidacy could wind up backfiring. Sponsor: The Expat Money Show with Mikkel Thorup is the #1 resource for anyone considering the expat lifestyle or offshore investments! Host, Mikkel Thorup, who has been an expat for over 20 years, having visited over 100 countries and resided in 9, gives invaluable insight on the expat lifestyle, including how to maximize international investments and how to move offshore for more freedom, privacy...
Jeremy R. Hammond joins us today to discuss the Big Tech situation and in particular the problem with "fact checkers," who are merely enforcers of the establishment's narrative. Sponsor: CrowdHealth - JoinCrowdHealth.com/Woods Show notes for Ep. 2198
The great lawyer and online personality Viva Frei joins us to discuss what's going wrong, what's going right, the true nature of the regimes that rule is, and whether we can have legitimate hope. Sponsor: BetterHelp Show notes for Ep. 2197
Larry Lepard became known among libertarians in 2008, when he spent $200,000 of his own money on full-page ads in major newspapers for Ron Paul. Today he joins us to discuss how to think about investing in an age of financial lunacy. Larry Lepard became known among libertarians in 2008, when he spent $200,000 of his own money on full-page ads in major newspapers for Ron Paul. Today he joins us to discuss how to think about investing in an age of financial lunacy. Sponsor: Persist SEO Show notes ...
Carla Gericke, former president of the Free State Project, joins us to discuss the recent discussion of secession in New Hampshire, and the response of critics who are appalled that anyone would dare discuss such a forbidden topic. Sponsor: Bittrust IRA Show notes for Ep. 2195
Eric Peters joins us to discuss the fanatical movement toward electric cars, what the drawbacks are, and whether it can be stopped. Show notes for Ep. 2194
Almost everyone in academia, including even some libertarians, is convinced that labor has suffered a declining share of national income over time. Then predictably, come the various government interventions proposed to reverse this. But as Gene Epstein shows, they're misreading the data. Show notes for Ep. 2193
