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Episode 230 There is Only One Way Out of the Iran War for Trump

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Three days into his second extension of the 48-hour deadline set on March 21 for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, the strait is still closed, Trump continues to claim he is close to a deal, but Iran says U.S. proposals received through intermediaries are ‘unrealistic.’ There appears to be only one way out of this conflict, and the empire won’t like it.

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Trump claims “new regime” in Iran is more reasonable

Trump issues new warning to Tehran, Iran calls US peace proposals 'unrealistic'

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Episode 229 Who in Iran, if anyone, is the Trump administration talking to?

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The Trump administration maintains it is having “talks” with Iran aimed at reaching an agreement to end hostilities. Iran continues to publicly deny any talks are occurring. Tom discusses three possibilities for what is really going on behind the scenes in the Trump administration as yet another Trump-issued deadline approaches.

Links:

Live updates: Iran rejects Trump plan to end war and issues its own demands, state TV reports

Episode 228 Iran Calls Trump’s Bluff; The Donald Responds with Another

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Episode 228 Iran Calls Trump's Bluff; The Donald Responds with Another

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

On Saturday, President Trump gave Iran 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz or the U.S. military would destroy Iran’s energy infrastructure, beginning with the largest site first. Iran responded that if so attacked they would destroy the energy infrastructure and vital desalinization plants of the GCC. Monday came and Trump backed off, saying there had been productive talks with Iran. He issued a new five-day timeframe. Iran denied the talks occurred and raised him: they’re not interested in talking anymore. So, the clock ticks on another Trump ultimatum.

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Why the Trump experiment was a failure in shrinking government or ending 'forever wars'

War and socialism

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Episode 227 Trump's Strait of Hormuz Argument Is Dumb, Dishonest, or Both

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Evidence continues to mount that the Trump administration launched the Iran War with no plan to deal with the consequences countless experts predicted if Iran were attacked. Apparently unable to reopen the Strait of Hormuz unilaterally, Trump now claims its closure is really Europe’s and Asia’s problem because the U.S. doesn’t import much oil that travels through the strait. His argument is dumb, dishonest, or both.

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'Not our war': U.S. allies balk at Trump's Strait of Hormuz demands

Why the Trump experiment was a failure in shrinking government or ending 'forever wars'

The FDA is a Corporate Protection Scheme and MAHA is Making It Worse

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Episode 226 War, Taxation, Regulation, and the Political Means

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Trump certainly isn’t the first politician who campaigned hard on an issue and then did precisely the opposite once in office. It’s so regular an occurrence that people construct elaborate theories for why politicians and other government officials do the things they do. Tom suggests looking at all political issues through the prism created by Franz Oppenheimer’s classic book, The State, Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically.

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The State, Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically

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Episode 225 The Iran War Multiverse

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The Trump administration has maintained the U.S. military has been wildly successful in the opening days of the Iran War. It claims to have destroyed 80%-90% of Iran’s missile capabilities and is close to victory. The war’s critics paint precisely the opposite picture. They claim U.S. bases in the region have been largely destroyed or rendered inoperable and the U.S. is close to running out of defensive missiles. Which story is true? Both? Netiher? Tom tries to sort it out.

Links:

Screwed! (Judge Andrew Napolitano interviews John Mearscheimer)

White House aware of Gulf countries' concern about missile interceptor shortage

Is the Iran war ending soon? What Trump has said

Iranian foreign minister says negotiations with U.S. may be off the table

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Episode 224 The bogus arguments for presidential war powers

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

President Trump has attacked Iran without a declaration of war by Congress or even a congressional authorization to use military force. Like its predecessors, the Trump administration justifies its actions with bogus claims about the declaration of war power, executive war powers, and the mythical “separate and coequal” branches of government created by the U.S. Constitution. Tom debunks all of the above using primary source material.

Links:

James Madison’s Notes on the Constitutional Convention (August 17, 1787)

50 U.S. Code § 1541 - Purpose and policy (War Powers Resolution)

Federalist No. 48

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Episode 223 Iran Won't Go Quietly with Col. Douglas Macgregor

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

After another military buildup on Iran’s doorstep, the Trump administration suddenly changed the terms of the negotiation to an offer Iran could not accept. It then launched an air attack coordinated with Israel on Iran that the administration says could last weeks, although the objectives seem very open ended. And despite hoorahs all around from members of the administration and its supporters, Iran is refusing to go quietly into that good night. Colonel Douglas Macgregor joins Tom to discuss.

Guest Bio: Colonel Macgregor is widely known inside the U.S., Europe, Israel, Russia, China and Korea for both his leadership in the Battle of 73 Easting, the U.S. Army’s largest tank battle since World War II, and for his groundbreaking books on military transformation: Breaking the Phalanx and Transformation under Fire. He holds an MA in comparative politics and a PhD in international relations from the University of Virginia and has taught at West Point In 2020, the President appointed Macgregor to serve as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, a post he held until President Trump left office.

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Episode 222 Trump's attack on Iran violates Congress' most important law and nobody cares

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

President Trump commenced a joint military action with Israel against Iran on Saturday, violating arguably the most important law ever passed by Congress, not to mention the Constitution itself. But as usual, nobody seems to care. And contrary to a popular misconception, the War Powers Resolutions does not allow the president to initiate military force without Congress for sixty days.

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Trump's attack on Iran violated the War Powers Resolution

What’s So Important About a Declaration of War?

Trump announces "major combat operations" in Iran. Watch the full video and read his statement.

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Episode 221 The State of the Union is Delusional

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The State of the Union address has long been a self-congratulatory Roman spectacle, with the sitting president taking credit for things he either had nothing to do with or hadn’t occurred at all, along with making promises no government on Earth can possibly keep. But the 2026 SOTU marks the point where the empire officially became delusional.

Links:

Read Trump's full 2026 State of the Union address

BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI) chart

Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Chart

BLS Unemployment Rate Chart

BLS Civilian labor force participation rate

State of the Union 1840 Martin Van Buren

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Episode 220 Trump Makes Iran an Offer They Can't Accept a la Serbia 1914

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Just as the Austro-Hungarian Empire did Serbia in 1914, Trump has made Iran an offer they can’t accept rather than one they can’t refuse. Tom breaks down the similarity between the situations today and in 1914, along with important differences.

Links:

The Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum to Serbia (English translation)

Trump gives Iran a 10-day timeline in Board of Peace meeting on whether he'll continue talks or strike

Bombing Syria - Bill Maher New Rules on Bombing Random countries

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Episode 219 Trump finally delivers for his supporters with climate rule change with Eric Peters

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Trump squandered a good part of his first year in office focusing on foreign adventures that made a mockery of DOGE and delivered no benefit to American citizens. But on Thursday, Trump finally delivered a win for his supporters by rescinding an EPA rule designating carbon dioxide a danger to public health and welfare. This opens the door to massive deregulation in the automobile industry, among others. “Libertarian Car Guy” Eric Peters joins Tom to discuss.

Links:

The “Endangerment” That Never Was is Over

Eric’s website EPAutos.com

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Episode 218 Epstein, George Floyd, MeToo, and A Quarter Century of Mass Hysteria

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The Epstein saga is only the latest in a quarter century of virtually constant mass hysteria. Tom looks at the similarities between Epstein and moral panics in the past and their propensity to destroy the lives of innocents, trample our liberties, and drive political decisions based largely upon falsehoods.

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Episode 140 Is Jerry Sandusky Innocent? The Real Joe Paterno Penn State Scandal with John Ziegler

Matt Lauer: Why Ronan Farrow Is Indeed Too Good to Be True

Ghislaine Maxwell should get a new trial over juror abuse revelations, legal experts say

Comprehensive Study on Government Covid Policies Concludes They Did Nothing (but harm)

Is Russia Really the Aggressor in Ukraine?

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Episode 217 Bondi Bombs in Congress

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before Congress to answer questions related to the DOJ’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Congressman Thomas Massie brings hard evidence of dangerous ineptitude and possible coverup. Bondi is too compromised and inept herself to give the one answer that may have saved her day.

Links:

Exchange Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) & Attorney General Pam Bondi on Epstein Files

Epstein co-conspirators email

If Pam Bondi was a waitress

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Episode 216 Mass Epsteria

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

With yet another massive dump of “Epstein Files,” there still doesn’t seem to be hard evidence of anyone besides Epstein committing prosecutable crimes. But a huge portion of the population is heavily invested in finding that evidence whether it exists or not. Is it all mass hysteria or a giant coverup?

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Epstein’s 2019 indictment by federal grand jury in Southern District of New York

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The Gaping Hole in the Libertarian Immigration Debate

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Episode 215 Is ICE using excessive force from a libertarian perspective?

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The core of libertarianism is property rights, including the rights to life, liberty, and justly acquired possessions. For those libertarians who believe government should exist at all, they must decide what, if any, land the government should control, who truly owns “publicly held” land, and how trespass on publicly held land should be dealt with. This is the essence of immigration policy from a libertarian perspective.

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Jefferson and Madison: Regulating Immigration a Power “No Where Delegated to the Federal Government”

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Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy

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Episode 214 The Strange Similarities Between the Charlie Kirk and JFK Assassinations

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Candace Owens has even trustworthy alternative media voices divided on whether she is uncovering important discrepancies in the official story about Charlie Kirk’s death or cynically exploiting a tragedy. But regardless of who’s right, there are a number of strange similarities between Charlie Kirk’s and JFK’s assassinations.

Guest bio:

Links:

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

BREAKING NEWS! We Received Photos Of Charlie's Car After The Assassination. | Candace Ep 281

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Reviving Our Republic: 95 Theses for the Future of America

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Episode 213 Reviving Our Republic with Mike Bedenbaugh

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The Trump administration’s summary execution of “narco-terrorists” has sparked fierce debate across the political spectrum. Tom’s guest Mike Bedenbaugh says this rejection of due process is symptomatic of the fundamental damage to our federal republic that he talks about repairing in his new book.

Video version here!

Guest bio:

Mike Bedenbaugh is a Navy Veteran, historic preservationist, political analyst, and author of Reviving Our Republic: 95 Theses for the Future of America. Grounded in lessons throughout American history, his book proposes 40 actionable reforms aimed at making a US government that truly works for the people. As a community leader and podcast host, Mike empowers the average citizen to take action and Reviving Our Republic is a blueprint for addressing the most challenging issues facing America today.

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Summarily Murdering Venezuelan “Narco-Terrorists” is Profoundly Un-American

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Episode 212 Trump's summary executions of Venezuelan "narco terrorists" are unconstitutional and acts of war

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The Trump administration has been summarily executing suspected drug dealers from the air and now says he will begin hitting land targets. These extrajudicial murders are unconstitutional, un-American, and unprovoked acts of war against Venezuela.

Links:

JAMES MADISON, WAR MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, JUNE 1, 1812

Support for Kill List and NDAA make Obama and Romney unfit for office

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Episode 211 Trump's neocon Venezuela project and Elon Musk's socialist utopian dream

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Fittingly, DOGE Is laid to rest just as Trump inexplicably pivots to acts of war against Venezuela. Spending is already increasing twice as fast under Trump as under Biden, and no, AI will not make work optional or money obsolete, regardless of what dreamy socialists like Elon Musk might tell you.

Links:

No, Elon, AI will not make work optional or money obsolete

M2 Money Supply (FRED)

Support for Kill List and NDAA make Obama and Romney unfit for office

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Episode 210 What if there are no Epstein clients? with John Ziegler

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Millions of Americans are invested in the narrative surrounding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The left believes release of the so-called “Epstein client list” will finally bring down their arch-nemesis, President Trump. The right is split between believing it will expose a vast network of satanic pedophiles controlling world governments or connections to foreign intelligence. But what if there is no Epstein client list because there were not Epstein clients? John Ziegler joins Tom to explain why he believes this is just another case of mass hysteria growing out of a sexual abuse scandal that will likely harm innocent people before it is over.

Video interview here!

Guest Bio:

John Ziegler is a podcaster, documentary filmmaker, and political commentator known for his fierce critiques of media bias and institutional narratives. He’s been a conservative talk-radio host (notably on KFI Los Angeles), and produced films like Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected (2009) and hosted the podcast, With the Benefit of Hindsight, which made the shocking claim that Jerry Sandusky of Penn State sexual abuse infamy was in fact completely innocent, as was Joe Paterno and others caught up in the moral panic surrounding that case, a claim I believe he proved conclusively.

John currently hosts the podcast The Death of Journalism exposing major journalistic failures.

Links:

- Episode Two Hundred Sixty Eight: The Dumbest Conspiracy

With the Benefit of Hindsight podcast

John’s X account

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Episode 209 Are any immigration narratives true? with Thomas Eddlem

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The bias and corruption of legacy media have given rise to a plethora of alternative media via webcasts, podcasts, and blogs. But just because they tell a different story doesn’t make all alternative media accurate. Thomas Eddlem joins Tom to dispel some fake news on immigration.

‘Culture’ Is the Weakest Argument for Immigration Controls

Guest Bio:

Thomas Eddlem is the William Norman Grigg fellow at the Libertarian Institute. He's an economist and a freelance writer published by more than 20 periodicals and websites, including the Ron Paul Institute, the Future of Freedom Foundation, foundation for Economic Education or Fee, the new American lou rockwell.com and at the Libertarian Institute. He's also written three books, A Rogue Sedition, Essays Against Omnipotent Government, and two books of academic resources for high school teachers of history: Primary Source American History, and The World Speaks: World History Since 1750 using primary source documents.

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Europe’s Fake ‘Immigrant Crime Wave’ Narrative and Its Salesmen

A Rogue Sedition, Essays Against Omnipotent Government

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Episode 208 Why the Trump Administration Can't be a "Mediator" in the Ukraine War with Daniel McAdams

Mon, 19 May 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The media tell us the Trump administration has expended tremendous effort trying to “mediate” between the Ukrainian and Russia governments to bring about an end to the Ukraine War. Time magazine reports that Putin missed a chance to swing the U.S. to his side when relations cooled between Trump and Zelensky. Daniel McAdams joins Tom to explain why none of that narrative is true. Mideast policy is also discussed.

Guest Bio:

Daniel McAdams is executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and Co-host of the Ron Paul Liberty Report. He served in Ron Paul's Congressional office in Washington as a foreign affairs and defense advisor.

Links:

How Putin Missed His Shot at Peace (article discussed)

Daniel’s X feed

End The Ukraine War With This One Simple Trick

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Episode 207 Americans would make better political decisions with no news media at all

Mon, 19 May 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The American fairy tale says the so called “free press” hold the government accountable and informs the public so they can make informed political decisions. In reality, not only does the news media misinform the public, the public would make better political decisions if no news media existed at all. Tom makes that case on today’s episode.

Links:

Job Creation Still Hasn’t Recovered from the Useless Covid Lockdowns

The State and Federal Governments’ Coronavirus Response Will Dwarf Economic Damage Done by FDR

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Episode 206 A Fair Assessment of the Economic Arguments for Trump's Tariffs with Bob Murphy

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Libertarians and other free market advocates tend to dismiss Trump’s tariff policy out of hand as simply economically ignorant mercantilism. But the policy advisors around Trump are not ignorant of free trade arguments but rather are highly credentialed economists whose true arguments must be first understood before being refuted. Austrian economist Robert P. Murphy, Ph.D. joins Tom to help listeners do just that.

Guest Bio:

Robert P. Murphy is a Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute. He is the author of numerous books: Contra Krugman: Smashing the Errors of America’s Most Famous Keynesian; Chaos Theory; Lessons for the Young Economist; Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action; The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism; Understanding Bitcoin (with Silas Barta), among others. He is also host of The Human Action Podcast and The Bob Murphy Show.

Links:

Unpacking the Document that Spells Out Trump’s Tariff Strategy (Human Action Podcast)

A User’s Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System (paper analyzed in link above)

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Episode 205 How tariffs could kill the dollar with Peter Schiff

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Many people are debating the effects of Trump’s tariffs on traditional free trade vs. protectionism grounds. But Peter Schiff says no one is talking about what artificially reducing trade deficits with tariffs may do to the U.S. dollar and U.S. bonds.

Guest Bio:

Peter Schiff is the Senior Economist and Chief Market Strategist for Euro Pacific Asset Management. He's also host of the Peter Schiff show and a frequent expert guest on financial programs in the national media. Peter is renowned for predicting the 2008 financial crisis years in advance and has continued to correctly forecast economic and financial conditions in the U.S and around the world.

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Episode 204 Trump believes international trade is another 'war' the U.S. has to win with tariffs

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

President Trump has designated April 2, 2025 “Liberation Day,” as he claims the reciprocal tariffs he imposes on American importers will make the rest of the country freer. But tariffs don’t make a country freer or richer and aren’t beneficial even as a response to like treatment from trading partners. As have conservatives throughout American history, Trump views trade as a zero sum game, an economic ‘war,’ with winners and losers.

Links:

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Economics Was Invented to Refute Trump’s Tariff Arguments

Our History of Protectionist Tariff Train Wrecks

December 6, 1887: Third Annual Message (President Grover

Cleveland)

Industrial Production – 100 Year Chart

Is U.S. Manufacturing Really Declining?

Economics in One Lesson

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Episode 203 There is no binary 'political spectrum'

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Pundits constantly refer to a supposedly binary “political spectrum” with extreme conservatism on one end and extreme liberalism on the other. Often libertarians are talked about as if they fall somewhere between these two extremes. But this is a false paradigm. Conservatives, libertarians, and the people we now call “liberals” have three completely different views of human nature and ideas about the purpose of government.

Links:

Free Excerpt: Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From? And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?

Locke: Two Treatises of Government

Hobbes: Leviathan

Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France

Rousseau: The Social Contract

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Episode 202 Is a Recession Coming and Will It Be Trump's Fault? with Jonathan Newman

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 05:45:00 -0400

Summary:

The stock market has entered correction territory and financial pundits wonder if a recession is coming. Are Trump’s tariffs to blame? Mises Institute economists Jonathan Newman, Ph.D joins Tom to discuss the economy, recession fears, Trump’s policies, and the business cycle.

Guest Bio:

Dr. Jonathan Newman is a Fellow at the Mises Institute where he has also taught graduate level courses. Previously, he was Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at Bryan College. He earned his PhD at Auburn University while a Research Fellow at the Mises Institute and was the recipient of the 2021 Gary G. Schlarbaum Award to a Promising Young Scholar for Excellence in Research and Teaching. He has published in the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and in volumes edited by Matthew McCaffrey and Per Bylund. His commentary appears regularly in the Mises Wire and Power & Market. Jonathan is also the author of two children’s books: The Broken Window and Ludwig the Builder.

Links:

Get a free copy of Murray Rothbard’s What Has the Government Done to Our Money?

Jonathan’s Books: The Broken Window and Ludwig the Builder

Jonathan’s X Profile

Jonathan’s Commentaries

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Episode 201 What James Madison Said About the Alien Acts of 1798

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

In order to deport illegal immigrants who belong to criminal gangs more expeditiously, President Trump has invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. His premise in justifying using this due process workaround is that the state of illegal immigration and its related maladies like drug trafficking constitute a war. Federal judges have ruled against this argument. Ironically, it’s the same dispute that occurred when the act was passed and the related “Alien and Sedition Acts” led to the theory of state nullification of federal laws and ultimately to the elevation of Jefferson’s Republicans and the destruction of the Federalist Party.

Links:

Jefferson and Madison: Regulating Immigration a Power “No Where Delegated to the Federal Government”

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798)

The Report of 1800

Chy Lung vs. Freeman (text)

The U.S. Constitution

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Episode 200 Five Years Later the Covid Regime Still Must Be Dismantled

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

It has been five years since the federal and most state governments announced American society would be shut down for “two weeks to flatten the curve.” What followed was a series of atrocities that were immoral, unscientific, unjustified, and completely ineffective. The Covid Regime must not be allowed to stand.

Links:

Comprehensive Study on Government Covid Policies Concludes They Did Nothing (but harm)

Don’t Confuse the Scientists with Science: Thomas Kuhn and the Covid Cult

Job Creation Still Hasn’t Recovered from the Useless Covid Lockdowns

The absurd proposition of Covid-19 lockdowns (April 21, 2020)

When the Coronavirus Shutdown is over, will anyone blame their governments for the economic devastation they caused? (April 4, 2020)

The State and Federal Governments’ Coronavirus Response Will Dwarf Economic Damage Done by FDR (March 21, 2020)

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Episode 199 Federal taxes and spending explained

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

DOGE has dominated the news with its recommended cuts to the federal budget. But most people have no idea how most of the $7 trillion per year is spent or how it's funded. Tom breaks down federal spending and tax revenues to clarify where the money comes from and where it goes.

Links:

The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2025 to 2035 (CBO)

Total US Government Spending (federal, state, local)

Trump's cuts could cause (necessary) economic pain (Tom's Substack)

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Episode 198 Why Ian Freeman Should Be Trump's Next Pardon with Jacob Hornberger

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

President Trump made good on his promise to Libertarians to pardon Ross Ulbricht, given a life sentence by the government for creating a website. Jacob Hornberger joins Tom to discuss the case for similarly pardoning Ian Freeman, the popular libertarian radio personality who was similarly prosecuted by the government for crimes he did not commit.

Guest Bio: Jacob

G. Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation. He received his B.A. in economics from Virginia Military Institute and his law degree from the University of Texas. He was a trial attorney for twelve years in Texas. In 1987, Mr. Hornberger left the practice of law to become director of programs at the Foundation for Economic Education. He has advanced freedom and free markets on talk-radio stations all across the country as well as on Fox News’ Neil Cavuto and Greta van Susteren shows and he appeared as a regular commentator on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show Freedom Watch.

Links:

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Sign the Petition to Free Ian

Statism Was Alive and Well in Ian Freeman’s Appellate Hearing

Future of Freedom Foundation

Jacob’s X feed

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Episode 197 Can Trump Save Automobile Ownership from the Administrative State? with Eric Peters

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The administrative state has waged a war against automobiles for decades, its intensity increasing exponentially with each new Democratic president. They have regulated full-size sedans out of existence and soon will do the same for all internal combustion engine vehicles if they are not stopped. Only those affluent enough to afford electric cars will be able to drive. Can Trump save automobile ownership for average Americans? “Libertarian Car Guy” Eric Peters joins Tom to discuss.

Guest Bio:

Eric Peters started out writing about cars for mainstream media outlets such as The Washington Times, Detroit News and Free Press, Investors Business Daily, The American Spectator, National Review, The Chicago Tribune and Wall Street Journal.

Links:

Watch the video version of this interview on YouTube

Eric’s website (EPAUTOS.COM)

Eric’s X Account (@LibertarianCarG)

It Snowed! Shut Down the World!

Clover’s, Revisited

The Market vs. CAFE

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Episode 196 Tom Mullen on Rand Paul Review with Kurt Wallace

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Tom appears on the Rand Paul Review webcast, hosted by Kurt Wallace, to discuss RFK, Jr., Trump, tariffs, and all things liberty movement.

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Episode 195 Three Economic Land Mines That Could Blow Up Trumps Agenda

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Everyone is talking about tariffs, which very well could pop the post-Covid bubble. But there are at least two other economic land mines lurking that could cause an economic crisis and blow up Trump’s agenda.

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Episode 183 Economics was invented to refute Trump’s tariff arguments

Explaining Malinvestment and Overinvestment

Is the Fed Loosening or Tightening? It’s Complicated

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Episode 194 The Federal Reserve's Stealth Easing is About to End...Then What?

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Since Summer 2023, the Federal Reserve has been reducing its balance sheet and thus reducing the base money supply available to member banks. However, the $2 trillion that has flowed out of the money supply during this “tightening” has been matched dollar for dollar by money flowing back into the economy from the Reverse Repo Market. Now, as the Reverse Repo Market balance approaches zero, the Fed will have to decide whether it continues to shrink its balance sheet and decrease the money supply for real, bringing on a possible financial crisis, or freeze or increase its balance sheet and bring back high “inflation.”

A reckoning is coming soon.

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Is the Fed Loosening or Tightening? It’s Complicated

Reverse Repo Market Chart

Reverse Repo Award Rate

Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Chart

M2 Money Supply

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Episode 193 Is Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship Constitutional?

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

As part of his agenda to halt the mass migration of illegal immigrants into the United States, President Trump signed an executive order indicating the administration’s interpretation of the 14th Amendment as not extending citizenship to children born in the United States to mother’s who are here illegally or on a temporary visa if the father is not a citizen or permanent resident. Tom analyzes the constitutionality of this interpretation and the likelihood of its success in a SCOTUS proceeding.

Links:

PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP (the executive order)

The 14th Amendment

Congressional Debates of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution

Jefferson and Madison: Regulating Immigration a Power “No Where Delegated to the Federal Government”

Justin Amash Response to Executive Order on X

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Episode 192 Property Rights in Taylor Sheridans Yellowstone

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The popular television series Yellowstone raises interesting questions about property rights. Who has the best claim to the land that comprises the Yellowstone ranch? The Duttons? The developers? Or the Native Americans? Most people will be surprised by Tom’s answer.

Links:

Watch Yellowstone on Amazon Prime

A Short History of Man: Progress and Decline by Hans-Herman Hoppe

Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less by Alex Epstein

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

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Episode 191 The Real Hero of It's a Wonderful Life

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

December is upon us and that means plentiful opportunities to watch the enduring classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of viewers completely misinterpret Frank Capra’s dystopian nightmare as a heartwarming Christmas tale. The emotional appeal of angels getting their wings is undeniable. Crying out for correction, however, are the vicious slanders regarding the film’s real hero.

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Old Man Potter Lived a Wonderful Life

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Episode 190 What's Going On in Syria? with Eric Margolis

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Eric Margolis has been covering the Middle East for five decades, including the Lebanese Civil War, the Mujahedeen war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, and the 21st century “war on terror.” He joins Tom to share his insights on the recent collapse of the Assad government in Syria.

Guest Bio:

Eric S. Margolis is an award-winning, internationally syndicated columnist. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune the Los Angeles Times, Times of London, the Gulf Times, the Khaleej Times, Nation – Pakistan, Hurriyet, – Turkey, Sun Times Malaysia and other news sites in Asia.

He is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, Lew Rockwell. He appears as an expert on foreign affairs on CNN, BBC, France 2, France 24, Fox News, CTV and CBC.

Links:

Death of Syria

What’s Going On in Syria?

Eric’s Website

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Episode 189 Syria falls to rebels; Russian Navy evacuates Tartus

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

In a stunning development in the waning days of the Biden administration, Syria has fallen to the rebels, Assad has fled to Moscow, and the Russian Navy has evacuated its long held port at Tartus. Did Putin sacrifice Syria in exchange for an end to western funding for Ukraine?

Links:

Earth to Washington, D.C.: Russia will never give up ports in Syria and Ukraine (2016)

Does anyone really believe Assad used chemical weapons in Syria? (2013)

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Episode 188 Scapegoating health insurance for what government has done to healthcare

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

A man who health insurance claims were denied apparently became so overcome with misdirected resentment and rage that he murdered the CEO of United Healthcare in cold blood. Worse yet, many on the left are applauding his crime. Healthcare is certainly broken, but it’s 100 percent the result of government intervention.

Links:

Why a free market would work for health care

The Culture of Entitlement in Medicine

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Episode 187 Can Trump Bring Peace to Ukraine and the Middle East? with Colonel Douglas Macgregor

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

In the wake of President-elect Trump’s victory in the November elections, the Biden administration has further escalated NATO’s involvement in the Ukraine War by approving providing Ukraine with long-range missiles for airstrikes within Russia. Trump says he wants to end the conflict starting on day one of his administration, but has again made hawkish appointments in key foreign policy positions. Can Trump bring peace to Eastern Europe and the Middle East?

Guest Bio:

Colonel Macgregor is widely known inside the U.S., Europe, Israel, Russia, China and Korea for both his leadership in the Battle of 73 Easting, the U.S. Army’s largest tank battle since World War II, and for his groundbreaking books on military transformation: Breaking the Phalanx and Transformation under Fire. He holds an MA in comparative politics and a PhD in international relations from the University of Virginia and has taught at West Point In 2020, the President appointed Macgregor to serve as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, a post he held until President Trump left office.

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Col. Macgregor’s website

Col. Macgregor’s X

Col. Macgregor’s You Tube Channel

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Episode 186 Why the New Deal Administrative State Must Be Abolished Not Reformed

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy promise to vastly reduce government inefficiency in the administrative state. But the problem isn’t just that there are too many bureaucrats doing a poor job. It’s that the entire idea of regulation as performed by those agencies is antithetical to America’s most basic principles.

People have a right to buy and sell food and drugs the government doesn’t deem safe, pay and earn wages the government thinks are too low, and do virtually everything else the administrative state sets out to prohibit.

And regulation has always been a tool of the largest corporations to eliminate lower cost competitors.

Links:

Progressivism Has Always Been Authoritarian, Anti-Democratic, and Reactionary

Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?: And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Part One

Conceived in Liberty Volumes 1-4 (audiobook)

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Episode 185 The White Privilege Album with A.J. Rice

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Author, humorist, and conservative publicist extraordinaire A.J. Rice joins Tom to talk about the 2024 presidential election and his new book, The White Privilege Album: Bringing Racial Harmony to Very Fine People…On Both Sides.

Links:

The White Privilege Album: Bringing Racial Harmony to Very Fine People…On Both Sides

Publius National Post (A.J.’s Substack)

Publius PR (A.J.’s X)

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Episode 184 Turkey, Lies, and Audiotape

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The story of the Plymouth Colony contains an important lesson that most Americans never learned because what we’re taught about the Pilgrims in school, like what we’re taught about the Jamestown Colony and much of American history in general, is fraught with distortions, omissions and outright lies.

Links:

The Thanksgiving Day deception: Exhibit A against public schools

Of Plymouth Plantation by Williams Bradford

The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles, 1624, Illustrated: John Smith

How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present by Thomas Dilorenzo

What ‘Little Women’ Author Louisa May Alcott Learned about Socialism in a 19th Century Utopian Commune

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Episode 183 Economics was invented to refute Trump's tariff arguments

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Many of Trump’s promises, such as cutting taxes, removing restrictions on fossil fuels, and cutting the size and power of the administrative state, will greatly benefit Americans. But his promised tariffs will make Americans poorer, as all economic history has shown.

Links:

Economics Was Invented to Refute Trump’s Tariff Arguments

Our History of Protectionist Tariff Train Wrecks

December 6, 1887: Third Annual Message (President Grover Cleveland)

Industrial Production – 100 Year Chart

Is U.S. Manufacturing Really Declining?

Economics in One Lesson

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Episode 182 Will the Trump Administration Tell Americans the Truth About Covid Lockdowns?

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Trump’s picks for HHS Secretary (RFK, Jr.) and FDA director (Marty Makary, MD) were both vocal opponents of Covid lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccine mandates while those interventions were occurring. But will Americans finally be told the truth about them while Trump is president?

Links:

Dr. Martin Makary Testimony-Government Disinformation

Trump picks Johns Hopkins surgeon who argued against COVID lockdowns to lead FDA (unintentional endorsement)

Comprehensive Study on Government Covid Policies Concludes They Did Nothing (but harm)

Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings—Personal Protective and Environmental Measures (May 2020)

Is the Federal Reserve Loosening or Tightening and What Will It Do Next?

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Episode 181 Is there new hope for liberty in 'the land of the free?'

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

One could not be blamed for pessimism about America’s future after the public’s complete acquiescence to the atrocities committed by their governments in 2020. But do Trump’s victory and the public’s wholesale rejection of the legacy media represent new hope for liberty?

Links:

MSNBC ratings plunge after Trump election victory — as more than half of primetime audience flees

CNN Faces 'Unprecedented Crisis' After Historic Ratings Collapse: 'Only 61,000 Viewers in Key Demo'

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Episode 180 What Mika and Joe Don't Realize They Said About Their Trump Meeting

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough of MSNBC’s Morning Joe made a trip to Mar a Lago to meet with President-elect Trump. Takes are numerous, with liberals decrying their betrayal while conservatives either celebrate their surrender or call them out as self-serving hypocrites. But their account of the meeting, and in particular one thing Mika said in recounting it, belies an established imperial talking point.

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Video of the announcement on MSNBC’s Morning Joe

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Episode 179 Trump Lawuits Will Give New Life to Defeated Legacy Media

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Trump’s victory in the presidential election was as much a rejection of the legacy media as the Biden administration’s policies. But Trump’s lawsuits could give them new life by allowing them to make a superficially plausible argument he is suppressing freedom of the press.

Links:

Trump sues media outlets in $10bn lawsuit

What Trump’s win means to news organizations as mainstream media fight for relevance

Former CNN CEO Chris Licht: Viewers have 'lost trust' in legacy media

Here’s why, Chris: Will Tulsi Gabbard bring a pro-Russian bias to intelligence reporting?

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Episode 178 Neocons in the Trump Administration 2 The Sequel

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

In 2016, Trump ran on an America First foreign policy and promised to keep the U.S. out of unnecessary wars. But he filled his administration with neoconservatives who didn’t agree with his foreign policy agenda and undermined it time and again.

Surely, he wouldn’t make the same mistake in his second term, would he?

Links:

Who are Trump’s cabinet picks so far and who is in the running?

Grover Cleveland’s Cabinet

Donald Trump, Jr. to Dave Smith on keeping neocons out of Trump administration: “I’m on it!”

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Episode 177 Are American students being misled about the JFK assassination? with Paul Bleau

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Americans are increasingly concerned about the history being taught to students in our schools and universities. From the Pilgrims through the so-called “Progressive Era,” the school system teaches our students a skewed version of history where freedom is always the problem and government intervention the solution.

It should come as no surprise that when it comes to the Kennedy assassination, history textbooks uncritically promote the Warren Commission’s findings that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone – a conclusion of which most Americans are at the very least highly suspicious.

Author and entrepreneur Paul Bleau joins Tom to discuss his new book that he says proves conclusively that Oswald would have been acquitted at trial, meaning the official story is completely wrong.

Links:

The JFK Assassination Chokeholds

The JFK Assassination Chokeholds website

The JFK Assassination Chokeholds X feed

Paul’s X feed

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Episode 176 Do Trump and MAGA Represent a Return of the Old Right?

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Since the end of WWII, the conservative movement has been dominated by foreign policy hawks, initially anti-communist and later neoconservative (“neocon”). But there was a completely different conservative movement that existed during the first half of the 20th century retrospectively known as “The Old Right.” Do Trump and the broader MAGA movement represent a return of this brand of conservatism?

Links:

The Betrayal of the American Right

The People’s Pottage (The Revolution Was plus two other essays)

As We Go Marching

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Episode 175 The Election Heard Round the World

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Donald Trump has done the seemingly impossible. After enduring a four-year assault on his presidency including a two-year investigation into spurious accusations of “colluding with Russia” and two impeachements, followed by four more years of politically motivated prosecutions and two assassination attempts, he is returning to the White House as the 47th president of the United States. Tom gives his initial reaction to this astonishing election.

Links:

An Election Heard Round the World

The People’s Pundit You Tube Channel

Ross Ulbricht is Coming Home

Trump’s Speech to the Libertarian National Convention

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Episode 174 Talking Freedom on Election Day 2024

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

On Election Day 2024, Tom considers whether he will vote for a major party candidate for president for the first time in his life.

Links:

Federal Receipt and Outlay Summary

Episode 173 The Libertarian Case for Chase Oliver

Episode 172 The Libertarian Case for Trump

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Episode 173 The Libertarian Case for Chase Oliver

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

In 2022, the Libertarian Party was taken over by the Mises Caucus, promising to bring “the Ron Paul version” of libertarianism to the party. With its members occupying virtually positions within the party, including the Chair, it expected its preferred candidate Michael Rectenwald to win the nomination for president. However, non-Mises Caucus member Chase Oliver emerged victorious from the convention.

This was seen as a regression back to everything wrong with the party prior to 2022 and many prominent Libertarians have refused to support Oliver. But how far does he really stray from libertarian principles? Is there a libertarian case for Chase?

Links:

Chase Oliver Official Campaign Website

Chase Oliver policy positions

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Episode 172 The Libertarian Case for Trump

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Whether libertarians like it or not, either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris will be President of the United States in late January 2025. While one can refuse to vote for either on principle, that won’t protect the nonvoter from the winner’s policies. Is there a libertarian case Trump is the better alternative?

Links:

Trump Isn’t Hitler; He’s Hamilton

Trump under siege by the PNAC crowd for seeking peace with Russia

Will MAGA remain antiwar post-Trump?

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Episode 171 The Meat Packing Myth and Climate Change

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:45:00 -0400

Summary:

The proponents of anthropomorphic climate change present it as a new threat to the planet created by industrialization. In reality, this is an age old scam operating on the same blueprint as the meat packing myth and perpetrated by the same people.

Links:

Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing

Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less

The Progressive Era

Episode 163 New Documentary Shatters Climate Change Narrative with Tom Nelson

No, government isn’t the problem. It’s the Nitwit Mob.

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Episode 170 Another 'Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes'

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

In what has become a worn-out mantra, both major parties are telling us the 2024 presidential election is “the most important of our lifetimes.” But is the supposed political divide between the American right and left as wide as we’re led to believe?

Links:

Federal Receipt and Outlay Summary

Is Trump Against the Administrative State or For It?

Progressivism Has Always Been Authoritarian, Anti-Democratic, and Reactionary

You have a right to what you own and nothing more

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Episode 169 Do Felony Convictions Impose Any Restrictions on Trump's Campaign with James Ostrowski

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Felony convictions impose considerable disabilities on those convicted that include owning firearms and being prohibited from holding public office. Do Trump’s convictions prohibit him from running for president? From being sworn in? Attorney James Ostrowski joins Tom to discuss. Also, Jim relates his firsthand experiences at the 2024 Libertarian National Convention.

Guest bio:

James Ostrowski is a trial and appellate lawyer and author from Buffalo, New York. His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Buffalo News, Cleveland Plain Dealer and Legislative Gazette. His policy studies have been published by the Hoover Institution, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. His articles have been used as course materials at numerous colleges including Brown, Rutgers and Stanford.

He is the author of many books, including Progressivism: A Primer on the Idea Destroying America, A Crime Against Humanity: Essays Against the Lockdown, and The Libertarian Devil's Dictionary. Presently, he is an adjunct scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute and a columnist for LewRockwell.com.

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Jim’s Amazon Page

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Episode 168 The Libertarian Party Blows It Again

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

By reacting to Trump’s speech like a garden variety leftist mob and nominating a candidate who supports all the Establishment’s strangest fetishes, the Libertarian Party has once again positioned itself as seeking the power structure’s approval rather than challenging it.

Links:

The Libertarian Party Once Again Signals No Threat to the Establishment

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Episode 167 The US Military Needs Far Fewer Good Men

Mon, 27 May 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

On Memorial Day, Tom analyzes the film A Few Good Men (1992) from a libertarian perspective and its similarity to the earlier film, Breaker Morant (1980).

Links:

A Few Good Men

Breaker Morant

Real Lawyer Reacts to A Few Good Men (with Real JAG!)

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Episode 166 Trump, RFK Jr, and Vivek all to Appear at Libertarian National Convention with Angela McArdle

Mon, 20 May 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in the United States but has not yet challenged the major parties at the national level. The 2024 Libertarian Party National Convention could begin to change all of that. Former President Trump, RFK, Jr., and Vivek Ramaswamy will all appear at the convention to speak to the party’s delegates. Chair of the Libertarian Party Angela McArdle joins Tom to discuss these startling developments.

Guest Bio: Angela McArdle currently chairs the National Libertarian Party and is a two-time congressional candidate for California's 34th District. She has worked in litigation for over 10 years, with a focus on property rights and constitutional law. She joins me now coming off her election victory to become the chair of the national Libertarian Party.

Links:

Libertarian Party Website

Libertarian Party National Convention 2024 website

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Episode 165 Why Did Trump Change His Mind on Covid Lockdowns Overnight in March 2020? with Jeffrey Tucker

Mon, 13 May 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

In early March 2020, Donald Trump was saying very sensible things about the danger of trying to lock down the entire country to contain Covid-19. Then, one day, he abruptly changed his mind and became pro-lockdown. Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York and Dr. Anthony Fauci also responded sensibly to the pandemic initially before suddenly embracing “the China solution.” What caused this drastic change of approach and why is no one curious about it? Jeffrey Tucker of the Brownstone Institute joins Tom to discuss.

Guest bio:

Jeffrey Tucker is Founder, Author, and President at Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Life After Lockdown, and many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture.

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Jeffrey’s X (formerly Twitter)

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Episode 164 Has Journalism Died or Was It Always Like This? with John Ziegler

Mon, 06 May 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

In the midst of Covid hysteria, John Ziegler released his extraordinary podcast analyzing the Penn State scandal, reaching the conclusion after eight years of investigation, that not only was there no cover-up by Joe Paterno or Penn State, but that there were no crimes committed by Jerry Sandusky at all. For most of us, it was Penn State, then Covid, then Ukraine. For John, it was Penn State first. He joins Tom to discuss what it all means.

Guest bio:

John Ziegler is the host of The Death of Journalism and With the Benefit of Hindsight podcasts. He is also a documentary filmmaker, author and a former TV sportscaster and radio talk show host. He is most well-known for his second feature documentary film, "Media Malpractice" about the 2008 presidential election. He has appeared on numerous national TV shows as a guest, including the "Today Show" and "The View." He attended Georgetown University and while he grew up in Pennsylvania, he has no direct ties to Penn State. He is politically conservative/libertarian.

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John’s X (formerly “Twitter”)

The Framing of Joe Paterno

The "With the Benefit of Hindsight..." Podcast Homepage

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Episode 163 New Documentary Shatters Climate Change Narrative with Tom Nelson

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

We are led to believe that human activity and the additional CO2 it produces in the atmosphere has drastically changed the climate, threatened human life in the present, and could make the planet unlivable for humans in the future. But a new documentary film, Climate: The Movie, claims none of that is true. Relying upon highly credentialed scientists utilizing the establishment’s own data, this film completely shatters the climate change narrative. Producer Tom Nelson joins Tom to discuss.

Guest Bio:

Tom Nelson, producer of 'Climate: The Movie' is a podcaster who has been deeply examining climate debate issues for the better part of two decades. On the Tom Nelson Podcast in the fall of 2022, Martin expressed a desire to remake 2007’s “The Great Global Warming Swindle”, and that kicked off a successful effort to do just that. Many of the scientists interviewed in 'Climate: The Movie' have done lengthy interviews for the Tom Nelson Podcast.

Links:

Climate: The Movie

Tom’s Substack

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Is America Permanently Broken? with Naomi Wolf

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Four years after Covid hysteria began, mask and vaccine mandates have been lifted but America has not healed. Naomi Wolf joins Tom to discuss her article, “Broken in What Way?” and the damage done to her beloved New York City and the land of the free in general. Is it permanent?

Guest Bio:

Dr. Naomi Wolf is a bestselling author, columnist, and professor; she is a graduate of Yale University and received a doctorate from Oxford. She is cofounder and CEO of DailyClout.io, a successful civic tech company. Since the publication of her landmark international bestseller, The Beauty Myth, which The New York Times called “one of the most important books of the 20th century," Dr Wolf’s other seven bestsellers have been translated worldwide. The End of America and Give Me Liberty: A Handbook For American Revolutionaries, predicted the current crisis in authoritarianism and presented effective tools for citizens to promote civic engagement.

Dr Wolf trains thought leaders of tomorrow, teaching public presentation to Rhodes Scholars and co-leading a Stony Brook University class that gave professors skills to become public intellectuals. She was a Rhodes scholar herself, and was an advisor to the Clinton re-election campaign and to Vice President Al Gore. Dr Wolf has written for every major news outlet in the US and many globally; she had four opinion columns, including in The Guardian and the Sunday Times of London. She lives with her husband, private detective Brian O’Shea, in the Hudson Valley.

Links:

Broken in What Way?

Daily Clout

Election Transparency, Accountability, and Inclusion Act: Model Law – DailyClout and American Voters’ Alliance

Legisector

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Episode 161 Still Fighting Covid Mandates with Kathi McGowan

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

For most Americans, Covid lockdowns and mandates are a fading memory as the government moves on to new incursions against our liberty and property. But a significant minority of the population is still fighting just to get back to where they were in 2019. Kathi McGowan joins Tom to talk about her struggles to regain the position she lost due to vaccine mandates.

Guest Bio:

Kathi McGowan was a physician practice coordinator at two major area hospitals for over 15 years before being terminated due to noncompliance with vaccine mandates for healthcare workers. She is fighting to regain her former position.

Links:

Booster mandate on horizon for healthcare workers (January 2022)

Additional Reading/Listening:

How Can Biden Mandate Vaccines Without Congress? With Kevin R. C. Gutzman

Will the federal courts stumble into a good decision on vaccine mandates?

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Episode 160 The Empire Struck Back with Robby Dinero

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

When former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tried to close his business in 2020, Robby Dinero refused to close. He went to court against the Covid lockdowns and won. Next, he took on his local school board over its Covid mandates. Robby was wrongfully arrested four times for exercising his rights, even according to the school board's attorneys. Now, Robby is taking them to court in a lawsuit that could change the game completely.

Guest bio:

Robby Dinero was an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps for nearly 14 years, and now is a successful small business owner in Western New York. Since 2020, he has fought Covid tyranny in the courts and won.

Guest Links:

Read Robby's complaint

The Constitutional Coalition of NYS

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Episode 159 The Trump Paradox

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Trump is not only the presumptive Republican nominee but is leading the general election polls. He is arguably even more popular than he was in 2016, despite a four-year term during which the establishment got everything it wanted - including the abominable Covid lockdowns. Why do Trump's supporters still consider him a threat to the establishment?

Links:

Trump aims at DeSantis’ Covid-19 moves

United States ISM Manufacturing PMI (click on 10-year to see effects of tariffs raised in 2018)

Manufacturing Output 100-year Chart

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Episode 158 The Mises Institute: How Capitalism Can Save America Again with Tom Dilorenzo

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

While an economics professor at the university level for over 40 years, Tom Dilorenzo also managed to write some of the best books on American history of the past several decades. After retiring from teaching, Tom accepted a new position as President of the Mises Institute.

He joins Tom to discuss the institute’s mission and the abysmal economics of the two major political parties.

Guest Bio:

Thomas DiLorenzo, Ph.D. is President of the Mises Institute and the bestselling author of The Problem with Socialism, The Real Lincoln, Hamilton’s Curse, and many other books. He taught university economics for forty-one years and has written for The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post, Reader’s Digest, Barron’s, and many other publications.

The Mises Institute

Books written by Tom:

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics

Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today

How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present

The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War

The Problem with Socialism

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Trump Isn’t Hitler; He’s Hamilton

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Episode 157 Is the War on America Turning? with Tom Luongo

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Tom Luongo returns to discuss the latest developments in the globalists’ war on America, their proxy war in Ukraine, and Jay Powell’s stealth resistance.

Guest Bio:

Tom Luongo is a former research chemist, amateur dairy goat farmer, anarcho-libertarian, and obstreperous Austrian economist. He now publishes the Gold Goats, and Guns newsletter and podcast.

Links:

Why War Bonds Are Returning in Europe

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Tom’s Monthly Newsletter

We are at war and I don't mean in Ukraine

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Episode 156 Many of Putin's Talking Points Are True

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Tucker Carlson has the U.S. government and its media outlets on tilt after interviewing Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Tom discusses how both Putin and Carlson did with the opportunity presented to them.

Links:

Tucker Carlson Interview of Vladimir Putin

Alexei Navalny Asking British MI6 Agent for Funding for Color Revolution in Russia

Earth to Washington, D.C.: Russia will never give up ports in Syria and Ukraine

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner

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Episode 155 January 6 A True Timeline with Jason Rink

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Guest Bio:

Jason Rink is a professional filmmaker who works with Fortune 500 companies to produce commercial video content. He has also independently produced several documentary films related to American politics. His latest film, January 6: A True Timeline, was released earlier this month.

Links:

January 6: A True Timeline

Jason’s Website

Nullification: The Rightful Remedy

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Episode 154 Killing the Messengers with Daniel McAdams

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Guest Bio:

Additional Reading:

Killing the Messenger by Daniel McAdams

Links:

Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity

The Ron Paul Liberty Report

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Episode 153 Dolly Parton and the Invisible Hand

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

A popular meme suggests Dolly Parton is morally superior to billionaires because she gave her money away instead of becoming a billionaire. But she should have helped far more people by investing the money she gave away in profitable enterprises, as all of human history has shown.

Additional Reading:

Dolly Parton Would Have Helped Far More People By Becoming a Billionaire

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Episode 152 USA 2023 Is the Same As Every Left Wing Revolution Since 1789

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Destroying statues, renaming holidays, and inventing new pronouns may seem like bizarre new innovations to 21st century Americans. But they are standard tactics used in every left wing revolution since 1789.

Additional Reading:

Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?

The Horrors of Communist China

The Bolshevik Great Experiment: 100 Years Later

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Episode 151 Scrooge Got Screwed

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Socialist Charles Dickens penned one of the most enduring Christmas stories in history outside the New Testament. But as talented a writer as he was, his premise is false and his ending tragic.

Additional Reading:

The Illustrated Christmas Carol: 200th Anniversary Edition

Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Has Too Sad An Ending for the Season

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Episode 150 Nimarata vs Kamala in 2024?

Sat, 02 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Friedrich Hayek wrote in The Road to Serfdom that, in government, the worst will always rise to the top. Well, in 2024, the nominees for president could very well be shrieking neocon harpy Nimarata (Nikki) Haley versus cackling Kamala Harris.

Additional Reading:

Compare these two Wikipedia entries, keeping in mind which politician is far worse than the other.

Marjorie Taylor Green Wikipedia

Nimarata Haley Wikipedia

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Episode 149 Be Thankful for Capitalism

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

There are all sorts of things to be thankful for on Thanksgiving Day. But like the Pilgrims and countless other societies in history, we should thank capitalism for everything we have.

Additional Reading:

The Thanksgiving Day deception: Exhibit A against public schools

The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles, Vol. 1: Together With the True Travels, Adventures and Observations, and a Sea Grammar (Classic Reprint)

What ‘Little Women’ Author Louisa May Alcott Learned about Socialism in a 19th Century Utopian Commune

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Episode 148 George Bailey Was Never Born with Ray Nowosielski

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

George Bailey Was Never Born, a one-of-a-kind podcast experience, takes a definitive look at It’s a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular films of all time, the story of Americans’ decades-long love affair with this cultural institution and how this Christmas movie from the 1940s may surprisingly offer a light down the path you walk today. All 10 episodes are available Tues Nov 21st, 2023, perfect for binging on your Thanksgiving travel.

Creator and producer of the podcast, Ray Nowosielski, joins Tom to discuss the new series and the many perspectives from which this classic film can be viewed.

Links

George Bailey Was Never Born

Guest Bio

Ray Nowosielski is a father, partner, activist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, journalist, writer, member of the Documentary Producers Alliance, co-owner of investigative media company Double Asterisk**, founder & curator of non-fiction media collaborative True Stories.

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Episode 147 Washington's Amateur Hour Could Destroy Israel with Col. Douglas Macgregor

Sat, 11 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Washington, D.C. has again embroiled America in a Middle Eastern war while its involvement in Ukraine continues to fail. This new war not only threatens to expand into a regional conflict but could threaten the survival of Israel itself. Colonel Douglas Macgregor joins Tom to lend his expert analysis on both conflicts.

Guest bio:

Col. Macgregor is widely known inside the U.S., Europe, Israel, Russia, China and Korea for both his leadership in the Battle of 73 Easting, the U.S. Army’s largest tank battle since World War II, and for his groundbreaking books on military transformation: Breaking the Phalanx (Praeger, 1997) and Transformation under Fire (Praeger, 2003). Col. MacGregor holds an MA in comparative politics and a PhD in international relations from the University of Virginia and in 2020 was appointed by President Trump to serve as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, a post he held until President Trump left office. He has been a rare voice of sanity on U.S. foreign policy among people with his expertise and experience, most recently on the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.

More info on his website at douglasmacregor.com.

Additional Reading:

Breaking the Phalanx

Transformation under Fire

Additional Listening:

Episode 123 The Hard Truth about Ukraine and DC’s ‘Sanctions’ with Colonel Douglas Macgregor

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Episode 146 Republicans: Debt Now Ok Because 'Muh Israel'

Sat, 04 Nov 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Republicans in the House made history by removing Speaker Kevin McCarthy after he worked with Democrats to pass yet another omnibus bill to fund the government, claiming omnibus bills are a key reason federal debt continues to spiral out of control. But adding $14 billion more to debt in a standalone bill was ok with them because “muh Israel.”

Links:

House passes GOP-backed $14.3 billion Israel aid bill despite Biden veto threat

Glenn Beck tells us WE MUST support Ron Paul over Newt Gingrich 12-13-11

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Episode 145: America's Strange Israel Obsession

Sun, 29 Oct 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The American public has a strange obsession with the State of Israel that is completely disproportionate to the alleged influence of Jewish-Americans or the AIPAC lobby. Why are tens of millions of non-Jewish Americans so fixated upon the affairs of this foreign country?

Links:

An “Anti-Celtic” on the Empire’s New War in Israel

Jewish Population in the United States by State

From Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Smyth, 17 January 1825

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Episode 144 Would Electing Trump or DeSantis Make a Difference?

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The Republican Party has a decision to make between Trump and DeSantis for the 2024 presidential nomination. For conservatives, this is a monumental decision, as they believe it is imperative the GOP candidate win the White House in the next election. But would electing either one really make a difference?

Links:

Episode 119 The Great Buddy Holly

DeSantis Video Critiquing Trump's Approach to Putin Resurfaces

DeSantis: Important to Back Up Trump, Troops on Afghanistan

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Episode 143 Cooperating with the Government Doesn't Compromise Twitter's Property Rights

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Elon Musk’s recent “#TwitterFiles” releases have revealed extensive coordination between Twitter and the government in deciding what people and speech to censor or ban. But this doesn’t mean Twitter “isn’t really a private company.” Twitter and other private firms have an absolute right to make policies the government likes (or doesn’t like). Action to oppose this should be taken against the government, not private actors.

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Calling Twitter ‘the new public square’ is communist

Stop calling the media “the corporate press”

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Episode 142 The Jeffersonians The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe with Kevin Gutzman

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Only twice in American history has there been three two-term presidencies in a row. The second time, the presidencies of Clinton, Bush, and Obama, featured presidents with little in common in terms of political principles. The first time, however, was a different story. Kevin Gutzman joins Tom to talk about his new book on the subject, The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe.

Guest bio:

Kevin R. C. Gutzman is the New York Times best-selling author of five books, including Thomas Jefferson—Revolutionary: A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America , a History Book Club Selection. Gutzman is Professor and former Chairman in the Department of History at Western Connecticut State University and a faculty member at LibertyClassroom.com . He holds a bachelor's degree (With Honors and With Special Honors in History), a master of public affairs degree, and a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as an MA and a PhD in American history from the University of Virginia.

More info on his website at kevingutzman.com.

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The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe (pre-order now!)

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Oh Come On Ye, Oh Come On Ye

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The artist formerly known as Kanye West has escalated his nuttiness, but it is not a symptom of a growing fascist movement. The horrors of the 20th century occurred because these ideas were once considered relatively mainstream.

Additional Reading:

If you’re really against fascism, repeal the New Deal root and branch

The disastrous anti-capitalist mindset of the early 20th century is back

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Episode 140 Is Jerry Sandusky Innocent? The Real Joe Paterno Penn State Scandal with John Ziegler

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 03:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Joe Paterno, the winningest coach in college football, left Penn State in disgrace in 2011 after allegedly covering up the crimes of child molester Jerry Sandusky, the defensive coordinator widely credited for Paterno’s second national championship in 1986. But after a decade-long investigation into the case, John Ziegler says he can not only prove Paterno’s innocence, but Sandusky’s as well.

Guest bio:

John Ziegler is a documentary filmmaker and author who is also a former TV sportscaster and radio talk show host. He is most well-known for his second feature documentary film, "Media Malpractice" about the 2008 presidential election. He has appeared on numerous national TV shows as a guest, including the "Today Show" and "The View." He attended Georgetown University and while he grew up in Pennsylvania, he has no direct ties to Penn State. He is politically conservative/libertarian.

Guest Links:

The Framing of Joe Paterno

The "With the Benefit of Hindsight..." Podcast Homepage

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Episode 139 How the Health Insurance Industry Helped Me Understand Ukraine

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

All the unaccountability and separation from reality that make government healthcare a failure help produce foreign policy disasters like the Iraq and Ukraine Wars as well.

Additional Reading:

The Culture of Entitlement in Medicine

Is Russia Really the Aggressor in Ukraine?

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Episode 138 Q Sent Me Finally Uncanceled with Jason Rink

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The Democrats and Neocon Republicans (but I repeat myself) have held lavishly televised congressional hearings to supposedly investigate the “insurrection” on January 6, 2021. But they don’t want the American public to hear testimony from Ray Epps or the subject of Jason Rink’s new film, Q Sent Me, which premiers November 11 on MyMoviesPlus.com.

Guest bio:

Jason Rink is an award-winning commercial film producer and director who has helped generate over $500 million in online sales for his clients through the power of brand storytelling and the impact of direct-response marketing. He is also a talented documentary filmmaker who is not afraid to cover subjects that get him canceled.

Guest Links:

Watch Q Sent Me on MyMoviesPlus starting November 11!

Q Sent Me: A Film About the Q Shaman and the Untold Story of January 6th

Q Sent Me Twitter Account (@QSentMeMovie)

Cancel Proof (Jason’s substack)

Jason’s website

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Episode 137 For a New Liberty Party

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

With post-Covid lockdown inflation raging and an indifferent Biden administration sending tens of billions to Ukraine, the Republican Party expected a “red wave” in the 2022 midterms. It didn’t happen because both the GOP and conservative worldview are uninspiring alternatives to the left progressive agenda. It’s time for a new liberty party.

Links:

Free Excerpt: Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?

Trump Isn't Hitler; He's Hamilton

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Episode 136 Making Twitter Censorship a Free Speech Issue is a Colossal Mistake

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Twitter is and always has been private property, including when it was publicly traded. Calling it “the new public square” plays into the hands of the communists who took over the civil rights movement in the 20th century and invented the “public accommodations” concept, blurring the line between private and public property.

Links:

Calling Twitter ‘the new public square’ is communist

Gut the Civil Rights Act

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Episode 135 Musk, Lies, and Amnesty with Eric Peters

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Elon Musk takes over Twitter, a Covid Regime propagandist asks for amnesty, and the US runs out of diesel. Libertarian Car Guy Eric Peters joins Tom to discuss.

Guest bio:

Additional Reading:

Peak Oil is Finally Here . . .

Headed East . . .

Another Case of the Usual Thing from The Biden Thing

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Epautos.com

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Episode 134 A San Francisco Conservative on Fixing America with David Parker

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

David Parker is a little like Charlton Heston in The Omega Man – he’s a conservative in hyper-liberal San Francisco. He joins Tom to talk about his latest book, A San Francisco Conservative.

Guest bio:

David Parker is the author of Income and Wealth and A San Francisco Conservative. In addition to a career in education spanning more than 40 years as a music teacher in San Francisco’s public schools. A lifelong resident of San Francisco, Parker has achieved success as one of the city’s leading real estate investors. A true “Renaissance man,” he is also active on the city’s jazz scene, as leader of the Dave Parker Sextet, which has twice headlined San Francisco’s prestigious Fillmore Jazz Festival. In addition to being an author, musician, entrepreneur and investor, David Parker is a proud father and grandfather. He is currently hard at work on his third book, The Environment: David Parker Essays Volume 3.

Guest Links:

A San Francisco Conservative: David Parker Essays Volume Two

Income and Wealth: David Parker Essays Volume One

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Episode 133 Horror Classics from Hollywood's Golden Age

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The horror classics of the 1930s and 40s were low on gore but high on atmosphere and filmmaking excellence.

Links:

Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)

The Mummy (1932)

Great Monsters of the Movies

The Brilliance of the Original Frankenstein Films

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Episode 132 The Grand Jury as Sword and Shield in the Fight For Liberty with Jim Ostrowski

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Voting in elections can seem futile as you’re one vote among thousands or millions. But as a juror, you are one of twelve or twenty-three and can change the course of someone’s life if they are wrongly accused or guilty of unwittingly breaking a bad law. Jim Ostrowski joins Tom to talk about his free educational seminar on using your power as a juror to defend liberty.

Guest bio:

Guest Links:

The Grand Jury as Sword and Shield in the Fight For Liberty (Event Page)

Best Western Plus Lockport Hotel 515 Transit Road Lockport, NY

14094

Jim’s Amazon Page

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Free the Children: How Red State Americans Can Free Their Children From Government Schools

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Episode 131 The Fed, Europe, and Ukraine with Tom Luongo

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Tom Luongo of Gold, Goats, and Guns returns to discuss the Fed’s new, targeted tightening tools, the latest European elections, and Ukraine.

Guest Bio:

Tom Luongo is a former research chemist, amateur dairy goat farmer, anarcho-libertarian, and obstreperous Austrian economists. He now publishes the Gold Goats, and Guns newsletter and podcast and contributes to a variety of publications, including, but not limited to Seeking Alpha, Russia Insider Halsey News and Newsmax media.

Links:

Fed Watch: When They Call For the Bailiff You Know You’re Winning

Additional Reading/Listening:

Tom’s Monthly Newsletter

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Episode 130 Twitter Accounts, The BLS Jobs Report, and other Phony Statistics

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Elon Musk has decided Twitter is worth $44 billion after all, at least for the moment. But is it really “the new town square” with 70 million total U.S. users (including bots)? Also, the stock market tanks on good economic news, based on reduced expectations for inflation (money printing).

Links:

Number of monthly active Twitter users in the United States from 1st quarter 2010 to 1st quarter 2019

BLS Jobs Report

M2 Money Supply

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Episode 129 A Political Prisoner Sheds Light on Ukraine with Paul Manafort

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Paul Manafort was prosecuted by the Mueller team for crimes unrelated to the 2016 election and for which he maintains his innocence. His new book, Political Prisoner: Persecuted, Prosecuted, but Not Silenced, not only shines a light on an out-of-control Justice Department, but on the DC Swamp’s lies about Ukraine, including its former president, Viktor Yanukovych.

Guest Bio:

Paul J. Manafort is a political consultant and government affairs professional whose career spanning five decades has been devoted to furthering the interests of the United States on the world stage. As campaign chairman for Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Paul put into place the structure that delivered the nomination and eventually the general election for Donald J. Trump. Between 1975 and 1980, Paul worked on both the Ford and Reagan campaigns, playing a key role in the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. In 1981, Paul cofounded Black, Manafort and Stone, establishing the model used in government affairs and public affairs today.

In 2009 Paul founded DMP International and focused on cutting edge technology with strategic consulting in both the business and political spheres. During this time, Paul became active in Ukraine, where he built a political practice helping the Party of Regions become a modern, western political party, and laying the foundation for Ukraine to become a member country of the European Union. Paul presently serves on the boards of directors of several private companies in the technology and telecommunications arenas.

Links:

Political Prisoner: Persecuted, Prosecuted, but Not Silenced

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Episode 128 A Gold New Deal for Freedom with 2024 POTUS candidate Mike ter Maat

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Former economist, police officer, and business owner Mike ter Maat believes Americans need a whole new relationship with their government. It’s called the Gold New Deal and he’s running for the Libertarian Party nomination for president on it.

Guest Bio:

Mike campaigned in 2021-22 as the Libertarian Party candidate in the January special Congressional election in Florida’s District 20. He served as a police officer in Broward County from 2010 through 2021. Mike’s prior career in finance and economics included work with banks, the White House Office of Management and Budget, international development agencies, federal agencies, and trade associations. In 2002, he started a professional education business for bank executives which he ran until 2009, including conferences, webcasting, and strategic consulting.

Mike has traveled in thirty-five countries, taught economics at three universities and substituted at dozens of Broward public schools. He has one wife, two kids and two stepdaughters, two dogs and one truck, a BS in Aeronautical Engineering and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and MS and PhD degrees in Economics from The George Washington University. He is seeking the Libertarian Party nomination for president in 2024.

Links:

Mike ter Maat for President

The Gold New Deal

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Episode 127 Fighting New York State's Rigged Election System with Larry Sharpe

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Larry Sharpe was the Libertarian Party nominee for Governor of New York in 2018 and almost certainly would be again in 2022. But the exclusively Democrat-Republican legislature has seen to it that no third party candidates will appear on this year’s ballot. Larry is fighting back in court and on the ground.

Guest Bio:

Larry Sharpe was the Libertarian Party nominee for Governor of New York in 2018 and is running a write-in campaign for governor in 2022. Prior to that, he was a businessman who started a trucking business and sold a successful distribution company, an executive coach and management consultant who has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs, executives, and companies in leadership and team building skills, a strategic consultant for thought leaders in government, finance, law, technology, media, and healthcare, and a teacher and guest instructor who taught English, management, and business at universities such as Yale, Columbia, and John Jay College.

Larry is a native New Yorker, Marine Corps veteran, husband to Georgia, and father of two daughters, Barbra and Josephine.

Links:

Larry Sharpe for Governor of New York

Larry’s Policy Page

Get involved

Donate

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Episode 126 How Inflation Fleeces the Working Man with Thomas Eddlem

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Inflation forces everyone to pay higher prices, but some people benefit, whether they intend to or not. Economist Thomas Eddlem joins Tom to talk about who wins and who loses in an inflationary environment.

Guest Bio:

Thomas R. Eddlem is a freelance writer who holds a masters degree in applied economics from Boston College. He has written for Antiwar.com, the Foundation for Economic Education, the Future of Freedom Foundation, LewRockwell.com, and The New American magazine among others. He is also Communications Director for the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts.

Article discussed:

Inflation Cheats the Working Man

Links:

Tom’s Libertarian Institute Author Page

Libertarian Party of Massachusetts Blog

Tom’s Twitter (@teddlem)

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Episode 125 The Great Reset Explained with Marc Morano

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Everyone knows something is going on with the World Economic Forum and its “Great Reset” agenda. But what is the end game? Marc Murano joins Tom to discuss his new book, The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown

Guest Bio:

Marc Morano is the publisher of the award-winning ClimateDepot.com website, a global warming and eco-news center founded in 2009. Prior to that, Morano served for three years as a senior advisor, speechwriter, and climate researcher for U.S. Senator James Inhofe and managed the award-winning communication operations of the GOP side of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

Marc also spent a decade and a half as a working journalist, documentary maker, radio talk show host, and national television correspondent. His reporting has made international news, including appearances and coverage on CNN, The O’Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, BBC TV, the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, US Weekly magazine, Drudge Report, Extra TV, and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.

Book discussed:

The Great Reset: Global Elites and the Permanent Lockdown

Links:

Climate Depot

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Episode 124 Don't Be a Feminist and other Fatherly Wisdom with Bryan Caplan

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The list of pieties assumed unquestionable is growing exponentially. Economist and bestselling author Bryan Caplan takes a flamethrower to some of the most counterproductive in his new book, Don’t Be a Feminist: Essays on Genuine Justice.

Guest Bio:

Bryan Caplan is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University and New York Times Bestselling author. He has written The Myth of the Rational Voter, named "the best political book of the year" by the New York Times, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, The Case Against Education, and others.

Bryan is also the editor and chief writer for Bet On It, the blog hosted by the Salem Center for Policy at the University of Texas. He’s been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, TIME, Newsweek, Atlantic, American Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Law and Economics, and Intelligence, blogged for EconLog from 2005-2022, and appeared on ABC, BBC, Fox News, MSNBC, and C-SPAN.

Book discussed:

Don't Be a Feminist: Essays on Genuine Justice

Links:

Bryan on Amazon

Brian’s website

Bet On It (Substack)

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Episode 123 The Hard Truth about Ukraine and DC's 'Sanctions' with Colonel Douglas Macgregor

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

U.S. media is completely unreliable in terms of informing the American public about the war in Ukraine it is funding. Colonel Douglas Macgregor lends his expert opinion and insights to paint a more accurate picture of the situation on the ground, the effects of sanctions, and the likely future of the war.

Guest Bio:

Douglas Macgregor is a decorated combat veteran, the author of five books, a PhD, and a defense and foreign policy consultant. Macgregor is widely known inside the U.S., Europe, Israel, Russia, China and Korea for both his leadership in the Battle of 73 Easting, the U.S. Army’s largest tank battle since World War II, and for his ground breaking books on military transformation.

In 2004, Macgregor retired with the rank of Colonel. In 2020, President Trump appointed Macgregor to serve as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense, a post he held until President Trump left office.

He holds an MA in comparative politics and a PhD in international relations from the University of Virginia. He has testified as an expert witness before the Senate and House Armed Services Committees and appeared as a defense analyst on Fox News, CNN, BBC, Sky News and public radio.

Links:

Map of Ukraine

Colonel Macgregor’s website

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Episode 122 President Lockdown: A Reality Check on Trump's Covid Regime Record

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Trump is running against the establishment again ahead of a possible 2024 presidential campaign. It’s worthwhile to take a hard look at what he actually did in office during the Covid lockdowns, the greatest assault on liberty in American history.

Links :

Dr. Fauci: Trump 'got it right away' when he saw the data

Cuomo warns of constitutional crisis 'like you haven't seen in decades' if Trump tries to reopen New York

True federalism would have prevented Covid lockdowns

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Federal Reserve Recent balance sheet trends

Episode 121 The Public is the Problem, not Conspiring Elites

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

A large portion of the liberty movement is devoted to exposing conspiring elites. But all their nefarious plans are toothless without public support. Unfortunately, they usually get it.

Links :

FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release (balance sheet)

Blaming elites is childish; It’s time to put aside childish things

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Episode 120 The Left Wing Myth of the Exploited Rock Star

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The exploited rock star myth is just another version of the Marxist falsehood that employers are “exploiting” their workers by paying them more than anyone else is willing to pay them or that they can earn themselves. But making victims of musicians earning millions and living in mansions is particularly dumb, even for Marxists.

Links (aka “shameless self promotion”):

Into the Twilight (Tom Mullen)

Be Satisfied (The Skeptics)

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Episode 119 The Great Buddy Holly

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Buddy Holly would have been 86 years old today. His influence on popular music remains enormous.

Links:

The Buddy Holly Collection

The Real Buddy Holly Story

Rave On: The Biography of Buddy Holly

Remembering Buddy: The Definitive Biography of Buddy Holly

The Holly Days bio

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Episode 118 Thank Capitalism for Weekends and Holidays, not Labor Unions

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Every Labor Day, we suffer the obtuse argument that labor unions are responsible for weekends and holidays off. But it is really the free market, to the extent it is allowed to work, that allows the capital formation necessary to shorten working hours and raise real wages.

Additional Reading:

Corporations and Labor Unions: Great Ideas Corrupted By Government

How Labor Unions Hurt Workers

List of countries by average annual labor hours

Hours of Work in U.S. History

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Episode 117 The Federal Reserve System Isn't Just Economically Harmful; It's Immoral

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

There are plenty of economic arguments against the Federal Reserve System. It causes price inflation, misdirects capital, exasperates wealth inequality, and causes the boom-bust cycle. But it’s also an immoral system that is predicated on theft.

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Episode 116 Fighting Covid Vaccine Mandates on Campus with Chloe Knopf

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

For some parts of society, Covid-19 vaccine mandates are a thing of the past. For others, like Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) graduate student and Young Americans for Liberty activist Chloe Knopf, they are still standing in the way of school, work, and living a normal life. Chloe is fighting the vaccine mandate at SCSU preventing her from attending classes.

Guest Bio:

Chloe Knopf is a Young Americans for Liberty student activist pursuing a master’s degree in speech language pathology at Southern Connecticut State University. She is barred from attending classes because she has declined to receive a Covid-19 vaccine. She is requesting signatures on her petition to overturn the campus policy.

Guest Link:

Sign Chloe’s petition to Oppose Forced Vaccinations at Southern Connecticut State

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Episode 115 Jay Powell Puts Out Pivot Talk Fire (and not with water)

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

U.S. equity markets rebounded this summer amidst speculation Jay Powell had signaled a “pivot” to a less hawkish monetary policy. On Friday, he quashed speculation interest rate policy would moderate anytime soon. But is the Fed really tightening?

Links:

Jay Powell’s Speech at Jackson Hole, WY Aug. 26, 2022 (transcript)

Plans for Reducing the Size of the Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet (May 4, 2022)

Recent Balance Sheet Trends (Federal Reserve Balance Sheet)

Overnight Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Treasury Securities Sold by the Federal Reserve in the Temporary Open Market Operations

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Episode 114 The Woking Dead with A.J. Rice

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The Covid Regime, woke capitalism, woke Hollywood, woke academia, and the whole rotten cultural revolution is destroying our civilization, says A.J. Rice. He joins Tom to discuss his new book, The Woking Dead.

Guest bio:

A.J. Rice is CEO of Publius PR, a premier communications firm in Washington D.C. Rice is a brand manager, star-whisperer, and auteur media influencer, who has produced or promoted Laura Ingraham, Judge Jeanine Pirro, Donald Trump Jr., Monica Crowley, Mark Meadows, Marsha Blackburn, Dan Bongino, Charles Krauthammer, Steve Scalise, Roger L. Simon, Pastor Paula White-Cain, Buck Sexton, Steve Hilton, Alan Dershowitz, Peter Navarro, Pete Hegseth, Newt Gingrich, Victor Davis Hanson, and many others.

Rice served as the executive producer to Laura Ingraham for four years, and Monica Crowley for two years. Following that, he produced an investigative news show at The Washington Times for John Solomon for three years called America’s Morning News, and later was brought in by Glenn Beck’s team to help launch The Blaze Radio Network. Some of his current or former clients are the groups that represent the core of the conservative movement, like The Federalist Society, America First PAC, FreedomWorks, CO2 Coalition, and Gun Owners of America.

In addition to running Publius, Rice is a columnist for twenty-five-plus different national media outlets that include Investor’s Business Daily, The Hill, Epoch Times, Newsmax, PJMedia, American Greatness, RealClearMarkets, and the Washington Examiner.

Book discussed:

The Woking Dead: How Society's Vogue Virus Destroys Our Culture

A.J.’s Links:

The Publius National Post (Substack)

A.J.’s Twitter (@PubliusPR)

Publius PR Facebook Page

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Episode 113 Inside the Acapulco Anarchist Community with John Bush

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

HBO recently presented a documentary series called The Anarchists about a group of people who formed a community in Acapulco 2017-2020. While the series was compelling, it left viewers with a lot of questions. John Bush lived in the community for six months and joins Tom to provide some answers.

Guest bio:

John Bush is a radical activist, entrepreneur, and father of two based in Central Texas. He began his career in activism in 2002 questioning the official account of what happened on 9/11 and speaking out against the wars in the Middle East.

He was introduced to libertarianism by the good Dr. Ron Paul in 2007. As he learned of anarchism and agorism he focused his energies on promoting alternative institutions like cryptocurrency, regenerative agriculture, and mutual aid groups. In 2005 he laid out his vision for Freedom Cells, peer to peer mutual aid groups that work together to find more freedom for those involved. The Freedom Cell Network now has over 30,000 participants all across the globe. His interest in natural health led him to discover kratom, a natural remedy which he sells along with CBD and Delta 8 THC through his company Brave Botanicals.

He recently launched Live Free Academy, an education enterprise that aims to help people find financial independence and sovereignty in their lives. He also hosts the Live Free Now Show, bringing listeners news, views, tips and tools they can use to live a free, prosperous, and healthy life.

Guest Links:

Live Free Academy

Additional Reading:

Where is the anarchism in HBO’s The Anarchists?

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Episode 112 Suspended from Twitter for Answering a Question (Honestly) with Bretigne Shaffer

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Getting kicked off social media platforms for posting politically incorrect or regime-unapproved truths has been normalized at this point. But answering a question as honestly as one can? Bretigne Shaffer has broken new ground in the censorship wars.

Guest Bio:

Bretigne Shaffer was a journalist in Asia for many years. She is now a mom, independent writer, and author of "Annabel Pickering and the Sky Pirates" and "Urban Yogini: A Superhero Who Can't Use Violence." She blogs at On the Banks.

Guest Links:

My Twitter Suspension (and why maybe it’s a good thing)

On the Banks

Additional Reading:

Annabel Pickering and the Sky Pirates: The Fantastical Contraption

Urban Yogini: A Superhero Who Can't Use Violence (The Adventures of Urban Yogini)

Why Mommy Loves the State

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Episode 111 U.S. 'Foreign Policy' Does Nothing But Harm with Daniel McAdams

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

U.S. media covered nothing but the Ukraine War for its first three months – and until Congress had appropriated $60 billion in taxpayer funds for weapons, supplied by U.S. defense contractors. Coincidence? Or is all ‘foreign policy’ merely welfare for the rich?

Guest Bio:

Guest Links:

Anatomy of a Police State – Ron Paul Institute Conference on September 3, 2022 at The Westin Washington Dulles Airport (Tickets available here!)

Daniel’s Speech, “Foreign Policy Is Welfare for the Rich,” at Mises University 2022

Videos:

New Poll: Americans Unmoved By Jan 6th Hearings (Ron Paul Liberty Report)

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Episode 110 The History Behind the FBI Raid on Trump's Mar a Lago with Frank Sorrentino

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The raid on former President Trump’s residence, Mar-a-Lago, was unprecedented. But while some see it as the culmination of politicization of the F.B.I. since Trump became president, Dr. Frank Sorrentino says the F.B.I. and other federal bureaucracies have always been political institutions.

Guest Bio:

Dr. Frank Sorrentino received both his PhD and Master's Degree in Politics from New York University and has spent time on the faculty of NYU, Long Island University and Kean College. Dr. Sorrentino has received numerous Teaching Excellence Awards from The National Political Science Honor Society. He has authored several books on the presidency and the federal bureaucracy, including Presidential Leadership and the Bureaucratic State, Ideological Warfare: The F.B.I.’s Path Toward Power, and his latest book, Presidential Power and the American Political System.

Frank’s latest book:

Presidential Power and the American Political System

Additional Reading:

Presidential Leadership and the Bureaucratic State

Ideological Warfare: The F.B.I.'s Path Toward Power

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Episode 109 The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics with Tom Dilorenzo

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

When we hear the term, “political correctness,” we usually think of cultural matters. But political correctness has also invaded the discipline of economics, leading to all sorts of economic errors. Thomas J. Dilorenzo’s new book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics, not only corrects the errors but equips the reader to “become your own economist.”

Guest Bio:

Thomas DiLorenzo, Ph.D. is the bestselling author of The Problem with Socialism, The Problem with Lincoln, and many other books. A senior fellow at the Ludwig Von Mises Institute, he taught university economics for forty-one years and has written for The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post, Reader’s Digest, Barron’s, and many other publications.

Tom’s new book:

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics

Additional Reading:

Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today

How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present

The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War

The Problem with Socialism

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Episode 108 No, Government Spending and Deficits Don't Cause Price Inflation

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Government fiscal and regulatory policy can cause specific products like food and energy to rise, but those rising prices would result in decrease in demand for other things. Only new money created by the Federal Reserve -whether to monetize deficits, “stimulate the economy,” or bail out zombie corporations – can cause all prices to rise simultaneously.

Additional Reading:

Manchin's disingenuous claim about the new spending bill

True federalism would have prevented Covid lockdowns; Americans cannot afford Russia sanctions on top of them

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Episode 107 Americano Media Delivers Spanish Language News from a Conservative Perspective with Ivan García-Hidalgo

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Before Fox News, all available options in American news media programming had a liberal bias. Spanish language news media was no different - until now. Americano Media brings a conservative perspective to American Spanish language news while keeping the door open to guests of all political persuasions. Founder and CEO Iván García-Hidalgo joins Tom to discuss the new venture and trends in Hispanic American politics.

Guest bio:

Iván García-Hidalgo is an entrepreneur and business executive as well as a media personality with a national and international presence. Among his most successful programs are “Political Battle,” Battleground and “Politics from Washington DC. Iván is currently the Executive Director of Americano Media Holding Group, LLC. and the president of the Hispanic Freedom Coalition, a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization dedicated to the education and empowerment of Hispanics in the Western Hemisphere.

Guest Links:

Americano Media

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Episode 106 The right to bear arms on college campuses with JP Kirby of YAL

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

It’s hard enough to defend the First Amendment on state university and college campuses, but the Second? Young Americans for Liberty is doing just that and having some success in South Dakota.

Guest bio:

JP Kirby is the National Director of Free Speech for Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), an organization that grew out of Ron Paul’s 2008 presidential campaign and which is dedicated to advancing liberty on the campus and in American electoral politics.

Guest Links:

YAL Official Website

Support YAL

JP’s Twitter (@JP_Kirby)

YAL Twitter (@YALiberty)

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Episode 105 Recession or Not, More People Are Producing Less

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Regardless of how the government arbitrarily defines “recession,” it is still a fact that the economy as a whole is producing less goods and services. That it is creating more jobs to produce less product is not a good thing.

Additional Reading:

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (Keynes)

Economic Sophisms and “What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen” (Bastiat)

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics

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Episode 104 Freeing the Free State of New Hampshire with Carla Gericke

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

After giving the political establishment in New Hampshire a serious scare in her last state senate campaign, Carla Gericke is running as a Republican for a seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. She joins Tom to discuss her campaign, New Hampshire politics, and the war to regain our freedom.

Guest bio:

Carla Gericke President Emeritus of the Free State Project, author of The Ecstatic Pessimist: Stories of Hope (Mostly), and has appeared on WMUR, CNN, and Fox News, been featured in GQ and Playboy, been quoted in The Economist, and has discussed libertarianism on the BBC. She is also host of The Carla Gericke Show and is running for NH House of Representatives.

Guest Links:

https://www.carlagericke.com/

https://www.fsp.org/

Additional Reading:

The Ecstatic Pessimist: Stories of Hope (Mostly)

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Episode 103 What Jefferson Meant by 'Created Equal'

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The left’s insane quest to use government force to make us all equal in every way has caused untold misery and bloodshed ever since 1789. But it is a mistake to dismiss the very different, limited idea of equality in the Declaration of Independence, which is the foundation of all libertarian principles.

Additional Reading

Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?: And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Part One

Episode 9 You Have a Right to What You Own and Nothing More

Jefferson’s Second Inaugural

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Episode 102 Cypherpunk Stockbroker Running for US Senate with Bruce Fenton

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Bruce Fenton believes America is at a crossroads, which provides an opportunity in politics to make big changes to everything from the monetary system to foreign policy to the government’s involvement in education. He is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire and joins Tom to discuss his campaign.

Guest Bio:

Bruce Fenton graduated from Wilbraham Monson Academy in 1990 and joined the US Navy. He served as a Hospital Corpsman (medic). In 1994 he started his own firm, Atlantic Financial, and worked in many different areas of finance over the next 20 years. Bruce moved to Portsmouth New Hampshire with his wife and four school-aged children in 2017. He is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire in 2022.

Links:

Bruce’s Official Campaign Website

Bruce’s Twitter (@brucefenton)

Chainstone Digital Securities Group

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Episode 101 Is There Any Way Out of the War in Ukraine? with Scott Horton

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The war in Ukraine is five months old and the narratives spun by both sides have changed several times. What is the actual status of the war and is there any realistic road to a peace agreement? Can there be peace with Russia afterwards? Scott Horton joins Tom to discuss.

Guest Bio:

Links:

Map of Ukraine

Scott’s Website

The Libertarian Institute

Antiwar.com

The Scott Horton Show

Additional Reading:

Hotter Than the Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019

Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism

Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan

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Episode 100 Where We Are

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Tom Mullen Talks Freedom is 100 episodes old. Tom talks about all that has happened since the podcast began, since Covid, and in the post-WWII era.

Additional Reading

Episode 1 How Can Biden Mandate Vaccines Without Congress? With Kevin R. C. Gutzman

The State and Federal Governments’ Coronavirus Response Will Dwarf Economic Damage Done by FDR

Why is freedom always the problem?

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Episode 99 No, the U.S. military doesn't have a 'recruiting problem'

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The media have been telling us the U.S. military has a “recruiting problem” in every branch, due to too few people willing or able to join. The truth is this isn’t a problem. With over 200,000 troops needlessly deployed overseas, we need a hiring freeze on the military and those troops brought home and discharged.

Additional Reading

With Few Able and Fewer Willing, U.S. Military Can't Find Recruits

A grass roots foreign policy

What We Should Remember on Memorial Day

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Episode 98 The Voluntaryist Handbook with Keith Knight

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

These days it’s hard for many people to imagine human action and cooperation that isn’t either mandated or prohibited. That’s why Keith Knight of the Libertarian Institute put together his new compilation of writings by some of the most powerful thinkers and writers on a different way to organize society – The Voluntaryist Handbook: A Collection of Essays, Excerpts, and Quotes. He joins Tom to discuss.

Guest Bio:

Keith Knight is Managing Editor at the Libertarian Institute and host of the Don't Tread on Anyone podcast.

Links:

Don’t Tread on Anyone (The Libertarian Institute)

Keith's Twitter (@an_capitalist)

Book discussed:

The Voluntaryist Handbook: A Collection of Essays, Excerpts, and Quotes

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Episode 97 Davos Strikes Back with Tom Luongo

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

In just the past week, Boris Johnson has announced his resignation as Prime Minister of the UK, Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been forced to resign, Italy’s Mario Draghi narrowly avoided an early election, French president Emmanuel Macron came under fire for his dealings with Uber as economic minister, and former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated. Gold, Goats, and Guns host Tom Luongo joins Tom to offer his analysis of these geopolitical shock waves and what it means for U.S. financial markets.

Guest Bio:

Links:

The Great Awakening Continues – Ve Vil Not Eet Ze Bugz, Klaus

Additional Reading/Listening:

SOFR v. LIBOR: Have We Been Missing Something About the Fed’s Upcoming “Policy Error?”

Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Total Securities Sold by the Federal Reserve in the Temporary Open Market Operations

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Episode 96 It's Important to Remember Government Caused All This Pain

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

In the private sector, we tend soldier on and try to overcome adversity. This is an admirable human trait, but it is important to remember 100% of any hardship we have endured over the past two years or will endure in the years to come is government-created and completely unnecessary. If we don’t hold our governments accountable, they will do it again.

Additional Reading

Read what I wrote in the initial weeks of the 2020 Covid Lockdowns:

The State and Federal Governments’ Coronavirus Response Will Dwarf Economic Damage Done by FDR (March 21, 2020)

When the Coronavirus Shutdown is over, will anyone blame their governments for the economic devastation they caused? (April 4, 2020)

The absurd proposition of Covid-19 lockdowns (April 21, 2020)

What proof is there that Covid-19 lockdowns prevent more cases than they cause? (April 23, 2020)

Every year will be 2020 if Americans don’t resist Covid-19 measures now (December 29, 2020)

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Episode 95 No Congress Can't Overturn State Abortion Laws, Either

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

President Biden signed an executive order which “aims to safeguard access to reproductive health care services, including abortion and contraception.” But he says the real remedy to the Supreme Court’s decision striking down Roe vs. Wade is for Congress to pass a law making abortion legal nationally. That would be just as unconstitutional as Roe vs. Wade.

Additional Reading

Biden signs executive order to protect abortion access

James Madison and the Making of America Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?: And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Part One

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Episode 94 SCOTUS EPA Decision Continues Slow Turn Towards the Constitution with Kevin Gutzman

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Bestselling author and constitutional scholar Kevin R. C. Gutzman returns to discuss yet another significant decision by the Supreme Court, this time concerning the EPA.

Guest bio:

More info on his website at kevingutzman.com.

Additional Reading:

The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe (pre-order now!)

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution

James Madison and the Making of America

Additional Listening:

These two previous episodes featuring Kevin Gutzman lay a helpful foundation for the constitutional issues discussed on today’s show:

Episode 1 How Can Biden Mandate Vaccines Without Congress? With Kevin R. C. Gutzman

Episode 28 A Forgotten Principle Returns in SCOTUS Vaccine Mandate Decision with Kevin R C Gutzman

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Episode 93 The Real Reasons the Colonies Declared Independence

Mon, 04 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Americans are generally taught the chief or only reason the thirteen colonies declared their independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776 was “taxation without representation.” There was a lot more to it than that.

Additional Reading

Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?: And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Part One

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Episode 92 Is the Federal Reserve Tightening or Loosening (and does it even know)?

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

June was supposed to be the month the Federal Reserve began reducing its balance sheet by allowing its assets to roll off faster than they are replaced. But the Fed’ balance sheet stands at a record high, as does currency in circulation as excess reserves continue to decrease.

At the same time, money parked at its reverse repo facility has increased significantly in June, which has a tightening effect. So, is the Fed tightening or loosening and does it even know?

Additional Reading

Federal Reserve Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2022

Federal Reserve Recent Balance Sheet Trends

Currency in Circulation

Overnight Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Treasury Securities Sold by the Federal Reserve in the Temporary Open Market Operations

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Episode 91 The Reasoning Behind SCOTUS Decisions on Abortion and Guns with Kevin Gutzman

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Bestselling author and constitutional scholar Kevin R. C. Gutzman returns to discuss the positives and negatives of the recent Supreme Court decisions on state gun regulations and abortion.

Guest bio:

More info on his website at kevingutzman.com.

Additional Reading:

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution by Kevin R.C. Gutzman

James Madison and the Making of America by Kevin R.C. Gutzman

The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

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Episode 90 Cronyism Has Plagued America Since the Beginning with Patrick Newman

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Conservatives and libertarians tend to look back at the 17th and 18th centuries as limited government, free market utopias. Patrick Newman shatters that myth with his latest book, Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America, 1607-1849.

Guest Bio:

Patrick Newman is an assistant professor of economics at Florida Southern College and a fellow of the Mises Institute. He is the editor of Murray Rothbard's The Progressive Era (2017) and Conceived in Liberty, Volume V: The New Republic, 1784-1791 (2019). He is the author of Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America, 1607-1849 (2021).

Guest Links:

Twitter: @drpatricknewman

Patrick’s Mises Institute Profile

Additional Reading:

Cronyism: Liberty versus Power in Early America, 1607-1849

Conceived in Liberty, Volume 5: The New Republic

The Progressive Era

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Episode 89 Does Cancel Culture Defeat "Hate Speech" or Protect It? with Jason Rink

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Social media and other Big Tech companies claim to be fighting “hate speech” by censoring content and sometimes even banning controversial people from their platforms. Is this fascism and how can libertarians and other defenders of private property fight this without sacrificing their principles? Jason Rink joins to discuss this and his new film, The Most Canceled Man in America.

Guest Bio:

Guest Links:

Cancel Proof (Jason’s substack)

Jason’s website

Q Sent Me: A Film About the Q Shaman and the Untold Story of January 6th

Additional Reading/Listening:

The Best Anti-Nazi Strategy Is to Let Them Speak

No, government isn’t the problem. It’s the Nitwit Mob

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Episode 88 Do We Have a Right to the Bodies of Others? with Naomi Wolf

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The world attributes much of the social and economic damage it is experiencing now to the Covid-19 pandemic. But like the 9/11 attacks, the government response to this virus was far more harmful than the disease itself. And the international elites driving this agenda have even more disturbing plans for the future says Dr. Naomi Wolf in her new book, The Bodies of Others: The New Authoritarians, COVID-19 and The War Against the Human.

Guest Bio:

Naomi Wolf, Ph.D. is co-founder and CEO of DailyClout.io, a successful civic tech company and the author of several books, including The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot, Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries, and her latest, The Bodies of Others: The New Authoritarians, COVID-19 and The War Against the Human. A former Rhodes Scholar, she completed a doctorate in English language and literature from the University of Oxford in 2015, was a research fellow at Barnard College and the University of Oxford, and taught rhetoric at the George Washington University and Victorian studies at Stony Brook University.

Book discussed:

The Bodies of Others: The New Authoritarians, COVID-19 and The War Against the Human

Additional Reading/Listening:

The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot

Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries

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Episode 87 On Juneteenth Celebrate Abolition, not Lincoln

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Juneteenth celebrates the proclamation read in Galveston, TX on June 19, 1865, enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation in that state. While the abolition of slavery is true cause for celebration, Lincoln gets too much credit for what was by his own admission merely a “war measure,” and not enough blame for an unnecessary war.

Additional Reading

Both Lincoln and the Confederacy Were Awful

Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address

Lincoln’s Letter to Horace Greeley August 22, 1862

Colonization After Emancipation: Lincoln and the Movement for Black Resettlement

The Real Lincoln: A New

Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War

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Episode 86 Science in an Age of Unreason with John Staddon

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

For thousands of years, what we now call “science” has been a boon to humanity. But today, science is in real trouble. Increasingly, social and political pressures threaten the integrity of scientific inquiry, leading to disastrous conclusions. Dr. John Staddon joins Tom his new book on this crisis, Science in an Age of Unreason

Guest Bio:

John Staddon, Ph.D is James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Professor of Biology emeritus, at Duke University. He obtained his B.S. at University College, London, and his Ph.D. in experimental psychology at Harvard University where he also did research at the MIT Systems Lab. He is the author of more than two hundred research papers and nine books, including Scientific Method: How Science Works, Fails to Work or Pretends to Work. He was profiled in the Wall Street Journal in January 2021 as commentator on the current problems of science.

Book discussed:

Science in an Age of Unreason

Additional Reading/Listening:

UNLUCKY STRIKE: Second Edition: Private Health and the Science, Law and Politics Of Smoking

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Episode 85 When Does Government Grow the Least?

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

No matter who is president or which party controls Congress, federal spending almost always goes up. But what combination of Republican or Democrat president and Congress has grown government the least? The answer may surprise you.

Additional Reading

Federal Receipt and Outlay Summary

Party Government Since 1857

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Episode 84 The Federal Reserve, Davos, and Civilization As We Know It with Tom Luongo

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

On Friday, stock markets sold off sharply on news that inflation still hadn’t peaked as May 2022 numbers indicated an 8.6% year-over-year rate. Tom Luongo has long maintained there is more going on than simple Keynesian policy-setting. Jerome Powell and the interests he represents want to free the U.S. banking system from European control and the Davos agenda. He joins Tom to discuss.

Guest Bio:

Links:

Lagarde Capitulates As the Euro-Zone Divides

Additional Reading/Listening:

Biden’s Food and Fuel Crisis — It’s the Policy, Stupid

The Great Reset (Time Magazine)

Yuval Noah Harari - Transhumanism and Eliminating Free Will (video)

Yuval Noah Harari on The Future of Humanity (video)

Yuval Noah Harari | What to Do With All of These Useless People? (video)

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Episode 83 Prepare for 1970s Stagflation, Not a Housing Meltdown with Thomas Eddlem

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

After fourteen years of almost uninterrupted inflation of the money supply and near-zero interest rates, the Federal Reserve is talking tough on a tight monetary policy. But don’t look for a repeat of 1979, says economist Thomas Eddlem. Price inflation and real interest rates matter. It may be more like 1979 than 2009.

Guest Bio:

Links:

It’s 1979, Not 2009

Tom’s Libertarian Institute Author Page

Libertarian Party of Massachusetts Blog

Tom’s Twitter (@teddlem)

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Episode 82 The Libertarian Party: Under New Management with Angela McArdle

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in the United States but has failed to become a significant threat to the two major parties. The Mises Caucus believes the party needs a bolder, more principled message to take the next step. Their candidates won the chair and every voting board member seat at the Libertarian Party’s National Convention on Memorial Day weekend. Newly elected Chair Angela McCardle joins Tom to discuss the party’s new direction.

Guest Bio:

Angela McArdle currently chairs the National Libertarian Party and the Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County. Angela is a member of the Mises Caucus, a two-time congressional candidate for California's 34th District, and has worked in litigation for over 10 years, with a focus on property rights and constitutional law.

Links:

Libertarian Party Website

Mises Caucus Website

Angela's Patreon

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Episode 81 The Federal Reserve Begins Quantitative Tightening

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The end of quantitative easing (QE) and modest interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve has already sent stock markets into correction territory. But this month, the Fed is supposed to begin quantitative tightening (QT). That could have dramatic effects on financial markets and the economy if Jerome Powell doesn’t reverse course.

Additional Reading

Plans for Reducing the Size of the Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet

M2 (M2NS) Money Supply

Shadowstats Alternate Inflation Charts

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Episode 80 Stop Playing Defense on the Second Amendment

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

As with Covid, the Ukraine War, and inflation, everything the government and media tell Americans about the Second Amendment is false. It’s time to stop playing defense and go on offense to get the right to keep and bear arms protected the way the founders intended.

Additional Reading

The Anti-Federalist Papers

“And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.” - Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 13 November 1787

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States.” – Noah Webster, AN EXAMINATION INTO THE LEADINGPRINCIPLES OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION

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Episode 79 War, Propaganda, and Barbeque with Alan Mosley

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

With the establishment floundering and its propaganda machine on overdrive trying to keep anyone from noticing, nothing seems to be looking up but food and energy prices. Alan Mosley joins Tom to sort through it all and share some exciting news about his show, It’s Too Late.

Guest Bio:

Alan Mosley is a historian, jazz musician, author, aspiring grifter and host of It’s Too Late, the #1 show in late night… of all podcasts in the liberty movement… filmed in Tennessee… that are hosted by Alan.

Links:

4th Annual It’s Too Late Live Show (tickets still available!)

Alan Mosley TV

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Episode 78 Congress Ignores Crucial January 6th Evidence with Mario Balaban of Project Veritas

Fri, 27 May 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

It’s been two months since Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg told Project Veritas that there were “a ton of FBI informants among the people who attacked the Capitol” on January 6th, 2021. One would think the Congressional Committee investigating the so-called “insurrection” would be interested in his statements. So far, they are not. Mario Balaban of Project Veritas joins Tom to discuss this reporting and the latest admissions from top insiders at Twitter.

Videos:

Pulitzer Prize Winning New York Times Reporter: January 6 Media Coverage ‘Overreaction,’ FBI Involved, Event Was Not Organized Despite Ongoing Narrative

Twitter Senior Engineer Talks Elon Musk Takeover in NEW Undercover Video: ‘Twitter Does Not Believe in Free Speech’ … Admits Employees at Tech Giant are ‘Commie as F**k’

Twitter Executive Mocks Elon Musk for Believing Public can ‘Make Their Own Decision’ on Platform … ‘The Rest of Us Who Have Been Here Believe in Something that’s Good for the Planet, and Not Just to Give People Free Speech’

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Episode 77 Have We Evolved to Reject Free Markets? with Walter Block

Wed, 25 May 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Reason and the record of history both lead us to the conclusion that protection of private property and free markets result in the best outcomes for society, including dramatic reductions in poverty. Yet, people are still inclined to be suspicious of the market and resistant to the idea that government interventions cause economic distortions, no matter how obvious the cause/effect relationships may be. Dr. Walter Block joins Tom to discuss the results of research Dr. Block has done into why the “anti-capitalist mentality” is so hard to overcome.

Guest Bio:

Walter Edward Block is an American Austrian School economist and anarcho-capitalist theorist. He currently holds the Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Economics at the School of Business at Loyola University New Orleans and is a senior fellow of the non-profit think-tank Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.

Dr. Block earned his PhD in Economics at Columbia University. He is an author, editor, and co-editor of many books which include Defending the Undefendable; Lexicon of Economic Thought, Economic Freedom of the World 1975-1995; Rent Control: Myths and Realities; Discrimination, Affirmative Action, and Equal Opportunity; Theology, Third Word Development and Economic Justice; Man, Economy, and Liberty: Essays in Honor of Murray N. Rothbard; Religion, Economics, and Social Thought; and Economic Freedom: Toward a Theory of Measurement.

He has also written more than 500 articles for various non-refereed journals, magazines, and newspapers, and is a contributor to such journals as The Review of Austrian Economics, Journal of Libertarian Studies, The Journal of Labor Economics, Cultural Dynamics, and the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. He is currently a professor and chair of economics, college of business administration, at Loyola University.

Additional Reading

Defending the Undefendable

Defending the Undefendable II, III

Evolutionary psychology, economic freedom, trade and benevolence

THE FALLACY OF A PRIORI STATISM

Recommended Viewing: The Mouse That Roared

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Episode 76 Every Household is a Going Concern

Mon, 23 May 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Politicians mislead us by using terms like “working class” and “working families.” Don’t all families work? Rather than substantive differences between business owners and “workers,” every household is a going concern, selling a product. But the system is rigged against those household businesses that sell labor services to other businesses.

Additional Reading

The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality

You Deserve a Tax Break and Your Boss Does Too

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Episode 75 The Mass Shooting Narrative Has Changed

Fri, 20 May 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Every mass shooting in the past has been exploited by the Democratic Party to argue for more gun control. However, the left has used the latest tragedy as an excuse to attack the First Amendment, rather than the Second.

Additional Reading

Testing the Limits of Free Speech

The Ethics of Liberty

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Episode 74 The War on Small Business with Carol Roth

Wed, 18 May 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Stock markets are tumbling, inflation is roaring, and recession warnings are flashing. Americans are told to blame Covid-19 and Russian president Vladimir Putin. But Carol Roth says government bureaucrats merely used Covid as an opportunity to destroy small businesses and consolidate power. She joins Tom to discuss her latest book, The War on Small Business.

Guest Bio:

Carol Roth is a content creator. self-described recovering investment banker, entrepreneur, TV pundit and host, and New York Times bestselling author of The Entrepreneur Equation.

Carol has worked in a variety of capacities across industries including currently as an outsource CCO, a director on public and private company boards, and as a strategic advisor. She advocates for small business, small government, and big hair. Her latest book is The War on Small Business: How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush the Backbone of America

Carol’s Twitter: @caroljsroth

Additional Reading

The War on Small Business: How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush the Backbone of America

The Greatest Transfer of Wealth From the Middle Class to the Elites in History

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Episode 73 It's Still the Fed, Stupid

Mon, 16 May 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The U.S. government is trying to pass a bill to send another $40 billion in military aid to Ukraine. The bill sailed through the House of Representatives and is expected to pass the Senate despite Senator Rand Paul’s procedural delay. While many have pointed out this money is being spent while Americans suffer with price inflation and shortages of baby formula and other essentials, no one is asking this question: Who is going to buy those $40 billion worth of U.S. government bonds?

Additional Reading

Federal Deficit Trends Over Time

Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Chart

Federal Debt: Total Public Debt

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Episode 72 Big Tech Censorship, Government, and the Market with Norm Singleton

Fri, 06 May 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

For decades, Republicans promoted free markets and freedom of association. But censorship on social media has the new Republican Party calling for government regulation of Big Tech companies, based on reasoning previously associated with the left. Norm Singleton of the Market Institute joins Tom to discuss.

Guest Links:

Norm’s RealClear Markets Columns

Norm’s Libertarian Institute Columns

Additional Reading:

Conservatives Will Rue the Day They 'Common Carrier' Social Media

Attack of the Hipster Brandeisians On Corporate America

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Episode 71 Fed Up With Inflation with Chris Rossini

Wed, 04 May 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Prices are rising faster than they have in decades and the Biden administration has a host of scapegoats – Covid-19, Vladimir Putin, and, when all else fails, the old, Keynesian canard about the economy being too strong and “overheating.” Chris Rossini of the Ron Paul Institute joins Tom to discuss the real reasons prices are going up and the economy is headed for a crash.

Additional Reading & Listening:

Set Money Free: What Every American Needs To Know About The Federal Reserve

Chris’ writing at the Libertarian Institute

The Ron Paul Liberty Report

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity

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Episode 70 The Covid Regime, Big Tech Censorship, and Felix Culpa

Mon, 02 May 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Out of Christian theology comes the concept of “felix culpa,” which translates as “happy sin” or “fortunate error.” This is the idea that sometimes negative events end up causing positive results. Are there any potentially positive results from the Covid Regime, Big Tech censorship, or other 21st century disasters?

Additional Reading & Listening:

Federal Receipt and Outlay Summary 1940-2027

Paradise Lost by John Milton

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Episode 69 Why Are Hearing Aids So Expensive?

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Most people at some point experience an aging parent or grandparent confronting hearing loss and are surprised to find out how expensive treating it with hearing aids can be. While some of that cost is justified, the government makes treating hearing loss much more expensive than it otherwise would be and eliminates lower cost options that might work for those whose hearing loss currently goes untreated. Tom relays firsthand experience from his time in the industry.

Additional Reading & Listening:

If you’re really against fascism, repeal the New Deal root and branch

Anti-Trust Laws Are Not the Answer

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Episode 68 Stalin, Pavlova and the Road to the Great Pandemic with John O'Neill and Sarah Wynne

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The communist regimes in Russia and China had a long history of developing biological weapons. While the rest of the world has disarmed biologically, Putin and Xi have maintained biological weapons programs for which the rest of the world is not prepared, say authors John O’Neill and Sarah Wynne in their new book, The Dancer and the Devil: Stalin, Pavlova, and the Road to the Great Pandemic.

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The Dancer and the Devil: Stalin, Pavlova, and the Road to the Great Pandemic.

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Episode 67 The Right Has Gone on Offense

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

For many decades, conservatives have complained that their elected representatives at best merely slow down the advances made by the left. But in the wake of the Covid-19 phenomenon, the right has definitely gone on offense. This is a double-edged sword for opponents of progressive big government.

Additional Reading & Listening:

Wave of Conservative Laws as Governors Eye Presidential Runs

Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?

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Episode 66 Many Conspiracy Theories are True But It Doesn't Matter

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The term “conspiracy theory” is used as a sledgehammer to try to discredit assertions without confronting their merits. The truth is people conspire all the time. These include politicians and connected academics and businesspeople. But their conspiracies have no teeth if the public makes the right choices when the opportunities come.

Additional Reading & Listening:

Do Conspiracies Really Exist? Murray Rothbard Thought So

Conspiracies? They Don’t Matter

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Episode 65 How the New Deal Destroyed Labor Unions

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

People tend to think of capitalism and labor unions as inherently antagonistic towards each other. But they’re not. It was actually a very anti-capitalist law passed as part of the New Deal that changed the nature of the employment contract and destroyed the natural buyer-seller dynamic that would otherwise emerge.

Additional Reading & Listening:

Unions’ push at Amazon, Apple and Starbucks could be ‘most significant moment in the American labor movement’ in decades

It’s not labor unions that destroy the economy; it’s the New Deal and its awful progeny

The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (text)

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Episode 64 The Rights to Life and to Keep and Bear Arms are Inseparable

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

We don't say someone's right to life is violated if they die in an earthquake or flood. Why? Because the right to life is much narrower than that. Properly understood, the rights to life and to possess firearms and other deadly weapons are inseparable. And despite Supreme Court decisions to the contrary, the Second Amendment forbids the federal government from regulating firearms at all, including machine guns.

Additional Reading & Listening:

The rights to life and to keep and bear arms are inseparable

Even convicted felons have a right to bear arms

The Hancock Returns

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Episode 63 Elon Musk Proves That, Yes, Twitter is a Private Company

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Elon Musk offered to buy 100% of Twitter. All who have decried the censorship of dissenting views on social media is hopeful he will be successful in acquiring the company and changing its policies. This would be a far better and more satisfying solution than violating Twitter’s property rights with regulation.

Additional Reading & Listening:

Elon Musk Twitter Offer SEC filing

Blaming elites is childish; It’s time to put aside childish things

You have a right to what you own and nothing more

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Episode 62 Free the Children From Government Schools with Jim Ostrowski

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

A revolution among parents of schoolchildren over everything from the Covid mandates children are expected to obey to the subject matter to which they’re exposed as early as kindergarten. It’s long overdue, says Jim Ostrowski. He joins Tom to discuss his new book, Free the Children: How Red State Americans Can Free Their Children From Government Schools.

Guest bio:

Guest Links:

Jim’s Facebook Page

https://www.amazon.com/James-Ostrowski/e/B00OE8JKQO

Additional Reading:

Free the Children: How Red State Americans Can Free Their Children From Government Schools

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Episode 61 A Realistic Path to Freedom and Peace with Pete Quinones

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Libertarians are being unrealistic in holding out for their ideal world. The path to freedom and peace in the world we live in is to acquire power to build freer societies on the local level, says Pete Quinones. He joins Tom to discuss.

Guest bio:

Pete Quinones has hosted his show since July 2017 (formerly titled Free Man Beyond the Wall) and has concentrated on topics pertaining to liberation from tyrannical government. He is an executive producer and writer of the documentary, “The Monopoly On Violence,” which can be viewed on Amazon Prime.

His current focus is building strong local communities with the intention of mitigating state, and federal overreach.

Guest Links:

The Pete Quinones Show website

By Any Memes Necessary (Pete’s substack)

Pete’s Patreon

Pete’s Twitter

Additional Reading:

What Must Be Done (Hoppe)

The 18th Century Patriot Act

The Constitution Does Not Protect Our Property

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Episode 60 The School System was Anti-Capitalist Long Before Critical Race Theory or Sex Ed

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

There have been strident political disputes lately over what children are being taught in public schools. But long before critical race theory or sex ed for grammar school children, the schools – public and private – were already decidedly anti-capitalist.

Additional Reading & Listening:

The benefit of libertie in the planters (from John Smith’s General History of Virginia)

John Taylor Gatto New York City Teacher of the Year Acceptance Speech (1990)

Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?: And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Part One

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Episode 59 What the Empire's Syria Narrative Can Tell Us About Ukraine with Janice Kortkamp

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Not only is the U.S. government-media complex lying about what is happening in Ukraine, but it’s telling the same lies it did about its previous regime change project in Syria.

Guest bio:

Janice Kortkamp began researching Syria and the war in 2012 and has put in well over 10,000 hours in research, made hundreds of contacts in Syria also ex-pat Syrians in several other countries and made seven trips in 2016-2019, each almost one month long. She traveled to Damascus (inc. Ma’aloula and Saidnaya), Homs (inc. Valley of the Christians and villages in the countryside near Masyaf), Lattakia (inc. Ugarit, Slonfeh, Kessab), Tartous (inc. Amrit, Arwad) Aleppo, Palmyra, and Deir Ezzor (inc. Al Mayadeen) and met with soldiers, doctors, lawyers, scientists, artists, musicians, community and government leaders, professors, teachers, students, displaced persons, religious leaders, businessmen, housewives, children – from all major religious groups.

Guest Links:

Janice’s Website

Janice’s Facebook Page

Janice’s You Tube Channel

Additional Reading:

Syria declares its independence from US/Western regime change addicts

2013: Syria: Assad not Responsible for Ghouta Gas Attack, Says Freed Hostage Pierre Piccinin

The “Kurdish Struggle for Independence in Syria” is a US propaganda campaign to hide the intended Balkanization of the country

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Episode 58 Nobody Questions How Sovietized America Has Become

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

From vast stretches of land to entertainment venues, the federal government owns a significant portion of what was once exclusively reserved to the private sector.

Additional Reading & Listening:

BLS “Jobs Report”

BLS Civilian labor force participation rate

"A Paradigm Shift Western Media Hasn't Grasped Yet" - Russian Ruble Relaunched, Linked To Gold & Commodities

Episode 9 You Have a Right to What You Own and Nothing More

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Episode 57 The Latest Neocon Debacle in Ukraine with Daniel McAdams

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

One month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Daniel McAdams joins Tom to discuss what’s going on within the Biden administration, the media’s coverage of the war, and the ongoing risk it could expand to a wider conflict involving nuclear powers.

Guest bio:

Guest Links:

A grass roots foreign policy

Additional Reading:

'Regime Libertarians' Go Neocon on Ukraine

The Media is the Number One Cause of War Since 1898

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Episode 56 Jay Powell, Davos and Russia's New Gold Standard with Tom Luongo

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government placed more severe sanctions on Russia than it had on any major power since 1941. It kicked Russia out of the SWIFT system, seized its FOREX assets, and demanded the rest of the world cease trade with Russia (which even some European allies were unable to do). In response, Russia has demanded payment for its oil and natural gas exports in rubles or gold. Tom Luongo joins Tom to explain how this plays into the economic war that was already raging before the Ukraine invasion.

Guest Bio:

Links:

#GotGoldorRubles? Russia Just Broke the Back of the West

Additional Reading/Listening:

Podcast Episode #75 – Davos and the Week That Changed Everything Part 1

Podcast Episode #76 – Davos, Ukraine and the Week That Changed the World Part 2

Podcast Episode #77 – Davos, The Fed and the 5 Basis Points That Moved the World Part 3

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Episode 55 The Fog of War Propaganda About Ukraine

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The U.S. media propaganda about Ukraine has been over the top and unrelenting. But like all nations at war, Russia and Ukraine are engaging in propaganda as well. Is there any way to determine what, if anything, is real? Tom provides some tips and takes a look at how the media portrayed Zelensky before his 2019 election.

Additional Reading:

Ukraine’s TV President Is Dangerously Pro-Russian

Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy leads polls in Ukraine's presidential race

The big loser in Ukraine’s presidential election? Vladimir Putin

Could a Zelenskiy Presidency Prove a Breakthrough for Conflict Resolution in the Donbas?

Are the U.S. and NATO as prepared for economic war as Russia, China, and India?

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Episode 54 Americans Aren't Divided Enough

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

We constantly hear how politically divided Americans are, so much so that perhaps a national divorce might be necessary. While that would be a good thing, it turns out Americans aren’t as divided as they may believe.

Additional Reading:

Repressive Tolerance by Herbert Marcuse

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?: And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Part One

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Episode 53 The Creepy "Our Democracy" Mantra

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Republicans, Democrats, and the media all incessantly invoke “our democracy,” a political system that doesn’t exist. Almost nobody talked like this for the first century and a half under our Constitution and one should be suspicious of the motives for doing so now.

Additional Reading:

United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches

Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?: And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Part One

Fun Link:

Bill Hicks • Mr. President, any questions?

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Episode 52 Ukraine and How the DC Empire Really Runs

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

When U.S. foreign policy backfires, which is pretty much all the time, it’s easy to blame the sitting president. But if Americans truly want a different foreign policy, they need to understand how the DC empire runs.

Additional Reading:

Blaming elites is childish; It’s time to put aside childish things

Read Donald Trump's 'America First' Foreign Policy Speech

The America First Movement has a Sean Hannity Problem

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J. Mearsheimer

Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?: And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Part One

Fun Link:

Bill Hicks • Mr. President, any questions?

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Episode 51 Separating Fact from Fiction About the War in Ukraine with Gilbert Doctorow

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The U.S. media has presented a uniform, uncritical view of the war in Ukraine. Gilbert Doctorow draws on his decades of experience living and working in Russia to separate the facts from the fiction.

Guest bio:

Gilbert Doctorow is an independent political analyst based in Brussels. He chose this third career of 'public intellectual' after finishing up a 25-year career as corporate executive and outside consultant to multinational corporations doing business in Russia and Eastern Europe which culminated in the position of Managing Director, Russia during the years 1995-2000. He has published his memoirs of his 25 years of doing business in and around the Soviet Union/Russia, 1975 - 2000. Memoirs of a Russianist, Volume I: From the Ground Up was published on 10 November 2020. Volume II: Russia in the Roaring 1990s was released in February 2021. A Russian language edition in a single 780 page volume was published by Liki Rossii in St Petersburg in November 2021

Guest links:

GilbertDoctorow.com

Additional Reading

Memoirs of a Russianist, Volume I: From the Ground Up

Memoirs of a Russianist, Volume II: Russia in the Roaring 1990s

Johnson’s Russia List

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Episode 50 Understanding Money Mechanics and Davos with Robert Murphy

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Austrian economist Robert Murphy, Ph.D. joins Tom to discuss Klaus Schwab and the Davos crowd, the ramifications of academic error, and his new book, Understanding Money Mechanics.

Guest bio:

Robert P. Murphy is a Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute. He is the author of numerous books: Contra Krugman: Smashing the Errors of America's Most Famous Keynesian; Chaos Theory; Lessons for the Young Economist; Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action; The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism; Understanding Bitcoin (with Silas Barta), among others. He is also host of The Bob Murphy Show.

Guest links:

Robert P. Murphy Official Website

The Bob Murphy Show

Bob’s Klaus Schwab Podcast Episodes 1, 2, 3, 4

Additional Reading

Understanding Money Mechanics

Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism

Contra Krugman: Smashing the Errors of America's Most Famous Keynesian

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Episode 49 Propaganda on Overdrive for Covid and Ukraine with Mark Crispin Miller

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Mark Crispin Miller taught a course on propaganda for over 20 years at New York University, until merely suggesting his students look into the research regarding the effectiveness of masks in mitigating the spread of respiratory viruses. This led to a backlash that eventually resulted in the course being canceled. How convenient for the propagandists. He joins Tom to discuss the propaganda machine on overdrive regarding both Covid and the Ukraine War.

Guest bio:

Mark Crispin Miller is a Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. He is the author of several books, including Boxed In: The Culture of TV (1988), The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder (2001), Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney’s New World Order (2004), and Fooled Again: The Real Case for Electoral Reform (2007).

Guest links:

His website is MarkCrispinMiller.com.

Check out his substack at News From Underground

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Episode 48 Who Profits and Who Loses from Sanctions on Russia

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

President Biden has announced a ban on Russian oil imports into the United States. He acknowledges this will hurt American consumers but promises to ease as much pain as possible by punishing American gasoline providers. We’ve been here before.

Additional Reading:

The Government Declares War on Market Prices Just When We Need Them Most

Will Poland Sacrifice Itself Again for a Global Empire Risking World War?

Shadows and Foreshadowing at Nagasaki

China Plans To Take Advantage Of The Big Oil Exodus From Russia

Oil Consumption by Country

Germany rejects boycott of Russian oil and gas as it will leave millions without heat

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Episode 47 How and How Not to Be Happy with J. Budziszewski

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Now that the Covid-19 restrictions are being lifted, people are likely thinking they can get back to pursuing happiness. But what is happiness and how does one go about attaining it? In his new book, How and How Not to Be Happy, J. Budziszewski applies his lifetime of study to answering those questions, while refuting several myths about human happiness along the way.

Guest bio:

J. Budziszewski is a professor of government and philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also teaches a few courses in religious studies and the School of Law. Married for almost five decades, a teacher for almost four, he has several grown children and a clutch of grandchildren. A former atheist who once denied not only the reality of God but also the reality of good and evil, he is a convert to Catholicism who worships and teaches adult confirmation classes at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Austin, Texas.

His website is undergroundthomist.org.

Book discussed:

How and How Not to Be Happy

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Episode 46 Jay Powell Whistles Past the Graveyard in Congress

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Jay Powell again admitted the Federal Reserve was wrong on inflation, believing it to be “transitory” last year but realizing it is anything but transitory. He says he’s committed to fighting it, but with merely a .25% rate cut this month and no reduction in the Fed’s massive balance sheet.

But if the economy is as strong as he says it is, why not fight inflation harder?

Additional Reading:

Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs Report February 2022

Fed is ‘still in an inflationary policy stance,’ economist says

The February employment report is expected to show solid job gains

When the Coronavirus Shutdown is over, will anyone blame their governments for the economic devastation they caused? (April 4, 2020)

The State and Federal Governments’ Coronavirus Response Will Dwarf Economic Damage Done by FDR (March 21, 2020)

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Episode 45 The Jazz Age President Defending Warren G. Harding with Ryan S. Walters

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

There are myriad lists of best and worst presidents in U.S. history compiled by historians. Typically, presidents who helped expand the power of the federal government, led America into a major war, or both, are found at the top, while those whose governance benefited their constituents the most are found at the bottom. Warren G. Harding is in the latter category. He’s often named one of the worst presidents in U.S. history. Ryan S. Walters says that’s just plain wrong and joins Tom to discuss his new book, The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding.

Guest bio:

Ryan S. Walters is a writer and historian living in North Texas. He is the author of Grover Cleveland: The Last Jeffersonian President, Remember Mississippi, Apollo 1, and The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding, which will be released in February 2022 also by Regnery History. He teaches American history at Collin College.

His website is ryanswalters.net.

Book discussed:

The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding

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Episode 44 NATO Response to Ukraine Invasion Proves Massive U.S. Military a Waste of Money

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The United States spends more on its military than the next ten nations combined. The vast majority of this spending does not go towards hot wars, but rather to maintain the worldwide standing army that includes hundreds of thousands of troops stationed outside U.S. borders. But as the NATO response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine just proved, no nuclear power can afford to go to war with another without risking an extinction level event. That means the over $750 billion Washington spends on “defense” is a massive waste of resources.

Additional Reading:

Pentagon finally admits conventional warfare is obsolete, recommends deep cuts

Countries with the highest military spending worldwide in 2020

NATO Response to Ukraine Invasion Proves U.S. Military Should be Cut Drastically

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Episode 43 How Can Anyone Believe the Propaganda About Ukraine?

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Every traditional and social media outlet is flooded with one story: President Putin of Russia is absolutely evil for invading Ukraine “for no reason,” while President Zelensky of Ukraine is a gallant hero for bravely standing his ground to resist. But when you remove the emotionally charged packaging, the situation in Ukraine looks very similar to some previous conflicts the U.S. government has been involved in which it characterized very differently.

Links:

Vladimir Putin: Full Text of February 21, 2022 Speech

Full Transcript of Putin address February 24, 2022

Russians with Attitude

Additional Reading:

Putin is Not at War with Ukraine

Washington’s stance on Ukraine is as divorced from reality as its Covid Regime

Earth to Washington, D.C.: Russia will never give up ports in Syria and Ukraine

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Episode 42 FEDERALISM How Decentralization Can Save America with Suzanne Sherman

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

So divisive have American politics become that conservatives and liberals now openly talk about “national divorce,” meaning dissolving the existing union to allow red and blue states to either govern themselves or join smaller, likeminded federations. While there is nothing wrong with considering this solution, one less daunting may be staring Americans in the face. Suzanne Sherman lays it out in her new book, FEDERALISM: How Decentralization Can Save America.

Guest bio:

Suzanne Sherman was raised in California and having spent most of her life there, she moved to Utah to live a life of preparedness and self-reliance. You may know her as the “Red Hot Chilly Prepper” and host of the Wasatch Report. She’s also a recovering attorney previously licensed to practice in California for several years. In addition to her work on preparedness, Suzanne has done significant writing on history and the Constitution. More information can be found at her website at https://www.suzannecsherman.com/

Book discussed:

FEDERALISM: How Decentralization Can Save America by Suzanne Sherman

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Episode 41 Presidents' Day The Best and the Worst in US History

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

They changed George Washington’s birthday to “Presidents’ Day” to honor all the presidents, no matter how terrible they were, especially Lincoln, who was one of the worst. The holiday is usually accompanied by many best/worst president’s lists as seen by historians. Not surprisingly, you can read these backwards and they make much more sense.

Additional Reading:

Both Lincoln and the Confederacy Were Awful

Shadows and Foreshadowing at Nagasaki

Down with the Presidency from The Left, The Right, and The State by Lew Rockwell

The Real Lincoln by Thomas Dilorenzo

Grover Cleveland: The Last Jeffersonian President by Ryan S. Walters

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Episode 40 Taking the Child Maskers to Court with Jim Ostrowski

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

While thousands of Canadian truckers fight vaccine and mask mandates in Canada and cities, states, and nations begin repealing Covid restrictions amid public pressure, New York’s unelected governor continues to require schoolchildren to be masked. Attorney Jim Ostrowski of Buffalo is taking her and every complicit school district to court.

Guest bio:

He is the author of many books, including Progressivism: A Primer on the Idea Destroying America, A Crime Against Humanity: Essays Against the Lockdown, and The Libertarian Devil's Dictionary. Presently, he is an adjunct scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute and a columnist for LewRockwell.com.

Guest Links:

UNMASK OUR KIDS WNY LEGAL FEES (Contribute via GiveSendGo)

The Complaint

Jim’s Facebook Page

https://www.amazon.com/James-Ostrowski/e/B00OE8JKQO

Additional Reading:

STUDY: Masks make no significant difference

Highly acclaimed peer-reviewed Bangladesh study shows that masks don't work at all

Covid Charts Quiz

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Episode 39 Is Jay Powell Paul Volcker or Arthur Burns? with Tom Luongo

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Jay Powell said in December 2021 that the Fed would target federal funds interest rate of 0.9% by the end of 2022. But in the past week, several other Federal Reserve Board members have spoken out, with President of the St. Louis Fed James Bullard calling for the rate to reach 1.0% by July 2022. Is the Fed in disarray? Tom Luongo of Gold, Goats, and Guns says no, just at war with the Davos crowd and the European central bank. He joins Tom to discuss.

Guest Bio:

Links:

Despite GOP Boycott, Senate Banking Democrats Vote for Powell

Additional Reading:

Will Lagarde and the ECB Survive this Inflection Point in Geopolitics?

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Episode 38 Social Security and the Federal Reserve Use Similar Tactics to Defraud You

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

As a follow up to Episode 34 You and I Would Go to Jail for Running a Scam Like Social Security, Tom answers some questions e-mailed in response to the episode and points out how both Social Security and the Federal Reserve System intentionally misuse financial terms to deceive the public.

Links:

But I Paid Into It…

What Is a Note?

Federal Reserve Note (Wikipedia)

Additional Reading:

The Theory of Money and Credit

Choice: Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action

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Episode 37 Can Christians be libetarian? with Doug Stuart and Kerry Baldwin

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The libertarian philosophy based upon self-ownership and the non-aggression principle leads one to political positions like legalizing prostitution, gambling, and other victimless crimes.

This begs the question: can one be a devout Christian and a libertarian at the same time? Doug Stuart and Kerry Baldwin of the Libertarian Christian Institute join Tom to discuss their new book on the subject, Faith Seeking Freedom: Libertarian Christian Answers to Tough Questions.

Guest Bio:

The Libertarian Christian Institute is a federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt educational and religious nonprofit organization that promotes libertarianism from a Christian point of view. We are convinced that libertarianism is the most consistent expression of Christian political thought. LCI is ecumenical in nature, welcoming all those who confess the traditional creeds of the universal church.

Doug Stuart: Doug Stuart is CEO of the Libertarian Christian Institute. He holds an MDiv from Missio Seminary, and his writing and speaking focus on challenging the status quo. Doug became a full-fledged libertarian because Christians can defend liberty as a necessary aspect of loving others and defending the rights of the oppressed. Doug currently lives with his wife and three children in Lancaster, PA, where he freelances as a graphic designer and video producer. He has served as a deacon at an evangelical church, where he has also taught classes on film and culture, evangelism, faith and economics, and non-violence.

Kerry Baldwin: Kerry Baldwin is an independent researcher and writer with a B.A. in Philosophy from Arizona State University. Her website is MereLiberty.com and she focuses on libertarian philosophy and reformed theology. She challenges readers to rethink prevailing paradigms in politics, theology, and culture. She is a confessionally Reformed Christian orthodox Presbyterian in the tradition of J. Gresham Machen (1881–1937), an outspoken libertarian and defender of Christian orthodoxy.

Kerry holds libertarian anarchism to be properly grounded in Reformed Christian convictions, and finds an alternative to patriarchialism, feminism, egalitarianism, and complementarianism in a Reformed perspective. Kerry is a single, homeschooling mother of three. She enjoys outdoor activities in the Jemez mountains near her home, and stereotypically introverted hobbies such as puzzles and brain teasers.

Guest Links:

https://libertarianchristians.com/

Additional Reading:

Faith Seeking Freedom: Libertarian Christian Answers to Tough Questions

Faith Seeking Freedom Audiobook (50% off)

An Anti-State Christmas

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Episode 36 Fighting for Freedom in Knox County, TN with Mayor Glenn Jacobs

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Since 2020 we’ve learned how important it is that we still live in a federal republic rather than a monolithic nation state. If things get too bad in your state, you can vote with your feet and many Americans have over the past two years.

However, you can also make a difference at the county level. Despite the name recognition gained from being an international professional wrestling star, Glenn Jacobs (WWE’s “Kane”) decided to run for mayor of Knox County, TN and won. He joins Tom to discuss governing during the pandemic and beyond.

You can watch a video of the episode here.

Guest Bio:

Glenn Jacobs spent more than 20 years as a professional wrestler. Most notably as WWE superstar and three-time world champion Kane. After a hall of fame career as a professional athlete and a few decades as a small business owner, Glenn felt called to run for mayor of Knox county, Tennessee, to help others reach their full potential.

In 2017, Glenn answered the call to serve and was overwhelmingly elected mayor of Knox county in 2018. He's running for reelection this year in 2022.

Guest Links:

Re-Elect Glenn Jacobs for Knox County Mayor

Twitter: @GlennJacobsTN

Additional Reading:

WWE wrestler-turned-Tennessee mayor refuses compliance to COVID vaccine mandates in letter to Biden

Knox Co. Mayor Jacobs says he will not issue new COVID-19 restrictions

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Episode 35 Biden's Most Dangerous Game in Ukraine with Daniel McAdams

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

President Biden says the U.S. will not go to war over Ukraine, even if Russia invades, and is not planning on admitting Ukraine into NATO "in the next ten years." But the administration is still playing a dangerous game by refusing to completely walk away from the conflict. Daniel McAdams from the Ron Paul Institute joins Tom to discuss.

Guest bio:

Guest Links:

America’s Putin Psychosis

Additional Reading:

Regime 'Libertarians' Call for Cato Blood

Biden's Insane 'Russia False Flag' Conspiracy Debunked

Washington’s stance on Ukraine is as divorced from reality as its Covid Regime

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Episode 34 You and I Would Go to Jail for Running a Scam Like Social Security

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Economists talk about the Social Security “Trust Fund” and politicians sometimes even demagogue about their colleagues “robbing the trust fund.” But once you understand what the so-called trust fund really is, there is plenty more to be angry about than politicians supposedly robbing it for other government boondoggles.

Prepare to be very angry.

Links:

No, the US doesn’t have $30 trillion in debt

But I Paid Into It…

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Episode 33 What the Jobs Numbers and Stock Markets Are Really Telling Us

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The U.S. economy supposedly added almost a million jobs December 2021 – January 2022, but the stock markets continue to decline. What are investors seeing that government bean counters are not? As usual, It’s the Fed, Stupid.

Links:

BLS Jobs Reports

Fed will aggressively dial back its bond buying, sees three rate hikes next year

Federal Reserve Board Open Market Operations (interest rate history)

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Episode 32 Startling Admissions by the Covid Regime in January

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Fauci, Walenksy, and other “public health experts” are slowly moving towards positions people previously banned from social media and polite society held since the beginning of the pandemic. But they’re trying to reconcile them with their crumbling narrative that lockdowns, mask mandates, and the vaccines were highly effective against Covid-19.

Links:

Fauci Finally Admits Something About Covid-19 Others Have Been Censored for Saying

CDC Director Walensky: 75% Of Covid Deaths Had At Least 4 Comorbidities

94% of Americans who died from COVID-19 had contributing conditions: CDC

Experts say the COVID-19 emergency could end this year. What would it look like?

Rising unemployment causes higher death rates, Yale researcher shows (2002)

A LITERATURE REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF LOCKDOWNS ON COVID-19 MORTALITY

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Episode 31 Saving Life Liberty and Late Night from Politics with Alan Mosley

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Politics has invaded every aspect of American life and the casualties have included entertainment. Comedy is no longer funny, entertainment award shows are unbearable, and Alan Mosely’s favorite genre, late night talk, has lost its soul. He joins Tom to discuss his own late night show, It’s Too Late with Alan Mosley, and his quest to revive a once-great format.

Watch video here.

Guest bio:

Alan Mosley, a historian jazz musician writer, real libertarian, and most importantly, the host of It’s Too Late with Alan Mosley.

Guest Links:

AlanMosley.TV - A place where Alan is on TV

https://www.patreon.com/alanmosley

Alan Mosley - Home (facebook.com)

It's Too Late with Alan Mosley (odysee.com)

AlanMosleyTV - YouTube

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Episode 30 The States Move Towards a Constitutional Immigration Policy with Suzanne Sherman

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Like the country as a whole, libertarians are divided on immigration. And while only private property borders are legitimate in a perfect world, the constitutional solution may be one everyone can at least live with.

Guest bio:

Suzanne Sherman was raised in California and having spent most of her life there, she moved to Utah to live a life of preparedness and self-reliance. She’s also a recovering attorney previously licensed to practice in California for several years. In addition to her work on preparedness, Suzanne has done significant writing on history and the Constitution.

More information can be found at her website at https://www.suzannecsherman.com/

Previous appearance by guest: Inflation-Fighting Tips with Red Hot Chilly Prepper Suzanne Sherman | Tom Mullen Talks Freedom

Additional Reading:

The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 1798 and '99: with Jefferson's original

draught thereof.

Jefferson and Madison: Regulating Immigration a Power “No Where Delegated to the Federal Government”

The Gaping Hole in the Libertarian Immigration Debate

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Episode 29 American Muckraker James O'Keefe Fights the Ministry of Truth

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas doesn’t write news reports. It provides firsthand audio and video evidence of political and corporate malfeasance obtained through interviews with whistleblowers and secretly recorded insiders. James joins Tom to discuss his new book, American Muckraker, and the latest news from the front lines of guerilla journalism.

Guest bio:

James O’Keefe established Project Veritas in 2011 as a non-profit journalism enterprise to continue his undercover reporting work. The organization investigates and exposes corruption, dishonesty, self-dealing, waste, fraud, and other misconduct in both public and private institutions to achieve a more ethical and transparent society.

In addition to serving as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Project Veritas, James is also the author of three books, including his latest, American Muckraker: Rethinking Journalism for the 21st Century. More information can be found at https://www.projectveritas.com.

Additional Reading:

American Muckraker: Rethinking Journalism for the 21st Century

American Pravda: My Fight for Truth in the Era of Fake News

Breakthrough: Our Guerilla War to Expose Fraud and Save Democracy

Don’t Believe the Government Over Your Own Eyes and Ears

Watch video of the interview here.

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Episode 28 A Forgotten Principle Returns in SCOTUS Vaccine Mandate Decision with Kevin R C Gutzman

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Kevin Gutzman returns to break down the Supreme Court decision on the two vaccine mandates concerning companies with more than 100 employees and health care workers, respectively. While we agree the practice of federal agencies writing any regulations at all constitutes legislating and is therefore unconstitutional, this decision does reintroduce a long-ignored principle that could represent a first step towards a more constitutionally limited federal government.

Guest bio:

More info on his website at kevingutzman.com.

Additional Reading:

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution by Kevin R.C. Gutzman

James Madison and the Making of America by Kevin R.C. Gutzman

If you're really against fascism, repeal the New Deal root and branch - Tom Mullen

Congress Isn’t Just a “Better Way” to Legislate; It’s the Only Way – Tom Mullen

The Revolution Was - Garet Garrett

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Episode 27 Fighting Inflation: Gold or Bitcoin or Both? with Michael Maharrey

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The government admits inflation is high, but when measured the same way we did in the 1970s, it's even higher than it was then. What can Americans do to protect themselves? Mike Maharrey of the Tenth Amendment Center and SchiffGold joins Tom to offer his thoughts.

Guest bio:

Michael Maharrey serves as the national communications director for the Tenth Amendment Center and the managing editor of the SchiffGold website.

Michael is the author of four books. Constitution: Owner’s Manual, Our Last Hope: Rediscovering the Lost Path to Liberty, Smashing Myths- Understanding Madison’s Notes on Nullification, and Nullification Objections: Dismantling the Opposition (with Michael Boldin).

He’s also penned several e-books, including The Power of No: The Historical and Constitutional Basis for State Nullification to Limit Federal Power and Its Practical Application, The Constitution and the Report of 1800, The Jefferson Letters, Vol. 1: Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, and The National Bank vs. the Constitution.

Michael hosts the Friday Gold Wrap podcast.

Guest Links:

MichaelMaharrey.com

SchiffGold News

The Tenth Amendment Center

Additional Reading:

The National Bank vs. the Constitution

Constitution Owner's Manual: The Real Constitution Politicians Don't Want You to Know About

Smashing Myths: Understanding Madison's Notes on Nullification

Nullification Objections: Dismantling the Opposition

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Episode 26 On the Front Lines of Freedom with Robby Dinero

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

When former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tried to close his business in 2020, Robby Dinero refused to close. He went to court against the Covid lockdowns and won. Now he’s taking on his local school board over its Covid mandates. Robby was wrongfully arrested for trespassing when he tried to attend a school board meeting earlier this month. He joins Tom to talk about his court appearance and what he has planned next.

Guest bio:

Robby Dinero has trained athletes of all ages for nearly 20 years. Alpine trekking, nordic skiing, rock climbing, amateur boxing, Olympic weightlifting, rugby, full marathons, sprint triathlons, fitness competitions; he has an incredibly wide breadth of experience in sports, training, and coaching. An infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps for nearly 14 years, Coach Robby has trained our nations finest to win on the battlefield and win in life. He knows how to motivate and get the most from those he leads and trains. A veteran of 3 combat tours, being HARD TO KILL isn’t a catchy slogan – it’s his way of life.

Guest Links:

Important: For anyone who is a business owner or who knows one who feels like he/she is alone and defenseless against the state and its insane mandates, the first two links below are to organizations you can join to fight this tyranny together with likeminded business owners.

Fight4YourFamily.com/home

The Constitutional Coalition of NYS

https://www.theunleashed.us/

http://freedombeforefear.com/

Additional Reading:

Every year will be 2020 if Americans don’t resist Covid-19 measures now – Tom Mullen

What proof is there that Covid-19 lockdowns prevent more cases than they cause? – Tom Mullen

The absurd proposition of Covid-19 lockdowns – Tom Mullen

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Episode 25 Jay Powell and the Fed Fight Davos with Tom Luongo

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The Fed may have set us up for disaster by quintupling the money supply since March 2020, but if the Davos crowd gets its way, it could be even worse. Tom Luongo joins Tom to explain how Jay Powell is using the repo markets to defeat Davos and ensure the Fed and Wall Street remain in charge of the financial world.

Guest Bio:

Tom Luongo is a former research chemist, amateur dairy goat farmer, anarcho libertarian, and obstreperous Austrian economist. He now contributes to a variety of publications, including, but not limited to Seeking Alpha, Russia Insider, Halsey News, and Newsmax media.

Links:

The Fed Says, “Let Me Squeeze Your Dollars…5 Basis Points at a Time”

Additional Reading:

Bitcoin, 2022 and the Real Story Behind COVID-9/11

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Episode 24 Alexander Hamilton's Curse Enters Its 233rd Year with Thomas Dilorenzo

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin has killed President Biden’s mega-boondoggle “infrastructure” bill for now. But bad ideas never seem to stay dead in Washington, D.C. Economist and author Thomas Dilorenzo joins Tom to discuss the founding father of big government, bridges to nowhere, and inflation, and how his political heirs seized infrastructure and the currency from the private sector.

Guest Bio:

Thomas DiLorenzo is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author of The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; and The Problem with Socialism.

"That's because they don't understand the purpose of government, which is for the people who run it to plunder the people who don't." - Thomas Dilorenzo (2010)

Links:

Thomas J. DiLorenzo Mises Institute

Additional Reading:

Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today

How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present

The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War

The Problem with Socialism

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The Libertarian Institute

Episode 23 The Continuing Disasters in the Middle East and Ukraine with Scott Horton

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Tensions are high as the U.S. and NATO square off with Russia over Ukraine. This is just the latest in a series of ill-advised U.S. interventions that always end up backfiring. Scott Horton joins Tom to break down not only the Ukraine situation but the continuing disasters in the Middle East.

Guest Bio:

Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of the 2021 book Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism, the 2017 book, Fool’s Errand:Time to End the War in Afghanistan and editor of the 2019 book The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019. He’s conducted more than 5,500 interviews since 2003.

Links:

Scott’s Website

Antiwar.com

The Scott Horton Show

Additional Reading:

Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism

Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan

9/11 happens every day to victims of U.S. foreign policy

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following FOMC meeting

Episode 22 It's the Fed, Stupid

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

In response to rising prices, Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell says the Fed will speed up the slowdown in purchasing assets. Huh? Of course, even if the Fed ceased today, we’d have a massive problem on our hands thanks to the tsunami of money loosed upon the economy in the past two years. But don’t count on that promise to stop inflating in March – at least not for very long.

Links:

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Press Conference Transcript December 15

M1 Money Supply (FRED)

Jerome Powell Speaks and the Markets Are Very Worried

Crying Wolf on (Hyper)Inflation?

Additional Reading:

It’s the Fed, Stupid

The Theory of Money and Credit

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The Joe Rogan Experience Episode #1757 Dr. Robert Malone

Episode 21 Bitcoin Basics with John Bush

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Guest bio:

In 2005 he laid out his vision for Freedom Cells, peer to peer mutual aid groups that work together to find more freedom for those involved. The Freedom Cell Network now has over 30,000 participants all across the globe. His interest in natural health led him to discover kratom, a natural remedy which he sells along with CBD and Delta 8 THC through his company Brave Botanicals.

Guest Links:

Live Free Academy

My Brave Botanicals

Additional Reading:

The Economics of Bitcoin by Robert P. Murphy

Understanding Bitcoin: The Liberty Lover's Guide to the Mechanics & Economics of Crypto-Currencies by Robert P. Murphy

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Episode 20 A Non-Conspiracy Theory of the Covid Regime

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Joe Rogan continues to confound the information gatekeepers by hosting guests deemed unfit to be heard. The latest was Dr. Robert Malone, inventor and patent holder of the basic technology platform used to build mRNA vaccines like the Covid jabs. While their conversation was wide-ranging and informative, they like us arrive at the question no one has a definite answer for: are our would-be rulers evil or just stupid?

I provide one possible answer in today’s episode.

Links:

Robert W Malone MD (official website)

Thomas v. Collins, 323 U.S. 516 (1945)

Additional Reading:

An Anti-State Christmas by Tom Mullen

Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives by Alex Berenson

Influenza: Effective control measures in the 1918 flu pandemic (W.H. Kellogg, 1919)

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Episode 19 Biden Faces Reality on Covid (Sort of)

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

CNN reports the Biden administration is “shifting strategy” to combat Covid-19. But the new strategy and CNN’s reporting of it reveal both encouraging and discouraging signs of where the Covid Regime may be headed in 2022.

Links:

Biden administration signals pandemic strategy shift in the face of Omicron

UNICEF: An additional 6.7 million children under 5 could suffer from wasting this year due to COVID-19

Additional Reading:

An Anti-State Christmas

Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives by Alex Berenson

Influenza: Effective control measures in the 1918 flu pandemic (W.H. Kellogg, 1919)

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Episode 18 Oh My Cron!

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The media would have us believe the Omicron variant of the SARS-COV-2 virus is a major threat from which only a third vaccine dose can save us. But while their reporting is almost entirely unreliable on any one subject, sometimes comparing what they report on one issue sheds light about the truth of another.

Links:

Don’t Believe the Government Over Your Own Eyes and Ears

Travel nightmare: Another 2,000 flights canceled Monday

Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of new US COVID cases

A Weekly Summary of U.S. Covid-19 Hospitalization Data (CDC)

Health Advisory: NYC Has 4-Fold Increase In Children Hospitalized For Covid-19 Coronavirus

Additional Reading:

An Anti-State Christmas by Tom Mullen

Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives by Alex Berenson

The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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Episode 17 An Anti-Science Christmas

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 12:15:00 -0400

Summary:

Politicians and bureaucrats who claim lockdowns and mask mandates slowed the spread of Covid-19 have no explanation for Florida, Texas, Iowa, Sweden, and dozens of other jurisdictions that did not impose the policies or discontinued them over a year ago. One reason might be that evidence for the primary justification for these policies just isn’t there.

Links:

Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley: 'Covid is not keeping me out of this game. The

rules are'

Fauci: Amount of virus in breakthrough delta cases 'almost identical' to unvaccinated

Post-lockdown SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid screening in nearly ten million residents of Wuhan, China

Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

What should you do if you have asymptomatic COVID-19?

Global Percentage of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among the Tested Population and Individuals With Confirmed COVID-19 Diagnosis

Additional Reading:

An Anti-State Christmas

Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives

The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health

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Inflation-Fighting Tips with Red Hot Chilly Prepper Suzanne Sherman

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Guest bio:

Suzanne was born and raised in California, and having spent most of her life there, she moved to Utah to live a life of preparedness and self-reliance. She helps people achieve preparedness in all aspects and is the author of The Lost Frontier Handbook and hosts a podcast called The Red Hot Chilly Prepper. Her website is suzannecsherman.com.

Guest Links:

SUZANNECSHERMAN.COM

Additional Reading:

The Lost Frontier Handbook

Freeze Dry Your Eggs for Long-Term Preservation

No Space for Preps? We Can Help!

The Well-Stocked Pantry: Legos for Food Preps!

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Don't Let the Covid Regime Become Permanent

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

There are some signs of hope that Coronasteria may be coming to an end. If the Omicron variant turns out to be more contagious and less lethal than previous versions of the virus, it may do for the population what the vaccines have failed to do. But the damage may already be done. The precedent is set that lockdowns, mask mandates, and other tyrannical edicts can be issued over relatively minor pathogens compared to polio or the Spanish flu. And perhaps “health crises” won’t be the only situations in which these tactics are employed.

Links:

Covid Charts Quiz

This aged well (from April 2020): What proof is there that Covid-19 lockdowns prevent more cases than they cause?

Considering this: Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

which also says asymptomatic spread is miniscule

Nonpharmaceutical Measures for Pandemic Influenza in Nonhealthcare Settings—Personal Protective and Environmental Measures

The "Acid Rain" Scare and the Science-Industrial Complex

Additional Reading:

An Anti-State Christmas by Tom Mullen

Pandemia: How Coronavirus Hysteria Took Over Our Government, Rights, and Lives by Alex Berenson

The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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https://www.spikecohen.com/

On the Road for Freedom with Spike Cohen

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Guest bio:

Spike Cohen is a successful business owner, Libertarian activist, and media figure. As the 2020 Libertarian Party candidate for Vice President, coming in third place in the 2020 election, Spike traveled across the nation by plane and bus and met tens of thousands of Americans to share the message of Liberty with them.

Spike started a web design company as a teenager in 1998. In 2017, he retired from web design to focus on Libertarian messaging, entertainment, and activism. This culminated with him becoming the co-owner of Muddied Waters Media, the co-host of The Muddied Waters of Freedom, and the host of My Fellow Americans.

Spike is a tireless advocate for freedom with a commitment to help grow the movement at the grassroots level, training Libertarian Party candidates and activists in positive and principled messaging to explain high concept libertarian ideas to everyday Americans, and working towards the Libertarian Party's goal of "a world set free in our lifetime."

Since the 2020 election, Spike has become a regular guest on cable news networks, nationally syndicated radio, international media outlets, and podcasts across the globe.

Guest Links:

https://www.facebook.com/LiterallySpikeCohen

http://muddiedwatersoffreedom.com/

Additional Reading:

Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?

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Viruses-lots of them-are falling from

That Other Government That Called Part of the Population Diseased with Eric Peters

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Guest bio:

Eric Peters is widely known as “The Libertarian Car Guy” for his writing on how the government attacks our freedom through regulation of automobiles. But his lively pen and keen insight go far beyond the automotive. His latest article concerns a disturbing similarity between the way the Covid Regime in the U.S. is treating the unvaccinated with the way a notorious government from the 20^thcentury treated a certain part of its own country’s population.

Guest Links:

Epautos.com

Additional Reading:

Headed East . . . by Eric Peters

Another Case of the Usual Thing from The Biden Thing by Eric Peters

Diaper Report 12/2/21 by Eric Peters

Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War by Ludwig Von Mises

From the Memory Hole:

Hospitals Overwhelmed by Flu Patients Are Treating Them in Tents – Time Magazine (2018)

the sky – UBC Science (2018) – Has anyone bothered to check SARS_COV-2 isn’t one of them?

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No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority by Lysander Spooner

Do the Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery Cases Represent What Would Happen in a Stateless Society?

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

The Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery cases both involved private citizens providing what some people would argue are services reserved to the state. These same people would no doubt point to these cases as reasons why a stateless society would not work. But do they represent typical behavior in a stateless world?

Additional Reading:

The Anarchist Handbook by Michael Malice

For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto by Murray Rothbard

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Liberated with Kerry McDonald (newsletter)

Homeschooling Unmasked with Kerry McDonald

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Guest bio:

Kerry McDonald is a Senior Education Fellow at FEE and author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom (Chicago Review Press, 2019). She is also an adjunct scholar at The Cato Institute and a regular Forbes contributor.

Kerry's research interests include homeschooling and alternatives to school, self-directed learning, education entrepreneurship, parent empowerment, school choice, and family and child policy. Her articles have appeared at The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, NPR, Education Next, Reason Magazine, City Journal, and Entrepreneur, among others. She has a master’s degree in education policy from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Bowdoin College.

Kerry lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband and four children.

You can sign up for her weekly newsletter on parenting and education here.

Guest Links:

About Kerry McDonald

Additional Reading:

Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom (2019) by Kerry McDonald

Why Schools Don’t Educate by John Taylor Gatto

Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto

Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto

13 Reasons Why is an indictment of schools, not legitimization of suicide by Tom

Mullen

The Thanksgiving Day deception: Exhibit A against public schools by Tom Mullen

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Western New York Town Supervisor Objects to Erie County Mask Mandate with Gary Dickson

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Guest bio:

Gary Dickson became the first Republican Town Supervisor of West Seneca, N.Y. in 50 years when he was elected in 2019. As of the 2021 election, Republicans are also in the majority on the West Seneca Town Board.

Guest Links:

Gary A. Dickson Town of West Seneca

Additional Reading:

"We will not comply:" Town Supervisors condemn county-wide mask mandates

(WKBW)

A Dispatch from Behind the Iron Curtain (New York State)

Don’t Confuse the Scientists with Science: Thomas Kuhn and the Covid Cult

Another day, another Covid “news” article where the reporter questions nothing

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You Have a Right to What You Own and Nothing More

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Summary:

Libertarians since Thomas Jefferson have talked about natural, inalienable rights to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and more. We entertain the correct view that our rights are so numerous that they couldn’t all be named in any manifesto or treatise.

The only problem is that, since rights are so numerous and can’t all be named in any one place, those wishing to invade our true rights start inventing false ones like rights to healthcare or education or to lock us in our homes until they feel safe from a virus they believe we might be carrying.

In this episode, I suggest that we stop thinking and talking about rights as separate and distinct principles and return to the source of our philosophy and a concept that might help us more clearly understand and articulate our positions.

Additional Reading:

You Have a Right to What You Own and Nothing More

The Second Treatise of Civil Government – John Locke (1690)

For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto (1973)

Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From? Part 1 – Tom Mullen (2015)

The Best Argument Against Minimum Wage Laws: You Don’t Own Other People

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Q Sent Me: The Documentary the Regime Doesn't Want You to See with Jason Rink

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Guest bio:

Jason is an award-winning producer and director of documentary films with over a decade of commercial filmmaking experience. He has worked with A-list talent and celebrities, like Academy Award winning actor Richard Dreyfuss, U.S. Senators, and presidential candidates. He has also worked with global brands such as Aston Martin, Toyota, Mazda, and Mercer. Lately, Jason has focused more and more on documentary storytelling on unapproved subjects or, in his words, “things that get me canceled.”

Guest Links:

https://qsentmemovie.com/

http://www.jasonrink.com/

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Navigating the Boom Bust Cycle and an Honest Single Payer Healthcare System with Murray Sabrin

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Guest bio:

Dr. Murray Sabrin retired from Ramapo College on July 1, 2020 as Professor of Finance. On January 25th, 2021, the Board of Trustees awarded Dr. Sabrin Emeritus status for his scholarship and professional contributions during his 35-year career. His book, Universal Medical Care: From Conception to End-of-Life: The Case for a Single Payer System, calls for the individual or family to be the single payer to restore the doctor-patient relationship.

His latest book, Navigating the Boom/Bust Cycle: An Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide, was published in October 2021. Sabrin is the author of Tax Free 2000: The Rebirth of American Liberty, a blueprint on how to create a tax-free America in the 21stcentury, and Why the Federal Reserve Sucks: It Causes, Inflation, Recessions, Bubbles and Enriches the One Percent, which is available on Amazon.

Guest Links:

https://www.murraysabrin.com/

Universal Medical Care from Conception to End of Life: The Case for A Single-Payer System

Additional Reading:

https://tommullen.net/featured/the-culture-of-entitlement-in-medicine/

https://tommullen.net/featured/politicians-talking-gibberish-about-health-care/

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The Pilgrims Weren't the Only Ones to Try Socialism in America

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 07:30:00 -0400

Summary:

Most people were led to believe during their schooling that the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony suffered and starved for the first few years because they just didn’t know how to survive in the New World. It wasn’t until Squanto taught them to put a dead fish under each cornstalk that they grew enough corn to make it through the winter.

Well, Squanto did teach them the fish trick, but that wasn’t what saved them. According to Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford himself, it was getting rid of their socialist economic system that turned their misery to prosperity. Socialism also failed in the Jamestown Colony in Virginia and in at least 119 voluntary socialist societies in early 19^th century America. Join Tom for some forgotten history to celebrate Thanksgiving!

Additional Reading:

The Thanksgiving Day deception: Exhibit A against public schools

How Capitalism Save America

What ‘Little Women’ Author Louisa May Alcott Learned about Socialism in a 19th Century Utopian Commune

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The U.S. Global Military Empire Rolls On After Afghanistan Debacle with Daniel McAdams

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 07:30:00 -0400

Guest bio:

Guest Links:

http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2021/september/13/twenty-years-on-we-ve-learned-nothing-from-911/

Additional Reading:

https://original.antiwar.com/paul/2013/06/23/what-we-have-learned-from-afghanistan/

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2003/07/ron-paul/weve-been-neoconned/

https://tommullen.net/featured/911-happens-every-day-to-victims-of-u-s-foreign-policy/

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Building the Free State of New Hampshire with Carla Gericke

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0400

Guest bio:

After winning the Green Card lottery, Carla Gericke left the plains of Africa for a better life in America. Before then, she finished boarding school when she was sixteen years old, and law school when she was 21, working as an attorney in South Africa and California.

Carla is author of The Ecstatic Pessimist: Stories of Hope (Mostly), now available on Amazon or directly from Carla (personalized and shipping included).

Carla has appeared on WMUR, CNN, and Fox News, been featured in GQ and Playboy, been quoted in The Economist, and has discussed libertarianism on the BBC. She has visited more than 40 countries, hiked to the base camp of the 10th highest mountain in the world, lost a shoe in a taxi more than once, had her passport stolen in Goa, got kidnapped in Vietnam, and has noshed on more “mystery meat” street food than she cares to admit.

Carla is the President Emeritus of the Free State Project, a conspiracy to get tens of thousands of libertarians to move to NH, take over the state, and leave everyone alone. Carla just started her own webcast called the Carla Gericke Show and is again running for NH state senate against an opponent she describes as “an eighty-something, 12-term Establishment dude,” and she’s getting closer and closer to beating him.

Guest Links:

https://www.carla4nhsenate.com/

https://www.fsp.org/

https://www.carlagericke.com/

Additional Reading:

The Ecstatic Pessimist: Stories of Hope (Mostly)

https://www.carlagericke.com/just-say-no-to-sleepy-joes-dc-bribe/

http://tommullen.net/featured/centralization-is-insane/

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About Tom Mullen Talks Freedom

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 17:30:00 -0400

Tom Mullen has been writing about freedom for over a decade. He is the author of Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From? And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? and A Return to Common Sense: Reawakening Liberty in the Inhabitants of America. His writing has been featured in Newsweek, The Huffington Post, The Washington Times, RealClear Markets, The Daily Caller, LewRockwell.com, 321 Gold! and The Foundation for Economic Education.

Now, Tom is bringing his unique perspective and penetrating analysis to his new podcast, Tom Mullen Talks Freedom. The podcast will feature a variety of formats, including interviews, solo commentary, and Q&A. The show will start with 3 episodes per week and ramp up to 5 per week in the not-to-distant future.

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