Recent Podcast Episodes
Dan McCarthy Trusts the People More Than the Elites
Dan McCarthy, Editor at Large of The American Conservative, joins Bob to discuss his view that conservatives and libertarians should stop heaping contempt on democracy. McCarthy argues that the elites are the real threat to liberty, not the masses.
Why GOP Loyalists and Candidates Keep Moving Left
Unless the Left's opponents focus on changing voters' ideological drift to the left, candidates who want to actually win elections will have to keep moving left also.
The Myth of America as a “Reluctant Superpower”
In this outstanding study, Stephen Wertheim shows that both views that dominate American foreign policy are wrong. In doing so, he vindicates for our time the merits of a noninterventionist foreign policy.
The Absurdity of Lockdown 2.0
Per Bylund on The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized
Dr. Bylund and Jeff Deist discuss Covid and government responses against the backdrop of ripple effects, Say's law, "market failure," and the inability of bureaucrats to make rational tradeoffs.
The Rise of Mega–Gambling Facilities: A New Skyscraper Curse?
Circa casino’s new three-story, 78 million–pixel, high-definition screen in its sportsbook gambling compound may represent a new frontier in mega–building trends similar to those of skyscrapers.
Privacy, Power, Fiscal Policy, the Poor: Four Reasons to Worry about CBDCs
The Future of Trump’s Populism
The GOP is at its worst when it's run by the old Bush-Romney-Cheney faction that was in power before Trump. Will "Trumpism" endure, or will the party go back to its old warmongering, pro-establishment ways?
Why Governments Hate Decentralization and “Local Control”
Decentralized societies that value local customs, institutions, and governments are obstacles to the expansion of the regime's power. Not surprisingly, central governments do all they can to destroy this.
China’s New Five-Year Plan Exposes the Wishful Thinking behind Socialist Regimes
Why Commies Hate Your Thanksgiving Dinner
In 1923, Lenin released a propaganda pamphlet titled Down with the Private Kitchen. It explained how private dinners with one's family are reactionary, bourgeois, and generally something requiring total destruction.
Modern Monetary Collectivism
No, “societal” value is not what you want or think is good, and “we” are not a homogenous entity of observable, aggregated preferences.
Covid Is Just the Latest Excuse for Canada’s Politicians to Violate the Constitution
Another Pointless Antitrust Campaign by Federal Regulators
Lockdowns Destroy What Makes Us Human
The Right to Own a Gun Isn’t Just for Americans
What the Covid Vaccine Hype Fails to Mention
If there were a reduction in mortality from these vaccines, that information would be in the first paragraph of the announcement. But it's not there, which suggests the vaccines aren't as effective as claimed.
2021 Would Be a Great Time to Audit the Fed
In spite of its relentless public relations efforts claiming the opposite, the Fed remains a leading reason for the impoverishment of working-class and middle-class families.
Debunking Seven Common Criticisms of Austrian Economics
If people want to dismiss this school of thought, which many seem inclined to do for political (not theoretical) reasons, at least they should do so based on facts and knowledge, not on falsehoods.