Recent Podcast Episodes

The Congressional Republicans hunt for a scapegoat to take the blame for the Union defeat at Ball's Bluff. 

Peer review by colleagues is an important process by which doctors who misbehave or malpractice can be held accountable and, if necessary, prevented from harming patients. Unfortunately, the process can also be used in bad faith.

Patrick Newman on what Murray Rothbard can still teach us today.

Money spent on "luxuries" goes to support ordinary people who use profits from luxury goods to make a living and support their families.

Some inequality arises naturally from freedom of choice. Some comes from government meddling. One is good and the other is bad.

In this 18-minute talk, Malavika Nair presents the basics on what money is, its origins, and why it is so central to a modern economy.

Why is it that starving Venezuelans are eating dogs while Americans are rescuing dogs from hurricanes?

Ball’s Bluff evolves from a “slight demonstration” into a small-scale battle, and claims the life of one of President Lincoln’s closest personal friends.

The life of a clinical trialist involves juggling multiple demands. Beyond the purely scientific questions are the clinical interests of the patient and the personal demands on the physician.

The European Miracle was one in which humans achieved sustained growth for the first time on earth. Why Europe? Because of European decentralization and private enterprise.

Daniel Lacalle and Jeff Deist discuss why all of us have a stake in seeing central bank balance sheets shrink.

Whether they know it or not, economic theory has a major influence on the political views of countless people today. It's not something we can pretend is just for economics eggheads.

One of the most fundamental questions that a doctor may be asked to answer is the following: Is this man or is that woman dead? Guest D. Alan Shewmon offers a compelling rebuke to the principal arguments put forth to defend the concept of brain death.

Presented at the Mises Institute's 2018 Supporters Summit in Auburn, Alabama.

Presented at the Mises Institute's 2018 Supporters Summit in Auburn, Alabama.

Chris Calton details all of the mistakes that were made leading up to The Battle of Ball’s Bluff, setting the stage for a Union catastrophe.

Presented at the Mises Institute's 2018 Supporters Summit in Auburn, Alabama.

Presented at the Mises Institute's 2018 Supporters Summit in Auburn, Alabama.

Presented at the Mises Institute's 2018 Supporters Summit in Auburn, Alabama.

The arcane procedure patients must follow to file out-of-network claims is an important obstacle for a more widespread embrace of a third-party free medical practice. Could that process be made less daunting?