Recent Podcast Episodes
Just Say No: Reagan Militarizes the War on Drugs
Chris Calton explains several of the consequences of the Reagan Administration's War on Drugs.
Daniel Lacalle: A Spanish Libertarian on Catalonia
Yellow Journalism and Cheech and Chong: Drug Policy in the 70s
Chris Calton explores US drug policy between the Nixon and Reagan Administrations.
Dr. Greg Thornbury: Can College Be Saved?
Massacres and Marijuana: Vietnam and the Drug War
Chris Calton explains how the US government escalated the War on Drugs at home, while serving as a drug runner in Southeast Asia.
Jacob Lindsey: NFL Hopeful from Harvard on Why He Loves Austrian Economics
Scott Horton on the Endless War in Afghanistan
The Great Depression, Jazz, and Harry Anslinger: The War on Drugs Before Nixon
Chris Calton details FDR's "Narcotic War".
Dave Smith: Libertarians and the Culture Wars
Culture, Coca-Cola, and the CIA: The History of Cocaine
In the fourth episode of Historical Controversies, Chris Calton traces the history of cocaine in the US.
Daniel McAdams: Trump and the War Party
The Milk of the Poppy
In the third episode of the Historical Controversies podcast, Chris Calton looks at the history of opium use around the world.
Chris Calton: Historical Controversies
The Attack on Marijuana During the 1930s
How did Americans fall for the government's reefer madness? Listen as Chris Calton explains.
Tom Woods: What I Learned from Murray Rothbard
The Roots of Drug Prohibition in America
Chris Calton discusses America's early perception of drug use, and the origins of prohibition.