Bob Murphy Show

Adam Haman returns to help Bob critically assess the various strategies for promoting liberty that they and their colleagues have tried.

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• Bob's interview of Patri Friedman on Prospera. His recent interview with Spike Cohen on You Are th...

Adam Haman returns to participate in the 2nd installment of his "book club" with Bob. Last time, they reviewed The Dark Knight Returns, while this time they review The Man Who Was Thursday, a classic philosophical thriller.

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Daniel Kuehn is a labor economist with the Urban Institute. He has an interest in the history of economic thought, and joins Bob to discuss his forthcoming Journal of Economic Perspectives (Vol 39, No 4) article on WEB Dubois' work on marginal productivity theory, when it was still in its infancy.

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In another crossover, Adam Haman returns to critically assess Dave Smith's intriguing arguments regarding the firing (with FCC pressure) of Jimmy Kimmel.

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Spike Cohen returns to the podcast to elaborate on the tremendous success of his organization, You Are the Power. By simply spotlighting particular government officials abusing their position, his network can give people an incentive to do the right thing.

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Adam Haman returns to discuss various controversies that have arisen in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination.

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• Glenn Greenwald showcasing Charlie Kirk on Netenyahu regime.
• The Kyle Kulinski discussion of Kirk on stoning gays.
• T...

Jake Boldig was the one to introduce Bob to two previous BMS guests (Jonathan Menn and Protais Nshogoza). They all work for ECLEA--Equipping Church Leaders in East Africa. Jake tells Bob of his recent adventures in the Congo.

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Adam Haman returns for another cross-over, this time discussing the video and commentary surrounding the US military strike on a motorboat off the coast of Venezuela.

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• The Glenn Greenwald discussion of Rubio and Trump on Venezuela.
• The HamanN...

Pastor and apologist Lee Strobel recently appeared on Tucker Carlson to discuss his new book on angels and demons. But Bob focuses on Strobel's own journey from atheism to faith, and his description of near death experiences.

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Adam Haman returns to discuss three recent news items involving the Trump Administration: the Intel acquisition, the firing of and lawsuit by Fed Governor Lisa Cook, and the possible judicial repeal of some of the tariffs.

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Ray March is an economist with the Free Market Institute (where he studied under Murphy years ago) and a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. He joins the podcast to discuss his recent op ed in the Washington Post.

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Mathematician Ian Deters returns to the podcast to summarize the results of his computer simulations of a simple model of "free banking," as guided by Bob's instructions. His report has some good news and bad news for Bob.

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In a new type of crossover episode, Adam Haman and Bob Murphy provide an in-depth analysis of Frank Miller's classic graphic novel, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. They also relate Miller's depiction to other treatments of the world's greatest detective.

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Adam Haman returns for another crossover, this time reviewing a fascinating, 18-minute video which makes a strong case that "they've been lying to us about nuclear power." As always, Adam and Bob don't trust anybody, even the fellow YouTuber.

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David R. Henderson is a Research Fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He joins Bob to discuss a recent substack post, in which he reproduced the article Hoover ran in the lead-up to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. David and Bob then discuss parallels with current events.

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In another crossover episode, Adam Haman asks Bob about his doubts/concerns on various parts of Richard Werner's recent appearance on the Tucker Carlson show. This discussion is on the heels of Bob's episode of the Human Action podcast with Jonathan Newman, where they responded to Werner's interview from an Austrian economics perspective.

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Martha Bueno is a popular advocate for liberty whose parents fled communist Cuba. She is part of Lyn Ulbricht's new organization dedicated to freeing nonviolent offenders suffering from cruel sentencing.

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Patri Friedman has a long career in promoting real-world projects for creating free cities. Originally he was associated with seasteading, but he has since focused on an opportunity provided in Honduras.

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