The Tom Woods Show

The Tom Woods Show

Join New York Times bestselling author Tom Woods for your daily serving of liberty education! Guests include Ron Paul, Judge Andrew Napolitano, David Stockman, and hundreds more, with topics like war, the Federal Reserve, net neutrality, the FDA, Austrian economics, and many other subjects of interest to libertarians. Join us!

Episodes

February 7, 2025 49 mins

The Mises Institute's Ryan McMaken believes that in the long run a breakup of the United States is inevitable. He also argues: whatever short-term victories we may celebrate today, we still need to keep an eye on the long run and the issues we need to face there.

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Dominic Frisby joins us to discuss the horrific issue of the Rotherham rape gangs in the UK, how they could have persisted for so long, and what they tell us about the viability of multiculturalism.

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Guest's Twitter: @DominicFrisby

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February 5, 2025 45 mins

Clint Russell of Liberty Lockdown and former Free State Project executive director Jeremy Kauffman join us to talk domestic policy, USAID, tariffs, and plenty more. (The Gaza announcement had not been made at the time of recording.)

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Guests' Twitter:
@LibertyLockPod
@jeremykauffman

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Mark Sisson makes a compelling case that the promises made about running have not only failed to materialize, but that in fact running is a net minus for human health and should be replaced by walking.

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Book Discussed: Born to Walk: The Broken Promises of the Running Boom, and How to Slow Down and Get Healthy--One Step at a Time

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January 30, 2025 50 mins

Zach Weissmuller of Reason and Guy Swann of Bitcoin Audible join us to supply the details of Ross Ulbricht's case and to respond to critics of Ross who opposed his pardon.

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Guests' Websites:
Reason.com 
BitcoinAudible.com 

Guests' Twitter:
@TheAbridgedZach
@TheGuySwann

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Angela McArdle, until recently the Libertarian Party chair, shares the story of how the efforts of so many people over the years, coupled with Angela's own negotiations, resulted in the full pardon Donald Trump gave to Ross Ulbricht.

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January 24, 2025 46 mins

Historian Kevin Gutzman joins us to discuss the professional historical associations and other horrors.

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Guest's Website: KevinGutzman.com

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Jack Hunter, an OG from the old days, joins us to discuss the connection between the Ron Paul Revolution and the good parts of the present moment.

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Guest's Publication: Rand Paul Review

Show notes for Ep. 2597

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Dan McCarthy of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute joins us to talk about what the next four years are likely to look like.

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Dave Loffredo lost 60 pounds and took eight inches off his waist thanks in large part to his fitness accountability group inside the Tom Woods School of Life. We're about much more than weight loss, of course. Give it a try at OneBuckTrial.com

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January 17, 2025 39 mins

Wanjiru Njoya joins us to discuss the seductive but wrongheaded idea of "social justice."

(Ep. 2595 of the Tom Woods Show)

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Guest's Articles:
https://mises.org/profile/wanjiru-njoya 

Guest's Twitter: @WanjiruNjoya

Show notes for Ep. 2595

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Left and right alike these days are convinced "capitalism" doesn't work because younger people face high costs and crappy jobs. Are we sure we're blaming the right thing? Gene Epstein joins us.

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It's been difficult to have an adult conversation on Ukraine and Russia, because anything other than the CIA line is treated as "Russian disinformation." Scott Horton joins us.

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Book Discussed: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine

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January 10, 2025 46 mins

JD Haltigan, who holds a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Miami in Florida, discusses the state of his profession as well as the state of American society.

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Jason Rink, once known as "the most canceled filmmaker in America," just had his January 6th film American Shaman released on AppleTV. Times are changing....

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David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, and who knows the details of the federal budget like few others, has written the definitive guide for the Department of Government Efficiency if it genuinely wants to cut spending.

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Guest's Twitter: @DA_Stockman

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Mises Institute president Tom DiLorenzo joins me for a chat about Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Skot Sheller joins us for a rundown.

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Dominic Frisby and I discuss how 2025 might be an opportunity for genuine change, on both a personal and social/political level.

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Carl Benjamin joins us for a wide-ranging discussion of ideology, language, religion, rationalism, and plenty more.

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Dan McCarthy joins us for a review of the philosophical and institutional changes that American conservatism has undergone just in the past 10 years.

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Guest's Website: Modern Age:
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Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist

Show notes for Ep. 2585

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