The Tom Woods Show

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. Sponsors: CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS & Persist SEO Guest's Website: David Stockman's Contra Corner Guest's Twitter: @DA_Stockman Show notes for Ep. 2590

Mises Institute president Tom DiLorenzo joins me for a chat about Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Sponsors: Guerilla Ed: Sarah Plumley's "Rescue Your Children" course helps you navigate home education with confidence and ease. Craft a genuinely bespoke curriculum, uncover effective teaching strategies, and ignite your child's inner desire to learn. Check it out at SarahPlumley.substack.com Persist SEO Guest's Website Mises Institute Event Mentioned: Mises Circle in Phoenix (featuring the Toms and Dr. Robert Malone). Take $15 off with code Woods25 Tom D's Talk: Axis of Evil Show notes for Ep. 2589

Skot Sheller joins us for a rundown. Sponsors: Guerilla Ed: Sarah Plumley's "Rescue Your Children" course helps you navigate home education with confidence and ease. Craft a genuinely bespoke curriculum, uncover effective teaching strategies, and ignite your child's inner desire to learn. Check it out at SarahPlumley.substack.com Virtual Storefronts Guest's Twitter: @Bangershell11 Show notes for Ep. 2588

Dominic Frisby and I discuss how 2025 might be an opportunity for genuine change, on both a personal and social/political level. Sponsors: Guerilla Ed: Sarah Plumley's "Rescue Your Children" course helps you navigate home education with confidence and ease. Craft a genuinely bespoke curriculum, uncover effective teaching strategies, and ignite your child's inner desire to learn. Check it out at SarahPlumley.substack.com CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS Guest's Substacks: TheFlyingFrisby.com (financial) Frisbys.news (comedy) Guest's Twitter: @DominicFrisby Show notes for Ep. 2587

Carl Benjamin joins us for a wide-ranging discussion of ideology, language, religion, rationalism, and plenty more. Sponsors: Guerilla Ed: Sarah Plumley's "Rescue Your Children" course helps you navigate home education with confidence and ease. Craft a genuinely bespoke curriculum, uncover effective teaching strategies, and ignite your child's inner desire to learn. Check it out at SarahPlumley.substack.com CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS Persist SEO Guest's Twitter: @Sargon_of_Akkad Guest's Website: LotusEaters.com Show notes for Ep. 2586

Dan McCarthy joins us for a review of the philosophical and institutional changes that American conservatism has undergone just in the past 10 years. Sponsors: Bitcoin Mentor & CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS Guest's Website: Modern Age: ModernAgeJournal.com Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist Show notes for Ep. 2585

Crystal Mangum finally admits, 18 years after ruining the reputations of several Duke lacrosse players, that they did not sexually assault her after all. William L. Anderson, who did so much valuable reporting on the case at the time, joins me to tell the full story. Sponsors: Bitcoin Mentor & CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS Guest's Website: Mises Institute Show notes for Ep. 2584

We've all heard about Russiagate, but do we know the details and what really happened? It's a more shocking story than you think, and Scott Horton is here to tell it. Sponsors: Blinkist & Policygenius Book Discussed: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War With Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine Support the Libertarian Institute: https://libertarianinstitute.org/donate Scott's other Websites: https://scotthorton.org https://www.antiwar.com Show notes for Ep. 2583

Robb Wolf, author of The Paleo Solution, joins us to discuss "natural flavors," seed oils, and other health concerns, and what the order of priority should be. Sponsors: CrowdHealth & Bank on Yourself Guest's Books: - The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet - Wired to Eat: Turn Off Cravings, Rewire Your Appetite for Weight Loss, and Determine the Foods That Work for You - Sacred Cow: The Case for (Better) Meat Guest's Website: RobbWolf.com Show notes for Ep. 2582

Bob Murphy and I hosted the Contra Krugman podcast for five years, and today we do an honorary final episode in recognition of the retirement of Paul Krugman from his New York Times column. Sponsors: Blinkist & Factor: Code: WOODS50 Guest's Website: The Bob Murphy Show Guest's Twitter: @BobMurphyEcon Related Articles: - LvMI Power & Market article by Jonathan Newman - NYT Krugman blog post: And I was on the grassy knoll, too - NYT Krugman blog post: The Ponzi Thing - LvMI Mises Wire article by Bob Murphy Show notes for Ep. 2581

Daniel McAdams, executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, joins me to discuss Syria, DOGE, the Trump appointments, and the profound influence of Ron Paul. Sponsors: Persist SEO & Ron Paul Curriculum Guest's Website: The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Guest's Twitter: @DanielLMcAdams @RonPaulInstitut Show notes for Ep. 2580

Caitlin Long discusses the federal crackdown on banks serving the crypto industry, and what the future may hold. Sponsors: Factor: Code: WOODS50 & Persist SEO Guest's Twitter: @CaitlinLong_ Guest's Website: Custodia Bank Show notes for Ep. 2579

Michael Malice returns to discuss the cabinet, DOGE, and the health establishment, as well as plenty of other interesting stuff. Sponsors: CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS & Persist SEO Michael's Locals: http://michaelmalice.locals.com Michael's Twitter: @MichaelMalice Michael's Most Recent Book: The White Pill Show notes for Ep. 2578

Peter St. Onge joins us to discuss a wide variety of topics: income taxes vs. tariffs, what DOGE could accomplish, the collapse of the media, and what "end the Fed' really looks like. Sponsors: Persist SEO & Ron Paul Curriculum Guest's Twitter: @profstonge Guest's Substack: ProfStOnge.com Show notes for Ep. 2577

Roger Ver, an early Bitcoin promoter and investor, has been arrested in Spain and is set to be extradited by a U.S. regime whose procedure with him and whose arguments against him make obvious that he is being targeted for who he is rather than for what he is alleged to have done. It is urgent that we publicize his case. Steve Patterson and Robert Barnes join us. Sponsors: CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS & RonPaulHomeschool.com Help Roger: FreeRogerNow.org Book Mentioned: Hijacking Bitcoin: The Hidden History of BTC Robert Barnes' Website: 1776 Law Center Show notes for Ep. 2576

Almost no one knows the full story, but my guest, Ken McCarthy, was a key figure in shaping the way the World Wide Web eventually unfolded. Things could have gone a very different way, that would have been vastly worse for the cause of freedom. Sponsor: Blinkist Book Discussed: How the Web Won: The Inside Story of How a Motley Crew of Outsiders Hijacked the Information Superhighway and Struck a Blow for Human Freedom Guest's Website: KenMcCarthy.com Show notes for Ep. 2575

The great Scott Horton walks us through the forgotten history that brought us to the present situation with Russia and Ukraine. Sponsors: Persist SEO & Virtual Storefronts Book Discussed: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War With Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine Support the Libertarian Institute: https://libertarianinstitute.org/donate Scott's other Websites: https://scotthorton.org https://www.antiwar.com Show notes for Ep. 2574

Dr. Jonathan Shedler of the University of California at San Francisco joins us to discuss the problems that arise when random people declare themselves "therapists" and dish out platitudes to unsuspecting people, but also why, contrary to what many on the right think these days, there is legitimate benefit from psychotherapy, which amounts to promoting self-knowledge and realizing that things we don't know about ourselves can harm us. Sponsors: Persist SEO & Supporting Listeners Guest's Website: JonathanShedler.com Guest's Twitter: @JonathanShedler Show notes for Ep. 2573

There are so many aspects of the American regime that require our attention that I think most of us simply neglected the potential threats from what we laughingly call "public health." We sure can't do that anymore. Important Links Mentioned: Diary of a Psychosis: DiaryOfCovid.com The Tom Woods Cruise: TomWoodsCruise.com My Free Books: TomsFreeBooks.com Show notes for Ep. 2572

The great (and based) email marketing expert Ben Settle joins Paul Counts (who directs my mastermind programs with me) for this look into how Donald Trump accomplished the seemingly impossible. Sponsors: CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS & SupportingListeners.com Guests' Links: BenSettle.com The Tom Woods Mastermind The Tom Woods Cruise Show notes for Ep. 2571

My slogan these days is that the time for writing angry letters to the editor is over. It's time for action. Josh Abbotoy is doing precisely that, building livable communities where people can raise families without being assaulted by madness. Sponsors: CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS & Persist SEO Guest's Website: RidgeRunner USA Guest's Twitter: @Byzness Show notes for Ep. 2570

Nina Teicholz joins us to discuss the new dietary guidelines coming out of the USDA, the evidence against seed oils, and how there could be such systemic errors on a subject so crucial to human flourishing. Sponsors: Bank on Yourself & Factor: Code: WOODS50 Book Discussed: The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet Guest's Substack: Unsettled Science Guest's Twitter: @bigfatsurprise Show notes for Ep. 2569

Dan McCarthy joins us to discuss the election and what the next 4 years might look like, as well as what happens to Liz Cheney now. Sponsors: CrowdHealth: Code: WOODS & Policygenius Guest's Website: Modern Age: ModernAgeJournal.com Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist Show notes for Ep. 2568

Marc Lobliner of Tiger Fitness talks about the food pyramid, how much time you need in the gym, one thing you absolutely cannot sacrifice, and plenty more. Sponsors: Persist SEO & Blinkist Guest's Website: MarcLobliner.com Guest's Twitter: @MarcLobliner Show notes for Ep. 2567

Clint Russell and Cliff Maloney join us to discuss the significance of the Trump victory, the presumed Ross Ulbricht pardon, and what the future holds. Sponsors: Persist SEO: PersistSEO.com & SupportingListeners.com Clint's Website: Liberty Lockdown: https://libertylockdownpodcast.com Guests' Twitter Accounts: @LibertyLockPod @Maloney Show notes for Ep. 2566

Scott Horton, whose book Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine is on the verge of release, offers a helpful correction to the comic-book story of Ukraine and Russia that we read in the New York Times. Sponsors: SuperBeets Heart Chews & CrowdHealth Book Discussed: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine Support the Libertarian Institute: LibertarianInstitute.org/Donate Scott's other Websites: ScottHorton.org AntiWar.com Show notes for Ep. 2565

The establishment warned us of a "population bomb" that would strain the planet's resources, but instead we're facing demographic free-fall in many parts of the world. Kevin Dolan and I discuss what it all means and what he's trying to do about it. Sponsors: Bitcoin Mentor: BitcoinMentor.io/Woods Persist SEO: PersistSEO.com Link Mentioned: OneBuckTrial.com Guest's Websites: Natal Conference: Natalism.org Exit: ExitGroup.us Guest's Twitter: @extradeadjcb Show notes for Ep. 2564

What makes the most sense in 2024? Sponsors: CrowdHealth & One Buck Trial Guest's Podcast: Part of the Problem Guests' Website: ComicDaveSmith.com Show notes for Ep. 2563

Following up major bump in the poles for Kamala Harris, Donald Trump has seen his own poll numbers rebound in recent weeks and he goes into election week with considerable momentum but still in a tight race. Dan McCarthy joins us to discuss. Sponsors: Policy Genius & Persist SEO Guest's Website: Modern Age Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist Show notes for Ep. 2562

Amy LePore, who has many years of experience in emergency services, joins us to discuss the failures of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Special Offer: WoodsHistory.com Guest's Website: Dissident Media Guest's Twitter: @DissidentMedia @ArchetypalDork Show notes for Ep. 2561

University of Colorado at Boulder philosophy professor Michael Huemer, author of Progressive Myths, joins us to smash some. (I didn't actually count how many we covered, but it's at least six.) Sponsors: Blinkist & CrowdHealth Book Discussed: Progressive Myths Show notes for Ep. 2560

CJ Killmer, host of the Dangerous History Podcast, discusses the suspiciously CIA-ish group where Kamala Harris spent time as a young woman, as well as CIA influence on culture in general. Sponsors: Persist SEO & OneBuckTrial.com Guest's Twitter: @KillmerCJ Guest's Podcast: The Dangerous History Podcast Guest's Patreon: CJ Killmer Show notes for Ep. 2559

Meltdown, my New York Times bestseller on the 2008 financial crisis, turns 15 this year. There is a slight chance the world has not studied it enough. Keith Knight and I discuss the myths and realities of what the SOBs did to us. Special Offer: Get Tom's US history courses for free at WoodsHistory.com Book Discussed: Meltdown: The Classic Free Market Analysis of the 2008 Financial Crisis Guest's Website: The Libertarian Institute Contribute to their fund drive here: https://libertarianinstitute.org/donate Guest's Podcast: Don't Tread on Anyone Guest's Book: Domestic Imperialism: 9 Reasons I Left Progressivism Guest's Twitter: @an_capitalist Show notes for Ep. 2558

Auron MacIntyre joins us to discuss Kamala Harris as plagiarist, Why you'll be disappointed to expect pure rationality from voters, and what's wrong with the dumb term "woke right" that liberals posing as conservatives invented. Sponsors: Persist SEO & SupportingListeners.com Guest's Book: The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies Guest's Twitter: @AuronMacIntyre Guest's Podcast: The Auron MacIntyre Show Show notes for Ep. 2557

If someone favors U.S. military assistance to Ukraine, I can also generally predict where that person stands on gender theory. Why is that? What do those things have to do with each other? And why won't people listen even when you have all the evidence? Andrew Heaton joins us. Book Discussed: Tribalism Is Dumb: Where It Came From, How It Got So Bad, and What to Do About It Sponsors: Factor: Code: Woods50 & Bank on Yourself Guest's Podcast: The Political Orphanage Guest's Twitter: @MightyHeaton Show notes for Ep. 2556

Actor Clifton Duncan discusses his important Sowell project and the state of the arts in America. Sponsors: Persist SEO & WoodsHistory.com Show notes for Ep. 2555

Justin Folk, director of the Matt Walsh film Am I Racist, joins us to discuss the making of the film, the message, and the various crazies who comprise the "anti-racist" movement. Sponsors: Blinkist & Crowdhealth Film Website: AmIRacist.com Show notes for Ep. 2554

Schenck v. United States was an important decision in U.S. history, related to the subject of freedom of speech, particularly in wartime. It turns out that so-called progressives have a pretty lousy record on this issue, as historian CJ Killmer explains in this episode. Sponsors: WoodsHistory.com & SupportingListeners.com Guest's Twitter: @KillmerCJ Guest's Podcast: The Dangerous History Podcast Guest's Patreon: CJ Killmer Show notes for Ep. 2553

Tom Luongo joins us to note that the bad guys we face aren't a single, undifferentiated blob, but that they are divided against themselves, and to explain why that matters. Sponsors: Persist SEO & Supporting Listeners Guest's Website: Tom Luongo Guest's Twitter: @TFL1728 Show notes for Ep. 2552

Dr. Jonathan Engler argues that the evidence (particularly in New York and Italy, early sites of reported heavy fatalities) is not consistent with the idea of a novel pathogen gradually spreading and causing a novel illness. "Any and all harms observed and reported," Engler argues, "can be explained by a combination of: mistreatment, maltreatment, non-treatment, neglect, abuse and data fraud." Sponsors: CrowdHealth & WoodsHistory.com Guest's Substack: Sanity Unleashed Guest's Twitter: @jengleruk Show notes for Ep. 2551

Candice Jackson served in the Trump administration as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Operations and Outreach in the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education, and the Office's Acting Assistant Secretary from April 2017 to July 2018. She discusses the politics of campus sexual assault, the issue of racially disparate disciplinary action, and the invasion of the classroom by "gender theory." Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Persist SEO Free Book Mentioned: Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About Gender Guest's Twitter: @CEJacksonLaw Show notes for Ep. 2550

Scott Horton, fresh from (just about completing) his new book Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine, joins us to discuss that as well as to discuss the Kamala Harris disaster and why Donald Trump isn't trouncing her in the polls. Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Federated Computer: Coupon Code: WOODS Support the Libertarian Institute: libertarianinstitute.org/donate Scott's other Websites: scotthorton.org antiwar.com Show notes for Ep. 2549

Marc Tancer, owner of Taggart Trading, discusses the significance of gold, gold's recent rise, why gold still matters in the age of Bitcoin -- but also the rise of gold scams, and how to spot and avoid them. Sponsors: Policy Genius & Federated Computer: Coupon Code: WOODS Guest's Website: TaggartTrading.com Show notes for Ep. 2548

Dan McCarthy, syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate and a vice president at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, joins us for a general political discussion that includes thinking the unthinkable. Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Persist SEO Guest's Website: Modern Age Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist Show notes for Ep. 2547

Dr. Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins University joins us to discuss what happens when a prematurely formed consensus shuts down alternative ways of thinking. Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Blinkist Book Discussed: Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health Guest's Twitter: @MartyMakary Show notes for Ep. 2546

Erick Brimen, CEO of Prospera, discusses his ambition for free private cities as a mechanism for attaining more liberty. Sponsors: CrowdHealth & SuperBeets: Code: WOODS Guest's Website: prospera.co Guest's Twitter: @erickbrimen Show notes for Ep. 2545

Darryl Cooper, denounced by the White House for his appearance with Tucker Carlson (you'll never guess: the Winston Churchill and World War II segment made them unhappy), joins us to discuss the regime's rules about what you can say and think without being misrepresented, denounced, and smeared. Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Federated Computer: Coupon Code: WOODS Guest's Substack: Martyr Made Guest's Twitter: @martyrmade Show notes for Ep. 2544

Ken McCarthy is widely known as the godfather of internet marketing, but he is also a dissident content creator, and in today's episode we discuss the recent unpleasantness (we dare not say its name here, for obvious reasons) and what nurses were reporting about what was happening in the hospitals. We also cover what Anthony Fauci was up to in the 1980s, long before his recent celebrity. Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Bank on Yourself Guest's Websites: What the Nurses Saw Fauci's First Fraud KenMcCarthy.com Show notes for Ep. 2543

We've overlooked some of the key reasons housing is so expensive. If we took these head on, argues Bryan Caplan, we could well see a 50% reduction in house prices. Sponsors: Factor: Code: WOODS50 & CrowdHealth Book Discussed: Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation Guest's Website: bcaplan.com Show notes for Ep. 2542

Clint Russell and I discuss all kinds of interesting things, but in particular the ongoing problem of the suppression of unpopular opinions -- the kinds you and I hold, dear listener. Sponsors: Expat Money Summit & Blinkist Guest's Podcast: Liberty Lockdown Guest's Twitter: @LibertyLockPod Show notes for Ep. 2541