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The great Dominic Frisby joins us for an overview of the sharp upward moves in Bitcoin and gold, and also to share his new song, "I Want to Be in the Illuminati." Guest's Substacks: https://www.theflyingfrisby.com/ (financial) https://www.frisbys.news/ (comedy) Guest's Video: "I Want to Be in the Illuminati" Guest's Twitter: @DominicFrisby Sponsors: Persist SEO & Monetary Metals Show notes for Ep. 2460

Writing, publishing, and marketing a book can be exhausting. I have a lot of experience with it, so in this episode I'll share some tips (and also note that royalties are the least of the revenue generators a book can provide). I've also just launched Woods Author Academy. I'm joined by Brett Hoffstadt, creator of the Boost With a Book program. Related Links: Woods Author Academy Boost With a Book Show notes for BONUS Ep. 2460b

I had a very fruitful and enjoyable discussion with Kim Iversen on the Kim Iversen Show a week or so ago, so I invited Kim onto the ol' Tom Woods Show. Kim would have described herself as a progressive before the Covid fiasco, but the government response and the groupthink, along with other lingering issues, pushed her out. Sponsor: Hillsdale College is offering 40+ free self-paced courses on topics of great importance. I recommend "CS Lewis on Christianity," where you'll examine some of Lewis' classic works, including Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Abolition of Man, to see what Lewis had to say about Scripture, prayer, suffering, joy, heaven, and hell. Link: hillsdale.edu/woods Show notes for Ep. 2459

The great Nick Giambruno, founder of Financial Underground, joins me for a financial news update, including the debt inflection point the U.S. and the world are finally facing, Bitcoin and its future, getting a second passport and considering your international options, and plenty more. Sponsor: Monetary Metals Show notes for Ep. 2458

Price inflation is about more than just paying more for a Big Mac. It has other, more insidious (and to the untrained eye, invisible) effects on society. Guest's Website: monetary-metals.com/woods Sponsor: SupportingListeners.com Show notes for Ep. 2457

Johnny Burtka, president of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, joins me to discuss the traditional education of a statesman in the Western world, and compare that to what we observe today. Book Discussed: Gateway to Statesmanship: Selections from Xenophon to Churchill Guest's Link: Intercollegiate Studies Institute Sponsors: Blinkist & Monetary Metals Show notes for Ep. 2456

Actually, the Judge and I talk about a lot more than that, and I'm sure you'll enjoy the whole conversation. Sponsors: Factor & Supporting Listeners Show notes for Ep. 2455

Jennifer Lahl just released a documentary, The Lost Boys, that tells the stories of several young men who got pulled into the world of "gender theory" -- and not just theory, unfortunately -- and how they came back. Sponsors: Policy Genius & Monetary Metals Documentary Discussed: The Lost Boys Book Discussed: The Detransition Diaries Show notes for Ep. 2454

Mary Ruwart is a veteran of the libertarian movement, and extremely effective at persuasion and debate. We talk about some tough issues, how best to disarm people, and the present and future of the Libertarian Party. Sponsors: Monetary Metals & Federated Computer Guest's Course: Short Answers to the Tough Questions Show notes for Ep. 2453

Lots of people have read The Road to Serfdom, but few have read the material for which F.A. Hayek won the Nobel Prize in 1974. Mark Skousen joins us to discuss the significance of Hayek's work and how it helps us understand the world (and interventionism) better. Sponsors: Monetary Metals & Virtual Storefronts Guest's Event: FreedomFest Show notes for Ep. 2452

Connor Boyack, president of the Libertas Institute and creator of the Tuttle Twins children's book series, is overseeing an extremely important venture that's rapidly spreading around the country: the children's entrepreneur market. Sponsors: CrowdHealth & Federated Computer Book Series: The Tuttle Twins Children's Entrepreneur Market Show notes for Ep. 2451

Clifton Duncan was an accomplished Broadway actor who had graduated from an extremely selective elite program, and was making television appearances alongside people you would know. His star was most certainly on the rise. Then the mandates came, and Clifton declined the shot. He now waits tables. Well, the crazies didn't just ruin Clifton's career; they're in the process of destroying American theater, period, as Clifton explains in this episode. But there's good news: Clifton wants to develop a one-man show on the life and ideas of Thomas Sowell. Let's help him make it happen! Support Clifton's Thomas Sowell Play: SowellPlay.com Sponsors: Monetary Metals & Federated Computer Show notes for Ep. 2450

Col. Douglas Macgregor discusses the current situation in Ukraine, Gaza, the Red Sea, and more, plus his retrospective on the Cold War. Sponsors: Blinkist & Federated Computer Guest's Website: OurCountryOurChoice.com Show notes for Ep. 2449

I met John Bush 17 years ago, when we were both spreading the word about Ron Paul. These days, John is devoted to building the institutions a free and decent society will need, even in our unfree landscape. If all we do is react to the latest crazy thing coming from the politicos, we'll never build anything. Sponsors: Monetary Metals & Supporting Listeners John's Webinar on Actually Doing Things Show notes for Ep. 2448

Nate Fischer and Josh Abbotoy of New Founding join me to discuss their plans to build a rural community in Appalachia, and the hysterical woke lunatics who are up in arms about it. Sponsor: Monetary Metals Show notes for Ep. 2447

Michael Gibson discusses the problems with the universities, and why he's supporting dropouts with brilliant ideas. Book Discussed: Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University Sponsors: Persist SEO & School of Life Show notes for Ep. 2446

It's not just this field or that field: there is a systematic sickness in academic and in intellectual life in general, in which preposterously false things are believed, and based on foundations that are never examined. This is one of my favorite episodes ever, and my thanks to Steve Patterson for this excellent conversation. Sponsor: Supporting Listeners Show notes for Ep. 2445

David Ramsay Steele discusses the new religions, scientism among them, that have captured the minds of present-day elites, who of course scoff at the religions of yesteryear. Book Discussed: The Conquistador With His Pants Down: David Ramsay Steele's Legendary Lost Lectures Sponsors: Blinkist & Bank On Yourself Show notes for Ep. 2444

A roundtable discussion with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's Dan McCarthy and Townhall's Scott Morefield about Donald Trump's prospects and whether the GOP made a good choice. Sponsors: Persist SEO HelloFresh: Go to HelloFresh.com/WoodsFree and use code WoodsFree to get a free breakfast item in every box for LIFE! Show notes for Ep. 2443

Scott joins us to discuss the strikes on Yemen, and then proceeds to a wider discussion of how we got here, in Yemen and elsewhere. Sponsors: Bank On Yourself & CrowdHealth Show notes for Ep. 2442

Amy Wax, who teaches at the law school at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the inane things the DEI establishment expects us to believe. Sponsor: Supporting Listeners Show notes for Ep. 2441

Gene Epstein has given himself a tough assignment: persuading progressives that a market economy is more likely to generate the results they want than any interventions they try. Sponsors: Blinkist & Policy Genius Show notes for Ep. 2440

Michael Malice joins me to discuss what's changed (for him and for the world) in the ten years we've known each other. Sponsor: Supporting Listeners Show notes for Ep. 2439

The great Jason Rink, known as the most canceled filmmaker in America, joins me to discuss his new installment in his January 6 documentary that focuses on the so-called Q Shaman, Jacob Chansley, and a bit of the madness he endured from the censorship-industrial complex. Sponsors: Bank On Yourself & Mystery Party Show notes for Ep. 2438

The great Adam Curry, whom you surely remember as an MTV VJ and host of Headbangers Ball, is also co-host of the No Agenda Show with John C. Dvorak. Adam and I talk music, religion, and politics, and as you'll see if you didn't know already, Adam is based. Sponsor: Persist SEO Show notes for Ep. 2437

Libertarian author and podcaster Keith Knight discusses his book Domestic Imperialism: 9 Reasons I Left Progressivism. Sponsors: Persist SEO & Monetary Metals Show notes for Ep. 2436

Dave joins me for a wide-ranging discussion: his interview with Tucker Carlson, the hysterical response to his criticism of Bill Buckley, the bad instincts of Conservatism, Inc., Trump and DeSantis, Israel/Palestine, and more. Sponsors: Persist SEO & Supporting Listeners Show notes for Ep. 2435

David Stockman, who headed the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, joins us to discuss the Trump economic record, both in terms of policy and results. Book Discussed: Trump's War on Capitalism Sponsors: Blinkist My listeners and I are going to make 2024 the best year we've ever had. Here's how: 2024Crusher.com Show notes for Ep. 2434

Gabriel Custodiet urges us not to make compromises for the sake of convenience. Guest's Book: The Watchman Guide to Privacy: Reclaim Your Digital, Financial, and Lifestyle Freedom Sponsors: Monetary Metals & CrowdHealth Show notes for Ep. 2433

Jim Bovard is rightly a hero among libertarians for his outstanding journalistic work. In this episode we discuss everything from police dogs to the TSA to Section 8 housing and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Book Discussed: Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty Sponsors: DeleteMe: Take 20% off all consumer plans at JoinDeleteMe.com/woods, using code Woods. My listeners and I are going to make 2024 the best year we've ever had. Here's how: 2024Crusher.com Show notes for Ep. 2432

Alex Dresser lost two jobs and a potential spouse thanks to the Covid measures, and that's just for starters. The crazies used to accuse us of being grandma killers, but they themselves killed Alex's grandmother. He joins us to tell the kinds of stories the media and much of the public refused to hear. Books Mentioned: - Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania, by Tom Woods - Collateral Damage: Victims of the Lockdown Regime Tell Their Stories, by Tom Woods Sponsor: Supporting Listeners Show notes for Ep. 2431

Chris Maidment declared the endorsement of Nikki Haley by Americans for Prosperity as a betrayal of the organization's stated principles, and was promptly dismissed. Sponsor: DeleteMe: Take 20% off all consumer plans at JoinDeleteMe.com/woods, using code Woods. Show notes for Ep. 2430

Scott Horton talks to Tom about Tom's new book, Diary of a Psychosis, and revisits some of the idiotic remarks and failed predictions by the so-called experts. Sponsors: Cheeky Maiden Soap: a family-run business operated by libertarian fans of the Tom Woods Show that makes all-natural soaps and other cleansers that you'll surely love. Take 15% off your order with code WOODS15 at CheekyMaidenSoap.com Monetary Metals Show notes for Ep. 2429

The Heritage Foundation's Peter St. Onge joins us to discuss the problem of financial insecurity, as well as whether the national debt will ever really be a problem, whether rising prices are (as Joe Biden insists) caused by "price gouging," and more. Sponsors: Blinkist & Supporting Listeners Show notes for Ep. 2428

Not everything has to be about politics but libertarians notice more and ask the right questions when traveling the world. Andrew Corbley joins us. Book Discussed: On the Face of It: A Traveler on His World Sponsors: Persist SEO & Monetary Metals Show notes for Ep. 2427

Should speech the authorities deem to be "misinformation" be regulated or banned during emergency situations? To this day we hear some people saying yes -- even though yesterday's "misinformation" can quickly become today's consensus, and so much of the official guidance itself had to be abandoned as misinformation. Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya joins us. Sponsors: CrowdHealth & Policy Genius Show notes for Ep. 2426

Javier Milei was elected president of Argentina with a pugilistic, populist style and a hardcore libertarian message. I discuss this startling development with attorney and author of Libertarianism Today Jacob Huebert, and Argentinian university student Octavio Bermudez, who has written extensively on the Milei phenomenon. Sponsors: Persist SEO & Monetary Metals Show notes for Ep. 2425

The provocative James Delingpole joins us to discuss what the elites are up to, why they thrive on chaos, the political class as servants of the devil (metaphorically or otherwise), and plenty of other topics. Show notes for Ep. 2424

Now that the dust has finally settled, we have the leisure to return to the panicked days of early 2020 and reexamine what really happened. And it may not be quite what we think. Nick Hudson and Jonathan Engler join us. Sponsor: Cheeky Maiden Soap: a family-run business operated by libertarian fans of the Tom Woods Show that makes all-natural soaps and other cleansers that you'll surely love. Take 15% off your order with code WOODS15 at CheekyMaidenSoap.com Show notes for Ep. 2423

Despite the atrocious condition of California, Governor Gavin Newsom has ambitions for higher office. Larry Elder discusses the real Newsom record, what's really happening in California, and what a sensible person might do to turn things around -- for California and for the country. Book Discussed: As Goes California: My Mission to Rescue the Golden State and Save the Nation Sponsors: Persist SEO & Liberty Classroom Show notes for Ep. 2422

Gene Epstein and I discuss things we're thankful for, but nothing too sentimental. It's mostly the kinds of nerdy things that, if we're being honest, are what power the Tom Woods Show. Sponsor: Liberty Classroom Show notes for Ep. 2421

Peter Schiff assesses the true condition of an economy Paul Krugman says is great but whose greatness the rubes are too dumb to recognize. Sponsors: Blinkist & Monetary Metals Show notes for Ep. 2420

Wherever we turn, people who despise us are making our lives more difficult, whether that takes the form of higher energy prices, higher prices in general, vax mandates, a war for our children's minds -- the grim list goes on and on. Is the correct approach despair, indifference, political action, or something else? Kevin Dolan of Exit, and entrepreneur Kevin Stokes, join me to discuss. Sponsor: Persist SEO Website Discussed: The Tom Woods School of Life Show notes for Ep. 2419

Author and retired economics professor Tom DiLorenzo, recently chosen to be the new president of the Mises Institute, discusses a variety of topics: how government agencies manipulate the public for bigger budgets, the problem with the "big business" chapter in your American history book, institutional rivalry in the libertarian world, and plenty more. Sponsor: Woods Mystery Party Show notes for Ep. 2418

Clint Russell of Liberty Lockdown talks to me about Israel/Palestine, Vivek Ramaswamy, war and veterans, the Ron Paul legacy, problems in the libertarian world, whether Trump could win as a convicted felon, and plenty more. Sponsors: Monetary Metals Cheeky Maiden Soap: a family-run business operated by libertarian fans of the Tom Woods Show that makes all-natural soaps and other cleansers that you'll surely love. Take 15% off your order with code WOODS15 at CheekyMaidenSoap.com Show notes for Ep. 2417

Architect Dino Marcantonio joins me to review the scourge of ugliness and what traditional architecture can do about it. Sponsors: Blinkist Cheeky Maiden Soap: a family-run business operated by libertarian fans of the Tom Woods Show that makes all-natural soaps and other cleansers that you'll surely love. Take 15% off your order with code WOODS15 at CheekyMaidenSoap.com Show notes for Ep. 2416

China is the one exception even for self-described noninterventionists. The threat from China must be countered. But how real is this threat? Joseph Solis-Mullen joins us to discuss. Sponsor: Policy Genius The Tom Woods Street Team Show notes for Ep. 2415

Vivek Ramaswamy joins us to discuss avoiding World War III, as well as his recent clash with other GOP candidates over free speech. Sponsor: Monetary Metals Show notes for Ep. 2414

Millions of American Christians have come to believe in a heterodox theology according to which the physical return of the Jewish people to their ancestral lands is necessary to bring about the return of Christ and the end of the world. Furthermore, during the tribulation that will ensue, believers in this theology will be "raptured" into heaven and spared the unspeakable terrors that will then afflict the human race. This theological opinion would have been news to Augustine and St. Thomas, not to mention Martin Luther and the Protestant movement. Brent McGuire, senior pastor at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Dallas, sets the record straight. Sponsors: DeleteMe: Take 20% off all consumer plans at JoinDeleteMe.com/woods, using code Woods. CrowdHealth Show notes for Ep. 2413

John Staddon, professor emeritus of psychology at Duke University, discusses the significance of the "replication crisis" (when it was learned that a vast number of research papers had generated results that nobody could replicate), the problem with "peer review," the role of state funding in deforming science, and much more. Sponsors: DeleteMe: Take 20% off all consumer plans at JoinDeleteMe.com/woods, using code Woods. Persist SEO Show notes for Ep. 2412