Recent Podcast Episodes

Fed up with the state's surveillance regime? There are ways to use available technology to frustrate government efforts to spy on you.

Even something that seems as objective as software development falls under the Austrian view of subjective utility.

Oliver Anthony's popular song, "Rich Men North of Richmond," describes the parasitic world of the Beltway. One hopes people understand the damage the political classes have done.

Instead of the usual statist candidates, Argentine voters have to opportunity to elect a Rothbardian who is calling for radical free-market changes in the nation's economy.

Residential electricity sources are becoming yet another form of “virtue signaling.”

Leave it to government judges and politicians to turn constitutional protections of free speech into new ways to centralize and grow state power. 

Another round of monetary chaos is coming.

Modern minds are so oriented toward state power that people often fail to understand there is a better way. Instead of “thinking outside the box,” we should think outside the state.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho are joined by Joseph Solis-Mullen of the Libertarian Institute to discuss his new book, The Fake China Threat and Its Very Real Danger.

"Econ Bro" shows how he seeks to help his country, Nigeria, and the world by spreading economic truth.

Robert Murphy explains how traders make money in a world of uncertainty and diabolical risk.

President Biden claims that spending money to send weapons and ammunition around the world is good for the US economy.

Is a true populist US government on the horizon? Probably not.

Thanks to the exponential growth of government and regulation, the optimistic society of Back to the Future is fast becoming the dystopian world of Escape from New York or Death Wish.

Because Federal Reserve policies distort the economy and create perverse incentives, Disney also must deal with intellectual property issues. The combination of the two will ruin the Snow White story.

While most economists admit that value is subjective, they still err by concentrating on scarcity and choice instead of purposeful action by individuals.

Most people will claim to be political and social “moderates” yet actually accept extreme socialist viewpoints.

"Effective altruism" has become a buzzword with modern progressives who seek to combine state power and billionaire-funded nonprofits to redirect resources.

Christianity Today magazine enthusiastically endorses government-enforced family leave, calling it “pro-family.” Government coercion, however, is still violence, not something to be championed.

David Gordon explains Murray Rothbard's famous assertion that laws against libel and slander should not be on the books.