Recent Podcast Episodes
Can the Stock Market Protect Wealth Better Than Gold and Silver?
Trying to stay ahead of the government printing press is the modern citizen’s constant worry.
“Build Back Better”: Why Are Both Biden and Boris Now Using This Phrase?
The Imposers and the Imposed Upon
There are two distinct classes in America, and we have to break up. And we have to break up sooner rather than later. If we are to avoid a disastrous conflict, each side has to let the other go.
Covid and the Escalation of Medical Tyranny
Covid has exposed how easy it is for government to weaponize healthcare. How long will the doctor-patient relationship remain sacred?
The Absurdity of Covid “Cases”
Central Banking and the Constitution
The US Constitution says nothing about central banking, so it does not authorize the existence of a central bank. Yet, "the Constitution has been tortured and twisted even as we speak to allow big government to control our lives."
The Second Act Will Be Worse Than the First: Lockdowns Are Not the Answer
Given the overt hostility that progressives have toward private enterprise in the first place, politicians will take shutdown-caused shortages and empty shelves as “proof” that private enterprise has failed.
The NRA Would Be Wise to Leave New York ASAP
The NRA would be wise to vote with its feet. Millions of Americans have already escaped the high taxes and freedom-destroying blue state regimes by doing the same.
Problems with Theories on the Black-White Wealth Gap
Vague and generalizing theories about culture and race don't tell us much about the wealth gap between blacks and whites. The answer is more complex.
The Fact-Free Covid Dystopia
When it comes to covid-19, bureaucrats keep moving the goalposts, changing the rules, and engaging in bait-and-switch tactics so they can maintain the "new normal" dictatorship.
The Forgotten Hazlitt Book
Jeff Deist discusses Hazlitt's radical and controversial ― and virtually unknown ― 1942 book A New Constitution Now, a how-to guide for remaking the US constitutional system.
Our Politicians Would Probably Be Better If We Picked Them by Lot
Rather than choose among a group of narcissists desperate to become popular by redistributing the income of others, why not choose officeholders by lot for a single term?
Most Everything Governments Do Should Be Regarded as “Corrupt”
Governments that redistribute wealth and regulate our daily lives are inherently corrupt. We cheapen the word "corruption" when we reserve it for just a few politicians who break the arbitrary rules.
Why Democracy Cannot Protect Our Freedoms
Any act of the state is now thought to be justified if "the people voted for it." And, as government increases its plundering activities, more and more citizens want in on the popular say-so.
Rising Homicides This Year May Be Yet Another Side Effect of Covid Lockdowns
Homicides were flat through 2019. Then spring 2020 arrived, and with it a wave of homicides in many American cities. Could the social and economic effects of lockdowns be the cause?
The Supreme Court Is Overrated
Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss why people aren't nearly cynical enough about the US Supreme Court.
David Ramsay Steele on Socialist Calculation, Mental Illness, and the JFK Assassination
Libertarian writer David Ramsay Steele joins Bob for a fun tour of some essays from his collection, "The Mystery of Fascism".
David Heymann and Paul Fine: Herd Immunity Models and Realities
Professor Heymann and Professor Fine, along with colleague Ken Eames, have co-authored an landmark review paper on the concept of herd immunity.
Self-Defense and “Taking the Law into Your Own Hands”
It's increasingly clear two things are going on: leftists are very interested in taking their rioting and looting far beyond city limits, and government police are not interested in doing much about it.