Ep. 501 The Notorious Red and Blue Button Brouhaha
Bob first addresses a pro-political process argument from Tom Woods, then spends the balance of the episode analyzing a brain teaser that swept X for 3 days. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. The Tom Woods episode with Clint Russell. Two interesting (one and two) substack…
Ep. 423 Can a Right-Winger Be Antiwar? A History Lesson from Tom Woods
Tom Woods returns to the show to discuss being an academic vs. entrepreneur, the proud history of foreign non-interventionism on the American Right, and the sorry state of our public intellectuals. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this conversation. This episode’s sponsor, PersistSEO.com. Scott Horton’s magnificent appearance on Tucker Carlson. Tom’s (free)…
Ep. 367 One Final Contra Krugman Episode, On Krugman’s Retirement
Tom Woods and Bob Murphy team up once again for a Contra Krugman episode, discussing the retirement of Krugman from his NYT column. They share some memories, some laughs, and most important, some Krugman whoppers. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. The archives for the Contra Krugman…
Ep. 52 Tom Woods Probes the Origin Story of Bob Murphy
In a fitting act of reciprocity, Tom Woods has Bob on his show for episode 1307 (which originally ran in December 2018), much like Bob had Tom on his show for episode 1. Bob explains how he got into Austrian economics and libertarianism. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The website for…
Ep. 21 The God of Social Media Demands Sacrifice, Not Mercy
Bob goes solo to discuss a particular aspect of outrage mobs on social media, in which people intentionally spread misleading or outright false smears against their opponents. He covers the fate of Scott Alexander (who had to shut down a subreddit thread because of online harassment accusing him of supporting Nazis), Nick Sarwark’s latest (feigned)…