Ep. 290 Robert Barnes on the Proud Boys Jan. 6 Convictions
Robert Barnes is a lawyer specializing in constitutional issues, who has defended several celebrity clients including Wesley Snipes and Alex Jones. He joins Bob to discuss the legal perversions surrounding the recent convictions of several Proud Boys members for their role in the Jan. 6 protest/riot at the Capitol. Mentioned in the Episode and Other…
Ep. 289 Gene Epstein Takes Bob to the Woodshed Over Dubious Wage Data
Gene Epstein is disappointed in Bob’s kid-glove treatment of Oren Cass’ critique of American capitalism, and explains some of the problems with the data that Oren relied upon to make his case. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. Oren Cass’ controversial interview on BMS ep. 283.…
Ep. 288 Do Libertarian Conspiracy Theories Violate Austrian Economics?
Bob uses a recent exchange between Dave Smith and reason’s Liz Wolfe to analyze the apparent tension between libertarian allegations of coordinated skullduggery and the Austrian critique of socialism. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The Part of the Problem episode featuring Liz Wolfe. Bob’s pamphlet Chaos Theory, his Libertarian Papers article…
Ep. 287 Ian Deters Defends the Use of Infinity in Higher Mathematics
Back on BMS ep. 229, Bob invited Steve Patterson back to the show to discuss Riemann’s Rearrangement Theorem, which was such a counterintuitive result that Bob changed his mind and agreed with Steve that mathematicians had smuggled nonsense into their field. Math PhD Ian Deters now joins Bob to defend the use of infinity in…
Ep. 286 Scoring the Debate Over God Between William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens, Part 2
After having parsed William Lane Craig’s opening statement making the case for theism, Bob now evaluates Christopher Hitchens’ opening. He concludes that Hitchens hardly responded at all to Craig, and spent most of his time criticizing Christianity rather than theism. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The April 4, 2009 debate between…