Radio Rothbard

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop are joined by Mises Senior Editor Bill Anderson to discuss his recent article, "David French Gets to Sit with the Cool Kids at the NYT Lunch Table." Bill explains the transformation of French from a "cultural conservative" commentator to the preferred "classical liberal" of the elite. New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off Recommended Reading "David French Gets to Sit with the Cool Kids at the NYT Lunch Table" by William L. Anderson: Mises.org/RR_138_A "Review: Sohrab Ahmari's New Attack on Laissez-Faire Liberalism" by Zachary Yost: Mises.org/RR_138_B ""Libertarian" Is Just Another Word for (Classical) Liberal" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_138_C "To Stop the Left, America Needs a Rothbardian Right" by Tho Bishop: Mises.org/RR_138_D Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss the role statistics play in promoting the regime. Topics include some interesting differences in recently reported unemployment data, changes to inflation reporting over time, government withholding of various reports — including crime and money supply measures — as well as alternative measures Austrians use to better cut through state propaganda. New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off Recommended Reading "Yet Another Month of Questionable Federal Jobs Data as 310,000 Fewer People Report Having Jobs" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_137_A "The "True" Money Supply: A Measure of the Supply of the Medium of Exchange in the U.S. Economy" by Joseph Salerno: Mises.org/RR_137_B "Does GDP Present an Accurate Picture of the Economy? Not Likely" by Frank Shostak: Mises.org/RR_137_C "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals" by Murray Rothbard: Mises.org/RR_137_D Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop take a revisionist Rothbardian lens to American history. Was the American revolution a good thing? Was Andrew Jackson better than Thomas Jefferson? Does a historical narrative really matter? Tune in for this and more! New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop tackle the debt ceiling debate. As negotiations continue in Washington, the corporate financial press is hard at work warning about the potential for disaster. Ryan and Tho cut through the nonsense to look at the real state of America's finances, potential ramifications in the short term, and US defaults of the past and the inevitable future.  New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off Recommended Reading "Three Lies They're Telling You about the Debt Ceiling" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_135_A "Yes, the US Government Has Defaulted Before" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_135_B Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

Veteran investigative journalist James Bovard joins Ryan and Tho to talk about the Durham Report and what it tells us about the media and the FBI. New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off Recommended Reading "Durham proves that Hillary and the FBI tried to rig the 2016 election" by Jim Bovard (New York Post): Mises.org/RR_134_A "Democrats attack FBI whistleblowers — giving cover to the agency’s abuses" by Jim Bovard (New York Post): Mises.org/RR_134_A2 "The FBI Vetoed the 2016 Presidential Election" by Jim Bovard: Mises.org/RR_134_B "End the FBI" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_134_C "Yes, the FBI is America’s secret police" by Jim Bovard (The Hill): Mises.org/RR_134_D "The FBI’s Forgotten Criminal Record" by Jim Bovard: Mises.org/RR_134_E "Why the Worst Get on Top" by F. A. Hayek: Mises.org/RR_134_F Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop talk about recent court cases involving defamation claims, justifying libertarian skepticism of the entire concept. As Ryan noted in a recent Wire article, the Dominion lawsuit in particular, is a particularly chilling case for free speech, with a taxpayer-funded company effectively silencing public critics. This, along with the recent Trump verdict, are an illustration of the continuing escalating weaponization of the court system for political ends. New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off Recommended Reading "The Dominion Lawsuit against Fox News is Part of the War against Free Speech" by Ryan McMaken.: Mises.org/RR_133_A "The Alex Jones Verdict Shows the Danger of Defamation Laws" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_133_B "Lawsuits Are the Hitman of the State" by Brian Caplan Mises.org/RR_133_C Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss the cancellation of Tucker Carlson's Fox News show and the similar treatment of Murray Rothbard by Bill Buckley. What does Tucker's cancelation mean for the growing anti-regime trends on the right, and why do "conservative" gatekeepers prefer the company of the left more than their audience? We look at this and more on this episode of Radio Rothbard. New Radio Rothbard mugs are now available at the Mises Store. Get yours at Mises.org/RothMug  For more on the history of the conservative movement, get your copy of Betrayal of the American Right by Murray Rothbard. Receive 20% off with coupon code RothPod at the Mises Store.  Also available as an audiobook. PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off Recommended Reading "Murray Rothbard, RIP" by William F. Buckley Jr.: Mises.org/RR_132_A "Frank Meyer's Fusionism and the Search for Consensus Among Conservatives" by Paul Gottfried: Mises.org/RR_132_B "NotCon 3 Video: The Failure of Fusionism" Mises.org/RR_132_C "Why Fox Fired Tucker: BlackRock, Replacement Theory, and the ADL" by Michael Rectenwald Mises.org/RR_132_D "Buckley Revealed" by Murray Rothbard Mises.org/RR_132_E Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

Ryan McMaken and Dr. Mark Thornton cover the state of the dollar as global reserve currency, and why employers are laying off more and more of their highest paid workers. PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off Subscribe to Mark's weekly Minor Issues podcast at Mises.org/MinorIssues. Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop look at common American history myths baked into government school curricula. While Republican governors have begun to prioritize removing "critical race theory" and other forms of modern "leftwing indoctrination" from textbooks, there are a number of historical episodes left unchallenged that all lead to a deification of state power and a celebration of progressive politics. PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off Recommended Reading "The Meat Packing Myth" by Murray Rothbard: Mises.org/RR_130_A "Krugman's Hoover History" by Robert Murphy: Mises.org/RR_130_B "Why the 1787 Constitution Did Not Bring Republican Government to America" Mises.org/RR_130_C The Progressive Era by Murray Rothbard Mises.org/RR_130_D Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop discuss recent reveals about new lows for the FBI. Ryan discusses new reports about the targeting of traditional Catholic churches and the history of the American Stasi, while Tho highlights new evidence about the role of federal agents in escalating January 6. Recommended Reading "The FBI’s Forgotten Criminal Record" by Jim Bovard: Mises.org/RR_129_A "Abolish the FBI" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/RR_129_B Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at Mises.org/RadioRothbard.