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J. Burden joins me to discuss the affordability problem and some unique issues facing young white men, and why mocking them might not be the best approach. Sponsors: Expat Money Persist Marketing Guest's Podcast: The J. Burden Show Guest's Twitter: @_jburden Links Mentioned: ElevenFreebies.com ExitGroup.us Show notes for Ep. 2791 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Mary Jo's back with three money topics every farmer and rancher needs to hear. The thread running through all of them: it's not how much money you make — it's how you USE it. In this episode: the private equity news making headlines in the life insurance world (and why Mary Jo's clients don't need to panic), the "no medical exam up to $4 million" hook being pitched to farmers on Instagram, and the scarcity mindset that's holding back the entire agriculture industry — including why letting your hired man run a few cows might be the smartest move you make. What you'll learn: Why private equity in life insurance isn't the crisis the headlines suggest The truth behind "express underwriting" and no-medical-exam policies Why lying on an application means your claim won't get paid "If you can't manage a dollar, you can't manage a million" The scarcity mindset — and why helping your employees succeed helps YOU ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Intro & What's On Today's Mind 1:12 Private Equity in Life Insurance (Mass Mutual in the News) 4:05 The "$4M No-Medical" Hook Targeting Farmers 11:19 It's Not What You Make, It's How You Use It 15:08 Let Your Hired Man Run Cows? The Scarcity Mindset 21:23 Wrap-Up & How to Reach Mary Jo

The ideas of the American Revolution did not appear in the summer of 1776. They had been building in colonial hearts and minds for decades, and by the time the Declaration was signed, Americans had thought harder about liberty, consent, and the limits of power than any people before them. That is the argument historian and economist Larry Reed brings to his new book Born of Ideas: How Principles, Faith, and Courage Forged America, and to this conversation with Doug Stuart.Reed, President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education, treats the American founding as an intellectual and moral achievement rather than an accident of geography or grievance. He answers the fashionable claim that America was defined by an "original sin," and he does it not by ignoring the country's failures but by putting them in the context of the world as the founders actually inherited it. What follows is the case the episode makes.Chapters:0:22 Welcome & Guest Introduction1:02 A Book of Revolutionary Ideas2:47 Founders and Liberty6:01 America's Flawed Origins12:06 The Mayflower Compact15:07 Anne Hutchinson's Exile16:41 Native Nations and the Revolution20:31 Black Patriots and Poets22:42 Common Sense Ignites26:43 Hidden Economics of War30:03 Slavery and the Founding35:50 Reconstruction What-Ifs37:46 Republic, Not Democracy41:14 Heroes and Foreign AlliesAudio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com Come meet fellow Christian libertarians, sharpen your thinking, and be part of a growing movement rooted in faith and freedom at the Christians for Liberty Conference.Lunch is included in the price of the ticket. We will send out a form ahead of the conference requesting dietary preferences and restrictions.Learn more here.Use code LCI50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings and also support LCI!Full Podsworth Ad Read BEFORE & AFTER processing:https://youtu.be/vbsOEODpQGs ★ Support this podcast ★

Mark Sisson joins me for an interview people wrote to me about years later to say it changed their lives. Sponsors: Persist Marketing Agorist Tax Advice - Pick up a free copy of the brilliant Matthew Sercely's Agorist Tax Toolkit at: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/woods Guest's Twitter: @Mark_Sisson Show notes for Ep. 2790 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

There are numerous reasons someone might oppose or be skeptical of JD Vance. None of them account for the neocon campaign against him. Dan McCarthy, Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought at the Heritage Foundation, discusses what's really going on. Sponsors: Policygenius Persist Marketing Guest's Twitter: @ToryAnarchist Guest's Publication: Modern Age Show notes for Ep. 2789 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Does democracy need Christianity to survive? Jonathan Rauch — a gay, atheist, Jewish journalist at Brookings and The Atlantic — has concluded that it does. His 2025 book, Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy, argues that Christianity is a load-bearing wall in the American experiment, and that two decades of de-churching have left the whole structure sagging.As an outsider who once celebrated secularization as progress and watched what filled the vacuum, Rauch now claims that democracy needs Christianity. What he found is that when the church stopped carrying its load, toxic partisanship, tribal politics, and substitute religions rushed in to take its place.Host Doug Stuart talks with Rauch to work through why the founders counted on Christian virtue, which three teachings of Jesus underwrite liberal democracy, why compromise is a Christian act rather than a betrayal, and what the church has to recover to be worth listening to again.Chapters:0:00 Intro0:22 Guest Intro and Book Origins4:03 Christianity's Civic Role7:28 Churches, Decline, and Politics12:23 Liberalism and Democracy Defined13:56 Founders on Virtue18:52 Jesus and Liberal Democracy25:10 Compromise as a Creative Process29:53 Congress and Political Cynicism32:50 Reforming a Broken System33:45 Christians and Culture War35:38 Freedom, Fear, and Public Faith38:10 Pseudo-Religions Fill the Void41:25 Libertarianism and Christianity45:39 Altruism, Virtue, and Freedom51:15 Latter-Day Saints and Agency59:18 Make Christianity Peculiar AgainAudio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com Come meet fellow Christian libertarians, sharpen your thinking, and be part of a growing movement rooted in faith and freedom at the Christians for Liberty Conference.Lunch is included in the price of the ticket. We will send out a form ahead of the conference requesting dietary preferences and restrictions.Learn more here.Use code LCI50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings and also support LCI!Full Podsworth Ad Read BEFORE & AFTER processing:https://youtu.be/vbsOEODpQGs ★ Support this podcast ★

In keeping with its commitment to the deranged, the insane, the destructive, and the abnormal, the left celebrates the life and work of Jason Arday, the biggest academic charlatan of our time, who filed harassment reports with the police against a reporter and against a fellow academic who asked him questions about his work. Auron MacIntyre joins me to discuss.   Sponsors: Agorist Tax Advice: Pick up a free copy of the brilliant Matthew Sercely's Agorist Tax Toolkit at: https://AgoristTaxAdvice.com/woods Bank on Yourself   Guest's Twitter: @AuronMacIntyre   Links Mentioned Ron Paul Homeschool Liberty Classroom Unapproved Library   Show notes for Ep. 2788 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Darryl Cooper discusses how the organic communities and peoples of the West are being destroyed, and what steps we can take.   Sponsors: CrowdHealth code: WOODS for $99 per month for the first 3 months  Persist Marketing   Guest's Substack: Martyr Made   Guest's Twitter: @martyrmade Show notes for Ep. 2787 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Buying a whole life insurance policy for infinite banking? Many agents have no idea what they're actually selling you — and it could cost you decades of compound growth. In this episode, Mary Jo breaks down the 5 things you MUST check before you sign anything, based on a real client who bought from a local agent instead of coming to her first (and what he got wrong): 1️⃣ Does it have cash value in Year 1? (If not, you bought traditional whole life — not a policy designed for infinite banking) 2️⃣ Is there a Paid-Up Additions (PUA) rider — and how flexible is it? 3️⃣ Is there term insurance riding on it, and does the death benefit drop off later? 4️⃣ Is it a dividend-paying policy, and where are those dividends going? 5️⃣ Is your agent talking about a "rate of return"? (If so, it's not whole life — run) Mary Jo also shares the real story of her husband's policy losing $500,000 in death benefit overnight when a level term rider dropped off — a mistake she now makes sure her clients never repeat. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – Why Mary Jo won't give advice on a policy she didn't sell you 1:46 – The 5 things to check before buying a whole life policy 8:12 – How her husband's policy lost $500K in death benefit overnight 14:35 – Recap: the 5-point checklist 15:57 – Why "just tell me how to use it" doesn't work that way Want Mary Jo or John to review an illustration you've already been sold — or one someone's trying to sell you? Email the show. We'll tell you exactly what to watch for.

Acton University is one of the most respected gatherings in the faith-and-markets world. This year four hosts from the Christians for Liberty Network were able to find out what it was like to attend. Through a scholarship from the Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity, they spent four days at Acton University among Catholics, Calvinists, Eastern Orthodox, Jews, Muslims, and free-market thinkers from more than sixty countries, and came away deeply impressed.Doug Stuart is joined by Alex Bernardo, Cody Cook, and Kerry Baldwin to recap the experience: the core sessions, the standout speakers, the dinner-table conversations, and what it felt like to show up openly as Christian libertarians in a room that leads with virtue, stewardship, and dignity before it ever reaches policy. The short version is that it felt like being among kin.This recap walks through what Acton University gets right, where Christian libertarians found common ground, and the friendly, sharpening conversations that made the week worth every minute.Chapters:0:00 Intro0:22 Acton University Overview2:36 First Impressions of Acton5:08 Ecumenical and Marketed Faith9:16 Libertarianism Versus Libertinism15:24 Moral Language and Shared Values23:58 The Four Core Sessions30:59 Questions That Challenged43:03 Best Sessions and Standouts48:37 Receptivity to Libertarians52:51 Closing Reflections and ThanksAudio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com Come meet fellow Christian libertarians, sharpen your thinking, and be part of a growing movement rooted in faith and freedom at the Christians for Liberty Conference.Lunch is included in the price of the ticket. We will send out a form ahead of the conference requesting dietary preferences and restrictions.Learn more here.Use code LCI50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings and also support LCI!Full Podsworth Ad Read BEFORE & AFTER processing:https://youtu.be/vbsOEODpQGs ★ Support this podcast ★

The Jason Arday plagiarism and all-around weirdo and liar scandal told us something not only about the University of Cambridge but also about the whole higher-education racket: a great many left-liberal academics defended an obvious charlatan down to the very last moment even though his plagiarism and other problems were obvious to everyone.   Sponsors: Expat Money Agorist Tax Advice - Pick up a free copy of the brilliant Matthew Sercely's Agorist Tax Toolkit at: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/woods   Articles Mentioned: "Another College President Plagiarized Her Dissertation. That's Just the Tip of the Iceberg," by Luke Rosiak "The Statistics Behind the Jason Arday Scandal," by Jukka Savolainen and Kevin McCaffree   Links Mentioned: The Preparation, by Doug Casey, Matt Smith, and Maxim Smith UnapprovedLibrary.com   Show notes for Ep. 2786 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

In this episode, I'm breaking down Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill — the book that changed how I see the world. Hill wrote this in 1938, but it reads like it was written yesterday. His message? 95% of people are drifting through life, and the systems we trust — government, education, even media — are designed to keep us numb. In this review, I get into:

In this episode, we discuss Stephen Covey's weather metaphor and how it relates to leadership, emotional state, and personal agency. We talk about how the "weather" in a room or relationship can reflect tension, mood, or atmosphere, and how leaders can choose what they bring into a situation rather than simply react to it.We also explore the gap between stimulus and response, and how calm, intentional behavior can reduce tension in meetings, family life, and work. We close by distinguishing empathy from emotional absorption and by returning to the thermostat and thermometer idea: effective leadership means noticing the temperature while also choosing how to set the tone. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Topher Field discusses the real story of the Covid-era horrors in Australia -- horrors the U.S. government never saw fit to utter a word about, even though it's constantly criticizing other regimes for something or other. Sponsors: HomeServe: Help protect your home systems – and your wallet – with HomeServe against covered repairs. Plans start at just $4.99 a month. Go to HomeServe.com/TomWoods to find the plan that's right for you for 50% less your first year. Persist Marketing - Getting clobbered by your competitors? Invisible in the search engines? Your leads at a trickle – or nonexistent? Persist Marketing can turn that all around for your business. Check them out at https://Persist.Marketing Guest's Website: https://TopherField.com Guest's Twitter: @TopherField Show notes for Ep. 2785 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Mary Jo Irmen walks through a real whole life insurance policy illustration for a 27-year-old client paying just $6,000 a year — and the numbers might surprise you. In this episode, Mary Jo breaks down what the cash value growth actually looks like year by year, what happens when you add extra premium in year one, and why so many people have been waiting too long to get started when they didn't need to. What you'll learn in this episode: - Why $500/month ($6,000/year) is enough to build serious cash value over time - How compound interest and dividends work once your policy "crosses over" (around year 4) - The paid-up additions rider and why it accelerates your break-even point to year 7 - What happens if you put in an extra $11,000 in year one — and how that impacts your cash value at age 82 - Why paying in $211,000 over a lifetime can result in $843,000+ in accessible cash value - How health ratings affect death benefit (not cash value as much as you think) - Why you should stop waiting until you "have enough" — and just start Ready to get started?

Black empowerment is often framed as a debate between pro-black, welfare state progressivism and anti-black, law-and-order conservatism. But what if free markets, not big government, is the key to black empowerment? In this episode of the Libertarian Christian Podcast, Cody Cook talks to Dr. Rachel Ferguson about the dominant narrative that racial justice requires state intervention. Ferguson demonstrates that classical liberalism offers a more historically grounded, morally coherent, and economically effective path forward.Ferguson argues that the worst racial injustices in American history were not failures of markets but failures of the state — from slavery to Jim Crow to redlining to welfare policies that fractured families and communities. She also highlights the long, overlooked tradition of Black classical liberals who championed individual rights, entrepreneurship, and civil society as the real engines of flourishing.Chapters:0:00 Intro0:24 Welcome and Black Liberation Through Markets2:53 Challenging White Privilege Claims7:04 Douglass and Classical Liberalism9:00 Why Freedom Needs a Voice13:19 Slavery's Economic Costs19:57 Defining Real Free Markets22:57 Welfare's Perverse Incentives27:18 Beyond Bootstraps and Blame31:11 Sharecropping After Emancipation34:05 Lynching and Public Memory37:59 Racism Beyond the Law40:48 Populism and Immigration Fears44:39 Churches and Civil SocietyAudio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com Come meet fellow Christian libertarians, sharpen your thinking, and be part of a growing movement rooted in faith and freedom at the Christians for Liberty Conference.Lunch is included in the price of the ticket. We will send out a form ahead of the conference requesting dietary preferences and restrictions.Learn more here.Use code LCI50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings and also support LCI!Full Podsworth Ad Read BEFORE & AFTER processing:https://youtu.be/vbsOEODpQGs ★ Support this podcast ★

Two friends talk in this free-flowing conversation about everything. Sponsors: Agorist Tax Advice - Pick up a free copy of the brilliant Matthew Sercely's Agorist Tax Toolkit Bank on Yourself Website Mentioned - https://UnwantedBook.com Guest's Twitter: @michaelmalice Show notes for Ep. 2784 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Most buyers never see the new construction tax trap coming — until their mortgage jumps $800 overnight. Today we're breaking it all down with no fluff. Mary Jo Irmen sits down with Jordan Nutter, VP of Creator Collective at NFM Lending, for a deep-dive on exactly what lenders don't volunteer — from hidden fees and escrow traps to what you absolutely cannot do with your Social Security number before closing. Whether you're buying your first home or your fifth, this episode will change how you approach your next mortgage.

In this episode, we continue our discussion of Stephen Covey's idea of the space between stimulus and response and how leaders often react automatically instead of responding with intention. We look at why people become reactive, including habit, wiring, and learned patterns, and we discuss examples from leadership and sales where an immediate reaction can damage relationships. We also explore ways to widen the gap by observing before judging, naming emotions, asking what is driving a reaction, and checking decisions against заранее defined values. We close by returning to the idea that while we cannot control every outcome, we can control our response and use that pause to support steadier leadership and better long-term relationships. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Clint Russell of Liberty Lockdown discusses the inflation problem, the insane mortgage business, the J.D. Vance conundrum, and last but not least, that weird Israel provision in the NDAA. Sponsors: Persist Marketing Expat Money Summit CrowdHealth code: WOODS for $99 per month for the first 3 months  Guest's Twitter: @LibertyLockPod Show notes for Ep. 2783 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Most people who want to know how to study the Bible are looking for a system. A plan to finish in a year, the "right" translation, a highlighting method that finally sticks. Alex Bernardo, host of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast and a trained biblical studies student, spent this episode dismantling that instinct. There is no single correct method. There is only the daily habit of putting yourself in front of the text and refusing to leave until it has done something to you.Doug Stuart noticed Alex's heavily marked-up Bible over breakfast at Acton University and wanted to know the man behind the exegesis. What came out is a working philosophy of Bible study that treats intellectual growth and discipleship as the same project, not competing ones. You cannot grow as a disciple without growing in understanding, and understanding that never touches your life is just trivia.This is a practical guide to how to study the Bible over a lifetime: how to build the habit, which translations reward close reading, when to bring in commentaries, what to mark, and which popular practices are worth abandoning.Chapters:0:22 Welcome and Bible Reading Habits2:53 Early Bible Memories4:39 Faith Through the Gospels6:06 Daily Reading Routine8:36 Reading Without a Plan10:26 Lectionary Life12:05 Choosing the NASB16:00 Paragraphs and Verse Marks18:09 Reading as Narrative22:22 Finding the Right Translation28:30 Using Study Tools33:07 Memory and Bible Flow35:23 Marking Key Passages41:30 What Didn't WorkAudio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com Use code LCI50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings and also support LCI!Full Podsworth Ad Read BEFORE & AFTER processing:https://youtu.be/vbsOEODpQGs ★ Support this podcast ★

The great Dave Smith talks about the Iran war, the problems, and what 2028 might look like. Sponsors: Expat Money Summit  Policygenius    Agorist Tax Advice    Guest's Twitter: @ComicDaveSmith  Guest's Website     Show notes for Ep. 2782 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

This week (and going forward) Allan Williams joins Chad on the podcast. The focus on this episode is Aesop's fable about the Goose and the Golden Egg and how leaders need to keep production and production capacity in balance. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

I took four important old books and produced fresh new editions of them, with more readable typesetting, and I'm giving them away as part of my Unapproved Library. No professor will ever assign you these books. I discuss them in this episode. The books discussed are: - Reconstruction: Political and Economic, 1865–1877, by William A. Dunning, including a new foreword by historian Brian McClanahan. - The Founders of the Republic on Immigration, Naturalization, and Aliens, a collection of writings from figures including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington. - A Short History of Paper Money and Banking in the United States, by William Gouge, a detailed examination of paper money, banking, inflation, and boom-and-bust cycles. - A Brief Enquiry into the True Nature and Character of Our Federal Government, by Abel Upshur, a defense of the compact theory of the Constitution and the states' rights tradition. Download all four free books at: UnapprovedLibrary.com  Sponsors: Persist Marketing Policygenius code: WOODS Show notes for Ep. 2781 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Most abortion debates fail to advance the conversation because the two sides aren't arguing on the same grounds — one side makes a moral or religious case, the other a case from women's rights; so they talk past each other. Kerry Baldwin argues that there's a better approach. In this FreedomFest debate with Michael Shermer, Baldwin makes her case. Shermer approaches abortion from a secular humanist perspective, making a moral-pragmatic case for pro-choice that centers the lived reality and full moral status of women. Baldwin, though a professing Christian, does not argue from religious or moral grounds. Instead, she argues from a natural law, libertarian legal-rights, and free-market perspective. Both are critical of the conventional pro-life argument, and both believe that reducing unwanted pregnancies through free-market solutions is the practical path forward. What they disagree on is whether a consistent defense of women's rights can stop short of recognizing fetal self-ownership. Rather than relitigating the familiar culture-war framing, this debate advances the liberty conversation by asking what libertarian principles actually require and what the net benefit is for women's rights more broadly.Be sure to bring your questions and participate in Kerry's post-debate live Q&A here: https://mereliberty.com/freedomfest-attendee-email-list/Kerry's main site: https://mereliberty.com/The Reformed Libertarians Podcast: https://libertarianchristians.com/shows/reformed-libertarians-podcast/Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com Use code LCI50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings and also support LCI!Full Podsworth Ad Read BEFORE & AFTER processing:https://youtu.be/vbsOEODpQGs  ★ Support this podcast ★

I run through some recent items in the news in which "equality" is a thread running throughout, and show why M.E. Bradford described equality as "the antonym of every conservative principle." Sponsors: Bank on Yourself Agorist Tax Advice: Pick up a free copy of the brilliant Matthew Sercely's Agorist Tax Toolkit at: https://AgoristTaxAdvice.com/woods Links Mentioned: Tom's Free Books Tom's Unapproved Library The Woods Murder Mystery Dinner Parties Show notes for Ep. 2780 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Trust is like an ice-covered lake. If the ice is thick enough, you can drive a truck across it. But thin ice (and thin trust) will leave you cold, disappointed, and maybe a bit in danger. In this episode, Chad tackles five things that make a person trustworthy and how to test the ice so you can know if you should trust someone. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

What happens when Orthodox Christians stop simply criticizing culture and start creating it? In this episode, Buck chats with his good friend Mano Elia—host of the Study of Stuff Podcast, founder of Spoon Records, and one of the driving forces behind the Bored No More movement—to discuss what it means to reclaim culture by creating art, music, film, and authentic community centered on Christ and His Church. Mano shares the vision behind Bored No More, a growing network of Orthodox Christian creators dedicated to producing meaningful media, cultivating community, and encouraging artists to create work rooted in Christ. He also discusses Bored No More's partnership with Logos Cinema, where the network's growing catalog of content will soon be available alongside a broader streaming platform devoted to faith-centered films and entertainment. Rather than merely reacting to a culture in decline, Mano challenges Orthodox Christians to what he calls "inverting the inversion"—reclaiming the very spaces that have been distorted and restoring them to the service of God. Buck and Mano also discuss the spiritual condition of Canada, the growing sense of isolation and nihilism they see throughout the country, the expansion of medically assisted suicide, and what these trends reveal about a society that has lost hope. They also explore the blessings and pitfalls of online Orthodoxy, why internet debates should never replace life in the parish, and why our hardworking priests deserve far more grace and gratitude than criticism. Topics include: * What "inverting the inversion" really means * Why Orthodox Christians should create culture instead of merely critique it * The vision behind the Bored No More movement * Bored No More's partnership with Logos Cinema * Spoon Records and cultivating meaningful music * Canada's growing spiritual crisis * Loneliness, nihilism, and medically assisted suicide * The strengths and weaknesses of online Orthodoxy * Why faithful parish life matters more than internet arguments * Showing grace and appreciation for our priests Learn more about Mano's work: Bored No More Community Support the mission Bored No More Study of Stuff Podcast (YouTube) Study of Stuff on Instagram Logos Cinema Sponsor: Donate to the show here: https://www.patreon.com/counterflow  Podsworth App: https://podsworth.com  Code: BUCK50 for HALF off your first order! Clean up your recordings, sound like a pro, and support the Counterflow Podcast! Full Ad Read BEFORE processing: https://youtu.be/F4ljjtR5QfA  Full Ad Read AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/J6trRTgmpwE Visit my website: https://www.counterflowpodcast.com  Audio Production by Podsworth Media: https://www.podsworth.com  Leave us a review and rating on Apple Podcasts! Thanks!

Stefan Molyneux, a familiar name to most of my listeners, hosted the world's largest philosophy show until he was suddenly deplatformed everywhere. He had thought: I have the truth on my side, so who can stop me? But they want you to repeat -- or at least not outwardly object to -- a series of absurdities, and that makes a truth-teller dangerous. Happily, nowadays people regularly say far more provocative things than anything Stefan was punished for. He and I discuss this and plenty more. Sponsors: CrowdHealth - code: WOODS for $99 per month for the first 3 months  Persist Marketing Guest's Website: Freedomain Guest's Twitter: @StefanMolyneux Show notes for Ep. 2779 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Christians often talk about missions, hospitality, and loving the stranger. But few American believers ever test those convictions by stepping outside their own cultural world. This episode explores the reasons Christians should travel overseas, not as tourists chasing novelty but as disciples learning how God forms His people through displacement, cross‑cultural life, and the humility of being a foreigner.Benj Giffone has lived, taught, and ministered across Lithuania, India, South Africa, Singapore, and beyond. His story gets us thinking about how overseas experience reshapes how Christians read Scripture, helps us to think differently about war, immigration, and national identity. The episode argues that travel can be a spiritual discipline that exposes idols, expands empathy, and clarifies what Christian responsibility actually demands.What follows is an editorial‑style overview of Giffone's argument — why global life matters, how it sharpens libertarian instincts, and what Christians should weigh when considering whether to stay, leave, or sojourn for a season. But to get the whole argument, you'll need to listen to or watch the episode!Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com Use code LCI50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings and also support LCI!Full Podsworth Ad Read BEFORE & AFTER processing:https://youtu.be/vbsOEODpQGs  ★ Support this podcast ★

Scott Horton joins us to discuss the increasingly intractable Russia-Ukraine war, and the persistent problem of the Israel Lobby, whose sins are largely unknown to the American public. Sponsor: Agorist Tax Advice - Pick up a free copy of the brilliant Matthew Sercely's Agorist Tax Toolkit at: https://AgoristTaxAdvice.com/woods Guest's Website: Scott Horton Academy (use code WOODS for discount) Guest's Twitter: @ScottHortonShow Show notes for Ep. 2778 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

In this episode, Chad discusses how helping can become harmful in leadership, at work, and in relationships when it prevents people from learning and growing. We look at rescuing, answering other people's questions, smoothing obstacles, and carrying responsibilities that belong to others, with examples from meetings, parenting, sales, and goal-setting. Leadership should involve giving people back their own decisions, consequences, and ownership. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

"Democratic socialism" has come back into fashion -- with the monetary authority having pushed prices up, ordinary people have concluded that "capitalism," which makes it possible for them not to be living in the dirt, has "failed." Keith Knight has 64 arguments against it, but we discuss about 11. Sponsors: HomeServe Persist Marketing Guest's Website: Libertarian Institute Guest's Twitter: @an_capitalist   Show notes for Ep. 2777 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

In this episode, we discuss the new edition of Faith Seeking Freedom, which expands the original book from 102 to 230 questions and is designed to help libertarian Christians work through a wider range of topics while still keeping the book concise. We talk about the different theological backgrounds on the writing team, including Reformed and Anabaptist influences, and how those perspectives shaped the project. We also reflect on the writing and editing process, including revisions and disagreements, and mention chapters on abortion, capitalism, immigration, American history, Christian nationalism, and culture war issues. The conversation closes with a discussion of how Christians might think about political engagement, the limits of libertarianism, and using the book as a starting point for further conversation.Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com Use code LCI50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings and also support LCI!Full Podsworth Ad Read BEFORE & AFTER processing:https://youtu.be/vbsOEODpQGs  ★ Support this podcast ★

Peter Brimelow, author of Alien Nation and publisher of VDARE, discusses the silver lining in the ridiculous birthright citizenship Supreme Court decision.   Sponsors: Agorist Tax Advice - Pick up a free copy of the brilliant Matthew Sercely's Agorist Tax Toolkit here Bank on Yourself   Guest's Website https://PeterBrimelow.com   Guest's Twitter @PeterBrimelow Show notes for Ep. 2776 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Managing people can feel overwhelming, but it gets simpler when you boil it down to giving people what they actually need from you. In this episode, Chad shares four of the most important things every employee needs from the person they report to — and how giving them well gets the most out of most of the people you manage. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Dominic Frisby discusses the resignation of Keir Starmer, the persistence of the left in the UK (with some good signs nevertheless), why and how Brexit was not fully implemented, and plenty more, in rather a lively episode. Guest's Newsletter: The Flying Frisby Sponsors: Agorist Tax Advice: Pick up a free copy of the brilliant Matthew Sercely's Agorist Tax Toolkit at: https://AgoristTaxAdvice.com/woods Bank on Yourself  Show notes for Ep. 2775 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

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Brandon Weichert joins us to discuss the fallout from the J.D. Vance pushback against the Israeli government, what 2028 is likely to look like, and where Trump's head is right now (and it may not be what you think).   Sponsors: Persist SEO Woods Mastermind   Guest's Substack The Weichert Brief Show notes for Ep. 2774 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

People will disappoint you. Unfortunately, that's part of leading. Even more unfortunate is that too manyleaders either stew in the disappointment or react off the raw feeling. In this episode, Chad shares a simple way to figure out what actually let you down and respond to the real problem in a way that makes things better instead of worse. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Jack Spirko joins us to discuss Jack's new book, Laws of Life: Now Build the System for Your Life (the second of two in the series) and the worldview behind it: that nearly everyone has a marketable genius and the tools to build the life he wants, yet most people stay stuck -- complaining, fantasizing about ideas they never execute, and measuring success in the wrong terms. All this despite having more and (more extraordinary) tools at their fingertips than anyone who came before them. The conversation runs from reprogramming negative self-talk and monetizing your own expertise, through the difference between making and earning money, to a blunt case for ignoring your critics. Sponsors: Persist SEO Woods Mastermind Book Discussed:  Laws of Life: Now Build the System for Your Life (Book 2) Show notes for Ep. 2773   The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

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The authorities have destroyed the money, and left you on your own to deal with the consequences. Doing something about this involves (1) learning about what happened and trying to educate the general public, and (2) actually doing something to keep your savings from losing its purchasing power any further, and indeed gaining it back. Most people in our world are content to do (1). It's time we join Troy Broussard and also do (2). Sponsors: Agorist Tax Advice: Pick up a free copy of the brilliant Matthew Sercely's Agorist Tax Toolkit at: https://AgoristTaxAdvice.com/woods  Persist SEO Attend a Live Call with Troy and Tom, June 29-July 3: Click here to register Show notes for Ep. 2772 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Darryl Cooper, host of the Martyr Made podcast, discusses some of his misgivings about libertarianism, but we actually wound up spending much of our time on the rarely discussed dangers of democracy. Sponsors: CrowdHealth - code: WOODS for $99 per month for the first 3 months Persist SEO Guest's Substack - The Martyr Made Substack Guest's Twitter - @MartyrMade Show notes for Ep. 2771 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Jeremy Carl, senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, joins us to discuss the state of the civil rights establishment in light of racially motivated juries and the divisions that the Karmelo Anthony case laid bare. Sponsors: Agorist Tax Advice: Pick up a free copy of the brilliant Matthew Sercely's Agorist Tax Toolkit at: https://AgoristTaxAdvice.com/woods Bank on Yourself - https://bankonyourself.com/woods Book Discussed - The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart Guest's Twitter: @realJeremyCarl Guest's Website: https://www.JeremyCarl.com Show notes for Ep. 2770 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Mark Pulliam of Misrule of Law joins us to discuss the case of John Eastman, who has been persecuted, even disbarred, for defending Donald Trump a little too vigorously. We further discuss the larger issue at stake, which is the ongoing takeover of the legal profession by the left and what the Eastman case portends for the rest of us.   Sponsors: HomeServe Persist SEO   Articles: "The Rule of Law Depends on John Eastman" "The Legal Profession Brooks No Dissent" "John Eastman's Disbarment in California is an Outrageous Violation of the First Amendment Warranting Supreme Court Review"   Help John Eastman: Eastman's Legal Defense Fund   Guest's Website: Misrule of Law   Show notes for Ep. 2769 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

On Dave Benner's Liberty Vault, Dave and I discuss the significance of the Israel Lobby's defeat of Thomas Massie (while they call you anti-Semitic for commenting on it), as well as the broader implications for American politics, Trump's handling of the Iran war and his attacks on former supporters, Tulsi Gabbard's resignation, generational shifts in public opinion, and practical libertarian strategies for building freedom in a hostile world. Sponsors: Citizen Portal: code: WOODS50 Agorist Tax Advice: Pick up a free copy of the brilliant Matthew Sercely's Agorist Tax Toolkit at: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/woods  Book Mentioned: The Forbidden Idea theforbiddenidea.com Show notes for Ep. 2768 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Economist Bob Murphy joins us for a potpourri episode that begins with a discussion of what we can expect Kevin Warsh to do. Sponsors: Persist SEO - https://INeedSEO.help Tom Woods Mastermind Guest's Website: Infineo Guest's Twitter: @BobMurphyEcon Show notes for Ep. 2767 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Scott Horton of the Scott Horton Academy joins us to discuss whether and exactly how Israel and its neoconservative allies have drawn the United States into war.   Sponsors: Agorist Tax Advice: Pick up a free copy of the brilliant Matthew Sercely's Agorist Tax Toolkit at: https://AgoristTaxAdvice.com/woods   Bank on Yourself Guest's Links: Scott Horton Academy: https://scotthortonacademy.com/ (Code: WOODS for 10% off!) The Facts About Iran: https://thefactsaboutiran.com/ Guest's Twitter: @scotthortonshow  tomwoodscruise.com Show notes for Ep. 2766   The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk

Jeremy Kauffman just returned from the Libertarian National Convention, where the delegates chose as their chairman the kind of person you might expect. We talk about how to succeed and how to spread ideas (and how not to). Listen to Jeremy's speech at the Libertarian Party national convention here on X. Sponsors: Citizen Portal: code: WOODS50 Persist SEO   Guest's Links: SaveNHLP.com FreeState.Party Show notes for Ep. 2765 The Tom Woods Show is produced by Podsworth Media. Check out the Podsworth App: Use code WOODS50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Tom Woods Show! My full Podsworth ad read BEFORE & AFTER processing: https://youtu.be/tIlZWkm8Syk