Podcast appearances and mentions of stephen budiansky

Our guest this week is historian Stephen Budianksy, who shares his insights into the late Justice's life and work. After serving in the Civil War, during which he was wounded, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became a scholar and jurist, eventually rising to the U.S. Supreme Court after being nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt. While practicing law in Boston, Holmes summarized a series of lectures he had delivered and had them published in 1881 as a book titled The Common Law. Holmes is known for the maxim, "The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience," and that the law develops according to the "felt necessities of the time." He served on the high court for nearly 30 years, retiring at age 90, and has been of the most frequently cited justices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest this week is historian Stephen Budianksy, who shares his insights into the late Justice's life and work. After serving in the Civil War, during which he was wounded, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became a scholar and jurist, eventually rising to the U.S. Supreme Court after being nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt. While practicing law in Boston, Holmes summarized a series of lectures he had delivered and had them published in 1881 as a book titled The Common Law. Holmes is known for the maxim, "The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience," and that the law develops according to the "felt necessities of the time." He served on the high court for nearly 30 years, retiring at age 90, and has been of the most frequently cited justices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, we interview Stephen Budiansky, a veteran historian, biographer, and journalist who has published 15 books, including his current biography, Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of […]

The Men, Machines, and Ideas that Revolutionized War.

While we all know that Elizabeth ended her reign peacefully, dying in her bed, that outcome was not guaranteed. From the beginning of her reign, Catholics in England and abroad questioned her right to rule. When Mary Queen of Scots came to England in 1568, 10 years into Elizabeth's reign, there was a Catholic option right there! English Catholics, supported by France, Spain, and the Pope, rebelled against Elizabeth and attempted to replace her with Mary Stuart.This period was a time of a communication explosion in England and Europe. When there are more means of communication, there's an immediate attempt to monitor and control communication. And that, of course, leads to an increase in attempts to hide communication.The battle between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots was a battle of messages and a battle of ways to hide messages. It's an exciting time, rich with amazing characters and fascinating stories. Here are three of my favorite books about that time:God’s Traitors: Terror & Faith in Elizabethan England by Jessie Childs. I found this book incredibly enlightening as a way to get a glimpse into the lives of English Catholics. . I hadn’t really thought about his work in that way, and now I can’t think of any of Walsingham’s actions without remembering his early experience in Paris. I found that such illuminating way of considering his single-minded approach to the rest of the century.Her Majesty’s Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage by Stephen Budiansky. One of the things I really appreciate about this book is that it starts with the St. Bartholomew Day’s massacre and looks at Walsingham’s work as Elizabeth’s Spymaster through the lens of that experience.Rival Queens: The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots (also published as The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots: Elizabeth I and Her Greatest Rival) by Kate Williams. There are many great books about Elizabeth I and about Mary Queen of Scots. There are several very good books about the two of them. I really liked Kate Williams’s book because it offers a fresh perspective that makes it easy to relate to these two queens as women and humans as well as queens.

In 1941, Catalonian chicken farmer Juan Pujol made an unlikely leap into the world of international espionage, becoming a spy first for the Germans, then for the British, and rising to become one of the greatest double agents of World War II. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe Pujol's astonishing talent for deceiving the Nazis, which led one colleague to call him "the best actor in the world." We'll also contemplate a floating Chicago and puzzle over a winding walkway. Intro: In 1999, Kevin Baugh declared his Nevada house an independent republic. Foxie the dog stayed by her master's side for three months after his hiking death in 1805. Sources for our feature on Juan Pujol: Juan Pujol, Operation Garbo, 1985. Jason Webster, The Spy With 29 Names, 2014. Tomás Harris, Garbo: The Spy Who Saved D-Day, 2000. Stephan Talty, Agent Garbo, 2012. Thomas M. Kane, Understanding Contemporary Strategy, 2012. David C. Isby, "Double Agent's D-Day Victory," World War II 19:3 (June 2004), 18,20. Marc De Santis, "Overlooked Reasons Overlord Succeeded," MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History 26:4 (Summer 2014), 15-16. David Kahn, "How I Discovered World War II's Greatest Spy," Cryptologia 34:1 (December 2009), 12-21. Stephen Budiansky, "The Art of the Double Cross," World War II 24:1 (May 2009), 38-45,4. Kevin D. Kornegay, "Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies," Army Lawyer, April 2014, 40-43. Gene Santoro, "Harbor of Hope and Intrigue," World War II 26:2 (July/August 2011), 26-28. P.R.J. Winter, "Penetrating Hitler's High Command: Anglo-Polish HUMINT, 1939-1945," War in History 18:1 (January 2011), 85-108. Neville Wylie, "'An Amateur Learns his Job'? Special Operations Executive in Portugal, 1940–42," Journal of Contemporary History 36:3 (July 2001), 441-457. "An Unexpected Threat to the Normandy Invasion," World War II 31:5 (January/February 2017), 16. "'Agent Garbo,' The Spy Who Lied About D-Day," All Things Considered, National Public Radio, July 7, 2012. Tom Morgan, "Revealed: How a Homesick Wife Nearly Blew It for the British Double Agent Who Fooled Hitler," Telegraph, Sept. 28, 2016. Adam Lusher, "How a Dozen Silk Stockings Helped Bring Down Adolf Hitler," Independent, Sept. 27, 2016. Ian Cobain, "D-Day Landings Put at Risk by Double-Agent's Homesick Wife," Guardian, Sept. 27, 2016. Listener mail: Mark Torregrossa, "Superior Mirages Over Chicago Skyline Now Appearing," mlive, April 18, 2017. Allison Eck, "The Perfectly Scientific Explanation for Why Chicago Appeared Upside Down in Michigan," Nova Next, May 8, 2015. Jonathan Belles, "Fata Morgana Provides Eerie Look at Chicago Across Lake Michigan," weather.com, April 18, 2017. Listener Jason Gottshall directed us to these striking photos of the Chicago mirage. "5.17a- Supplemental Gregor MacGregor," Revolutions, Oct. 24, 2016. Brooke Borel, The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking, 2016. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Alon Shaham, who sent this corroborating link (warning: this spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on iTunes or Google Play Music or via the RSS feed at http://feedpress.me/futilitycloset. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- on our Patreon page you can pledge any amount per episode, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

SPY Historian Vince Houghton sat down with Stephen Budiansky, the author of seventeen books about military history, intelligence and espionage, science, the natural world, and other subjects, to discuss the history of the NSA and his new book, NSA’s Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union.

Hoover working group member and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Benjamin Wittes interviews author Stephen Budiansky on his new book, Code Warriors: NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union. The interview takes a look at the NSA's origins, its war against the Soviet Union and how the war relates to the Edward Snowden revelations. A limited quantity of complimentary copies will be provided. Security by the Book is a series of interviews of key national security authors conducted in partnership with Lawfare. Visit Security by the Book's website for past podcasts.

INTERVIEW WITH SPECIAL GUEST: Stephen Budiansky Benjamin Wittes interviews author Stephen Budiansky on his new book, Code Warriors: NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union. The interview takes a look at the NSA's origins, its war against the Soviet Union and how the war relates to the Edward Snowden revelations.

From far northern climes, we are joined by Sarah Schindler, land use and property expert, hipster scholar, and lawn destroyer. In this episode we discuss Maine, backyard chicken raising, zoning, Brasília, the virtues and pleasures of law-breaking, and banning lawns. Sponsored this week by the Monsanto Corporation. Not really. This show’s links: Sarah Schindler’s faculty profile (http://mainelaw.maine.edu/faculty/profiles/schindler.html) and writing (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1099143) Errata! Jukkasjärvi and its ice hotel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jukkasjärvi) are in Sweden, not Finland. Apologies to our Swedish listeners. Aaron Perzanowski, Tattoos and IP Norms (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2145048) David Fagundes, Talk Derby to Me: Intellectual Property Norms Governing Roller Derby Pseudonyms (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1755305) Hella Blitzgerald (http://classiccityrollergirls.com/about/skaters/hella-blitzgerald) Sarah Schindler, Of Backyard Chickens and Front Yard Gardens: The Conflict Between Local Governments and Locavores (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2030526) backyardchickens.com (http://www.backyardchickens.com); City of Longmont Backyward Chicken Hen Permit (http://www.ci.longmont.co.us/planning/permits/documents/henpermit.pdf) Some articles on local food and energy: USDA Economic Research Service, Energy Use in the U.S. Food System (http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err-economic-research-report/err94.aspx#.UtnMXHn0C2w); Stephen Budiansky, Math Lessons for Locavores (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/opinion/20budiansky.html); Wikipedia on Local Food (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_food) Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. (http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8376015914752485063) Brasília (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasilia) US PIRG, Transportation and the New Generation (http://www.uspirg.org/sites/pirg/files/reports/Transportation%20%26%20the%20New%20Generation%20vUS_0.pdf) Nicole Stelle Garnett, Redeeming Transect Zoning? (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2188084) Tiebout Model (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiebout_model) Paula Franzese, Privatization and its Discontents: Common Interest Communities and the Rise of Government for the Nice (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=871289) St. Augustine Confessions, Book 2, Chapter 6 (http://www.ourladyswarriors.org/saints/augcon2.htm#chap6) (“I stole those simply that I might steal, for, having stolen them, I threw them away. My sole gratification in them was my own sin, which I was pleased to enjoy; for, if any one of these pears entered my mouth, the only good flavor it had was my sin in eating it.”) Scott James on illegal pop-Up restaurants (https://www.baycitizen.org/columns/scott-james/underground-dining-illegal-tasty/) Eduardo M. Peñalver and Sonia Katyal, Property Outlaws (http://www.amazon.com/Property-Outlaws-Squatters-Protesters-Ownership/dp/0300122950) Adverse Possession (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_possession): trespassing until it’s yours Guerrilla bike lanes in Cleveland (http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2013/08/guerrilla_stripers_add_bike_la.html), New York (http://untappedcities.com/2013/09/25/guerrilla-bike-lanes-appear-nyc-cycling-advocacy-group-right-of-way-6th-avenue/), New York again (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/unauthorized-bike-lanes-created-in-midtown/), and Seattle (http://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2013/04/04/guerrilla-road-safety-group-politely-installs-illegal-bike-lane-protectors-on-cherry-street/), and everywhere (http://www.bicycling.com/news/advocacy/paint-your-lane) Sarah Schindler, Banning Lawns (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2279544) Special Guest: Sarah Schindler.

English physicist Patrick Blackett had served in the Royal Navy during WWI, leaving to study physics at Cambridge. He brought both experiences to his development of operations research on behalf of the United Kingdom, fighting against a devastating sea campaign that threatened to cripple his country’s economy. In Blackett’s War: The Men Who Defeated the Nazi U-Boats and Brought Science to the Art of Warfare, author Stephen Buidansky tells the story of Blackett, also highlighting the contributions of American Philip Morse. Listen to this fascinating interview with Stephen Budiansky about one of the inventors of operations research.

How – Actually – Does the State Work? 'Do As You Are Told, Or We Will Kill You' by Jeff Knaebel http://www.lewrockwell.com/knaebel/knaebel19.html Methods of domination... People who really value liberty are not so organized The ridiculous sporting event of politics, where winning equals everyone losing The free state project http://www.freestateproject.org Direct, raw violence perpetrated by individuals "working" for government Is democracy relative? Any initiation of force is wrong, absolutely Unjust laws...ad naseum The floating abstraction of "the public"; trying to hide government's true aims through the use of euphemisms Molding the minds of youth via "public education," i.e., extortion-funded governmental education Arguments against the notion that taxation is extortion and aggression, which are of course illogical Sick dependency created by those in government The monstrous ethical contradiction of using force as the means to (attempt to) achieve benevolent ends Stossel in America - ABC 20/20 Freeloaders - Creating Dependency Segment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4teq7aKTNJ4 http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2007/01/03/is_this_any_way_to_help_the_homeless Violence is not a way to "help" people Should we fear employees of the State (those in power) or, rather, our fellow slaves? The Next Thing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH_paOt6_ZI 948 The Next Thing (Part 2) http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/25/ the backstory: Episode: 947 The Next Thing (Part 1) http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/26/ Discourse on Voluntary Servitude by Etienne de la Boetie http://www.constitution.org/la_boetie/serv_vol.htm Inculcating obedience through nonsense statements such as, "As long as you comply, it's not force" Ruling through fear; http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Heinrich_Himmler Conflating America with American government The popular values of equality, universal health care, and no child left behind can never be realized through force, and government is the biggest hindrance to realizing such values The initiation of force is the invalid means to achieve one's ends Only the free market can foster popular values, and then some! Obviously, the more government intervention, the worse the results Lessons From Tennessee's Failed Health Care Reform by Merrill Matthews, Jr. (beware the author's slavespeak) http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/BG1357ES.cfm The unpeaceful nature of Sweden, and other liberally praised authoritarian domains Sweden, Banana Republic by Per Bylund http://www.lewrockwell.com/bylund/bylund12.html Per Bylund Archives: http://www.lewrockwell.com/bylund/bylund-arch.html The argument from morality in relation to the welfare state The congressional umbilical cord to the military/industrial complex How The Military/Industrial Complex Works: You Scratch My back, Bombs Away! http://completeliberty.com/chapter2.php#45 Government "servants" that impose "services" on us, versus the beauty of services provided by businesses Government, by definition, is incapable of providing what we want; what we want are voluntarily chosen services (i.e., not to be forced) Speaking of which, my own new service :) http://www.happinesscounseling.com Ayn Rand had it right: happiness is our highest moral purpose http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/happiness.html The psychological payoff for avoiding the immoral essence of governmental "services" Worry as future related guilt, and our various means of dealing with it President as good domineering parent; Kings ordained by "God" and "the people" Democracy: The God that Failed by Hans Hermane Hoppe http://www.hanshoppe.com/publications.php#democracy http://tinyurl.com/4zt79u (searchable text from google books) http://www.mises.org/store/Democracy-The-God-That-Failed-P240C0.aspx Ah, government is beyond failure, because its employees perform magic tricks and miracles using the golden (blood drenched) gun of taxation and regulation and fiat currency! Apathy created by governmental "schooling," childhood indoctrination in obedience to authority, and the mainstream media of distractions and lack of logical analysis Obama's "hope" and "change" through coercion: put the following site-specific searches in google to see the essence of what politics is about, no matter the orator's popularity: site:www.barackobama.com require site:www.barackobama.com required site:www.barackobama.com mandate site:www.barackobama.com mandated Governmental employees use commerce and business language to try to hide their organization's thuggish nature Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins http://www.economichitman.com/ http://tinyurl.com/57w588 (google books) http://www.democracynow.org/2004/11/9/confessions_of_an_economic_hit_man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man#Controversy_and_criticism Fabricating external threats in order to gain more power and control http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flag http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_advance-knowledge_debate FDR, Pearl Harbor and the U.N. by John V. Denson http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/denson8.html The Conspiracies of Empire by H. Arthur Scott Trask http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/trask1.html Pearl Harbor Was No Surprise by Don Hull http://www.strike-the-root.com/columns/Hull/hull5.html Do Freedom of Information Act Files Prove FDR Had Foreknowledge of Pearl Harbor? by Robert B. Stinnett, Douglas Cirignano http://www.independent.org/issues/article.asp?id=408 The Truth About Pearl Harbor: A Debate by Robert B. Stinnett, Stephen Budiansky http://www.independent.org/issues/article.asp?id=445 Sixty-Three Years of Lies by Anthony Gregory http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/gregory/gregory27.html Man accused of making license plate 'disappear' http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/04/1827266-man-accused-of-making-license-plate-disappear Live in accordance with rights-respecting free enterprise http://agorism.info/ With complete liberty (voluntary exchanges), everything will become more and more affordable; cost of living will continually decrease and standard of living will continually increase In the lose/lose scenario of government (involuntary exchanges), those wielding power become slaves too--it's a race to the bottom, economically and psychologically bumper music "Uncle Sam Goddamn" by Brother Ali http://www.brotherali.com/  http://www.myspace.com/brotherali to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697