The Tom Woods Show

Matthew Lysiak discusses the various interests that combined to substitute cheap, fake food for the real food Americans used to eat. A key driving force: trying to conceal the effects of inflation on food prices by persuading Americans to consume cheap -- and, it turns out, unhealthy -- alternatives. Sponsors: Monetary Metals & CrowdHealth Show notes for Ep. 2402

So-called "Social Justice Warriors" believe a series of things that are demonstrably untrue, but they believe them with a religious fervor. The Libertarian Institute's Keith Knight and I are heretics here to smash those ideas. Sponsors: Blinkist & Persist SEO Show notes for Ep. 2401

Terence Kealey argues for the separation of science and state, debunking the belief in government funding for scientific progress. He discusses the influence of money on scientific research and the replication crisis. The chapter also explores the affordability of life insurance policies and the challenges of bias and polarization in various scientific fields.

The Free State Project's Carla Gericke joins us with updates: RFK, Jr., on secession, bold moves in the New Hampshire legislature, the fate of the "Crypto 6," and plenty more. Sponsor: Persist SEO Show notes for Ep. 2399

David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan, walks us through current stupidities, his conclusions after studying 20th-century American economic history, and how he ended up working in the Reagan Administration. Sponsor: CrowdHealth Show notes for Ep. 2398

I invited Gavin Wax, president of the New York Young Republican Club, and Steve Deace, host of The Steve Deace Show on The Blaze, to hash it out. Sponsors: Monetary Metals Expat Money Summit Show notes for Ep. 2397

The singer who goes by the name Oliver Anthony took America by storm with his unexpected hit "Rich Men North of Richmond." He correctly identified the villains in America -- not rich people as a class, but a specific group of unjustly rich people. At the same time, the powers that be are not shaking in their boots that someone singing "Ain't Got a Dollar" is popular among the masses; that's exactly the mentality they want the masses to have. John Bush joins us to talk this all through, as well as to discuss his personal story of going from borderline desperation to success. Guest's Course: Bitcoin Basics for Boomers and Beginners Sponsors: Monetary Metals Persist SEO Show notes for Ep. 2396

Typically when people seek the origins of woke ideology, they point to this or that philosopher or philosophical movement. Richard Hanania says the answer is far more mundane: it is a direct result of the idiosyncratic twists and turns of civil rights law. Thus wokeism is in fact a creature of the state. Book Discussed: The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics Sponsor: Expat Money Summit Show notes for Ep. 2395

Paul Gottfried joins me to discuss the Anti-Defamation League, which has garnered quite a bit of additional attention because of its ongoing feud with Elon Musk. Sponsor: The Tom Woods School of Life trains decent people to flourish and prosper in a world that hates them. Check it out at: TomSchoolOfLife.com Show notes for Ep. 2394

Joseph Ladapo, surgeon general of Florida, holds his MD from Harvard Medical School and his Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. In 2019 he was entirely within the so-called mainstream of medicine, but the way Covid was handled opened his eyes to some grim truths about his field. Book Discussed: Transcend Fear: A Blueprint for Mindful Leadership in Public Health Sponsor: Monetary Metals Show notes for Ep. 2393