The Read Rothbard Podcast
by Read Rothbard
Read Rothbard is comprised of a small group of voluntaryists who are fans of Murray N. Rothbard. We curate content on the www.ReadRothbard.com site including books, lectures, articles, speeches, and we make a weekly podcast based on his free-market approach to economics. Our focus is on education and how advancement in technology improves the living standards of the average person. The Read Rothbard Podcast is all about Maximum Freedom. We look at movies and current events from a Rothbardian Anarchist perspective. If it's voluntary, we're cool with it. If it's not, then it violated the Non-Aggression Principle and Property Rights - the core tenants of Libertarian Theory - and hence - human freedom. Website: http://www.ReadRothbard.com iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-read-rothbard-podcast/id1166745868 Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ii45fhytlsiwkw6cbgzbxi6ahmi?t=The_Read_Rothbard_Podcast Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/readrothbardclub Flickr: https:
Episodes
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Episode 41 - The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar - Murray N. Rothbard - Audiobook - Part 2 of 2
Now that we have finished the 3-part audiobook version of Murray Rothbard's "What Has Government Done To Our Money?", we move on to the companion piece "The Case For A 100 Percent Gold Dollar". Presented in two parts, this book take the history of money's origins that you just learned and applies...
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Episode 40 - The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar - Murray N. Rothbard - Audiobook - Part 1 of 2
Now that we have finished the 3-part audiobook version of Murray Rothbard's "What Has Government Done To Our Money?", we move on to the companion piece "The Case For A 100 Percent Gold Dollar". Presented in two parts, this book take the history of money's origins that you just learned and applies...
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Episode 39 - What Has Government Done To Our Money? - Murray N. Rothbard - Audiobook - Part 3 of 3
After the past two weeks where we posted Murray Rothbard's "Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure" and "Anatomy of the State", we now get into further detail on money, where it comes from and what government has done to separate it from its original purpose. Join us for this 3-part audiobook...
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Episode 38 - What Has Government Done To Our Money? - Murray N. Rothbard - Audiobook - Part 2 of 3
After the past two weeks where we posted Murray Rothbard's "Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure" and "Anatomy of the State", we now get into further detail on money, where it comes from and what government has done to separate it from its original purpose. Join us for this 3-part audiobook...
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Episode 37 - What Has Government Done To Our Money? - Murray N. Rothbard - Audiobook - Part 1 of 3
After the past two weeks where we posted Murray Rothbard's "Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure" and "Anatomy of the State", we now get into further detail on money, where it comes from and what government has done to separate it from its original purpose. Join us for this 3-part audiobook...
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Episode 36 - Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure - Murray N. Rothbard - Audiobook
As announced on our most recent shows, we will be transitioning "the Read Rothbard Podcast" to audiobooks of Murray's books and articles. The second post is his "Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure" which is a great follow-up to last week's "Anatomy of the State". This gives a cogent...
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Episode 35 - Anatomy of the State - Murray N. Rothbard - Audiobook
As announced on our most recent shows, we will be transitioning "the Read Rothbard Podcast" to audiobooks of Murray's books and articles. The first post is his "Anatomy of the State" which is a great red-pill, gateway drug for a lot of people to finally see the state for what it is; and what it…
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MLK Special - Selma and the Civil Rights Movement
We have another special guest on to discuss the movie Selma for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Special. Ryan Jones joines us from www.theafrolibertarian.com to discuss the film, MLK's legacy and many other issues related to race and government. This is a long one...and fitting for what is our…
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Episode 34 - Rat-a-shooty (1:02:42)
We compare and contrast Disney/Pixar's Ratatouille and Morgan Spurlock's Rats from a non-aggression principled stance. Do not watch the Spurlock movie before the Pixar movie - as it changes the whole thing. Are sentient rats capable of understanding property rights; can they steal? Are we…
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Episode 33 - Hell or Fractional Reserve Banking (53:01)
We talk about the film "Hell or High Water" starring Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges and Ben Foster. It's a 2016 heist film centered on two brothers who rob the bank that their family owe their mortgage to. Oil was recently discovered on the property, but they are at risk of losing the ranch within a…
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Special - Happy New Year - Can You Rape a Robot?
Hoppe New Year! We discuss the movie Ex Machina and the implications of AI in regards to NAP, Property Rights, Self-Defense and a myriad of other issues. Our first non-family member guest, Liam Cardenas, joins us for a lively discussion that spans just over an hour. You can check out Liam's blog...
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Episode 32 - Change, Change, Change, Changeling
We discuss the Clint Eastwood directed film Changeling starring Angelina Jolie and feature our very first guest! My wife jumps on the call near the end to offer her thoughts on the film where we discuss morality, police corruption, feminism, raising children and much more on this final episode of...
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A Very Murray Christmas Carol
Murray Christmas! We discuss Charles Dickens and his holiday story A Christmas Carol and how it is an anti-capitalist, anti-industrial revolution propaganda piece used to argue for additional government interventions. From the anecdotal testimony that is used to play on emotion vs. the reality of...
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Episode 31 - Inconceivable!
We didn't say the word Inconceivable while discussing the great Princess Bride movie, which is in itself inconceivable. Robert lists this as one of his favorite movies and we endeavor to pack a few libertarian messages into this familiar story. Also, spoiler alert, I make a mistake on a word...
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Episode 30 - Sh!tiocracy: A Documentary? (1:20:49)
We discuss the narrative that Idiocracy is currently viewed as a prescient documentary that foretold today's events regarding Trump being elected President. We argue that this may be true, but not in the way that they think. It is the echo-chamber of social media that allowed people to be...
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Episode 29 - DFreedom Unchained (1:32:43)
We talk about DJango Unchained and some of the various NAP violations contained therein. As it's a Tarantino movie, there are aplenty. We also talk about copyright and counterfeiting where we mostly raise questions and don't have super solid answers. We hope it is at least entertaining. For show...
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Episode 28 - the Usual Statists
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing the world that he didn't exist." As it is with Verbal Kint in the Usual Suspects, the true evil is just under your nose for the entire film. He engenders himself to the detectives with requests for help, saying he likes cops, spinning…
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Episode 27 - Black Friday Fight Club
We talk Fight Club and the annual tradition of Black Friday where people line up in the wee hours after Thanksgiving to get into actual fights over Wal-Mart toasters. We also touch on the death of Castro and how leftists and world leaders (but I digress) are taking the news. For show notes and...
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Special - Thanksgiving with a helping of Maximum Freedom (58:38)
Here is the Read Rothbard Podcast Thanksgiving special! We talk about Peanuts with Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty, Snoopy, Woodstock and the posse. Strange that there are no adults in the show, other than Charlie Brown's Grandmother on the phone. Also, be sure to check out Tom Woods's Liberty...
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Episode 26 - Why We Aren't SJW's / Zooptopia (1:27:06)
We talk Zootopia and the craziness of minarchism, and the insane craziness of the idiotic SJW mindset. For show notes and more, please visit: www.ReadRothbard.com/Episode-26 This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/x06t9ebjbgQ Presented by Read Rothbard: Read Rothbard is comprised of a small…
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Special - 2016 Elections - Taste the Rainbow
Double Rainbow of Schadenfreude! We mix it up about the stunning presidential result with Trump defeating the shoe-in Clinton. We recall a play-by-play of our updates to each other as it was happening. Pretty fun stuff. Of course, we don't support either candidate, but it is fun to see the…
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Episode 25 - Enter the Interstellar Flood
Episode 25! Can't believe we made it this far. In this episode, we are discussing/dismantling Interstellar and Before the Flood. They both call for massive, collective response to a "crisis". Examples of World Wars, the Great Depression, NASA and the moon landings, the Manhattan Project seem to…
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Episode 24 - Wolverines! Red Dawn (1:54:42)
We are back at it again discussing the 1984 cult-classic, Red Dawn. Is there a libertarian thread? There seems to be. This is a long and rambling podcast almost 2 HOURS long! We also spend a fair amount of time discussing the recent Stefan Molyneux video where he appears to be breaking up with...
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Episode 23 - Ene-muh of the State (55:31)
We discuss the 1998 Will Smith/Gene Hackman film. The election and how the media is in the tank for Hillary. We aren't fans of Trump either, but it is full-press against him in the press. We hope that this whole farce shakes the confidence that people blindly have granted democracy. Robert also...
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Episode 22 - V is for Voluntary
We're a bunch of lying liars! We said more frequency! We said shorter shows! Well, here we are 2 days later than our once a week schedule and with a show over an hour long. Oh well. We talk about "V is for Vendetta" and weave in some talk on individual vs. collective ownership and some SJW-logic...
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Episode 21 - Hunger Lames
Episode 21 - Robert and I adopt a shorter format of just over 30 minutes to discuss the Hunger Games that started off as a promising book series that we both read over five years ago and ended up as an increasingly bad movie franchise. Enjoy yourself. Not a lot of show notes for this one, but you...
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Episode 20 - Marvel Universe - Civil Minority War Report
We unleash Robert's nerdcore flex on the Marvel Universe, and specifically, Captain America: Civil War. He brings an angle of the precog crime a la Minority Report to the discussion as well. We also discuss some recent AnCap action in the YouTubes and a list of random stuff stolen at the border....
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Episode 19 - Snowden - Feeling Very Superstitious
Fresh from the oven! Recorded today. Posted today. A recent business trip took me away from home for awhile so we are just now able to get together again. We discuss the Oliver Stone film about Edward Snowden....ummm....'Snowden' appropriately enough. Robert also gives a shout out to the narrator...
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Episode 18 - In Time: Part Deux - JT's Got His D!ck in a Clock (1:07:32)
We're back again, and this time uninterrupted. And special bonus - I watched the 2nd half of the movie. We do it some real Justice on this one and tear the Marxo-Keynesian tripe to pieces. Oh...and we unload the d!ck in a box. Can't believe we missed that on the first show. Plenty of Murray in…
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Episode 17 - In Time with Keynesian/Marxist Nonsense
We take on the Justin Timberlake Action/Thriller In Time about a society where time becomes currency and the rich prey on the weak, or so the story goes. We bust this one up good and quick. We do get cut short so be on the look out for more on this one coming soon. Enjoy yourself. For show notes...
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Episode 16 - Blazing Statists (1:05:00)
In the wake of the passing of Gene Wilder, we use Blazing Saddles as our muse for our musings. Much Murray is included with some history on railroads across the West and some heroic figures who break the cartel arrangement and make it on their own. For show notes and more, please visit:...
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Episode 15 - Moron the Matrix and the Horrific Bentham
Episode 15 - Moron the Matrix. We re-enter the Matrix to discuss the role of the fellow prisoners in keeping any dissenter in line. We also bring up a Murray clip discussing Jeremy Bentham and his horrific Panopticon which in many ways is similar to the pods that house the people trapped inside…
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Episode 14 - You're Living in a Dream World (59:57)
Episode 14 is all about the Matrix. People come at this movie from so many perspectives, and they all seem to think that it's a metaphor or an allegory for their way of thinking. We are not different when we come at it from our Libertarian perspective. We also bring out a Marxist-approach as...
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The Special Olympics Episode (44:17)
We're back with a special episode posted the morning after recording! This is all about the Olympics, currently ongoing in the pre-Olympic hot-spot of corruption, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. We take apart the notion of equality that is being celebrated at a state-sponsored contest that features...
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Episode 13 - The Ring of Power Must Be Destroyed (1:15:42)
We venture into Mordor and discuss Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings. It is one of our favorite movies and it has some interesting themes that when viewed from a Rothbardian perspective, are quite compelling. Though not a fan of allegory, you can clearly see the influence that his ideological...
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Episode 12 - Rubbing Aladdin's Lamp of Maximum Freedom
Episode 12! We start out rambling, then veer into Disney movies. Primarily Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and Frozen. It all starts to come together by the end. We hope you enjoy it! (1:01:28) For show notes, please visit: http://www.readrothbard.com/episode-12
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Episode 11 - The Flea-marketplace of Ideas?
Episode 11 of the Read Rothbard Podcast, starts out as a rambling mess...but I think we find our way. We also introduce TRANSCRIPTS as an option for Murray Rothbard lectures here at www.ReadRothbard.com. Feel free to take a look at a free sample:...
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Episode 10 - Putting Star Trek and the Venus Project in the Blender of Freedom
The Trek Yin, to the Wars Yang. Nerd it up! Warp Factor 10 to the Venus Project with a dose of Maximum Freedom! The Star Trek episode! (1:09:56) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry https://mises.org/library/star-trek-wrong-there-will-always-be-scarcity...
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Episode 9 - The Morality of Star Wars
SPOILER ALERT! - Batman vs. Superman plot-line is discussed. - /SPOILER ALERT! We open with Pokemon Go and talk about how providing a medium for something is not tied to it being used for evil, unless that thing is specifically evil. Then we get on to the morality of Star Wars with two Kevin…
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Episode 8 - Police Shootings and the Laws that Lead to Them
Here's another rambling, controversial episode. To be clear: we do not condone violence. Self-defense is the only exception. We recorded this episode before really formulating our thoughts on the recent events in Minnesota, Louisiana and Texas - and try to make some sense of it all. Here are some...
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Episode 7 - Independence Day?
We break it down to some fundamentals. If this don't please 'em...I am not sure what else to say. In Episode 7 of the Read Rothbard Podcast, we are again; all over the place. We do discuss a slate of topics that are sure to draw the ire of most. So, dive in and 'enjoy' an hour's worth of "two…
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Episode 6 - Conscription and Morality
As if we didn't inspire enough hate mail with episode 5, we came back and did this one. We talk a bit more about Ali and his resistance to the draft, which leads us to the concept of conscription and selective service; a somewhat voluntary-sounding mandatory system that threatens young men with...
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Episode 5 - The Greatest BIG Uber Gun Control Porn Audition of All Time
We talk guns. We talk income guarantees. We talk Uber. We talk porn auditions. We talk Ali. For show notes and more, please visit: http://www.readrothbard.com/episode-5
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Episode 4 - Economic Calculation & Venezuela
We introduce a new format to the show where we play a short Rothbard clip and then apply it to present day events. In this episode, Rothbard discusses how socialism is unable to provide necessary economic calculation to have a functioning economy and we discuss the goings ons in the socialist...
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Episode 3 - Maniacs and Beautiful Unicorns
The place...we're all over it in this one. We do mention Trump and McAfee, maniacs and unicorns; as we touch on the 2016 election cycle, the minimum wage, a worthy cause...and some ideas on what to do as a small "L" libertarian. (31:49) For show notes and more, please visit:...
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Episode 2 - Uber Lyfts out of Austin
We take on Taxis, the City of Austin, and Protectionism in general in this one. (33:50) For show notes and more, please visit: http://www.readrothbard.com/episode-2-uber-lyfts-out-of-austin
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Episode 1 - The Bernie Sanders Plan
We take Bernie to the woodshed over his Presidential Platform. Contradictions abound! Economic ignorance as well! Don't miss the easter egg at the end! (1:17:18) For show notes and more, please visit: http://www.readrothbard.com/episode-1-the-bernie-sanders-plan
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Read Rothbard is comprised of a small group of voluntaryists who are fans of Murray N. Rothbard. We curate content on the www.ReadRothbard.com site including books, lectures, articles, speeches, and we make a weekly podcast based on his free-market approach to economics. Our focus is on education and how advancement in technology improves the living standards of the average person. The Read Rothbard Podcast is all about Maximum Freedom. We look at movies and current events from a Rothbardian Anarchist perspective. If it's voluntary, we're cool with it. If it's not, then it violated the Non-Aggression Principle and Property Rights - the core tenants of Libertarian Theory - and hence - human freedom. Website: http://www.ReadRothbard.com iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-read-rothbard-podcast/id1166745868 Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ii45fhytlsiwkw6cbgzbxi6ahmi?t=The_Read_Rothbard_Podcast Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/readrothbardclub Flickr: https:
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