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Ep. 531 Dave Smith KOs Alan Dershowitz on Iran

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Ep. 530 Responding to Dinesh D'Souza on the Alleged Problems of Calvinism

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Ep. 529 The Walls Are Contracting on George Selgin's Credit

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Ep. 528 The Yen Bailout and Failure of Keynesian Policies

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Ep. 527 Analyzing Luke Gromen on Fiscal Dominance

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Ep. 526 Haman and Murphy Review Nolan's "The Odyssey"

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Ep. 525 Gene Callahan Asks: If LLMs Are Thinking, What Are They Thinking About?

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Ep. 524 Reviewing Carl Jung’s Answer to Job

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Ep. 523 Adam Haman Asks Bob Murphy All About the US Debt

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Ep. 522 Jim Bovard Explains What the Government Did at Ruby Ridge

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Ep. 521 Why Don't You Libertarians Move to Somalia

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Ep. 520 Mitchell Suchner on the Arkpad Vision for Floating Freedom

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Ep. 519 Darryl Cooper's Strikeout on US Labor History

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Ep. 518 The Airing of Grievances: Murphy Extends His Critique of Three Economists

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Ep. 517 Bob Murphy Asks: Why Did I Lose My SoHo Forum Debate on Fractional Reserve Banking?

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Ep. 516 Bob Murphy Interviewed About the Future of AI

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Ep. 515 The "Crime of '73" and Other Episodes in US Economic History

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Ep. 514 Bryan Caplan on the Strengths and Weaknesses of Rothbard's "For a New Liberty"

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Ep. 513 What Defines an Asset Bubble? What Got Us Out of the Depression?

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Ep. 512 The Rise and Fall of the Labor Theory of Value

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Ep. 511 Adam Haman and Bob Murphy Review McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove"

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Ep. 510 Brian Albrecht Shows a Flaw in the "Waterbed" Critique of Market Power

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Ep. 509 Responding to Jeremy Kauffman on Libertarian Party Strategy

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Ep. 508 Gene Callahan Argues Murphy's AnCap Vision Is Just a State

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Ep. 507 A Critique of Hamilton's American System

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Ep 506 Abby Hall on Her New Book Introducing Austrian Economics

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Ep. 505 Highlighting Scott Horton on Joe Rogan

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Ep. 504 Thomas Massie on Tucker

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Ep. 503 How Is the Progressive Analysis of Jeffrey Dahmer Like the Libertarian Analysis of Putin?

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Ep. 502 Answering Darryl Cooper's Objections to Libertarianism

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Ep. 501 The Notorious Red and Blue Button Brouhaha

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Ep. 500 Responding to Elon on UBI as a Solution to AI-Produced Unemployment

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Ep. 499 Bob Murphy Explains a Voluntary Society from a Biblical Perspective

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Ep. 498 Analyzing Mamet's House of Games

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Ep. 497 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 12, Men Loved Darkness

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Ep. 496 America After Trump

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Ep. 495 A Conversation With One of the Creators of Call of Duty

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Ep. 494 Trump Tries to Find Exit Ramp From Iran

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Ep. 493 Three Deeper Dives Into Fiscal and Monetary Economics

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Ep. 492 Economics of the Petrodollar and ZeroHedge Debate Murphy vs Wray

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Ep. 491 Robert Breedlove Asks Murphy for a Deep Dive into Praxeology

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Ep. 490 Remembering the Economic Contributions of Rothbard and Garrison

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Ep. 489 Michael Fraser Explains the Pentagon Decision to Dump Claude

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Ep. 488 Do LLMs Always Escalate to Nuclear War?

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Ep. 487 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 11, Whoever Believes in Him

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Ep. 486 Analyzing the Epstein-Bannon Interview

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Ep. 485 Is the Epstein Case the Right's Russiagate?

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Ep. 484 Stablecoins, Gold, and the Fate of the US Dollar

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Ep. 483 Robert Bryce Explains Why DC Cares So Much About Venezuelan Oil

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Ep. 482 Three Amazing Speeches at the World Economic Forum

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Ep. 481 Tony Lapidus Does Amazing Impressions and Tells Us How

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Ep. 480 Government Daycare Fraud and Free Market Solutions

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Ep. 479 LEAKED: Trump’s Secret Strategy Briefing

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Ep. 478 A Review of Kubrick's Largely Overlooked "Barry Lyndon"

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Ep. 477 Abigail Hall on the Dubious History of US Intervention in Latin America

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Ep. 476 Commentary on the Venezuela Commentary

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Ep. 475 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 10, Being Born Again

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Ep. 474 What Does It Mean for Elon Musk to be Worth $749 billion?

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Ep. 473 Elon Predicts No Work and No Money

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Ep. 472 Pontus Rendahl on His Failed Outreach to Heterodox Economists

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Ep. 471 Reaction to Eric Weinstein on Gauge Theory in Economics

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Ep. 470 Are There Theoretical Limits to AI?

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Ep. 469 David Brady Jr on the NEW Neoconservatives

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Ep. 468 Steve Landsburg REALLY Explains Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity

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Ep. 467 Haman and Murphy Discuss the Weaknesses of Game Theory

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Ep. 466 Dr Keith Smith Testifies With Mark Cuban to Congress

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Ep. 465 Scott Horton Explains Why Antiwar Guys Can Still Be Tough

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Ep. 464 Parsing Curtis Yarvin's Rendition of Misesian Monetary Theory

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Ep. 463 Debating Allied Entry into World War II

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Ep. 462 The Full Story Behind the Venezuelan Motorboats

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Ep. 461 Baptists and Bootleggers in the Tucker/Shapiro Feud over Fuentes

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Ep. 460 Criticizing Molyneux on the Rules of War and Tucker on Libertarian Economists

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Ep. 459 Chicago-Trained Alberto Bisin Defends the Use of Mathematics in Economics

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Ep. 458 Unpacking Arthur Laffer’s Economic History

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Ep. 457 Matt Ohrt On How He Saved His Company Millions in Health Care Expenses

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Ep. 456 What Went Wrong with Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization?

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Ep. 455 Adam Haman and Bob Murphy Review The Big Kahuna

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Ep. 454 By Popular Request, Bob Murphy Responds to Nick Fuentes’ Arguments

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Ep. 453 Analyzing the Coleman Hughes vs Dave Smith Debate

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Ep. 452 The Game of Life: Why Religious Faith Works

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Ep. 451 Evaluating Strategies for Liberty

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Ep. 450 A Review of GK Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday

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Ep. 449 Daniel Kuehn on WEB Dubois' Interaction with Bohm-Bawerk

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Ep. 448 Unpacking Dave Smith's Analysis of Jimmy Kimmel

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Ep. 447 Spike Cohen Actually Beats City Hall

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Ep. 446 Clarifying Controversies in Charlie Kirk Aftermath

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Ep. 445 Jake Boldig Teaches Christianity to American Inmates and African Pastors

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Ep. 444 Trump Loves Motorboating

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Ep. 443 Lee Strobel on Christianity and Near Death Experiences

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Ep. 442 Three Examples of Trump Being a Bit of the F-Word

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Ep. 441 Ray March on RFK’s Disappointing Use of AI in Health Reform

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Ep. 440 Ian Deters Studies Free Banking with a Computer Simulation

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Ep. 439 Adam Haman and Bob Murphy Analyze Batman, the Dark Knight Returns

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Ep. 438 Bob Murphy on Why Christians Should Care About the Fed

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Ep. 437 Is Nuclear Power Safe?

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Ep. 436 David R. Henderson Reminisces About His Case Against Invading Iraq

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Ep. 435 Adam Haman Asks Tough Questions About Richard Werner on Banking

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Ep. 434 Martha Bueno on Lyn Ulbricht's New Organization, Mothers Against Cruel Sentencing

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Ep. 433 Patri Friedman on His Current Project for Free Cities

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Ep. 432 How a Lady on Twitter Exposed the Bogus Arrest File on Gaza Whistleblower Tony Aguilar

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Ep. 431 Peter Thiel's Thoughts on AI and the Antichrist

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Ep. 430 Bob Murphy Reviews the New Superman Movie

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Ep. 429 Tucker and Charlie Kirk's Economic Paternalism

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Ep. 428 Scott Horton on Knowing They're Lying About the Wars

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Ep. 427 Gaming for Fun and Profit: A Conversation with John "W2Jesus" Pollak

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Ep. 426 Why a Married Conservative Christian Changed Her Mind on the Drug War

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Ep. 425 Hornberger in the Hot Seat: Fleshing Out Libertarian Positions on Immigration

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Ep. 424 Stefan Molyneux on His Return to Twitter and Newfound Respect for Christianity

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Ep. 423 Can a Right-Winger Be Antiwar? A History Lesson from Tom Woods

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Ep. 422 Answering Common Objections to Private Law

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Ep. 421 Building a Billionaire's Ultimate Safe Room

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Ep. 420 Unpacking Darryl Cooper's Religious Heresies

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Ep. 419 Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran

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Ep. 418 Steve Keen Sides With MAGA over MMT on Trade Deficits

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Ep. 417 Kristian Fors on How to Fix Homeowners Insurance in California

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Ep. 416 Adam Haman and Bob Murphy Respond to Jacob Hornberger on Immigration

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Ep. 415 Alex Nowrasteh Explains the Data and Theory Behind His SoHo Forum Immigration Performance

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Ep. 414 Life Lessons from a Professional Gambler and an Economist

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Ep. 413 The Primacy of Choice in Economics, Theology, Physics, and Even Math

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Ep. 412 Evaluating the SoHo Immigration Debate and Malice on Darkhorse

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Ep. 411 Protais Nshogoza on Forgiveness after Genocide in Rwanda

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Ep. 410 Breaking Down Oren Cass Talking Free Trade With Tucker

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Ep. 409 TL Hulsey on Texas Secession and a New Approach to Government

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Ep. 408 Responding to the Weinstein Tucker Debate on God and Evolution

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Ep. 407 Connor Boyack on the Tuttle Twins Library Adventure and New Economics Course

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Ep. 406 Evolution vs Simulation Theory

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Ep. 405 Sorry MAGA, the GDP Report Doesn't Bode Well

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Ep. 404 How Would a Libertarian Society Handle Children's Rights?

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Ep. 403 How Would a Libertarian Society Handle Human Shields?

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Ep. 402 Against Heinlein: Peace, Not Violence, Settles Issues

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Ep. 401 Even More Fallout From the Douglas Murray vs. Dave Smith Debate

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Ep. 400 New Analysis of the Douglas Murray / Dave Smith Debate on Rogan

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Ep. 399 Chris Barnard Gives Conservatives Permission to Care About the Environment

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Ep. 398 How Should Libertarians Debate Trump’s Tariffs?

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Ep. 397 Judas and Fredo: Domenic Scarcella on the Passion of Jesus

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Ep. 396 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 9, Cleansing the Temple

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Ep. 395 Should the Trump Administration Give Due Process to Illegal Immigrants?

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Ep. 394 Cody Cook on His New Book The Anarchist Anabaptist

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Ep. 393 Shutting Down Debate

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Ep. 392 Retired Trial Attorney Jonathan Menn Explains Why Christianity Is True

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Ep. 391 Was the Biden Administration Transing the Mice?

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Ep. 390 The Elusive Connection Between Free Will, the Self, and Quantum Uncertainty

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Ep. 389 Crossover: Zelensky vs Trump and JD Vance

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Ep. 388 Crossover: Adam Asks Bob Questions About God

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Ep. 387 Jimmy Morrison on His Documentary "The Bubble" and Its Sequels

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Ep. 386 Crossover: Arguing with Midwits

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Ep. 385 ExPat Expert Evaluates Trump on Global Stage and Gives Plan B Advice

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Ep. 384 Explaining Optimal Tariff Theory and Its Relation to Standard Free Trade Arguments

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Ep. 383 Crossover: Trump Wants to Own Gaza

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Ep. 382 Sheldon Richman Says Corporate Isn't a Dirty Word

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Ep. 381 Crossover: Feds Admit Wuhan Lab Leak and What to Do With Baby Hitler

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Ep. 380 Fergus Hodgson Gives Libertarians the Latin America Red Pill

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Ep. 379 Crossover: Trump’s Inauguration and Elon’s Nazi Salute

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Ep. 378 Pushing Back Against Curtis Yarvin's Literal Call for Government Slavery

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Ep. 377 Crossover: Who's to Blame for the LA Fires?

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Ep. 376 Adam Terrell Interviews Bob Murphy About Christianity and Private Law

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Ep. 375 Crossover: An Analysis of Popular Conspiracy Theories

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Ep. 374 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 8, Turning Water Into Wine

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Ep. 373 Crossover: Unpacking the H-1B Visa Controversy

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Ep. 372 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 7, the Son of Man

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Ep. 371 Keith Knight Makes the Case Against Winston Churchill

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Ep. 370 Crossover: Shutting Down the Central Bank, Hoppe vs. Milei

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Ep. 369 Spike Cohen on Debating Liberty, Reuniting Families, and Finding God

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Ep. 368 Jeremy Kauffman on Libertarian Controversy and Outreach

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Ep. 367 One Final Contra Krugman Episode, On Krugman’s Retirement

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Ep. 366 Crossover: James Lindsay’s Hoaxes on the Woke Right and Left

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Ep. 365 Stephan Livera Makes the Case for Small Blocks in Bitcoin

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Ep. 364 Crossover: Trump Threatens BRICS If They Challenge the US Dollar

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Ep. 363 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 6, Calling the First Disciples

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Ep. 362 Crossover: What Should Trump Do About Energy Policy?

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Ep. 361 Steve Patterson Defends Roger Ver’s Book, Hijacking Bitcoin

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Ep. 360 Why William Jennings Bryan Knew More Science Than Clarence Darrow

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Ep. 359 Crossover: Do Trump's Tariffs Make Economic Sense?

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Ep. 358 Crossover: Are We Living in a Simulation?

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Ep. 357 Keith Dixon Writes the Apostle Paul’s Journal

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Ep. 356 Crossover: Adam Haman on How Should Libertarians Think About Voting?

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Ep. 355 What They Didn’t Tell You About the Scopes Monkey Trial

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Ep. 354 Keith Knight on FDR and Pearl Harbor

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Ep. 353 Crossover: Adam Haman on Elon Musk: Hero or Villain?

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Ep. 352 The Beauty and Importance of Comparative Advantage

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Ep. 351 Crossover: Adam Haman on Drug Legalization, Theory and History

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Ep. 350 Jason Fry Plans for Peace By Preparing for National Divorce

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Ep. 349 Susanne Gibbs Gives a Quick Start Guide for Homeschooling Parents

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Ep. 348 Crossover: Adam Haman Asks Bob Murphy All About Money

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Ep. 347 Scott Horton on American Interference in the 1996 Russian Election

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Ep. 346 Crossover: Adam Haman and Bob Murphy Discuss the Provocative LPNH Strategy

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Ep. 345 Setting the Record Straight on JD Vance Stories About Cats as Well as the CIA

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Ep. 344 Bob Murphy Critiques Jeremy Kauffman's Encounter with the FBI

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Ep. 343 Allie Clough as the Red Cross in the War Between the Sexes

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Ep. 342 Explaining Darryl Cooper's Churchill Claim to Tucker Carlson

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Ep. 341 Vance Ginn on How to Constrain State Spending Growth

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Ep. 340 Bob Burnett On the Concentration of Power in Bitcoin Mining

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Ep. 339 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 5, the Lamb of God

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Ep. 338 The Problems With Kamala Harris' Anti-Price Gouging Proposal

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Ep. 337 Gregory Baus Explains Reformed Libertarianism

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Ep. 336 Should the US Government Acquire a Bitcoin Reserve?

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Ep. 335 Understanding Rene Girard’s Influence on JD Vance

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Ep. 334 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 4, the Word Became Flesh

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Ep. 333 Scott Horton Gives the Full Story of October 7

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Ep. 332 Phil Mauriello Explains the Importance of the Chevron Deference Overturn

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Ep. 331 Dan Kish on the Energy Bureaucrats Killing Baby Seals

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Ep. 330 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 3, Towards a Grand Unified Theology, the Case of John the Baptist

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Ep. 329 Steve Patterson and Bob Murphy Offer Competing Resolutions to the Mind-Body Problem

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Ep. 328 New York Legend David Angelo on Confidence, Comedy, and Who Would Build the Roads

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Ep. 327 No, Jacob Hornberger Does Not Belong In an Insane Asylum

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Ep. 326 Bob Murphy Runs Luke Avery's Gauntlet

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Ep. 325 Continuing the Fractional Reserve Debate in Light of Selgin and White's Response

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Ep. 324 Clint Russell on Baldness, Housing, and LP Hijinx

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Ep. 323 Ed Mabrie on Modern Physics Supporting the Bible

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Ep. 322 Selgin vs. Selgin: The Debate Over Fractional Reserve Banking

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Ep. 321 Bob's CliffsNotes on the Dave Smith/Simon Guenzl Open Borders Debate

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Ep. 320 Philosopher Michael Huemer on the Problem of Political Authority

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Ep. 319 A Summary of the Intelligent Design (ID) Landscape

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Ep. 318 What If Aliens Made Every American an An-Cap?

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Ep. 317 Murphy Updates His Economic Outlook for the US

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Ep. 316 Stephan Kinsella on Rothbard’s Contributions to Legal Theory

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Ep. 315 Caesar's Realm, God's Kingdom: Anarchism as a Biblical Response to Earthly Power

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Ep. 314 WInston Ewert Asks: Is the Human Mind a Computer?

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Ep. 313 David Ramsay Steele on the Spirit World and George Orwell

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Ep. 312 JP Cortez Pushes For Sound Money at the State Level

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Ep. 311 Sheldon Richman on Israel and the Libertarian Movement

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Ep. 310 Domenic Scarcella Argues Jesus Is a Good Neighbor But Bad Citizen

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Ep. 309 Gene Callahan on the Failure of Liberal Neutrality

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Ep. 308 To the Moon! Owen Benjamin Tells Bob Murphy Why Anarchism Fails

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Ep. 307 All I Needed to Know About Leadership I Learned from the Transformers Movie

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Ep. 306 Keith Knight on Progressives' Domestic Imperialism

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Ep. 305 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 2, Jesus as Logos

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Ep. 304 An Interdisciplinary Commentary on the Gospel Accounts of Jesus Christ: Installment 1, Introduction

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Ep. 303 Jonathan Bartlett Explains How Random Mutations Aren’t Always So Random