The Tom Woods Show

How can you prosper in today's economy? Tom talks strategies with Charles Hugh Smith, author of Get a Job, Build a Real Career, and Defy a Bewildering Economy. Check out Charles at Of Two Minds.

Chris Coyne discusses his new book Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails.

Mike Church, host of the Mike Church Show on Sirius/XM, joins Tom to talk early U.S. history: Washington's famous crossing of the Delaware, and more.

Pat Buchanan, New York Times bestselling author of Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War, gives an iconoclastic account of Winston Churchill.

Professor John Hasnas of Georgetown University says the rule of law is a myth perpetrated by governments to make their populations more compliant. This is another have-your-mind-blown episode.Read "The Myth of the Rule of Law," "The Depoliticization of Law," and "The Obviousness of Anarchy" by Professor Hasnas.

Connor Boyack discusses the first -- an adaptation of Bastiat's The Law -- in his new series of books intended to convey the ideas of liberty to children.

Bill Kauffman returns to the show to discuss his film Copperhead, directed by Ron Maxwell and starring Peter Fonda, and now out on DVD.

Gary Chartier, author of The Conscience of an Anarchist, joins Tom to discuss the recent controversy among libertarians.

Dr. Jane Orient of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons joins Tom to discuss true free-market health care.

Jordan Page, the musician who opens for so many Ron Paul events, talks music, message, and changing the world.

Bruce Benson, author of To Serve and Protect: Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice, talks about privatization of police and security.

Norman Horn, from libertarianchristians.com, joins Tom to discuss Christians and Libertarians.

The NSA spying scandal from the ground up -- the legal doctrines, the institutions, everything, with guest Ben O'Neill. Check out his four-part series on the subject at Mises.org.

Tom talks to Matt Kibbe, President and CEO of FreedomWorks, about his new book Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff: A Libertarian Manifesto.

Law professor F.H. Buckley, author of The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America, discusses the evolution of the presidency from the eighteenth century to today.

Dr. Mary Ruwart, author of Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression, joins Tom for a wide-ranging discussion of the FDA, the future of the Libertarian Party, and more.

Larken Rose, author of The Most Dangerous Superstition, discusses how the state bamboozles the public.

Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses the genesis and development of the anti-Iran hysteria.(We apologize for a few audio hiccups early in the discussion.)

Tom talks about his book 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask.

Can we conceive of a private, non-governmental system of law? If so, what would it look like? Bob Murphy joins Tom to discuss themes in his book Chaos Theory.Bob is the author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal, and other books, and he blogs at Free Advice.