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BMS ep. 67: Walter Block and Bill Barnett Critique the Hayekian Triangle

Here is the standard audio, and I’m now experimenting with releasing select episodes on my YouTube channel:

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Tough Questions for Conservatives

The latest episode of the Bob Murphy Show.

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The Mindset of a Pharisee

Check out this interviewer trying to nail Jordan Peterson. When JP explains how his work has helped countless young men escape drug addiction and suicide, the guy doesn’t bat an eye (or challenge JP to see if he’s exaggerating). He just moves on to the next rhetorical trap. (And no, just because I’m saying this […]

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God the Teacher

I was looking at the reaction on Facebook to Bernie Sanders’ hospitalization. Someone wrote, “I hope he dies and burns in hell” (or something like that). It really struck me: I do not at all think God operates in such a crude fashion. I am happy for people to post Bible verses that apparently endorse […]

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BMS ep 65 Top Ten Libertarian Rock Bands

…according to Matt Bankert.

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Why Johnny Depp Was the Good Guy, and Morgan Freeman the Bad Guy, in the 2014 *Transcendence*

My latest episode on the Bob Murphy Show.

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Deep Thoughts on Capital Theory

In the latest Bob Murphy Show I talk to Nicolas Cachanosky about his work (often with Peter Lewin)…

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Tough Questions for Progressives

The latest Bob Murphy Show. If any of you share this with your chums, I would be interested in feedback. I truly didn’t intend this to be a “USA! USA!” self-congratulatory thing. I wonder if progressives think any of these are good points, or if it merely provokes eye-rolls.

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