Radio Rothbard podcast

Radio Rothbard

Radio Rothbard is a weekly podcast hosted by Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop. The show tackles politics, current events, culture, media, and the predatory state—all from an uncompromising Rothbardian perspective. Radio Rothbard is the weekly anti politics podcast you don't want to miss!

Radio Rothbard is a weekly podcast hosted by Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop. The show tackles politics, current events, culture, media, and the predatory state—all from an uncompromising Rothbardian perspective. Radio Rothbard is the weekly anti politics podcast you don't want to miss!

 

#150

Modern Marriage and the Homeownership Rate

Data shows that the marriage rate and the homeownership rate have been closely connected f... more

12 Dec 2025

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12 Dec 2025


#149

John Mearsheimer and Europe's Bleak Future

This week Ryan and Zachary Yost take a look at international relations scholar John Mearsh... more

05 Dec 2025

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05 Dec 2025


#148

How 50-Year Mortgages Turn Home Owners into Renters

50-year mortgages are likely to increase the likelihood of more "owners" becoming underwat... more

26 Nov 2025

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26 Nov 2025


#147

Taxes and the Rise of the Modern State

In this lecture from the 2025 Mises Institute Supporters summit, Ryan looks at how the mod... more

07 Nov 2025

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07 Nov 2025


#146

Why Food Stamp Spending Is Out of Control

Ryan McMaken takes a deep dive on food stamp spending, food stamp recipients, and how Big ... more

04 Nov 2025

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04 Nov 2025


#145

Taxes, War, and the State are Freedom's Biggest Enemies

Ryan and political scientist Joseph Solis-Mullen talk about how taxes, war, and the state ... more

10 Oct 2025

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10 Oct 2025


#144

Does Economic Growth Require an Elastic Money Supply?

A long-enduring myth about money is that we need a flexible or "elastic" currency for the ... more

03 Oct 2025

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03 Oct 2025


#143

Rothbard's Lost Letters on Ayn Rand

New letters, from Murray Rothbard to Frank Meyer, have been discovered by researcher Danie... more

26 Sep 2025

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26 Sep 2025


#142

The Federal Reserve Cut Rates So the Rich Get Richer

As the Federal Reserve signals it doesn't care about price inflation, we're reminded the F... more

19 Sep 2025

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19 Sep 2025


#141

The Jobs Picture Is Worse than They Told You

Newly released jobs data this month shows that the jobs narrative from the media was based... more

12 Sep 2025

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12 Sep 2025


#140

San Francisco's Black Market for Housing

San Francisco politicians have made it so difficult to build new housing that a black mark... more

29 Aug 2025

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29 Aug 2025


#139

Inflation and Family Economics

Economist Jeff Degner joins Ryan McMaken to discuss how inflationary monetary policy has c... more

22 Aug 2025

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22 Aug 2025


#138

Five Myths About the History of Political Thought

In his important lectures on the history of political thought, historian Ralph Raico exami... more

15 Aug 2025

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15 Aug 2025


#137

Why We Need Austrian Economics

Economist Joseph Salerno, an expert on the Austrian School, money, and methodology, joins ... more

08 Aug 2025

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08 Aug 2025


#136

America-First Foreign Policy Is Dead

After promising to end the Ukraine war immediately, and to stay out of Middle East wars, P... more

18 Jul 2025

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18 Jul 2025


#135

Trump Is Wrong about Interest Rates

Let's look at some of the reasons why President Trump and his supporters are so obsessed w... more

14 Jul 2025

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14 Jul 2025


#134

The Federal Reserve Is Covering Up Its Financial Losses

Alex Pollock, an expert on Federal Reserve policy, joins us to talk about how the Fed has ... more

03 Jul 2025

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03 Jul 2025


#133

The Problem with Pronatalism

Some non-economic arguments made by pronatalists are very good. But when it comes to econo... more

26 Jun 2025

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26 Jun 2025


#132

Commercial Real Estate Is in Trouble

Real estate investor and Mises Institute contributor Artis Shepherd joins Ryan to talk abo... more

19 Jun 2025

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19 Jun 2025


#131

Fiat Money and Chartalism: Why MMT Is Wrong

Joshua Mawhorter joins us to talk about how the fiat-money theories of Modern Monetary The... more

12 Jun 2025

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12 Jun 2025


#130

The Myth of Fed Independence

Jonathan Newman joins Ryan McMaken to talk about the history behind the myth of "Fed indep... more

05 Jun 2025

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05 Jun 2025


#129

Poland's Turn Toward a Market Economy Saved It from Poverty

Polish professor of political theory Łukasz Dominiak joins us to talk about how Poland emb... more

29 May 2025

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29 May 2025


#128

The Rise of War Propaganda and the Defeat of Laissez-Faire

In this lecture from the Mises Institute's recent Conference on War Revisionism, McMaken l... more

22 May 2025

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22 May 2025


#127

A History of Political Theory in the West

Political Scientist Joseph Solis-Mullen joins Ryan McMaken to review Ralph Raico's newly p... more

15 May 2025

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15 May 2025


#126

California's Bullet-Train Delusion

California economist and resident/victim William Anderson joins us to talk about the absur... more

08 May 2025

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08 May 2025


#125

Trump's First 100 Days: The Good and the Bad

Historian Chris Calton joins Ryan McMaken to discuss both the upsides and the downsides of... more

01 May 2025

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01 May 2025


#124

Why Did Trump Arrest a Student for Writing an Op-Ed?

James Bovard joins host Ryan McMaken to talk about how the White House went from targeting... more

25 Apr 2025

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25 Apr 2025


#123

Trump Wants Even More Military Spending

Donald Trump says he plans for a big 12% jump in military spending, he has threatened war ... more

17 Apr 2025

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17 Apr 2025


#122

A Brief History of Immigration Policy in America

The federal government didn't take charge of immigration policy until the 1880s. In the ea... more

10 Apr 2025

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10 Apr 2025


#121

The Problem with International Organizations like the EU and the WTO

Organizations like the European Union and the United Nations are inventions of government ... more

03 Apr 2025

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03 Apr 2025