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Podcasts, interviews, lectures, narrated articles and essays, and more. This is the Mises Institute's primary online media catalog.
Episodes
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Gabriel Calzada on Free-Market Education in Latin America
Fifteen years ago Gabriel Calzada was a Fellow at the Mises Institute who aspired to bring the Spanish Scholastics' tradition of liberty to Latin America…
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The Christiana Resistance: The First Shots of the Civil War
Season 2, Episode 4. Chris Calton looks at one of the first episodes of armed resistance to the Fugitive Slave Acts. He explains how abolitionist William…
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Chris Calton: The March to America's Civil War
Chris Calton, host of the Mises Institute's Historical Controversies podcast, is back with a second season. If you enjoyed his revisionist view of America's…
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Nationalized Slavery: The Fugitive Slave Law
Season 2, Episode 3. In this episode, Chris Calton looks at the horrors of fugitive slave laws, the ways government incentivized the kidnapping of free blacks…
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Dr. Liliana Stern on Growing Up in the USSR
Dr. Liliana Stern, associate professor of economics at Auburn University, joins Jeff Deist in studio to discuss the realities of life under communism. Growing…
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California Gold and Clay's Compromise
Season 2, Episode 2. Following the War with Mexico, the Gold Rush out west leads to the question of Californian statehood and the future of US expansion. In…
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Jeff Deist on Why Smaller is Better
Virtually every aspect of human life becomes more decentralized every day. Technology makes the old hub-and-spoke model of organizations obsolete; highly…
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The March to America's Civil War
Season 2, Episode 1. In the first episode of the second season of Historical Controversies, Chris Calton gives a revisionist look at the antebellum period…
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Trey Goff: A Constitution for a Free Society
Our guest Trey Goff drafted a remarkable "Voluntaryist Constitution" designed to serve as the foundational legal document for a private society. Trey attempts…
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America's Prison Population Bomb
Season 1, Episode 12. Following the death and torture of a DEA agent, the War on Drugs is taken to even greater heights. In the final episode of the Historical…
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Claudio Grass on Whether Switzerland can Save the World
Switzerland is no libertarian paradise. It has bureaucrats and a wayward central bank. But it remains an astonishing modern example of the principles of…
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Crack Babies, the Contras, and the CIA
Season 1, Episode 11. During the 1980s, the war on drugs became defined by cocaine and crack. In this episode, Chris Calton explains how the potent mix of…
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Coming of Age With Murray
The keynote address presented at the Mises Institute's 35th Anniversary Celebration in New York City on October 7, 2017. You can read the text of this speech…
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How the Mises Institute is Different
Presented at the Mises Institute's 35th Anniversary Celebration in New York City on October 6, 2017.
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Joe Salerno on Rothbard as the Heir to Mises
Dr. Joseph Salerno, speaking at our 35th Anniversary Gala in New York last weekend, makes the case for Murray Rothbard as the preeminent modern Austrian…
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The Man the World (Still) Needs
The world needs Murray Rothbard, because he still matters. And it’s up to all of us to secure his legacy. This is the opening speech given at the Mises…
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Just Say No: Reagan Militarizes the War on Drugs
Season 1, Episode 10. In spite of declining drug usage, the Reagan Administration placed renewed interest in the War on Drugs. Chris Calton explains how…
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Daniel Lacalle: A Spanish Libertarian on Catalonia
Daniel Lacalle, a Spanish economist and libertarian who runs Mises Hispano, joins Jeff Deist for an in-depth discussion of the facts behind the Catalan…
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Yellow Journalism and Cheech and Chong: Drug Policy in the 70s
Season 1, Episode 9. In this episode, Chris Calton explores US drug policy between the Nixon and Reagan Administrations. Calton explains how one Christmas…
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Dr. Greg Thornbury: Can College Be Saved?
Professor Thornbury is president of a very different kind of school, The King's College in Manhattan. He joins Jeff Deist to discuss everything wrong—and…
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Massacres and Marijuana: Vietnam and the Drug War
Season 1, Episode 8. In Vietnam, many soldiers found narcotics to be a coping agent against the horrors of war. Narcotics also became an easy scapegoat for a…
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Mark Thornton: Can the Fed Unwind?
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen announced the bank would begin selling assets it has relentlessly bought since the Crash of '08. The financial press…
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Then Came Nixon
Season 1, Episode 7. In this episode, Chris Calton explains how the Nixon Administration kicked off the modern War on Drugs, featuring no knock raids…
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Jacob Lindsey: NFL Hopeful from Harvard on Why He Loves Austrian Economics
Jake Lindsey is a brilliant young Harvard grad who majored in economics. His favorite thinkers? Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard. But unlike most young…
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A Bad Trip: The US Government and LSD
Season 1, Episode 6. Learn why Chris Calton believes that "of all the drugs we've talked about on this podcast, the history of LSD may be the most difficult to…
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Scott Horton on the Endless War in Afghanistan
Our guest Scott Horton just released an important new book—Fools Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan. This is the definitive treatment of the war…
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The Great Depression, Jazz, and Harry Anslinger: The War on Drugs Before Nixon
Season 1, Episode 5. While the phrase "War on Drugs" was coined by the Nixon Administration, it was FDR who earned the first headlines for his "Narcotic War."…
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Dave Smith: Libertarians and the Culture Wars
The culture wars have infected every aspect of American life. It's not just Red vs. Blue anymore, or urban vs. rural, it's Antifa vs. the…
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Culture, Coca-Cola, and the CIA: The History of Cocaine
Season 1, Episode 4. Chris Calton traces the history of cocaine, showing how it went from common medicine to the target of US military action.
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Daniel McAdams: Trump and the War Party
Daniel McAdams from the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity joins Jeff to discuss Trumpian foreign policy in light of the president's recent speech on…
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The Milk of the Poppy
Season 1, Episode 3. Chris Calton looks at the history of opium use around the world. The tale takes us to baby farms in Victorian England, 19th Century China…
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Chris Calton: Historical Controversies
For this week's Mises Weekends, we're excited to share the first episode of a new Mises Institute podcast, Historical Controversies. Hosted by Chris Calton, a…
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The Attack on Marijuana During the 1930s
Season 1, Episode 2. How did Americans fall for the government's reefer madness? Chris Calton explains how junk science, overt racism, and myths of…
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Tom Woods: What I Learned from Murray Rothbard
This week's episode features Tom Woods' opening lecture at Mises University 2017. Tom shares his experiences meeting Murray Rothbard, how Murray shaped Tom's…
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The Roots of Drug Prohibition in America
Season 1, Episode 1. In the first episode of Historical Controversies, Chris Calton looks at how American society originally viewed drugs such as marijuana…
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Venezuela on the Brink
Our guests are Luis Cirocco and Dr. Rafael Acevedo, two Venezuelans who attended Mises University, last week. Their report from that troubled country is…
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An Intro to Media Relations and Non-Academic Writing
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 29 July 2017.
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Mises Weekends LIVE! with Lew Rockwell
Recorded live at Mises University 2017 at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. Jeff Deist interviews Mises Institute founder and Chairman, Lew Rockwell…
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Errors, Business Cycles, and Government Stimulus
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 28 July 2017.
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Externalities, Public Goods, and the Role of Government
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 28 July 2017.
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Free Trade and Its Enemies
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 28 July 2017.
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From Riches to Rags: A Journey Through the Venezuelan Institutions
Featuring Rafael Acevedo and Luis B. Cirocco, this presentation was recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 29 July 2017.
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Government and Big Business
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 28 July 2017.
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Rothbard on the Progressive Era
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 28 July 2017.
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Ten Things You Should Know About Socialism
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 28 July 2017.
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The Gold Standard versus Fiat Money
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 28 July 2017.
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The Market for Security
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 28 July 2017.
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Apriorism and Positivism in the Social Sciences
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2017.
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Austrian Economics vs. Conventional Wisdom
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2017.
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Cantillon Effects: Austrians vs. the Mainstream
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2017.
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Development Economics: The Austrian Contribution
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2017.
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Equilibrium versus Coordination in the Austrian and Walrasian Traditions
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2017.
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Hayek and Friedman: Head to Head
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2017.
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Is There a Skyscraper Curse?
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2017.
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Monetary Reform Proposals
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2017.
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The Case for Privatization — of Everything
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2017.
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The Curse of Economic Nationalism
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2017.
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The Economics of Bitcoin
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2017.
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The Healthcare Crisis
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 27 July 2017.