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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 1195 Did Trump Eclipse the Libertarian Moment?

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Government, News

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Dan McCarthy, editor of the venerable journal Modern Age, recently suggested in the Spectator that the Trump phenomenon may have taken the air out of the so-called libertarian moment -- partly because that moment wasn't as libertarian as people thought. Plenty to think about here, and no conversation with Dan is ever dull.

Show notes for Ep. 1195

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 1195.

0:03.3

Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.

0:08.1

Your daily dose of liberty education starts here, the Tom Woods Show.

0:14.6

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0:28.7

Woods. Hey everybody, Tom Woods here. Talking to Dan McCarthy today, editor at large of the American

0:34.3

conservative. He's now editor of Modern Age, a conservative review,

0:39.0

which is a periodical that's been around quite some time, and we'll probably have a moment to

0:44.3

say something about that. He worked as the Internet Communications Coordinator of the Ron Paul

0:48.9

2008 presidential campaign. He's very widely published, And very recently, he wrote an article called

0:56.2

How Donald Trump Eclipsed the Libertarian Moment. He wrote that for The Spectator. And I want to talk

1:02.3

to him about that. If that's really true, how did that happen and what can be done about it?

1:08.0

So I'm glad to welcome him back to the show today. Now, of course,

1:11.1

I do want to make my reminder to you folks to check out my friends at Free Talk Live. They are doing

1:18.0

very important work on terrestrial radio, reaching a lot of people who wouldn't really seek out

1:24.1

libertarian podcasts, but who listen to their regular radio stations and stumble

1:29.0

upon free talk live. And it's a bunch of libertarians taking calls and answering questions,

1:33.9

and it's never boring. I've never heard anybody say, I'm so bored listening to Free Talk Live.

1:38.2

So they're doing a great job, and I think it might be something you would enjoy. So check them out

1:42.9

at listen.

1:46.0

Dot freetalklive.com.

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