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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 2658 G. Edward Griffin on Finding the Truth in a World of Lies

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The great G. Edward Griffin, now 93, joins me to discuss finding the truth in a world of lies.

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Book Discussed: The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve

Guest's Event: Red Pill Expo

Show notes for Ep. 2658

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0:00.0

Get ready to take a flamethrower to the official narrative and learn what the elites don't want you to know.

0:08.8

You're listening to the Tom Woods Show.

0:16.4

Hey everybody, Tom Woods here. It's episode 2658 of the Tom Woods show, and I couldn't be happier to be speaking today to the great G. Edward Griffin, a gentleman whom I will introduce, but who, for my audience, almost certainly needs no introduction. He is accomplished in many ways. One of those ways he's best

0:39.5

known for, of course, is his classic work over 30 years ago now. How about that with the time

0:45.1

going by? The creature from Jekyll Island about the Federal Reserve System, astonishing that so

0:50.3

many people read a book of that size on a topic like that. But it's a terrific book.

0:55.6

It's sound economically. It's sound historically. It reads like a novel. It's everything you could ask

1:01.0

for. But this poor guy has probably had to talk about the Federal Reserve more than any human

1:07.4

being should ever have to. So I'm not going to ask him exclusively about that. I also

1:12.1

want to talk about the kinds of topics that come up at his Red Pill Expo that I want you to know

1:17.6

about. Perhaps you might enjoy attending. So G. Edward Griffin, welcome to the Tom Wood Show.

1:22.9

Well, thank you for inviting me, Tom. It's a pleasure to be here. Thank you. You know,

1:26.8

I know I just got done saying, I know you talk about other things. It's a pleasure to be here. Thank you. You know, I know I just got done

1:27.7

saying, I know you talk about other things. It's like when Walter Williams used to come on,

1:32.8

I would ask him sometimes about racial questions, and I would say, doesn't it bother you that

1:37.6

you're a PhD economist and you can talk about all these topics? And yet every time you come on

1:42.4

a radio show, everybody wants to talk to you about race.

1:45.3

And he says, well, it is kind of annoying. So I don't want to just talk about the Fed, but you do have

1:50.0

this book that took on, I don't know, you might even say, like the status of a cult classic,

1:55.4

and it is several decades out since you wrote it. Is there anything you would change about it or add to it or fresh

2:02.7

insights that you have in light of what the Fed has done since the book was published?

2:07.4

Boy, that's a good question. It's hard to say the Federal Reserve System itself is such a

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