Ep. 321 A Renegade History of the United States
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2015
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Book Discussed
A Renegade History of the United States, by Thaddeus Russell
Article Mentioned
“Why I Got Fired from Teaching American History,” by Thaddeus Russell
Guest’s Website
Guest’s Twitter
Episode Mentioned
Ep. 237: Why Are We So Rich? (Deirdre McCloskey)
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| 0:00.0 | In a world of Democrats, there will be time for them to make profits. |
| 0:05.2 | Now's not that time. |
| 0:06.4 | And Republicans. |
| 0:07.9 | I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system. |
| 0:12.2 | You need a voice of liberty. |
| 0:15.0 | Look no further. |
| 0:16.7 | You've found it. |
| 0:18.5 | Tom Woods. |
| 0:21.1 | Beware, citizen. |
| 0:22.9 | You are now departing from the world of allowable opinion. |
| 0:26.9 | The Tom Woods Show. |
| 0:33.8 | Welcome to the Tom Woods Show, episode 321. |
| 0:38.5 | I'm talking today to Thaddeus Russell, author of A Renegade History of the United States. |
| 0:45.0 | Thad teaches American history and cultural studies at Occidental College. |
| 0:50.0 | He's appeared on the History Channel, Fox News, and The Daily Show with John Stewart. |
| 0:55.9 | He holds a PhD in history from Columbia University, and you can visit him at Thaddeus Russell. |
| 1:02.6 | Dot com. |
| 1:03.8 | Thad, welcome to the show. |
| 1:05.6 | Hey, thanks for having me. |
| 1:07.2 | One of the things I like about you is that I can't quite figure you out completely. |
| 1:13.6 | That's great. You know, you're not a cookie cutter anything. You're just a guy with a lot of really interesting insights, and you don't care if you borrow insights from this person or that person or that person. If somebody has an insight, you're |
| 1:27.9 | interested in it. And oddly enough, this is an extremely rare characteristic, so congratulations. |
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