Ep. 526 Making People Think Without Bashing Them Over the Head, with Comic Dave Smith
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2015
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Stand-up comedian and libertarian Dave Smith discusses libertarianism and comedy, and how he's opened minds through his material. Plus, comedy vs. political correctness, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | The Tom Woods Show, episode 526. |
| 0:04.0 | Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion. |
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| 0:47.3 | Well, today's your lucky day if you're listening to this episode. |
| 0:50.6 | It's tremendous fun to be able to talk to Dave Smith. |
| 0:54.0 | You may not know that name, but I dare say after today's episode, you will remember it. |
| 0:58.9 | Dave Smith is a stand-up comedian and host of the podcast, part of the problem. |
| 1:04.9 | He is a libertarian, which makes the whole thing even more interesting. |
| 1:09.7 | How do you promote libertarianism while you're also doing |
| 1:12.5 | stand-up? Not that he'd have to, by the way, he is allowed to have his own separate career. |
| 1:17.7 | Not every aspect of life has to be permeated by libertarianism, but he does, in fact, incorporate |
| 1:23.2 | these ideas into some of his material. So it's quite interesting to talk to him about that. |
| 1:28.6 | He's also a regular guest and panelist on Kennedy, on the Fox Business Network. You'll also |
| 1:34.6 | see him on various other programs on Fox Business and the Fox News Channel. I am going to put |
| 1:40.4 | all his contact information, including ComicDavsmith.com, his Twitter, link to his |
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