The Tom Woods Show, episode 953.

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Hey, everybody, Tom Woods here. We're talking today to Pat McGeehan, who is a member of the state legislature in West Virginia, and he's the author of a book

I've mentioned in the past called Stoicism and the State House, an old philosophy serving a new

idea. He has had a very, very interesting and eventful career. He's a young man, but nevertheless, quite an interesting career in the

West Virginia legislature, getting tossed out of the Republican caucus. He's got all kinds of

things to tell us about. So I thought, what the heck, let's talk to Pat. He's probably one of

the best state legislators there is. He really is the lone no vote over and over and over again. And now it's been become less and less so because I think some people maybe are gradually coming to see the merits of his position. But regardless of that, he would still just vote the same

way. So, reminds me of a certain person, certain former Republican congressman who, in fact,

gives his hearty endorsement to Pat McGeehan and this book. Pat, welcome to the show.

Yeah, good to be on, Tom. Appreciate you having me.

This is a highly unusual book you've written, isn't it? I don't know of anything quite like it.

Well, certainly in the 21st century, I don't know of anything quite like it.

So I want to talk about two different parts of it. I want to start off first with the Stoic

philosophy, which is going to strike a lot of people as a bit out of left field. And yet,

I think when they hear about it and when they understand it more than in just the colloquial

sense of the word stoic, they'll see that there is quite a bit of merit in it. And then I want to

see how actually you might be applying this in, of all places,

a state legislature where you would indeed want to keep your wits about you, I suppose. So,

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