Ben Domenech joins us this week to discuss Donald J. Trump’s candidacy. What is Trump doing differently?

Shon Hopwood tells about his journey from bank robber to federal prisoner to U.S. Supreme Court practitioner and Georgetown law professor.

In this episode, Deirdre McCloskey shares a few suggestions that she hopes will make libertarians more humane and empathetic. 

Emily Ekins has identified five different types of voters that elected Donald Trump as president. Do these groups represent a shift in American politics?

William Irwin joins us for a discussion about the novel Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk and the movie it inspired.

John Glaser proposes a policy shift that would save money and make the United States safer: closing some or all of America’s 800 overseas military bases.

Our producer, Tess Terrible, interviews Aaron and Trevor for Free Thoughts’s 200th episode. How did Free Thoughts get started?

Michael Malice joins us to give a primer on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. What’s North Korea like?

David Schoenbrod shares five specific tricks that politicians from both parties use to avoid public accountability.

Jonathan Blanks joins us for a discussion about police stops and the Fourth Amendment. Is there a war on cops?

Brock Cusick joins us this week to talk about bitcoin and the decentralized blockchain technology that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies run on.

Elizabeth Anderson joins us to talk about her new book, Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk About It).

Dr. Frank of The Mr. T Experience joins us to talk about the politics of punk rock. What is punk rebelling against? Is it inherently political?

Michael Strong joins us this week to talk about the role that capitalism and social entrepreneurship play in alleviating global poverty.

We talk about the freedom of speech in the internet era. How has the shift to digital communication changed interpretations of the 1st Amendment?

Emma Ashford gives us a primer on Saudi Arabia, the oil-rich Middle Eastern nation that is one of the last remaining absolute monarchies in the world.

John Samples joins us to discuss how the Trump presidency is challenging America’s institutions.

Bryan Caplan gives us the case against traditional education.