Free Thoughts

Hosted by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Ross Powell

462 Episodes

A weekly show about politics and liberty, featuring conversations with top scholars, philosophers, historians, economists, and public policy experts.

Oct 14th, 2016

44m 22s

Explaining the Rise of Donald Trump

Guests

Ben Domenech

Oct 7th, 2016

42m 50s

Rituals of Freedom: Libertarian Themes in Early Confucianism

Guests

Roderick T. Long

Sep 30th, 2016

50m 46s

Politics As a Peculiar Business: Insights from a Theory of Entangled Political Economy

Guests

Richard E. Wagner

Sep 23rd, 2016

48m 47s

Thin Blue Lies: How Pretextual Stops Undermine Police Legitimacy

Guests

Jonathan Blanks

Sep 16th, 2016

57m 49s

Against Democracy

Guests

Jason Brennan

Sep 9th, 2016

58m 59s

Confounding Father: Thomas Jefferson’s Image in His Own Time

Guests

Robert M. S. McDonald

Sep 2nd, 2016

52m 42s

The World According to Star Wars

Guests

Cass R. Sunstein

Aug 26th, 2016

53m 40s

Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People

Guests

Randy E. Barnett

Aug 19th, 2016

1h 3m 26s

Liberty and Coercion: The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present

Guests

Gary Gerstle

Aug 12th, 2016

46m 1s

The Free Market Existentialist: Capitalism without Consumerism

Guests

William Irwin