Tom Mullen has been writing about freedom for over a decade. He is the author of Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From? And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? and A Return to Common Sense: Reawakening Liberty in the Inhabitants of America. His writing has been featured in Newsweek, The Huffington Post, The Washington Times, RealClear Markets, The Daily Caller, LewRockwell.com, 321 Gold! and The Foundation for Economic Education. Now, Tom is bringing his ...
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Tom Mullen does an in-depth analysis of history's most interesting films with occasional guest interviews.
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Summary: December is upon us and that means plentiful opportunities to watch the enduring classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of viewers completely misinterpret Frank Capra’s dystopian nightmare as a heartwarming Christmas tale. The emotional appeal of angels getting their wings is undeniable. Crying out for cor…
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Summary: Eric Margolis has been covering the Middle East for five decades, including the Lebanese Civil War, the Mujahedeen war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, and the 21st century “war on terror.” He joins Tom to share his insights on the recent collapse of the Assad government in Syria. Guest Bio: Eric S. Margolis is an award-winning, in…
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Summary: In a stunning development in the waning days of the Biden administration, Syria has fallen to the rebels, Assad has fled to Moscow, and the Russian Navy has evacuated its long held port at Tartus. Did Putin sacrifice Syria in exchange for an end to western funding for Ukraine? Links: Earth to Washington, D.C.: Russia will never give up por…
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Summary: A man who health insurance claims were denied apparently became so overcome with misdirected resentment and rage that he murdered the CEO of United Healthcare in cold blood. Worse yet, many on the left are applauding his crime. Healthcare is certainly broken, but it’s 100 percent the result of government intervention. Links: Why a free mar…
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Episode 187 Can Trump Bring Peace to Ukraine and the Middle East? with Colonel Douglas Macgregor
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Summary: In the wake of President-elect Trump’s victory in the November elections, the Biden administration has further escalated NATO’s involvement in the Ukraine War by approving providing Ukraine with long-range missiles for airstrikes within Russia. Trump says he wants to end the conflict starting on day one of his administration, but has again…
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Episode 186 Why the New Deal Administrative State Must Be Abolished Not Reformed
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Summary: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy promise to vastly reduce government inefficiency in the administrative state. But the problem isn’t just that there are too many bureaucrats doing a poor job. It’s that the entire idea of regulation as performed by those agencies is antithetical to America’s most basic principles. People have a right to buy an…
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Summary: Author, humorist, and conservative publicist extraordinaire A.J. Rice joins Tom to talk about the 2024 presidential election and his new book, The White Privilege Album: Bringing Racial Harmony to Very Fine People…On Both Sides. Links: The White Privilege Album: Bringing Racial Harmony to Very Fine People…On Both Sides Publius National Pos…
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Summary: The story of the Plymouth Colony contains an important lesson that most Americans never learned because what we’re taught about the Pilgrims in school, like what we’re taught about the Jamestown Colony and much of American history in general, is fraught with distortions, omissions and outright lies. Links: The Thanksgiving Day deception: E…
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Summary: Many of Trump’s promises, such as cutting taxes, removing restrictions on fossil fuels, and cutting the size and power of the administrative state, will greatly benefit Americans. But his promised tariffs will make Americans poorer, as all economic history has shown. Links: Economics Was Invented to Refute Trump’s Tariff Arguments Our Hist…
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Summary: Trump’s picks for HHS Secretary (RFK, Jr.) and FDA director (Marty Makary, MD) were both vocal opponents of Covid lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccine mandates while those interventions were occurring. But will Americans finally be told the truth about them while Trump is president? Links: Dr. Martin Makary Testimony-Government Disinforma…
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Summary: One could not be blamed for pessimism about America’s future after the public’s complete acquiescence to the atrocities committed by their governments in 2020. But do Trump’s victory and the public’s wholesale rejection of the legacy media represent new hope for liberty? Links: MSNBC ratings plunge after Trump election victory — as more th…
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Summary: Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough of MSNBC’s Morning Joe made a trip to Mar a Lago to meet with President-elect Trump. Takes are numerous, with liberals decrying their betrayal while conservatives either celebrate their surrender or call them out as self-serving hypocrites. But their account of the meeting, and in particular one thing Mi…
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Summary: Trump’s victory in the presidential election was as much a rejection of the legacy media as the Biden administration’s policies. But Trump’s lawsuits could give them new life by allowing them to make a superficially plausible argument he is suppressing freedom of the press. Links: Trump sues media outlets in $10bn lawsuit What Trump’s win …
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Summary: In 2016, Trump ran on an America First foreign policy and promised to keep the U.S. out of unnecessary wars. But he filled his administration with neoconservatives who didn’t agree with his foreign policy agenda and undermined it time and again. Surely, he wouldn’t make the same mistake in his second term, would he? Links: Who are Trump’s …
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Summary: Americans are increasingly concerned about the history being taught to students in our schools and universities. From the Pilgrims through the so-called “Progressive Era,” the school system teaches our students a skewed version of history where freedom is always the problem and government intervention the solution. It should come as no sur…
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Summary: Since the end of WWII, the conservative movement has been dominated by foreign policy hawks, initially anti-communist and later neoconservative (“neocon”). But there was a completely different conservative movement that existed during the first half of the 20th century retrospectively known as “The Old Right.” Do Trump and the broader MAGA…
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Summary: Donald Trump has done the seemingly impossible. After enduring a four-year assault on his presidency including a two-year investigation into spurious accusations of “colluding with Russia” and two impeachements, followed by four more years of politically motivated prosecutions and two assassination attempts, he is returning to the White Ho…
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Summary: On Election Day 2024, Tom considers whether he will vote for a major party candidate for president for the first time in his life. Links: Federal Receipt and Outlay Summary Episode 173 The Libertarian Case for Chase Oliver Episode 172 The Libertarian Case for Trump Free Gifts from Tom: Download a free copy of Tom's e-book, It’s the Fed, St…
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Summary: In 2022, the Libertarian Party was taken over by the Mises Caucus, promising to bring “the Ron Paul version” of libertarianism to the party. With its members occupying virtually positions within the party, including the Chair, it expected its preferred candidate Michael Rectenwald to win the nomination for president. However, non-Mises Cau…
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Summary: Whether libertarians like it or not, either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris will be President of the United States in late January 2025. While one can refuse to vote for either on principle, that won’t protect the nonvoter from the winner’s policies. Is there a libertarian case Trump is the better alternative? Links: Trump Isn’t Hitler; He’s…
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Summary: The proponents of anthropomorphic climate change present it as a new threat to the planet created by industrialization. In reality, this is an age old scam operating on the same blueprint as the meat packing myth and perpetrated by the same people. Links: Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—…
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Episode 170 Another 'Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes'
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Summary: In what has become a worn-out mantra, both major parties are telling us the 2024 presidential election is “the most important of our lifetimes.” But is the supposed political divide between the American right and left as wide as we’re led to believe? Links: Federal Receipt and Outlay Summary Is Trump Against the Administrative State or For…
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Episode 169 Do Felony Convictions Impose Any Restrictions on Trump's Campaign with James Ostrowski
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Summary: Felony convictions impose considerable disabilities on those convicted that include owning firearms and being prohibited from holding public office. Do Trump’s convictions prohibit him from running for president? From being sworn in? Attorney James Ostrowski joins Tom to discuss. Also, Jim relates his firsthand experiences at the 2024 Libe…
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Episode 168 The Libertarian Party Blows It Again
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Summary: By reacting to Trump’s speech like a garden variety leftist mob and nominating a candidate who supports all the Establishment’s strangest fetishes, the Libertarian Party has once again positioned itself as seeking the power structure’s approval rather than challenging it. Links: The Libertarian Party Once Again Signals No Threat to the Est…
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Summary: Tom compares A Few Good Men (1992) to an earlier film, Breaker Morant (1980, based on a different incident) and shares some thoughts from a libertarian perspective. Subject Film: A Few Good Men Breaker Morant Additional Reading: A Few Good Men (the play) Free Gifts from Tom: Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, a…
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Summary: On Memorial Day, Tom analyzes the film A Few Good Men (1992) from a libertarian perspective and its similarity to the earlier film, Breaker Morant (1980). Links: A Few Good Men Breaker Morant Real Lawyer Reacts to A Few Good Men (with Real JAG!) Free Gifts from Tom: Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthef…
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Episode 166 Trump, RFK Jr, and Vivek all to Appear at Libertarian National Convention with Angela McArdle
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Summary: The Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in the United States but has not yet challenged the major parties at the national level. The 2024 Libertarian Party National Convention could begin to change all of that. Former President Trump, RFK, Jr., and Vivek Ramaswamy will all appear at the convention to speak to the party’s…
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Episode 165 Why Did Trump Change His Mind on Covid Lockdowns Overnight in March 2020? with Jeffrey Tucker
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Summary: In early March 2020, Donald Trump was saying very sensible things about the danger of trying to lock down the entire country to contain Covid-19. Then, one day, he abruptly changed his mind and became pro-lockdown. Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York and Dr. Anthony Fauci also responded sensibly to the pandemic initially before suddenly embr…
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Summary: In the midst of Covid hysteria, John Ziegler released his extraordinary podcast analyzing the Penn State scandal, reaching the conclusion after eight years of investigation, that not only was there no cover-up by Joe Paterno or Penn State, but that there were no crimes committed by Jerry Sandusky at all. For most of us, it was Penn State, …
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Summary: We are led to believe that human activity and the additional CO2 it produces in the atmosphere has drastically changed the climate, threatened human life in the present, and could make the planet unlivable for humans in the future. But a new documentary film, Climate: The Movie, claims none of that is true. Relying upon highly credentialed…
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Summary: Four years after Covid hysteria began, mask and vaccine mandates have been lifted but America has not healed. Naomi Wolf joins Tom to discuss her article, “Broken in What Way?” and the damage done to her beloved New York City and the land of the free in general. Is it permanent? Guest Bio: Dr. Naomi Wolf is a bestselling author, columnist,…
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Summary: For most Americans, Covid lockdowns and mandates are a fading memory as the government moves on to new incursions against our liberty and property. But a significant minority of the population is still fighting just to get back to where they were in 2019. Kathi McGowan joins Tom to talk about her struggles to regain the position she lost d…
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Summary: When former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tried to close his business in 2020, Robby Dinero refused to close. He went to court against the Covid lockdowns and won. Next, he took on his local school board over its Covid mandates. Robby was wrongfully arrested four times for exercising his rights, even according to the school board's attorn…
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Summary: Trump is not only the presumptive Republican nominee but is leading the general election polls. He is arguably even more popular than he was in 2016, despite a four-year term during which the establishment got everything it wanted - including the abominable Covid lockdowns. Why do Trump's supporters still consider him a threat to the estab…
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Summary: While an economics professor at the university level for over 40 years, Tom Dilorenzo also managed to write some of the best books on American history of the past several decades. After retiring from teaching, Tom accepted a new position as President of the Mises Institute. He joins Tom to discuss the institute’s mission and the abysmal ec…
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Episode 157 Is the War on America Turning? with Tom Luongo
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Summary: Tom Luongo returns to discuss the latest developments in the globalists’ war on America, their proxy war in Ukraine, and Jay Powell’s stealth resistance. Guest Bio: Tom Luongo is a former research chemist, amateur dairy goat farmer, anarcho-libertarian, and obstreperous Austrian economist. He now publishes the Gold Goats, and Guns newslett…
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Summary: Tucker Carlson has the U.S. government and its media outlets on tilt after interviewing Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Tom discusses how both Putin and Carlson did with the opportunity presented to them. Links: Tucker Carlson Interview of Vladimir Putin Alexei Navalny Asking British MI6 Agent for Funding for Color Revolution in Russia Earth to …
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Guest Bio: Jason Rink is a professional filmmaker who works with Fortune 500 companies to produce commercial video content. He has also independently produced several documentary films related to American politics. His latest film, January 6: A True Timeline, was released earlier this month. Links: January 6: A True Timeline Jason’s Website Nullifi…
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Guest Bio: Daniel McAdams is executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity and Co-host of the Ron Paul Liberty Report. He served in Ron Paul's Congressional office in Washington as a foreign affairs and defense advisor. Additional Reading: Killing the Messenger by Daniel McAdams Links: Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prospe…
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Summary: A popular meme suggests Dolly Parton is morally superior to billionaires because she gave her money away instead of becoming a billionaire. But she should have helped far more people by investing the money she gave away in profitable enterprises, as all of human history has shown. Additional Reading: Dolly Parton Would Have Helped Far More…
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Summary: Destroying statues, renaming holidays, and inventing new pronouns may seem like bizarre new innovations to 21st century Americans. But they are standard tactics used in every left wing revolution since 1789. Additional Reading: Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From? The Horrors of Communist China The Bolshevik Great Experiment: 100…
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Episode 5 The Ghost Writer (2010)
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Summary: Tom brings his own perspective as a successful professional ghostwriter to this neo-noir thriller. Subject Film: The Ghost Writer Additional Reading: The Ghost (novel film screenplay was based upon) Free Gifts from Tom: Back by popular demand! Download a free copy of Tom's e-book, An Anti-State Christmas, at antistatechristmas.com. Also av…
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Summary: Socialist Charles Dickens penned one of the most enduring Christmas stories in history outside the New Testament. But as talented a writer as he was, his premise is false and his ending tragic. Additional Reading: The Illustrated Christmas Carol: 200th Anniversary Edition Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Has Too Sad An Ending for the Season Free…
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Summary: Within this romantic comedy lies an ancient and profound myth about the journey everyone must make to find salvation. Joe vs. the Volcano is a timeless epic hiding in plain sight. Part 2 of 2 of Tom’s analysis of this film. Subject Film: Joe vs. the Volcano Additional Reading: The Hero With a Thousand Faces The Exegesis on the Soul The Gol…
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Episode 3 Joe vs the Volcano Part 1
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Summary: Within this romantic comedy lies an ancient and profound myth about the journey everyone must make to find salvation. Joe vs. the Volcano is a timeless epic hiding in plain sight. Additional Reading: The Hero With a Thousand Faces The Exegesis on the Soul The Golden Ass Free Gifts from Tom: Back by popular demand! Download a free copy of T…
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Summary: Friedrich Hayek wrote in The Road to Serfdom that, in government, the worst will always rise to the top. Well, in 2024, the nominees for president could very well be shrieking neocon harpy Nimarata (Nikki) Haley versus cackling Kamala Harris. Additional Reading: Compare these two Wikipedia entries, keeping in mind which politician is far w…
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Summary: There are all sorts of things to be thankful for on Thanksgiving Day. But like the Pilgrims and countless other societies in history, we should thank capitalism for everything we have. Additional Reading: The Thanksgiving Day deception: Exhibit A against public schools The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles, Vo…
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Summary: George Bailey Was Never Born, a one-of-a-kind podcast experience, takes a definitive look at It’s a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular films of all time, the story of Americans’ decades-long love affair with this cultural institution and how this Christmas movie from the 1940s may surprisingly offer a light down the path you walk toda…
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George Bailey Was Never Born, a one-of-a-kind podcast experience, takes a definitive look at It’s a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular films of all time, the story of Americans’ decades-long love affair with this cultural institution and how this Christmas movie from the 1940s may surprisingly offer a light down the path you walk today. All 10…
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Summary: Washington, D.C. has again embroiled America in a Middle Eastern war while its involvement in Ukraine continues to fail. This new war not only threatens to expand into a regional conflict but could threaten the survival of Israel itself. Colonel Douglas Macgregor joins Tom to lend his expert analysis on both conflicts. Guest bio: Col. Macg…
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