Summary:Bruce Fenton believes America is at a crossroads, which provides an opportunity in politics to make big changes to everything from the monetary system to foreign policy to the government’s involvement in education. He is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire and joins Tom to discuss his campaign.  Guest Bio:Bruce Fenton...

Summary: The war in Ukraine is five months old and the narratives spun by both sides have changed several times. What is the actual status of the war and is there any realistic road to a peace agreement? Can there be peace with Russia afterwards? Scott Horton joins Tom to discuss. Guest Bio: Scott Horton...

Summary: Tom Mullen Talks Freedom is 100 episodes old. Tom talks about all that has happened since the podcast began, since Covid, and in the post-WWII era. Additional Reading Episode 1 How Can Biden Mandate Vaccines Without Congress? With Kevin R. C. Gutzman The State and Federal Governments’ Coronavirus Response Will Dwarf Economic Damage Done...

Summary: The media have been telling us the U.S. military has a “recruiting problem” in every branch, due to too few people willing or able to join. The truth is this isn’t a problem. With over 200,000 troops needlessly deployed overseas, we need a hiring freeze on the military and those troops brought home and...

Summary: These days it’s hard for many people to imagine human action and cooperation that isn’t either mandated or prohibited. That’s why Keith Knight of the Libertarian Institute put together his new compilation of writings by some of the most powerful thinkers and writers on a different way to organize society – The Voluntaryist Handbook:...

Summary: In just the past week, Boris Johnson has announced his resignation as Prime Minister of the UK, Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been forced to resign, Italy’s Mario Draghi narrowly avoided an early election, French president Emmanuel Macron came under fire for his dealings with Uber as economic minister, and former Japanese prime...

Summary: In the private sector, we tend soldier on and try to overcome adversity. This is an admirable human trait, but it is important to remember 100% of any hardship we have endured over the past two years or will endure in the years to come is government-created and completely unnecessary. If we don’t hold...

Summary: President Biden signed an executive order which “aims to safeguard access to reproductive health care services, including abortion and contraception.” But he says the real remedy to the Supreme Court’s decision striking down Roe vs. Wade is for Congress to pass a law making abortion legal nationally. That would be just as unconstitutional as...

Summary: Bestselling author and constitutional scholar Kevin R. C. Gutzman returns to discuss yet another significant decision by the Supreme Court, this time concerning the EPA. Guest bio: Kevin R. C. Gutzman is the New York Times best-selling author of five books, including Thomas Jefferson—Revolutionary: A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America , a History Book Club...

Summary: Americans are generally taught the chief or only reason the thirteen colonies declared their independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776 was “taxation without representation.” There was a lot more to it than that. Additional Reading Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?: And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit...