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Stephen Kinsella Podcasts
Discussions about GDP, housing and other issues seem to assume that we know quite a bit about the topic already. Most of us don't. This podcast will fill in those gaps. During each episode, an expert will guide us through a given topic, with the goal of providing enough information so we can piece together our own informed views. Many of the speakers are working at the cutting edge of their respective fields, guiding us through both the accumulated evidence and showing us where things are li ...
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Through conversation with experts in technology, law and military affairs, this series explores how new military technology and international law interact. Edited and produced by Dr Lauren Sanders and Dr Simon McKenzie, the podcast is published by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Law and Security. Until July 2024, the podcast was published by the University of Queensland School of Law. Note: the views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views ...
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 473.https://youtu.be/soyywXASOh4?si=pHKdf6awiCXOqXGVFrom The White Pillbox, Stephan Kinsella's Universal Principles of Liberty. This is my discussion with Mark Maresca, of The White Pillbox, about The Universal Principles of Liberty. (Previous episode: Kinsella as “White Pill”: Maresca, “From the White-PillBox: …
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 470.From my appearance on the Ayn Rand Fan Club with Scott Schiff and William. Their Shownotes:Patent attorney, Libertarian & Ayn Rand fan Stephan Kinsella joins William & Scott to talk about his history in the liberty world and his unique view that property rights should only pertain to physical things, and not…
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 469.Related: Tabarrok and Murphy: Why Are US Drug Prices So High? Pharmaceutical Shills and Think Tank Corruption: Sally Pipes’s The World’s Medicine Chest: How America Achieved Pharmaceutical Supremacy―and How to Keep ItThis is my appearance on Adam Haman’s podcast and Youtube channel, Haman Nature (Haman Natur…
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KOL467 | Discussing AI and IP with Juani from Argentina
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 467.I was asked one Juani (@witheredsummer), an Argentinian Voluntarist, on Twitter and then later via email, to review his draft article "Ideas Are Free: A Case Against Intellectual Property" (text below) (I note that perhaps ironically, this title is almost identical to one of my own previous publications/spee…
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 466.https://youtu.be/JAwxQTrPDIIRe.@NSKinsella has proposed a number of patent reforms if we decide as a society not to abolish the patent system. This is, in my view, a more plausible way forward (politically) instead of demanding the abolition of patents.https://t.co/q3a0U2HQJ6In this annotated extract, I… htt…
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The Geneva Conventions and the Third World - Srinivas Burra
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Send us a text In this episode, Dr Simon McKenzie talks with Associate Professor Srinivas Burra about the Third World and the Geneva Conventions. They discuss the value of taking a Third World perspective of international law, and how being attentive to the view from these State helps explain the form and operation of international humanitarian law…
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KOL465: Sheldon Richman on Corporations, Limited Liability, Price Controls, Thickism, Abortion, Pipes
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 465.On stupid and confused "thickism" see various posts under tag thickism, and Cory Massimino, "Libertarianism is More than Anti-Statism," C4SS (April 8th, 2014).GROK SHOWNOTES: [0:00–9:16] In this engaging episode of the Kinsella on Liberty podcast, Stephan Kinsella and Sheldon Richman tackle the contentious i…
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The Geneva Conventions at sea - André Smit (ICRC)
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Send us a text As part of the 75th anniversary series on the Gevena Conventions, Lauren Sanders speaks to André Smit - the ICRC Regional Legal Adviser on Maritime Matters (Asia-Pacific) when he visited Australia in September 2024. They discuss the applicability of Geneva Convention II (GC II) on the Amerlioraton to the region and challenges for sta…
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 464.I appeared on the new show Tyrant's Den a few days ago. It was released today (May 2, 2025) along with the other initial episodes.Chat GPT shownotes:In this engaging episode of The Tyrants' Den, host and guest delve into a wide-ranging discussion with Stephan Kinsella, a leading libertarian legal theorist an…
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KOL463 | Contracts, Usury, Fractional-Reserve Banking with André Simoni
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 463.Update: See also KOL338 | Human Action Podcast Ep. 308 with Jeff Deist: Rothbard on Punishment, Property, and Contract and this Grok analysis of various problems with smart contracts including the fact that most loans are unsecured.A followup discussion with André Simoni of Brazil about some questions he had…
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KOL462 | CouchStreams After Hours on Break the Cycle with Joshua Smith (2021): Hoppe’s Michael Malice Helicopter Photo, Scooter Rides with Sammeroff, Mises Caucus Hopes, the Loser Brigade
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 462.I previously appeared on Joshua Smith's Break the Cycle, in July 2021 (KOL349 | CouchStreams Ep 58 on Break the Cycle with Joshua Smith). I had forgotten but we also did a short "CouchStreams After Hours" segment for subscribers which was, and still is, behind a paywall. We discussed various things—my scoote…
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 461.This is my appearance on Adam Haman’s podcast and Youtube channel, Haman Nature (Haman Nature substack), episode HN 119, “Stephan Kinsella Expounds on Philosophy And The Life Well Lived” (recorded Feb. 6, 2025—just before the Tom Woods cruise). We discussed philosophy and rights; my legal and libertarian car…
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 460.I mean the title says it all. I kept getting interrupted by calls and deliveries. Oh well, what you gonna do.Links/Resourceshttps://youtu.be/rnDe920Ce40China and IP "Theft" Lacalle on China and IP “Theft” All-In Podcast Concern over China and IP “Theft” More of the “China is Stealing Our IP” nonsense Tweet b…
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KOL459 | Twitter Spaces: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, Libertarian Property Rights, and the Case for Abolishing Intellectual Property
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 459.In response to lots of froth on Twitter related to Jack Dorsey's call to "delete all IP law," which was echoed by Elon Musk (Musk and Dorsey: “delete all IP law”) I decided to attempt to host an impromptu Twitter Spaces about this. After overcoming some technical glitches, here is the result (and thanks to @…
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KOL458 | Patent and Copyright versus Innovation, Competition, and Property Rights (APEE Guatemala 2025)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 458.The meat of this talk is only about 15 minutes, if you skip the first couple minutes of setup and the Q&A at the end.See also Self-Ownership, Natural Rights, Estoppel (CEES Guatemala 2025)GROK SHOWNOTES: In this episode of the Kinsella on Liberty Podcast (KOL458), recorded on April 7, 2025, at the APEE 49th …
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KOL457 | Sheldon Richman & IP; Andre from Brazil re Contract Theory, Student Loan Interest Payments, Bankruptcy, Vagueness, Usury
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 457.I had been meaning to talk to my old friend Sheldon Richman, of the Libertarian Institute and TGIF column, about his own IP Odyssey, as he's always been great on this issue, (( My IP Odyssey; as quoted in “Your failed business model is not my problem”; Sheldon Richman, “Patent Nonsense," IP Debate Breaks Out…
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 456.[Update: see various biographical pieces on my publications page, including Alan D. Bergman, Adopting Liberty: The Stephan Kinsella Story (2025).]This is my appearance on Adam Haman’s podcast and Youtube channel, Haman Nature (Haman Nature substack), episode HN 109, "Stephan Kinsella Expounds on Philosophy A…
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KOL455 | Interview with my Patent Mentor, Bill Norvell, about Patent Law and Our Days Together
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 455.I interviewed/had a discussion with my first IP law boss today, William C. (Bill) Norvell, Jr., about our time together when I was a new lawyer, his love of opera and so on, and his views on politics, war, Trump, and his views on the patent and IP system based on his years of experience as a patent prosecuto…
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KOL454 | Debating Various Issues of Interest to Objectivists and Libertarians on The Rational Egoist (Michael Liebowitz)
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 454.My recent appearance on The Rational Egoist. (Spotify; Youtube)Shownotes:Michael engages in a lively debate with Stephan Kinsella, a libertarian theorist and anarcho-capitalist, as they explore key issues that divide Objectivists and libertarians. They discuss topics such as intellectual property, the role o…
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KOL453 | Objections to Argumentation Ethics, Libertarian Property Rights, Scarcity, Intellectual Property: Discussion with a Student
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 453.I was approached recently by my old friend, legal scholar and philosopher David Koepsell (a fellow opponent of IP who appeared on the John Stossel show with me a few years back), (( KOL308 | Stossel: It’s My Idea (2015). )) as one of his students at Texas A&M, Eliot Kalinov, was interested in my and Hoppe's …
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The Geneva Conventions and Non-State Armed Groups - Katharine Fortin
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Send us a text In this episode, Simon speaks with Dr Katharine Fortin about non-international armed conflicts, focussing on the intersections between IHL, international human rights law and armed non-State actors. Dr Katharine Fortin is a senior lecturer of public international law and human rights at Utrecht University's Netherlands Institute of H…
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The Geneva Conventions in History - Helen Kinsella and Giovanni Mantilla
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Send us a text In this episode, Simon speaks to Professor Helen Kinsella and Associate Professor Giovanni Mantilla, two leading experts on the history and formation of the Geneva Conventions and IHL more generally. They discuss the negotiations leading up the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol, exploring some of the political tensions that …
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75 Years of the Geneva Conventions - Lauren Sanders and Simon McKenzie
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Send us a text In this series introduction, Dr Lauren Sanders and Dr Simon McKenzie talk about the Geneva Conventions, and what is in store for the Law and the Future of War podcast over the next few months.By Asia-Pacific Institute for Law and Security
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 452.I was asked recently to guest lecture for a course taught to some mechanical engineering students at Colorado University Boulder (EMEN 4100: Engineering Economics) by the lecturer, David Assad. Assad covers some ethics related matters in the latter part of the course and asked me to talk generally about ethi…
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A functional approach to the legal review of Autonomous Weapon Systems - webinar recording
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Send us a text This episode is a recording of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Law and Security webinar hosted on 21 November 2024 on the functional approach to the legal review of autonomous weapon systems (AWS). AWS are no longer limited to science fiction. Conflicts in the Ukraine and Gaza demonstrate an increased trend toward the use of autonomy …
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 451.My recent appearance on The Rational Egoist. (Spotify)Shownotes:Debating the Nature of Rights with Stephan KinsellaIn this episode of The Rational Egoist, host Michael Liebowitz engages in a stimulating debate with libertarian writer and patent attorney Stephan Kinsella on the nature of rights.Drawing from h…
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 450.My discussion/interview by Matthew Sands of the Nations of Sanity project as part of his “Together Strong” debate series.Grok shownotes: [0:00–30:00] In this episode of the Kinsella on Liberty podcast (KOL450), Stephan Kinsella is interviewed by Matthew Sands of the Nations of Sanity project for the “Togethe…
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Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 449.I was interviewed by Logan Hertz, of Hazeltine LLC, about attempts by the Nelson Nash Institute, they of the poorly-named "Infinite Banking" concept, to use trademark to bully competitors. I discuss the general problem with IP and then apply it to trademark, and provide suggestions as to more "ethical" ways …
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