Hosted by Jeff Deist, The Human Action Podcast (formerly "Mises Weekends") features weekly interviews with leaders in Austrian economics and libertarianism.

The Human Action Podcast

[Episode 001] Megatrend forecaster Gerald Celente talks with Jeff Deist about the second American Revolution and how oligarchs have come to power in the U.S.

Gerald Celente: Political Atheism

[Episode 002] Entrepreneur and businessman Helio Beltrão talks to Jeff Deist about crony capitalism and the upcoming FIFA World Cup, and why the Liberty Movement is like a soccer team.

Helio Beltrão: World Cup Cronyism and the Liberty Movement in Brazil

[Episode 003] Jim Bovard talks with Jeff Deist about his incendiary career as a journalist, the American people as Mencken's "Booboisie", and why the Nanny State has him stocking-up on cigars.

Jim Bovard: Libertarian Muckraker

[Episode 004] Eric Peters discusses with Jeff Deist the automobile as a symbol of libertarian autonomy, why statists love public transportation, how moronic government regulations make all cars look the same, and why you should go buy an old V8 or an old motorcycle while you still can.

Eric Peters: Anarcho Road Warrior

[Episode 005] Jeff Deist and Mark Thornton discuss Mark's recent experience as an opponent of the drug war at the Oxford Union debating society, his influence on Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, and how Wikipedia demonstrates a kind of stateless spontaneous order, complete with private dispute resolution.

Dr. Mark Thornton: Wikipedia and Spontaneous Order

[Episode 006] Jeff Deist and Justin Raimondo discuss the early history of the modern libertarian movement, Justin's time working with Murray Rothbard on libertarian strategy, and the chances for developing a broad new anti-war coalition.

Justin Raimondo: Against the War Machine

[Episode 007] Jeff Deist and Brian Doherty discuss Brian's role as both a participant in—and observer of—libertarian circles, the impact of Austrian economics on today's intellectual debate, Ron Paul's lasting legacy, and why for the first time ever it's cool to be a young libertarian.

Brian Doherty: Reporting the Revolution

[Episode 008] Jeff Deist and Will Grigg discuss "police state Keynesianism," how the once embryonic American police state became overt, how military equipment, personnel, and mindsets increasingly find their way into local law enforcement agencies, and why there are more than 100 SWAT deployments every day in the U.S.

William Norman Grigg: Against the Police State

[Episode 009] Jeff Deist and Yuri Maltsev discuss not only his defection from the former USSR, but also his defection from the Marxist economic mindset, the crime of reading Hayek, why so many westerners still have a naïve, uninformed, and romantic view of socialism, how the Ruble was nothing more than a fiat rationing coupon, and why people with contempt for consumerism never visited a Soviet grocery store.

Yuri N. Maltsev: Soviet Defector on the Loss of Freedom in America

[Episode 010] Jeff Deist and Guido Hülsmann discuss Hülsmann's years spent writing Mises's biography ('Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism'), the serendipitous discovery of Mises's papers in Moscow that made the book possible, how Mises endured and kept working as Europe burned, and how Mises's personal sacrifices helped pave the way for Austrian academics working today.

Guido Hülsmann: Inside the Mind of Mises

[Episode 011] Jeff Deist and David Gordon discuss Murray N. Rothbard's life from an insider's perspective, touching on Rothbard's experience founding the Cato Institute, his relationship with Mises and the areas where they disagreed, his time with Ayn Rand and her Objectivist followers, and more.

David Gordon: The Life and Times of Murray Rothbard

[Episode 012] Jeff Deist and Marc Abela discuss the Bank of Japan's failed twenty-five year program of monetary stimulus, the resulting creation of insolvent zombie banks, and the impossibility of "Abenomics". You'll enjoy hearing about Toshio Murata—a Japanese student of Mises in the 1950s—who painstakingly translated 'Human Action' into Japanese, who is still alive today. And, you might be surprised by Marc's revelations about the Japanese mindset, culture, and disturbingly high suicide rate.

Marc Abela: Abenomics and Japan's Narrowing Horizons

[Episode 013] Jeff Deist and Marc J. Victor discuss what's happening in Ferguson, our disappearing legal rights, and how having Butler Shaffer as a law professor radicalized him and shaped his libertarian views.

Marc Victor: Attorney For Freedom

[Episode 014] Jeff Deist and Andy Duncan discuss the rise of UKIP in England, and whether it represents a real populist anti-state uprising or just rightist politics. Andy skewers the strutting political class in London, and the charade of voting Labour or Conservative based on minute policy differences. They also discuss the upcoming Scottish independence vote, and whether the land that gave us Robert the Bruce and David Hume has succumbed completely to socialism. Could an independent Scotland become the Singapore of the North, or just another Eurozone basket case?

Andy Duncan: The Charade of Independence for UKIP and Scotland

[Episode 015] Jeff Deist and Philip Bagus discuss not only the history and possible future of the Euro, but also the ECB under Draghi; the nationalist sentiments sweeping some European nations that want their own currency back; how the ECB has effectively monetized the sovereign debt of the PIIGS; and how Germans may well be nostalgic for the Bundesbank.

Dr. Philipp Bagus: The Tragedy of the Euro

[Episode 016] Jeff Deist and David Howden discuss the history of banking in America before 1913, the supposed justifications for the Federal Reserve Act, and why American economists all seem to be thrall to—and on the payroll of—the Fed. David also lays out the realities behind transitioning to a future without the Fed. Next, they discuss his book about the Icelandic banking crisis, and how that country's deposit insurance scheme created enormous moral hazards. David explains how Iceland, however, mostly had the good sense to allow its bad banks to fail and its foreign creditors to take a well-deserved haircut. The lessons to be learned, he tells us, are both cautionary and optimistic, at least for a homogeneous nation of 325,000 people.

Dr. David Howden: Let Banks Fail! (Central and Otherwise)

[Episode 017] Jeff Deist and David Farrer deconstruct Thursday’s referendum vote from a libertarian perspective.

David Farrer: A Scottish Libertarian Deconstructs the Vote

[Episode 018] Jeff Deist and Patrick Barron discuss what's going on in the EU, how Germany in particular suffers from being yoked to the other Eurozone nations, and what the comeback of the Deutsche Mark might mean for Europe — and for America.

Patrick Barron: Currency Wars and the Death of the Euro

[Episode 019] Jeff Deist and Joseph Becker discuss the illusion of judicial remedies for most Americans; how Becker is attacking cronyism in Nevada; how a Rothbardian legal system might deal with torts, crimes, and externalities; and how the statist 20th century courts created a phony legal distinction between fundamental liberties and economic liberties.

Joseph Becker: Economic Liberty Denied

[Episode 020] Jeff Deist and Claudio Grass discuss the uniquely Swiss mindset behind the upcoming Swiss gold referendum, and how decentralization of political power is part of Swiss DNA; the tremendous geopolitical aftershocks that would occur if the referendum passes — including the physical repatriation of gold to Switzerland; and how the Swiss people may be waking up to the sellout of their country by the Swiss National Bank and the IMF.

Claudio Grass: The Upcoming Swiss Gold Referendum

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