Kinsella On Liberty

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 195. This is my appearance on the The 21st Century Anarchist Podcast Ep. 038: IP with Stephan Kinsella, with host Hermann Morris: "An introduction to intellectual property law and how it relates to libertarianism." Youtube:

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 194. This is an impromptu discussion with my wonderful parents, Norman and Patsy Kinsella, who live in Prairieville, Louisiana. We did this a couple days ago, Oct. 1, on my 50th birthday. As sometimes happens in October in Louisiana, the weather starts getting nice around that time, and so we were sitting outside on the porch and when my dad got out his ballot...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 193. This is my appearance on Albert Lu’s “The Economy” podcast. This is part 3 of 3. We discussed property rights, bitcoin ownership, intellectual property, and related matters. See also: KOL085 | The History, Meaning, and Future of Legal Tender Episode video below: Full video of all three parts below.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 192. This is my appearance on Albert Lu’s “The Economy” podcast, Episode 2015-9-23. This is part 2 of 3. From Albert Lu's description: Your host Albert continues the discussion with patent attorney Stephan Kinsella. In the second of a three-part interview, they discuss the concept of “ownership”. Topics Covered The entire world is made of hardware and owned by...

This is my appearance on Albert Lu's "The Economy" podcast. This is part 1 of 3. We discussed property rights, bitcoin ownership, intellectual property, and related matters. Parts 2 and 3 to follow in due course. Relevant links at KOL274 | Nobody Owns Bitcoin (PFS 2019). See also: KOL085 | The History, Meaning, and Future of Legal Tender. Episode video: Full video below:

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 190. This is my talk “On Life without Patents and Copyright: Or, Who Would Pick The Cotton?”, delivered at the Property and Freedom Society, 10th Annual Meeting, Bodrum, Turkey (Sep. 13, 2015). Also available as PFP143 (which contains the official audio instead of the iPhone audio). GROK SHOWNOTES: In this lecture delivered at the Property and Freedom Society’s...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 189. This is an interview I did a few weeks ago with English libertarian Richard Storey. We discuss the nature of libertarianism, its roots in Western Rationalism and how to defend and promote it, property rights and scarcity, the significance of Hoppe's argumentation ethics, praxeology, Misesian dualism, logical positivism, legal positivism,  and related matte...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 188. I was a guest last night (Sunday night, Aug. 23, 2015) on the Free Talk Live radio show, with hosts Mark Edge and Ian Freeman, discussing the common law, legislation, restitution, and related issues. For background/related: Another Problem with Legislation: James Carter v. the Field Codes Legislation and Law in a Free Society Fraud, Restitution, and Retali...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 187. I appeared on Jeff Berwick's show in 2012: Kinsella on Anarchast Discussing IP, Anarcho-libertarianism, and Legislation vs. Private Law (Dec. 29, 2012): I was a guest on Jeff Berwick's Anarchast (ep. 51, 36 min), released today. We discussed anarchy and how such a society might be reached; the basis and origin of law and property rights and its relationshi...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 186. The Great IP Debate: Stephan Kinsella vs. Alexander Baker  Liberty.me (July 8, 2014). From the Liberty.me description: Intellectual property is one of the most controversial topics among libertarians. Can ideas be legitimate forms of property? Do the benefits of intellectual property laws, such as providing incentives for inventors, overcome the negatives,...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 185. From a Liberty.me seminar from July 14, 2014. Clarifying Libertarian Theory with Stephan Kinsella Everyone seem to have an opinion about what the “correct” libertarianism is. What are its limits? What are the areas in which libertarians get bogged down in semantic arguments and minutiae, and what are the arguments that really matter? Stephan Kinsella belie...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 184. Last month I attended PorcFest 2015 and delivered this talk on intellectual property. Video version below (followed by a lower quality version shot by James Cox). GROK SHOWNOTES: In this provocative lecture delivered at PorcFest 2015, titled “Intellectual Property is the Root of All Evil,” libertarian patent attorney Stephan Kinsella argues that intellectu...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 183. I recently attended PorcFest 2015 and participated in a debate on anarchy and other matters, plus a speech on IP as the Root of All Evil. The YouTube, filmed by James Cox, is below. The audio here was captured by my iphone. Update: From Ayn Rand in the Campground: The Atlas Society at PorcFest "During a highlight of the conference -- people had been antici...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 182. In January 2014, Stefan Molyneux (of FreeDomain Radio) and I had a discussion with Harrison Fischberg about the foundation of libertarian ethics. I just realized that I never put this on my podcast feed so—here it is.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 181. I discussed argumentation ethics with Tom Woods on his show today: Ep. 370 It Is Impossible to Argue Against Libertarianism Without Contradiction By Tom Woods / March 31, 2015 / Podcast Stephan Kinsella discusses the argumentation ethics of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, who argues that only libertarian norms can be argumentatively. READ MORE Tom cleverly chose as th...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 180. Jeff Tucker and I discussed IP and my original Against Intellectual Property article. The video can be seen here, and it's embedded below: Spreecast is the social video platform that connects people. Check out Liberty Classics: Against IP on Spreecast.

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 179. Jeff Tucker and I discuss the recent copyright lawsuit over the "Blurred Lines" song by Robin Thicke and Pharrel. Background and related: From this post: "In the case of copyright, for example, J.D. Salinger, author of Catcher in the Rye, convinced U.S. courts to ban the publication of a novel called 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye.” And in Canada,...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 178. I appeared on Emancipated Humans, with host Luis Fernando Mises (Feb. 24, 2015 episode).   Related Writing “Corporate Personhood, Limited Liability, and Double Taxation” “In Defense of the Corporation” “Legitimizing the Corporation” “Causation and Aggression” (with Patrick Tinsley) See also: KOL170: Tom Woods Show: Are Corporations Unlibertarian? KOL115 |...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 177. This is the final of six lectures of my 2011 Mises Academy course "Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics" (originally presented Tuesdays, Mar. 22-April 26, 2011). The first lecture may be found in KOL172. GROK SUMMARY: In the sixth and final lecture of the 2011 Mises Academy course "Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theo...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 176. This is the fifth of six lectures of my 2011 Mises Academy course "Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics" (originally presented Tuesdays, Mar. 22-April 26, 2011). The first lecture may be found in KOL172. GROK SHOWNOTES: In the fifth and final lecture of the 2011 Mises Academy course "Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Th...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 175. This is the fourth of six lectures of my 2011 Mises Academy course "Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics" (originally presented Tuesdays, Mar. 22-April 26, 2011). The first lecture may be found in KOL172. GROK SHOWNOTES: In the fourth lecture of the 2011 Mises Academy course "Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, an...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 174. This is the third of six lectures of my 2011 Mises Academy course "Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics" (originally presented Tuesdays, Mar. 22-April 26, 2011). The first lecture may be found in KOL172. GROK SHOWNOTES: In the third lecture of the 2011 Mises Academy course "Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 173. This is the second of six lectures of my 2011 Mises Academy course "Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics" (originally presented Tuesdays, Mar. 22-April 26, 2011). The first lecture may be found in KOL172. GROK SHOWNOTES: In this second lecture of the 2011 Mises Academy course "Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, a...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 172. This is the first of six lectures of my 2011 Mises Academy course "Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics" (Tuesdays, Mar. 22–April 26, 2011), which was a reprise of a similar Mises Academy course in October 2010. The slides and video for this lecture, as well as the “suggested readings” for all six lectures of the course are prov...

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 171. I was a guest yesterday (Feb. 6, 2015) on Albert Lu's "The Economy" podcast, discussing my recent appearance on Stossel [Stossel Show on Intellectual Property (Fox Business Channel, Jan. 30, 2015)]. The full episode is here; the portion including only our interview is included in this podcast feed. Transcript and grok shownotes below. GROK SHOWNOTES Show N...