Ep. 286 Scoring the Debate Over God Between William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens, Part 2
After having parsed William Lane Craig’s opening statement making the case for theism, Bob now evaluates Christopher Hitchens’ opening. He concludes that Hitchens hardly responded at all to Craig, and spent most of his time criticizing Christianity rather than theism. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The April 4, 2009 debate between…
Ep. 285 Scott Horton Gives the Essentials of the Waco Tragedy
Scott Horton recently released a special production on Waco that clocked in at almost 13 hours. He joins Bob to discuss the essentials of the story, covering all aspects of the tragedy, starting with the religious views of the Davidians and ending with the absurd trial of the survivors. Mentioned in the Episode and Other…
Ep. 284 Vance Ginn Interviews Bob Murphy on the Business Cycle and Weaknesses in Free Market Rhetoric
Vance Ginn recently had Bob on his podcast, “Let People Prosper!” Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this interview. Vance Ginn’s podcast, Let People Prosper! Bob’s EconLib article on privatizing federal assets. Oren Cass on the Bob Murphy Show. Help support the Bob Murphy Show. The audio production for this episode…
Ep. 283 Oren Cass Warns Conservatives to Rethink Economic Libertarianism
Oren Cass is the founder of American Compass, which has a new handbook advising conservatives on how to rebuild American capitalism. Bob provides a skeptical but friendly forum for Oren to explain his dissatisfaction with the standard libertarian position on free trade and labor unions. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube…
Ep. 282 Scoring the Debate Over God Between William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens, Part 1
In 2009 the Christian philosopher William Lane Craig debated Christopher Hitchens on the existence of God. In this episode Bob evaluates the 20-minute opening statement from Craig. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The debate between Craig and Hitchens. Wikipedia entry on fine-tuning argument. Tom Woods on classical First Mover argument. Help support the…