Murray Rothbard with Quinn Slobodian

About this episode

Claire and Prof. Quinn Slobodian discuss the historical context of political ideologies and their implications.

Claire and Prof. Quinn Slobodian remind everyone that no matter how bad things are, some guys have always wanted them to get worse. Guest Our guest Quinn Slobodian is a professor of international history at Boston University. His newest book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed , is available for pre-order along with his other books here . Follow him on Bluesky . Credits - Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin   - Producer & Editor: Thomas O’Mahony. Find him on Twitter @gotitatguineys and Bluesky gotitatguineys - Music: Marshall Dean Williams - Multitude: multitude.productions Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisguysucked - Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Claire E Aubin

Guest: Quinn Slobodian

Topics covered

• history
• society
• culture
• political philosophy
• international history

Keywords

• Murray Rothbard
• Quinn Slobodian
• Muskism
• political philosophy
• international history
• history
• society

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Boston University, Multitude

Books & works: Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed

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