History of Liberalism
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
E19 – Rawls and Nozick
28 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The last episode, in which we deal with the two intellectual giants of the 20th century – John Rawls and Robert Nozick.
E18 – Rand and Goldwater
17 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we take a closer look at first Ayn Rand, and then Barry Goldwater.
E17 – Friedman and the Chicago school
03 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss Milton Friedman and some of his colleagues in Chicago.
E16 – Keynes, Popper and Berlin
21 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we take a closer look at three thinkers who spent most of their lives in the UK: Keynes, Popper and Berlin.
E15 – The Austrian School
05 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we take a close look at the Austrian School and two of the most famous members – Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek.
E14 – The neo-classical liberals
22 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A short overview of some of the most important neo-classical liberals, anarchism and lastly, a quick bite of the early 20th century.
E13 – The 19th century
08 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is about the small topic of the 19th century. We try to sketch the outlines of the most important historical events that went down d...
E12 – Laissez Faire
24 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
  In this episode we discuss Laissez Faire, the Corn Laws and Bastiat.
E11 – When liberalism split, plus socialism
17 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk about when liberalism split into two. We also adress the main ideological opponent to liberalism that got going during this t...
E10 – Utilitarianism
11 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we have a closer look at the men who creates utilitarianism – Bentham and the Mills.
E9 – Hume, Kant and Tocqueville
03 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In episode nine we meet some of the most interesting men round about this time: David Hume, Immanuel Kant and Alexis de Tocqueville.
E8 – The birth of economics
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk about the men who invented economics; Say, Malthus, Ricardo and last but not least, Adam Smith.
E7 – The French Revolution
20 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss the French Revolution. We begin with a short overview of what the revolution was and then move on to the causes and the imp...
E6 – Voltaire, Diderot and Rousseau
13 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we lay the foundation for the French Revolution by looking at Voltaire, Diderot and of course Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
E5 – American Revolution, part 2
06 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we wrap up the American Revolution. We do this by examining how the Constitution came to be, discussing Hamilton, Madison and the Fed...
E4 – American Revolution, part 1
28 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we take a first stab at the American Revolution. We take a closer look at the lead up to the revolution and the men in the center of i...
E3 – John Locke
21 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we take a closer look at John Locke – the father of liberalism.
E2 – The English Civil Wars and Thomas Hobbes
13 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of the History of Liberalism we start of with the English Civil Wars. We then go on to Thomas Hobbes, a man whose thoughts were ...
E1 – Machiavelli and the 16th century
04 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The first real episode of the history of liberalism podcast. In the first half we talk about Machiavelli and then we transition in to a brief overview...
E0 – About the show
30 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is an introductory episode with some background info etc. Ain’t much fun, but short and filled with practical stuff.