Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 462.I previously appeared on Joshua Smith's Break the Cycle, in July 2021 (KOL349 | CouchStreams Ep 58 on Break the Cycle with Joshua Smith). I had forgotten but we also did a short "CouchStreams After Hours" segment for subscribers which was, and still is, behind a paywall. We discussed various things—my scoote…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 461.This is my appearance on Adam Haman’s podcast and Youtube channel, Haman Nature (Haman Nature substack), episode HN 119, “Stephan Kinsella Expounds on Philosophy And The Life Well Lived” (recorded Feb. 6, 2025—just before the Tom Woods cruise). We discussed philosophy and rights; my legal and libertarian car…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 460.I mean the title says it all. I kept getting interrupted by calls and deliveries. Oh well, what you gonna do.https://youtu.be/rnDe920Ce40Links/ResourcesChina and IP "Theft" Lacalle on China and IP “Theft” All-In Podcast Concern over China and IP “Theft” More of the “China is Stealing Our IP” nonsense Tweet b…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 459.In response to lots of froth on Twitter related to Jack Dorsey's call to "delete all IP law," which was echoed by Elon Musk (Musk and Dorsey: “delete all IP law”) I decided to attempt to host an impromptu Twitter Spaces about this. After overcoming some technical glitches, here is the result (and thanks to @…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 458.The meat of this talk is only about 15 minutes, if you skip the first couple minutes of setup and the Q&A at the end.As mentioned in Speaking at APEE IP Panel in Guatemala, today (April 6, 2025) I spoke on a panel at the APEE 49th Meeting in Guatemala. The theme of this year's meeting was “The Economic Histo…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 457.I had been meaning to talk to my old friend Sheldon Richman, of the Libertarian Institute and TGIF column, about his own IP Odyssey, as he's always been great on this issue, (( My IP Odyssey; as quoted in “Your failed business model is not my problem”; Sheldon Richman, “Patent Nonsense," IP Debate Breaks Out…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 456.[Update: see various biographical pieces on my publications page, including Alan D. Bergman, Adopting Liberty: The Stephan Kinsella Story (2025).]This is my appearance on Adam Haman’s podcast and Youtube channel, Haman Nature (Haman Nature substack), episode HN 109, "Stephan Kinsella Expounds on Philosophy A…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 455.I interviewed/had a discussion with my first IP law boss today, William C. (Bill) Norvell, Jr., about our time together when I was a new lawyer, his love of opera and so on, and his views on politics, war, Trump, and his views on the patent and IP system based on his years of experience as a patent prosecuto…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 454.My recent appearance on The Rational Egoist. (Spotify; Youtube)Shownotes:Michael engages in a lively debate with Stephan Kinsella, a libertarian theorist and anarcho-capitalist, as they explore key issues that divide Objectivists and libertarians. They discuss topics such as intellectual property, the role o…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 453.I was approached recently by my old friend, legal scholar and philosopher David Koepsell (a fellow opponent of IP who appeared on the John Stossel show with me a few years back), (( KOL308 | Stossel: It’s My Idea (2015). )) as one of his students at Texas A&M, Eliot Kalinov, was interested in my and Hoppe's …

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 452.I was asked recently to guest lecture for a course taught to some mechanical engineering students at Colorado University Boulder (EMEN 4100: Engineering Economics) by the lecturer, David Assad. Assad covers some ethics related matters in the latter part of the course and asked me to talk generally about ethi…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 451.My recent appearance on The Rational Egoist. (Spotify)Shownotes:Debating the Nature of Rights with Stephan KinsellaIn this episode of The Rational Egoist, host Michael Liebowitz engages in a stimulating debate with libertarian writer and patent attorney Stephan Kinsella on the nature of rights.Drawing from h…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 450.My discussion/interview by Matthew Sands of the Nations of Sanity project as part of his “Together Strong” debate series.https://youtu.be/igflMs3VJPM?si=3MBYzu9cmeth4LlHBy Stephan Kinsella

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 449.I was interviewed by Logan Hertz, of Hazeltine LLC, about attempts by the Nelson Nash Institute, they of the poorly-named "Infinite Banking" concept, to use trademark to bully competitors. I discuss the general problem with IP and then apply it to trademark, and provide suggestions as to more "ethical" ways …

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 448.This is my discussion with European patent attorney David Pearce, of the Tufty the Cat European IP blog (twitter). He and I were co-founders and members of the Advisory Council for the Open Crypto Alliance (2020–22). We discuss Craig Wright, nChain and bitcoin related patents, and so on (see video below).htt…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 447.This is from the show "Axioms of Liberty," which has another episode about my IP writing. This time, it's a reading of "Law and Intellectual Property in a Stateless Society."By Stephan Kinsella

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 446.This is from the show "Axioms of Liberty," which has another episode about my IP writing. This time, it's a reading of "Intellectual Property and Libertarianism."By Stephan Kinsella

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 445.The show "Axioms of Liberty" has an episode about my IP writing, including readings of three early pieces: First, one of my earliest writings, Stephan Kinsella, "Letter on Intellectual Property Rights," IOS Journal 5, no. 2 (June 1995), pp. 12-13, and followed by David Kelley's response. Next, “Is Intellectu…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 444.I had forgotten about this conversation with "AlexAnarcho" back in May 2024. Here it is.Property rights, ideas & fungibility w/ Stephan Kinsella released 05/02/2024Stephan Kinsella is a pioneer on the topic of intellectual property (IP). His arguments against IP also carry over to the cyberspace. Can you eve…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 443.“Abortion: A Radically Decentralist Approach,” 2024 Annual Meeting, Property and Freedom Society, Bodrum, Turkey (Sep. 22, 2024). This was also podcast at the Property and Freedom Podcast as PFP285. See: “Abortion: A Radically Decentralist Approach” (PFS 2024).Update: see Christos Armoutidis, "Preargumentati…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 442.This is a debate between me and Walter Block about voluntary slavery contracts, hosted by Matthew Sands of the Nations of Sanity project as part of his "Together Strong" debate series. (See previous episode KOL426)Unedited transcript (from Youtube) below.https://youtu.be/x6ecMmBpGs8?si=veUW9EnXhwujEAo1Notes:…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 441.This is Episode 238 of The Bitcoin Standard Podcast, with Dr. Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard. From his shownotes:Legal Scholar Stephan Kinsella joins to discuss his new book, Legal Foundations of a Free Society, in which he discusses libertarianism as a system for determining legitimate pro…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 440.My appearance on The Rational Egoist: Debating the Moral Status of Intellectual Property with Stephan Kinsella: Part IIb. (Spotify)Shownotes:The Rational Egoist: Concluding the Intellectual Property Debate with Stephan Kinsella (Part 2 of 2)In this final episode of a two-part series, host Michael Liebowitz c…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 439.My appearance on The Rational Egoist: Debating the Moral Status of Intellectual Property with Stephan Kinsella: Part IIa. (Spotify) Michael will release the second half, PartIIb, later.Shownotes:The Rational Egoist: Resuming the Intellectual Property Debate with Stephan Kinsella (Part 1 of 2) In this episode…

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast: Episode 437.My appearance on The Rational Egoist: Debating the Moral Status of Intellectual Property with Stephan Kinsella. We focused here mostly on property rights and other precursor concepts. We plan to have a followup discussion to get into the nitty gritty of the application of these more basic concepts and princi…