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Yglesias will become part of The New Contras, a band of center-left journalists whose willingness to critique the excesses of leftism have pushed them from major publications to ascendant self-publishing platforms.The state of the media is neatly explained by the recent separation of inseparable bloggers Ezra Klein and Matthew Yglesias. Six years after co-founding Vox in 2014, and nearly two decades after hitting the blogosphere, the pair is splitting up. Klein is headed to The New York Times. Yglesias is going to Substack. At the Times, Klein will become part of The Consolidation, another starry-eyed pioneer of new media settling...

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLLLLEEEEEE! Michael sits down with lawyer and publisher of Human Events, Will Chamberlain to discuss their shared goals, their different approaches to reaching those goals, and whether or not there is an effective way to regulate social media (or anything). Have you forgotten what two people disagreeing amicably sounds like? Then this is the episode for you.

On the latest episode of "YOUR WELCOME" Michael Malice is joined by journalist Michael Tracey. Listen as they discuss the hypocrisy in today's political landscape and why our cultural landscape is so toxic.

On this episode of “YOUR WELCOME”, Michael Malice is joined by Kurt Schlichter, senior columnist at Townhall.com and author of the new book “Militant Normals: How Regular Americans Are Rebelling Against the Elite to Reclaim Our Democracy.” Listen as they discuss the red-pilling of conservatives and what freedom actually means in practice.

It took a trip to Bodrum, Turkey, but on this week's "YOUR WELCOME" Michael Malice sits down for an exclusive interview with the legendary and notorious Hans-Hermann Hoppe. Hoppe is the author of (among other works) "Democracy: The God That Failed" and one of the world's leading exponents of right-wing libertarian thought--and the consequent subject of many memes. As president and founder of the Property and Freedom Society, Hoppe hosts an annual international meeting of political radicals. Hoppe has taken a policy of declining all interviews so this is a rare chance to see him discuss his work, being a...

On this week’s episode of “YOUR WELCOME”, Michael Malice is joined by journalism legend John Stossel. Listen as he joins Michael to talk about life in broadcasting, becoming a libertarian and more!

On this episode of “YOUR WELCOME”, Michael Malice sits down at the Taiwanese embassy with politician, death metal singer and independence activist Freddy Lim. Lim is frontman of Chthonic, as well as cofounder of the New Power Party and currently serves in the Taiwanese parliament.

On the latest episode of “YOUR WELCOME”, Michael Malice is joined by political activist, personality and journalist Lauren Southern. Banned from entering the UK and almost banned from her forthcoming speaking tour in Australia, Lauren sits down to discuss her views on free speech, immigration, and her latest documentary "Farmlands," a look into post-Apartheid violence in South Africa.

On this episode of “YOUR WELCOME” with Michael Malice, we are joined by Ryan Holiday, the man who reintroduced Stoic thought into American consciousness. Ryan is the author of "Trust Me, I'm Lying," "Ego is the Enemy," "The Obstacle is the Way," and most recently, "Conspiracy" about Peter Thiel and his war on Gawker.

This weekend saw wall-to-wall coverage of North Korea’s missile testing. But today the most important news in years came out of the DPRK, and the Western media is largely silent. This speaks to just how poorly understood North Korea remains, despite both increasing international scrutiny and an ever-growing body of information escaping from the country. Kim Jong Il’s son, Kim Jong Nam, was found dead in Malaysia, reportedly murdered. There is perhaps no greater sign possible of the instability of the current DPRK regime. In fact, it was Jong Nam who was first groomed to succeed the Dear Leader. By...

Michael Malice comes to libertarianism more from a Randian perspective, and Tom from a Rothbardian one. Michael recently read The Betrayal of the American Right, Rothbard's part-history, part-autobiography. The resulting conversation is really excellent -- possibly my favorite Malice appearance yet.

Donald Trump was elected president last night against all odds. Michael Malice joins me to discuss what it all means

The word “troll” has rapidly lost its meaning to most plebs. In the same sense that racism can be defined as “that which a progressive dislikes,” so too has trolling been rewritten into “saying upsetting things on the internet.” Not every antagonist is a troll; Sometimes a jerk is just a jerk. The international beehive of trolling is 4chan, and 4chan mod Jay Irwin defines a troll as “A person who causes discord for their own amusement, especially due to another’s emotions or naiveté.” At its best, trolling turns a target into an unwitting and unwilling performer for the sake...

The Republican Party likes to present itself as the party of free enterprise. One of the enormous benefits of a free market is that it allows for experimentation in finding solutions to personal and social needs. If a man invents a better mousetrap, everyone benefits while he grows wealthier for it. If he has a bad idea, the costs are his alone to bear. This is the precise opposite of government bureaucracy, where the costs are borne by the taxpayers and the benefits transferred to corporations via lobbying. Given that, one would think that the GOP would look at the...

Donald Trump has already done the seemingly impossible, becoming the first non-politician in decades to capture a major party’s presidential nomination. His how-did-this-happen accomplishment was also achieved in a largely unprecedented manner. No one freaked out over nominations of Mitt Romney in 2012 and John McCain in 2008. This year, however, there are a slew of people who are downright on suicide watch thanks to the The Donald’s antics.

Tom Woods and Michael Malice square off in an Oxford-style debate in New York City. Click "SHOW MORE" below for the results. The resolution was: “Alexander Hamilton was a hero for the cause of liberty.” Malice argued in the affirmative; Woods argued in the negative. Woods was the winner. When the audience was polled before the debate, the numbers were: 16% for the resolution; 41% against; 43% undecided. After the debate, the numbers were: 26% for the resolution; 66% against; 8% undecided.

Although most of you are at least partially familiar with the work of Brooklyn author and Fox Business pundit Michael Malice, there’s always more to learn. Which is why I decided to sit down with him this week and pick his mind about topics ranging from the calculated inhumanity of the Kim Dynasty to the rapidly evolving publishing industry.

One of the most common critiques of contemporary American society, and Western culture more broadly, is its purported enthrallment to the opiate of celebrity. The notion that ordinary Americans are so dumbfounded by popular entertainment that they can’t understand linear, logical thought, let alone come up with workable solutions to complex problems which require such understanding, is not new. The late Neil Postman wrote an entire book exploring the damage wrought by modern communication techniques-namely, television and advertising-to the process of information-gathering, and by extension, rational argument and inquiry. However, even Henry David Thoreau-who lived before radio had attenuated the...