Libertarian
Hosted by Richard Epstein · The Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin
4.7from 1,085 ratings
- 147
- Episodes
- 49
- Transcribed
- 1,085
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Libertarian
The inimitable Richard Epstein offers his unique perspective on national developments in public policy and the law. The Libertarian is a podcast of the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Publisher
- The Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin
- Category
- history · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Jun 2021
- Latest episode
- 24 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
49 of 147 episodes have a transcript.
24 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can Trump Still Win the War With Iran?
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Can Trump Still Win the War With Iran?
Published 24 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You may want to take away the various places that it has that don't go through Khrumaz directly into the Indian Ocean. But you must do something to occupy. You cannot simply bomb from the air when they can put things underground, have them mobile, and resurface again. He's not prepared to do. So what's his new strategy? I'm not sure it's a wrong strategy. His new strategy is blockade and starvation. And I think it's actually having some effect. It's pretty clear that the Iranian economy is not in very good shape. High levels of inflation, gross incompetence in the way in which it's operated. And if they prevent it from replenishing the oil stocks by a blockade, this may work, but it's not going to work in the short run. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 977 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 108 ratings
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- 87
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 98
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