{"podcast":{"title":"Radio Rothbard","slug":"radio-rothbard-1133651","podcast_index_feed_id":1133651,"rss_url":"https://mises.org/podcast-feed/127225","website_url":"https://mises.org/podcasts/radio-rothbard","image_url":"https://cdn.mises.org/RadioRothbard_2400_20180222_0.jpg","author":"Mises Institute","episode_count":150,"summary":"Radio Rothbard is a weekly podcast hosted by Ryan McMaken and a rotation of Mises Institute-aligned experts to dive deeper into some of the most pressing issues. The show tackles politics, current events, culture, media, and the predatory state—all from an uncompromising Rothbardian perspective. Radio Rothbard is the weekly anti politics podcast you don't want to miss!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T20:18:58.532480+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-rothbard-1133651"},"episode":{"title":"The Medieval Constitution of Liberty","slug":"the-medieval-constitution-of-liberty","published_at":"2026-06-23T13:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-rothbard-1133651/the-medieval-constitution-of-liberty","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-rothbard-1133651","url":"https://mises.org/podcasts/radio-rothbard/medieval-constitution-liberty","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.mises.org/2026-06/279-radiorothbard-20260619.mp3","summary":"Ryan McMaken reviews a new book on the political institutions of the Middle Ages, The Medieval Constitution of Liberty: Political Foundations of Liberalism in the West. We find that it is in the Middle Ages that we find the origins of modern notions of political freedom, representative government, political decentralization, and limits on state powers. In practice, the politics of the \"Renaissance\" and the \"Enlightenment\" were steps in the wrong direction. Be sure to follow Radio Rothbard at https://Mises.org/RadioRothbard Radio Rothbard mugs are available at the Mises Store. Get yours at https://Mises.org/RothMug   PROMO CODE: RothPod for 20% off","meta_description":"Ryan McMaken reviews a new book on the political institutions of the Middle Ages, The Medieval Constitution of Liberty: Political Foundations of Liberalis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/radio-rothbard-1133651/episodes/the-medieval-constitution-of-liberty/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-rothbard-1133651/the-medieval-constitution-of-liberty.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}