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Lecture series · recorded 2010–2011

The Libertarian Tradition

The Libertarian Tradition is a free lecture series (81 recordings, 27.1 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with Jeff Riggenbach.

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  1. 01

    A History of Ayn Rand 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:35 · 6.8 MB · Recorded 6 January 2010

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    Read the transcript 2,478 words

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  2. 02

    Ayn Rand and the Early Libertarian Movement 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 20:30 · 7.2 MB · Recorded 12 January 2010

    Biographies

    Read the transcript 2,595 words

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  3. 03

    A Toast to Lysander Spooner 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 20:42 · 7.2 MB · Recorded 19 January 2010

    Biographies

    Read the transcript 2,673 words

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  4. 04

    J.R.R. Tolkien as Libertarian 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 17:04 · 6.0 MB · Recorded 26 January 2010

    BiographiesWorld History

    Read the transcript 1,951 words

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  5. 05

    Isabel Paterson: Early Libertarian 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 17:16 · 6.0 MB · Recorded 2 February 2010

    Biographies

    Read the transcript 2,109 words

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  6. 06

    Conspiracy Theories, History, and The State 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 22:03 · 7.7 MB · Recorded 9 February 2010

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    Read the transcript 2,702 words

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  7. 07

    Yevgeny Zamyatin: Libertarian Novelist 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:59 · 7.0 MB · Recorded 16 February 2010

    BiographiesMedia and Culture

    Read the transcript 2,479 words

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  8. 08

    Thomas Paine: From Pirate to Revolutionary 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 28:12 · 9.8 MB · Recorded 23 February 2010

    Biographies

    Read the transcript 3,721 words

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  9. 09

    Mr. Libertarian, Murray N. Rothbard 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 23:26 · 8.2 MB · Recorded 2 March 2010

    Biographies

    Read the transcript 3,007 words

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  10. 10

    Harry Browne and Andrew J. Galambos 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 23:22 · 8.1 MB · Recorded 9 March 2010

    Biographies

    Read the transcript 3,003 words

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  11. 11

    Standards and Textbooks 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 18:31 · 6.5 MB · Recorded 16 March 2010

    Read the transcript 2,233 words

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  12. 12

    Timothy Ferris and Lynn Hunt: The Cause of Liberty 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 22:14 · 7.8 MB · Recorded 23 March 2010

    Read the transcript 2,553 words

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  13. 13

    Roger MacBride and Rose Wilder Lane: A Libertarian Legacy 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 27:02 · 9.4 MB · Recorded 30 March 2010

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  14. 14

    Benjamin Tucker: American Individualist Anarchist 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 23:00 · 6.7 MB · Recorded 7 April 2010

    Biographies

    Read the transcript 3,032 words

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  15. 15

    John Holt: Libertarian Outsider 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 20:36 · 6.0 MB · Recorded 14 April 2010

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    Read the transcript 2,957 words

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  16. 16

    More Free or Less Free? 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 17:19 · 5.1 MB · Recorded 20 April 2010

    Biographies

    Read the transcript 2,283 words

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  17. 17

    William Godwin (1756–1836) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 25:40 · 7.5 MB · Recorded 28 April 2010

    Biographies

    Read the transcript 3,591 words

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  18. 18

    Karl Hess and the Death of Politics 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:26 · 5.7 MB · Recorded 6 May 2010

    Biographies

    Read the transcript 2,773 words

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  19. 19

    Robert Anson Heinlein (1907–1988) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 20:53 · 6.1 MB · Recorded 18 May 2010

    Read the transcript 2,859 words

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  20. 20

    Leonard Read and the Love of Liberty 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:49 · 5.8 MB · Recorded 27 May 2010

    Read the transcript 2,623 words

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  21. 21

    The New Libertarian Generation 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 17:44 · 5.2 MB · Recorded 3 June 2010

    Read the transcript 2,363 words

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  22. 22

    Voltairine de Cleyre (1866–1912) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 24:04 · 7.0 MB · Recorded 8 June 2010

    Read the transcript 3,149 words

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  23. 23

    Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell (1903–1950) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 20:14 · 5.9 MB · Recorded 16 June 2010

    Read the transcript 2,747 words

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  24. 24

    Vince Miller and the International Libertarian Movement 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 15:40 · 4.6 MB · Recorded 23 June 2010

    Read the transcript 2,084 words

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  25. 25

    Emma Goldman (1869–1940) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 27:36 · 8.0 MB · Recorded 29 June 2010

    Read the transcript 3,667 words

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  26. 26

    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:04 · 5.6 MB · Recorded 8 July 2010

    Read the transcript 2,585 words

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  27. 27

    Mervyn Peake (1911–1968) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 18:17 · 5.3 MB · Recorded 15 July 2010

    Read the transcript 2,329 words

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  28. 28

    Samuel Edward Konkin, III: The New Libertarian 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 24:06 · 8.4 MB · Recorded 20 July 2010

    Read the transcript 3,162 words

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  29. 29

    Was Classical Liberalism a "Strife of Interests Masquerading as a Contest of Principles"? 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 15:28 · 5.4 MB · Recorded 27 July 2010

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  30. 30

    The English Civil War and the First Libertarian Movement 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 21:37 · 7.5 MB · Recorded 5 August 2010

    Read the transcript 2,975 words

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  31. 31

    Roger J. Williams and the Science of Individuality 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 24:33 · 8.5 MB · Recorded 11 August 2010

    Read the transcript 3,014 words

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  32. 32

    Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451' 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 15:56 · 4.7 MB · Recorded 17 August 2010

    Read the transcript 2,175 words

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  33. 33

    The Milgram Experiment 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 16:30 · 4.8 MB · Recorded 24 August 2010

    Read the transcript 2,065 words

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  34. 34

    Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 22:22 · 6.5 MB · Recorded 31 August 2010

    Read the transcript 3,059 words

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  35. 35

    Edgar Z. Friedenberg: Deference to Authority 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 17:44 · 5.2 MB · Recorded 8 September 2010

    Read the transcript 2,403 words

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  36. 36

    The Ignorance of the New Yorker 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 16:47 · 5.9 MB · Recorded 15 September 2010

    Read the transcript 2,147 words

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  37. 37

    Rudolf Rocker (1873–1958) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 25:09 · 8.8 MB · Recorded 23 September 2010

    Read the transcript 3,379 words

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  38. 38

    The Elitist Individualism of H.L. Mencken 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 17:45 · 6.2 MB · Recorded 28 September 2010

    Read the transcript 2,391 words

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  39. 39

    Anarchism and Terrorism in the '90s 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 15:11 · 5.3 MB · Recorded 5 October 2010

    Read the transcript 1,928 words

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  40. 40

    John T. Flynn: Liberal 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 23:18 · 8.1 MB · Recorded 12 October 2010

    Read the transcript 3,227 words

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  41. 41

    John T. Flynn: Revisionist Journalist 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:49 · 6.9 MB · Recorded 19 October 2010

    Read the transcript 2,707 words

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  42. 42

    Joseph A. Labadie (1850-1933) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 17:51 · 6.2 MB · Recorded 26 October 2010

    Read the transcript 2,522 words

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  43. 43

    Henry Hazlitt and the Rising Libertarian Generation 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 22:24 · 7.8 MB · Recorded 2 November 2010

    Read the transcript 3,088 words

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  44. 44

    R.C. Hoiles (1878–1970) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 18:27 · 6.5 MB · Recorded 9 November 2010

    Read the transcript 2,585 words

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  45. 45

    Robert Nozick (1938–2002) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 18:17 · 6.4 MB · Recorded 17 November 2010

    Read the transcript 2,429 words

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  46. 46

    Ira Levin (1929–2007) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 21:34 · 7.5 MB · Recorded 24 November 2010

    Read the transcript 2,938 words

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  47. 47

    James C. Scott: The Art of Not Being Governed 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 24:33 · 8.5 MB · Recorded 30 November 2010

    Read the transcript 3,145 words

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  48. 48

    The Auctioneer 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 14:53 · 5.2 MB · Recorded 7 December 2010

    Read the transcript 1,994 words

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  49. 49

    Frank Chodorov, Non-Voter 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:34 · 6.8 MB · Recorded 15 December 2010

    Read the transcript 2,787 words

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  50. 50

    Frank Chodorov, Educator 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 18:23 · 6.4 MB · Recorded 22 December 2010

    Read the transcript 2,458 words

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  51. 51

    Joan Kennedy Taylor (1926—2005) 2010

    Jeff Riggenbach · 18:30 · 6.5 MB · Recorded 28 December 2010

    Read the transcript 2,628 words

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  52. 52

    Joan Kennedy Taylor and the Rediscovery of Libertarian Feminism 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:43 · 6.9 MB · Recorded 12 January 2011

    Read the transcript 2,755 words

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  53. 53

    Roy A. Childs, Jr. (1949–1992) 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 24:20 · 8.5 MB · Recorded 12 January 2011

    Read the transcript 3,349 words

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  54. 54

    The Ignorance of 'New York Magazine' 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:37 · 6.9 MB · Recorded 19 January 2011

    Read the transcript 2,508 words

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  55. 55

    Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 14:02 · 4.9 MB · Recorded 26 January 2011

    Read the transcript 1,788 words

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  56. 56

    Libertarian Science Fiction 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 20:23 · 7.1 MB · Recorded 1 February 2011

    Read the transcript 2,816 words

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  57. 57

    A Renegade History of the United States 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 18:31 · 6.5 MB · Recorded 9 February 2011

    Read the transcript 2,497 words

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  58. 58

    The First American Anarchist: Josiah Warren 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:52 · 6.9 MB · Recorded 17 February 2011

    Read the transcript 2,679 words

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  59. 59

    Mutual Aid: The Anarchism of Peter Kropotkin 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 20:20 · 7.1 MB · Recorded 23 February 2011

    Read the transcript 2,811 words

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  60. 60

    Libertarian Science Fiction II 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 20:14 · 7.1 MB · Recorded 2 March 2011

    Read the transcript 2,889 words

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  61. 61

    The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 15:33 · 5.5 MB · Recorded 11 March 2011

    Read the transcript 2,157 words

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  62. 62

    Clarence Darrow (1857–1938) 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 21:29 · 7.5 MB · Recorded 17 March 2011

    Read the transcript 2,795 words

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  63. 63

    Stephen Pearl Andrews (1812–1886) 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:42 · 6.9 MB · Recorded 25 March 2011

    Read the transcript 2,778 words

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  64. 64

    Friedrich Hayek and American Science Fiction 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 16:55 · 5.9 MB · Recorded 30 March 2011

    Read the transcript 2,180 words

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  65. 65

    The Ambiguous Utopias of Ursula K. Le Guin and Samuel R. Delany 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 17:35 · 6.2 MB · Recorded 7 April 2011

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  66. 66

    William Graham Sumner (1840–1910) 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:56 · 7.0 MB · Recorded 15 April 2011

    Read the transcript 2,676 words

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  67. 67

    Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:11 · 6.7 MB · Recorded 22 April 2011

    Read the transcript 2,662 words

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  68. 68

    America Aflame 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 18:52 · 6.6 MB · Recorded 27 April 2011

    Read the transcript 2,506 words

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  69. 69

    Randolph Bourne (1886–1918) 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 15:32 · 5.4 MB · Recorded 17 May 2011

    Read the transcript 2,094 words

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  70. 70

    Alan Bock: Persuasion for Liberty 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 21:59 · 7.7 MB · Recorded 25 May 2011

    Read the transcript 2,966 words

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  71. 71

    Gary Chartier: The Conscience of an Anarchist 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 20:16 · 7.1 MB · Recorded 3 June 2011

    Read the transcript 2,674 words

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  72. 72

    C. M. Kornbluth (1923–1958) 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 17:03 · 6.0 MB · Recorded 9 June 2011

    Read the transcript 2,412 words

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  73. 73

    Suzanne La Follette (1893 –1983) 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 19:45 · 6.9 MB · Recorded 15 June 2011

    Read the transcript 2,784 words

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  74. 74

    Libertarianism and Psychology 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 14:39 · 5.1 MB · Recorded 22 June 2011

    Read the transcript 2,010 words

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  75. 75

    Frederic Bastiat (1801–1850) 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 17:42 · 6.2 MB · Recorded 30 June 2011

    Read the transcript 2,248 words

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  76. 76

    Libertarian Journalism in the '60s, '70s, and '80s 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 18:50 · 6.6 MB · Recorded 7 July 2011

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    Libertarianism and Psychology II 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 21:31 · 7.5 MB · Recorded 14 July 2011

    Read the transcript 2,796 words

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  78. 78

    Eight Ways to Run the Country 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 16:10 · 5.7 MB · Recorded 20 July 2011

    Read the transcript 2,155 words

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  79. 79

    Conjectural History 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 21:16 · 7.4 MB · Recorded 28 July 2011

    Read the transcript 2,689 words

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  80. 80

    Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007) 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 27:52 · 9.7 MB · Recorded 4 August 2011

    Read the transcript 3,810 words

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  81. 81

    Robert Bidinotto's 'Hunter' 2011

    Jeff Riggenbach · 24:22 · 8.5 MB · Recorded 11 August 2011

    Read the transcript 3,174 words

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Speakers

Jeff Riggenbach.

Recording dates and topics for 81 of these 81 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for The Libertarian Tradition, checked 2026-08-04.

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Is The Libertarian Tradition free to listen to?
Yes. All 81 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
How long is The Libertarian Tradition?
81 recordings, 27.1 hours in total.
Who lectures in The Libertarian Tradition?
Jeff Riggenbach.
When was The Libertarian Tradition recorded?
2010–2011, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
Is there a transcript of The Libertarian Tradition?
Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 215,948 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.