Is The Man versus The State free to listen to?

Yes. All 9 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.

How long is The Man versus The State?

9 recordings, 5.9 hours in total.

2010, per the recording dates recovered for this series.

Yes. The Man versus the State by Herbert Spencer is in this archive as a free download, on its own page.

Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 49,127 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.

Lecture series · recorded 2010

The Man versus The State is a free lecture series (9 recordings, 5.9 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 3 speakers.

Read the book: The Man versus the State by Herbert Spencer, free to download here.

People in this series

Recording dates and topics for 9 of these 9 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for The Man versus The State, checked 2026-08-04.

Questions

Is The Man versus The State free to listen to?: Yes. All 9 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
How long is The Man versus The State?: 9 recordings, 5.9 hours in total.
When was The Man versus The State recorded?: 2010, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
Is the book behind The Man versus The State available here?: Yes. The Man versus the State by Herbert Spencer is in this archive as a free download, on its own page.
Is there a transcript of The Man versus The State?: Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 49,127 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.