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Lecture series · recorded 2010

Our Enemy, The State

Our Enemy, The State is a free lecture series (7 recordings, 3.9 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with Albert Jay Nock.

Nock looks through the fantasy of the state as the great protector and summarizes the essentials of politics, and finds it is no friend of the individual. Narrated by Jock Coats.

Read the book: Our Enemy, The State by Albert Jay Nock, free to download here.

Cover painting: a bank manager locks the door as depositors peer in, first morning of the 1933 bank holiday. See every painting in the art gallery.

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  1. 01

    Acknowledgements and Preface 2010

    Albert Jay Nock · 4:42 · 2.4 MB · Recorded 26 January 2010

    From Our Enemy, The State. Narrated by Jock Coats.

    Political Theory

    Read the transcript 610 words

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  2. 02

    Part I 2010

    Albert Jay Nock · 41:03 · 9.6 MB · Recorded 26 January 2010

    From Our Enemy, The State. Narrated by Jock Coats.

    Political Theory

    Read the transcript 5,683 words

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  3. 03

    Part II 2010

    Albert Jay Nock · 32:31 · 7.6 MB · Recorded 26 January 2010

    From Our Enemy, The State. Narrated by Jock Coats.

    Political Theory

    Read the transcript 4,395 words

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  4. 04

    Part III 2010

    Albert Jay Nock · 45:41 · 10.6 MB · Recorded 26 January 2010

    From Our Enemy, The State. Narrated by Jock Coats.

    Political Theory

    Read the transcript 6,482 words

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  5. 05

    Part IV 2010

    Albert Jay Nock · 45:16 · 10.5 MB · Recorded 26 January 2010

    From Our Enemy, The State. Narrated by Jock Coats.

    Political Theory

    Read the transcript 6,399 words

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  6. 06

    Part V 2010

    Albert Jay Nock · 39:19 · 9.2 MB · Recorded 26 January 2010

    From Our Enemy, The State. Narrated by Jock Coats.

    Political Theory

    Read the transcript 5,418 words

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  7. 07

    Part VI 2010

    Albert Jay Nock · 26:01 · 6.1 MB · Recorded 26 January 2010

    From Our Enemy, The State. Narrated by Jock Coats.

    Political Theory

    Read the transcript 3,567 words

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Albert Jay Nock.

Recording dates, summaries and topics for 7 of these 7 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for Our Enemy, The State, checked 2026-08-04.

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Is Our Enemy, The State free to listen to?
Yes. All 7 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
How long is Our Enemy, The State?
7 recordings, 3.9 hours in total.
When was Our Enemy, The State recorded?
2010, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
Is the book behind Our Enemy, The State available here?
Yes. Our Enemy, The State by Albert Jay Nock is in this archive as a free download, on its own page.
Is there a transcript of Our Enemy, The State?
Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 32,554 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.

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