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  • Ep 321 | New Hampshire Is the Libertarian Laboratory of Democracy | Guest: Eric Brakey

    Ep 321 | New Hampshire Is the Libertarian Laboratory of Democracy | Guest: Eric Brakey
    Feb 26 2025
    One of the benefits of America’s federalist system is that individual states can experiment with different policies, allowing the rest of the country to see what works and what doesn’t. New Hampshire has taken that idea and run with it, attempting to gather as many libertarians as possible in one place to create the freest state in the country. Matt Kibbe sits down with Eric Brakey, executive director of the Free State Project, to discuss why this effort is so important, how effective it has been, and why every libertarian, regardless of where they live, should be invested in what happens in New Hampshire, as it reflects the health of the movement and the prospects for expanding freedom in our lifetime.
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    55 min
  • Ep 320 | Trump Is Disrupting Everything, and Maybe That's Good | Guest: John Papola

    Ep 320 | Trump Is Disrupting Everything, and Maybe That's Good | Guest: John Papola
    Feb 19 2025
    The first month of the new Trump administration has been a whirlwind of activity, some good and some not so good. The chaos is causing large-scale freak-outs among the legacy media and Washington insiders, who don't know how to deal with this level of disruption. Matt Kibbe sits down with John Papola, founder and CEO of Emergent Order Foundation, to discuss the potential good that can come out of shaking the establishment out of its comfort zone. With Trump's trans-partisan coalition of antiauthoritarian voices, including former left-wing figures like RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, the administration is in a position to effect change in a way the swamp has never seen before.
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    1 h et 25 min
  • Ep 319 | The Department of Education Is on the Chopping Block with Good Reason | Guest: Glenn Jacobs

    Ep 319 | The Department of Education Is on the Chopping Block with Good Reason | Guest: Glenn Jacobs
    Feb 12 2025
    As Donald Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency ramp up their efforts to dismantle the federal Department of Education, its defenders are screaming that returning education to the states will destroy schooling in this country. Matt Kibbe is joined by pro wrestler and Knox County, Tennessee, Mayor Glenn Jacobs to debunk these nonsensical claims. From their shared love of the band Rush and the Austrian school of economics, Kibbe and Jacobs discuss the common-sense notions that underlie good economic and political thinking: the power of the individual, the virtue of not wasting taxpayer money on ineffective and corrupt programs, and the desperate need for reform in Washington's broken system. The only people who can oppose such obvious wisdom are the ones who have a financial stake in perpetuating institutions that serve legislators and bureaucrats rather than the people themselves.
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    58 min
  • Ep 318 | The Government's Directed-Energy Weapons Are Terrifying | Guest: Steve Baker

    Ep 318 | The Government's Directed-Energy Weapons Are Terrifying | Guest: Steve Baker
    Feb 5 2025
    Continuing revelations about the origins of COVID-19 woke America up to the dangers of bioweapons research. But if you thought viruses were scary, wait until you hear about directed-energy weapons. Matt Kibbe sits down with journalist Steve Baker to discuss his latest investigation into the military's use of sound and radio waves as weapons of war. It's bad enough to deploy such weapons against enemy combatants, but it's increasingly clear that the government has been illegally using this technology against American citizens, not just to harm them but to actually control their behavior and to provoke them into doing things they otherwise never would. It's the stuff of dystopian fiction, with one important difference: It actually exists.
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    1 h et 15 min
  • Ep 317 | Make Freedom Popular Again | Guest: Gloria Alvarez

    Ep 317 | Make Freedom Popular Again | Guest: Gloria Alvarez
    Jan 29 2025
    Is populism a dirty word, the tool of strongmen and thugs to manipulate the public and amass unchecked power? Or is it simply a method of representing ideas in a way that appeals to the public? Matt Kibbe sits down with Gloria Alvarez, host of the “The Red Pill” radio program, to discuss whether the idea of libertarian populism is a contradiction in terms or the only way to advance freedom on a broad scale. The elections of Donald Trump in America and Javier Milei in Argentina show that there is a movement toward charismatic leaders promising lower taxes, less regulation, and smaller government. Does this mean that libertarian ideas are finally catching on, or is it just the rise of a right-wing backlash against the excesses of the political Left?
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    1 h et 10 min
  • Ep 316 | Critical Theory Is Ruining Higher Education | Guest: Ilya Shapiro

    Ep 316 | Critical Theory Is Ruining Higher Education | Guest: Ilya Shapiro
    Jan 22 2025
    51 min
  • Ep 315 | We Need a Cultural Shift Toward Free Speech | Guest: Jenin Younes

    Ep 315 | We Need a Cultural Shift Toward Free Speech | Guest: Jenin Younes
    Jan 16 2025
    48 min
  • Ep 314 | Being a Libertarian Takes Patience | Guest: Ron Manners

    Ep 314 | Being a Libertarian Takes Patience | Guest: Ron Manners
    Jan 10 2025
    The ideas that underlie the libertarian philosophy are ancient, descending from Aristotle and other philosophers. Yet even today, we still have to defend them against those who prefer coercion to cooperation. It therefore takes great patience and vigilance to keep up the fight and to continue to make progress toward human flourishing. Ron Manners, author of “The Impatient Libertarian,” sits down with Matt Kibbe to talk about his long life fighting for liberty, the time he spent studying under Friedrich Hayek and other luminaries, and the prospects for human freedom in the future.
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    52 min