Episodios

  • Chip Roy on Why He Backed Trump's Spending Bill
    Aug 20 2025
    Texas Rep. Chip Roy joins Nick Gillespie to talk about runaway spending, the uphill battle for health care reform, and where immigration fits into the liberty vs. sovereignty debate.
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    49 m
  • Did MAGA Kill the Tea Party?
    Aug 13 2025
    Former Rep. Justin Amash and Fox News’ Kennedy join Nick Gillespie to examine how MAGA populism reshaped the Tea Party’s limited-government mission, why Congress no longer acts as a check on power, and what it will take to spark a new libertarian revival.
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    48 m
  • The Libertarian Case for Postmodernism
    Aug 6 2025
    Political economist Mark Pennington draws on the ideas of Hayek and Foucault to show how expert rule and government surveillance are making it harder for people to think freely and live on their own terms.
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    1 h y 14 m
  • Could New York Go Bankrupt Again?
    Jul 30 2025
    Financial historian and attorney Richard E. Farley explains how political games, union power, and creative accounting tanked New York City in 1975—and why it could happen again.
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    1 h
  • Streaming Music Isn't a Free Market. It's a Regulated Monopoly.
    Jul 23 2025
    Rock legend David Lowery draws on his decades in the music industry to explain how government-imposed licensing fees and price controls helped streaming platforms flourish while eroding artist rights and income.
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    1 h y 22 m
  • How a Government Mind Control Experiment Backfired
    Jul 16 2025
    Historian John Lisle uncovers how Cold War paranoia, LSD, and unchecked power led the CIA to fund torture, deception, and mind control experiments on unwitting Americans.
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    1 h y 6 m
  • The Surprising Origins of Modern Freedom
    Jul 9 2025
    Sophia Rosenfeld joins Nick Gillespie to discuss how personal choice became central to modern ideas of freedom and why that shift carries political, cultural, and psychological consequences.
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    41 m
  • From Big Gulps to Raw Milk: The Rise of MAHA
    Jul 2 2025
    Elizabeth Nolan Brown joins Nick Gillespie to discuss the rise of MAHA, RFK Jr.’s influence on wellness politics, and how the culture war came for your diet.
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    46 m