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Kevin and Tim talk about NYS Elder Parole (automatic parole hearings to everyone 55+ who served 15 years). What is jail supposed to accomplish? FDA adding new regulations to lab tests, failing to learn the lessons of COVID Justice for George Santos Should you take government subsidies?

The most ridiculous anti trust lawsuit ever. Will a merger of Subway and Jimmy Johns lead to a sandwich monopoly and higher sandwich prices? (No). What is the FTC even doing? Kevin finally gets mad enough about political stupidity to rant about it Is left-wing TikTok into Osama Bin Laden now? Tim tries to defend some points, Kevin doesn't have it When contrarianism gets weird on the left and a...

Argentina elects libertarian president Javier Milei Do edgelord tactics work? Hochul is here to help with media literacy Appeal to authority is not the same as critical thinking Rochester Police Accountability Board loses another court case, ability to discipline Just let the insurance companies deal with police Advertising on X

Gov Hochul wants to monitor social media for extremism. Should you be required to show ID to create user names on social media? Would we be better off if we had no more anonymous users? Nikki Haley thinks so. What about outside the US? Randi Weingarten gives reasons people are leaving public schools. Tim disagrees Almost a fistfight in a US Senate Committee meeting. Bernie Sanders stops it Q Anon...

Kevin and Tim talk about local candidates for office who just use national party talking points Do local issues matter any more or is it all culture war signaling Tim talks about a county clerk race Kevin talks about the Monroe County Exec race Should we both voting in local elections? What would libertarians do in local office Another small zoning rant Grant traps Congressman Massie continues to...

Kevin and Tim talk about NY Ballot proposals Is debt ok? Rochester is going to ban short term rentals, for reasons. Why this doesn't solve the problems they think it will. Good intentions, unintended consequences . Lithium Recycling promising jobs in Rochester backs out right before getting boat loads of government cash. NY Ballot Proposals Info on short term rental ban Tech Hub Fail

Kevin and Tim talk about the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians The cycle of war continues Did the US fund both sides of this? Listener Comments Leftists praising "Hama's Resistance" Is there a Libertarian case for defensive war? RFK Jr. goes Independent Kevin gets a poll call Biden builds the wall Funding Ukraine getting less popular

Tim promotes a demolition derby NY Gov tries to ride the Bills coattails with morning drinking NY has to pay a bunch of money to the NRA Kevin McCarthy becomes the first speaker in US history to get ousted Another plea for serious people to run our country Fire alarms are tricky Corruption gets cartoonish with literal gold bars CA gets a new senator Kevin wouldn't survive the zombie apocalypse

It's gov shutdown season Can we break this cycle? Is there any adults who can break the bad incentives of congress to not pass budgets. Will Matt Gaetz save us? FTC Suing Amazon for being a monopoly by claiming Amazon has really narrow monopolies Weird news Talking about debates

Kevin and Tim discuss a case in Lousiana where a social worker isn't able to open up a respite care business for special needs children because the government doesn't think it's needed If Hunter Biden challenges the rule that he can't own a gun because he used drugs in the past, is he a libertarian hero? DOJ takes on the Google Monopoly What do trees have to do with inflation? Fool...

Kevin and Tim talk about the NM governor cancelling the 2nd amendment over an emergency Somehow we praise David Hogg NY Health Rule about quarantines NY Public Health Law Rochester closing several schools because enrollment is lower Aliens Climate change journalism mad libs

Kevin and Tim talk about how Walmart getting lower cost items is good and it might not be so bad if stuff is made in China (even if we don't like the government) Kevin goes on a detour to promote a Rochester tool library More stuff on China Should the Jan 6th rioters get a lot of jailtime? Difference between wanderers and organizers Jan 6th situation exposes issues with the criminal justice sy...

Tim like Vivek, Kevin is skeptical All the Republicans will take us to war with China All of the Republicans want to bomb Mexico Trumps massive tax increase Tariffs are bad Is picking the best tax like picking the best turd? Gadsden flag drama at a school in Colorado Is everyone over this culture war? There is no free speech in school, Tinker case Max age for politicians Are they finally getting B...

Kevin and Tim talk about the new libertarian(ish) rising star who did well in the Presidential primaries of Argentina Plus - NYS announces more manufacturing subsidies Trump indicted a 4th time - is this one legit? Kevin and Tim get philosophical, talk about origins of how they found liberty

Kevin and Tim talk about Rich Men North of Richmond The good, the bad, the ugly Are Kevin and Reason magazine being wet blankets? Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says we're over regulating sunscreen Also says NYC isn't distributing enough licenses for food carts, points out the government is hurting low-income entrepreneurs. Other areas for her to consider A big tax increase might b...

Kevin and Tim talk about NYC migrants being housed at a hotel in Downtown Rochester If refugees are on welfare, make it easier for them to work Labor shortages because of immigration restrictions Buffalo Bills on the hook for hundreds of millions in additional stadium costs How can the NYS cannabis legalization rollout get any worse? FBI/Informants may have pushed a terrorist plot in 2011. The inf...

Why did a bunch of homeless people get kicked out of a motel? Looks like miscommunication and incompetence from Monroe County. Link to WXXI story on this. Hanlon's razor strikes again? Is there such thing as malicious incompetence. Brief discussion on scandal related to papers that confidently proclaimed the natural emergence of COVID while secretly talking about how it may have come from a la...

First Segment - Lars Mapstead seeking the Libertarian Party nomination for President lars24.com Rochester had a 355% increase in car thefts this past year. Next closest city was in the 160% range. Why is Rochester the outlier? Bail reform? Funding for intervention programs? Tech savvy kids? Steel tariffs hurt the poor, don't conserve many jobs Additional costs imposed on farmers making food mo...

Kevin and Tim talk about Biden V Missouri. What are the first amendment ramifications? Whether it's a good idea to sell cannabis products at fairs Rochester area police department spends $93,000 on 3 ATVs Whether we should cancel advanced math to improve equity

NYS Continues The War on Drugs, Rochester shop gets raided NYC has a good idea about teaching financial literacy Can populism ever end in liberty. Can argues that it can, Tim argues that it can't Some RFK Jr. Discussion is involved here, but it remains civil A radical plan for social security Banning cluster bombs Ukraine joining NATO 1 hour and 20 mins after the war is over

Kevin and Tim talk about all of the rage at and cheering for SCOTUS at the end of this session Affirmative Action on the merits Affirmative action in this case Are student loans a bad idea anyway? Biden can't just make stuff up, Congress has to pass a law if they want student debt relief 303 Creative - does this legalize discrimination? Is compelled expression a thing?

Kevin and Tim talk about the Wagner coup Why did they just stop? Was the CIA involved? State legislatures aren't more powerful than the judiciary Kevin and Tim chat about UFOs for a bit Legalizing pumping your own gas in OR Philosophizing on envy

Kevin and Tim talk about Twitter but not Facebook getting consumed by the RFK Jr. on Joe Rogan People pick a pro vaccine pundit to pile on, Joe Rogan offers a pile of money to debate The pros and cons of debating someone who thinks wi-fi is hurting our brains. Is it worth debating someone who doesn't always get his evidence from reality? Just because you win a debate, doesn't mean you'...

Kevin and Tim talk about whether NYS made an agreement with the Seneca's to build a casino in Kevin's neighborhood. Is Kevin a NIMBY now? Plus The Trump indictment, arraignment Was Trump really dumb here? What was his motivation? Is this political? Is he being captured by the deep state Should his actions actually be illegal? Should Trump go to jail for this? Libertarian Party of Colorado...

Kevin and Tim talk about the wild fires dumping smoke into NYS. Is this a Canadian plot to blot out the sun? Discussing Rochester housing policy, Kevin not having a choice in primary elections What if we could let developers make a profit AND help low income renters? Ukraine stuff Possible fake news