David Gornoski
David Gornoski
A Neighbor's Choice radio show and THINGS HIDDEN podcast are the two main audio programs of David Gornoski. THINGS HIDDEN is a deep-dive podcast into the world of mythology and current events guided by the Mimetic theory of Rene Girard and grounded in the personhood revolution of Jesus. Hosted by David Gornoski, A Neighbor's Choice Radio examines the role of violence and religion in society. From victims of state violence against nonviolent behaviors to public figures and contrarian voices, the conversations that unfold create an illuminating and surreal journey for listeners.
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David Gornoski
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Oct 29, 2026
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Episodes
The Remarkable Potential of Z-Pak in treating Covid-19 09.04.2020 44:26
David Gornoski reflects on his interview with Dr. Michael Lisanti and his latest column on the potential for the use of Z-Pak (also known as Azithromycin) in the treatment of COVID-19 and aging-related illnesses. Also, listen to David Gornoski's epic monologue against Mike Pompeo as he urges the secretary of state and president Trump to bring the troops home right now. All this and more on A Neigh...
Sir Owen Takes On The Statist Mania! 09.04.2020 45:59
In this age of decentralized power, we're going to find out that there is a whole world of progress right under our noses! Join David Gornoski as he interviews Sir Owen, commercial intelligence analyst and geopolitical commentator, and discuss the mental state of society under the state-imposed COVID-19 shutdown. All this and more on A Neighbor's Choice! Original airdate: April 8, 2020 Join Sir Ow...
Reject Fear and Embrace Positivity and Creativity (Part 2) - A Neighbor's Choice 08.04.2020 32:45
Did you know that non-violent offenders of the law are now increasingly exposed to the COVID-19 cirus in crowded prisons? Host David Gornoski is joined by Anrica Caldwell and Amy Ralston Povah from CAN-DO Clemency, and together they discuss how to bring about true justice and CAN-DO Clemency's mission of advocating clemency for non-violent drug offenders. Also, David Gornoski brilliantly explains...
Reject Fear and Embrace Positivity and Creativity (Part 1) - A Neighbor's Choice 08.04.2020 42:37
Reject the fear and discouragement perpetuated by the media. We can use our lives as role models for positivity, creativity and empowerment. Host David Gornoski is joined by constitutional scholar, historian, and author of 'Thomas Jefferson – Revolutionary', Kevin Gutzman. Together they discuss the state of liberty in the midst of political lying, conniving and scapegoating. All this and more on A...
Slaying the Sacred Cows in DC (Part 2) - A Neighbor's Choice 07.04.2020 42:36
In the ancient world, people ran their societies by scapegoating designated 'sources' of the plague and then sacrificing the accused. The political actors and the mainstream media of our day try to revive this ancient ritual by playing blame games, but their attempts are futile; join David Gornoski as he explains why. Also in the show, Brad Smith, a retired businessman, joins David Gornoski to dis...
Slaying the Sacred Cows in DC (Part 1) - A Neighbor's Choice 07.04.2020 43:24
Host David Gornoski takes you on a roller coaster ride through toxic groupthink in politics and regulatory bureaucracy to real freedom and radical transformation of society by helping your neighbor next door. All this and more on A Neighbor's Choice! Original airdate: April 6th, 2020 Find David Gornoski on YouTube Visit the A Neighbor's Choice website at www.aneighborschoice.com
Reject the False Gods in DC (Part 2) - A Neighbor's Choice 04.04.2020 45:38
In this mega Monday edition of the show, host David Gornoski contemplates and illustrates, with real-life examples, on how we can break away from groupthink and gain the courage to innovate and come up with radical solutions that would enable us to help and protect our neighbors. In the interview with Dr. Michael Lisanti, we learned how generic antibiotics can destroy senescent cells which act as...
Reject the False Gods in DC (Part 1) - A Neighbor's Choice 04.04.2020 43:15
In this mega Monday edition of the show, host David Gornoski contemplates and illustrates, with real-life examples, on how we can break away from groupthink and gain the courage to innovate and come up with radical solutions that would enable us to help and protect our neighbors. Can we rely on 'the right' political candidates to fix things for us? Can we rely on dishonest mainstream media and cor...
Jeff Deist and Jeff Ebin on Liberty, Economy and Innovation - A Neighbor's Choice 03.04.2020 42:59
In this episode, Jeff Deist, president of the Mises Institute, returns to the show to discuss the futility of minting trillion-dollar coins for welfare and bailouts and how the politicization of the COVID-19 crisis is hurting the economy. Also in the show, Jeff Ebin, a young doctor, talks about how he rolled up his sleeves and decided to create low-cost ventilators to alleviate respiratory issues...
Mind and Body with Rudy Ruettiger and Dr. Ken Berry MD - A Neighbor's Choice 03.04.2020 42:39
In this current situation we need to roll up our sleeves and get things done. But most importantly, we need a winning mindset. And who better to explain how we can inspire one another in our everyday lives than motivational speaker and author, Rudy Ruettiger—the real life inspiration behind the cult classic movie 'Rudy'! How can we take care of our immunity regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic? Dr....
Jeff Deist, Mark Sunwall and Dr Yu on government shutdowns, fear and Uranus - A Neighbor's Choice 03.04.2020 42:24
Are government shutdowns the solution to the COVID-19 pandemic? Did you know that some politicians are actually calling for military involvement in response to the coronavirus crisis? Jeff Deist joins David Gornoski, president of the Mises Institute, to dissect the current situation and discuss on how calmer heads should prevail. Why are politicians driven by fear and not faith? Anthropologist and...
Kerry Baldwin on moral panic - A Neighbor's Choice 02.04.2020 43:28
Should our freedoms be negotiable? Should our liberties be enjoyed only during good times and discarded in times such as the COVID-19 crisis? Government authorities want to use central coercion, top down solutions but in Jesus' personhood revolution people imitate good role models and voluntarily lay down their lives for their neighbors. David Gornoski joins writer, speaker and independent researc...
James Bovard on the state of journalism, the FDA and more - A Neighbor's Choice 02.04.2020 42:45
Is there an explanation for the close association between corporate media and establishment bureaucracy? Why did the FDA block COVID-19 testing kits from getting to the market in favor of the botched testing kits from CDC? Host David Gornoski speaks to acclaimed journalist and USA Today columnist James Bovard for answers. Why do people instinctively reach for authoritarian solutions in the face of...
Theme Parks and COVID-19 with Steve Baker and Ryan McMaken - A Neighbor's Choice 02.04.2020 41:33
David Gornoski speaks to Steve Baker, a former executive in Walt Disney and an expert in the theme-park industry. Steve Baker talks about his experience in the industry and provides some fascinating insights into the corporate world of Disney and its part in American culture. Ryan McMaken, senior editor at Mises Institute, also joins the show and discusses the current coronavirus crisis, particula...
Jerry Bowyer and Weldon Angelos - A Neighbor's Choice 02.04.2020 43:22
When politicians are playing the blame game and nations are blaming nations for the COVID-19 virus, how can we avoid the accusing spirit that seems to have arisen in this global epidemic? Forbes contributor, frequent Fox News and CNBC guest, editor of Townhall Finance, Jerry Bowyer joins physicist Weiping Yu and host David Gornoski in an exciting discussion on how to overcome fear, anger, and scap...
Michael Lisanti on Antibiotics, Anti-Aging Drugs for COVID-19, Cancer 31.03.2020 1:20:54
Professor Michael Lisanti, Chair of Translational Medicine at the University of Salford joins David Gornoski and physicist Weiping Yu to discuss his work using antibiotics to destroy senescent cells-dysfunctional aging cells-as well as cancer stem cells. These generic, very inexpensive antibiotics have studies showing antiviral effects in other viruses. Dr. Lisanti proposes that clinical trials sh...
Catherine Bernard on Our Jury Power, Tho Bishop on Bailouts, FDA - A Neighbor's Choice 26.03.2020 42:30
Noted criminal trial attorney Catherine Bernard joins David Gornoski to explore how juries have the power to judge the morality and appropriateness of laws, not just the facts of cases. Also, Mises.org assistant editor Tho Bishop stops by to take on the handout hurricane from DC and the CDC and FDA's self-created roadblocks to solving the COVID-19 pandemic. Follow Catherine Bernard's Facebook . Fo...
Iain McGilchrist on Pandemics, The Divided Brain, Physics, Morphic Fields, and Rene Girard 24.03.2020 1:00:04
David Gornoski talks with renowned neuroscientist Iain McGilchrist on his groundbreaking paradigm of how the left and right hemispheres shape our world, institutions, and culture. Julian Jaynes's bicameral mind, Rupert Sheldrake's morphic field hypothesis, Rene Girard's mimetic theory, and Weiping Yu's dipolar particle theory are all explored with the premise of McGilchrist's "The Master and His E...
Azithromycin (Zpack) for COVID19 Coronavirus? Plus How to Fix Fusion - A Neighbor's Choice 19.03.2020 41:26
David Gornoski and Dr. Yu continue their ongoing investigation of potential profound medical applications of the generic antibiotic Azithromycin (Zpack). Reports of doctors finding success in non-randomized trials for Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin confirm our past shows' praise for the promise of the antibiotic for multiple applications, including fighting cancer stem cells. Also, what's wro...
Government Monopolies Worsen Contagions - A Neighbor's Choice 19.03.2020 42:57
During challenges like pandemics, the rule of law is essential to protect. Without a moral foundation for law, societies breakdown, families are torn apart, and cures for diseases are prevented. Collectivism depends on scapegoats. Freedom depends on self-sacrifice and skin in the game. David Gornoski explores what's at stake. Also, cow's milk and nuclear fusion. A Neighbor's Choice original live a...
THINGS HIDDEN 11: Coronavirus Scapegoating and Rainmakers 13.03.2020 22:33
David Gornoski explores the anthropological origins of the recent attempts to quarantine guilt onto the back of President Trump, China, and other entities for the coronavirus pandemic emergency. Sir James Frazer's classic book "The Golden Bough" is explored to see how primitive societies used rainmakers, chiefs in charge of good weather to blame when bad weather and drought occurred.
THINGS HIDDEN 10: Tom Holland Interview 17.02.2020 48:03
How did Christianity change the world? Can we trace a path towards a less violent world due to the impact of the story of Jesus's death on humanity's sense-making? David Gornoski talks with acclaimed historian Tom Holland on his new book Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World and how his study of history is drawing him back to the faith of his youth.
THINGS HIDDEN 9: The Impotent Sacrifice 10.02.2020 24:02
David Gornoski explores how our forms of collective violence increasingly fail to deter violence because of our lack of appetite for publicly sanctioned brutality. This phenomenon, a product of the Gospel's influence in the West, will continue to render state coercion impotent in foreign nation building campaigns and domestic wars on nonviolent choices. Media ecology and anthropology are employed...
THINGS HIDDEN 8: The Origins of Political Correctness 03.02.2020 30:23
Where did political correctness come from? Why is it unique to the West? What force provides the context by which this contagious complex of victim-posturing for power arose? David Gornoski explores how our gradual demystification of historical texts acts as a blame-the-messenger self-obsession with attacking Western institutions and traditions.
THINGS HIDDEN 7: Why Nations Rage 30.01.2020 26:30
David Gornoski explores why politics is failing to contain our violence and animosity increasingly in AD 2020. We examine the anthropological forces at play as division grows in politics the longer cultures steep in the story and values of the crucified one.
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