Lions of Liberty Network

On this week's Electric Libertyland Brian gets into the morally bankrupt media attacking Rand Paul for using a Canadian hospital, debunks the 70% tax rate argument and then loses his mind over a new bill that would deny lenders and landlords collecting from any government worker during the shutdown: a clear preference for the well being of their own over private citizens. Brian then turns his atte...

In this week's flagship Lions of Liberty podcast, Marc is joined by Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute to discuss his recent article "Government Shutdown Shows Why We Need to Decentralize National Parks." After Marc and Ryan catch up and vent about the nature of social media commentary, they dig into the issue of national parks in the context of the current government shutdown. Ryan breaks down t...

On today's show Mike Maharrey join John to discuss all things hemp and CBD. Mike serves as the National Communications Director for the Tenth Amendment Center. Mike first shares an update on the surveillance fight in Lexington. Next we move onto the main topic for today, CBD oil. Mike shares how he has used CBD oil with great success to relieve pain in his hip. Mike and John discuss the changes to...

On this week's Electric Libertyland Brian reacts to President Trump's speech in support of "The Wall" from the Oval office and the rebuttal from Democrats Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. Then Brian shares a conundrum regarding water rights going on between Ethiopia and Egypt before diving into Melissa Joan Hart being accused of "casual anti-Semitism", a reversal on Syrian troop withdrawal and the...

On today's flagship Lions of Liberty podcast, Marc hosts a lively debate on the concept of a Universal Basic Income guarantee! While most libertarians would oppose a UBI on it's surface, there are those who see it as a practical replacement for the current welfare state. Today, Marc welcomes Michael Munger, professor of political science at Duke University, and Antony Sammeroff, co-host of the Sco...

On today's episode John welcomes Jason Brennan to the program. Jason is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He is also Research Professor in the Department of Political Economy and Moral Science and the Freedom Center at the University of Arizona. He specializes in poli...

Happy New Year! On this week's ELL, Brian is preeettty drunk on New Year's Day, because we do NOT take off time for holidays on this podcast! But that's the perfect cocktail to talk about the latest Louis CK outrage, Elizabeth Warren running for POTUS and the government shutdown. Show Notes: Http://www.lionsofliberty.com/ell105 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Liberty New Year! And what better way to celebrate than with a Liberty New Year's Party, as Marc welcomes in some of his fellow Lions including Brian McWilliams, Howie Snowdon and not-really-a-hoodie-model J.B. Lubin.  Having re-capped plenty of liberty in the last week, the Lions start off by discussing their favorite movies of 2018, before getting into vaguely relevant topics such as the q...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! For today's episode of Felony Friday John was joined by Electric Liberty Land host Brian McWilliams. Brian and John recap 2018 from a criminal justice standpoint, then get into some some criminal justice stories trending in the news. They cap the show off by playing "Is this a Crime?"  Discussed on the show: To Protect Illegals from Deportation, Denver Decrimina...

On this week's Electric Libertyland Brian welcomes in fellow Lion and host of "Felony Friday," John Odermatt to play a rousing game of "Trump or Dump!" Brian and John rate the bump stock ban, First Step Act, Yemen and Syria troop pullbacks on the "Trump or Dump" scale, before wrapping the show up with some discussion on insanity in advertising censorship in the UK. Learn more about your ad choices...

Merry Christmas ya Liberty animals! It's time once again for our annual "Naughty or Nice" show, where we go through various names in the political realm and and determine whether they have been "naughty" or "nice" for Liberty in 2018! Marc is joined by Brian, Odie, JB and sort-of by Rico, as they pass judgment upon Donald Trump, Rand Paul, Kim Jong Un, Arvin Vohra, Alexandria Occasio-Cortez, Matt...

On today's episode Hannah Cox joins John to talk about the always controversial topic of capital punishment.  Hannah is the National Manager of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty. Hannah was previously Director of Outreach for the Beacon Center of Tennessee, a free-market think tank. Prior to that, she was Director of Development for the Tennessee Firearms Association and a policy adv...

On this week's Electric Libertyland Brian McWilliams salutes an invoking of the War Powers Act to strike down U.S. support for the war in Yemen before turning his attention to attacking the 2018 Farm Bill's subsidy madness. Brian then laments California's "texting" taxation attempt and finishes up the podcast by gaping in awe at Elizabeth Warren's newest and dumbest plan to lower drug prices. The...

On today's flagship Lions of Liberty podcast, Marc is joined by the great libertarian columnist and author, Jim Bovard! Jim is the author of many books including Public Policy Hooligan and Attention Deficit Democracy, and his writing has appeared in numerous publications including USA Today, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Washington Post, New Republic, Reader's Digest, and many...

Today on Felony Friday Dave Dahl joins John to share his story. Dave is the co-creator of the "Dave's Killer Bread" brand.   Prior to his breakthrough in the bread game Dave served a total of four prison sentences for crimes ranging from burglary to armed robbery to drug dealing.   Dave Dahl was able to turn his life around and find success after prison. Dave's story is one of second chances. And...

On this week's Electric Libertyland Brian still has a sore throat but fights through to break down two telling studies from Yale and Harvard on Democrats "dumbing down" language when speaking to minorities, and another wage gap debunking. Brian then brings in Dan Smotz of The System is Down podcast to look at South Park's latest socialism-touting episode...have they turned or are they just trollin...

In today's flagship Lions of Liberty podcast, Marc welcomes in Jeff Kanter, co-founder of Health Excellence Plus, a longtime sponsor of the show. Jeff has over 30 years experience in the health insurance industry, and has helped lead the way for free market solutions to controlling the cost of medical care. After detailing his path to libertarianism through the 1988 Ron Paul presidential campaign,...

On today's show Jason Spyres joined John to discuss the major injustice he suffered as a result of selling cannabis in his teens. Jason was arrested on drug charges nearly 20 years ago. In the years since, he’s been on a path of personal success and growth. When he was 19 years old, he was arrested for selling cannabis during an undercover sting, and until recently, the state of Illinois had kept...

On this week's Electric Libertyland Brian McWilliams fights a very horse voice to take on Bill and Hillary Clinton's sad speaking tour, Trump's proposed defense budget cuts and the hooplah in response, the Pentagon's money laundering, George H.W. Bush's death and crybabies at Columbia cutting off a stand up comic mid-act.  Show notes: Http://www.lionsofliberty.com/ell101 Learn more about your ad c...

In today's flagship Lions of Liberty podcast, it's a special edition of "Libertarians in Living Rooms Drinking Liquor" featuring the return of The Liberty Draft! We revisit last year's draft results in our liberty fantasy league, choose keepers for this next draft, and JB and Howie partake in a supplemental draft featuring some surprising picks! For full show notes head over to LionsOfLiberty.com/...

On today's episode Lisa Hanna join John to share her remarkable story. Lisa is a US Army veteran, having served 2 tours overseas. She graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, in 1993. However, she suffered a personal tragedy months earlier when her son passed away. Drugs and alcohol became Lisa’s medication to numb the depression after her only son's death. She did get clean and left her abusiv...

On this week's Electric Libertyland Brian McWilliams looks back on 100 episodes of podcasting and reflects on what he's learned, where he feels the movement is currently and what libertarianism is lacking: marketable heroes. Brian then takes a look at libertarianism in pop culture and the pandering society that exists in  media and entertainment. Finally, the episode wraps up with some current eve...

In todays' flagship Lions of Liberty podcast, Marc welcomes back Gene Epstein of Barron's Magazine and The Soho Forum. Gene recently participated in a debate in which he defended capitalism against the ideas of socialism, and today he comes on the show to dismantle every argument for socialism that fans of the show could muster! But first, Gene gives an update on why he joined the Libertarian Part...

Today on Felony Friday Rocky Ferrenburg joins John to talk about prison reform, namely the First Step Act. This Rocky's 2nd time on Felony Friday. He shared his story back on Episode 107 of this show.  Rocky is a multiple felon who resides in Idaho. Rocky is in recovery after struggled with drug addiction and collectively has spent about 2 years incarcerated. Rocky has been clean for more than 6 y...

On this week's Electric Libertyland host Brian McWilliams is joined by Admin 2 of the now-Facebook purged page Liberty Memes. Brian and Admin 2 get into the hows and whys of Facebooks crackdown, the power of memeing and why Facebook had the establishment running scared. They also get into using comedy as a tool to promote liberty, and how using charity to break down barriers and win people to the...