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Shane Claiborne joins the Felony Friday show to discuss a subject that is pretty controversial, the death penalty. Shane is a Christian activist and author who is one of the founding members of the intentional community, the Simple Way, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Eastern University, where he studied sociology and youth ministry. Shane has an impressive resume. He worked alo...

In this week’s episode of Electric Libertyland, host Brian McWilliams gives his take on the Trumpian circle-jerk that was the 2017 Emmy Awards, and how politics and entertainment need to take a break from each other. He then turns towards more serious topics including the utter failure of the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing programs, the GOP’s last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare (kind of)...

In today’s episode, Marc is joined by Maine State Senator and a man who has been called “The Next Rand Paul” since he announced the launch of his run for U.S. Senate in 2016, Eric Brakey! Eric is the only Senate candidate currently endorsed by both Ron Paul and Rand Paul. Listen today as Eric explains how he became interested in the ideas of liberty, how he won his State Senate seat on a small gov...

On today’s episode recent clemency recipient Ramona Brant joined the show to share her powerful story. In 1995, Ramona was sentenced to life in prison for a cocaine offense related to her then-boyfriend’s drug dealing. At her sentencing the judge said he was “shocked at the severity of the sentence,” BUT he had no legal discretion to sentence her to less time.  Ramona spent 20 years in prison, bef...

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In this week’s Electric Libertyland, host Brian McWilliams touches briefly on 9/11 #NeverForget and its echoing effects on the American psyche, which government takes advantage of to justify endless wars and domestic spying. Brian then looks at Rand Paul standing up for a referendum on AUMF, then cracks wise on the Ted Cruz porn “scandal” while also side-eying Hillary Clinton’s new cry-ography “Wh...

On today’s show, Marc is joined by Scott Horton on the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to discuss his new book on the Afghnanistan War, “Fool’s Errand: It’s Time to End the War in Afghanistan.” The 9/11 attacks were used as justifcation for the Afghan War, but after raging for nearly 16 years, does that justification hold any water? Why is the United States still involved years after the deat...

On today’s episode of Felony Friday former felon and clemency recipient Jamael Nettles. This is Part 2 of the interview, please go back and listen to Part 1 is you haven’t yet. In part 1 Jamael shared how his environment growing up steered him towards drug dealing. He discussed how he grew up in a drug culture. When he found success and started making money selling drugs, he became respected by hi...

In today’s Electric Libertyland host Brian McWilliams goes it alone with a Labor Day episode focused on the misconceptions about the benefits of unions. He then looks at some recent opinions on the need to nationalize Google, Amazon and Facebook, L’Oreal firing a transgender model for being racist, and James Comey drafting a statement exonerating Hillary Clinton before he even finished investigati...

In today’s episode, Marc is joined by professor at Berry College - and Houston native - Phil Magness to discuss many of the economic fallacies that pop up during disasters, just as they are now with Hurricane Harvey. Phil disputes the narrative that lack of zoning and regulations in Houston have made the disaster any worse, and how they will actually help the city recover faster. Marc and Phil als...

On today’s episode of Felony Friday former felon and clemency recipient Jamael Nettles shares his unbelievable story. This episode is the first of two parts of Jamael’s story. Jamael will have you on the edge of your seat. The events that led to Jameal’s arrest and conviction are shocking and tragic. He does a tremendous job sharing the details of his story. He takes the listener on a journey thou...

On this week’s Electric Libertyland, Brian battles the remainder of his 3.7 day hangover after visiting Vegas with legal counsel, “Rico,” to dive into topics including the Houston hurricane and price gouging, politicians’ lies about free speech rallies and recent Antifa attacks in San Francisco, North Korea’s latest missile test, and an unbelievable bout of idiocy in Illinois, where they want to p...

I just spoke with Gret Glyer, the founder of the DonorSee app, to let him explain how Lions of Liberty listeners can help with the rescue effort in Houston by using the DonorSee App. We are currently raising money to pay for gas for the Cajun Navy, a group of volunteers currently in Houston rescuing people from who are stranded in their homes.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

Austin Meyer created a revolutionary flight simulator software known as  ”X-Plane”, which should have hid him on top of the world. Instead, it saw him on the receiving end of a patent infringement lawsuit. Not for his software, but for using the Google Play store to distribute it. In response, Meyer spent two years travelling the country in his custom built airplane to interview other small busine...

On today’s episode, Johann Hari joins the show to share why he believes the War on Drugs is a horrible way to deal with drug abuse. Hari says that not only does the drug war fail to solve the drug problem, but it actually makes the situation much, much worse!  Johann Hari is a British journalist who has written for many of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times,...

On this week’s Electric Libertyland, Brian McWilliams welcomes in Remso W. Martinez from the Remso Republic podcast. Brian and Remso dive into the recent spate of marches and protests, including Boston, and the insane reactions from progressives like NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is trying to legislate away the right to assemble. Has the left successfully labeled free speech as hate speech? Remso and...

In today’s episode, the boys of “Libertarians in Living Rooms Drinking Liquor” are joined by libertarian YouTube sensation, Julie Borowski! Fueled by booze and H2O, they break down the recent Twitter war between Libertarian Party Chairman Nicholas Sarwark and Tom Woods. What is Nick’s intention in targetting Woods? Plus, we look at the events surrounding Charlottesville, and how identity politics...

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In this week’s Electric Libertyland host Brian McWilliams welcomes in journalist and founder of News 2 Share , Ford Fischer. Ford describes the scene as it unfolded in front of him, on the ground in Charlottesville, VA during the #UniteTheRight march and protests. Ford and Brian discuss the clashes, breakdown of attendees, and the tragic and fatal vehicular murder/manslaughter that occurred during...

In today’s episode, Marc is joined by the Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, Erich Pratt. They discuss some common objections to widespread gun ownership and gun rights, how Gun Owners of American sets itself apart from the NRA when it comes to standing up for gun rights, and Erich answers some questions from members of the Lions of Liberty Pride!  For show notes, head to LionsOfLiberty....

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On this week’s Electric Libertyland, Brian McWilliams welcomes in old friend and Lion of Liberty Howard Snowdon to review the progressive outrage over a quickly infamous Google engineer’s “anti-diversity” internal memo that resulted in his firing. Following that is a riveting round of the game sweeping the nation: Trump or Dump, looking at the latest Trump actions on North Korea, Jeff Sessions, Tr...

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In today’s episode, Marc is joined by Tea Party co-founder and energy freedom advocate, Debbie Dooley! Debbie describes how she helped to start the current “Tea Party” movement, her battles against energy monopolies in Georgia, how companies who cause environental damage should be dealt with, her opposition to the Paris Accord, and why she has hope for greater energy freedom under the Trump admini...

On today’s episode of Felony Friday host John Odermatt unveils a unique format for the show. Instead of being joined by a guest, this is a special, first of a kind solo show hosted by John. As always on Felony Friday, there are some incredible topics to analyze. First, John talks about a couple criminal justice stories that you should be sharing and discussing with your friends. Next, he weighs in...