Philosophisn't

Mike Ross is the Libertarian candidate for N.C. Governor and he joins us a second time. In this episode he talks about a possible 2028 run, Money in politics, and Mental health.

Bob Drach is a Libertarian candidate for NC State auditor, a staunch advocate for auditing as a check against misuse, fraud and corruption, and the only candidate in the race who is a part of the accounting profession. That the importance of integrity and transparency in government spending should be questioned in the first place seems strange. In most businesses, the role of an auditor is not to...

We have on returning Philosophisnt guest Matt Torrijos who challenged me to discuss why I think Hayek is a relevant author and we end up debating whether freedom can be found for sale or whether it has to be won tooth and nail. Austrians and Marxists both put forward theories of exploitation to explain inequality, though exploitation means something completely different to Austrians than it does t...

A lifetime of protecting and advocating alongside whistleblowers, the excluded, and the exploited and has convinced “Movement Lawyer” Lewis Pitts that law in capitalist society inevitably protects the privileged. He came on Philosophisnt to discuss why with Roman Raies. Pitt's biography The Life of A Movement Lawyer by Jason Langberg details how his life experiences from growing up in rural South...

Candidate for Governor of North Carolina Mike Ross dispels myths about libertarians on Philosophisnt. The grievances often addressed towards capitalism, according to Mike Ross, are legitimate but entirely misplaced. There is a case to be made that the economic system we have is not capitalism at all. The inequality, monopolization, cyclical crisis and inflation which others blame on the free marke...

Dana Daughtry talks to Roman Raies of Philosophisnt about what made it possible for him to overcome the extreme adversities of homelessness, a criminal record, being kidnapped, and addiction to hard drugs in Greensboro North Carolina. While his story is a testament to his personal willpower, it is also a testament to the importance of meeting those on the outskirts of society with genuine faith, p...

Congressional Candidate Jose Vega joins Roman Riaes on Philosophisnt to his interpretation of Lyndon LaRouche’s political philosophy, his candidacy, and the types of opposition that it faces. As someone who communicates his views fearlessly, Jose Vega is known for his viral confrontations with Kamala Harris, members of the squad, and what one may call “establishment” figures for their unwillingnes...

North Carolina Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Shannon Bray is the man to ask when you have questions about the economy, technology, and the future of policymaking. With his background as a Navy veteran and a technology contractor Shannon Bray has a lot of experience with how administrations think, work, and (dis)function. He joined Philosophisnt co-hosts Roman Raies and Mathew Girardin with his...

United States Presidential candidate Chase Oliver discusses how he came into politics as a police accountability, and "anti-bush war" activist and how this background forms his ideology. Though some of his stances overlap with progressives, he is not a leftist at all, but a gun-loving, American-style libertarian. In this interview, he defends the classical liberal tradition's view of...

The world-renowned dermatology expert, relative of Holocaust survivors, and author Dr. Steve Feldman is running for Congress to represent North Carolina’s tenth congressional district as a Libertarian Candidate.  Feldman believes that the debt burdening the government is unsustainable and that eliminating the deficit is essential to free resources for more useful allocations. Unlike me and other c...

Until the 1940s, Argentina’s political economy was an archetypal example of agro-export model capitalism. Politics existed to serve Argentina’s elite landowning oligarchy whose interests were tied to foreign interests, particularly those of the British empire. Electoral politics was tolerated only so far as it did not interfere with the business of extraction. Argentina’s markets were never laisse...

Alex Darlington, Chair of the Stair Party argues his wide-ranging, yet poignant critique of the American Political-Economic system. The American government has liberal democratic institutions, but the ways by which society is ruled more closely resemble kleptocratic ones. Rather than giving voters authentic choices to change the status quo, in his view, the two major electoral parties wield power...

I speak with Ray Nothstine of the John Locke Foundation about first principles thinking, economic policy ideas, and complicated trends in American politics. He explains the key ideological premises driving tensions between different variations of conservatism within the Republican party and the broader conservative movement. He is a fascinating thinker whose work I would recommend for thought-prov...

Matt Torrijos is a construction worker and Marxist who spends his free time researching politics, and reading Marxist theory. In this episode, he gives one of the clearest and most thought-provoking explanations of the Marxist view of history that I have ever heard. Many textbook explanations will emphasize the historical context of Marx's thoughts, but Matt Torrijos takes things a step further; h...

Michael Gavin is the founder of Uniic Media, the Viva La Pura Foundation, and Be Uniic Media and Marketing. He discusses his journalistic philosophy and entrepreneurial motivation to change the media landscape through his Uniic Media. Uniic Media focuses on conciseness so that important details which are often missed due to repetitiveness of coverage in other media sources are included in Uniic Me...

Christian Matheis is not an orthodox thinker. A professor and researcher of Community Justice Studies at Guilford College, his work spans many disciplines and criticizes them too. Much of his thought is rooted in anarchofuturism, a worldview that advocates the use of science and technology to design communities, "political" systems, and modes of economic organization which prioritize societal heal...

In this episode, we have Fillipi back on the show to discuss his creation of what is probably the world's first carbon-neutral NFT, Elixer. Purchasing Elixer finances planting of the tree through the World Health Society nonprofit Fillipi founded which we discussed in our first episode two years ago.  Fillipi also gives us a general overview of how blockchain technology works, the major trend...

In this episode, Candidate for County Commissioner Derek Mobley discusses how different thinkers viewed capitalism, and his ambitious plans for Guilford County including improving public safety, funding programs designed to encourage de-escalation in policing, preventing youth from engagement in criminal activities which would harm their futures, enacting environmental preservation initiatives, an...

In this episode, I explain the implications of Hong Kong's national security law. Since it's passage last year, Hong Kong has been transformed from a relatively independent city-state, into city governed in quite the same way as the Chinese mainland, with only Chinese approved candidates and parties able to govern. Dozens of activists have been arrested under charges of sedition, the false accusat...

How calling to abolish the police will backfire and what activists should do instead. 

Engineer and philanthropist Filipi Rocha describes how traveling the world gave him the insight needed to fight poverty as efficiently as possibly.