The Liberty Blues Network

Today on The Liberty Blues: The empire's abusive tactics—once exported overseas—are now coming home to American streets. Brandon Jackson, Southern California Coordinator for the Libertarian Party and longtime activist, joins host Shawn Osborne. A committed Second Amendment advocate, Brandon has been protesting for years—most recently at ICE demonstrations—calling to abolish ICE and other alphabet...

Ted Brown joins host Shawn Osborne on The Liberty Blues to discuss his second run for U.S. Senate in Texas. As a longtime Libertarian activist who has run for office multiple times and served as former Chair of the California Libertarian Party, Ted brings decades of experience in the freedom movement to the conversation. In this episode, Shawn and Ted dive into key issues including U.S. foreign po...

Libertarian Los Angeles, from the Liberty Blues Network, hosts a panel discussion featuring members of the California Libertarian Party Program Committee. Host Shawn Osborne is joined by California LP Chair Loren Dean, along with committee members Mary Beth and Marc Joffe. The group explores the California LP platform, its relationship to the national Libertarian Party platform, and how libertaria...

Travis Groo, a North Carolina Candidate for US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 11, is running to help unleash a free, peaceful, and prosperous North Carolina where every individual has the opportunity to pursue their unique vision of a rewarding and enriching life. Our political system is broken, and North Carolinians are ready to fix it. This campaign believes they know how to live their own li...

Matthew Laszacs was raised in a military family and came to liberty not through theory alone, but through lived experience. While working full-time and raising two children, he earned a BS in Business Administration by attending school nights and weekends. He has spent more than 15 years running operations, where building consensus, solving real problems, and making systems work mattered more than...

Shawn Osborne and Feena Bonoan discuss wins and losses for liberty in 2025

Lena Platt - West Coast Representative of the Schiller Institute. https://schiller institute.com Please read and sign our petition: "Withdraw from NATO". The West should collaborate with the Global South, and abandon the failed and dangerous policy of a unipolar world. https://Schiller Institute.com/blog/2025/12/09/withdraw-from-nato-new-national-security-strategy-requires-new-security-architectur...

Thomas Woodard, Founder of Plantwithpurpose.org, San Basilio Preserve, a private Nature Preserve on the Sea of Cortez, member of American Mensa

In this episode, host **Shawn Osborne** interviews two prominent Jewish libertarians—**Walter Block** and **Marc Joffe**—each in their own segment, exploring their differing perspectives on Israel’s handling of the Palestinian conflict. **Walter Block**, renowned Austrian economist and author of *Defending the Undefendable*, defends Israel’s actions as the only viable response under the circumstan...

About Ken W. Good - Board of Directors, Professional Bondsmen of Texas: Ken W. Good graduated from Hardin Simmons University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.  He received a Master of Education Degree in 1986 from Tarleton State University, a part of the Texas A&M System.  In 1989, he received his law degree from Texas Tech School of Law, where he was a member of the Texas Tech Law Review. ...

David Materazzi is CEO & Founder of Galileo FX and Orion Software Development Srl. headquartered in Italy with offices in New York and Tokyo. Since 2020, his firm has specialized in developing automated trading software that eliminates the need for constant manual monitoring. The company’s flagship product, Galileo FX, uses advanced algorithms and customizable strategies to enhance efficiency, red...

Do two wrongs make a right? Lars Mapstead joins Shawn Osborne on Libertarian Los Angeles to talk about prop 50 which is aimed at further rigging our elections.https://www.votingrightsfoundation.org/

Shillings, a Creative Director at the University of Indianapolis and a small business owner, is stepping up in response to what she sees as a lack of integrity and public service from the current Secretary of State, Diego Morales. Her campaign will focus on: Restoring trust in Indiana elections Protecting taxpayer dollars Advocating for small businesses Ending partisan misuse of the Secretary’s of...

Reece Smith is a Libertarian Candidate for School Board in Pennsylvania. Due to quirks with PA election law, he will be on the ballot as a Libertarian, Democrat, and Republican, therefore it is very likely he will win his race. He's running on a platform advocating the school board become more open and engage with the community - since the current board decides everything behind closed doors. Visi...

I’m Mwesige Joram, an Ugandan libertarian and passionate advocate for free-market principles. I hold a bachelor's degree in Management and draw inspiration from my lived experience under an authoritarian regime—an experience that fuels my commitment to advancing liberty and individual freedom. I currently work with Action for Liberty and Economic Development (ALED), a think tank dedicated to promo...

About Herb Morgan for California State Controller 2026 Herb Morgan, lifelong Californian with 38 years on Wall Street, founded, managed, and sold a successful asset management firm. He’s running for State Controller to bring radical transparency, fiscal responsibility, and integrity to Sacramento. Website: http://HerbMorgan.com Instagram: http://Instagram.com/Herb4Controller Twitter/X: http://X.co...

Richard Winger has been working for easier ballot access for minor parties and independent candidates since he was in college in 1965. He runs ballot access news which is 40 years old.

n this episode we sit down with Gary Lewis Evans—financier, libertarian and early fintech pioneer—to explore how innovation and regulation have shaped modern banking. Evans recounts guiding a savings‑and‑loan institution through sky‑high interest rates in the 1970s and describes how challenging regulators informed his approach to building banks. He explains how, in the mid‑1990s, he let La Jolla B...

Liberty Blues Network 100th Episode Shawn Osborne hosted the 100th episode of the Liberty Blues Network, reflecting on recent political developments and encouraging listeners to get involved in their local libertarian parties. He expressed skepticism about Trump's handling of the Epstein files and criticized ICE raids, advocating for more open borders and less government intervention. Shawn also d...

Brandon Jackson is currently running for SAC in the LPCA. He is currently the VC for San Diego County and has been an active volunteer in the party since 2015. He has been involved in multiple protests and rallies across the nation since 2020, in which he utilized to bring people into the party. He also wants to use his IT experience to aid the LPC in upgrading their tech and become better organiz...

Loren Dean grew up in Riverside, California, and being naturally suspicious of established authority cast his very first presidential vote in 1992 for Ross Perot. He discovered libertarianism while living in Perry, Oklahoma from 2007-2019, where he became one of the nine registered Libertarian voters in Noble County, Oklahoma. Upon his return to California in late 2019 he became active with the Ri...

Sheriff Alex Villanueva joins Shawn on Libertarian Los Angeles to discuss some of the events happening in Los Angeles over the last couple of weeks

Oscar Martinez is a proud U.S. Marine Corps veteran, with multiple combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, and a dedicated law enforcement professional with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. An immigrant who came to this country as a child, Oscar embodies the values of perseverance, integrity, and service. Over his career, he has worked in patrol, custody, professional standards, public informat...

Pat Wright is a San Diego native and a lifelong advocate for liberty and individual rights. My journey with the Libertarian Party began in 1980, working on the Ed Clark presidential campaign. Since then, I’ve taken on both political and activist roles to fight government overreach and champion personal freedom. Libertarian Party Leadership & Campaigns 1984: Ran for Congress against the corrupt and...

Dave Crance: Libertarian Candidate for Virginia House of Delegates Dave Crance is a dedicated Libertarian and community leader running for the Virginia House of Delegates in District 13, encompassing Falls Church and parts of Fairfax County. A resident of the area for over 25 years, Crance has deep roots in Northern Virginia, where he lives with his wife, Suman, and their children. He is active in...