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The Liberty Mic

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A news and politics podcast promoting Personal Liberty, Free Enterprise and Self-Government.

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Episodes

  1. 323: A Wink and a Nod

    We discuss capital punishment, jury trials and more AI.

  2. 322: Simulated Intelligence

    We spend the bulk of our time discussing the end of July OpenAI agent attack on Hugging Face.

  3. 321: Kids These Days

    We spend this episode at the intersection of government, technology, independence and parenting.

  4. 320: Look in the Mirror

    We talk about the big anniversary, patriotism, voter bribes and data centers.

  5. 319: TikTok Psychosis

    We discuss the court case of the day.

  6. 318: Flock You

    We talk about state education, FLOCK hubris and economic D-Day.

  7. 317: Don't Bank on It

    Do we want to be a great nation or a good nation? The two are not mutually exclusive, but we discuss which direction we feel the US should lean. Also, banks suck, and what does the "W" stand for anyway?

  8. 316: Dear Diary

    We hit everything this week with culture, healthcare, war, history and economics topics.

  9. 315: Militant Mindset

    We talk about war and empire and government overreach.

  10. 314: Presidential Pardon

    Patriotism, sports ball, war and citizenship are all discussed on our July 4 postmortem.

  11. 313: President Nuisance

    We review a little speech by Gavin Newsom and finish with a discussion of a non-aggression principle defense of privacy.

  12. 312: On the Level

    We talk about the state of war (or peace) in the Mideast, Trump's shipping insurance and the trouble with trillionaires.

  13. 311: What Is It Good For

    We talk about the end(?) of war and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

  14. 310: Choose Your Alignment

    Michael speaks with a guest from the Libertarian Party about the recent convention, the controversies and the aftermath. Then, we discuss the economic future in light of AI.

  15. 309: Forgotten Forecast

    Most know of Eisenhower's warning about the military industrial complex, but he gives another warning in the same speech. We discuss the other.

  16. 308: Chemical Entertainment

    Massie lost to MAGA. Trump lost to China. And America's lost.

  17. 307: No Holds Barred

    We talk about corruption, bad diplomacy and war updates.

  18. 306: Great Pretender

    We talk about Fox News, The Fed and fear.

  19. 305: Play in the Street

    We talk about the increasing acceptance of political violence and criticize the general degradation of morality in favor of ideology.

  20. 304: Here Comes the Bribe

    We discuss unsupervised government surveillance and Trump's recent Executive Order promoting research on psychedelic drugs to treat severe mental illness.

  21. 303: Death and Taxes

    We have a pair of guests this week, and we discuss the topics de la semaine: Tax Week and the War in the Middle East.

  22. 302: We Came, We Saw, He Lied

    We discuss Trump's Easter message, Rubio's explanations and SCotUS' strict opinion.

  23. 301: Maximize Optionality

    We cover TSA complaints, progress of the Middle East war and French cinema.

  24. 300: The 300

    We talk about the continuing war and a mishmash of economic issues.

  25. 299: The Burden of Choice

    We discuss the team sport of politics, the misconceptions people have about others and how no one understands libertarians, mostly in the context of the war in the Middle East.

  26. 298: Sarah Connor Support Group

    We discuss media misdirection, the Anthropic vs. DoD spat and the long-term consequences of resource constraint.

  27. 297: These People Are Crazy

    In a slow news week, we decided to talk about the Middle East.

  28. 296: Press 2 for English

    In our all-English podcast, we start with some entertainment news, threats to the Hollywood system and how that system seems to be sabotaging itself. We provide a little bit of diplomatic insight and close with some economics and personal finance.

  29. 295: The Juice

    We talk about the abandonment of the last nuclear arms reduction treaty, the possibility of a new nuclear treaty with Iran and those recently released files that everyone seems to be talking about.

  30. 294: Hypocritical Oaths

    We discuss the second protester death in Minnesota.

  31. 293: Carpetbaggers

    Trump's quick strikes and where does he go next? When will Greenland be US territory? Will we attack Iran again? How long can we control Venezuela?

  32. 292: Benefits Become Businesses

    We go back to the ICE shooting and the fraud. We, also, talk about Trump's threats to Iran.

  33. 291: We the People

    Venezuela and Minneapolis. Need ICE say more?

  34. 290: Flag on the Play

    We discuss eighties culture, who (if anyone) should pay taxes, Russian disinformation and discrimination.

  35. 289: Pirates Plunder

    Bastiat described government revenue as "plunder." We show why.

  36. 288: Two Wrongs

    We talk about the double-tap strike and spend the balance of time on Michael's jury duty experience. You can call it the libertarian's guide to jury duty.

  37. 287: Null Values

    We speak off the cuff about AI, before getting into the MAGA vs. America First rift. We close with a discussion of jury nullification.

  38. 286: Resistance Is Futile

    MTG takes her ball back home, Trump threatens ex-military Democrats with execution and Rubio undermines the Ukraine peace plan.

  39. 285: Robot Dreams

    We talk about market incentives and how government is always getting if the way.

  40. 284: A Peso for Your Thoughts

    We discuss how government justifies murder, how your holiday travel plans could never be impacted by government shutdowns and there are worse things to swap than currency.

  41. 283: The Economic Boogeyman

    Tucker and Cheney, Trump and the left's misdirected ire, and the consequences of government subsidies on markets are all discussed tonight.

  42. 282: Oh, Snap

    Law has become theater. We provide an explanation for the intransigence of Europe with regard to Ukraine. We express surprise at the percentage of the US population dependent on the government for food, and we both light and defuse concerns about nuclear brinksmanship.

  43. 281: Judge Dread

    We have finally declared ourselves, as a nation, to be opposed to monarchy. Crime is tolerated, and we hope for accountability.

  44. 280: Novel Prizes

    War and peace and literature; Gaza and Venezuela and Ukraine.

  45. 279: Learn to Read

    A new poll shows a rise in Americans' willingness to engage in political violence. We weigh in on some possible explanations beyond the obvious. We also discuss authoritarianism and its potential political consequences.

  46. 278: The Essentials

    The Constitution, the UN, strange elections and war-making.

  47. 277: Party Boat

    After a week off, there was much to cover: Tylenol, the new war on narco-terror, and France's economic troubles being just a few.

  48. 276: The Needle Drops

    We have more threats to free speech, to bodily autonomy, to dollar dominance and resistance to peace to discuss with you tonight.

  49. 275: Not Those Experts

    We talk about "the science," the problems of government-funded science and where that can lead. We, also, discuss the Labor Day cinema box office returns.

  50. 274: Annoying Graffiti

    Government overreach, the quest for peace and the search for more money are all covered in this episode.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A news and politics podcast promoting Personal Liberty, Free Enterprise and Self-Government.

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thelibertymic

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