Actual Anarchy Podcast

We bring on a special guest, Daniel J., to discuss the allegedly true (hence the asterisk) story behind the housing bust and subsequent financial crisis of 2008 as depicted in The Big Short (also a book of the same name by Michael Lewis) . There is a lot going on here, and we don't even get to the asymmetrical aptitudes of the players vs. the regulators, or the scandal involving the regulators spending their time looking at porn, or the alarm-bells being sounded by the likes of Brooksley Born that went unheeded.Here is the marketing spin on the movie:"Based on the true story of four outsiders who saw what the big banks, media and government refused to: the global collapse of the economy. A bold investment leads them into the dark underbelly of banking, where everyone and everything is in question.In 2008, Wall Street guru Michael Burry realizes that a number of subprime home loans are in danger of defaulting. Burry bets against the housing market by throwing more than $1 billion of his investors' money into

This week we discuss the movie about some dude-bro international arms dealers, War Dogs starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller. It's a ridiculous idea made possible by ridiculous government policy.The film follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami during the Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a $300 million deal to arm the Afghan Military—a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.Just Robert and I on this one as we kick off some rust from not recording a show for a few weeks.Here is the Robert Higgs book that we recommend during the episode: Against LeviathanFor Show Notes and more, please visit: www.ActualAnarchy.com/19

Happy Earth Day everyone! We love the Earth, and that compels us to call out Dr. Seuss and the Lorax as propaganda for the biggest polluter on the planet - government. Special guest, Kevin LeCureux joins us for a lively discussion on book, the 1972 TV special and the 2012 CGI film with Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Betty White and Danny DeVito. If you want to really protect the environment....you let people own property. They have a vested interest in maintaining the capital value of things.For more information on our guest, please visit:https://klecu.com/As always, like us...subscribe us....comment us....share us....For show notes and more, please visit: www.actualanarchy.com/18

Episode 17 of the Actual Anarchy Podcast is a sweeping two-film discussion about the original Ghostbusters starring Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd from the 1980's, and the all-female SJW-spooktacklur starring Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig. Joining us, appropriately enough, are two guests - one male, one female as we tackle this tale of entrepreneurs vs. the state and then the state colluding with the state!Our guests' work can be found at:https://libertopiacartoon.wordpress.com/Yes it's true. This man has no dick.For show notes and more, please visit: www.actualanarchy.com/17Robert and I analyze popular movies from a Rothbardian/AnarchoCapitalist perspective.We use movies as a starting point for people who may not be familiar with this way of thinking. Discussion of the plot and decisions that characters make in relation to morality and violations of the non-aggression principle are our bread and butter.We also will highlight and discuss any themes or lessons from Austrian Economics that we can glean fro

"It will be Anarchy!" We bring on a special guest to talk about the John Hughes classic, "the Breakfast Club". This iconic movie really just serves as a springboard into a copious variety of topics ranging from schools, prisons, gun rights, the industrial revolution, monarchy and more.They were five students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At 7 a.m., they had nothing to say, but by 4 p.m. they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. John Hughes, creator of the critically acclaimed Sixteen Candles, wrote, directed and produced this hilarious and often touching comedy starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy. To the outside world they were simply the Jock, the Brain, the Criminal, the Princess and the Kook, but to each other, they would always be "The Breakfast Club".Our guest Drake Lundstrom is working on a really cool project that we will feature when it is ready for

Robert and I discuss the movie Passengers, the Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence galactic space-travel love story with the 41% Metracritic rating! So, think a reboot of Titanic, but IN SPACE! We also do a mini/micro episode on Suicide Squad (that of a 40% Metacritic rating).A warm glass of shut the hell upThere are a couple of juicy moral questions in this one and we bite down hard. This one was fun and we hope you enjoy it!Like, comment, share, subscribe, do what you do!SUBSCRIBE, RATE AND REVIEWFor show notes and more, please visit: www.actualanarchy.com/15

Mad Max: Fury Road is the next item up for bid. Robert and I go at it pretty hard in this one, which brings some heat to the discussion. Speaking of heat, we also have a special guest, my wife! We break down the movie and some very different perspectives on the main themes present herein.We hope you like this one.Hollywood Reporter article:http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/heat-visions-top-10-movies-851468For show notes and more, please visit: www.actualanarchy.com/14

King Kong ain’t got shit on me! No, that isn’t Harambe in the picture (may he rest in peace).When a scientific expedition to an uncharted island awakens titanic forces of nature, a mission of discovery becomes an explosive war between monster and man.Robert and I have a good discussion on property rights, homesteading, sentience and other topics while discussing the monster-romp Kong: Skull Island.Spoilers. All spoilers all the time.Enjoy! Like, Beat your Chest, Comment, Roar, Share, Smash HelicoptersSubscribe to us on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are sold.Give us a rating or review and help get the word out!For show notes and more, please visit: http://www.actualanarchy.com/13

Happy St. Patrick's Day non-specified gender neutral persons of unique varieties!We celebrate the holiday with a pint of Guinness and a discussion about the movie, the Boondock Saints with Michael Tabone of www.EvolutionofEconomics.com. He also writes for us here at the site, so check out his work in both places.This is a rousing and fun episode where we talk about vigilante justice, monopoly, ineptitude of government, licensure and permitting among other topics.Here is the A-Team article we mentioned:https://mises.org/blog/team-stands-anarcho-capitalismAnd here is a little more background on the movie and the screenwriter/director, Troy Duffy:https://indiefilmhustle.com/troy-duffy-boondock-saints/Slainte!Our guest:Michael Tabone is an Economist at ITR Economicshttp://www.evolutionofeconomics.com/Currently a Graduate Student at Johns Hopkins UniversityPast Education:-Bachelor of Science in Economics/Finance from Southern New Hampshire University, summa cum laude-Bachelor of Arts from Albertus Magnus CollegeP

In 2029 the mutant population has shrunk significantly and the X-Men have disbanded. Logan, whose power to self-heal is dwindling, has surrendered himself to alcohol and now earns a living as a chauffeur. He takes care of the ailing old Professor X whom he keeps hidden away.We bring on special guest, the Afro Libertarian Ryan Jones to nerd-out with us and talk about the "Wolverine movie that fans of Wolverine have been waiting for."So many questions come from this movie that we go for nearly two hours.Needless to say - SPOILERS!Look for articles from the Afro Libertarian here at www.ActualAnarchy.com and check out his site:http://theafrolibertarian.com/Like, Share, Rate, Subscribe, Review, ALL THE THINGS!For show notes and more, please visit: http://www.actualanarchy.com/2017/03/12/episode-11/PRESENTED BYRead Rothbard is comprised of a small group of voluntaryists who are fans of Murray N. Rothbard.We curate content at:www.ReadRothbard.comThe site includes books, lectures, articles, speeches, and we make a w

Kenny the Wizard of Libertarian Nerds runs The Wizardly Wisdom Podcast and had us on to discuss what we do and why we do it. It was a fun discussion and we hope you enjoy it!SoundCloud link: https://soundcloud.com/kenny-the-wizard/wizardly-wisdom-reality-anxiety-ep-11-actualanarchycom-with-dan-and-robert/s-PTR9dOriginal article link: http://www.actualanarchy.com/2017/02/23/guest-appearance-on-the-wizardly-wisdom-podcast/

In what will definitely not be considered a pro-tourism film for the country of Indonesia, we discuss the horrors on display in the film, the Act of Killing. The documentary follows a few of the executioners from the Indonesian genocide, where more than a million people were slaughtered, as they recreate their crimes to make a film of their own celebrating their actions some 45 years later. The true horror here is the mindset that these killers have maintained for half a lifetime and only through reliving the experience do they even begin to manifest humanity are repentance for their actions.We bring on special guest, Hinton Bowers who will be contributing as a writer for this site to talk about this movie, which was his suggestion for this show.Look for articles from Hinton here in the coming weeks.Like, Share, Rate, Subscribe, Review, ALL THE THINGS!For show notes and more, please visit: http://www.actualanarchy.com/2017/03/05/episode-9/

In a blatant attempt to ride the coattails of the new Logan movie, we bring on comic book creator, Jamie Sherman to discuss Wolverine and the work that he does in his own project, The Voluntaryist. We meander through a history of both characters and talk some self-defense scenarios. It's a good conversation that we hope you enjoy.Please check out the Voluntaryist in the following places:Volcomic.com: https://volcomic.com/Support the IndieGoGo campaign for "The Voluntarist Origins": https://igg.me/at/volcomic/xThe Actual Anarchy Shout-out: http://www.actualanarchy.com/2017/02/10/voluntaryist-origins-humanitys-last-stand-against-government/Subscribe on good ol' iTunes and give us a rating and review!

We take the President's Day holiday as an opportunity to examine America's favorite president as depicted by Daniel Day-Lewis in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. Let's just say that a Rothbardian Anarcho-Capitalist perspective is not kind to old "honest" Abe.We have a special guest, Actual Anarchy contributor, Rex Gazer. Look for articles from him on the site soon; and once he launches his own, we will push it vigorously.From the film, we see our hero avoiding peace by delay; thus prolonging the war. Visiting the wounded (A saint!). They depict Lincoln as a deity.I like how they painted the guy who called out Lincoln for jailing journalists, suspending habeus corpus and acting like a dictator as a smug, virulent racist. Thus, his arguments are automatically invalid.Later in the movie, Lincoln slapped his son. That's assault brother.Here are a few articles to review:http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=70018https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/american-civil-war/resources/proclamation-suspension-hab

The movie that may have started it all! We discuss the 1990 Christian Slater flick Pump Up the Volume that features him as shy high school teenager by date, but a pirate-radio, shock-jock host from his parents' basement by night. He gets a local following by interacting with his audience, but runs afoul of the authorities; both local and federal. It's a move with a strong anti-authoritarian streak that really holds up even today, especially now that almost anybody can now have their own show (such as this one!) via the power of the internet and podcasting.Speaking of podcasting, our excellent guest, Nathan Fraser has a show and offers services to help you launch your own podcast or start your own business. You can find more information about him here:The Nathan Fraser Show - http://nathanfrasershow.com/Free Market Squad - http://freemarketsquad.com/Podcast Blastoff - http://podcastblastoff.com/For more context around the Murray clip we played, here is the full lecture:https://youtu.be/0WNMiOjt49A?list=PLF

Happy Valentine's Day! We bring back our first love to talk about the Spike Jonze mind-bender HER starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson. What is love? A man going through a divorce turns inward to lonliness until he begins using a sentient Artifically Intelligent Operating System. That covers about a third of what we discuss in this episode, you'll have to tune in to find out the rest of our discussion.For more information about the projects our guest Liam Cardenas is working on, please visit:LJC.IOLiam Cardenas YouTube - Libertarian Interviews102 Studio YouTube - Libertarian Justice ProjectLike, comment, share, rate, subscribe, review, etc...!!For show notes and more, please visit: http://www.actualanarchy.com/2017/02/14/episode-5-valentines-day-special-her/

We bring on Doc Anarchy to discuss one of the most libertarian films in recent memory, the Dallas Buyers Club starring Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof - a rodeo cowboy who contracts HIV in the early days of the spread of AIDS. There is a lot to unpack in this movie and we found ourselves cheering for Ron as he battled the government that was preventing him from helping himself and helping others by establishing a market for drugs and remedies of their own choosing.For more information on our guest, Doc Anarchy, please visit his two sites:www.DocAnarchy.comwww.HonoringRonPaul.comWe welcome any feedback. Reach out to us in the comments section below or on our Facebook page!The Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof artwork for this episode was created by Viktor Miller-Gausa and is authorized for use via the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).Thanks for listening!For show notes and more, please visit: http://www.actualanarchy.com/2017/02/12/episode-4-dallas-buyers-clu

Part 2 of 2 where we discuss the topic-rich, yet wildly contradictory movie, Captain Fantastic. We do actually finish discussing this movie during this episode, but it's nearly two hours. So, we basically talk about this movie for longer than the movie actually is, but no bother. There is so much meat to discuss here. Please do enjoy!For show notes and more, visit www.ActualAnarchy.comPresented by:Read Rothbard is comprised of a small group of voluntaryists who are fans of Murray N. Rothbard. We curate content on the www.ReadRothbard.com site including books, lectures, articles, speeches, and we make a weekly podcast based on his free-market approach to economics. Our focus is on education and how advancement in technology improves the living standards of the average person.The Read Rothbard Podcast is all about Maximum Freedom. We look at movies and current events from a Rothbardian Anarchist perspective. If it's voluntary, we're cool with it. If it's not, then it violated the Non-Aggression Principle an

Part 1 of 2 where we discuss the topic-rich, yet wildly contradictory movie, Captain Fantastic. We change up the process slightly, where rather than give a synopsis and then discuss the movie - we opt to synopse-and-discuss in real-time. Hence, in the first episode, we only get threw the first few scenes of the movie, leaving us for a marathon episode 2 to cover the majority of the film. Enjoy!For show notes and more, please visit: http://www.actualanarchy.com/2017/01/30/episode-2-captain-fantastic-part-1

Hey, we're back! Allow ourselves to...introduce....ourselves... Robert and Daniel here from the Read Rothbard Podcast which will be transitioning to audiobooks of Murray Rothbard books and articles going foward. So let us be the first to welcome you to the inaugural episode of the Actual Anarchy Podcast (New name, same game). As I just said, this is the inaugural Actual Anarchy Podcast launching, fittingly, on inauguration day of new President, Donald J. Trump. Old boss, same as the new boss? In some ways, probably; though he was the change candidate. The F-you to the status quo. But, is the status quo the right thing? Most people aren't happy, no matter who wins. Is there a better way? Yes, Virginia, there is. Actual Anarchy. Voluntaryism. We introduce ourselves and some of the tenants of the philosophy in this episode. Future episodes will focus on actual instances of anarchy in popular film and news events. Get strapped in people; it's going to challenge what you think you know...and hopef