Lions Of Liberty

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes in Ademo Freeman, the founder of Cop Block. Ademo describes how becoming a victim of the War on Drugs led him down the path to discover libertarian ideas, and eventually to founding Cop Block, a decentralized project whose goal is police accountability. Marc and Ademo discuss the root causes behind rights-infringements by police, and delve into why Ademo views himself as a volunaryist. Of course, Marc has a few thoughts in the post-interview rant!  Check out our website: Lions of Liberty Social Media: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes in Barbara Oakley, Associate Professor at Oakland University, P.h.D and author of “Pathological Altruism” and “Evil Genes.” Barbara explains her exploration outward from an engineering background into the study of psychology, the concept behind “pathological altruism,” and how reason and emotion can often come into conflict when forming political viewpoints.  Check out our website:  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes in Thomas DiLorenzo, author of “The Real Lincoln” and “Lincoln Unmasked.” Mr. DiLorenzo explains why he first became interested in debunking much of the mythology of Abraham Lincoln, addresses many of the commonly held beliefs about his Presidency, and details his many crimes in the prosecution of the Civil War. As usual, Marc wraps it all up with one of his classic rants! Check out our website: Lions of Liberty Social Media: Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes in Republican Candidate for Senate in Georgia, Derrick Grayson, better known as TMOT aka The Minister of Truth to many in the libertarian community for his entertaining YouTube videos. Mr. Grayson describes how he first began making his “Drive Time with TMOT” videos on YouTube and how he came up with the TMOT moniker. Derrick explains how he first became a passionate advocate of the ideas of liberty through Ron Paul’s Presidential campaigns, and what inspired him to carry the torch of liberty himself and run for the United States Senate. Marc and Derrick discuss the philosophy behind his campaign, before Mr. Grayson takes some questions from some Daily Paul readers.  Check out our website:  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair is joined by Dr. Murray Sabrin, Professor of Finance at Ramapo College and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in New Jersey. Dr. Sabrin describes how he and his family came to America from West Germany after surviving the Holocaust. Murray goes on to discuss how he became a libertarian, studying with Murray Rothbard, and what he hopes to achieve with his Senate campaign. Marc gets Dr. Sabrin’s thoughts on several issues including U.S. foreign policy, the War on Drugs, and Senator Rand Paul.  Check out our website: Lions of Liberty Social Media: Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special Lions of Liberty Rewind, we take a look back at the very first Lions of Liberty “Whiskey Chat”, where the Lions of Liberty co-founders discussed a man who has become a controversial figure in the libertarian circles, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul.  Check out our website: Lions of Liberty Social Media: Facebook Twitter Google + Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair is joined by Fred Foldvary, economics lecturer at San Jose State University, to discuss his work “Public Good and Private Communities: The Market Provision of Social Services.” Fred explains how he took the philosophy of Georgism and took it a step further by combining it with libertaran ideas, and coined the term “geo-libertarianism”. Mr. Foldvary details how private communities have developed to provide the type of “public” services that many often presume require an overreaching, coercive government to efficiently obtain.  Fred and Marc examine several modern examples of these private communities, including the most well-known private community in the world: Walt Disney World. Check out our website:  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair is joined by antiwar activist Alli McCracken of CODEPINK.  Alli describes her first visit to the  West Bank, and how her experiences there pushed her to question U.S. foreign policy and become a full-time antiwar activist. Marc and Alli discuss the Middle East conflict, drones, and how the foreign policy of the United States tends to eventually come back to haunt us at home. And of course, Marc finishes things off with one of his classic rants!                        Check out [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, I welcome in Blue Republican founder Robin Koerner! Robin details his journey to the United States from Great Britain, and how he found himself smack in the middle of the liberty movement when his article, “If You Love Peace, Become a Blue Republican (Just For a Year)” went viral and led to his founding of the Blue Republican political political organization. We discuss various obstacles that libertarians often face when trying to explain the ideas of liberty to others, and how we can reach out to other people who share similar ideas in order to show that liberty is the c [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes  in Professor Benjamin Powell, head of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech, and author of the new book “Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy.” Marc and Ben go over common criticisms of sweatshops in third world countries. Ben describes how sweatshops often offer a better viable alternative for many people to improve their lives, and how market forces – not government edicts – provide better working conditions over time.  Check out our website: Lions of Liberty[...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes Wofford College Associate Professor of Economics and Associated Scholar with the Ludwig von Mises Institute Dr. Timothy Terrell to the show. The conversation touches down on multiple points revolving around economics, libertarian philosophy on environmental issues and private property rights. Check out our website: Lions of Liberty Follow us! Facebook: Facebook.com/lionsofliberty Twitter: @lionsofliberty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes professional wrestler RJ Brewer to the show. They discuss how RJ got into the pro wrestling business, the development of the RJ Brewer character, and to what extent the anti-illegal immigration stance of his in-ring character reflects his own personal views. Marc and RJ delve into the philosophical issues surrounding the immigration debate and how the left-right paradigm dumbs down political conversations. Check out our website: Lions of Liberty Follow us! Facebook: Facebook.com/lionsofliberty Twitter: @lionsofliberty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A special bonus for our dedicated listeners! This is the full clip of the “Best Quotes of 2013″ which originally aired in Ep. 14, the Holiday Extravaganza!  Props to John Daubert for the fantastic editing job!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair is joined by Brian Doherty of Reason Magazine and Reason.com. Brian describes how he first became interested in libertarian ideas, and how he translated that into his journalist career.  Marc and Brian discuss some of the history of the modern libertarian movement as detailed in Brian’s book, “Radicals for Capitalism”, including the events surrounding Murray Rothbard’s split with the CATO Institute.  They then talk about how cities like Los Angeles use the excuse of petty crimes to entrap the poor and homeless, and violate civil liberties. And of course, stick around for Marc’s thoughts after the interview! [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair is joined by Professor Carlo Celli of Bowling Green State University  for a history lesson, as they discuss his new book Economic Fascism: Primary Sources on Mussolini’s Crony Capitalism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices