Best Think Liberty Network Podcasts (2024)

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Ep 303 | Approaching Election Day, the Antiauthoritarians Are Winning 44:43

4m ago44:43

44:43

In this special election edition of "Kibbe on Liberty," Matt goes solo, unleashing an epic ramble-rant about the big political realignment happening right before our eyes and the opportunities for libertarians working to free America from the tyranny of lockdown authoritarianism. While Donald Trump openly courts the libertarian vote, a New Resistan…

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Ep 302 | Frustrated Parents Will Decide the Election | Guest: Corey DeAngelis 56:14

7d ago56:14

56:14

As trust in the government school system plummets, more and more parents are stepping up and taking a more active role in their children’s educations. Now, those parents are representing a major voting bloc in the swing states, and they will have to decide which candidate will better support their rights. Matt Kibbe sits down with Corey DeAngelis, …

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Ep 301 | Fauci Is to Blame for the Pandemic | Guest: Christian Britschgi 49:44

14d ago49:44

49:44

Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic and the disastrous lockdowns that accompanied it, we’re still looking for answers on who to blame for the millions of deaths as well as the countless livelihoods destroyed. Since the corporate press has failed to do its job in holding government officials accountable, independent journalists have had to pick u…

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Ep 300 | FEMA’s Catastrophic Failure | Guest: Amy LePore 55:12

21d ago55:12

55:12

As Hurricane Helene brought devastation to Asheville, North Carolina, and surrounding communities, it’s been remarkable how ineffective FEMA and other government agencies have been at helping victims. More galling, government bureaucrats are actually impeding private efforts to offer aid to those in need. Matt Kibbe sits down with Amy LePore, co-fo…

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Ep 299 | Live Free or Live in Fear | Guest: Logan Albright 49:09

28d ago49:09

49:09

The COVID-19 pandemic gave government authoritarians the opportunity to exploit the public’s fear to seize power. It was shocking to see how quickly many people were willing to abandon their principles for the promise of protection, but it’s hardly the first time this has happened. Matt Kibbe sits down with Logan Albright, head writer at Free the P…

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Ep 298 | Big Pharma Has Captured Government | Guest: Sharyl Attkisson 1:03:39

1M ago1:03:39

1:03:39

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed a number of troubling truths about the role the pharmaceutical industry plays in shaping public policy and the financial incentives that politicians and bureaucrats have to push certain medical interventions onto unsuspecting citizens. Matt Kibbe sits down with Sharyl Attkisson, author of "Follow the Science," to disc…

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Ep 297 | We’re Being Gaslit About Biosafety | Guest: Bryce Nickels 1:10:00

1M ago1:10:00

1:10:00

The emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen in late 2019, and the ensuing investigation into its origins, revealed a dangerous lack of concern among bureaucrats and elected officials for biosafety and biosecurity. Not only did our government fund research to make viruses more deadly to humans, but it continues to do so, refusing to back down or admit …

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Ep 296 | Restorative Justice Offers a Third Way to Deal with Crime | Guests: Kathleen McGoey and Lindsey Pointer 1:02:33

2M ago1:02:33

1:02:33

Americans can’t seem to agree on how to handle crime. On the Right, we have the tough-on-crime, lock-’em-up mentality that prioritizes punishment and low tolerance for antisocial behavior. On the Left, we hear talk about compassion and rehabilitation, while thieves and vandals are allowed to loot and pillage our cities without consequences. Restora…

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Ep 295 | We’re Living in a Taxocracy | Guest: Scott Hodge 57:42

2M ago57:42

57:42

Most people think about taxation as a bite out of their paychecks, an extra expense at the grocery store, and a massive hassle around April 15 every year. All this is correct as far as it goes, but what we too often fail to appreciate are the massive ways in which tax policy shapes our lives and our decision-making. Matt Kibbe sits down with Scott …

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Ep 294 | Moms Are Standing Up for Liberty | Guest: Tiffany Justice 1:00:55

2M ago1:00:55

1:00:55

The quickest way for mothers to become politically activated is when their kids are threatened. This week, Matt Kibbe sits down with Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, to discuss the many ways in which the federal government is failing and neglecting America’s children. As a member of her local school board, Justice saw firsthand that…

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Ep 293 | The UK Is Bringing Back Blasphemy Laws | Guest: Daniel Hannan 54:34

2M ago54:34

54:34

Merry olde England isn’t so merry these days, as its police force has been busy arresting citizens for posting “offensive” opinions on social media. One police commissioner even threatened to extradite Elon Musk, along with other Americans, for disregarding the United Kingdom’s anti-hate-speech laws. The American Bill of Rights drew many of its pro…

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Ep 292 | We Need More Choices in Elections | Guest: Christina Tobin 43:53

3M ago43:53

43:53

Every election cycle, it seems like our choices get not only worse but more limited. The two-party system consistently delivers poor candidates who resemble each other more than they differ. The reason for this is that there’s no competition. Matt Kibbe sits down with Christina Tobin, founder of Free & Equal, to discuss how we can change that. As t…

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Ep 291 | Embrace the Chaos of Entrepreneurship | Guest: John Mackey 1:01:08

3M ago1:01:08

1:01:08

At 2024’s FreedomFest, Matt Kibbe catches up with John Mackey, the serial entrepreneur who founded Whole Foods and is now launching the new wellness company Love.Life. Mackey wants to empower individuals to take control of their own health in a way that is increasingly difficult in the American health care system. Despite these challenges, Mackey r…

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Ep 290 | Comedy Transcends Group Identity | Guest: Andrew Doyle 58:48

3M ago58:48

58:48

At this year’s FreedomFest in Las Vegas, Matt Kibbe sits down with English comedian Andrew Doyle to talk about how comedy, and indeed art as a whole, has been impacted by woke identity politics and critical theory. Doyle is pushing back against a claim that a comedian’s race or gender is more important than whether he or she can be funny. He’s also…

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Ep 289 | The Founders Foresaw Today’s Problems | Guest: Josie Glabach 54:58

3M ago54:58

54:58

Modern pundits are fond of dismissing America’s Founders as backward slave owners with outdated ideas about government, but they were actually prescient about many of the issues that define today’s political landscape. At the FreedomFest conference in Las Vegas, Matt Kibbe sits down with libertarian influencer Josie Glabach, professionally known as…

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Ep 288 | Denounce Violence, Defend Free Speech | Guest: Steven Baker 1:16:58

4M ago1:16:58

1:16:58

In light of recent events, it is incumbent on all champions of freedom to denounce violence in all its forms. Reasonable people can agree that the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, were a tragedy that should never have happened. But this acknowledgement shouldn’t prevent us from seeking the truth about what really happened that day. Matt Kibbe is j…

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Ep 287 | Can Comedians Save the World? | Guest: Rob Schneider 57:04

4M ago57:04

57:04

When truth is treason in the empire of lies, sometimes it takes a court jester to say what everyone else is thinking. Matt Kibbe catches up with actor and comedian Rob Scheider at 2024’s FreedomFest in Las Vegas, to talk about how the formerly apolitical comic felt compelled to come out as a warrior for freedom purely by virtue of the fact that no …

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Ep 286 | Nobody Wants You Healthy | Guest: Dr. Mark Richards 1:06:26

4M ago1:06:26

1:06:26

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans are reevaluating their relationship with the health care industry and the government bureaucrats who control it. Matt Kibbe sits down with Dr. Mark Richards, author of “Nobody Wants You Healthy,” to delve into the perverse incentives that drive Big Pharma into profiting off a country of the chronicall…

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Ep 285 | Sassy with Massie (Part 2) | Guest: Thomas Massie 49:48

4M ago49:48

49:48

In this second half of our retrospective look at one of "Kibbe on Liberty's" most frequent and entertaining guests, Matt Kibbe talks to Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) about a wide range of topics, including food freedom, the surveillance state, foreign policy, and how the congressman became the most hated man in Washington. This special "best of" editi…

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Ep 284 | 'How to Run Wars' | Guests: Christopher Coyne and Abigail Hall 49:30

5M ago49:30

49:30

Making war is one of the things that government does best, but sometimes even the deep-state elites need a little help figuring out how to invade other countries, kill their people, and plunder their resources, all while propping up American defense contractors and keeping the voting public complacent. Thankfully, a handy how-to manual for all your…

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Ep 283 | Sassy with Massie (Part 1) | Guest: Thomas Massie 48:35

5M ago48:35

48:35

Apart from being one of the fiercest defenders of liberty in Congress, Rep. Thomas Massie is also one of the most frequent and engaging guests on Kibbe on Liberty. In this special two-part episode, we’re going back through the years to showcase some of Massie’s best conversations with Matt Kibbe. From his sustainable, off the grid farm in Kentucky …

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Fakertarians Episode 55: Jonathan Casey 2:06:47

5M ago2:06:47

2:06:47

Outgoing Classical Liberal Caucus Chair Johnathan Casey joins us to discuss the convention and other happenings in the Libertarian Party. We will be trying to do regular episodes again! You can support our podcast at ⁠https://streamlabs.com/fakertarians⁠ and get some merch at ⁠https://www.malicefortwitter.com⁠.…

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Ep 282 | Dr. Fauci Tortured Cats | Guest: Anthony Bellotti 59:20

5M ago59:20

59:20

It’s long been established that cats are libertarian individualists with a distaste for big government, but it turns they may have done more to preserve American lives and freedom than even they realize. Matt Kibbe speaks to Anthony Bellotti, president and founder of the White Coat Waste Project, about how an investigation into feline animal abuse …

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Ep 281 | Both Republicans and Democrats Love War | Guest: Tulsi Gabbard 51:12

5M ago51:12

51:12

There was a time when the Democratic Party marketed itself as a home for the anti-war Left, with protesters routinely showing up at Republican events to condemn American involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, with the election of Barack Obama, those voices fell silent, and since then, both major political parties have demanded more wars, mor…

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Ep 280 | Independent Creators Can’t Be Stopped | Guests: Joseph Keatinge & Matt Battaglia 50:06

6M ago50:06

50:06

In the debate about cancel culture, it’s become cliché to claim that the powers that be won’t permit certain types of entertainment anymore. Matt Kibbe and Matt Battaglia challenge this conception in a conversation with comics writer Joseph Keatinge, co-founder and chief creative officer at Vast Vision Publishing. Keatinge talks about the freedom a…

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Ep 279 | States Are Laboratories of Liberty | Guest: Eric Brakey 50:01

6M ago50:01

50:01

At the New Hampshire Liberty Forum, Matt Kibbe sits down with Maine state Senator Eric Brakey, who talks about his legislative accomplishments and his transition into the role of executive director of the Free State Project. Brakey explains that state governments are in the best position to be leaders on building mainstream support for new and seem…

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Ep 278 | Bring Our Troops Home | Guest: Derek Proulx 30:08

6M ago30:08

30:08

At this year’s New Hampshire Liberty Forum, Matt Kibbe sat down with Derek Proulx, the New Hampshire state chair of Bring Our Troops Home, to talk about his involvement in the Defend the Guard movement. Defend the Guard is an initiative to prevent the federal government from misusing the National Guard for military adventurism abroad without a prop…

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Ep 277 | The Speaker Has No Clothes | Guest: Rep. Thomas Massie 1:02:33

6M ago1:02:33

1:02:33

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s job is in trouble, as many Republicans in Congress are dissatisfied with his lack of leadership and willingness to cozy up to the Democratic opposition. Matt Kibbe is joined by Rep. Thomas Massie, who explains why he’s calling for the speaker to be replaced and outlines what he calls “the three betrayals of Mike …

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Ep 276 | How New Hampshire Became the Freest State in the Union | Guest: Carla Gericke 45:40

6M ago45:40

45:40

Sprouting from a graduate student’s thought experiment in 2001, over the last 20 years, the Free State Project has made a significant impact on the state of New Hampshire by gathering like-minded, liberty-loving folk who share a passion for freedom and independence. At this year’s New Hampshire Liberty Forum, Matt Kibbe sits down with Carla Gericke…

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Ep 275 | How Estonia Defeated Socialism | Guest: Matthew Mitchell 1:03:30

7M ago1:03:30

1:03:30

After the fall of the Soviet Union, a whole host of European countries were faced with a unique opportunity: the chance to free their economy and clean up a corrupt legal system. Of all the ex-Soviet states, few have been as successful as Estonia. Matt Kibbe speaks to Matthew Mitchell, senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, about the peaceful and m…

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Ep 274 | Someone Has to Stand Up for Women’s Sports | Guest: Jennifer Sey 45:10

7M ago45:10

45:10

The question of whether transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s sports has sparked controversy as elite female athletes have seen their accomplishment erased by bigger, stronger, and faster trans women who went through male puberty. Matt Kibbe talks with Jennifer Sey, a champion gymnast and the founder and CEO of XX-XY Athletic…

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Ep 273 | Government Commits More Crimes than We Know | Guest: James Bovard 0:10

7M ago0:10

0:10

In the information age, it’s ironic that the government is becoming more secretive than ever, with an increase in classified documents and a growing reluctance to engage in any sort of transparency. Today's guest is James Bovard, author of "Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty," which is about the massive amount of illegal activity the govern…

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Ep 272 | Democracy Ain’t What It Used to Be | Guest: Glenn Jacobs 51:46

7M ago51:46

51:46

At New Hampshire’s Liberty Forum, Matt Kibbe talks to Glenn Jacobs, Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, about a wide variety of liberty issues, from the dishonesty of lockdowns and the unsustainability of the national debt, to the way in which the invocation of ‘democracy’ has become a code word for the raw accumulation of political power. Jacobs expl…

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Ep 271 | Why ‘Cabrini’ Is Connecting with Audiences | Guest: Jordan Harmon 42:42

8M ago42:42

42:42

As Hollywood continues to prioritize ideology over quality entertainment, filmmakers who just want to tell compelling stories are finding alternative avenues for production and distribution. Angel Studios is one such alternative, breaking out in a big way with the film “Sound of Freedom.” Matt Kibbe talks to Angel Studios co-founder and president J…

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Bonus Episode | Do We Still Have the Right to Question Our Government? | Guest: Jay Bhattacharya 19:48

8M ago19:48

19:48

After the Twitter Files revealed that government agencies pressured social media companies into suppressing dissident speech during lockdowns, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya was one of several plaintiffs who challenged this clear violation of the First Amendment in court. Now, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether the Constitution still gives …

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Bonus Episode | Ban TikTok, Grow the Surveillance State | Guest: Tulsi Gabbard 8:06

8M ago8:06

8:06

This week, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban TikTok if it is not sold by the Chinese-based ByteDance company. In this Episode, former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard sat down with Matt Kibbe to discuss the further implications of the bill, and how it is a form of government overreach that will be used to spy on the American p…

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Ep 270 | The Inspiring Legacy of Thomas Sowell | Guest: Clifton Duncan | 1:02:15

8M ago1:02:15

1:02:15

When actor Clifton Duncan dared to go against his industry’s orthodoxy on COVID-19, he found out the hard way that the expectations for conformity can be unforgiving. Hounded out of his profession, he took comfort in discovering the work of another celebrated nonconformist, economist Thomas Sowell. While Sowell’s peers were arguing for socialist ec…

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Ep 269 | The Truth About Growing Up in the Soviet Union | Guest: Gia Jandieri 1:12:44

8M ago1:12:44

1:12:44

The country of Georgia is a beautiful place of rich traditions and a unique wine-making culture, but like so many countries, its individual character and history were nearly wiped out by the enforced homogeneity of the Soviet Union. Matt Kibbe talks to Gia Jandieri, founder of the New Economic School, about what it was like for him to spend half hi…

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Ep 268 | Congress Is Using Kids to Impose Online Censorship | Guest: Yaël Ossowski 54:34

8M ago54:34

54:34

Won’t someone please think of the children? There’s a long history of politicians weaponizing supposed concern over protecting children to impose repressive legislation on the people. The latest example is the Kids Online Safety Act, a transparent attempt to smuggle widespread censorship past the people under the guise of keeping children safe. Mat…

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Ep 267 | Libertarianism Is About Respect | Guest: Spike Cohen 1:07:22

9M ago1:07:22

1:07:22

Libertarians have always struggled to communicate their ideas in a way that is appealing to the average person, mainly because they won’t stop quoting dead economists, to the point where it becomes a drinking game. Spike Cohen, former Libertarian Party candidate for vice president and founder of You Are the Power, wants to change that. In this conv…

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Ep 266 | Why Did We Stop Talking About Venezuela? | Guest: Jorge Jraissati 47:42

9M ago47:42

47:42

When the socialist policies of Nicolas Maduro and Hugo Chavez transformed Venezuela from a prosperous country into a humanitarian disaster, it was big news all over the world. The New York Times ran stories about residents of the impoverished nation having to eat their own pets in order to survive and any number of similarly horrific narratives. Bu…

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Ep 265 | COVID Policy Was a Psychosis | Guest: Tom Woods 51:22

9M ago51:22

51:22

It’s easy to take a revisionist view of our initial attitudes toward the COVID-19 lockdowns now that several years have passed and the initial fog of confusion has been replaced by a series of increasingly inconvenient facts for the COVID-authoritarians. But Matt Kibbe’s guest this week has had the courage not only to revisit his former views but e…

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Ep 264 | We’re Not as Divided as We Think | Guests: Kristina Kendall and Benjamin Klutsey 46:13

9M ago46:13

46:13

Political polarization in the United States has never been worse. At least, that’s what we’ve been told by a media culture that feeds on sensationalism and fearmongering. But it turns out the truth is somewhat more complicated. In their new film, “Undivide Us,” Kristina Kendall and Benjamin Klutsey bring Americans together to have the kinds of diff…

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Ep 263 | Sorry, Florida! Science Proves That New Hampshire Is the Best State | Guests: Will Ruger and Jason Sorens 1:05:14

9M ago1:05:14

1:05:14

All over the country people are relocating in search of better living conditions, greater economic opportunity, and more freedom. But where to go? Conventional wisdom would probably suggest states like Texas or Florida, but two economists from the American Institute for Economic Research say that conventional wisdom is for suckers! In a new study e…

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Ep 262 | Eyewitness Perspective from Israel | Guests: Moshe Gorin, Lior Abutbul, and Boaz Arad 57:25

10M ago57:25

57:25

Concluding a series focusing on different points of view on the Israel-Palestine conflict, Matt Kibbe is joined by three members of the Israeli liberty movement for firsthand accounts of what it’s really like to live in the midst of war. Moshe Gorin and Lior Abutbul of the Kohelet Policy Forum, along with Boaz Arad of the Ayn Rand Center Israel, sh…

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Ep 261 | Zionism Has a Problem | Guest: Sheldon Richman 57:28

10M ago57:28

57:28

In this latest in a series of conversations highlighting different perspectives on the Israel-Palestine conflict, Matt Kibbe talks to Sheldon Richman, author of Coming to Palestine and executive editor at the Libertarian Institute. Richman argues that it's possible to feel empathy for the tragedy of the October 7th attacks on Israel, without having…

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Ep 260 | Developing Countries Suffered Most from Lockdowns | Guest: David Malpass 37:18

10M ago37:18

37:18

When COVID lockdowns were imposed, the focus by policymakers was on protecting the citizens of developed countries from the virus. While they failed to do this, they also neglected to consider the impact of people struggling with poverty around the world. David Malpass, former president of the World Bank, talks with Matt Kibbe about how lockdowns c…

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Ep 259 | Why the Bretton Woods Agreement Matters | Guest: Larry White 21:27

10M ago21:27

21:27

The international monetary system is a mess, but how did it get that way? In large part, it is due to a deal that was cut in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in 1944. At the scene of the crime 80 years later, Matt Kibbe sits down with economics professor Larry White to dissect how the pre-World War I stable gold standard was transformed into one of fi…

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Ep 258 | Israel Is a Rights-Protecting Society | Guest: Craig Biddle 57:51

11M ago57:51

57:51

Following the horrific attacks on October 7, the war between Israel and Hamas has sparked a heated debate about whether the Israeli government’s response has been appropriate and what role, if any, the West should play in supporting the Israeli cause. In a series of conversations with people holding diverse views on this topic, Matt Kibbe sits down…

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Ep 257 | Free Speech on Campus Is Under Assault | Guest: Greg Lukianoff 48:22

11M ago48:22

48:22

Following a series of highly visible (and highly embarrassing) congressional hearings with the heads of major universities, the debate over what speech should be permitted on college campuses has reignited. Matt Kibbe sits down with Greg Lukianoff, president and CEO of FIRE and author of "The Canceling of the American Mind," to discuss cancel cultu…

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