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Oct 11, 2017 • 47min

ELL 41: We Harvey (Weinstein) Knew Ye!

In this week’s Electric Libertyland, Brian observes the days-long silence from top Democrats on Harvey Weinstein’s grope-gate scandal, talks about the United States embarrassing itself at the U.N. discussing death sentences for gays, looks at a Miami Dolphins coach Christopher Foerster being outed on social media as a drug user because “social justice,” and examines the insane amount of corruption in Latin American and Caribbean countries’ public services. And to wrap it up: will Rand Paul cave on Trump’s tax plan in exchange for some love on health insurance?  @BrianMcWilliams @LionsofLiberty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 9, 2017 • 47min

316. Live Free in New Hampshire - Matt Philips of the Free State Project

In today’s episode, Marc is joined by the President of the Free State Project, Matt Philips! The Free State Project is a movement which is in the process of moving 20,000 people to the state of New Hampshire to better enact poltical change towards a more free society while building a upon a community of liberty activists. Matt explains how he first became a libertarian, and what inspired him to join the FSP and move to New Hampshire well ahead of the “trigger” - the signing of 20,000 people to the pledge to move to state within 5 years, which occurred in 2016. Marc and Matt also tackle the issue of guns, and address concersn of those who would fear a lack of government oversight over gun ownerships, as currently exists in New Hampshire.  Find full show notes at LionsOfLiberty.com/316 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 6, 2017 • 49min

FF 092 - Make Automatic Weapons 100 Percent Legal

On today’s episode of Felony Friday host John Odermatt is joined by Lions of Liberty legal counsel “Rico.” After exchanging some pleasantries discussing the MLB playoffs, John and Rico dive into the serious topic of the recent Las Vegas shooting. They start out examining why the gun control crowd and Hillary Clinton have already started to use this tragedy to push their agenda. John and Rico point out that left will push perceived “common sense” solutions, that in reality do nothing to make us safer and absolutely infringe on our liberty.  Instead of debating the left’s fantasy solutions, John and Rico discuss a very important question that you won’t hear anywhere else: Should automatic weapons be fully [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 4, 2017 • 42min

ELL 40: Vegas, Politicizing Tragedy, Gun Control and Catalan

On this week’s Electric Libertyland, Brian McWilliams gets into the Vegas massacre and the gun control discussion. He then talks about Clinton’s classlessness, and the Catalan independence violence and vote protests and police brutality ongoing in Spain. @LionsofLiberty @BrianMcWilliams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 2, 2017 • 55min

315. Is “Evictionism” the Libertarian Answer to the Abortion Debate? Walter Block Explains His Theory

The abortion debate has always been framed in the mainstream discussion as “Pro-Life” vs “Pro-Choice.” Meanwhile, libertarians often find themselves in a difficult position when trying to choose a “side” on this debate, as they try to weigh the rights of the mother vs the rights of the unborn child. Today, economist and libertarian philosopher Walter Block joins Lions of Liberty to explain why he believes his theory of “evictionism” is the answer to abortion debate that is consistent with libertarian value. Where do the rights of the fetus begin? Is abortion the same as murder? And what objection does Marc ask Walter that he has never heard in nearly fifty years of discussing this issue? Check out today’s show to find out! Pride members will also have access to a bonus, off-air conversation between Marc and Avens O’Brien about the issue of abortion, so be sure to j [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 29, 2017 • 43min

FF 091 - Bikinis and Basketball

Join host John Odermatt as he goes it alone for this episode of Felony Friday. During this episode John plays America’s fastest growing podcast game show “Is it a Crime, and Should they do Time” throughout the entirety of the show. John covers trending news topics from Bikini baristas to the NCAA basketball scandal. You can find the show notes page >here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 27, 2017 • 39min

Electric Libertyland Ep 39: NFL and Nuclear Tweeting With The Johnny Rocket Launchpad

On this week’s Electric Libertyland, Brian McWilliams is joined by the cast of the Johnny Rocket Launchpad, to talk about the NFL anthem flap, Trump’s tweets that may lead to nuclear war, a Senate vote for an $80B increase in defense spending, Betsy DeVos rescinding Obama’s Title IX “Dear Colleague” letter, and an Ohio bill that would make it illegal to abort babies testing positive for Downs Syndrome. Show notes at Lions of Liberty @LionsofLiberty @BrianMcWilliams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 25, 2017 • 1h 9min

314. Libertarians in Living Rooms Drinking Liquor: Hijinks Ensue w/ Mike Brancatelli

Get ready for one of the most absurd, rambling, all-over-the-map liberty podcasts ever recorded. If crassness and taking nothing seriously isn’t your bag, you may want to skip this episode. Something tells us you won’t want to, as the “Libertarians in Living Rooms Drinking Liquor” are joined by the former co-host of “Part of the Problem” with Dave Smith and current host of the “Mikeadelic” podcast, Mike Brancatelli! Mike joins Marc, Brian and Odie to toss back some adult beverages and riff on topics including the return of Rand Paul, a failed attempt to discuss Cassidy-Graham Bill, Harrison Ford’s nazi punching and faultly plane landings, the the best bad B-movies, and tackle the question “Who Would Blow up the Asteroids in a Libertarian Society?”, and debate who did more damage to libertarianism in the last year - Gary Johnson, or Christopher Cantwell? And the fun doesn’t end here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 22, 2017 • 42min

FF 090 - Shane Claiborne Shares Why Christians are Wrong on the Death Penalty

Shane Claiborne joins the Felony Friday show to discuss a subject that is pretty controversial, the death penalty. Shane is a Christian activist and author who is one of the founding members of the intentional community, the Simple Way, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Eastern University, where he studied sociology and youth ministry. Shane has an impressive resume. He worked alongside Mother Teresa during a 10-week term in Calcutta. He spent three weeks in Baghdad with the Iraq Peace Team and took daily trips to sites where there had been bombings, visited hospitals and families, and attended worship services during the war. - Claiborne is featured in the documentary The Ordinary Radicals, and he co-directed the three volume Another World is Possible series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 20, 2017 • 1h 4min

ELL 38: End the Fed (Again!) and The Graham-Cassidy Plan

In this week’s episode of Electric Libertyland, host Brian McWilliams gives his take on the Trumpian circle-jerk that was the 2017 Emmy Awards, and how politics and entertainment need to take a break from each other. He then turns towards more serious topics including the utter failure of the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing programs, the GOP’s last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare (kind of) with the Graham-Cassidy plan, the state of the 1st Amendment, new climate research and an idiotic idea in the UK to limit voting rights based on internet trolling. Show notes at Lions of Liberty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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