Lions of Liberty Network

With the RNC taking place this week, it seemed like an appropriate time to gather the pride together for another one of our ever-popular roundtable discussions! Host Marc Clair is joined by “The Godfather” Howie Snowdon, our unofficially official legal counsel “Rico” (or is Tico?), as well as special guest, the host of the We Are Libertarians podcast, Chris Spangle!  In this episode, we discuss:  - What outfits the crew like to wear while recording podcasts!  - Donald Trump’s VP pick of Mike Pence, and associated conspiracy theories about the selection.  - How Trump has masterfully used the power of persuasion to achieve unprecedented political success in 2016.  - Whether Hillary or Donald Trump will win this crazy election year, and whether Gary Johnson can be the X factor that tips the scale one side or the other.  - So mu [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode of Lions of Liberty, host Marc Clair welcomes Robin Koerner back to the program to discuss his new book, “If You Can Keep It”, which aims to help liberty-minded folks better communicate their political ideas to the masses. Robin has appeared on this program several times, most recently on a couple of our post-debate recaps during the primary season. He first came into the liberty movement when he wrote an article for The Huffington Post back in 2011 asking Democrats to become “Blue Republicans”, by switching to the GOP to support Ron Paul. This quickly spawned the “Blue Republican” group, which continues to support and endorse libertarian candidates across the political spectrum. [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode of Felony Friday host John Odermatt and guest Marc Hyden tackle the always controversial topic of the death penalty. John and Marc discuss what led him down the path to a career in politics and into his current role as National Advocacy Coordinator with Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty. Prior to joining CCADP he served as a Campaign Field Representative in Florida for the National Rifle Association (NRA). Marc also has experience working as a Campaign Manager for a Republican Congressional race in North Carolina. And Marc has served as the Legislative Liaison and Public Affairs Specialist with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode of Lions of Liberty, host Marc Clair welcomes Avens O’Brien back to the show! Avens O’Brien is a longtime libertarian activist and current writer for The Libertarian Republic and first appeared on the show back in May for one of our “Libertarians in Living Rooms Drinking Liquor” roundtables, taking a look at the Libertarian candidates for President. Now Avens returns to get the official Lions of Liberty [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Mr. Johnson’s Libertyhood, our semi-regular feature wherein we’ll look at the ongoing actions of Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson and his running mate Bill Weld. Longtime listeners will recognize the format, as it follows the popular Rand Pauluses and Minuses formula, however this time we’ll be grading Gary with JohnsONs for statements that we see as positive for liberty, and JohnsOFFs for those that raise our eyebrows or fists. Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode include the recent Johnson/Weld camp [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode of Felony Friday Amshula Jayaram joins host John Odermatt to discuss criminal justice reform and exoneration of innocent prisoners. Amshula is a state policy advocate for the Innocence Project. She leads state-level campaigns to enact policies and laws that benefit wrongfully convicted individuals, improve public safety and prevent future injustices. Amshula has prior experience working in the Washington Legislative Office of the American Civil Liberties Union. While at the ACLU she built policy campaigns to pass legislation on a variety of national security, human rights and criminal justice issues. Sh [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode of Lions of Liberty, host Marc Clair welcomes in the man who came within 30 votes of becoming the Libertarian Party’s Vice Presidential candidate in 2016, Mr. Larry Sharpe! Larry is a successful businessman as the Managing Director of the Neo-Sage Group, Inc., a consulting organization for businessmen and entrepreneurs. After being inspired to look into the Libertarian Party by Gary Johnson in 2012, Larry became an active member of and fundraiser for the Libertarian Party.  In the show you’ll hear great insights from Larry including:  [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode of Lions of Liberty, host Marc Clair welcomes in independent (with a small ‘I”) candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, Scott Rupert! Scott is in the midst of his second campaign for U.S. Senate in Ohio, after achieving 5% of the vote in 2012 without the support of any political party apparatus whatsoever, and on a budget of around $6,000. This fits right in line with the type of life Scott has led since a young age, having supported hi [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Aaron Commey joins Felony Friday host John Odermatt to share how he spent more than a decade in federal prison without being convicted.  We start things off by talking about Aaron ’s background and the mental illness that led to delusions, which landed him in serious trouble with the law. Aaron was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2003, but still remained in the federal prison system until January of 2015. That’s more than a decade where individuals, doctors employed by the federal prison system, essentially held him captive.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode of Lions of Liberty, Marc welcomes in Adam de Angeli, the Tax Watch Project Director at the Tax Revolution Institute! What’s that, you ask? Well, listen to find out, silly! But before we get into all that, Adam discusses his history of activism for libertarian causes, first spurred on by the Ron Paul Presidential campaign in 2008. We then dovetail into his work with the Tax Revolution Institute and their mission statement.  While TRI has broader goals to drastically alter the U.S. tax sys [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices