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• Episode 171, Walking Dead Lefties

  

  I don’t know what it is, but zombies are everywhere you turn these days. They're wandering everywhere through the culture—on TV, in the movies, on video games,... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 170, Rainwater Capture & Irrigation--An Update

  

  Our second summer with a garden here at Liberty Ridge has come and gone.It's been an unexpectedly dry fall so far, no rain for about 5 weeks. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 169, Alternatives to Shrugging Out

  

  Shrugging out is Atlas Shrugged for the little guy. It's about withdrawing your support for the welfare state while building a life of liberty and... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 168, We Have Been Warned

  

  In this show we take a look at the ample, though frustratingly imprecise, warnings of the coming Collapse.As hard as it is to say just how close we are to the... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 167, How Bad Will Things Get?

  

  When it comes to "The Collapse" we've been talking about since this show's inception, the second most asked question is, "How bad will things get?" (The MOST... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 166, Camp Pain 2016

  

  Time for the quadrennial American agitation theater play, the election of the next President of these United States. It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 165, Is This the Start of

  Just click on the title of the episode to start your PC's default media player (Windows Media, for most people). Or right-click on the title and download the... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 164, Listener Don Returns to Liberty Ridge

  

  Topics we discuss whilst relaxing on the porch:Ferguson, Baltimore, and CharlestonThe Supreme Court and ObamacareThe Supreme Court and same-sex marriageCornell... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 163, Liberty Ridge, Two Years In

  

  With our two-year anniversary here at Liberty Ridge just around the corner, I thought I'd talk about what "shrugging out" has been like for us and what we have... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 162, Climate Change--Fascism in Science Clothing

  

  In this show, I talk about the politics of Climate Change, and the goal held by its proponents--nothing less than rescuing Collectivism once again from its... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 161, More About America's Ruin

  

  I’ve gotten great feedback from the last show about the long, slow ruin of America. Many thanks to all the listeners who responded. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 160, The Long, Slow, Ruin of America

  

  Adam Smith said long ago, "There is a great deal of ruin in a nation." He was talking about the British Empire, during the American revolution. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 159, What is Freedom of Speech, Really?

  

  What exactly is the freedom of speech? And why is freedom of speech such an important topic, especially now? It's important because, of course, freedom of speec... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 158, Social Justice Warriors

  

  Social Justice Warriors--heard of these guys? (Whoops, you're not supposed to call mixed-gender groups of people "guys" anymore.) SJWs are collectivists, of... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 157, Taxation is Theft

  

  Theft: The taking of another person’s property without that person’s permission or consent with the intent of depriving the rightful owner of it.Does taxation... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 156, Black Markets--Dodging the Command Economy

  

  Black markets occur when the government makes the transaction of a good or service illegal.But illegality, while necessary, is not sufficient. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 155, How Much Should Health Care Cost in America?

  

  It’s actually a good question: How much should health care cost in America? At the rate we’re going, we’ll never know.Few Americans actually know what health... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 154, Odds of Another American Revolution, Part 2

  

  Part 2 of a two-part show speculating on the next American revolution.Who would fight on the side of "the crown", the central government? Who would fight on... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 153, Odds of Another American Revolution

  

  What are the odds of another revolution in America?Thomas Jefferson asked long ago: "What country ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2015 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Episode 152, Update on The Collapse

  

  It's been a while since I've talked about The Collapse. In this show I:Define exactly what I mean when I say, "The Collapse"Describe how The Collapse will be a... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY