Episodes
Monday Jan 16, 2017
278. Is States' Rights a Libertarian Position?
Monday Jan 16, 2017
Monday Jan 16, 2017
On today's episode, host Marc Clair welcomes in "Felony Friday" host John Odermatt and Lions of Liberty's favorite Frenchman, J.B. Lubin. The Lions' take a look at the most recent incident of "libertarian infighting", which arose after LP Chair Nicholas Sarwark made some critical comments of Ron Paul in an interview late last year. In the show, you'll hear discussed:
- Were Sarwark's comments blown out of proportion?
- Is the concept of "States' Rights" a philosophcially libertarian position?
- How quantifitable are Ron Paul's contributions to the Libertarian Party and the broader liberty movement?
- Is Marc a globalist shill?
- Plus! The gang tackles some "Letters of Liberty" in our mailbag segment!
For full show notes head over to Lions of Liberty!
Monday Jan 09, 2017
277. Alex Merced Goes Podcast Bananas! Plus, the 1st Ever Mailbag!
Monday Jan 09, 2017
Monday Jan 09, 2017
On this episode of the Lions of Liberty podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes recent Libertarian Senate candidate Alex Merced back to the show! Alex shares lessons and insights from running a libertarian political campaign, and discusses all the work he is currently doing to advance the ideas of liberty, including running SIX - yes, SIX!! - podcasts!
PLUS! Marc answers questions from listeners from our private Facebook group in our first ever mailbag segment!
For full show notes head over to Lions of Liberty!
Wednesday Jan 04, 2017
Electric LibertyLand Episode 01
Wednesday Jan 04, 2017
Wednesday Jan 04, 2017
The Lions of Liberty are welcoming 2017 with a brand new weekly podcast, Electric LibertyLand, hosted by Lions co-founder and he of "Rand Pauluses & Minuses" and "Mr. Johnson's Libertyhood," Brian McWilliams.
Electric LibertyLand will take on current events, with a mix of pop culture and comedy and feature regular guests from our shows as well as a rotating cast of libertarians, comedians, pundits and the occasional man of legal mystery.
In today's episode, said man of legal mystery, Rico, joins Brian to discuss the ineptitude of the City of Pasadena & its police dept. around the Rose Parade, The DNC hacking report & Russian involvement, The Congressional Ethics Office, Trump's tariffs, threats and boasts about the US Auto industry retaining its American factories and Rand Paul on repealing & replacing Obama.
For full show notes head over to Lions of Liberty
Monday Jan 02, 2017
276. Liberty Draft Results, Trump's Tweets, and a Special Announcement!
Monday Jan 02, 2017
Monday Jan 02, 2017
On this episode of the Lions of Liberty podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes in a cast of regular liberty lions to celebrate the New Year with a ROAR! Marc is joined by "Mr. Johnson's Libertyhood" host Brian McWilliams, "Felony Friday" host John Odermatt, and our unofficially official legal counsel, the rapidly-rising-in-podcast-popularity, Rico! In the show, you'll hear them discuss:
- Was 2016 really the worst year ever?
- The official results of the talk-of-the-liberty-town, the Liberty Draft!
- Trump's cabinet picks, and his penchant for tweeting.
- Liberty predictions for the New Year.
- A special annoucement about the format of the show in 2017!
- Oh yeah, and so...much...more!
So grab a drink and help us ROAR in the New Year!
For full show notes head over to Lions of Liberty!
Wednesday Dec 28, 2016
275. Nicholas Sarwark on the 2016 Libertarian Campaign
Wednesday Dec 28, 2016
Wednesday Dec 28, 2016
- Nick's take on the final vote totals gathered by the Johnson-Weld campaign, and what they mean for the Libertarian Party.
- How the national Libertarian Party plans to continue to help Libertarian candidates in local races, including some that will be contested as early as 2017.
- Nick address critics of the Johnson-Weld ticket, and breaks down the difference between "retail" politicians, and political philosophers, and how both are integral to advancing ideas.
- Nick shares his thoughts about Bill Weld's pro-Hillary remarks, as well as criticisms of Libertarian icons Ron Paul and Murray Rothbard!
This is an insightful interview with the LNC Chair you won't want to miss!
Monday Dec 26, 2016
274. Naughty or Nice 2016!
Monday Dec 26, 2016
Monday Dec 26, 2016
On this episode of the Lions of Liberty podcast, host Marc Clair once again gathers his pride of liberty lions, this time to break down who has been "naughty" or "nice" when it comes to liberty in 2016. Marc is joined by "Mr. Johnson's Libertyhood" host Brian McWilliams, "Felony Friday" host John Odermatt, and our unofficially official legal counsel, the rapidly-rising-in-podcast-populary, Rico! The gang takes a look back at the year in liberty, and hand out "naughty" and "nice" awards for an assorted cast of characters, including Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Gary Johnson, Austin Petersen, John McAfee, Julian Assange, and more!
Who do you think was naughty and nice for liberty this year? Grab a drink, and join us for Naughty or Nice 2016!
For full show notes including the full breakdown of each team, head over to Lions of Liberty!
Wednesday Dec 21, 2016
273. The 2020 Liberty Draft...Part 2!
Wednesday Dec 21, 2016
Wednesday Dec 21, 2016
On this episode of the Lions of Liberty podcast, host Marc Clair reconvenes with his liberty lions for Part 2 of the Liberty Draft! With their eyes set on the 2020 election cycle, the crew round out their teams of liberty advocates, intellectuals, celebrities, and "celebritarians" with three more rounds of drafting!
After touching on a few of the bigger names who went undrafted, each owner will lay out their vision for their liberty team, and assign roles (LP POTUS candidate, LP VP candidate, Male MSM Host, Female MSM host, podcast host and YouTube star) to their respective teams.
Who has the best Liberty team of them all? Tune in to the Liberty Draft, and YOU can help decide!
For full show notes including the full breakdown of each team, head over to Lions of Liberty!
Wednesday Dec 14, 2016
271. Ford Fischer on Journalistic Bias, Getting Arrested and Transhumanism
Wednesday Dec 14, 2016
Wednesday Dec 14, 2016
- How Ford first took an interest in both government and journalismk and how it led to his founding of News2Share.
- Ford's thoughts on the concept of "bias" in journalism, and why he believes the best way to be "objective" in journalism is to reveal your biases.
- The story of why Ford was arrested a protest in Baltimore during the aftermath of the death of Freddie Gray.
- Ford describes how he became interested in the subject of transhuman and lays out his vision for the "Transhuman" documentary.
- So much more!
Wednesday Nov 30, 2016
267. Author Jim Duncan on "Blood Republic"
Wednesday Nov 30, 2016
Wednesday Nov 30, 2016
- What inspired Jim to get into fiction writing, and how he became a libertarian along the way.
- Marc and Jim discuss the basic plot of "Blood Republic", and how many of the ideas in the book mirror the events of today.
- How realistic is the "2nd Civil War" scenario portrayed in "Blood Republic?"
- So much more!
Wednesday Nov 23, 2016
265. Thanksgiving with the Johnny Rocket Launch Pad!
Wednesday Nov 23, 2016
Wednesday Nov 23, 2016
On this episode of the Lions of Liberty podcast, host Marc Clair gathers together several of his liberty lions for a little Thanksgiving meal, and before know it the part is crashed by our good friends from the Johnny Rocekt Launch Pad - Johnny Adams, Heather Nixon, and Curt Nelson! In this wacky and zany show you'll hear:
- The casts of both shows discuss the results of the 2016 election, and harken back to last year's show to look at their predictions from a year ago.
- A special guest appearance by a certain former Presidential candidate and his co-running mate.
- The Lions of Liberty play a round of "Rocket Fire", before...
- The tables get turned and the Launch Pad crew step into "The Cat's Cradle!"
- So...much...more!
For full show notes, head over to Lions of Liberty!