What Then Must We Do?

In 2019, a study from Denmark by Hviid, et al, purported to demonstrate that there was no link between the MMR vaccine and autism, even among genetically susceptible populations.The study was strongly critiqued at the time, and now, journalist Jeremy R. Hammond, along with Dr. Brian Hooker and Dr. Jeet Varia, has published a paper that addresses the serious flaws in Hviid et al, in the Journal of Biotechnology and Biomedicine. I talk with Jeremy about Hviid et al, and about his own paper, and about the state of research into the connection between vaccines and autism more broadly.Links:Hviid et al. 2019Jeremy's paperThis article summarizes key points from Jeremy's paper:I discussed medical licensing with Jeremy here.Jeremy exposes the WaPo's Lena Sun here....and the AAP's “vaccines do not cause autism” claim, here.Jeremy's book, "The War on Informed Consent" is one of the most concise and informative works on the suppression of science and discussion regarding vaccines.https://www.jeremyrhammond.com/product/the-war-on-informed-consent/You can find Jeremy here, and here. 

While the world is still coming to terms with the effects the mRNA products have had on those who have taken them — and on those who have not — something even more dangerous is being rolled out: Self-Amplifying RNA products.Canadian researcher Dr. Jessica Rose has dug deep into the topic. In this interview, I ask her to explain exactly what SA RNA is, how it is different from the mRNA technology, and why it could be dangerous.We also talk about shedding, from both SA RNA and mRNA, and about the actions each of us can take to protect ourselves, and keep ourselves strong and healthy in the midst of all this — quite frankly — lunacy.Dr. Rose holds a a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics, a masters in immunology, a PhD in computational biology, and post-doctorate degrees in molecular biology and biochemistry.You can find her work on Substack, here and here.Some of her articles on self-amplifying RNA can be found here, here, and here.She spoke about the self-amplifying RNA technology at the National Citizens Inquiry in Vancouver, 2024.

I speak again with RN and medical-freedom activist Sierra Hamm, about what's going on in the world of protecting the blood supply and helping folks to access blood that is not contaminated with the mRNA product.We discuss her organization, Reconciliation, and what it's been up to, as well as some legislation she's been helping to develop. We also talk about why blood banks are cracking down on directed donations, and what they really do with all the blood they are given!Most importantly, we talk about new developments in testing and analysis for blood contamination, and about possible detox protocols. There's a lot to be worried about in this realm. Sierra's message here is: There is also lots of reason for hope!Our earlier interview is here.Sierra's organization, Reconciliation, is here.Links to some of what we discussed:Detox:Turn off the production of spike by getting rid of mRNA.Other detox protocols cannot turn off spike production but they can help get spike out.Testing:Sierra's blog post about this.History of delaying testing for contamination in the blood supply… leading to thousands of lives ended from blood supply.The hospital that shut down because they couldn't get enough blood – Yet here they are harvesting blood.International Gene Therapy Industry:DARPA Seeking gene editing pros.Blackrock has bought a blood bank and has $1.5 Billion set up for "new life sciences platform." Could Blackrock be investing for CRISPR tech? When people come to grips with the massive bioweapon that was used against them...CRISPR gene editing companies are being traded on the stock market. Assassinated Russian general had exposed gene editing facilities around Ukraine. 

As RFK Jr. is grilled by a roomful of politicians about his plans to re-shape public health agencies, I speak with classical homeopath Sarah Thompson about how we got to this point. We talk about the history of the political takeover of medical practice, education, and research, including the founding of the AMA and the economic incentives behind this power grab. We also talk specifically about homeopathy, and about the long-standing relentless assault on this particular modality by the medical establishment. We talk about the fundamental difference in paradigms between the two modalities, and why little sugar pills pose such a threat to mainstream practitioners and institutions.You can find Sarah here;Sarah is also on X;You can find Harris Coulter's Divided Legacy: A History of the Schism in Medical Thought, at the Brownstone Institute;Americans for Homeopathy Choice is here;I spoke here with economist Bob Murphy about getting the state out of health care;And I spoke here with journalist Jeremy R. Hammond, on the question "should medical licensing be abolished?"

Tom Luongo likes to pull on threads. He keeps pulling no matter where they take him, even they lead places that challenge some of the most deeply held convictions of libertarians.In this episode, we talk (again) about Tom's view that – in this particular moment in time – we might want to be cheering for the US Federal Reserve, because it could be that it is fighting a beast that is much bigger, more dangerous, and has the potential to centralize power over our lives in ways that even the Fed cannot. Tom gives us some indicators to watch for in the coming months, that he says will support his thesis.Is Tom right? Listen to the episode and decide for yourself.You can find Tom here, where he hosts a podcast and produces an intensely well-researched and thought out newsletter covering financial and geopolitical issues of the day. He is also active on Twitter/X.My previous episode with Tom Luongo is here. And I appeared on Tom's podcast a while ago, here.

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Clinton Ohlers, Vice President and Director of Media Relations for SafeBlood, an organization that helps to match donors with recipients in need of blood that does not contain components of an mRNA injection.We talk about why there is a need for "safe" blood donations, and how SafeBlood works. We also discuss the development of a test to determine whether or not blood has been contaminated by the mRNA product.We also talk about the impact of censorship and shadow banning, and about how you can help support the mission of SafeBlood, including becoming a member or a donor yourself.To learn more about SafeBlood, go here.SafeBlood is on Twitter/X.The article "Literally Criminal" is here.And Ed Dowd's book is "'Cause Unknown': The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022 & 2023."Previous episodes and posts on the issue of getting mRNA-free blood, and creating a safe blood supply, are here, here, and here.

In this episode, I speak with economist Dale Steinreich about our dysfunctional health-care system (in the US), and about health insurance in particular.What is wrong with health insurance? Why does it so often seem to operate against the interests of its consumers, rather than for their benefit? Does this represent some kind of failure of the free market? Or is something else at work here?We go into the nature of health "insurance" in an interventionist marketplace, and the history of how we got here. This is an insightful episode, and you'll come away with a better understanding of why this industry is so dysfunctional.Dale's original article on the topic is here (audio here). His more recent paper is here.His review of John Goodman's "Priceless" is here.

In April of 2021, then-Labour-leader Kier Starmer visited the city of Bath on one of those visits where politicians walk around a place and pretend to care about the people who live there. He wasn't prepared for what Bath resident, and proprietor of The Raven Pub, Rod Humphris, had to tell him. Humphris gave Starmer a piece of his mind about the destructive and authoritarian lockdowns, and then when the Labour leader tried to take refuge in the pub Humphris owned, he threw him out.The whole thing is beautiful, and you can see video of it below.I say we need a lot more people like Rod Humphris. But Humphris doesn't think that will be enough to address the depth of what has been destroyed, nor the overwhelming power that the government of Britain has over the people who live there.What will it take? Humphris shares his thoughts in this interview.The Raven Pub can be found here.Rod Humphris' fiction books can be found here. As he mentioned, he is looking for a literary agent who might be friendlier to his perspective than most in the industry. If anyone has any promising leads in this direction, please get in touch with Rod, via The Raven's website.

I speak with independent journalist Jeremy Hammond, about the upcoming presidential elections, and about the nature of voting, and of the state, generally.Is it more responsible to refrain from participating in an illegitimate system founded on coercion? Or should we strive to make things better by choosing the lesser of two evils? Jeremy is the author of several books, including Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and The War on Informed Consent: The Persecution of Dr. Paul Thomas by the Oregon Medical Board (Children's Health Defense). You can find his work here.And as I mentioned in the episode, this is Mises University week. If you agree with Jeremy and myself that combatting economic ignorance is one of the best ways we can fight for freedom, you'll want to check out the Mises Institute, which, in my humble opinion, does the very best job of this of any organization on the planet. You can learn about them, and support them, here.

There has never been a period in my own lifetime when American people have had so little trust in, or regard for, the nation's government. Witnessing the events of the past four-plus years – or indeed, the past couple of weeks – one might rightly declare that we have reached peak clown show in the realm of governance.So is it time to just cut it loose? Would it be better for states to simply go their own ways, and let the feds continue to flounder? And if so, what are the mechanisms by which they might do this? Would such a move require outright secession, or violent revolution? Or does the very law upon which the nation is founded allow for it?I pose these questions to Mike Maharrey, National Communications Director for the Tenth Amendment Center.Mike is also a reporter and analyst for Money Metals.You can find Mike on Twitter.He is the co-author of the books "Constitution Owner's Manual: The Real Constitution Politicians Don't Want You to Know About", and "Nullification 101: An Introduction to the History, Constitutionality, and Practical Applications of Nullification."

What is "fiat science"? It's what you get when the state creates a lot of money out of thin air, then hands out bunches of it to scientific establishments, where decisions are made not on the basis of market forces, but on the basis of political ones.I speak with genetics expert and founder and CSO of Medicinal Genomics, Kevin McKernan, about why fiat science is a problem, the utter failure of the regulatory state, what needs to change – and what is starting to change.If you're still saying "peer-reviewed" like it's a good thing, you might want to take a listen.Our previous conversations about the problems with medical research and peer review in particular, are here and here.Kevin's Substack is here....and the post where he discusses Rebekah Barnett's FOIA reporting, and showcases Dr. Paul Offit's lies, is here.The UNITAID/Andrew Hill story can be found here and here.You can find Kevin on Twitter, here.Kevin's NCI (National Citizens Inquiry) Testimony is here.And you can learn about CannMed here.

“Unfettered capitalism” creates a “dog-eat-dog” world in which the strong profit at the expense of the weak, everyone only looks out for their own interests, and society becomes selfish, atomized, and less human, with its members caring only about making money, not about each other.So goes the standard mainstream view of a free society, and free markets. If you went to a government school, you heard some version of this.Economist Guido Hulsmann has a new book out that tears this caricature to shreds. In Abundance, Generosity, and the State: An Inquiry into Economic Principles, Dr. Hulsmann systematically demonstrates the ways in which people naturally tend to help each other and to produce goods and services that do not directly benefit them in any material way.He then shows us how government intervention works to stifle and even squash much of this activity – from government control in money and banking encouraging irresponsible financial behavior and discouraging voluntary donations (if you take nothing else from this interview, be sure to take note of the “saturation mechanism” and what happens to it in an interventionist system), to the tragic outcomes of the welfare state. Dr. Hulsmann turns the standard caricature on its head, and shows us in painstaking detail, how it is not freedom, but coercive interventions in the lives of free people that work to create a society of self-centered and atomized individuals.Dr Hülsmann is a professor of economics at the University of Angers in France. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute and a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.His website is here.And his book, Abundance, Generosity, and the State: An Inquiry into Economic Principles, is here.The book he mentions, The Welfare State We're In, by James Bartholomew, can be found here.

Rebecca Charles' daughter Danielle had a slight cough, fever and pulse-ox reading of 88 when she walked into the hospital on August 27th, 2021. Hospital staff then spent 40 days administering hospital protocols that Rebecca says resulted in her death, at 28 years of age.Danielle had special needs, and had had someone with her at all times during her life. In the hospital, she was isolated, forcibly restrained, deprived of food, and prohibited from seeing her mother. Rebecca has filed a malpractice and negligence suit against the hospital staff, in Nassau Supreme Court, NY, and we discuss that in this episode. (She was unable to file a wrongful death suit because the deadline for doing so had expired.) You can read her summons and complaint, here.You can support Rebecca's legal battle here.We also talk about Rebecca's bigger mission: To hold accountable all medical practitioners who were - and are - complicit in the wrongful deaths of countless victims of Covid-19 protocols. Protocols for which hospitals receive generous financial payouts from the federal government.Rebecca has created a website, deathbyhospitalprotocol.com, where others can post accounts of what was done to their loved ones by hospitals, and to publicly name and shame the doctors and nurses who they believe were complicit in their deaths. She has also created an app, where "users can share their stories, advocate for change, and demand accountability for the treatment of their loved ones." You can find that app here, and on the App Store (search "DPHP" or "death by hospital protocol.")Danielle's tragedy is not an isolated one. It is horrifying, and perhaps hard to believe, that individuals working in hospitals are quite literally killing patients for money. And yet that is what many many accounts from the past few years are telling us. In Danielle's case at least, the medical records back this up.It is unfortunate that we need to create our own tools and solutions to protect ourselves from these people, but we do. Rebecca's website and app can be very powerful tools in this effort, and I urge everyone to check them out and to help spread the word.You can listen to more in-depth interviews with Rebecca about the details of Danielle's hospitalization here and here.Rebecca's Substack is here.

Does God want women to be silent and submissive? Kaeley Triller, author of the Substack, "Honest to Goodness", has a lot to say on the topic.We talk about Kaeley's changing relationship with the church, and with God, about scripture, and about how to discern truth in spiritual matters. We dig at the roots of the battle of the sexes, and ask what happens "when you sideline half of God's army."Kaeley stresses that she is not a Biblical scholar, but points her readers to a few scholars such as Ben Witherington, Craig Keener, N.T. Wright, and Philip Barton Payne, who support her views on what the Bible has to say on the question of sexual egalitarianism.Kaeley's Substack is here.This is one of her recent articles that addresses much of what we talk about in this interview.

I've posted before about efforts to create “safe” blood supplies and networks, for those of us who don't want to risk being exposed to the mRNA product in the event that we may need a blood transfusion.The missing piece – until now – has been that none of these networks are able to provide blood in cases of emergency, when it is needed immediately. That is about to change.In this episode, I speak with fellow Kentuckian, nurse, and founder of WeAreTheControlGroup, Sierra Hamm, about a new project that will create a “safe” blood supply that can be used even in emergencies. We also speak about forgiveness, and about creating solutions that help everyone, not only those in our “camp”.For those who want to help make sure that these efforts succeed, Sierra has a call to action: Join one (or more) of the existing safe-blood organizations, listed here, to begin with, and start donating now. Even before the emergency system is in place, the more people who donate blood that is not tainted with the mRNA product, the higher everyone's chances are of receiving mRNA-free blood should they need a transfusion.Here are those organizations:Safe BloodBlessed by His BloodPure Blood RegistryUnjectedAnd Sierra's project can be found here.

When I discovered Kristi Yapp's Substack, "On This Day, Last Year – Six Months of Turbo Cancer", my reaction was something along the lines of "finally! Now we have our Solzhenitsyn!"Kristi is too modest to accept the comparison, but I think it is apt. We've had mountains of reporting on the effects of the experimental gene therapy for Covid-19, we've seen the excess death numbers, the myocarditis studies, the increased cancer rates. But while all of these facts and numbers tell an important story, they don't touch us in the same way that the intimate details of one person's life do. The statistics don't move us as stories about the suffering, the love, and the spirit, of a single individual do."On This Day, Last Year" chronicles the last six months of the life of Kristi's mother, who developed turbo cancer after taking the Covid-19 vaccine. But her account is about much more than the effects of the vaccine. It is a painstakingly detailed accounting – and indictiment – of the inhumanity of institutionalized healthcare. And I believe that it is the kind of writing that is needed now more than ever.In this interview, I speak with Kristi about her life before her mother's cancer diagnosis, including getting fired from her job because she declined the Covid vaccine. We talk about how she came to write her account; about her mother's powerful spirit, even in her last days; and about how we overcome this inhuman system.Kristi's Substack, "On This Day, Last Year – Six Months of Turbo Cancer" can be found here.

I speak with Samuel Bornman, author of "Of Wizards and Warriors", the first in a fantasy adventure series written from a Christian perspective, with boys in mind. We talk about what boys need from fiction that they're not getting, some of the problems with modern children's literature, transhumanism and our relationship with technology, and why Samuel has had trouble getting his book into Christian bookstores.You can find "Of Wizards and Warriors" on Amazon.Samuel writes on Substack, here.And if you sign up for his newsletter, here, Samuel will send you a free short story that he has written!

Like most libertarians, The Brownstone Institute's Jeff Tucker has long been a proponent of open borders. So have I. But we both feel that events of the past few years require a more thoughtful response than the standard anti-state-border rhetoric. Including, perhaps, admissions that we've been wrong all along.Have we?Jeff and I explore some of the complexities of the current crisis along the southern border of the US, the Texas standoff, and immigration more generally. What's happening at the border goes well beyond what we generally think of as "immigration", and Jeff and I talk about what's behind that, and the ways in which immigrants are being used to further political agendas and disrupt the democratic process. We also talk about ways in which the post-9-11 tightening of immigration restrictions have exacerbated the problem.I talk a little about my experience living in Japan – a country with strict immigration controls, and a strong, cohesive culture that I don't think many Americans can relate to. And as much as government management of immigration has created problems and allowed for immigration to be weaponized, it's not entirely clear that a stateless society would have the ability to produce or protect cultural cohesion in this way. (Although, to be fair, in most of the world, the state fails at this too.)SPOILER: We don't come away with any answers. But we both agree that these are questions that need to be wrestled with, and we will continue to wrestle.Related: My recent conversation with Bob Murphy has some insights on the stateless society that are relevant to this conversation.

"A Paradise for Parents" is not your ordinary assisted-living facility. While the past four years have witnessed elder care descend to what can only be described as abusive levels of isolation and neglect, Hal Cranmer, who heads up "A Paradise for Parents'" five locations in Arizona, does things very differently.We talk about Hal's approach to giving his elderly residents their best possible lives, including a commitment to dietary and exercise regimes that have helped many to improve both physical and mental health. Hal says they've actually had seven residents go back to their own homes because their conditions improved to the point where they no longer needed supportive care.We talk about the remarkable effects of a low-carb diet and the promise it holds for those struggling with memory issues, and about Hal's partnership with "A Mind for All Seasons", an organization that is doing groundbreaking work to slow cognitive decline. We also talk about Hal's recent Twitter spat with former US Surgeon General Jerome Adams, who was not happy to hear that "A Paradise for Parents" was not locking down its residents out of fear of a virus. The elder-care industry could stand to learn a lot from Hal Cranmer.Links:A Paradise for Parents (with the Bohemian Rhapsody parody video).A Mind for All Seasons.Apollo Health.The Bredesen Protocol.

I speak with economist Bob Murphy about what needs to happen in order to heal the deep dysfunction that is healthcare in America. If you think we can "reform" our way out of this mess, you might need to listen to this interview. We unravel the complexities of regulation, the insurance industry, licensing, and what an alternative way might look like. Bob's book on "surviving the sick-care sinkhole" is here.The Bob Murphy show is here, and you can find Bob on Twitter here. My recent episode on medical licensing can be found here, and my September 2021 episode with Keith Smith, of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, is here.

When newly elected President of Argentina Javier Milei described his anarcho-capitalist position, he referenced economist Bob Murphy's Chaos Theory. So I asked Bob to come on the show and explain to everyone what anarcho capitalism IS.We cover a lot of ground in this one, discussing how a society could operate with privatized justice, law enforcement, and even defense, and taking on all of the usual objections, from the control of nuclear weaponry to preventing new states from arising. Bob even answers the age-old question: Why should anarcho capitalists move to Somalia?Prepare to have your perceptions of governance and societal organization challenged.Bob Murphy is a renowned Austrian economist. His podcast is The Bob Murphy Show, and he is on Twitter. His essays on anarcho-capitalist principles, "Chaos Theory", can be found here and here. He also speaks about anarcho capitalism here and here.Hayek's "Law, Legislation, and Liberty" is here.And the article by Benjamin Powell, "Somalia After State Collapse: Chaos or Improvement?" can be found here.

"Good cops kill Jesus," says Dominic Scarcella, author of "Good Neighbor, Bad Citizen: Reflections on the core social conflict revealed by Jesus Christ's Way of the Cross."We cover a lot of ground in this interview: Can one be a good neighbor and also a "good citizen"? Or are the two fundamentally at odds? Should Christians put their faith in the authority of the Bible, or religious leaders? Or are they responsible for discerning truth for themselves? When and how did Jesus' church become more aligned with "good citizenship" than with good neighborliness? How does one find a spiritual community that is aligned with the true principles taught by Jesus? And of course... was Jesus an anarchist?Dom blogs here, and you can find him on Twitter here.You can find his book, "Good Neighbor, Bad Citizen" at Amazon (paperback), Amazon (Kindle), Barnes & Noble (paperback), Barnes & Noble (ebook), and Lulu (paperback).It's a fantastic little book, and will make a wonderful Christmas gift for some of the more thoughtful people in your life!

Canadian restaurateur Jesse Johnson had his business taken from him and destroyed by the Candadian government because he refused to discriminate against patrons who had not been vaccinated against Covid-19. The charges against him were later dropped, but the damage had already been done. We talk about what happened, what was lost, the reaction of those around him, and the methods the government uses to exert total control over small business owners. We also talk about what's next, including legal action against the government.What's clear from this story is that we need an awful lot more people like Jesse.You can read about Jesse's story here, here and here.And you can keep up with what's going on with him, and with any upcoming legal action - and check out the cool City of Fear posters - at wopizza.ca.

If you think that there's something necessary or good about medical licensing, you might want to tune in to this episode. In it, independent journalist Jeremy R Hammond and I demolish some of the myths around medical licensing. You might be surprised by what you hear.Jeremy's articles on "Why Medical Licensing Should be Eliminated" can be found here and here.And here is some of the analysis we referenced:Ronald Hamowy, “The Early Development of Medical Licensing Laws in the United States, 1875-1900”, Journal of Libertarian Studies, 1979, . Sue A. Blevins, “The Medical Monopoly: Protecting Consumers or Limiting Competition?” Cato Institute Policy Analysis, December 15, 1995, . Charles H. Baron, “Licensure of Health Care Professionals: The Consumer's Case for Abolition”, American Journal of Law & Medicine, April 29, 2021, . Jeffrey A. Singer & Richard P. Menger, “The Coronavirus Pandemic Shows the Folly of Medical-Licensing Laws”, National Review, May 29, 2020,

I speak with Jeremy Hammond, independent journalist and author of the book Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. We go over some of the history underlying the conflict, untangle some of the myths, and ask the question: When state actors on both sides thrive on continued violence, and are themselves obstacles to peace, is there any hope for peace, and what can ordinary people do to help bring it about?Jeremy's website is here, and his book can be found here.His debate with Alan Futerman is here.The interview with Scott Horton that we mention is here.The public statement from scholars warning of potential genocide in Gaza is here.

There's a new film out, and it's probably not like anything you've seen before. I sat down with Larken and Amanda Rose to talk about "Jones Plantation" - what's so special about it, and how it is that a film with such a powerful anti-state message is finding itself so well received even outside of anarchist and liberty-minded circles.I also ask their advice for other creatives in the liberty community - a small but growing population - and they have some valuable tips for other filmmakers, artists and fiction writers wanting to get their work out into the world.We spoke briefly about "Candles in the Dark", an "educational course designed to help voluntaryists and anarchists be far more effective in their communications with the rest of the world.”  You can find the film here. And you can find information about the soon-to-be-released novel, here. And if you find yourself craving a Jones Plantation t-shirt, you can find one of those right here!Larken is the author of "The Most Dangerous Superstition."

Tomorrow is the day we all celebrate Susan's Still Alive Day, so I sat down with Susan herself, to talk about how the holiday began and what it means.We also take on the issue of focus - addressing the importance of being intentional in where we put our focus, and the ways in which medical-freedom advocates (and others) can trip ourselves up with our beliefs about where our focus ought to be - and faith.Susan May hosts the Gather and Get Moving group on Facebook, and Rise Up with Susan May.You can learn more about Susan's Still Alive Day, and how to celebrate it.And you can learn more about the Spellers method that we talked about, here.Now go get your bananas and have a fabulous Susan's Still Alive Day!!!

We all know vaccines don't cause autism, because we're not allowed to talk about it on social media. So the science must be settled, right?I sit down with journalist Jeremy R. Hammond, to ask the question we're not supposed to ask. You might be surprised by what he has to say.You can find Jeremy's work here.Jeremy's book is The War on Informed Consent, and I can't recommend it highly enough. By telling the story of what happened to Dr. Paul Thomas when he published peer-reviewed research on health outcomes between vaccinated and unvaccinated children, Hammond ends up telling the story of how information about vaccines is tightly controlled through threats of coersion. And it's a quick read!Jeremy covers a lot of the issues we talk about in this interview, here.Here is his article about being expelled from a pediatric practice.And here are the two e-books we mentioned in the interview:FDA FraudThe NYT vs. RFKThis is a good one! Enjoy!

I speak with Jeff Tucker about his recent article, "Downton Abbey, the Corruption of the Great Families, and the Future of Freedom."We talk about Downton Abbey, its insights into the role of the "great families" in a free society, and also the massive transfer of wealth and power - from private to public - that took place during the period chronicled by the show, and which continues in spades in the 21st century.We discuss the actual workings of a free society - something most Americans and Britons alive today have little direct experience with. We also discuss the "corruption" of the great families, and how the classes that have traditionally upheld individual liberty have now almost entirely defected to the side of the centralized state....and we talk about what comes next.Jeff is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. 

The Rogue Food Conference starts today, so I thought it would be a good time to share my conversation with Niti Bali - the "high priestess of the pasture", according to Joel Salatin. We cover a lot of ground in this one, from the centralization of food, medicine, and most other important aspects of our lives, to the difference between religion and morality, and the legitimate role of experts in society. But the overarching theme is that of taking radical responsibility for our lives at all levels.Niti's website is here, and you can purchase her book here. 

Goldbacks are shiny! But what else makes them special? I ask founder Jeremy Cordon.We talk about the practicalities of Goldbacks, how they are made, how to use them, and how to know they are what they say they are. We talk about why Goldbacks are legal, and how they are different from other atempts at implementing sound money. And Cordon points out that these bills go a long way to solving the age-old problem of divisibility into small denominations.Which is huge. But even more impressive: Goldbacks could potentially solve the problem of Gresham's Law.Let me back up. At around 38:00 we talk about this, but I realize that we don't really explain what we're talking about. So here's the explanation:Those of us who oppose fiat money do so because it is essentially a mechanism for stealing the wealth created by individuals in a society. Governments that "create money out of thin air" are engaged in a kind of counterfeiting, whereby they "print" money that they can spend with the same purchasing power of existing money. Only later - after the state and its cronies have benefited - does their inflation of the money supply result in price inflation (theft) for society as a whole.You would think that the solution to this costly corruption of money would be for someone to come up with competing forms of money that cannot be counterfeitied or otherwise inflated. But the problem - aside from any legal barriers - is Gresham's Law.Gresham's Law  tells us that "bad money drives out good." What this means is that when there is "bad" (inflatable) money in an economy, people will want to spend that money, and hold on to any "good" money they may have. If the dollar is inflating, then there is very little incentive to spend your precious metals. The sensible thing to do is to hang on to precious metals and spend your dollars.And so, because of Gresham's Law, it becomes very difficult to introduce sound money into an economy where unsound money is already circulating. (An aside: Until hyperinflation hits. Here's  where I saw that happen  many years ago.)Well Goldbacks may have just solved that problem. How? It's all in this episode!Learn more about Goldbacks here. 

I speak with Kevin McKernan about the recent Project Veritas video in which a Pfizer employee claims that the company is contemplating directed evolution experiments with the SARS-Cov-2 virus. Kevin walks us through the reasoning behind his view that we are already witnessing a massive directed-evolution experiment in the real world, as a result of the medical interventions introduced in response to Covid-19.We also talk about the some of the fundamental problems that lie at the heart of the dysfunction in medicine and medical research that we've been living through – and some practical ideas for fixing it.Kevin is CSO and founder of Medicinal Genomics. His Substack articles on directed evolution are here, here, and here.The work on directed evolution by Tawfik and Griffiths that he mentions can be found here.The John Goodman books Kevin mentions are here and here.Kevin and I spoke about the responses to Covid-19 and problems with PCR testing here, here, and here. And about problems – and some solutions – with peer review here and here.You can follow Kevin on Substack and  on Twitter....and if you want to support Project Veritas, you can do so here.

The story that free markets are soulless and materialistic is one of the most damaging narratives in our culture. In this episode, we take on that narrative, both in theory, and in practice.I am very fortunate to have been joined by Joyce Brand for this episode. Joyce is co-author of the book "Economics and the Spiritual Life of Free Men", based on the work of Spencer Heath. She is also one of the founding residents of Ciudad Morazan, a private city in Honduras.We talk about Spencer Heath's philosophy, and his belief that landowners are the obvious entity to provide public services. We talk about the manor system, which predated feudalism and was an embodiment of this view. And we talk about Cuidad Morazan, which Brand hopes will overcome current political obstacles and flourish as a modern-day incarnation of Heath's vision."Economics and the Spiritual Life of Free Men" can be found here.Learn more about Ciudad Morazan here.The Free Cities Foundation can be found here.Learn more about the Liberty in our Lifetime Conference here.Spencer Heath's book "Citadel, Market and Altar" is here.And the book "Free Private Cities" is here.

We all know it's "one big club, and we're not in it..." but we also know it's not quite that simple. What happens when things start to go not so well for the "club", and the members start fighting with each other? Tom Luongo explains - in plain language, for those who might not be following these folks as closely as he is - his view on the infighting that's happening right now. We talk about the nature of empire, who really controls Congress... and why the Fed might be one of the good guys at this moment in history. ...Sort of.I'm really happy with this episode, because I think it's one of the clearest explanations of where Tom is coming from on all this. He goes into much more depth and detail elsewhere (see his podcast), but if you're not at all familiar with his position, I think our conversation here is a great place to start.I was a guest on Tom's podcast, "Gold, Goats 'N Guns" recently. That episode is here.You can find Tom's work here, and he is also on Twitter.

I talk with Benjamin Abelow, author of "How the West Brought War to Ukraine."Ben explains what's wrong with the narrative you'll hear on TV about this conflict, and gives a brief rundown of the decades-long history that led up to it. We then talk about the psychological and financial incentives that drive the war machine, and he gives his thoughts on the Nord Stream pipeline attacks, and what we might do to encourage  peace in the world.Abelow's book is here, and David Gordon's review of it is here.His interview with Tom Woods is here.His interview with Useful Idiots is here.The books he mentions are:"War with Russia?" By Stephen Cohen"The War State" By Michael Swanson"Nonviolent Communication" By Marshall Rosenberg

There is a sense of urgency to the medical freedom movement these days. With everything that has happened over the past two and a half years, it often feels like our work is cut out for us - and we will never get through it all.That feeling of overwhelm can be paralyzing.Fortunately, there are people like Susan May to help us!Susan is an incredibly grounded and productive person who, through her "Gather and Get Moving" Facebook group, and her "RiseUp" community,  has been helping medical-freedom activists to unplug, take care of themselves, find some peace, and get more done!  I spoke with Susan about what she does, and about her upcoming "Get Moving Challenge" - a free 5-day challenge to help medical-freedom advocates Get Moving - energetically and physically. The Challenge starts on Monday, September 26th!

I talk with writer Starr O'Hara about her journey to anarchism, her latest book "How to Survive Dystopia (With Your Humanity Intact)", and the work we can each to do to "conquer ourselves" so that we can move forward.We also talked about her upcoming re-launch of a group she has started to support like-minded freedom folk actually get stuff done. The group is called "Extremists Being Awesome" - and it sounds like that's exactly what it is! They meet for two hours, five days a week, and she says the existing members have accomplished some incredible things since they started.Starr will be opening the group up to new members in a few weeks - if you want to learn more about it, and be notified when the group opens up again, follow her Substack for updates.Starr's book is here.Her Substack is here.  And she is also on Twitter.P.S. Apologies for the audio skipping you might hear in this episode. We had an issue with the connection freezing up briefly several times. It didn't last long enough to disrupt the flow of the conversation, but I apologize for any annoyance caused.

I was interviewed by Susan May, the founder of “RiseUP with Susan May” and the RiseUP community, and creator of the Facebook group “Gather and Get Moving with Susan May”, a "...safe place for medical freedom advocates to connect and be inspired to action."Susan and I talk a little about my own history, and about my experience fighting medical tyranny while in the hospital with our daughter. We also talk about my vision for a Mutual-Aid society and community dedicated to caring for those with special needs. My Freogan Fellowship website is here.

I speak with Wayne and Kathy Hicks of Liberty Dollar Financial Association, about Liberty Dollar's history, and its rebirth as a Private Membership Association.If you're looking for solutions to state-controlled money and financial systems, and if you're not entirely sure that Bitcoin (or any cryptocurrency) is the answer, then you need to listen to this episode. Liberty Dollar's new incarnation is truly revolutionary - and it doesn't stop at money and finance.We talk about food security, the Liberty Dollar social network platform, and how the "outside-the-box" nature of LDFA can help to reclaim the economy from the world of crony corporatism. You can find Liberty Dollar Financial Association here. (This is my affiliate link, so if you sign up using this link, I will get a little something.)And LibertyNet, the social-network platform, is here.

I spoke with Markus Allen, founder of XClave, a few months back, about his radical concept for creating independent private towns, including plans for an independent currency. At the time, I fully intended to post the episode in a timely manner. Then our family decided to move out of California, and the next few months were a frantic blur.Now, nearly 5 months later, this particular episode is more relevant than ever. With governments seizing the bank accounts of those who oppose their actions, and inflation starting to get very very real, we are in need of practical solutions to the problem of state inolvement in money and in financial systems. Could XClave Bux be the answer? Listen to this episode and see what you think.Check out XClave here....and XClave Bux here.

Joyce Beckett is an Oxford-educated professor of literature who will be teaching a class in English and Irish literature for Freogan Fellowship Learing - the education arm of the private membership association that I recently started.Here, Joyce speaks about the experience of poetry as a bulwark against the cultural and spiritual "colonization" that is the effect of mass media and culture. Most of Freogan Fellowship Learning's classes are designed for teens - however this one is also open to adults. As Joyce says:"Anyone, at any stage of their lives, with an interest in the profound effectof words on the senses will be most welcome."Joyce will also be offering a free sample class on Monday, January 4th at 5:00pm Pacific Time. To sign up for that class, or for more information about her full-semester class, visit Freogan Fellowship Learning.

I've recently started posting on Substack. (You can see my stuff here.) A lot of what I'm posting are articles and blog posts that I wrote many years ago, but that are still (sadly, in many cases) very relevant today.This is one of them. I wrote it at Christmastime five years ago, and it is even more true in today's world. Following my piece is my husband, reading the timeless "Rules of Christmas."Enjoy. And Merry Christmas.

Mike Colomb and his wife Vanessa have been building their own Private Membership Associations, and are now working to help others build theirs. From sustainable food production to education and healthcare, the Colombs are helping to rebuild the crumbling edifices of state-dominated systems. I talk with Mike about what PMAs are, why they are not subject to statutory law, and how they work.Learn more about Private Membership Associations, and about working with the Colombs, here. Mike and Vanessa's PMA, the Renegade Ranch, is here.And their new venture, The Renegade Nation, is coming soon!

I speak with Sheriff David Hathaway, of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, about accountability in government (or the lack thereof), immigration (his views may not be what you expect), and the power of the sheriff. Learn more about Sheriff Hathaway here.

You may have seen "Canadian Earthquake Researcher" on Twitter, posting about the unusual tectonic "blocking" he is seeing, and what he thinks it means: A massive seismic disruption that will shake the entire world in a way humans have never seen before.But he's just a guy on Twitter, right? He's not even a seismologist, right?Right. But he also has a string of eerily accurate predications spanning the past couple of years.Join me as I speak with Brent Dmitruk, AKA Canadian Earthquake Researcher. You can also find his videos on YouTube, here.Brent's website is here, and you can see his list of predictions here.The USGS earthquake monitoring site is here, EMSC is here, and Tertremo is here.And here is the article about the Japanese research that Brent mentions."Dutchsinse", who he mentions in the interview, is on Twitter here.

I was on "Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock" last week, talking about my new venture: The Freogan Fellowship Ministry. (It's the first interview here, although you might want to stay on for the second one  with Dave Ridley, about the New Hampshire secession bill!)We talk about the mission of Freogan Fellowship (rebuilding the foundations of civilization for free men and women), the origins of the word "Freogan", and our first project: Freogan Fellowship Learning, and the classes for teens that we'll be offering later this month:"Propaganda and the Personal" - This course will explore propaganda, politics, and the personal, with a focus on the 20th Century up to the present moment. We will examine some of the key players, the ideologies, and the techniques that have led us to the current crisis, as well as what our part in it has been and could be. "Our Common-Law Foundations" - This course will utilize the Socratic method to explore the roots of the modern western legal system. We will be using outside sources, and students should expect lots of real-time conversation. There will be some reading to be done outside of class, as well as some thinking. Beginning in the spring, we will also offer courses in literature, history, and economics.Parents can get more details, and sign up for classes here....sign up before October 10th to get the Early Bird rate!

In this episode, I speak with long-time liberty hero and entrepreneur Jeff Tucker, about his launching of the Brownstone Institute in response to the worldwide authoritarian response to Covid-19, and why the Institute's efforts are so needed now.We also talk about one of the primary - but little talked about - driving forces behind racial segregation and the eugenics movement: Fear of infectious disease, and the belief that those of "inferior" races were more likely to be disease vectors than were those of "superior" genetic makeup. You can read Jeff's piece on that here....and his book on the lockdowns is here.The book we discuss in this episode is "The Great Covid Panic: What Happened, Why, and What To Do Next", and can be found here.Sunetra Gupta's book is here.I mentioned FreedomCells - you can learn more about them here.You can visit - and support - the Brownstone Institute, here.

Only days after publishing a study comparing long-term health outcomes of vaccinated children to those of unvaccinated children, Dr. Paul Thomas had his medical license suspended by the Oregon Medical Board.  Jeremy Hammond's latest book tells Dr. Thomas' story, but is really about much more: Hammond builds the context within which the persecution of Dr. Thomas arose, and in doing so, tells the story of today's health freedom movement. Anyone who wonders where that movement sprung from, or why thousands of parents around the world are so passionate in defending their right to choose what medical treatments their children are given, should start with this book.Jeremy's book, "The War on Informed Consent: The Persecution of Dr. Paul Thomas by the Oregon Medical Board", can be found here.You can find Jeremy's writing, and support his work, here.And my interview with Dr. Thomas from last December is here.

Dr. Keith Smith, of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma,  is one of the heroes of the free-market healthcare reform movement. In this episode, we talk about what's really behind the dysfunction of this industry - and what can be done about it.See ReasonTV's 2012 piece on the Surgery Center of Oklahoma.The site Dr. Smith mentions for finding direct primary care providers is DPCFrontier.comAnd this is the site for the Free Market Medical Association.

By now you've probably seen the video where Reiner Fuellmich speaks with Dr. David Martin about his examination of patent records, which he says show that there is nothing "novel" about SARS-Cov-2, and that the genetic components that purportedly make it "novel" were in fact patented many years ago.Kevin McKernan, CSO of Medicinal Genomics, knows quite a lot about genetic science and  he also knows a thing or two about patent law -  in particular the patent law around genetic research. So today, I asked him for his take on what Dr. Martin said in that video, and in his accompanying dossier.In this episode, we hit some of the major points from Dr. Martin's presentation, and Kevin points out a few places where he thinks Dr. Martin gets it wrong. There's a lot more to dig into here though, and Kevin suggests a future conversation with himself and Dr. Martin - I'll keep everyone posted about that.We also talk about the legitimacy of patent law, and intellectual property itself, and about whether patent protection helps medical research to flourish, or serves to stifle it. The transcript of the video with Dr. Martin can be found here.Kevin's Twitter thread on some of the issues we discussed can be found here. And you can follow Kevin on Twitter here.

No, you probably don't. And that's part of what is so insidious about this information purge: So much of it happens without anyone even noticing.Dr. Huber had been posting information about things like mask harm, the damage done by lockdowns, and evidence for effective treatments for Covid-19 - including some of her own research. In 2021, all of this is heresy. And so, back in April, she was "permanently suspended" from Twitter.We talk about her suspension, and about some of the information that got her suspended. A note: I apologize for the choppiness of the audio in some spots. We had some connection problems, and while I've edited out the worst ones, there are still some brief choppy spots.You can find Dr. Huber's research and writing on masks, lockdowns, and related topics, here.And you  can find Dr. Huber's books on Amazon. Her book "The Defeat of COVID: 500+ medical studies show what works & what doesn't" is here.