This episode features a talk by investigative journalist Radley Balko from 2013. Balko looks at the increasing militarization of American police forces.
Category: Liberty Voices
Jason Brennan: Do We Have a Duty to Obey the Government? (58m)
This episode features an interview of philosopher and political scientist Jason Brennan from 2013 by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Powell, hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast. Conventional wisdom holds that governments make laws and their citizens have a duty to obey them. Most people think that’s so obvious that we don’t even really need to discuss it. But is it? Governments certainly want us to obey them, but what sort of arguments are there for why we should?
Richard Ebeling: Non-Intervention, America’s Founding Foreign Policy (34m)
This episode features a talk by ethics and economics professor Richard Ebeling from 2018. America is enmeshed in permanent, ongoing foreign wars and interventions. The results of foreign interventionism have been catastrophic, not only in terms of massive death and destruction abroad, but also in terms of ongoing, ever-growing destruction of liberty, privacy, and prosperity here at home. It is time for America to do some serious soul-searching. The best place to begin is by examining first principles — especially the founding principle of non-interventionism on which our nation was founded and which remained its guiding principle for more than a century.
John Fargo: Charity in the Land of Individualism (18m)
This episode features an audio essay written by John Fargo in 1992, which comprises Chapter 6 of Everything Voluntary: From Politics to Parenting, edited by Skyler J. Collins and published in 2012.
Jeffrey Tucker: How to Reject the Statist Quo (36m)
This episode features a talk by libertarian writer Jeffrey Tucker from 2010. He explores the power of ideas and communication in removing the mental shackles of the state.
Larken Rose: The Nature of the Beast (48m)
This episode features a talk by liberty activist and anarchist Larken Rose from 2018. He explains the insidious nature of government, the state, and all of those who comprise it.
Nadine Strossen: Resisting Hate Speech with Free Speech (1h34m)
This episode features an interview of law professor Nadine Strossen from 2018 by Thaddeus Russell, host of the Unregistered Podcast. She was the president of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1991 to 2008, and has written, taught, and advocated extensively in the areas of constitutional law and civil liberties. Her newest book, HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship, is available for sale.
Erica Chenoweth: Why Civil Nonviolent Resistance Works (1h6m)
This episode features a lecture by political scientist and public policy professor Erica Chenoweth from 2015. She explains why civil resistance works and talks about the strategic alternatives to violence in the 21st century.
Ben O’Neill: Natural Law and the Libertarian Society (40m)
This episode features a lecture by lawyer and statistician Ben O’Neill from 2011. He looks at different types of law (natural, positive) as they relate to libertarian theory and practice.
Alvaro Vargas Llosa: Liberty for Latin America, How to Undo 500 Years of State Oppression (1h32m)
This episode features a lecture by political journalist Alvaro Vargas Llosa from 2005. He talks about the many themes in his book of the same title concerning the problems that Central and South America have faced for centuries.