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Jun 11, 2019 • 46min

Talking Paleoconservatism With Paul Gottfried

Many ideas that were big in the Paleoconservatism movement are becoming popular once again. What do Paleoconservatives believe? When did this movement start? What is interesting is that libertarians and Paleoconservatives sure many of the same enemies. Why is that? If there is a go-to person to answer these questions, it's longtime Paleoconservative philosopher, thinker and author, Paul Gottfried. He was kinda enough to join me and we break it all down for you including populism, right wing vs left wing, the libertarian and paleo connection and of course fascism and socialism.  Find Paul's work here:  Find me here: Follow me on Twitter @buckrebel
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Jun 3, 2019 • 46min

The Insanity Of The Left Isn't A New Thing

Do you hear about the stories of leftist insanity on college campuses today? Is that a new thing? Is it as bad as it seems? Is there any pushback at all against it? My guest today is professor and author Eric Kaufmann. We discuss this and much more, including his new book, "Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities".  Find him at  Find his book here:
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May 27, 2019 • 59min

The Truth About Russia-gate

Despite several years of media lies, we now know that Putin and Trump didn't actually get together and collude to steal the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton. The Russia-gate mess showed us which media can't be trusted when we're searching for factual news. We also now know who can be trusted and my guest today is one of the good journalists. Why did the Russia/Trump investigation start? What did we actually learn from this investigation? Did Trump's views on foreign policy actually make him a target from the beginning? Will some dark figures operating in secrecy be found out now that a new investigation is being launched into the origins of Russia-gate? Daniel Lazare has been reporting on this from the beginning and he's here to break it all down for us.  Read his reporting at  Find his blog and his books at  Find our site at Follow me on Twitter @buckrebel
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May 21, 2019 • 1h 15min

A Professor's Wild Journey From Marxist To Free Market Libertarian

My guest today is former NYU professor Michael Rectenwald. He is an author of several books including, "Springtime For Snowflakes:Social Justice And It's Postmodern Parentage". We discuss his wild journey from an avowed Marxist to a free market libertarian and the subsequent fallout when he defected from the ideologically homogenous blob that made up his peer group within the university system. We get into post modernism, post structuralism, social justice warrior ideology and the other philosophies that poison modern leftism and the modern university campuses.  Find Michael here:  Find me here : Follow me on Twitter @buckrebel
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May 13, 2019 • 54min

Libertarian Freedom vs Conservative and Progressive "Reform"

Do you know the big differences between libertarians, conservatives and progressives? Well my guest today is Jacob Hornberger from the Future Of Freedom Foundation. He believes that one major difference is the constant talk from conservatives and progressives to want to "reform" government programs and our wish that the program be completely abolished. We don't want to reform immoral boondoggles, we want to eliminate them. He contends that we are modern day abolitionists who don't want slavery tweaked and reformed, but rather gone altogether. We go down a list of political programs like social security, medicare, the war on drugs, the military industrial complex and Jacob explains where we as libertarians stand and where our conservative and progressive opponents stand. We then get into the rumor of Jacob exploring a libertarian party ticket presidential run.  Visit Jacob here:  and here:  Visit us here: and follow me on Twitter @buckrebel
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May 7, 2019 • 41min

Capitalism In Three Principles

Capitalism is widely misunderstood even as we enjoy the riches of a capitalist system. Today, I have Dr Michael Munger on the show to explain what exactly a capitalist system is and how to understand it using just three principles. We get into the enormous benefits of capitalism and of course the 100% rate of failure that socialism has. Find my guest at  Find his article that we discuss here:  Find me at Follow me on Twitter @buckrebel  Go to our iTunes page and hit the subscribe button!
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Apr 29, 2019 • 1h 10min

Talking Politics and Fun With The Red Headed Libertarian

My first milestone is here. Welcome to the big episode 50! And for this celebratory milestone,  I bring back my most popular guest thus far, Josie The Red Headed Libertarian. We discuss the Russia hoax, the media, the clown show that is the Democratic primary field, the 2020 election and of course owning the prudes and the libs. Follow her on Twitter @TRHLofficial  Thank you for your support the last 50 episodes! I look forward to many more. Find me here: and on Twitter @buckrebel
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Apr 22, 2019 • 1h 5min

My Appearance on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Snarkiness!

Recently, I was a guest on the Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Snarkiness podcast. We discuss the types of libertarianism and just how a society might work with a limited government or ....gasp...no government! We also discuss the Julian Assange issue and many other issues! Enjoy!  Find them at  and   Find us at Follow me @buckrebel on Twitter
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Apr 15, 2019 • 2h 6min

Julian Assange: Hero and Journalist

Julian Assange has been taken from the Ecuadorian Embassy by British Police and now faces a possible trial here in America. Who is he? What is Wikileaks? Why do so many governments hate him? Simply because he tells us many of their darkest dirtiest secrets. Today I interview the great Scott Horton about Assange and many other topics as well. Find Scott at:     Find us at Twitter: @buckrebel
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Apr 7, 2019 • 56min

Fascism Is Socialism With A Capitalist Veneer

Today I share my interview with the great Sheldon Richman. We discuss the similarities between fascism and socialism and the interventionist system that we live under in America.  The article that we discuss is :  Sheldon's works can be found here:  Follow us at and on twitter @buckrebel

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