Counterflow with Buck Johnson
Buck Johnson
The Counterflow Podcast is a weekly show featuring discussions and interviews with people who are outside of and critical toward mainstream liberal and conservative politics. Counterflow challenges the conventional narratives sold to us as truth. The show features thinkers from all backgrounds, who do not fit into the narrow framework of fashionable opinion. The show addresses cultural, spiritual and lifestyle issues as well as philosophy and geo-politics. Host Buck Johnson (formerly of the Death To Tyrants Podcast) is a musician, firefighter and Orthodox Christian and has always had an interest and drive to go one way while everyone else runs the other direction.
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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 http://www.sneps.net Find his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Whiteshift-Populism-Immigration-Future-Majorities/dp/1468316974/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2APGTTPK23W1E&keywords=whiteshift+populism%2C+immigration+and+the+future+of+white+majorities&qid=1559533161&s=gateway&sprefix=white+shift%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-4
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 https://consortiumnews.com Find his blog and his books at https://daniellazare.com Find our site at www.facebook.com/deathtotyrantspodcast Follow me on Twitter @buckrebel
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: https://www.michaelrectenwald.com Find me here : www.facebook.com/deathtotyrantspodcast Follow me on Twitter @buckrebel
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: https://jacobforliberty.com and here: https://www.fff.org Visit us here: www.facebook.com/deathtotyrantspodcast and follow me on Twitter @buckrebel
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 www.michaelmunger.com Find his article that we discuss here: https://www.aier.org/article/capitalism-three-principles Find me at www.Facebook.com/deathtotyrantspodcast Follow me on Twitter @buckrebel Go to our iTunes page and hit the subscribe button!
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: www.facebook.com/deathtotyrantspodcast and on Twitter @buckrebel
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 http://libertysnarkpodcast.com and www.facebook.com/libertysnark Find us at www.facebook.com/deathtotyrantspodcast Follow me @buckrebel on Twitter
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: www.scotthorton.org www.libertarianinstitute.com www.foolserrand.us Find us at www.facebook.com/deathtotyrantspodcast Twitter: @buckrebel
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 : https://fee.org/articles/fascism-socialism-with-a-capitalist-veneer/ Sheldon's works can be found here: https://libertarianinstitute.org Follow us at www.facebook.com/deathtotyrantspodcast and on twitter @buckrebel
Apr 1, 2019 • 45min
The Russia/Trump Narrative and Media Credibility Are Dead
We have been fed lies for more than two years now. Trump colluded with Putin to steal the American election in 2016 from Hillary Clinton. American Democrats, "never Trumpers", resistors, neocons, NBC, MSNBC, ABC, CNN, CBS....they've all peddled this lie. Now, they must face a reckoning. I interview Sumantra Maitra, an we discuss the Russia collusion lie and the guilty parties that must now face a reckoning. His article can be found here: https://thefederalist.com/2019/03/27/theres-no-reckoning-russia-hoax-will-happen/ Follow me at www.facebook.com/deathtotyrantspodcast Follow me on Twitter @buckrebel
