After the fall of the Soviet Union, a whole host of European countries were faced with a unique opportunity: the chance to free their economies and clean up a corrupt legal system. Of all the ex-Soviet states, few have been as successful as Estonia.
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The question of whether transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s sports has sparked controversy as elite female athletes have seen their accomplishment erased by bigger, stronger, and faster trans women who went through male puberty.
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Government Commits More Crimes than We Know | Guest: James Bovard | Ep 273
In the information age, it’s ironic that the government is becoming more secretive than ever, with an increase in classified documents and a growing reluctance to engage in any sort of transparency.
At New Hampshire’s Liberty Forum, Matt Kibbe talks to Glenn Jacobs, mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, about a wide variety of liberty issues, from the dishonesty of lockdowns and the unsustainability of the national debt to the way in which the invocation of "democracy" has become a code...
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Do We Still Have the Right to Question Our Government? | Guest: Jay Bhattacharya
After the Twitter Files revealed that government agencies pressured social media companies into suppressing dissident speech during lockdowns, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya was one of several plaintiffs who challenged this clear violation of the First Amendment in court.
This week, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban TikTok if it is not sold by the Chinese-based ByteDance company.
When actor Clifton Duncan dared to go against his industry’s orthodoxy on COVID-19, he found out the hard way that the expectations for conformity can be unforgiving.
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The Truth About Growing Up in the Soviet Union | Guest: Gia Jandieri | Ep 269
The country of Georgia is a beautiful place of rich traditions and a unique wine-making culture, but like so many countries, its individual character and history were nearly wiped out by the enforced homogeneity of the Soviet Union.
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Congress Is Using Kids to Impose Online Censorship | Guest: Yaël Ossowski | Ep 268
Won’t someone please think of the children? There’s a long history of politicians weaponizing supposed concern over protecting children to impose repressive legislation on the people.
Libertarians have always struggled to communicate their ideas in a way that is appealing to the average person. Spike Cohen, former Libertarian Party candidate for vice president and founder of You Are the Power, wants to change that.