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Jeff Deist on Australia’s Lockdowns and Afghanistan Withdrawal

Jeff Deist of the Mises Institute joins David Gornoski to comment on the ridiculous lockdown rules in Australia and New Zealand; the public cheering on of governments mandating medicine and the resulting discrimination; the withdrawal from Afghanistan; how empires start domestically; and more.

Sgt. Dan McKnight on Why the Afghanistan Withdrawal Became a Disaster

Sgt. Dan McKnight of Bring Our Troops Home joins David Gornoski to comment on the withdrawal from Afghanistan. What had happened during the negotiations with the Taliban at Doha last year? Did General Milley tell the truth in saying there was no intelligence to predict a swift Taliban takeover? Is there trouble brewing in the […]

Twenty Years of Disaster

David Gornoski comments on what’s happened with the Afghanistan withdrawal so far. How can we hold the Military-Industrial Complex accountable for this twenty-year disaster? How is Biden doing currently in the approval ratings? Is there any competence in DC that would account for the trillions of dollars of taxpayer’s money? Does General Milley care about […]

THINGS HIDDEN 42: Reading Rene Girard During the COVID-19 Pandemic With Geoffrey Shullenberger

David Gornoski sits down with Geoffrey Shullenberger of the Outsider Theory podcast in this latest THINGS HIDDEN conversation. The two look at pandemic politics, the scapegoating of Trump, and cancel culture through the anthropological lens of Rene Girard. How does Girard’s paradoxical approach to religion undermine modern-day academia? Are we living in the most Girardian […]

What’s Going on in Australia?

What’s going on in Australia with the lockdowns? A listener of the show, Luca Sujdovic, calls in from Australia to describe the situation there. What is the military doing to enforce the lockdowns? Are the protesters in Australia as rowdy as the corporate press claims? Listen to the full episode to find out. Plus, David […]

The Crowd Is Not the Friend of Liberty

You wouldn’t give your children cigarettes, so why would you give them food fried in toxic vegetable oils? Join David Gornoski as he points our attention to all the big questions about nutrition, government, anthropology, and more. If the government cared about you so much why wouldn’t they tell you to get rid of the […]

Jeff Deist on How Inflation Harms Families

The Mises Institute’s Jeff Deist returns to the show to comment on the passing of the infrastructure bill; how inflation affects everyone differently; how inflation harms families; Blake Master’s campaign for the senate; whether mask and health passport mandates will increase; and more.

Diabetes From Nut Consumption

Joining David Gornoski for this episode is Brad Smith from Michigan who talks about how the lockdowns have stifled everyday life, how health passports will hurt businesses; and more. Also in this episode, Tucker Goodrich calls in to offer his insights on mandating experimental medicine for children; how nuts consumption can cause diabetes; how processed […]

Rejecting Totalitarianism for a Life of Joy

David Gornoski starts the episode by commenting on the failing demands to mandate experimental drugs whilst violating our liberties. Why is a majority of white liberal women so prone to mental illness? Joining David for this episode is filmmaker and podcaster Jason Jones who talks about lockdown in Hawaii; rejecting tyranny for the joy of […]

The Apocalyptic Unravelling of Failed Structures

David Gornoski is joined by James Kourtides of the Rooster’s Crow podcast. David and James talk about the mania around the delta variant; the heavy-handed approach to mandate medicine; the utter failure of Big Pharma; and the increasing exposure of failing structures in media, science, and governance. Also joining David is professor Wilfred Reilly who […]