Lions Of Liberty

Today's episode of Felony Friday is a first! The show is comprised of two separate interviews that took place during the Libertarian National Convention in New Orleans. The first interview is with Maj Toure, the founder of Black Guns Matter. This is Maj's second appearance on Felony Friday. He last appeared back on Episode 62. The second interview is with Eric Mulder, Libertarian candidate for Sheriff in Arapahoe County, CO. Eric is running on a platform to demilitarize local police and to decriminalize the justice system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Brian takes on wins for the "Democratic" Socialists in Mexico ("AMLO!") and New York with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, plus looks at results from the LNC Chair and Vice Chair. He then moves into discussing Rand Paul's would-be ax murderer and cronyism in California soda tax bills. Oh yeah, and Happy 4th of July.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marc and John had a blast at the Human Action Bash and got some great interviews with Dr. Murray Sabrin, Larry Sharpe, Alex Merced, Joshua Smith, TJ Roberts and Steven Clyde of Liberty Hangout, and the great Tom Woods!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode, we release to the public a very special live edition of our usually-Patreon-only podcast, the League of Liberty! Listen as Chris Spangle of We Are Libertarians, Marc Clair of Lions of Liberty, Rodger Paxton of LAVA Flow, and Johnny Rocket of Blast Off meet for the first time in person at Porcfest to record a special (and hilarious) episode of the League Of Liberty. This podcast is a monthly show done for our respective premium content subscribers, but we offer this one-time edition as a preview!  To hear the League of Liberty every month, support us on Patreon!  For show notes head to LionsOfLiberty.com/354 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of Felony Friday Alan Collinge join host John Odermatt to talk about the injustice that surrounds student loans. Alan is the founder of Student Loan Justice, which he founded back in 2005. StudentLoanJustice.Org is a grassroots citizens organization dedicated to returning standard consumer protections to student loans. Alan has written numerous articles and editorials on the topic, and also published The Student Loan Scam in 2009. He was selected as one of seven “Financial Heroes” by CNN/Money Magazine in December 2008. He's appeared on cables news shows and has broken numerous news items in the press with its research findings regarding conflicts of interest in the student loan system, Student Debt levels, Default Rates, corporate lobbying, and other areas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Electric Libertyland, Brian McWilliams relives some of his Porcfest whiskey exploits before diving into some recent news of the day. Topics discussed include: Rand Paul's Association Healthcare Plans rolling out, The ACLU abandoning free speech for SJW activism, Maxine Waters calling for harassment of Trump cabinet members, Turkey's President Erdogan solidifies his dictatorship, and a ridiculous poll citing the United States as the 10th worst country in the world for women's issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finally, it has arrived! It's the much-ballyhoo'd "Whiskey Challenge" edition of "Libertarians in Living Rooms Drinking Liquor", recorded live in front of a studio audience at PorcFest! For the first time ever, all six Lions of Liberty were in person on the same show, as Marc, Brian, Howie, John, JB and the now-unmasked Rico toss back adult beverages at light speed and talking liberty like only the Lions can! This is almost definitely the wildest, most outrageous and most uncouth show we've ever done! For the full, unedited version of the "Whiskey Challenge", join our Lions of Liberty Pride and support us on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of Felony Friday host John Odermatt welcomes three liberty activists from Boulder Colorado. Lance Cayko, Jason Boros and Lesley Hollywood are three of the liberty activists who are leading the charge in the fight against the Boulder City Council's quest to trample the individual rights of residents. Join us to become educated on this extremely important topic. You will be impressed when you hear about the diverse coalition that is pushing back against an authoritarian city council. These activists in Boulder are providing a fantastic example of how to fight for our rights in a respectful and powerful way! Relevant links: Rally for our Rights Back to Boulder "Mystery Giveaway"! Rally for our Rights Facebook Page Pro-gun demonstrators rally in downtown Boulder against assault weapons ban Pro-gun rally planned for Longmont Longmont City Council hears from gun-rights, gun-safety advocates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Electric Libertyland, Brian brings in his father Jamie McWilliams to talk evolution of political views and the degradation of communication in political discourse today. It's a Father's Day special episode, but don't worry...Trump's new SPACE FORCE will also be addressed. Plus the latest with FBI director of political bias, Peter Strzok, and Ted Cruz' bill to end separation of migrant families. @BrianMcWilliams @LionsofLiberty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode Marc welcomes back two past guests for a debate on the concept of self-esteem, as Judd Weiss squares off with Dr. Michael Edelstein! Judd takes the position that the concept of self-esteem is vital for facing life's challenges and growing as a person, while Dr. Edelstein has long been a critic of the concept. Enjoy this deep dive into the concept, as Marc and crew prepare to head to PorcFest! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show John is joined by Brian Saady. This is Brian's second appearance on Felony Friday. He last appeared on episode 112 of Felony Friday. Brian is a politically-independent author who writes about corruption, crony capitalism, human rights, and civil liberties. He has published a three-book series, Rackets, which is about the legalization of drugs and gambling, as well as the decriminalization of prostitution. Brian has also written other books and many articles published on many sites. Last time Brian was on the show we talked about his book, Rackets: The Drug War: A Trillion Dollar Con Game. With everything in the news about gambling and sex trafficking, it made sense to bring Brian back on the show to cover all the details! He's written books on the topics, Dealing From the Bottom of the Deck: Hypocritical Gambling Laws Enrich Crooked Politicians, a Select-Few Casinos, and the Mob (Rackets Book 2) and Decriminalized Prostitution: The Common Sense Solution (Rackets) (Volume 3). Find past editi

On this week's Electric Libertyland Brian McWilliams sits astounded at the negative reaction to a first-time-in-history meeting between two nuclear powers that moved both sides closer to peace a free trade, that being the USA-North Korea summit. Brian also looks at Net Neutrality's repeal, Robert De Niro's anti-Trump tirade at the Tony Awards, and Seattle hitting the stupid wall before finally bouncing back to reality. Oh, and Dominos Pizza solves the "Muh Roads!" equation. @BrianMcWilliams @LionsofLiberty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, Marc welcomes back Mike Brancatelli - former co-host of Part of the Problem and current host of Mikeadelic - to ROAR about his recent journey spending three months in the jungles of Peru on a bit of a spiritual journey, assisted by one of the most powerful, natural psychedelic substances known to man - Ayahuasca. Mike details how he first took interest in ayahuasca, how it's benefited him and many others with mental health, why psychedelics and cognitive liberty are natural tie-ins to libertarian ideas, and so much more! Find show notes at LionsOfLiberty.com/351   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on Felony Friday we have two incredible guests. They are both making their 2nd appearance on Felony Friday. These two are back on the show to shine a light on many of the non-violent offenders who are still incarcerated. Now, this episode was recorded before President Trump commuted the sentence of Alice Johnson. During this show, Alice was identified as an individual worthy of clemency. Thankfully, with a final push by Kim Kardashian and the approval of President Trump, Alice Johnson is now free!!!   Both of the individuals with me today are champions of criminal justice reform and more specifically fighting for clemency for non-violent offenders. We welcome Amy Povah back to the show, Amy appeared on episode 65 of Felony Friday. Amy is the founder of the Can-Do Foundation. CAN-DO is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit foundation that advocates Clemency for All Non-violent Drug Offenders. Amy received a 24 year sentence when she was 28 years old. Her crime essentially was refusing to cooperate with the feds as they

On this week's Electric Libertyland host Brian McWilliams welcomes in epic libertarian / volantaryist memer, podcaster and author Mance Rayder. Brian and Mance discuss the plague of locusts that are the defenders of socialism, including John Oliver of HBO, before discussing Samantha Bee, Joy Reid and the SCOTUS punt on Masterpiece Bakeshop Ltd. vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.  @BrianMcWilliams @LionsofLIberty @mnrothbard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, Marc Clair is joined by Steven Clyde, host of "The Peace and Liberty Podcast". Steven explains how he became a libertarian, what its like to discuss libertarian ideas on a college campus, why he started a five-day-per-week podcast, and describes his first foray into "live trolling!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of Felony Friday fellow Lions of Liberty contributor J.B. Lubin joins host John Odermatt to discuss some trending police and criminal justice news stories. Topics discussed on the show are linked below! Relevant topics: Cop Punches Girl’s Head Repeatedly In Front of Her Family Over Unopened Cans of Beer  Man arrested for keeping 1,500 tires in Richmond yard EXCLUSIVE: Richmond man races to clean up tires moments before he's due in court Florida teacher explains why he drowned raccoons in front of students EDL founder Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court Farm owners admit to slaughtering animals without a license, but deny allegations of animal abuse Animal rights supporters want arrests at Lee County farms Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Electric Libertyland, Brian McWilliams reflects on Memorial Day and the role of our military. He also examines the military's support of the NFL following the NFL's new rules on player actions for the National Anthem before turning to the cancellation of ABC's "Roseanne" following questionable tweets from the show star. Following the break Brian goes into GDPR, Homeland Security "losing" 1500 immigrant children and the state of affairs in Italy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, Marc is joined by four of the candidates for the Vice Chairmanship of the Libertarian National Committee to make their case for why they should be voted by Libertarian Party delegates into the Vice Chair role at the Libertarian National Convention in New Orleans. Arvin Vohra, Alex Merced, Joe Hauptmann and Steve Scheetz explain why the Libertarian Party is their chosen vehicle to advance the ideas of liberty and lay out their vision of how they would operate in the role of the Vice Chair.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of Felony Friday, Mishelle O'shasky joins host John Odermatt to discuss her shocking experiences in the criminal justice system. Mishelle spent over twenty-two years tied up in the system in some form or fashion.  Not until her third incarceration was she able to successfully reintegrate into the community. Peer support and access to services was a major component to her success. Since 2010, Mishelle has worked with individuals who suffer from mental illness and substance use. Mishelle has been a tireless advocate for reentry support and mentoring since her release from prison.  Due to her lengthy criminal justice stay, Mishelle considers herself a subject matter expert, as she personally experienced the Wisconsin Criminal Justice system. She is now a successful business owner and national advocate for criminal justice policy change and quantitative improvements. Mishelle seeks to increase the quality of life of those directly impacted by mental illness, substance abuse and the criminal j