COVID-19/Lockdowns Episodes

Why does a new study suggests that almost half of those hospitalized with COVID-19 have mild or asymptomatic cases?

Government mandates and the long-term harm done to behavioral development of kids might have something to do with it.

Why has medical care become so complicated—and expensive?

Learn how college students are fighting back against campus administrations and their restrictive COVID policies.

Maryland has never seen a gubernatorial candidate like Kyle.

How can business owners stand up and fight back against the government rules and restrictions that they're enforcing?

Selling is half the battle... helping people buy is where we win!

How bad is inflation getting? What's in this new infrastructure bill? And Cuomo resigned for what?

How does government increase the cost home by over 25%?

What if the Science shows that lockdowns, masks, and government restrictions were actually anti-Science all along?

Who's our target market when we're trying to #SellLiberty? Who should the Libertarian Party be focusing their time and energy on attracting?

Rampant inflation. Unemployment benefits run amuck. Supply chains being tested. The economy is being tested like it hasn't been in decades, leading many to be weary of its future prospects. Economist Daniel Di Martino joins the program to help give some clarity into what's happening, how we got hear, and where we're headed.

"We're all in this together!" Easily the most tone-deaf line from the entire pandemic. No, we're not all in this together. And as the lockdowns go on, the stockpiling of the amount of pain only increases. Clint from Liberty Lockdown started his podcast to address the concerns he was seeing, and today joins the program to outline what you can do and expect as time moves forward.

The COVID lockdowns have been one of the most divisive aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, with many libertarians (like yours truly) raising the alarm to the threat of unintended consequences in blindly following the government's approved list of experts. But did I go to far? Did libertarians scare away potential liberty-curious folks by our strong stance against the government lockdowns? Economist and friend of the show Max Gulker returns to the program and gives his take while also challenging my stance that "if you're explaining, you're losing".

We all accept that the government doesn't tell us certain information. Now, government will say it's due to "national security" or some other reason, but what about the government using the media apparatus to actively misinform the public? Donnie Gebert is a former government insider who outlines the extent that government goes to misinform the public, and how a "Direct Republic" could help solve a lot of our problems.

The data, facts, and realities of COVID were far away from what the media and public health institutions were presenting to the world at the advent of the pandemic. And while the controlling narrative was that of lockdowns and fear in response to COVID, organizations like PANDA have been working with some of the top minds in public health, focusing on the hard data and analytics of the pandemic to help *save lives*. Returning to the program is Nick Hudson, co-founder of PANDA, who just gave an amazing talk at the inaugural BizNews Investment Conference where he crushed the common myths and misconceptions promoted by pro-lockdown, anti-science politicians and unelected bureaucrats. What do epidemiologists and immunologist think of Dr. Fauci? What's the story about the COVID variants? Are asymptomatic people a danger to others? All that (and more) discussed on today's special BONUS episode.

As we discussed on Friday with Jack Hunter, Donald Trump proved that there was an untapped market within the GOP that a persona like he could take advantage of - populism. However, that populism isn't exclusive to the GOP, as the ascendance of "democratic socialists" like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has show the Democratic Party just as malleable to the changing political winds. Nick Gillespie from Reason returns to the program to outline the implications of said democratic populism, but also to the causes that have gotten the Democratic Party to this point in the first place.

"We needed to lock down out of an abundance of caution. We didn't know what the virus was going to do." Ya'll have heard that before, right? Well, believe it or not, some of us have been raising the red flag from the very beginning that the government response to COVID (like the government lockdowns) would lead to more unintended long term consequences versus simply letting people/the market adjust. Today's episode is a highlight of four guests from The Brian Nichols Show who were raising the alarm from the beginning. (April 2020)109: COVID-19 vs. the Economy: Could A Crumbling Economy Cause More Death than COVID-19? -with Economist Daniel J. Michell: https://briannichols.fireside.fm/covid-19-vs-the-economy (June 2020)119: How the COVID Lockdowns, George Floyd Murder, and PRIME Act are Connected -with Matt Kibbe: https://briannichols.fireside.fm/lockdowns-george-floyd-prime-act-connected (October 2020) 150: Liberty or Lockdown -with Jeffrey Tucker from AIER: https://…

"Politics are always downstream from culture." Raise your hand if you've heard that famous utterance from the late Andrew Breitbart at least once in your life. Well, as cliche as it may sound, we see it first hand in the manner in which our society has so quickly adapted to the promoted culture of the Hollywood and leftist elite. So, is it possible to help reign in the power? Or at least, to use it to our advantage? Phil Labonte from All That Remains joins the program to dig into that, the "black pill". and more!

Have you looked at this new COVID stimulus bill that was passed by Congress? Well, if you didn't, don't you worry, because Brad Polumbo (FEE, National Review, Breaking Boundaries) did for you! Listen as Brad digs through the dirty details of the COVID stimulus bill and some of the wasteful spending (but I repeat myself) within the bill. Find Brad Online: https://muckrack.com/brad-polumbo Find Brad on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brad_polumbo Podcast: https://brokenboundaries.fireside.fm/

A proposed section of the public health law in New York would allow Gov. Andrew Cuomo to detain ANY person he believes poses a danger to public health, meaning all it would take is a single order from the governor, then *poof*, quarantine camp. So... how close is this to reality? Assembly Mark Walczyk returns to the program to give his inside scoop into where this proposal came from and the likelihood of it reaching the Governor's desk.

COVID-19 is a threat. Yes, it's a very real disease that kills lots of people. However, the government lockdowns and the related intrusions on civil liberties pose a serious threat not only to lives, but to civilization itself—a threat must be resisted. At this juncture, the science is quite clear on what key policy responses should be—or should have been. But this is no longer about the science, if it ever was. What is required now is a mobilization against what is essentially an enormous public relations machine that is fuelling fear and removing agency from people’s lives the world over. Today's guest is Nick Hudson from PANDA (Pandemics ~ Data & Analytics). PANDA is a collective of leading scientists, actuaries, economists, data scientists, statisticians, medical professionals, lawyers, engineers and businesspeople working as a collective to replace bad science with good science.