Episodes
June 2, 2022
514: Policing Bodies: Law, Sex Work, and Desire in Johannesburg (w/ India Thusi)
Sex work occupies a legally gray space in Johannesburg, South Africa, and police attitudes toward it are inconsistent and largely unregulated. This results in both room for negotiation that can benefit sex workers and extreme precarity, where the security police provide can be taken away at a moment's notice. There is growing concern about the appropriate role for police, if any, in society. Many people around the world are examining policing in response to incidents of violence within mar...
Guest: India Thusi
June 1, 2022
513: The Libertarian Party & The Great Reno Reset (w/ Stephen Decker & Jeremy Todd)
The Reno Reset is real! And with it, a new leadership at the helm of the third largest political party in the United States - The Libertarian Party.
Guests: Jeremy Todd , Stephen Decker
May 28, 2022
512: You Need To Be More Assertive, Dammit!
What role does assertiveness play in helping you close more business?
May 27, 2022
511: The Zombie Economics of Inflation and Unemployment (w/ Prof. Alex Salter)
How do bad economic ideas get so rapidly accepted and embraced?
Guest: Alexander William Salter
May 25, 2022
510: Biden's Foreign Policy Report Card - The Good, The Bad, & The "Meh" (with Prof. Sarah Burns)
Returning to the program today is Professor Sarah Burns (Associate Professor of Political Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology) to give her report card grade of the Biden administration's foreign policy priorities - namely Afghanistan, Ukraine/Russia, and China/Taiwan. "My difficulty with Biden is he's also an he's definitely an elder statesman. And he's also a former cold warrior. So when you're thinking about how he's going to view the world, he's going to view it as...
Guest: Sarah Burns
May 25, 2022
509: How Do We Fix the Old, Broken Libertarian Messaging? (Brian Nichols on In Liberty & Health)
On today's episode, I joined Kyle Matovcik over on his program, "In Liberty and Health". We covered a TON of topics (like my weight loss, my move from Philly, and more!), but we spent a vast majority of our time focusing on fixing our old, broken libertarian messaging. Are we up for the task? Give a listen! "The voter doesn't want to hear what it means to be a libertarian. Why? Because they don't care. Why should they care? What does it mean to them - what being a libertaria...
Guest: Kyle Matovcik
May 24, 2022
508: Why Does This Libertarian Farmer Want To Be Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania? (w/ Tim McMaster)
Returning to the program today is Tim McMaster, Libertarian candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania! "It's really good to be out front and center with the local people. And as they say, 'all politics is local'. And I truly believe that, because every issue that we face on the local issue, if you just expand that out, essentially, that's on the state level on the national level as well, with some exceptions. But overall, people are concerned about the same things - how...
Guest: Tim McMaster
May 21, 2022
507: The Top 3 Ways Libertarians Scare Away The Liberty Curious (w/Chris Goyzueta)
Where do Libertarians drop the ball when trying to win people's hearts and minds?
May 20, 2022
506: Hunny, Where's All The Baby Formula? (w/ Kenny Cody)
Where's all the baby formula!? Store shelves are empty, and the Biden Administration was caught seemingly off-guard by the nationwide baby formula shortage.
Guest: Kenny Cody
May 19, 2022
505: The United States and its Long History of "Misinformation" (w/ Caleb Franz)
Does this sound familiar? The looming threat of war hovers over the United States like a vulture circling its prey. A deadly virus is running through the population, forcing many to avoid highly populated areas. Furthermore, the nation is reaching a level of political division so severe that it threatens the stability of the country. While you might think this is a description of the U.S. circa 2022, these were actually the circumstances that the nation found itself in at the begi...
Guest: Caleb Franz
May 18, 2022
504: How Has Inflation Impacted Small Business? (with David Belman)
Inflation has been felt at the grocery store, at the gas pump, at the car dealership, traveling.... okay, pretty much everywhere. And yes, that means that the home building industry has been hit just as hard. How hard has it been hit? Well, returning to the program today is David Belman (Belman Homes) who outlines how the supply chain issues, when coupled with the increase in interest rates and inflation, has been a perfect storm for the home building industry. "When you put all the ...
Guest: David Belman
May 17, 2022
503: Why It's Okay To Say "No" & Celebrating Greatness
On today's episode of The Brian Nichols Show, I'm riding solo, talking about why it's okay to say "no" in both life and in sales. Later, I dig into why I think it's important we focus on celebrating greatness, and then finally, I wrap up by outlining my strategies to effectively listen to podcasts. "As a matter of fact, it might be the thing that's actually holding you back in sales. There's only one thing that each of us experiences in the exact same way. And that's time. T ...
May 13, 2022
502: What Makes a Great Story? - Storytelling 101 with Billy Madison
What makes a good story? We're going to find out using *that* Billy Madison.
May 13, 2022
501: Did This College Student Really Get Expelled For Refusing The COVID Booster Shot!? (w/ Ellie Puentes)
"My body, my choice" doesn't seemingly apply to those refusing the COVID booster.
Guest: Ellie Puentes
May 12, 2022
500: 5 of My Favorite Episodes From Over the Past 500 Shows (feat. Brian Nichols)
After 4 and 1/2 years, we've hit an incredible milestone at The Brian Nichols Show. Not only have we hit the top 1.5% of podcasts globally, but we have just reached our 500th episode! Today, I'm sharing 5 of my favorite conversations from the past 500 episodes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 11, 2022
499: Capitalizing on the Parallel Economy & Defeating Wokeness (with Michael Seifert of PublicSq)
There is a whole separate economy emerging for the people that are just tired of the wokeness. And they just want a break.
Guest: Michael Seifert
May 10, 2022
498: How to Talk About Roe v. Wade /Abortion without Tempers Flaring (with Olivia Rondeau)
The conversation towards abortion/Roe v. Wade has always been a heated discussion... but does it have to be that way?
Guest: Olivia Rondeau
May 7, 2022
497: Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom! (with Dr. Patrick Moore)
Returning to The Brian Nichols Show today is Dr. Patrick Moore (Author, "Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom") to discuss how most of the scare stories in the media today are based on things that are invisible, like CO2 and radiation, or very remote, like polar bears and coral reefs. Thus, the average person cannot observe and verify the truth of these claims for themselves. They must rely on activists, the media, politicians, and scientists - all of whom have a huge financial ...
Guest: Dr. Patrick Moore
May 6, 2022
496: Tolerance vs. Acceptance & Setting Narratives vs. Responding to Narratives (feat. Brian Nichols)
Tolerance isn't blind acceptance. Nor is it tacit acceptance.
May 5, 2022
495: May the Fourth Be With You! (Politics & Star Wars w/ Stephen Kent from Nov. 2020)
"So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause...".
May 4, 2022
494: What are the Top-3 Issues Libertarians Should Be Focusing Messaging Towards? (with Clint Russell)
Focusing on the issues that people care about.
Guest: Clint Russell
May 3, 2022
493: Can't Sell, Won't Sell - Advertising, Politics, & Culture Wars (with Steve Harrison
Why adland has stopped selling and started saving the world.
Guest: Steve Harrison
April 30, 2022
492: How is this Libertarian Candidate Fighting Back Against Local Career Politicians? (with Tara Murphy)
On today's episode of The Brian Nichols Show, Tara Murphy (candidate for Branchburg Township Committee, NJ) joins the program to outline what issues she's focusing on during her candidacy, namely how she is taking on career politicians who have grown deaf to the needs and concerns of their constituents. "I've lived in my town [Branchburg, NJ) for about 11 years. And more and more every year, there's more building and less open space in the town. And we get a lot of flooding because o...
Guest: Tara Murphy
April 29, 2022
491: A Libertarian Alternative for POTUS!? (with Mike ter Maat)
On today's episode of The Brian Nichols Show, I'm joined once again by Mike ter Maat! However... this time, he's announced that he's seeking to be the Libertarian Party candidate for 2024! "I think that the big basket, of course, is that the Democratic Party and the and the Republican Party have gone off the rails in terms of their respect for the Constitution. They hate each other so much that they are willing to do anything to suppress each other, including lying to the media - the...
Guest: Mike ter Maat