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What is the "civil society" in a country and why is it important for liberty? Join WAL Plus now for commercial-free shows and our complete archives - JoinWALPlus.com ---- Looking to start a podcast? Download my podcast Podcasting and Platforms now, and check out my recommendations for buying the right equipment. ---- Q Sleep Spray assists in achieving a more restful sleep so you can wake up refreshed. Q SLEEP contains incredible ingredients, including melatonin, 5-HTP, and L-theanine, as well as a proprietary herbal extract, which synergistically promotes restful sleep and helps your mind and body rejuvenate. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/sleepspray/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Starfish Initiative is an organization in Indianapolis that helps economically disadvantaged youth reach their full potential by moving into post-secondary education. President and CEO Crystal Givens shares the importance of mentoring in the life of their program's scholars and how students and adults can participate. Visit their website at https://www.starfishinitiative.org/. Video - https://youtu.be/A9ICJ8NoJ60 About The Starfish Initiative Starfish Initiative was established in 2003 with a vision to make a difference in the lives of marginalized youth – one student at a time. Today, Starfish Initiative continues to advance our mission: “to inspire, encourage, and prepare academically-promising, high school students facing unearned adversity for college and career success,” through our comprehensive Starfish Experience, a statistically proven four-year pathway to economic mobility for Indianapolis high school students. Join WAL Plus now for commercial-free shows and our complete archives - JoinWALPlus.com ---- Looking to start a podcast? Download my podcast Podcasting and Platforms now, and check out my recommendations for buying the right equipment. ---- Q Sleep Spray assists in achieving a more restful sleep so you can wake up refreshed. Q SLEEP contains incredible ingredients, including melatonin, 5-HTP, and L-theanine, as well as a proprietary herbal extract, which synergistically promotes restful sleep and helps your mind and body rejuvenate. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/sleepspray/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Biden takes a lot of flack for high gas prices. Blame him on social media for them, and inevitably someone in the comments says the President has nothing to do with gas prices. Is this true? What causes gas prices to rise to historic rates? And what effect do diesel prices have on inflation? Roy Mathews is a public policy associate at the Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure (Aii) in Arlington, Va. He has previously been published in RealClearEnergy, National Review, and the National Interest. He is a Young Voices contributor. Record-High Diesel Prices Spell Longer-Term Consumer Woes - https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/05/record-high-diesel-prices-spell-longer-term-consumer-woes/ 10 in 2022: Ten Policies to Unleash American Energy and Fuel Recovery - https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/10-in-2022 Join WAL Plus now for commercial-free shows and our complete archives - JoinWALPlus.com ---- Looking to start a podcast? Download my podcast Podcasting and Platforms now, and check out my recommendations for buying the right equipment. ---- Q Sleep Spray assists in achieving a more restful sleep so you can wake up refreshed. Q SLEEP contains incredible ingredients, including melatonin, 5-HTP, and L-theanine, as well as a proprietary herbal extract, which synergistically promotes restful sleep and helps your mind and body rejuvenate. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/sleepspray/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I just keep getting angrier and angrier about the state of the world, and I feel like we have fewer options. What can we do? And what can this podcast do to help? Join WAL Plus now for commercial-free shows and our complete archives - JoinWALPlus.com ---- Looking to start a podcast? Download my podcast Podcasting and Platforms now, and check out my recommendations for buying the right equipment. ---- Q Sleep Spray assists in achieving a more restful sleep so you can wake up refreshed. Q SLEEP contains incredible ingredients, including melatonin, 5-HTP, and L-theanine, as well as a proprietary herbal extract, which synergistically promotes restful sleep and helps your mind and body rejuvenate. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/sleepspray/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congress and the President are considering proposals to cancel student debt. What is a solution to this crisis? Is it a crisis to begin with? And how carefully are lawmakers considering relief and the tradeoffs that follow. Young Voices contributors Jack Salmon and Sean Themea join me.  Jack Salmon is a research assistant at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His research and commentary have been featured in a variety of outlets, including The Hill, Business Insider, Foundation for Economic Education, and Dallas Morning News.  Sean Themea serves as chief of staff for Young Americans for Liberty (YAL). A recovering progressive, Sean has appeared on Fox Business, Newsmax, The First TV, and OAN. Join WAL Plus now for commercial-free shows and our complete archives - JoinWALPlus.com ---- Looking to start a podcast? Download my podcast Podcasting and Platforms now, and check out my recommendations for buying the right equipment. ---- Q Sleep Spray assists in achieving a more restful sleep so you can wake up refreshed. Q SLEEP contains incredible ingredients, including melatonin, 5-HTP, and L-theanine, as well as a proprietary herbal extract, which synergistically promotes restful sleep and helps your mind and body rejuvenate. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/sleepspray/ ---- Pillowsonic with bedtime private listening in total comfort without earbuds or headsets. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/pillowsonic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gabriella Hoffman is my guest because I don't know much about guns, and I have a lot of questions about legislation moving through Congress, and I ask her to fact check the media's reporting. What is an AR-15, and why is it so much more dangerous?   Gabriella Hoffman is a freelance media strategist, award-winning writer, and Townhall.com political columnist. She hosts the District of Conservation podcast and CFACT original video series “Conservation Nation.” Young Voices Regional Leader an d an Independent Women's Forum Senior Fellow. Learn more about her work at http://www.gabriellahoffman.com. Join WAL Plus now for commercial-free shows and our complete archives - JoinWALPlus.com ---- Looking to start a podcast? Download my podcast Podcasting and Platforms now, and check out my recommendations for buying the right equipment. ---- Q Sleep Spray assists in achieving a more restful sleep so you can wake up refreshed. Q SLEEP contains incredible ingredients, including melatonin, 5-HTP, and L-theanine, as well as a proprietary herbal extract, which synergistically promotes restful sleep and helps your mind and body rejuvenate. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/sleepspray/ ---- Pillowsonic with bedtime private listening in total comfort without earbuds or headsets. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/pillowsonic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Young Voices contributor James Czerniawski is a senior policy analyst in Technology and Innovation at Americans for Prosperity, and he joins me this week to discuss lobbying on Capitol Hill to prevent new regulations on technology, Elon Musk buying Twitter, and the potential regulation of cryptocurrency. Video - https://youtu.be/oT0ezIogfcs Join WAL Plus now for commercial-free shows and our complete archives - JoinWALPlus.com ---- Looking to start a podcast? Download my podcast Podcasting and Platforms now, and check out my recommendations for buying the right equipment. ---- Q Sleep Spray assists in achieving a more restful sleep so you can wake up refreshed. Q SLEEP contains incredible ingredients, including melatonin, 5-HTP, and L-theanine, as well as a proprietary herbal extract, which synergistically promotes restful sleep and helps your mind and body rejuvenate. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/sleepspray/ ---- Pillowsonic with bedtime private listening in total comfort without earbuds or headsets. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/pillowsonic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Social media and talk hosts have recently shared the blame for mass shootings, but these outlets are not the progenitor of ideas like the Great Replacement Theory. They're exploiting the numbers built in darker corners of the internet. While this aired on March 20th, 2019, the information is still sadly as relevant today as it was after the New Zealand shooting. Harry Price and James Nease join me. Nease was one of the first people on 4Chan, and has been a moderator since its beginning. He explains the culture of what the media is mislabeling the "far right." We also discuss the alienation of young men in today's society and what steps we can take to bring people out of isolation and into healthy communities.  Join WAL Plus now for commercial-free shows and our complete archives - JoinWALPlus.com ---- Looking to start a podcast? Download my podcast Podcasting and Platforms now, and check out my recommendations for buying the right equipment. ---- Q Sleep Spray assists in achieving a more restful sleep so you can wake up refreshed. Q SLEEP contains incredible ingredients, including melatonin, 5-HTP, and L-theanine, as well as a proprietary herbal extract, which synergistically promotes restful sleep and helps your mind and body rejuvenate. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/sleepspray/ ---- Pillowsonic with bedtime private listening in total comfort without earbuds or headsets. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/pillowsonic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sarah Brady, Tricia Stuart-Mann, and Reagan Spangle joined me to explain the complexities of feeding a child through breastfeeding or formula. We also dive into what caused this shortage and what to do if you feed with formula and run low.  Join WAL Plus now for commercial-free shows and our complete archives - JoinWALPlus.com ---- Star Trek is full of great examples of leadership. Jeff Akin, a leader with over 20 years of executive management experience in both the public and private sectors, breaks down each episode of Star Trek, from The Original Series to Discovery, and beyond; pointing out examples of great leadership, management, lean/six-sigma, communication and more. If you enjoy Star Trek, or are even a little Trek-curious, and have an appetite for leadership development, this is the podcast for you. - https://www.starfleetleadership.academy/ ---- Looking to start a podcast? Download my podcast Podcasting and Platforms now, and check out my recommendations for buying the right equipment. ---- Q Sleep Spray assists in achieving a more restful sleep so you can wake up refreshed. Q SLEEP contains incredible ingredients, including melatonin, 5-HTP, and L-theanine, as well as a proprietary herbal extract, which synergistically promotes restful sleep and helps your mind and body rejuvenate. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/sleepspray/ ---- Pillowsonic with bedtime private listening in total comfort without earbuds or headsets. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/pillowsonic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Scheeren joins me to share a new model for treating addictions and alcoholism not based on a 12-step model. Mark Scheeren co-founded Baldwin Research Institute, Inc. (BRI) and the Saint Jude Retreats, the first residential non-12 step model for drug and alcohol problems in America. As a BRI Research Fellow, he is the co-author of the revolutionary book, The Freedom Model for Addictions. Mark is the only addictions researcher in the world to have studied individuals with substance use issues by living with the study subjects for a period of twelve years. “This was the only way to truly understand the issues concerning this population and build solutions that actually promoted success. Learn more at https://www.thefreedommodel.org/. Join WAL Plus now for commercial-free shows and our complete archives - JoinWALPlus.com ---- Looking to start a podcast? Download my podcast Podcasting and Platforms now, and check out my recommendations for buying the right equipment. ---- Q Sleep Spray assists in achieving a more restful sleep so you can wake up refreshed. Q SLEEP contains incredible ingredients, including melatonin, 5-HTP, and L-theanine, as well as a proprietary herbal extract, which synergistically promotes restful sleep and helps your mind and body rejuvenate. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/sleepspray/ ---- Pillowsonic with bedtime private listening in total comfort without earbuds or headsets. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/pillowsonic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've long talked about social media companies being the lesser censor and turning to the greater censor, the government, to fix the issues with these platforms would be a disaster for free speech. Unfortunately, the Biden Administration is setting up a “Disinformation Governance Board." What could possibly go wrong? We also touch on Elon Musk buying Twitter. We also witness the debut of "Hot Take Harry." Video - https://youtu.be/zwp81KY4PN8 Join WAL Plus now for commercial-free shows and our complete archives - JoinWALPlus.com ---- Looking to start a podcast? Download my podcast Podcasting and Platforms now, and check out my recommendations for buying the right equipment. ---- Q Sleep Spray assists in achieving a more restful sleep so you can wake up refreshed. Q SLEEP contains incredible ingredients, including melatonin, 5-HTP, and L-theanine, as well as a proprietary herbal extract, which synergistically promotes restful sleep and helps your mind and body rejuvenate. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/sleepspray/ ---- Pillowsonic with bedtime private listening in total comfort without earbuds or headsets. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/pillowsonic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I got a C in economics in high school economics, so I am no help in explaining what caused our current inflation, how to fix it, and when rising prices will subside. I brought in Texas Tech economics professor Alex Salter to explain it. He is also a Young Voices contributor and the author of Money and the Rule of Law: Generality and Predictability in Monetary Institutions​, which is published by Cambridge University Press. Alexander Salter's Website - https://www.awsalter.com/ Join WAL Plus now for commercial-free shows and our complete archives - JoinWALPlus.com ---- Looking to start a podcast? Download my podcast Podcasting and Platforms now, and check out my recommendations for buying the right equipment. ---- Q Sleep Spray assists in achieving a more restful sleep so you can wake up refreshed. Q SLEEP contains incredible ingredients, including melatonin, 5-HTP, and L-theanine, as well as a proprietary herbal extract, which synergistically promotes restful sleep and helps your mind and body rejuvenate. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/sleepspray/ ---- Pillowsonic with bedtime private listening in total comfort without earbuds or headsets. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/pillowsonic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Haidt wrote a new article in the Atlantic about social media and its effect on the social fabric of America. We debate its merits. Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/ Video - https://youtu.be/1yWukNMAArc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The libertarian group at John Carroll University invited me to speak on the Ukrainian refugee crisis and the broader immigration discussion here in America. Thanks to Luke Hoffman for inviting me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Travis Corcoran wrote a new book called Restoring Reason, and I love the concept. He talks about the Trivium, which is a system of thinking through concepts. The first three pillars of a liberal arts education are grammar, logic, and rhetoric. In other words, capturing knowledge, thinking it through, and then communicating those ideas. How can a systematic approach to information help us combat the discombobulating cascade of information we deal with on a daily basis? Listen as we outline it. In his book Restoring Reason, philosopher Dr. Travis Corcoran demonstrates how the liberal arts provide us with a skillset to evaluate knowledge and draw our own conclusions for clarity, confidence, and freedom. Dr. Corcoran explains the trivium—knowledge, understanding, and wisdom—and the foundation it lays for making high-quality decisions for a high-quality life. Restoring Reason is an intellectual self-defense manual to make sense of the world we live in. Including an analysis of the five biggest social engineers today, including corporate interests and legacy media, this reproducible, systematic framework will help you see truth, deny falsehoods, and lead a fulfilled, independent life. Get the first chapter at restoringreason.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Donaldson is a veteran, writer with Young Voices, and host of the Herd Tell podcast. His experience in the military as well as his reflections as a writer on the War on Terror presents a unique view of the war in Ukraine.  Herd Tell - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOOglfHcPP4_kQ1KlSb1RoQ Young Voices contributor page - https://www.young-voices.com/advocate/andrew-donaldson/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My jaw dropped when I read the following: "When the nation was facing the COVID-19 pandemic without knowledge of when a vaccine would arise, at least 75 federal lawmakers held shares of Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer — all of which eventually benefited from nearly $6 trillion in relief bills to produce, manufacture, and distribute vaccines to the American public. Congress was directly involved in the creation and passing of these relief bills." Addison Hosner had a great article on the plague of insider trading in Congress, and the Young Voices contributor joins me to detail how we can stop it. Follow Addison Hosner - https://www.young-voices.com/advocate/addison-hosner/ Insider Trading and Congress, a Love Story - https://spectator.org/insider-trading-and-congress-a-love-story/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy Horning has run more election cycles than not since his first run for Mayor of Indianapolis in 1999. He's run as a Republican and Libertarian for the US House. He's run as a Libertarian for Governor and Senate too. He talks about the benefits of running for office and why it is important to engage in the electoral process, politics, and government. The main reason? We are winning and we can't take our foot off the pedal now.  Andy's Website - https://wedeclare.wordpress.com/ Andy's book - https://amzn.to/36OkzvR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kris Bex is the President of the Remnant Trust, an organization that buys ancient texts and manuscripts of classic works of liberty. I talked with Kris about the importance of remembering history in a time so focused on the present and their new partnership with the Indiana Historical Society and The Columbia Club to display even more of their collected work.  Website - http://www.theremnanttrust.com/wordpress/ Events - https://remnanttrustevents.com/ Join WAL Plus now for commercial-free shows and our complete archives - JoinWALPlus.com ---- Looking to start a podcast? Download my podcast Podcasting and Platforms now, and check out my recommendations for buying the right equipment. ---- Q Sleep Spray assists in achieving a more restful sleep so you can wake up refreshed. Q SLEEP contains incredible ingredients, including melatonin, 5-HTP, and L-theanine, as well as a proprietary herbal extract, which synergistically promotes restful sleep and helps your mind and body rejuvenate. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/sleepspray/ ---- Pillowsonic with bedtime private listening in total comfort without earbuds or headsets. Buy Now - https://wearelibertarians.com/pillowsonic/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listener Ana and I have been talking a lot about the Eastern European view of the current Russo-Ukrainian War. She's from North Macedonia, which is north of Greece, south of Kosovo, and next to Albania. Her country was founded in 1991 after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, and has been in the constant push and pull of the West and Russia's sphere of influence. She gives us some perspective on life in this position as well as the growing concern in her nation about Putin's militarism.  Video - https://youtu.be/C3HfyL1cVvY Ana - https://www.facebook.com/ocean.charting Chechnya: War Without a Trace - https://tubitv.com/movies/415299/chechnya-war-without-a-trace The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladmir Putin - https://amzn.to/3ii2Dfa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices