Episodios

  • Ep 323 | You’re Mad at Thomas Massie Because He’s Right | Guest: Matt Kibbe

    Ep 323 | You’re Mad at Thomas Massie Because He’s Right | Guest: Matt Kibbe
    Mar 12 2025
    In this special solo episode of “Kibbe on Liberty,” Matt Kibbe weighs in on Donald Trump’s threat to primary Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) over his refusal to vote for the latest continuing resolution that maintains Biden-era levels of spending and funds all of the waste, fraud, and abuse that Elon Musk and the DOGE have uncovered. Kibbe recounts his time as a budget economist and explains why the budgeting process doesn’t work as it’s supposed to and how entrenched special interests are committed to keeping it that way. Massie is one of the few congressmen who understands that and who is willing to fight for the America First spending cuts that Trump campaigned on. He’s absolutely the wrong target for the president’s ire.
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    26 m
  • Ep 322 | Everyone Is Wrong About the New Deal | Guest: George Selgin

    Ep 322 | Everyone Is Wrong About the New Deal | Guest: George Selgin
    Mar 5 2025
    Nearly a century after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt spearheaded a sweeping set of economic policies known as the New Deal, the debate still rages over whether he was a hero or a villain. Defenders of the New Deal credit it with ending the Great Depression and pioneering a number of important social programs. Detractors claim it prolonged the Depression due to the reckless government spending demanded by Keynesian economics. Matt Kibbe sits down with George Selgin, author of "False Dawn," who argues that both of these viewpoints miss important details about the New Deal and its impact on the economy. In the first place, it was not particularly Keynesian in its approach to spending. Instead, it was Roosevelt's hostility toward private industry that delayed America's recovery for so long.
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    57 m
  • Ep 321 | New Hampshire Is the Libertarian Laboratory of Democracy | Guest: Eric Brakey

    Ep 321 | New Hampshire Is the Libertarian Laboratory of Democracy | Guest: Eric Brakey
    Feb 26 2025
    One of the benefits of America’s federalist system is that individual states can experiment with different policies, allowing the rest of the country to see what works and what doesn’t. New Hampshire has taken that idea and run with it, attempting to gather as many libertarians as possible in one place to create the freest state in the country. Matt Kibbe sits down with Eric Brakey, executive director of the Free State Project, to discuss why this effort is so important, how effective it has been, and why every libertarian, regardless of where they live, should be invested in what happens in New Hampshire, as it reflects the health of the movement and the prospects for expanding freedom in our lifetime.
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    55 m
  • Ep 320 | Trump Is Disrupting Everything, and Maybe That's Good | Guest: John Papola

    Ep 320 | Trump Is Disrupting Everything, and Maybe That's Good | Guest: John Papola
    Feb 19 2025
    The first month of the new Trump administration has been a whirlwind of activity, some good and some not so good. The chaos is causing large-scale freak-outs among the legacy media and Washington insiders, who don't know how to deal with this level of disruption. Matt Kibbe sits down with John Papola, founder and CEO of Emergent Order Foundation, to discuss the potential good that can come out of shaking the establishment out of its comfort zone. With Trump's trans-partisan coalition of antiauthoritarian voices, including former left-wing figures like RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, the administration is in a position to effect change in a way the swamp has never seen before.
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    1 h y 25 m
  • Ep 319 | The Department of Education Is on the Chopping Block with Good Reason | Guest: Glenn Jacobs

    Ep 319 | The Department of Education Is on the Chopping Block with Good Reason | Guest: Glenn Jacobs
    Feb 12 2025
    As Donald Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency ramp up their efforts to dismantle the federal Department of Education, its defenders are screaming that returning education to the states will destroy schooling in this country. Matt Kibbe is joined by pro wrestler and Knox County, Tennessee, Mayor Glenn Jacobs to debunk these nonsensical claims. From their shared love of the band Rush and the Austrian school of economics, Kibbe and Jacobs discuss the common-sense notions that underlie good economic and political thinking: the power of the individual, the virtue of not wasting taxpayer money on ineffective and corrupt programs, and the desperate need for reform in Washington's broken system. The only people who can oppose such obvious wisdom are the ones who have a financial stake in perpetuating institutions that serve legislators and bureaucrats rather than the people themselves.
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    58 m
  • Ep 318 | The Government's Directed-Energy Weapons Are Terrifying | Guest: Steve Baker

    Ep 318 | The Government's Directed-Energy Weapons Are Terrifying | Guest: Steve Baker
    Feb 5 2025
    Continuing revelations about the origins of COVID-19 woke America up to the dangers of bioweapons research. But if you thought viruses were scary, wait until you hear about directed-energy weapons. Matt Kibbe sits down with journalist Steve Baker to discuss his latest investigation into the military's use of sound and radio waves as weapons of war. It's bad enough to deploy such weapons against enemy combatants, but it's increasingly clear that the government has been illegally using this technology against American citizens, not just to harm them but to actually control their behavior and to provoke them into doing things they otherwise never would. It's the stuff of dystopian fiction, with one important difference: It actually exists.
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    1 h y 15 m
  • Ep 317 | Make Freedom Popular Again | Guest: Gloria Alvarez

    Ep 317 | Make Freedom Popular Again | Guest: Gloria Alvarez
    Jan 29 2025
    Is populism a dirty word, the tool of strongmen and thugs to manipulate the public and amass unchecked power? Or is it simply a method of representing ideas in a way that appeals to the public? Matt Kibbe sits down with Gloria Alvarez, host of the “The Red Pill” radio program, to discuss whether the idea of libertarian populism is a contradiction in terms or the only way to advance freedom on a broad scale. The elections of Donald Trump in America and Javier Milei in Argentina show that there is a movement toward charismatic leaders promising lower taxes, less regulation, and smaller government. Does this mean that libertarian ideas are finally catching on, or is it just the rise of a right-wing backlash against the excesses of the political Left?
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    1 h y 10 m
  • Ep 316 | Critical Theory Is Ruining Higher Education | Guest: Ilya Shapiro

    Ep 316 | Critical Theory Is Ruining Higher Education | Guest: Ilya Shapiro
    Jan 22 2025
    51 m