General John F. Kelly, Chief of Staff to the President, made some comments about the Civil War recently that sent the enforcers of orthodoxy into apoplexy. Here is our calm response to the controversy. About the Guest James Madison biographer Kevin Gutzman is a professor… Read More
Archives for November 2017
Ep. 1032 Bitcoin, Present and Future, with Roger Ver
Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver joins me to discuss a wide range of topics related to the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, including its recent spike, ideological disputes within the Bitcoin world, the IRS and Bitcoin, whether Bitcoin is in a bubble, and a lot more. Sponsor Need a… Read More
Ep. 1031 Lyn Ulbricht’s Son Got Two Life Sentences After a Judicial Travesty Over a Victimless Crime; What Happened, And What She’s Doing Now
In 2015 Ross Ulbricht was convicted of crimes related to the operation of the Silk Road marketplace, where people could buy and sell goods anonymously. He was sentenced to an astonishing two life sentences plus 40 years. The case was shot through with irregularities, outrages,… Read More
Ep. 1030 We See You Watching: One Man’s Campaign Against Local Surveillance
Mike Maharrey, national communications director for the Tenth Amendment Center , joins me for a lesson in local activism, as he describes his public awareness campaign about police surveillance practices. (He’s being sued, if you can believe it.) Sponsor Get a free trial set (just pay shipping) from… Read More
Ep. 1029 NSA Whistleblower Bill Binney, and His Ordeal
Bill Binney, a cryptanalyst-mathematician and (formerly) highly placed intelligence official within the National Security Agency (NSA) blew the whistle on NSA activities in 2002. Since then, he’s been through everything from a raid on his home to having a sympathetic documentary made about him. He… Read More
