On this week’s episode: Learn to live your principles with Jake Desyllas. Pence NFL stunt costs taxpayers. Who has Atlas Shrugged influenced? And an update on Catalonia’s bid for independence – including a first-hand report!

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Featuring Hosts: Matt Carano, Mike Vine, and Nick Boyle

Special Guests: Jake Desyllas

Editor: Matt Carano

News (10 min)

• Change the Voting system, Change the World (Mike)
  • Approval Voting
  • https://freecoast.org/2017/10/10/approval-voting/
• Pence’s pull out price: $88,000 (Matt)
  • http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2017/october/10/mike-pence-s-expensive-stunt/
• Hassan’s attack on Israel (Nick)
  • http://www.unionleader.com/article/20171008/OPINION04/171009384
  • Supporting argument http://original.antiwar.com/smith-grant/2017/08/02/69-oppose-aipacs-israel-anti-boycott-act/
  • Counter argument https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/07/27/israel-anti-boycott-bill-does-not-violate-free-speech/
  • More detailed analysis https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/07/25/theres-no-first-amendment-right-to-engage-in-anti-israel-boycotts-but-there-is-a-right-to-call-for-such-boycotts/
• Heroin(e) documentary glosses over government blame (Mike)
  • https://mises.org/blog/story-netflix%E2%80%99s-heroine-fails-cover
• Catalonia DOESN’T declare independence, but still on the table (Jake)
  • https://qz.com/1098533/catalan-leader-carles-puigdemont-speech-on-independence-suspension-de-escalation-of-tension-article-155-mariano-rajoy/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/11/spanish-government-to-hold-crisis-talks-on-catalan-independence

Events (5 mins)

• Powwow this Sunday…
• Feast of the Freecoast (but we’ll ask ppl to contact us for when and where)…

Special Segment (10 mins)

• Jake Desyllas of The Voluntary Life Podcast: http://www.thevoluntarylife.com/

This Week in Liberty (5 mins)

• 60 years ago this week Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged released
  • October 10th 1957
  • Topped #3 on NY Times Bestseller list. 22 weeks on the list
  • After the “Great Recession” Charted #1 in Fiction and literature on Amazon
  • Influence
    • Reason Magazine: Free Minds and Free Markets is taken directly from John Galt
    • Walter Block credits Rand from turning him from a commie to libertarianism
    • Alex Epstein, author of “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels”
    • Penn Jillette
    • Ron Paul
    • Mary Ruwart credits Atlas Shrugged as her introduction to libertarian ideas.
    • Even some mainstream people have said they’re influenced by Ayn Rand
      • Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice SCOTUS
      • Jimmy Wales, Co-Founder of Wikipedia ran an email list discussing Rand’s philosophy
      • Glenn Beck
      • Paul Ryan
    • A 3 movie series which has been ranked horribly by critics. Part 3 was ranked 0% on Rotten Tomatoes
  • Rand wasn’t perfect and didn’t even like the term “libertarian”
    • Claim: Europeans and their descendants were justified in removing Indians from their lands because the Indians didn’t believe in property rights Link

Praxeum 2.0

• Fundraiser drive
• https://humanaction.foundation/praxeum2/

Social media

• Question for NH listeners: We’ve made great strides towards liberty in the last 12 months. What’s next to achieve, and how do we do it?

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