Lions Of Liberty

For the twentieth episode of Felony Friday host John Odermatt was joined by Lions of Liberty contributor Howie Snowden. Howie first appeared on episode two of Felony Friday, where a felony charge for animal abuse and legislation that made recording cops illegal were the main topics. On today’s episode John and Howie discussed some of the most controversial and heavy topics that Felony Friday has covered to date. They analyzed the tragic case of Canadian parents who were found guilty in the death of their toddler. The toddler died from bacterial meningitis and the court ruled the parent& [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, host Marc Clair is joined by Charles Peralo, co-founder of BeingLibertarian.com and currently a candidate for the Chairmanship of the Libertarian Party. Charles describes how he held libertarian beliefs long before putting a label on them, and why this “reformed Republican” is now seeking to help grow the liberty movement through the Libertarian Party. Charles expounds on his plans to grow the party, and his strategies for more effectively using technology for outreach and capturing the hearts and minds of disenchanted Republicans and Democrats. Enjoy this lively discussion about the direction of the liberty movement! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, host Marc Clair is joined by candidate for the Vice Presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party, Alicia Dearn! Alicia describes growing up as a libertarian, and how her search for like-minded locals led to her working for the Gary Johnson 2012 campaign and eventually serving as his counsel through various legal battles to gain ballot access. Alicia explains why she decided to run for the Vice Presidential nomination as opposed to the Presidential nomination, and what she sees the role of a Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate to be. Marc and Alicia then look at her libertarian angle on some issues of the day including education, unemployment and environmental concerns.  Enjoy this discussion with an enth [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s Felony Friday guest is Greg Doucette. Greg joined Felony Friday host John Odermatt to discuss his viral Twitter rant, which was a spontaneous reaction after he discovered a police officer  blatantly lied about his client’s actions. Mr. Doucette is a self-described computer scientist turned lawyer. He is an attorney in Durham, North Carolina and 2012 graduate of the North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham. In his spare time he runs the blog: LawDevNull, which he began in 2009 during his time in law school. John and Greg spent most of the show discussing the case that caused him to make headlines recently. Greg shared why he took to [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, host Marc Clair is joined by George Phillies. George has been involved in Libertarian Party politics for several decades, was a former Libertarian Party candidate for President, and has written four books on Libertarian Party politics and funding, Surely We Can Do Better?, which examines the finances and spending of the 2012 Gary Johnson and 2008 Bob Barr Presidential campaigns. In this discussion we talk about: - How George became a libertarian, and his background in Libertarian Party politics - Why he believes delegates were misled about Gary Johnson’s campaign finances prior to election him the Libe [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode of Lions of Liberty, Marc Clair hosts a panel discussion featuring advocates for four of the main Libertarian Party candidates for President. The lineup! - Gavin Keefe, Board of Directors for the Libertarian Party of Washington State, representing Gary Johnson.  - Judd Weiss, Vice Presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party, representing John McAfee - Amanda Parson [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode Felony Friday host John Odermatt is joined by John Thomas. John is a successful entrepreneur, but his path to success has been anything but ordinary. First, John Thomas shares the many mistakes that led to him serving three separate stints in prison, totaling fifteen years behind bars. Then John Thomas reveals what helped him to break that cycle of recidivism and turn his life around. And finally Mr. Thomas discusses his path to becoming a successful entrepreneur. John Thomas’ story and entrepreneurial spirit is incredibly inspiring. If you’re an ex-felon or just an average Joe and have been putting off starting your own business or entrepreneurial venture, then you better be prepared for John Thomas to annihilate the false barriers that have be keeping you from your dreams.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, host Marc Clair is joined by 2016 Libertarian Presidential Candidate, Dr. Marc Allan Feldman! Dr. Feldman starts things off by explaining how he first began to think critically about politics, and why he remained an “informed non-voter” until the age of 50. He breaks down why he sees most politicians as lacking integrity, and why he was drawn to the Libertarian Party as a “party of principle.” Marc and Marc go on to discuss the main focus of Dr. Feldman’s unique campaign message of “emp [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, host Marc Clair welcomes James Newcomb back to the show to update us on his attempt to get out of his U.S. Army service as a conscientious objector. James first shared his story with us back in episode 92.  In that show, he described how his passion for playing the trumpet eventually led to serving in the U.S. army as a trumpeter, and how his shifting beliefs eventually led him to seek his release as a conscientious objector.  Today James gives us an update on just how he was eventually able to get out of the Army - and let’s just say it didn’t go according to plan! James describes the difficulty he had going through the process, the obstacles that were [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Felony Friday host John Odermatt was joined by fellow Lions of Liberty co-founder Marc Clair. Marc discloses at the very beginning of the show that he’s battling some food poisoning, but it will take a lot more than that to keep the “shining beacon of liberty” from talking about some felonies! As you can probably tell from the title of the podcast John and Marc talked about some felons who seemingly forgot they are no longer legally afforded the right to bear arms. They also discussed Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s signing of an executive order that restores the voting rights of 206,000 ex-felons. Finally, John invited Marc to play America’s fastest growing podcast game show “Is this a crime and should anyone do time?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, host Marc Clair welcomes in…himself? That’s right, in this little experiment of an episode, it’s Marc and Marc alone, with no guests or roundtable partners to save the listeners from his unbridled ranting.  Marc decides that some recent comments he made during his interview with Dr. Marc Edwards on the Flint Water Cr [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, host Marc Clair welcomes in Libertarian Presidential candidate, Darryl Perry! Darryl gets things started by detailing how he first became familiar with libertarian ideas via talk radio, which gradually led him on his path to becoming a “voluntaryist.” Darryl explains the concept of voluntaryism, and how it relates to the concept of government.  Darryl goes on to explain just what drove him to launch a Presidential campaign, and answers the criticism of whether a platform that calls for the abolition of the U.S. government c [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Felony Friday host John Odermatt invites the always entertaining Brian McWilliams onto the show to discuss some noteworthy felonies. Brian is probably best known for his work on the now retired show Rand Pauluses and Minuses, where he and co-host Marc Clair provided weekly grades to Rand Paul during his Presidential Campaign. This is Brian’s second appearance on Felony Friday. Last time Brian was on Felony Friday to discuss Hate Crimes, Private Police Forces and a Dope Smoking Meteorologist. Scroll down past the player [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, host Marc Clair is joined by Dr. Marc Edwards, the civil engineer who led the study which exposed dangerously high levels of lead in the water in Flint, Michigan. Before we dig into his work in Flint, Dr. Edwards explains why he first pursued the field of civil engineering, with the idea that he could help people with little foreseeable incentive to pursue an unethical path. He then touches on his first encounter with a government cover-up of a water supply in Washington, D.C., and then gets into his most recent work on the Flint crisis.  Dr. Edwards breaks down the events which lead to the poisoning of the water in Flint, and why it took [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes in some fellow liberty lions for a “Libertarians in Living Rooms Drinking Liquor!” roundtable! Our officially unofficial legal counsel “Rico” and Lions of Liberty co-founder Brian McWilliams join the show to take a look at the race for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for President and the latest Democrat Debate over a few adult beverages! Three things we talked about: - We look back at the nationally televised Libertarian Debate, discuss who came across as the bes [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rocky McKay joined Felony Friday host John Odermatt to share an absolutely incredible program that he created to address recidivism in the criminal justice system. Rocky is the Founder and President of The Operation Organization, a non-profit organization, which has a program called Operation Reset that gives a “hand-up and not a hand-out” to U.S. Veterans, non violent ex-offenders re-entering society, and homeless people in need of a second chance. Here’s what we discussed on the show: - Rocky shared how experiences during his childhood as a [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, host Marc Clair is joined by Mike Lofgren, a former U.S. Congressional aide who has written several books detailing what he learned during his time in Congress, including his latest “Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government”.  Mike gets things started by describing how he became a Congressional aide, and why he came to review the Republican Party as resembling an “apocalyptic cult.” Mike then details the “Deep State” - just what the term refers to, what the major components are, and just how it first came about. Marc and Mike go on to discuss whether th [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this very special 200th edition of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes in the man who in many ways inspired all of the work we do here at Lions of Liberty, Dr. Ron Paul! Marc shares his own personal story of how Dr. Paul first helped him look at politics through the prism of individual rights and helped inspire him to become vocal about the ideas of liberty, before welcoming in the man himself!  Dr. Paul explains how he first began to think differently about politics, and how his search for a soapbox led to his run for Congress. Marc and Dr. Paul discuss the concept of non-intervention, the Federal Reserve, and political action in defense of individual rights. Dr. Paul also offers up some advice to liberty-minded pa [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we welcomed John Ziegler back on Felony Friday for a followup interview on the Jerry Sandusky scandal. John was a guest on the 8th episode of Felony Friday. That episode received such a strong reaction and I received so many questions, that it made sense to invite John back on the show to answer the questions and dig deeper into some areas of the case that have been completely ignored by the mainstream media. For those who aren’t familiar with John Ziegler’s work, he is a nationally-syndicated radio host, documentary filmmaker and author. John is also the creator of the website The Framing of Joe Paterno, which is where he houses all of his research, interviews and videos dedicated to analyzing the evidence that the mainstream media [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes in globetrotter, CNN analyst and author Parag Khanna to discuss his book “Connectography”, which attempts to re-envision our world’s maps based on a rapidly changing, increasingly connected society. Parag starts off discussing his travels from a very young age, and how it shaped his view of the world. He then delves into just how the world has rapidly become a “supply chain society” in the last 50+ years, leading to a world where traditional maps reflecting the borders of nation-states don’t quite realities of the world today.  Marc and Parag to go on to discuss who the winners and losers are in [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices