What Then Must We Do?
Is there any hope at all of building and maintaining a free society? If so, how? If you are among "the remnant", this might be the show for you. See blog & discussion at: https://bretigne.substack.com/
Episodes
110 episodes
What's Wrong With Health Insurance?
In this episode, I speak with economist Dale Steinreich about our dysfunctional health-care system (in the US), and about health insurance in particular.What is wrong with health i...
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1:42:38
"I Find Myself Mourning. I Find Myself in Grief for What We Had, Which Was Actually Beautiful." I speak with Rod Humphris, the man who kicked Keir Starmer out of his pub, about what Britain has lost, and whether it can ever be rebuilt.
In April of 2021, then-Labour-leader Keir Starmer visited the city of Bath on one of those visits where politicians walk around a place and pretend to care about the people who live there. He wasn’t prepared for what Bath resident, ...
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Is Not Voting the Most Socially Responsible Choice? With Jeremy Hammond
I speak with independent journalist Jeremy Hammond, about the upcoming presidential elections, and about the nature of voting, and of the state, generally.Is it more responsible to refrain from participating in an illegitimate system fo...
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1:05:20
Is Now a Great Time to Nullify the Federal Government? I Ask the Tenth Amendment Center's Mike Maharrey
There has never been a period in my own lifetime when American people have had so little trust in, or regard for, the nation's government. Witnessing the events of the past four-plus years – or indeed, the past couple of weeks – one might right...
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Are We Witnessing the Fall of "Fiat Science"? A Conversation with Kevin McKernan
What is "fiat science"? It's what you get when the state creates a lot of money out of thin air, then hands out bunches of it to scientific establishments, where decisions are made not on the basis of market forces, but on the basis of politica...
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1:23:36
State Intervention Promotes a Culture of Greed and Selfishness - not "Capitalism." An Interview with Dr. Guido Hulsmann
“Unfettered capitalism” creates a “dog-eat-dog” world in which the strong profit at the expense of the weak, everyone only looks out for their own interests, and society becomes selfish, atomized, and less human, with its members caring only ab...
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1:04:19
Holding Doctors & Nurses Accountable for Medical Murder: There's an App for That!
Rebecca Charles' daughter Danielle had a slight cough, fever and pulse-ox reading of 88 when she walked into the hospital on August 27th, 2021. Hospital staff then spent 40 days administering h...
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Is Christianity Anti-Woman? A Conversation with Kaeley Triller
Does God want women to be silent and submissive? Kaeley Triller, author of the Substack, "Honest to Goodness", has a lot to say on the topic.We talk about Kaeley's changing relationship with the church, and with God, about scripture, an...
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Making "Safe Blood" Available for Emergencies - with Sierra Hamm
I’ve posted before about efforts to create “safe” blood supplies and networks, for those of us who don’t want to risk being exposed to the mRNA product in the event that we ma...
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Turbo Cancer: An Intimate Story
When I discovered Kristi Yapp's Substack, "On This Day, Last Year – Six Months of Turbo Cancer", my reaction was something along the lines of "finally! Now we have our Solzhenitsyn!"
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Fostering Virtue in Boys: A Tale of Ethics, Technology, and Publishing with Samuel Bornman
I speak with Samuel Bornman, author of "Of Wizards and Warriors", the first in a fantasy adventure series written from a Christian perspective, with boys in mind. We talk about what boys need from fiction that they're not getting, some of the p...
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Are Libertarians Wrong to Favor Open Immigration?
Like most libertarians, The Brownstone Institute's Jeff Tucker has long been a proponent of open borders. So have I. But we both feel that events of the past few years require a more thoughtful response than...
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Doing Elder Care Right - with Hal Cranmer
"A Paradise for Parents" is not your ordinary assisted-living facility. While the past four years have witnessed elder care descend to what can only be described as abusive levels of isolation and neglect, Hal Cranmer, who heads up "A Paradise ...
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To Heal Healthcare, Get Government Out
I speak with economist Bob Murphy about what needs to happen in order to heal the deep dysfunction that is healthcare in America. If you think we can "reform" our way out of this mess, you might need to listen to this interview. We unravel the ...
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56:57
What is Anarcho Capitalism? And What's So Good About it?
When newly elected President of Argentina Javier Milei described his anarcho-capitalist position, he referenced economist Bob Murphy's Chaos Theory. So I asked Bob...
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1:46:21
Was Jesus an Anarchist?
"Good cops kill Jesus," says Dominic Scarcella, author of "Good Neighbor, Bad Citizen: Reflections on the core social conflict revealed by Jesus Christ's Way of the Cross."We cover a lot of ground in this interview: Can one be a good ne...
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1:22:17
Be Like Jesse Johnson
Canadian restaurateur Jesse Johnson had his business taken from him and destroyed by the Candadian government because he refused to discriminate against patrons who had not been vaccinated against Covid-19. The charges against him were later dr...
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Should Medical Licensing be Abolished?
If you think that there's something necessary or good about medical licensing, you might want to tune in to this episode. In it, independent journalist Jeremy R Hammond and I demolish some of the myths around medical licensing. You might be sur...
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Israel and Palestine: Is Peace Possible?
I speak with Jeremy Hammond, independent journalist and author of the book Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. We go over some of the history underlying the conflict, untangle some of the myths, and ask the quest...
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1:27:58
Are We Really All Living on Jones Plantation? With Larken & Amanda Rose
There's a new film out, and it's probably not like anything you've seen before. I sat down with Larken and Amanda Rose to talk about "Jones Plantation" - what's so special about it, and how it is th...
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1:18:42
Happy Susan's Still Alive Day!!!
Tomorrow is the day we all celebrate Susan's Still Alive Day, so I sat down with Susan herself, to talk about how the holiday began and what it means.We also take on the issue of focus - addressing the importance of being intentional in...
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Do Vaccines Cause Autism? Breaking it Down with Jeremy Hammond
We all know vaccines don't cause autism, because we're not allowed to talk about it on social media. So the science must be settled, right?I sit down with journalist Jeremy R. Hammond, to ask the question we're not supposed to ask. You ...
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1:48:57
Downton Abbey, and the State's Big Power Grab - with Jeff Tucker
I speak with Jeff Tucker about his recent article, "Downton Abbey, the Corruption of the Great Families, and the Future of Freedom."...
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