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Elevating voices of liberty and solutions rooted in freedom. Hosted by Kevin Wilson and Tim O'Connor.
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A Free SolutionJan 06, 2022

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Gov save us from the iPhone monopoly, bridge collapse, NY fails marijuana reform
Mar 28, 202401:24:12
1st Amendment Hamstrings Government and Illegal Immigrant Gun rights

1st Amendment Hamstrings Government and Illegal Immigrant Gun rights

<ul>
<li>Supreme Court Justice asks whether the 1st Amendment hamstrings government</li>
<li>So many hypotheticals</li>
<li>Texas requires ID to watch porn</li>
<li>Ride Share minimum wage fails</li>
<li>Immigration is broken for businesses and people</li>
<li>Should illegal immigrants get gun rights?</li>
</ul>
Mar 21, 202401:33:37
National Guard on Subways, Drug Recriminalization, SOTU, TikTok Ban

National Guard on Subways, Drug Recriminalization, SOTU, TikTok Ban

<ul>
<li>Kevin has another kid now</li>
<li>NYS Gov Hochul puts national guard on NYC subway to check bags</li>
<li>This will get dystopian quickly</li>
<li>A fight about Blackrock, the nature of capitalism</li>
<li>The State of the Union</li>
<li>Drug laws and zoning</li>
<li>Banning TikTok (or forcing the Chinese Communists to Divest)</li>
<li>Bitcoin mutterings </li>
</ul>
Mar 14, 202401:28:17
Libertarianism in Pop Culture

Libertarianism in Pop Culture

Kevin and Tim do an episode talking about libertarian themes in pop culture

Mar 07, 202401:39:26
Mitch is out, IVF, and Wendys surge pricing

Mitch is out, IVF, and Wendys surge pricing

<ul>
<li>Tim praises NYS</li>
<li>Mitch McConnel stepping down (from leadership only)</li>
<li>Spending bill struck down?</li>
<li>The IVF ban explained</li>
<li>Elizabeth Warren should stay out of Wendy's surge pricing</li>
<li>CA Gov Newsom may have given out special favors on minimum wage</li>
<li>A long tangent on fast food and diet</li>
</ul>
Feb 29, 202401:21:18
Is food cheap in Russia, car crashing police, acorn cop

Is food cheap in Russia, car crashing police, acorn cop

<ul>
<li>Kevin and Tim roast Tucker Carlson's Russia propaganda</li>
<li>The economics of why food seems cheaper in some countries compared to the US</li>
<li>Police don't face many consequences for car crashes</li>
<li>Acorn Cop mag dump</li>
<li>Anarcho-tyranny?</li>
</ul>
Feb 21, 202401:22:51
Did Tucker Carlson do journalism in Russia? & shockingly film subsidies might not work

Did Tucker Carlson do journalism in Russia? & shockingly film subsidies might not work

<ul>
<li>Kevin and Tim talk about the Tucker Carlson interview. Was that journalism? Soft ball interview? Propaganda?</li>
<li>Tim thinks Putin knows his history and trusts him more than Hillary Clinton</li>
<li>Putin thinks selling nationalism will convince people he has a just war</li>
<li>A detour on the overlap between nationalism and identity politics</li>
<li>Shockingly, the NYS film tax credit is a huge loser</li>
<li>Kevin thinks Hochul is right about one thing</li>
<li>Listener questions</li>
<li>Groundhogs for some reason</li>
<li>Is Biden too old for this?</li>
</ul>
Feb 14, 202401:30:09
Immigration Bill, Closing Urban Pharmacies, and the Fakest Sounding News

Immigration Bill, Closing Urban Pharmacies, and the Fakest Sounding News

<ul>
<li>The immigration bill is a political mess</li>
<li>Were immigrants coming legally back in the old days?</li>
<li>What does the immigration bill do?</li>
<li>Open borders?</li>
<li>Ties to Ukraine and Israel aid</li>
<li>Do the feds need to do something about urban pharmacies closing?</li>
<li>Bird Spies</li>
<li>Kevin convinces Tim to train some birds to do his bidding</li>
<li>Woke Kindgergarten</li>
<li>Should the federal government regulation the size of Dorito's bags</li>
<li>Tim agrees with Elizabeth Warren's diagnoses of shrinkflation, but not the solution. </li>
</ul>
Feb 07, 202401:32:45
Growing your own food creates carbon, subsidizing NIMBYs, UFOs

Growing your own food creates carbon, subsidizing NIMBYs, UFOs

  • Tim thinks climate activists are going to take away his ability to grow food at home
  • Kevin is talks about how efficient farming has gotten
  • Government has decided to subsidize NIMBYs, making building projects even harder
  • Degrowthers hate the poor
  • We aren't ready for UAPs
  • Tim praises Nikki Haley
  • RFK Jr. wants the Libertarian Party nomination

Jan 31, 202401:35:13
Did the government make the Buffalo Bills lose?

Did the government make the Buffalo Bills lose?

<ul>
<li>The government was trying to prevent Bills Mafia from feeding the pit</li>
<li>Tim's more serious take that taxes on athletes hurt the only NY based NFL team</li>
<li>Republican politics</li>
<li>Should we just give Alaska back to Russia?</li>
<li>Shady politics in Arizona</li>
<li>News rapid fire</li>
</ul>
Jan 25, 202401:33:46
NY Gov Hochul Snow Delay, War in Yemen, Iowa Caucus

NY Gov Hochul Snow Delay, War in Yemen, Iowa Caucus

<ul>
<li>Did NY Gov Hochul need to be involved in the Bills snow delay? </li>
<li>Are travel bans a good idea?</li>
<li>Context on the Red Sea / Houthi stuff</li>
<li>Is it the US Navy's job to defend trade routes?</li>
<li>Where do we cross the line from self-defense of US military resources to offense? Do we need a declaration of war?</li>
<li>Iowa caucus results - Libertarian Party edition</li>
<li>Iowa caucus results - GOP edition</li>
<li>Listener comments</li>
</ul>
Jan 17, 202401:35:56
Tim compliments government, raw milk, consumer debt, aliens
Jan 10, 202401:15:42
The end of local elections, rising thruway costs, and attack in Rochester

The end of local elections, rising thruway costs, and attack in Rochester

Kevin and Tim talk about the end of local elections.

Is higher voter turnout a good metric to work towards?

Should the Thruway be free?

NYS Gov Hochul vetoes a non-compete ban

Attack in Rochester?

Jan 03, 202401:16:50
Free Solutions for 2024 - How can we advance freedom this year?

Free Solutions for 2024 - How can we advance freedom this year?

Tim and Kevin talk about great solutions to advance freedom in 2024. Some are practical and political popular. Some are more of a stretch.

Dec 28, 202301:27:55
Rent Control in Rochester, Nuisance Points, Trump in CO, Self Defense in NY

Rent Control in Rochester, Nuisance Points, Trump in CO, Self Defense in NY

<ul>
<li>Nuisance points coming to Norwich, NY?</li>
<li>How it ends up working out in Rochester</li>
<li>Rochester trying to get rent control again</li>
<li>What happens if we constrain supply and subsidize demand in housing?</li>
<li>Kevin talks about the housing virtue signalers</li>
<li>Will a new bill in Congress get corporations out of housing and lower rent? (No)</li>
<li>Trump kicked off ballot in Colorado</li>
<li>How gun control hurts low income people defending themselves</li>
<li>Is NY forcing Chick-fil-a to open on Sundays?</li>
<li>Could we get someone more qualified to manage the new thruway rest stops?</li>
<li>Merry Christmas </li>
</ul>
Dec 21, 202301:24:45
 Mobility Independence with Guest Thomas Daniel Quiter

Mobility Independence with Guest Thomas Daniel Quiter

Thomas Daniel Quiter joins Kevin and Tim to talk about finding new ways to achieve mobility independence with fighting for the right to repair his power chair, helping others do the same, and voluntarism.

  • The absurdity and frustration of mobility support in government programs
  • Right to repair
  • Open source and voluntary solutions to fixing those problems.

Mobility Independence Foundation - https://themif.org/

RapAdapt -http://rapadapt.com/

Wheelchair van for Devin - https://libertymemesfoundation.org/donations/devins-van/

Dec 14, 202301:49:02
Jailed Geriatrics, FDA ready to fail the next pandemic, bye George Santos

Jailed Geriatrics, FDA ready to fail the next pandemic, bye George Santos

  • Kevin and Tim talk about NYS Elder Parole (automatic parole hearings to everyone 55+ who served 15 years).
  • What is jail supposed to accomplish?
  • FDA adding new regulations to lab tests, failing to learn the lessons of COVID
  • Justice for George Santos
  • Should you take government subsidies?


Dec 07, 202301:23:39
Stopping the big sandwich monopoly, should left wing TIkTok cancel Osama Bin Laden, and false alarms

Stopping the big sandwich monopoly, should left wing TIkTok cancel Osama Bin Laden, and false alarms

<ul>
<li>The most ridiculous anti trust lawsuit ever. Will a merger of Subway and Jimmy Johns lead to a sandwich monopoly and higher sandwich prices? (No).</li>
<li>What is the FTC even doing?</li>
<li>Kevin finally gets mad enough about political stupidity to rant about it</li>
<li>Is left-wing TikTok into Osama Bin Laden now?</li>
<li>Tim tries to defend some points, Kevin doesn't have it</li>
<li>When contrarianism gets weird on the left and among libertarians</li>
<li>The right got the Niagara falls rainbow bridge story wrong</li>
<li>Would football exist without public schools</li>
</ul>
Nov 30, 202301:30:26
A libertarian president in Argentina, Hochul gives the children media literacy, PAB, and Twitter ads

A libertarian president in Argentina, Hochul gives the children media literacy, PAB, and Twitter ads

<ul>
<li>Argentina elects libertarian president Javier Milei</li>
<li>Do edgelord tactics work?</li>
<li>Hochul is here to help with media literacy</li>
<li>Appeal to authority is not the same as critical thinking</li>
<li>Rochester Police Accountability Board loses another court case, ability to discipline</li>
<li>Just let the insurance companies deal with police</li>
<li>Advertising on X</li>
</ul>
Nov 22, 202301:31:01
Gov Hochul Social Media monitoring, anon usernames, teacher unions, senate tough guys

Gov Hochul Social Media monitoring, anon usernames, teacher unions, senate tough guys

  • Gov Hochul wants to monitor social media for extremism.
  • Should you be required to show ID to create user names on social media? Would we be better off if we had no more anonymous users? Nikki Haley thinks so.
  • What about outside the US?
  • Randi Weingarten gives reasons people are leaving public schools. Tim disagrees
  • Almost a fistfight in a US Senate Committee meeting. Bernie Sanders stops it
  • Q Anon Shaman runs for Congress as a Libertarian
  • Panama Conspiracy theories
Nov 15, 202301:23:39
Do local issues drive local elections - election results, fake milk

Do local issues drive local elections - election results, fake milk

<ul>
<li>Kevin and Tim talk about local candidates for office who just use national party talking points</li>
<li>Do local issues matter any more or is it all culture war signaling</li>
<li>Tim talks about a county clerk race</li>
<li>Kevin talks about the Monroe County Exec race</li>
<li>Should we both voting in local elections?</li>
<li>What would libertarians do in local office</li>
<li>Another small zoning rant</li>
<li>Grant traps</li>
<li>Congressman Massie continues to do interesting stuff</li>
<li>Are you confused by non dairy milk and need the government's help?</li>
<li>The debate, war in Ukraine, pyramids for some reason. </li>
</ul>
Nov 09, 202301:27:30
NY Ballot Props, Rochester Banning AirBNB, Tax loan close call
Nov 02, 202301:24:24
Hamas makes American politics uglier and what to do with independents

Hamas makes American politics uglier and what to do with independents

<ul>
<li>Kevin and Tim talk about the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians</li>
<li>The cycle of war continues </li>
<li>Did the US fund both sides of this?</li>
<li>Listener Comments</li>
<li>Leftists praising "Hama's Resistance"</li>
<li>Is there a Libertarian case for defensive war?</li>
<li>RFK Jr. goes Independent</li>
<li>Kevin gets a poll call</li>
<li>Biden builds the wall</li>
<li>Funding Ukraine getting less popular</li>
</ul>
Oct 11, 202301:25:26
NY Gov Hochul gives us morning drinking, congress is messy

NY Gov Hochul gives us morning drinking, congress is messy

<ul>
<li>Tim promotes a demolition derby</li>
<li>NY Gov tries to ride the Bills coattails with morning drinking</li>
<li>NY has to pay a bunch of money to the NRA</li>
<li>Kevin McCarthy becomes the first speaker in US history to get ousted</li>
<li>Another plea for serious people to run our country</li>
<li>Fire alarms are tricky</li>
<li>Corruption gets cartoonish with literal gold bars</li>
<li>CA gets a new senator</li>
<li>Kevin wouldn't survive the zombie apocalypse </li>
</ul>
Oct 05, 202301:11:31
Pretending Amazon is a monopoly, government shutdown seasons

Pretending Amazon is a monopoly, government shutdown seasons

<ul>
<li>It's gov shutdown season</li>
<li>Can we break this cycle?</li>
<li>Is there any adults who can break the bad incentives of congress to not pass budgets. Will Matt Gaetz save us?</li>
<li>FTC Suing Amazon for being a monopoly by claiming Amazon has really narrow monopolies</li>
<li>Weird news</li>
<li>Talking about debates</li>
</ul>
Sep 28, 202301:18:38
More on Hunter Biden Libertarian Hero, Deciding who needs a business, Google Monopoly

More on Hunter Biden Libertarian Hero, Deciding who needs a business, Google Monopoly

Kevin and Tim discuss a case in Lousiana where a social worker isn't able to open up a respite care business for special needs children because the government doesn't think it's needed

If Hunter Biden challenges the rule that he can't own a gun because he used drugs in the past, is he a libertarian hero?

DOJ takes on the Google Monopoly

What do trees have to do with inflation?

Fooling around in a theatre

Shorts in the US Senate

The Russel Brand thing

Sep 20, 202301:37:27
NM Governor, a NY quarantine rule gets a new challenge, Rochester closing schools
Sep 14, 202301:25:39
Walmart is good actually, Jan 6th Jail, Historic Preservation is overrated

Walmart is good actually, Jan 6th Jail, Historic Preservation is overrated

  • Kevin and Tim talk about how Walmart getting lower cost items is good and it might not be so bad if stuff is made in China (even if we don't like the government)
  • Kevin goes on a detour to promote a Rochester tool library
  • More stuff on China
  • Should the Jan 6th rioters get a lot of jailtime?
  • Difference between wanderers and organizers
  • Jan 6th situation exposes issues with the criminal justice system, gets everyone to switch positions
  • Kevin is a curmudgeon, goes on a rant against saving a cobblestone house in his neighborhood
  • Historic preservation might be overrated, especially preservation districts
  • Tim rants about land trusts
  • Kevin and Tim talk about the Elon Musk and ADL thing
  • Should your safe have a backdoor? Liberty Safe gets attention for complying with a warrant


Sep 07, 202301:29:35
Republicans want to bomb Mexico, Gadsden flags in school, max age for politicians

Republicans want to bomb Mexico, Gadsden flags in school, max age for politicians

<ul>
<li>Tim like Vivek, Kevin is skeptical</li>
<li>All the Republicans will take us to war with China</li>
<li>All of the Republicans want to bomb Mexico</li>
<li>Trumps massive tax increase </li>
<li>Tariffs are bad</li>
<li>Is picking the best tax like picking the best turd?</li>
<li>Gadsden flag drama at a school in Colorado</li>
<li>Is everyone over this culture war?</li>
<li>There is no free speech in school, Tinker case</li>
<li>Max age for politicians</li>
<li>Are they finally getting Biden?</li>
</ul>
Aug 31, 202301:33:43
Libertarianism in Argentina, NYS Subsidies, Trump Indictment

Libertarianism in Argentina, NYS Subsidies, Trump Indictment

Kevin and Tim talk about the new libertarian(ish) rising star who did well in the Presidential primaries of Argentina

Plus - NYS announces more manufacturing subsidies

Trump indicted a 4th time - is this one legit?

Kevin and Tim get philosophical, talk about origins of how they found liberty

Aug 24, 202301:23:60
Populist Anthem, AOC takes a libertarian turn, 50% tax increase

Populist Anthem, AOC takes a libertarian turn, 50% tax increase

<ul>
<li>Kevin and Tim talk about Rich Men North of Richmond</li>
<li>The good, the bad, the ugly</li>
<li>Are Kevin and Reason magazine being wet blankets?</li>
<li>Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says we're over regulating sunscreen</li>
<li>Also says NYC isn't distributing enough licenses for food carts, points out the government is hurting low-income entrepreneurs. </li>
<li>Other areas for her to consider</li>
<li>A big tax increase might be coming for Otsego county</li>
<li>The politicization of Maui

</li>
</ul>
Aug 17, 202357:41
Rochester gets NYC migrants, New Buffalo BILLions, FBI entrapment

Rochester gets NYC migrants, New Buffalo BILLions, FBI entrapment

<ul>
<li>Kevin and Tim talk about NYC migrants being housed at a hotel in Downtown Rochester</li>
<li>If refugees are on welfare, make it easier for them to work</li>
<li>Labor shortages because of immigration restrictions</li>
<li>Buffalo Bills on the hook for hundreds of millions in additional stadium costs</li>
<li>How can the NYS cannabis legalization rollout get any worse?</li>
<li>FBI/Informants may have pushed a terrorist plot in 2011. The informant is a man known for an awful limo accident. </li>
<li>Can YouTubers stop crime</li>
<li>Biden, China, and Microchips</li>
</ul>
Aug 10, 202301:21:20
Malicious Govt Incompetence in Rochester, Woke Activists Attack in Syracuse, More Trump Charges

Malicious Govt Incompetence in Rochester, Woke Activists Attack in Syracuse, More Trump Charges

Aug 03, 202301:34:04
Lars Mapstead Presidential Candidate, Car thefts in Rochester, Tariffs and food Tyranny

Lars Mapstead Presidential Candidate, Car thefts in Rochester, Tariffs and food Tyranny

  • Rochester had a 355% increase in car thefts this past year. Next closest city was in the 160% range. Why is Rochester the outlier? Bail reform? Funding for intervention programs? Tech savvy kids?
  • Steel tariffs hurt the poor, don't conserve many jobs
  • Additional costs imposed on farmers making food more expensive.
  • Gratitude for bananas in winter. No tolerance for degrowth lefties.
  • LPNH tries using racism to spread a message again.
Jul 27, 202301:12:23
Feds Can Talk To Social Media Companies Again, NYS Weed, Police Toys

Feds Can Talk To Social Media Companies Again, NYS Weed, Police Toys

Kevin and Tim talk about Biden V Missouri. What are the first amendment ramifications?

Whether it's a good idea to sell cannabis products at fairs

Rochester area police department spends $93,000 on 3 ATVs

Whether we should cancel advanced math to improve equity

Jul 19, 202350:56
Can Populism Every End In Liberty?

Can Populism Every End In Liberty?

<ul>
<li>NYS Continues The War on Drugs, Rochester shop gets raided</li>
<li>NYC has a good idea about teaching financial literacy</li>
<li>Can populism ever end in liberty. Can argues that it can, Tim argues that it can't</li>
<li>Some RFK Jr. Discussion is involved here, but it remains civil</li>
<li>A radical plan for social security</li>
<li>Banning cluster bombs</li>
<li>Ukraine joining NATO 1 hour and 20 mins after the war is over</li>
</ul>
Jul 13, 202301:18:28
SCOTUS Rage Season - affirmative action, student loans, compelled expression

SCOTUS Rage Season - affirmative action, student loans, compelled expression

Kevin and Tim talk about all of the rage at and cheering for SCOTUS at the end of this session

  • Affirmative Action on the merits
  • Affirmative action in this case
  • Are student loans a bad idea anyway?
  • Biden can't just make stuff up, Congress has to pass a law if they want student debt relief
  • 303 Creative - does this legalize discrimination?
  • Is compelled expression a thing?
Jul 06, 202301:23:44
Russia's almost coup, Supreme Court limits state power, UFOs

Russia's almost coup, Supreme Court limits state power, UFOs

<ul>
<li>Kevin and Tim talk about the Wagner coup</li>
<li>Why did they just stop?</li>
<li>Was the CIA involved?</li>
<li>State legislatures aren't more powerful than the judiciary</li>
<li>Kevin and Tim chat about UFOs for a bit</li>
<li>Legalizing pumping your own gas in OR</li>
<li>Philosophizing on envy </li>
</ul>
Jun 28, 202301:20:29
Debate Me Bro - RFK Jr 's wacky Joe Rogan Exp., Hunter Biden Libertarian Hero

Debate Me Bro - RFK Jr 's wacky Joe Rogan Exp., Hunter Biden Libertarian Hero

Kevin and Tim talk about Twitter but not Facebook getting consumed by the RFK Jr. on Joe Rogan

  • People pick a pro vaccine pundit to pile on, Joe Rogan offers a pile of money to debate
  • The pros and cons of debating someone who thinks wi-fi is hurting our brains. Is it worth debating someone who doesn't always get his evidence from reality?
  • Just because you win a debate, doesn't mean you're right
  • Should Hunter Biden's actions even be crimes?
  • Is Hunter Biden secretly a libertarian hero?
  • Maybe we shouldn't fine Adam Schiff
  • Was man meant to explore the bottom of the ocean
Jun 22, 202301:19:42
Secret Casino Deal in Rochester, Trump's boxes in bathrooms, LP Colorado calls a truce with the GOP

Secret Casino Deal in Rochester, Trump's boxes in bathrooms, LP Colorado calls a truce with the GOP

Kevin and Tim talk about whether NYS made an agreement with the Seneca's to build a casino in Kevin's neighborhood. Is Kevin a NIMBY now? Plus

  • The Trump indictment, arraignment
  • Was Trump really dumb here? What was his motivation?
  • Is this political? Is he being captured by the deep state
  • Should his actions actually be illegal? Should Trump go to jail for this?
  • Libertarian Party of Colorado says they won't run candidates when the GOP runs "liberty" candidates
  • Kevin wonders if his strategy in Monroe was a good idea


Jun 15, 202301:11:59
Wild fires, Rochester housing policy, and more.mp3

Wild fires, Rochester housing policy, and more.mp3

Kevin and Tim talk about the wild fires dumping smoke into NYS. Is this a Canadian plot to blot out the sun?

  • Discussing Rochester housing policy, Kevin not having a choice in primary elections
  • What if we could let developers make a profit AND help low income renters?
  • Ukraine stuff
  • Possible fake news
Jun 12, 202301:14:46
Do we have to worry about the debt ceiling?

Do we have to worry about the debt ceiling?

Kevin and Tim talk about the debt ceiling debt on the horizon. Is it a good thing?

Marijuana licenses no longer blocked in the Finger Lakes region

A Supreme Court victory for property rights, the 5th Amendment.

Jun 01, 202301:16:09
Upstate Counties Issue Immigration Emergency Orders

Upstate Counties Issue Immigration Emergency Orders

Kevin and Tim talk about how the migrant (and housing) crisis in NYC is impacting upstate. Several counties have issued orders prohibiting asylum seekers from being housed in their county.

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/politics/2023/05/23/bello-issues-emergency-order-on-migrants-seeking-asylum

Plus lots of listener comments

F16s being sent to Ukraine

An expensive and useless bus stop

Jared Polis - libertarian?

May 24, 202301:27:46
Should teenagers be able to go to festivals unsupervised?

Should teenagers be able to go to festivals unsupervised?

Kevin and Tim talk about new restrictions on teens for the Rochester Lilac festival following a rowdy opening night. Plus Miller Lite's new marketing campaign, whether the feds are pushing a white nationalist group, and licenses for AI.

May 18, 202301:16:19
Debt Apocalypse Again, NY Budget Finally Passes

Debt Apocalypse Again, NY Budget Finally Passes

Tim and Kevin talk about the latest debt ceiling apocalypse plus

  • What does the debt ceiling do
  • Are Republicans serious about fixing the spending issue
  • NYS Finally passes a budget and it's full of policy
  • Discovery reform threatened
  • MTA funding
  • Splitting Upstate and NYC
  • Taxing the rich
  • Just a little zoning
  • Natural gas ban
  • Minimum wage tied to inflation
  • Transgender bathroom panic
May 03, 202301:20:26
Tucker Gets Booted, NY Cigarette Ban, and Campus Speech

Tucker Gets Booted, NY Cigarette Ban, and Campus Speech

Tim's guy Tucker get's the boot

  • Is Tucker Carlson actually anti-war or just opposed to Joe Biden?
  • Buzzfeed News shuts down
  • NY Gov Hochul floating ban on cigarettes
  • The new war on drugs
  • You can already be pulled over and searched for cigarettes
  • Not every criticism of George Soros is antisemitism
  • Free speech back on campus? Or just because public schools have to
  • Kevin and Tim talk about zoning
  • Should state regulations protect individual rights from local government authoritarians?
Apr 28, 202301:23:54
Local political machines, BRICS and the dollar, Rowdy legislators

Local political machines, BRICS and the dollar, Rowdy legislators

Kevin and Tim talk about a new law in Monroe County designed to make it illegal to force staff into political activities. It happens all the time. Plus

  • What is BRICS? Does it actually threaten US dollar hegemony?
  • What to do with rowdy legislators like the guy in Tennessee
  • A discussion on the Pentagon leak that needs some further research
Apr 13, 202301:10:27
NYS Crushes Community Garden, NPR labeled state affiliated, drag queen and budlight panic

NYS Crushes Community Garden, NPR labeled state affiliated, drag queen and budlight panic

Kevin and Tim talk about the NYS DOT making things difficult for a Rochester community garden called 490 farmers to thrive plus -

  • Twitter labeling NPR state affiliated media
  • Tim becomes a statist for the day, praises roads
  • Pittsford Drag Queen Story hour
  • The Bud Light Panic
  • Minimum wage
  • GMOs and meat labeling
Apr 06, 202301:13:50
Should we ban TikTok?

Should we ban TikTok?

Kevin and Tim talk about the Restrict Act, a bill that's being framed a *just* a TikTok ban but is really an updated Patriot act. Plus:

  • Why conservatives are wary of AI text generators like ChatGPT but they shouldn't be
  • School shooting in Nashville
  • A ton of fake news
Mar 30, 202301:32:15
NY Banning Gortex, Trump arrest, is it time to ban AI yet?

NY Banning Gortex, Trump arrest, is it time to ban AI yet?

Kevin and Tim talk about some of the bombshells in the NYS budget

  • NY banning Gortex clothing - basically a PFAS thing
  • NY taxing streaming services
  • NY banning menthols
  • Should we be grossed out by paternalism?
  • Whether Trump should be arrested for *this* thing
  • An old Tucker Carlson clip is making the rounds about banning self driving trucks
  • Do we need to pre-emptively ban artificial intelligence before it kills us all?
Mar 23, 202301:17:45