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Reflections on “Supporting the Troops� / With today's all-volunteer military, must we applaud the people who choose to enable our military policy? / What if the government held a war foreign war and no one volunteered?
11/10/07
22:05
RadioFreeLiberty.com
Direct download: Episode_092.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:50 PM
Comments[81]

A Convenient Lie / Al Gore and Global Warming / Yes, the climate is getting warmer, but it is not Man's doing. The real science behind global warming / The real motivation behind the Global Warming hype

10/14/07
23:30
RadioFreeLiberty.com
Direct download: Episode_091.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:06 PM
Comments[14]

Questioning the Morality of the War / While pundits argue whether the surge has worked, we look deeper at the fundamental morality (or lack of it) of the U.S. Presence in Iraq / Making government irrelevant in your life- Declare your own personal freedom! / The Covenant of Unanimous Consent


9/23/0726:45

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_090.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:17 PM
Comments[12]

When the TSA goes home at night and leaves airport security in the hands of one sleepy rent-a-cop, how serious can the terror threat really be? / The depths of government paranoia- Are you one of the 325,000 lucky people on the U.S. Government's Terror Watch List? Joe Mc Carthy only had 57 people on his list and we knew HE was paranoid! / Citizen Go Back To Sleep- an RFL debut of an up-and-coming singer-songwriter, No, Really / A listener takes action: RFL on My Space!

9/2/07
24 minutes
RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_089.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:16 PM
Comments[11]

US Government supported Jihad training- are we now reaping what we've sown? / In the '90s U.S. Agency for International Development grants paid the University of Nebraska at Omaha to create textbooks for Afghan children / These books promote Jihad and hatred, trying to raise Afghan youth against their Russian occupiers / Oops- it's coming back to haunt us! The unintended consequences of shortsighted political meddling. / Now the books are being replaced with kinder and gentler textbooks, being developed through a grant from US AID to...guess who? YoU kNOw! / It may not be LSD, but it's surely still U.S. Government mind control.

8/18/07
21 minutes
RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_088.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:35 PM
Comments[8]

9-11, Six Years On...Can we now have a rational discussion about what happened that day? / We present some verifiable facts about the third tower that fly in the face of the “Official� explanation. / No conspiracy theories here, just the facts / A call for a truly independent investigation- How will you deal with the realization that it was an inside job? Can you handle the truth?

36:15
8/12/07
RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_087.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:56 AM
Comments[10]

Take a trip on RFL's own WayBack Machine! / Nothing new needs to be said about our present situation regarding war, liberty and your rights / We'll hear people who said it long ago- it is all still valid / Can you identify the speakers? / Why hasn't anything changed in over a generation? What drives the cycles of history / How to live free in an un-free world? Let's explore that...

7/29/07
31 minutes
RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_086.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:26 PM
Comments[6]

Duck and Cover! / Same propaganda, new enemy / Cato explores why it's in government's best interest to keep us all in fear / Compare the rhetoric of today with Civil Defense propaganda of 50 years ago / Crawling under your desk or being body-searched at the airport- equally effective!

7/18/07
19:20

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_085.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:52 PM
Comments[7]

The Mind of a Legislator Part Two / A little Dark Humor to Start Us Off / Cato finishes his conversation with Missouri State Rep. Shane Schoeller / He is a nice guy...He is sincere...but is he a Republicrat? You decide. /Cato puts Schoeller's feet to the libertarian fire / Do you the smell smoke yet?

7/9/07
25:10

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_084.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:11 PM
Comments[3]

The Mind of a Legislator- Part One

Cato asks some pointed questions of Shane Schoeller, State Representative from Springfield Missouri / The Freshman Republican has signed a pledge that he would never vote to raise taxes. As he sponsors or co-sponsors more than 80 new laws, has that pledge been kept? / A new State-aid program for pregnant women- A new drug offender data base- Mandatory chemical tests for minor drivers suspected of being under the influence...Cato puts Schoeller's feet to the libertarian fire /

Too much for one episode...Part 2 coming up!

28:50
July 2, 2007
RadioFreeLiberty.com


Direct download: Episode_083.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:05 PM
Comments[3]

The Corruption of Public Health: When the Centers for Disease Control goes after guns, does that mean guns are a disease? / Dr. Miguel Faria on the Tainted Public-Health Model of Gun Control / How many different issues that used to be personal choice can you think of that are now “Public Health� issues? Why do you suppose that is?


6/25/07
23:13

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_082.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:37 PM
Comments[4]

Mala In Se vs. Mala Prohibita- Do You Know the Difference?/ Boston T. Party returns to RFL to discuss his book You And The Police!/ Why most laws are simply for raising money / A reminder about how to act when you're in the middle of a “contact stop�, a “Terry� frisk, or police detention./ “Peace Officers� vs. “law enforcement� officers- Which was Andy Griffith? / Boston on the NRA- Why he likes the GOA and the JPFO better./ Wanna go on a safari? Listen in.


6/15/07
39 minutes

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_081.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:38 PM
Comments[4]

The Rod Coronado Story / What does government's crusade against one radical environmentalist have to do with you? More than you might think / Terror “Enhancements�- the next big thing in government prosecution...coming to a courthouse near you. / Cat 'n Cato are out of country- RFL will be on hiatus until the second half of June- Meanwhile help yourself to our archives!

5/20/07
27:17

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_080.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:35 PM
Comments[2]

When Government Competes in the Private Sector / Would you bet your life savings on a golf game where your opponent doesn't have to follow the rules? / From golf courses to web access to landscaping and construction, governments are getting more involved in business ventures / And real business people are losing everything as a result

5/13/07
22:20

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_079.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:37 PM
Comments[2]

When the government tells you what cars to drive...Ready to scrap your SUV? / On global warming- Why it threatens governments more than people / We finish our conversation with Libertarian Councilman Doug Burlison / Burlison defends the political process

5/6/07
17 minutes

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_078.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:35 PM
Comments[2]

Doug Burlison- Springfield's own version of Ron Paul / Can Burlison's Libertarian philosophy turn the third largest city in Missouri around? / Now that he begins his tenure on City Council, hear what Doug believes in and how he will go to work. / Breed-specific legislation, red-light cameras, and a state audit of the city- Doug will be a very, very busy man.


4/29/07
33 minutes

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_077.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:17 PM
Comments[3]

A Brief Appreciation of H.L. Mencken/ The Switzerland model- Why can't America be strong, neutral, free, a financial powerhouse, respected, and not attacked in 700 years even while surrounded by aggressive nations? Where have we gone wrong?


4/22/07
28:10
RadioFreeLiberty.com
Direct download: Episode_076.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:04 AM
Comments[3]

The Deadliest Thing Ever Invented by Mankind? No, it's not nuclear weapons, designer germs, or poison- The thing that mankind has created that has killed more innocent people than anything else in the last 2000 years is... Listen in. You may be surprised./ Glen Allport on the trouble with libertarianism

4/14/07
26:45

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_075.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:57 PM
Comments[2]

When is your Tax Freedom day? / While the IRS can't show you the law that makes income tax legal, RFL can show you the law that makes what the IRS does illegal / It's been a year since we started podcasting for liberty!/ Review us on iTunes

4/8/07
21 minutes
RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_074.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:17 PM
Comments[2]

If O'reilley can write a kid's book, so can a libertarian. / Cato interviews Jim Lesczynski, author of The Walton Street Tycoons. /Lesczynski is a real father and a committed (small L) libertarian. / Can his book help raise a generation of freedom loving youth? / Cato screws up and apologizes once again.

27:15
3/31/07

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_073.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:19 PM
Comments[2]

The Outsourcing of Force: Is this the beginning of libertarian national defense? / BlackWater and other private military companies are already on the ground in Iraq, Darfur, and the USA / Is this really what libertarians are dreaming of? / A good Phone Call and a good Email

3/22/07
26:20

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_072.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:12 PM
Comments[2]

Welcome to the Free America movement. / It's not about armed rebellion, tax protesting, and certainly not about voting. / The Beyond Ballots or Bullets conference spawns the Free America Movement / A small group of committed people are working to Free America / It's about building a Parallel Society right here in our communities. Will you Choose Freedom?

3/17/07
16 minutes

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_071.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 4:37 PM
Comments[2]

Shift Happens / Hanging on to anachronistic ideas about jobs, immigration, and nationalism will get you left behind / A short, intense, sobering look at the world of our near future- Are you going to fight it or learn to prosper in it? / Which country will be the number one English speaking nation in our lifetime? Guess what- It ain't the USA.

12 Minutes

3/9/07

RadioFreeLiberty.com
Direct download: Episode_070.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:09 PM
Comments[0]

Cat and Cato explore what may be the “Dark Side� of libertarianism. / A dramatization based on real events / Ever hear of A-----------n Politics? It's so controversial, so dangerous that we can't even use the term in this description! You'll just have to listen in to find out. / RFL to add live streaming soon!


25:14
RadioFreeLiberty.com
Jim Bell's Original Piece on AP

Direct download: Episode_069.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:14 PM
Comments[0]

Coming soon to a protest near you! Energy rays! Microwave Beams! Sonic Lasers! The pentagon is developing lots of new Buck Rodgers weapons for crowd control. / Who do you think is buying them up? That's right, your local police forces / Active Denial Weapons- Here's what future political dissenters have to look forward to! / When police forces have cool new high-tech “non-lethal� weapons do you think they might tend to use them more?

2/24/07
24:45

http://RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_068.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:19 PM
Comments[2]

Cato tells a school girl off!- He's tired of crocodile tears for more laws. / The recent push for Primary Seatbelt Laws / Sure seat belts save lives- But Cato explains why mandatory seat belt laws make us LESS safe. / Do-gooders just don't understand the principle of Risk Compensation

2/17/07
24 minutes

http://RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_067.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:02 PM
Comments[2]

Bombings, Poisonous Gas, Terror in Iraq- Life under Saddam? No, it's how the British kept control in the 1920s! / Is it any wonder that the Iraqis have little trust in another Western Imperialist occupier? / When you don't learn from history.../ A side of Winston Churchill you probably never heard about- brutal, racist, anti-Semite; the 20th century's greatest Briton?

2/10/07
20:18
RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_066.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:19 PM
Comments[0]

A different take on the Ed Brown situation / While the convicted Patriot Tax Resistor is ensconced in his home the Media is once again hoping for another Waco / All patriots are rallying around Ed and what he's doing...except Cato?

2/1/07
16:37
RadioFreeLiberty.com
Direct download: Episode_065.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:52 PM
Comments[0]

More on the War- Cato tackles the Draft. Is it coming? / Forced registration makes our kids slaves to the state even without a draft / Did you know that counseling others to not register for the draft is illegal? / See if Cato crosses the line!

1/26/07
22:37

RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_064.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:24 PM
Comments[4]

War is (fun as) Hell! / As the Army continues to lag in its recruiting goals and a "Surge" is imminent, check out America's Army- A Defense Department video game used to recruit our youth / Before You Enlist! Hear some veterans, parents, and an ex-Army recruiter tell about the scam that is today's Army recruiting / You owe it to your kids, friends and loved ones to learn about the lures that are being used to entice them to join up.

25:27
1/19/07
RadioFreeLiberty.com
Direct download: Episode_063.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:56 PM
Comments[3]

The Compulsory School Episode / John Taylor Gatto on the real reason Government requires your kids to go to school / The little-known history of Government schooling in America / Is home-schooling your kids an option for you? / Why your kids are like tomatoes!

33:39
1/12/07
RadioFreeLiberty.com
Direct download: Episode_062.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:16 PM
Comments[2]

Cat and Cato take a trip to California and get a huge dose of reality- Can there be any hope for liberty? / A somber look at the state of the state / Albert Nock draws a distinction between Government and State / Our Enemy the State / Do your friends trust the State more than they trust you?

19:40
1/5/07
RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_061.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:01 PM
Comments[2]

Cato puts on his best Dick Nixon in defense of your freedom to travel! / E-Passport: Doorway to the Panopticon Part 2 / Scarmig gives us the ugly details about how your new RFID E-Passport will work / What are the implications? Where will it lead us? Is there any hope for privacy and freedom to travel unmolested? Not likely.

12/20/06
37:15
RadioFreeLiberty.com
Direct download: Episode_060.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:31 PM
Comments[2]

Your new E-Passport, part one /  Why and how your passport has become a global tracking device / From Patagonia to Prague all governments will know who you are, where you are, and where you've been / Coming soon! One global database integrating everything from your library card to your bank cards to your supermarket cards to your national ID...all combined in a Universal RFID Passport! How's that for convenience?

12/15/06
21:12

RadioFreeLiberty.com
Direct download: Episode_059.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 9:05 PM
Comments[2]

The Plight of Jose' Hernan / An Ecuadoran artist who can't be in this country...and is not allowed to leave / More Homeland Security-Immigration and Customs Enforcement Insanity / Would you keep someone in your county jail as long as possible if you were getting $80 per day to do so?

23 minutes
12/9/06
RadioFreeLiberty.com

Direct download: Episode_058.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:41 PM
Comments[2]

There is no right of self defense in America any more / Kathryn Johnston was a martyr for your right to defend yourself in your own home / The parallels between Iraq and Atlanta / American children on their knees before police with drawn weapons- it was only a drill...to train them to submit?

16:15
12/1/06

RadioFreeLiberty.com
Direct download: Episode_057.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:20 AM
Comments[2]