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After 40+ years of reporting, I now understand the importance of limited government and personal freedom.
Subscribe to this show, and you’ll get extended interviews with newsmakers and people who I think are interesting or have something important to say.
You can watch my video reports on JohnStossel.com
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John Stossel is a libertarian journalist who hosted a show on Fox Business and co-anchored ABC’s primetime newsmagazine show, 20/20.
He has received 19 Emmy Awards and has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club.
Subscribe to this show, and you’ll get extended interviews with newsmakers and people who I think are interesting or have something important to say.
You can watch my video reports on JohnStossel.com
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John Stossel is a libertarian journalist who hosted a show on Fox Business and co-anchored ABC’s primetime newsmagazine show, 20/20.
He has received 19 Emmy Awards and has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club.
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1James Lindsay once exposed the woke left’s insanity with a hoax. Now he’s exposed part of the right for bashing liberty and even embracing Marxist ideas.To prove it, he sent a conservative magazine a revised version of "The Communist Manifesto." They published it! He calls them the “woke right" because they "behave like the tyrants of the woke left." In this podcast, Lindsay explains why they’re a problem. We also discuss why capitalism is hated, and how normal people fall for dangerous ideas.
Activist Robby Starbuck got companies like Target, Walmart, and Toyota to drop their woke DEI policies. It sounds hard to believe one man could do that, but he did. From DEI trainings to mandatory "ally" pledges, Starbuck posts videos about absurd woke things that big companies do behind closed doors to please activists. In this podcast, he explains how this fight against corporate America worked, how DEI hurts America, and what made him finally speak up. I also push back on his movie, "The War on Children."
Charles Ryu escaped from North Korea not once, but twice!He experienced starvation, torture, and years of propaganda. North Koreans, even those who escape, fear talking about socialist tyranny because the regime might kill their families. “Not just you, but your entire three generations will be wiped out,” explains Ryu. He is only willing to talk because he has no immediate family left in the country. Now he educates Americans about the horrors of the country on his YouTube channel.In this podcast, he tells me more about the North Korean regime, his incredible escape, and the importance of freedom.
People who run businesses are often smeared. But they shouldn't be.“Making our lives better is what entrepreneurs do. We take it all for granted,” says Yaron Brook, Chair of the Ayn Rand Institute.In this hour-long conversation, Brook defends the marketplace and the self-interest that drives it.He also carves out the path of self-interest through mountains of big issues: war, poverty, immigration, drugs and children--even how self-interest is important for your love life.
Professor John McWhorter, author of "Woke Racism," argues that condescending leftist ideology hurts black people.We spoke a few years ago when few others were pushing back on those ideas. But I learned a lot from my half-hour interview with him, so here's our full discussion.For one, the Columbia linguist points out "Woke Racism" hurts black people in many ways: from treating them as incapable of logic, to calling for abolition of tests, to insisting that violent kids stay in schools.He says that all these ideas are propped by a religion-like ideology that "requires that you sequester your brain for illogical thinking."
Michael Malice, the popular podcaster and author, reminds us that tyranny can be defeated. It’s been done before.In this podcast, Malice shares stories of life under totalitarian regimes, and explains how the media was often complicit in totalitarianism.Malice’s distrust in government is why he’s calls himself an anarchist.He makes the case that things like food, education, and even security, are better left in private hands.“Maybe we don't need government at all,” he says. “When you have something as important as security or anything, food, education, to have it at the purview of a monopoly, let alone a government monopoly, makes no sense."I’m skeptical that the private sector would do all those things better. So we debate those issues and more.
Here's my full interview with NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden--it’s the longest interview I've ever posted.I once was unsure if Edward Snowden--who leaked documents showing that the NSA spied on Americans--was a hero, or a traitor who made us all less safe.Now I've done my research, and I think he's a hero. What do you think? Our full interview, above, will help you decide.
Media and politicians constantly warn about the dangers of firearms. They say too many people have guns.
But Black Guns Matters founder Maj Toure says there should be more guns!
“Everybody should be walking around and like, oh man, I left my gun in the house. Let me go back and get it,” says Toure.
“Everybody?” I ask.
“Everybody.”
He says that would make America freer and safer, especially in black communities, which he says, have been disproportionately hurt by gun control laws.
“All gun control is racist,” says Toure. “It was literally started to stop black people from having the means to defend themselves.”
That’s why he started his group, Black Guns Matter. He wants to empower his community through firearms education and training.
In our full interview, Toure explains more about his organization, why gun control is racist, and how self-defense is essential for freedom.
I usually don't like to interview politicians but Senator Rand Paul is different.
He actually has interesting and important things to say.
In this podcast, we discuss his book,The Case Against Socialism.
We cover socialism's failure in Venezuela, the myth of "Scandinavian socialism," and more.
Parents are more scared than ever. The media warn of “Stranger Danger.”
Lenore Skenazy says this is foolish. Parents should let their kids be MORE independent.
She calls it “Free Range” parenting. She says kids are healthier when given unsupervised freedom. Parents are happier too.
But what about the kidnappings?
Skenazy points out those are extremely rare. It’s MUCH safer for kids to walk outside than ride in a car, yet parents rarely worry about driving.
Today in America, some parents have even be arrested for letting their kids walk outside alone.
We asked her about that and much more, in our full interview.
Tim Pool is a very successful journalist. He has millions of subscribers on multiple channels.
But Pool never went to journalism school. In fact, he didn’t even finish high school.
Unlike most reporters, Pool became respected just by doing it--going to the news, and covering things the mainstream media often miss.
He’s reported from global hotspots, gone into the middle of riots, and exposed media bias.
In 2019, I did a short video on citizen journalists like Pool. But the story of his career deserves more time.
So here's our full conversation.
Trump recently picked Tulsi Gabbard to be his Director of National Intelligence. What are her views?
Well 5 years ago—when Gabbard was still a Democrat—I interviewed her.
She was running for President at the time and was clearly different from her competition.
For one, unlike most Democrats, she agreed to talk with me.
So here’s our full conversation.
This podcast is with…. GASP!…. a sex worker.
Her name is Aella, and her career path is surprising.
She’s made a lot of money performing for men online, and being an escort.
But she's also an outspoken libertarian.
“I just knew that freedom was really important,” she tells me.
Now she’s paid to do research. Her surveys are unconventional, including something she calls a “rape spectrum."
Here's our wide-ranging conversation.
Open speech is under attack around the world.
Canada’s Rebel News founder Ezra Levant warns what might happen if we lose free speech in America.
He points out that politicians in Canada plan to punish "hate speech" with life in prison.
In England and Scotland, you can already get arrested for “hateful” posts. There, J.K. Rowling fights back – breaking Scotland’s law on purpose, daring police to arrest her.
In Australia and Brazil, politicians tried to censor Twitter accounts. But Elon Musk refused.
It’s good that both defend free speech.
This is my full interview with controversial psychologist Jordan Peterson.
Protesters tried to shout him down, but they failed. Now millions buy his books about finding meaning in responsibility.
Why do people -- especially young people -- eagerly buy books about responsibility?
"There's just an absolute starvation for the other side of the story," Peterson says. "There are no rights, technically speaking, without responsibilities. And all we've had for 60 years is a dialogue about rights. Well, that leaves a hole ... in people's hearts," he says.
More of Peterson's philosophy -- and some tough questions from me.
Socialism always fails! But for some reason people still want it.
They should listen to Gloria Alvarez.
She’s a viral influencer from Guatemala who watched parts of Latin America get wrecked by socialism.
Now she says the “moochers and looters” are gaining ground in the USA.
I’m encouraged people like Gloria get it.
I interviewed her last year when she was running for President of Guatemala.
Robert Kennedy Jr recently suspended his presidential campaign.
He was a unique candidate, with some controversial ideas. While he was running, I talked with him for an hour.
RFK Jr told me that he wants to cut government spending, and that he supports freer markets.
I was skeptical. What about his previous proposal to ban fracking? His opposition to nuclear energy? To even wind energy?
What about the environmental regulations he pushes regarding chemicals in food, and his fear of vaccines?
When it comes to foreign policy, he says he supports fewer wars, but what about his support for US funding of Israel?
I asked RFK Jr questions about all those things, and fact-checked a few claims at the end. While we often disagree, I am glad he was willing to debate. That’s too rare these days.
Donald Trump or Kamala Harris?
Well, what about Chase Oliver?
He’s the Libertarian presidential candidate with some pretty interesting ideas. Thoughts you won’t hear from either major-party candidate.
Oliver believes in “the most local governance, which is self-governance.”
He wants government to stay out of our lives.
He plans to privatize welfare, end social security, cut federal spending, and much more!
In this podcast, originally recorded on June 12th, he tells me his vision for America.
Chris Rufo is known as an anti-woke crusader.
Why?
Because as a reporter, Rufo discovered that critical race theory is being taught in schools and that some teachers are forced to take white privilege training.
For covering that, his critics say he’s a villain. The New Yorker even argues he "invented the conflict over critical race theory.”
But Rufo seems to enjoy the criticism, and now he has real power in Florida because Gov. Ron DeSantis made him a trustee of a public university.
In this podcast, I ask Rufo about that, and whether he and DeSantis are “authoritarians.”
Many people today want socialism.
They hate capitalism. They say it hurts the poor.
But that's just not true.
In this podcast, author and historian Johan Norberg explains how capitalism saves lives and why socialism always fails.
Norberg also busts other trending myths like the idea that loneliness is an "epidemic," economic growth is bad, and the widely repeated claim that his home country, Sweden, is a socialist success.
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nothing wrong with exchange amongst non government entities except when government gets involved and crony capitalist. I'm against both.
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