Good bye to the radio audience Still doing a podcast occasionally Trump executive orders
A debate over H1B visas turned into a debate on American culture and the value of American employees https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1872312139945234507 Are visas like this exploitative? Kevin praises Alex Jones Terror attack in NOLA NYC recommends masking outdoors New NYS Laws
We're doing the annual last minute spending bill thing again. An ongoing holiday tradition. Will this year be any different Privatizing the postal service is probably fine Invasion of the drones! Rochester passes a Good Cause eviction bill. Will it actually help people? More eyebrow raising Biden pardons
Kevin and Tim talk about the fallout and discussion from catching the person who killed United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson. Reasons to be mad at the healthcare system Reasons murder isn't the best solution Government is a huge part of the bad incentives Bad actors and rational choices everywhere, but no single villains Daniel Penny and Jordan Neely NYS Governor Hochul offers us $300 to $500
We have author Jason Fry on the show to discuss National Divorce, A Plan for Peace https://national-divorce.com/ Tim and Kevin also discuss tribal sovereignty for car dealer laws with the Oneidas and zoning. Plus we do get into the Hunter Biden stuff
Trump wants to put 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada Tim tells the story of a specialty manufacturer and why he was in favor of tariffs How tariffs might hurt most American manufacturers A mild defense of strategic tariffs before bashing the Jones Act Kevin says some nice things about RFK Jr. wanting to go after the AMA Random stories from Egyptian hallucinogens to occupational licensing reform
US allowing Ukraine to attack targets deeper in Russia with US supplied missiles Students put up "anti-Israel" (maybe antisemitic?) posters on campus. Should they go to jail for property damage RFK Jr. is here to save us from Fluoride and Seed Oils
The good, bad, and ugly Trump's appointments. Is he already a disappointment to Libertarian Party members who defected? Can DOGE shrink government? Can some spending cuts hurt the project of shrinking government long term?
Consequences of a Trump win What went wrong for Democrats? Will Democrats actually learn anything from this? Tangent on abolishing broadcast licensing of airwaves Referencing a crude joke McAfee made after attending the LPNY convention in 2016 Where do the parties go from here? Including the libertarian party Peanut and Frank
How Tim and Kevin think the election will turn out Best case for Trump Best case for Kamala
Dick Cheney is an inspiration of a certain kind Tim Walz thinks his endorsement of Harris gives libertarians permission to vote for him Harris comes around on marijuana policy There's a chance she violated the 13th amendment Random commenters are made about our support of Dick Cheney and Harris Identity politics Nothing burgers
Kevin and Tim talk about the IV Fluid shortages hitting hospital systems all over and how the government makes it tough for markets to respond Kevin and Tim argue about the high price of pharmaceutical drugs and whether importing them from other countries helps Whether Mark Cuban is helping or just trying to get a piece of the action Massive amounts of lobbying for healthcare Random stories
The good and bad of FEMA response in NC How much FEMA costs. Is it the most efficient way of spending things? Did FEMA run out of money to give away to people because of immigrants? Jimmy Carter Abundance Agenda Flood insurance and moral hazard Can we just replace FEMA with Waffle House, Amazon, and private charity? Somehow talking about weather machines Military whales Israel / Lebanon How did Tim and Kevin meet
Kevin and Tim talk about the VP debate Tim thinks JD Vance has the rizz Some actual policy commentary Arguing over corporatism and prescription drug prices Dock worker strike Luddites Eric Adams - overregulation breeds corruption Rochester requires people to show their papers Kevin on another radio show - how to talk to non-libertarian audiences about libertarian issues
Kevin and Tim talk about the second person trying to take a shot at Trump Does violent language breed violence? The Libertarian Party of NH edgelords (Kevin says a swearword in this segment) Israeli pager bombs US Senate bill to make manufactured housing easier to build US Senate bill to take away President's power to unilaterally impose tariffs
Kevin & Tim talk about the Presidential debate The good, the mostly bad, and the absurd Tenet media allegedly taking money from the Russian government Is this speech? Difference between this and the situation with a Chinese agent in Hochul's office Eric Adam's makes Tim mad Big Brother expands in Rochester
Tim and Kevin talk about how bureaucracies can become self perpetuating and find reasons to grow beyond their mission. Dispersed costs and concentrated benefits make regulation reform hard The do-something mentality may be one of the most destructive forces in politics.
Talking about RFK Jr endorsing Trump. The anti-establishment vibe, not ideology Discussion about the Libertarian Party's involvement with RFK/Trump Telegram founder arrested Pros and Cons of real encryption that governments can't break A commentor wants to say Trump is the most libertarian candidate Meta's mea culpa on covid and election fake news. Should we forgive Zuck? RFK may have beheaded a whale
Misinformation and ugliness as free speech The UK speech laws and threat to extradite Americans Tim Walz doesn't understand free speech Defending the concept of free speech EU Commission and Elon Musk Taxes on Tips Boycotts are speech, Elon Musk tries to shut one down
Tim Walz selected as a VP candidate. This election is all vibes, no substance The politics of calling the other side weird Some criticisms of JD Vance make him more relatable Democrats may come off like school bullies Libertarian Party stuff Tim Walz's actual policy record Letting people build things Google Monopoly Lawsuit RFK jr's bear