The Brian Nichols Show

Hannah Henriksen joins Brian Nichols to reveal who actually gets to fix your wheelchair, why right to repair stops at the one device some people can't live without, and how a new Respect America film is pushing open-source power chairs into the mainstream. You own your car. Take it to any mechanic in town. You own your phone... and more and more, you can fix it yourself. But a power wheelchair? Too often only one company is allowed to touch it. So you wait. Weeks. Months. Sometimes longer. Hannah is the President of Respect America, the group behind the Jonny McCoy film seen by over 2 million people. Their new film follows friend of the show Thomas Quiter, who has osteogenesis imperfecta and more than 1,000 broken bones, and who is now building open-source power wheelchairs with high school and college shop classes through the Mobility Independence Foundation. Chairs that cost $80,000 to $100,000. Chairs you can't modify. Chairs only one company can repair. So if it's your property and your body... why isn't the repair your decision? Then we get into the philosophy of human respect, the rules we all learned on the playground, "trust the experts," and why the liberty movement keeps writing white papers when people want stories. Watch it, then tell me in the comments: who should get to fix your wheelchair? CHAPTERS 0:00 You Own Your Car. Not Your Wheelchair. 2:12 Who Is Hannah Henriksen? 3:52 A Twist of Fate Into the Liberty Movement 6:17 The Rules We Learned on the Playground 8:37 "Trust the Experts" 11:51 Why Stories Move People When Stats Don't 13:28 It Could Happen to You 14:30 Thomas Quiter's 1,000 Broken Bones 16:00 The $100,000 Wheelchair Only One Company Can Fix 17:34 Open-Source Chairs Built in Shop Class 19:52 "He Runs Better Than the Government" 20:28 Lobbyists vs. Right to Repair 22:07 A Message That Lands With Everyone 23:47 People Want Stories, Not White Papers 24:42 Fear and Love 25:25 The Beach Boys Professor Story 28:32 How to Keep People in the Long Game 31:00 Finding What Unites Us 32:35 The Michael Scott Win-Win-Win 33:06 Where to Find Respect America 35:01 Hannah's Final Word HANNAH HENRIKSEN & RESPECT AMERICA Respect America: https://respectamerica.org Share your story: https://respectamerica.org/share-your-story Mobility Independence Foundation (Thomas Quiter): https://themif.org BRIAN NICHOLS Website: https://www.briannicholsshow.com X: https://x.com/BNicholsLiberty Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BNicholsLiberty Email: [email protected] New episodes every Thursday. Educated. Enlightened. Informed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike ter Maat joins Brian Nichols to reveal the VP pick nobody votes on, Vance vs. Rubio 2028, and the $40 trillion debt, and why the Republican Party's biggest fight is happening right now. Plus Starlink's telco takeover... and whether it takes an outsider to fix a broken system. Mike was the Libertarian Party's 2024 VP nominee. Now he's seeking the Republican nomination for Vice President in 2028. Not president. VP. Nobody has ever run a campaign for that job... so why is he doing it? And what does he want delegates in Houston to do that they've never done before? Then we get into Thomas Massie. The most expensive House primary in American history. Was the liberty message rejected... or is the market just not buying yet? And then it gets heated. JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Starlink's 800 MHz play, and $40 trillion in debt. Mike says my math is wrong, not my principle. Is he right? You be the judge. Mike is also the editor of the new book BROKEN: How American Politics Is Driving Civil Unrest, Financial Collapse & War. If this one doesn't leave you educated, enlightened, and informed, I'll eat my microphone. CHAPTERS 0:00 The Resume That Makes No Sense 2:02 Why Run for VP, Not President? 6:24 Every VP Becomes a "Mini-Me" 10:49 Did the GOP Just Reject the Massie Wing? 15:21 It Took $30 Million to Beat Thomas Massie 18:06 The Real Fight After Trump Leaves 21:29 Are VPs Picked Just for Their Name? 23:14 "Do Not Abdicate Responsibility" 26:49 Vance, Rubio, Cruz... Who Does Mike Want? 31:33 Should an Outsider Ever Be on the Ticket? 36:05 Was the Bug There From Day One? 38:41 Starlink's 800 MHz Play & the Outsider Argument 41:31 "You Cannot Save Trillions by Firing People" 42:04 "Your Math Is Wrong, Not Your Principle" 50:17 What Young Voters Actually Want 51:46 The 10-Year Clock on the Federal Government 53:15 Where to Find Mike ter Maat MIKE TER MAAT Campaign: https://miketermaat.com/ Donate: https://miketermaat.com/donate Get Involved: https://miketermaat.com/get-involved BROKEN (the book): https://miketermaat.com/broken Liberty Lens Podcast: https://miketermaat.com/liberty-lens-podcast/ Substack: https://substack.com/@miketermaatthefuture X: https://x.com/miketermaat_ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8-rRseTINKUPYes8QUFZw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miketermaatthefuture/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/Mike_ter_Maat_The_Future SPONSORS This episode is sponsored by Oasis of Hope Hospital. Free consultation with their medical team - use code TBNS: https://www.oasisofhope.com Hear Emma Victoria Johnson's story: https://www.briannicholsshow.com/breast-cancer-under-50-apple-cider-vinegar-mexicos-medical-tourism-boom-a-275000-mistake-t/ Support the show & your heart: Cardio Miracle — https://cardiomiracle.com/pages/tbns?ref=Tv2L7cm BRIAN NICHOLS Website: https://www.briannicholsshow.com X: https://x.com/BNicholsLiberty Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Walsh floated a Social Security deal for boomers this week... you get back what you paid in, but no more. Brian Nichols breaks down why it started the biggest fight of the week, plus Microsoft's H-1B ban and the Talarico Texas Senate shock. So who's actually paying the bill? Brian digs into the Cato and YouGov Social Security poll everyone shared this week, what it really asked, and what Gallup says about how the generation footing the bill is doing compared to the one cashing the checks. Then it's who gets to be here. A federal case out of Minnesota has everyone asking who gets to be a citizen. And JD Vance just suspended Microsoft from the Labor Department's PERM green card program... with the H-1B fight landing right here in Indiana at IU. Plus, two out of three Americans say they want Medicare for All. So what happens to that number once you add a price tag? And with the Kansas Senate race tied, a Libertarian sitting at 3%, and new New York Times and Siena polls out of Texas, Ohio, Alaska and Iowa... are red states getting too comfortable? It all ends on one question. Would you take the deal? Drop a yes or no in the comments. CHAPTERS 0:00 Boomers Get the Checks, You Get the Bill 1:14 Matt Walsh's Social Security Deal 3:32 Entitled Boomers vs. Everyone Else 6:56 Who Gets to Be a Citizen? 8:59 Microsoft Banned From Green Cards 10:46 Medicare for All's Price Tag 11:50 Kansas Tied & the Texas Senate Shock 13:21 Nobody Trusts Anything Anymore 14:42 Would You Take the Deal? SPONSORS This episode is sponsored by Oasis of Hope Hospital. Free consultation with their medical team - use code TBNS: https://www.oasisofhope.com Support the show & your heart: Cardio Miracle — https://cardiomiracle.com/pages/tbns?ref=Tv2L7cm CONNECT WITH BRIAN Website: https://briannicholsshow.com X: https://twitter.com/BNicholsLiberty Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BNicholsLiberty Email: [email protected] New episodes every Thursday. Recorded at Cardio Miracle Studios in eastern Indiana. Educated. Enlightened. Informed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen Ferry joins Brian Nichols to reveal what the general welfare clause actually meant in 1787, and why America's 250th birthday finds us $40 trillion in debt and arguing over a Constitution most people can't explain. Kids can recite the Preamble. 52 words. One sentence. Six purposes sitting right there in the text... But ask a civics teacher to name all six? Good luck. Stephen is the new national spokesperson for Citizens Academy U.S., and their guide walks the Preamble word by word using Noah Webster's 1828 dictionary. So why does a 200-year-old dictionary get to be the referee? And Brian pushes back. Hard. Words change. Kleenex. Xerox. Google. And with H-1B visas, a shifting culture, and a federal government bigger than any in history... does defining the words even matter anymore? So... can a dictionary save the Constitution? Or are we too far gone? CHAPTERS 0:00 The 2 Phrases Washington Spends $40 Trillion On 1:51 Who Is Stephen Ferry? 2:47 Is the Constitution Dead in 2026? 3:45 Are We Too Far Gone? 4:32 The 1690 Warning Nobody Listened To 9:42 Civics Teachers Can't Name the 6 Purposes 10:29 The Guy Who Only Showed Up Because His Wife Made Him 12:56 Why People Check Out of the Constitution 15:59 What "Welfare" Means in 2026 19:17 What "Welfare" Meant in 1787 22:37 The Culture Question Nobody Wants to Touch 27:26 Who Actually Gets Taught What America Is? 30:26 Does the Constitution Need Fresh Eyes? 33:10 Political Enemies Walked In, Allies Walked Out 35:50 How to Do the Guide Yourself 39:09 The Free November 8 Constitution Talk GUEST LINKS Citizens Academy U.S.: https://citizensacademy.us The Guide to Complete Understanding of the Preamble: https://citizensacademy.us/about-the-guide Free E-Book: https://citizensacademy.us/the-preamble-e-book Free Live Constitution Talk, Sunday, Nov 8, 2026: https://citizensacademy.us/understand-the-constitution BRIAN NICHOLS Website: https://www.briannicholsshow.com X: https://x.com/BNicholsLiberty Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BNicholsLiberty Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bnicholsliberty Email: [email protected] New episodes every Thursday. Educated. Enlightened. Informed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emma Victoria Johnson joins Brian Nichols to reveal the $275,000 mistake she made after a stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis at 43... and why Mexico's medical tourism boom is catching so many patients off guard right now. Breast cancer is climbing fastest in women under 50. And Netflix's Apple Cider Vinegar has everybody online asking who's real and who's faking it. Emma got caught in the middle of both... people called her "fake cancer girl" because she looked too healthy. So she did what a lot of scared patients do. She picked the clinic with the best marketing... pools, saunas, a $10,000 watch... and got on a plane. $275,000 later? She's got the red flags every patient and every family member needs to see before signing anything. Plus what her sisters said when she told them she was going to Mexico, the Steve Jobs story everybody brings up, and the one question Emma says every clinic should be able to answer. Brian and Emma are not doctors - this is one patient's story, not medical advice. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 2:35 Stage 4 at 43 3:43 3 Months to Live 7:26 The Clinic That Looked Perfect Online 8:41 The $275,000 Bill 9:41 Taken Advantage of at Rock Bottom 17:43 "I'm Going to Tijuana" 19:04 The Steve Jobs Warning 20:19 The Question Every Clinic Must Answer 21:30 The Mike Holmes Test 22:50 The Red Flags She Missed 29:19 Her Mom's Fight vs. "Fake Cancer Girl" 33:34 Where to Follow Emma 36:39 Emma's Final Word FOLLOW EMMA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emma_victoriaj/ THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY OASIS OF HOPE HOSPITAL Free consultation: https://www.oasisofhope.com WATCH DR. FRANCISCO CONTRERAS ON TBNS https://www.briannicholsshow.com/why-natural-cancer-therapies-never-get-fda-approved-doctor-explains-tbns-1097/ SUPPORT THE SHOW Support the show & your heart: Cardio Miracle — https://cardiomiracle.com/pages/tbns?ref=Tv2L7cm CONNECT WITH BRIAN Website: https://www.briannicholsshow.com X: https://x.com/BNicholsLiberty Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BNicholsLiberty Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bnicholsliberty/ Email: [email protected] Educated. Enlightened. Informed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices