Government lock down orders are ruining our prosperity and way to life while having done nothing to stop the spread of Covid-19. There is a solution and it is found in the very birth of this nation: mass non-compliance. It overturned the stam

Joe Biden's Attack on Gun Rights

Nov 30th, 2020 18m 3s

Joe Biden is coming for your Gun Rights, make no mistake about it. His plan is on his website for all to see. This episode takes a look at his plan, what it means to you, and makes the case that we are obligated by the constitution and the su

What Does Science Really Say About Wearing Masks

Nov 21st, 2020 25m 28s

We're always being told to "follow the science" and that has never been more true than during the Covid Pandemic. But what does the science, not the scientists, really say about the efficacy of masks? In this episode we review the best scient

America is a Philosophy, Not a Place

Nov 16th, 2020 11m 22s

America is a philosophy, call it Americanism, and not just a place. Places represent physical location but philosophies tell us what something is about, what it means and how it affects the people who live there. America as a philosophy is wh

Politicians Lie Because We Let Them

Nov 2nd, 2020 12m 56s

Politicians lie to us, they contradict themselves to say what will help them most in the moment, and we let them. Politics has stopped being about truth, and has become only about the accumulation of power. We've let that happen because we fo

Gun Rights, Abortion and Slavery: False Premises and Contradictions in the Application of Natural Rights

Oct 23rd, 2020 13m 57s

Ayn Rand said, "There are not contradictions, check you premises." In political discourse today, most conclusions are argued from false premises, resulting in rampant contradictions in public policy. Today we take a look at the way false prem

Why Socialist Must Kill

Oct 19th, 2020 13m 11s

Today we explore why all socialist governments must kill their own people to stay in power. Liberty and individual sovereignty were ordained as natural rights by the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776 and defined the fullest express

Rights Come First, Freedom Comes Second

Oct 13th, 2020 9m 27s

Freedom of Choice is the leftovers after all natural rights are respected and protected. That's right, your freedom of choice is secondary to the preservation of the rights we all have as humans to life, liberty and property. In this episode

The Dark Side of Winning an Election

Oct 6th, 2020 32m 13s

What does it take to win an election? Whatever it takes! At least that's how its done in modern politics where truth and right and wrong no longer exist and are replaced with power and the quest for more. In this episode we look at the respo

The True and Only Role of Laws

Oct 4th, 2020 11m 22s

Hello my friends. Today we are discussing "The Law" by Fredric Bastiat. Listen to find out why our government has lost track of what laws really should be, how laws have become the mechanism of plunder rather than of defense, and a few things

Why I Can't Vote Libertarian (Not Yet)

Oct 3rd, 2020 18m 29s

In this episode of the Essential Liberties podcast we discuss why I, as a libertarian in philosophy, cannot vote for the Libertarian candidate. We look at the current state of the libertarian party, the 2020 candidates, and what the libertaria

The 2nd Amendment and Why You Need an AR-15

Sep 10th, 2020 8m 46s

In this episode of Essential Liberties, J. David Gilge discusses the nature of our 2nd amendment rights to self defense, the implication of a Joe Biden presidency on gun rights, and why you really want and need an AR-15 and a 30 round magazine.

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