Ep 393 | We’ve Turned Our Backs on the Vaccine-Injured | Guest: Sen. Ron Johnson
07/01/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
When an experimental vaccine was rushed to market as part of Operation Warp Speed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans were told that it was “safe and effective.” They were also threatened with losing their jobs or access to public spaces if they refused to take the shot. Six years later, we’re learning that these vaccines have done severe damage to thousands of people. Matt Kibbe is joined by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to discuss why neither the media nor the government will extend any sympathy or aid to those injured by a product that was forced on them and why pharmaceutical companies continue to enjoy legal immunity for the damage they cause.
Ep 392 | Central Planning Won't Fix New York | Guest: Larry Sharpe
06/24/2026 | 1h 24 mins.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) was swept into office on the promise that "the warmth of collectivism" would make life better for New Yorkers. And after the repeated failures of the status quo, who can blame them for wanting to try something different? However, as libertarian gubernatorial candidate Larry Sharpe points out in his conversation with Matt Kibbe, Mamdani's answers to the very real problems facing New York are all the wrong ones. The kind of socialist central planning Mamdani advocates for has never worked in history, and it will not work now. There are actual solutions that could help restore the Big Apple to its former glory, but they involve empowering individuals, not imposing restrictions — like rent control and government-run grocery stores — from the top down.
Ep 391 | We Were Lied into War with Iran | Guest: Joe Kent
06/17/2026 | 1h 16 mins.
It looks like President Trump may finally have reached a peace deal that will put an end to the war in Iran, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a war that never should have started to begin with. Matt Kibbe is joined by Joe Kent, former director of counterterrorism for the Trump administration, to discuss why Americans were led to believe that Iran was an existential threat that needed to be dealt with immediately, when in fact the war was never in America’s interests.
Ep 390 | Bitcoin Is Here to Stay | Guest: Saifedean Ammous
06/10/2026 | 1h 7 mins.
While skeptics tend to dismiss Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a fad that is only useful for speculation, they overlook the important role the digital currency plays in breaking the government's stranglehold on the market for money. As the Federal Reserve continues to debase the value of the dollar, eating away at the savings of hardworking Americans, Bitcoin is an inflation-proof solution that also offers privacy and security. Matt Kibbe is joined by author and economist Saifedean Ammous, the man responsible for interesting Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) in Bitcoin, to discuss the future of cryptocurrency and its applications for building a better, freer world.
389 | It's Time to Legalize Home Distilling | Guest: Robert Alt
06/03/2026 | 51 mins.
When Jimmy Carter legalized home brewing in the 1970s, it unleashed a wave of American innovation that changed the craft beer market forever. Now, there is an opportunity to do the same thing with distilled spirits. Matt Kibbe talks with Robert Alt, president of the Buckeye Institute, about a case making its way to the Supreme Court that would allow Americans to distill their own gin, rum, and whiskey at home, paving the way for a new movement of craft distillers to disrupt the liquor market and bring fresh ideas to a thirsty, thirsty public.
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As the president of Free the People, Kibbe has decades of experience in the libertarian political sphere. He is the author of three books, including Don’t Hurt People and Don’t Take Their Stuff, a #2 NY Times Best Seller. Kibbe is a fanatical DeadHead, drinker of great whisky, and collector of obscure books on Austrian economics.
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