Ep 36 | Can Politics Instill Virtue?

Free the People's Logan Albright and Mike Feuz discuss the notion of national pride, patriotism, immigration, gratitude, and the Fourth of July.

Free the People's Logan Albright and Mike Feuz discuss whether there's a calling to preach the ideas of liberty to the masses, or whether we should just mind our own business and leave everybody alone.

Free the People's Logan Albright and Mike Feuz talk with Jon Schweppe from the America Principles Project about the best way to create a virtuous society, and whether politics is even capable of fulfilling that goal. Schweppe argues that the state is the only way to fight back against the rise of progressive values, while Logan and Mike remain skeptical.

Free the People's Logan Albright and Mike Feuz are joined by Jon Schweppe from the American Principles Project to talk about common good capitalism, populism, and the tensions between libertarianism and conservatism.

Free the People's Logan Albright and Mike Feuz talk with Josh Withrow from the National Taxpayers Union Foundation about the efforts to use antitrust laws to break up big tech companies. These proposals misunderstand the business landscape, how innovation works, and the ways that laws can be gamed to protect big incumbents at the expense of small startups.

Free the People's Logan Albright and Mike Feuz are joined by Josh Withrow from the National Taxpayer's Union Foundation to address some misconceptions about tech policy. Josh points out that many of the proposed solutions coming from both the left and right would actually make things far worse and result in less freedom.

Free the People's Mike Feuz and Logan Albright discuss two different approaches to libertarian thought. Should individual liberty be considered an absolute end worth pursuing, or is there such a thing as liberty held in common among a society, for which its occasionally okay to sacrifice some individual liberty?

Free the People's Logan Albright and Mike Feuz discuss the recent gas shortage and the economics of price gouging. Contrary to popular opinion, rising prices prevent shortages and make sure scarce resources are allocated efficiently.

Free the People's Logan Albright, Mike Feuz, Matt Kibbe, and Matt Battaglia conclude their discussion on the dangers of social media and the general collapse of American society. Much of it comes down to a lack of meaning in modern life stemming from the avoidance of risk taking and responsibility. They also talking about their upcoming documentary about the damage lockdowns are doing to the restaurant industry.

Free the People's Logan Albright, Mike Feuz, Matt Kibbe, and Matt Battaglia continue their discussion of social media and how it impacts culture, although the conversation predictably spins off into a number of other directions, including how cancel culture is weaponized by modern communications, and whether there is any threat so great that we should empower government to fight it.