Drop The Mask Podcast

Trump was a centimeter away from having his brains blown out on live TV, and the headlines read just like this one for several hours. It is the media that's responsible for this. Even if you don't care for Trump, they'll eventually put you in the targets all the same. And we look at an old clip of Michael Malice who says the media is actually the dog wagging the government tail. Is he right?

The media can't hide the emperor's lack of clothes any longer. How did they keep it from their audience for so long? Learn how the newsmen lie by catching their 'tell' in an obvious lie like Joe Scarborough's "cogent" rant about Joe Biden. And, a breakdown of Tucker Carlson's masterclass in dealing with dishonest reporters.

2020 Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee and You Are The Power founder Spike Cohen talks about Porcfest, Julian Assange, You Are The Power and how we can truly rack up victories for freedom and against government overreach. And is the Libertarian Party a useful avenue to make real change? Find Spike online: youarethepower.net spikecohen.com https://x.com/RealSpikeCohen

Are Libertarians going to vote for Trump to Free Ross? Should they believe his promises? Is there hope for people to ever truly be free? Is freedom the ultimate goal? I discuss all these questions with clips from Michael Malice, Angela McArdle, Tom Woods and Auron MacIntyre, and more!

Is there a role for playing the political game to advance the liberty movement? I share some of the top moments from the LP convention and break down what might be accomplished by participating in a corrupt political system. Trump gets booed, Rectenwald gets high, Clint stacks up with Vivek, Chase wins the nomination

Clint sits down with me to talk about the VP race, Trump at the LP convention, the border and immigration, and general societal decay in America. Find him on X: @LibertyLockPod Enjoy! Follow me on X: @DropTheMaskPod

Conservatives at The Daily Wire have a problem with you if you think the moon landing was faked, think 9/11 was an inside job, or that nuking Japanese civilians was evil. "Just asking questions" is unacceptable behavior for the authoritarians on the right. I break down the Tucker Carlson interview on JRE that triggered them so badly Tucker makes a lot of great points and should be celebrated for coming closer to the truth (and breaking from the right). Find me on X: @DropTheMaskPod

The brilliant Keith Knight joins me to share a few of his "Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism". He talks about the "unavoidable contradiction" of progressive ideology, privatizing security, college and minimum wage, why people cling to their tribe, and more! Find the book here https://amzn.to/3xDyQbP Follow Keith on X: https://x.com/an_capitalist Find him on Odysee: https://t.co/coZ5paOmwr Find me on X: @DropTheMaskPod Locals: dropthemaskpod.locals.com

Does masturbation cause disease? Is eating meat going to destroy the world? Is the free market to blame for the rise in obesity? The delightful Matthew Lysiak joins me to tell the story of how big government combined with religious fanatics and "food" industry to systematically destroy our diet over the last ~100 years. Buy the book: https://amzn.to/49rn2Xb Follow @MatthewLysiak on X Find me on X @DropTheMaskPod Support the show: dropthemaskpod.locals.com

The House overwhelmingly passed a bill to effectively ban TikTok. I break down why that's a bad idea and how the US government is a much bigger threat to Americans than China. Dan Crenshaw tells a whopper: US intelligence agencies *don't* manipulate Americans. Nikki Haley claims TikTok makes users Anti-Semitic-- are the ADL and AIPAC behind this move?

The Russia-Ukraine war rages on, half a million Ukranians are dead and its all funded by Americans. When politicians tell you this is our number one interest, they've clearly dropped all pretense of caring about you or anyone but themselves. They say 'don't worry, most of the money goes to American companies'. But this is the ultimate broken window fallacy and a microcosm of Keynesian economics.

I sit down with Libertarian Presidential candidate Michael Rectenwald and talk about the border, campaign strategy and disagreements with other Libertarians, and who his personal heroes are Find him at rectheregime.com and @RecTheRegime on X Obviously I need to practice my interview skills but it's not bad for my second one! Follow me on X: @DropTheMaskPod Join my locals community : dropthemaskpod.locals.com

Owen Benjamin has been on a tear, lashing out at ancaps for God knows what reason. I explain the concept of "participatory fascism" that masks the total control the state has over your life. dropthemaskpod.locals.com dropthemask.us

All our systems in the West are designed to give us bad outcomes. Voting the "right people" into office won't fix anything, because all the incentives align for the elites, not the people. The constitution doesn't save us, the illusion of freedom that was keeping us together is eroding fast. But more people are coming to realize what a scam it is. The piss-poor quality of our leaders has never been more obvious. And that gives me some hope for the future.

You might think this episode is about Elon Musk, but it's about the regime trying to squash dissident voices. They enlist John Oliver to try to ridicule him into submission, and I break it down.

"Stop The Price Gouging!" Biden tries to blame government failure on corporations; inflation slows but prices are still up-up-up; and is it possible to be a clear thinker? Applying some Modern Wisdom to politics. Follow me @DropTheMaskPod on X!

Revisiting 1974, where voters' concerns are inflation, cost of living, women in politics, and getting young, fresh voices into government. Sound familiar? Murray Rothbard makes a cameo, telling it like it is-- "It's the same political hogwash" And the very first guest on Drop the Mask, Derek Wills! Author of 'The Liberty Solution' and X-cellent social media "X-ays", @AncapAir joins me to talk about the morality of voting.