Activists Episodes

How can libertarians can learn to convert people to liberty without them even realizing they're being converted?

Who's our target market when we're trying to #SellLiberty? Who should the Libertarian Party be focusing their time and energy on attracting?

The rewriting of history by revisionist academics has been an absolute assault on the significant impacts of noted figures in history who helped advance liberty. Here's how to fight back.

I've found that I learn best when I didn't even realize I was learning in the first place. The same thing is true when we're selling liberty! How? While the debate over bold/principled versus practical/pragmatic messaging has taken the greater liberty movement by storm, longtime Libertarian activist Carla Howell joins the program to show how both a bold AND practical message can sell liberty, so long as that message is helping solve people's problems.

There are Special Elections taking place this Tuesday (May 18th) in Pennsylvania, and there are 4 Libertarian candidates you *NEED* to hear about! Sam Robb from LPPA joins the program to outline each of their races and where they are aiming to advance liberty in Pennsylvania.

Did you know that over 80,000 phone calls and over 12,000 doors knocked can make a difference in an election? The phenomenal team at Young Americans for Liberty sure does, and that's why Eric Brakey joins the program to help outline some of the amazing successes they YAL team has accomplished in recent months!

Have you heard about what's happening in Myanmar? Don't worry, if you said "no", you're sadly not alone. Joining me today is a panel of young activists raising awareness to the tragedy unfolding in Myanmar as the military coup continues.

How can telling better stories help #SellLiberty? Matt Kibbe returns to the program to show how storytelling is a crucial tool in the toolbelt in helping illustrate our ideas and our solutions to a market of non-libertarians who are looking for answers.

Wanna learn how the Free Market DESTROYS... Climate change? Poverty? The Housing Crisis? ...and more? Check out today's conversation with Chris Cargill to learn all about how Free Markets Destroy the problems we face!

How can we help public sector workers exercise their First Amendment rights without fear of coercion from unions? Americans for Fair Treatment CEO David Osborne returns to the program to show how AFFT's mission has become increasingly important in recent years and solves that very problem.

Cancel culture. Identity politics. Wokeism. However you feel about the push for "social justice", it's hard to deny the manner that wokeism has grown from being only on college campuses, as it now permeates our modern discourse. Kenny Cody returns to the program and makes his case on why we need to fight back against this progressive ideology and embrace an attitude of rebellion.

"The goal of the proposal is ...." Now, to judge how a proposal did, one would want to look at the actual outcomes of said proposal, versus just looking at the intentions of the proposal. And yet, when it comes to government programs and policies, it is the intentions that lawmakers seem to focus on. Nolan Gray is a housing researcher at UCLA, a former NYC city planner, host of the YouTube "Pop Culture Urbanism" (where he dissects housing & city questions from famous movies & TV shows), and joins the program to specifically address California's extreme environmental laws and where they ended up exacerbating the very problems they were seeking to address.

A special sneak-peek into the new video format of The Brian Nichols Show, as today I'm joined by Britt from the Freckles and Britt Show! Starting on Monday, the program will be debuting each episode both via podcast and YouTube! To start things off, Britt joins the program to discuss the way words have lost their meaning, and why definition of words matter!

"You're not a real libertarian." Heard that one before? Whelp, if you're listening to the program, then not only have you likely heard that before, but you're also likely done with that mindset, as our goal here is to bring liberty to people's lives *now*. To help more things forward, a surge of "libertarian unity" has been sweeping the party. Today's guest is Trent Ortner from the Redacted Caucus, who joins the show to outline why a unified LP is an LP that can be dangerously successful in uniting all constitutionally protected organizations and groups; for the purpose of restoring liberty to the United States.

At this point, it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that the US Dollar will continue to lose value as the Federal Reserve continues to print money en masse, along with countries losing the "full faith and trust" in the US government that used to pad the value of the dollar. Enter #Bitcoin. Bitcoin has shown to be both an investment (of sorts) and a means of exchange, with large entities like Tesla starting to do transactions in Bitcoin and Paypal offering crypto alternatives. JW Weather returns to the program to help answer all questions Bitcoin. Is it safe? Is it viable? Is it long term? Is it a bubble? All your Bitcoin questions answered on today's episiode!

The government lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic absolutely decimated small businesses. On top of that, major cities across the US were already seeing mass exoduses due to increasing cost of living, increased taxes, and the fact that cities are losing their initial appeal as hubs of commerce and activity. Scott Beyer returns to the program to outline how a "Market Urbanism" approach to handling our cities woes could help put those cities back on course. It's getting government out of the way that helps solve these problems, and more often than not, it's the government getting in the way in the first place that caused the problems to begin with.

We've spoken on Republican and Democratic populism over the past month or so, but what about Libertarian populism? How can Libertarians tap into that energy that runs rampant through the populist appeal? Where can Libertarians help bridge the gap between left and right populists? Joshua Smith returns to the program to give his take on Libertarian populism, discuss his new Youtube show "Break the Cycle", and then talk the future of the Libertarian Party. Give a listen!

We all accept that the government doesn't tell us certain information. Now, government will say it's due to "national security" or some other reason, but what about the government using the media apparatus to actively misinform the public? Donnie Gebert is a former government insider who outlines the extent that government goes to misinform the public, and how a "Direct Republic" could help solve a lot of our problems.

2020 brought a lot of unprecedented challenges, with dozens of states taking unconstitutional actions to "protect" their citizens. One such state is New Jersey. With the crackdown on civil liberties in response to the COVID pandemic, Governors like Phil Murphy unintentionally fired up activists all around the country. In New Jersey, the pro-liberty movement is alive and well, and that's in large part due to today's guest: Michael Rufo (NJLP VP of Political Affairs). Mike ran for office as a Libertarian in past elections, but now is focused on helping bring pro-liberty policy to New Jersey by helping coordinate with Libertarian candidates to offer substantive, effective policy prescriptions to bring to the voters. Listen as Mike outlines specific policy and tactical proposals for New Jersey on today's exciting episode!

The data, facts, and realities of COVID were far away from what the media and public health institutions were presenting to the world at the advent of the pandemic. And while the controlling narrative was that of lockdowns and fear in response to COVID, organizations like PANDA have been working with some of the top minds in public health, focusing on the hard data and analytics of the pandemic to help *save lives*. Returning to the program is Nick Hudson, co-founder of PANDA, who just gave an amazing talk at the inaugural BizNews Investment Conference where he crushed the common myths and misconceptions promoted by pro-lockdown, anti-science politicians and unelected bureaucrats. What do epidemiologists and immunologist think of Dr. Fauci? What's the story about the COVID variants? Are asymptomatic people a danger to others? All that (and more) discussed on today's special BONUS episode.

Bill is a public sector employee. He is represented by a public sector union. Bill wanted some more information about his union and their contracts, but Bill was told "Don't worry about that." If you're Bill in this situation, what would you do? The first step should be giving a call to the team at the Fairness Center. Today, Nathan McGrath (President & General Counsel) of the Fairness Center joins the program to outline how the Fairness Center can help public sector employees like Bill when facing against the public sector unions.

Did you state lockdown in response to the COVID pandemic? And if it did end up locking down, did your state follow the science data and reopen once government lockdowns were shown to have no impact on the virus? Joining the program is Anna Zeigler (The Federalist) who joins the program to put the spotlight on one Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Listen as we did into DeSantis' skyrocketing to national prominence over the past year, how he was one of the first executives at a state level who actually followed "followed the science" and didn't hamstring his state's economy with unscientific lockdowns, and outlines now has a real shot a being the GOP nominee in 2024.

It’s never too early to start thinking about the 2022 elections, and that's why Martha Bueno is joining the program to discuss her candidacy for the Miami Dade District 10 Commissioner. An area in Florida that encompasses, West Kendall, Kendall Lakes,Fonatinebleau, Horse Country, Westchester, Westwood Lakes, Olympia Heights and Sunset, listen as Martha outlines her vision for Miami-Dade as one of pro-liberty and opportunity.

The death penalty... The ultimate punishment handed down by the government for the most abhorrent of offenders. It's an absolutely necessary form of punishment for the worst of the worst.... right? That has been a hot topic in conservative circles, and Hannah Cox argues that conservatives should in fact be concerned about the death penalty, and joins the program representing Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty to outline exactly why it is the government inefficiencies that conservatives recognize in other sectors of the government exist in it's carrying out of the death penalty.