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- Will NY open up the economy? | April 22nd, 2020
Andrew Hollister and Bob Savage interview Armando who is helping to organize a protest where businesses open up and operate safely.
They also talk about hospital utilization in upstate and the possibility of allowing elective surgeries in upstate hospitals again.
44 min - Can you get married over zoom now? | April 21st, 2020
Andrew and Kevin talk about some of the ways that local government is using technology to keep their functions (and revenue streams) moving. From pistol permits to marriage licenses, how is local government changing in a pandemic?
Andrew and Kevin also talk about some of the "open the economy" protests.
43 min - How similar is Corona virus to the Spanish Flu? | April 20th, 2020
Andrew talks historical comparisons.
44 min - Would you even go back to work if everything opened up? | April 17th, 2020
Kevin Wilson and Sean Phelan, "Agent of Chaos" talk more about the mask rule, about whether or not essential employees are "forced to work" and whether people would start going back to work and participating in the economy again even if government lifted restrictions.
Cato article on economic participation:
https://www.cato.org/blog/who-will-reopen-economy-president-governors-or-people43 min - Guest: Tony D'Orazio, new chair of the Libertarian Party of New York | April 16th, 2020
Kevin interviews Tony D'Orazio who just because chair of the Libertarian Party of New York. They talk about the biggest challenges facing the party, what some of the candidates are up to, the national convention, and what's going on with Andrew Cuomo,
43 min - Why are some hospitals cutting staff in a pandemic? | April 14th, 2020
Kevin and Andrew talk about some governments preventing drive-in chruch, whether drive in movies or car washes should be open, why some hospitals are cutting staff right now, and a controversial memorial gathering in Rochester.
Why models are tricky:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-comic-strip-tour-of-the-wild-world-of-pandemic-modeling/Hospital info:
https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/04/closures-bankruptcies-possible-as-coronavirus-cripples-cny-hospitals-experts-warn.htmlSome info on that gathering:
https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/rochester-city-council-member-eviscerated-for-post-about-black-people-and-coronavirus/Content?oid=1166658843 min - Who has the power to close schools? | April 13th, 2020
Andrew Hollister and Bob talk about who has the power to close (or open) schools. State government or local government?
44 min - Is the media fear mongering? | April 10th, 2020
Kevin Wilson and Sean Phelan talk about whether the media is fear mongering or misrepresenting parts of the COVID-19 pandemic. We also talk about the ethics of calling the cops on people who are breaking social distancing rules. Plus, fake news Friday.
NYC mass graves:
https://reason.com/2020/04/10/no-nyc-is-not-running-out-of-burial-space-due-to-covid-19/44 min - What is going on in other states? Guest Kevin Fortune | April 9th, 2020
Kevin Wilson interviews Kevin Fortune, a libertarian activist from Atlanta, GA about what is happen in his states and other states throughout the south in response to corona virus. Are other states doing things better? Or worse?
Find Kevin's show, The Liberty Show on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/thelibertyshowkevinfortune43 min - New York blew it on the budget | April 8th, 2020
Andrew Hollister and Bob Savage talk about how NYS may have blown it on the budget. There are so many things wrong with it.
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