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Yaron Brook continues his conversation with Alex Epstein of the Center for Industrial Progress. Epstein explains that technology can help humans survive climate catastrophes, but persons like Al Gore would rather not compete with nature. He also explains that energy inputs like solar and wind are currently unreliable, which is why they are so expensive.

A caller who emigrated from Iran talks to guest host Yaron Brook (who emigrated from Israel) about immigration. Brook asserts that it is not the role of government to tell him who he can invite to work for him or visit him. He say the government’s only role is to protect individual rights, not decide who Americans can allow into the country.

Guest host Yaron Brook discusses times when hate is a rational and appropriate response to people who do terrible things after a caller made an outrageous claim. Brook said America is in decline, and President Trump’s speech imploring Americans to love their country by loving everyone in it did not sit well with him in the face of NeoNazis and Antifa violence.

Guest Host Yaron Brook... Getting to America... Ayn Rand changed my life and can change yours... Rise and fall of America... Has the "Left" actually been winning the last 100 years?... How is reality defined?... Analyzing Trump's speech... How people become radicalized... The vacuum of comman sense is being filled with evil... 

Guest host Yaron Brook explains why Islamists have radicalized suicide bombers after a caller suggests America created them by interfering in their governments. Brook lists a number of regions in which America truly did influence or take some level of control – none of which produced terrorists. He explains that the dictates of the religion can be interpreted in a way that leads to violence against individualist nations like America.

Yaron Brook, filling in for Mike Opelka, took issue with President Donald Trump’s speech Monday night on Afghanistan. Although he thought it was the best speech the president has given thus far, he did not feel it faced the reality of who the real enemy is -- who is truly funding and supporting Afghanistan. He also wants Trump to define what victory looks like in the region.

Guest host Yaron Brook explores the founding of America and how far off track we have gone from the original intent of the founders. He doesn’t see anyone on the left or the right defending reason or individualism anymore. 

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HOUR 1 - Poverty is declining worldwide  Yaron Brook, filling in for Mike Opelka, shares evidence that poverty is shrinking all across the world. Nearly 2 billion human beings no longer live in extreme poverty -- an improvement of over 20 percent since 1990. He explains how freedom has increased access to money for people all over the world....CHEAP Travel - explores how freedom and capitalism has brought down the cost of airline tickets 50 percent in the past 27 years. He also explains how travel enriches us and helps us be grateful for what America has achieved.

HOUR 2 - We should be celebrating Yaron Brook compares technology from 1990 to today and is exuberant about how much better life is now. Computing and medical advances have completely changed our lives for the better, he argues. He says we should learn the cause of the good and fight for it so that the future is better than the present.
Failure results when reason is absent - Yaron Brook explores improvements in the human condition since the Industrial Revolution. He then asks everyone to examine times they have been unsuccessful, and points to emotional responses as the path to sustained failure. Reason is, therefore, the route to happiness.

HOUR 3 - Middle aged white people are dying earlier - Yaron Brook, filling in for Mike Opelka, addresses the one thing that does not seem to be improving in this world of freer markets and technology: white middle aged American life expectancy. He talks about what is to blame for this alarming statistic, and how to overcome it. Hint: government is not the solution.

Eclipse madness... I will apologize IF the President apologizes first... Canada has their hands full w/ asylum seekers... Looking for teachable moments... interview w/ Raheem Kassam... No more birds in Guam... What will Steve Bannon be doing now?... Keep your eyes open for 'Lizard Man'... Farewell to Jerry Lewis... 

Raheem Kassam, an editor for Breitbart London and author of No Go Zones, talks about Steve Bannon leaving the White House. Kassam also talks about what he thinks Bannon’s goals are while coming back to Breitbart London.