Blast Off! with Johnny Rocket

Show Summary: Savage Memes! A long-awaited truth! A distress signal has been received by Johnny’s squadron led by ground control only to meet up with Jimbob in the Spooner System. Ground Control has been dispatched to investigate the origin of his savage memes, and to eventually regroup on Earth! Jimbob is an American satirical cartoonist whose crude and often hyperbolic depictions reduce complex social and political issues to their core principles. Meanwhile, Johnny and Raylene while successfully obtaining Cliff Maloney’s secret plans, rush to the planet of Scottlanderia. Johnny and Raylene’s mission is to meet up with Antony Sammeroff and to the put plan into action, and deliver the final blow to the state. Will our heroes fleet find Jimbob and implement his Savage Memes? Will Johnny and Raylene deliver the final key to Antony Sammeroff? Stay tuned to hear Jimbob on Episode #48 on Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket! 

About the Guest:  Jimbob is an American satirical cartoonist whose crude and often hyperbolic depictions reduce complex social and political issues to their core principles. Jimbob lived in Los Angeles, CA for 15 years which exposed him to the many characters and situations he draws today. He now resides in Colorado with his family.

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Guest Website(s): Made by Jimbob, Jimbobs Instagram, and Jimbob’s Youtube

Show Summary: A flaw in the plan! While in the middle of a heated battle, Ian Freeman’s Pirate radio station has been destroyed by the FCC troops on the planet of Guevara, leaving Ian Freeman in critical condition! Meanwhile Johnny and Raylene have arrived on the planet YAL to find Maj Cliff Maloney and to obtain his secret plans. When Johnny and Raylene arrive on planet YAL they find Major Maloney and his young cadets surrounded by the statist forces! Cliff Maloney is the National President of Young Americans for Liberty, a freedom advocacy organization with over 900 chapters on American college campuses. YAL’s mission is to identify, educate, train, and mobilize youth activists committed to winning on principle. Across the galaxy, Johnny’s squadron who was left in charge of Ground Control has been ambushed and is now retreated to the Spooner System to meet up with political cartoonist Jimbob! Will Maj Cliff Maloney be able to make it out alive and escape the encroaching statist troopers? Will Johnny’s Squadron be able to survive in order to meet up with Jimbob? Is there any hope in sight? Stay tuned to hear Cliff Maloney on Episode #47 on Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket! 

About the Guest:  Cliff Maloney is the National President of Young Americans for Liberty, a freedom advocacy organization with over 900 chapters on American college campuses. YAL’s mission is to identify, educate, train, and mobilize youth activists committed to winning on principle. Under his leadership, YAL launched Operation Win at the Door in 2018, a nationwide program designed to deploy students into state legislative districts across the country and elect 250 libertarian leaning legislators by the end of the 2022 cycle. Cliff has appeared on Fox News, PBS, Fox Business, and Reason TV. He has been published in TIME, The Hill, Huffington Post, and the Washington Examiner. Cliff enjoys empowering freedom activists to find the most productive ways to advance the principles of liberty.

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Guest Website(s): Young Americans For Liberty

Show Summary: Turning the tide! As Jeff Berwick takes control over vital supply routes in Anarchapulco, freedom forces invade a key planet, the darkened world of Guevara, where popular radio host and podcaster Ian Freeman sets up his pirate radio station, in hopes of changing culture. Ian Freeman is the host of "Free Talk Live", a nationally syndicated libertarian talk show heard on over 200 AM/FM radio stations nationwide. He is also a blogger at FreeKeene.com and moved to New Hampshire as part of the NH Freedom Migration in 2006. He's also a crypto-evangelist and has helped local business owners and others accept cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. In the midst of helping Ian Freeman make some waves over the Guevaraian capital, Johnny Rocket, and Raylene are called away to the planet YAL in the Hazlitt system to meet up Maj Cliff Maloney to discuss top secret plans to win back Earth. Johnny’s Squadron is now temporarily placed under the command of Ground Control, a dry and temperamental leader. Will Ian Freeman change hearts and minds and make some airwaves on the planet Guevara? Will Johnny’s Squadron be able to provide adequate defense during his departure to YAL? 

About the Guest:  Ian Freeman is the host of "Free Talk Live", a nationally syndicated libertarian talk show heard on over 200 AM/FM radio stations nationwide. He is also a blogger at FreeKeene.com and moved to New Hampshire as part of the NH Freedom Migration in 2006. He's also a crypto-evangelist and has helped local business owners and others accept cryptocurrency like Bitcoin.

Host Website: www.blastoffshow.com, supportblastoff.com, and  thelaunchpadmedia.com/blastoff 

Guest Website(s): Free Talk Live, LRN.FM,  and Freekeene.com

Show Summary: The Statist takeover is complete. Another Voluntaryist planet has fallen. Mars has seceded to the Confederacy of Independent Systems as the battle within our suns solar system has been a struggle. However, a small band of liberty fighters has still stayed true to the cause and have taken refuge deep within the vast and savage wilderness on Earth. Deep in the heart of Anarchapulco, Jeff Berwick and his liberty fighters stays the course as he fights viciously to save his liberty, and those around him. Berwick is a drug choice advocate and started The Dollar Vigilante, an anarcho-capitalist blog focusing on gold, silver, mining stocks, and Bitcoin. From an abandoned outpost, Jeff and his liberty crew plot to take back the heavily fortified capital city of Anarchapulco to hold back the rising tide of statists. After setting several news outlets straight, Johnny and Raylene find Ian Freeman, with hopes of gaining airwaves for our liberty movement. Will Jeff Berwick save Anarchapulco, and restore choice in people’s lives? Will Johnny and Raylene make waves with Ian Freeman? Stay tuned to hear Jeff Berwick on Episode #45 on Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket! 

About the Guest:  Anarchist. Libertarian. Freedom fighter against mankind’s two biggest enemies, the State and the Central Banks. Jeff is the Chief Editor of The Dollar Vigilante, a newsletter focused on investments and expatriation information to survive the coming collapse of the US dollar based financial system. He went on to visit nearly 100 countries over four years and did and saw things that no education could ever teach. He met and spoke with a plethora of amazing people, from self-made billionaires to some of the brightest minds in finance – as well as entrepreneurs from a broad range of backgrounds and locations from tech companies in southern China to resource developers in Mongolia, Thailand, Russia and Chile. He also read everything he could find on how the world really works… politically and financially. A pursuit he continues to this day. He expatriated, long ago from his country of birth, Canada, and considers himself a citizen of the world. He has lived in numerous locales since including Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Bangkok and currently lives in Acapulco, Mexico. Jeff hosts the show Anarchcast, and started the popular libertarian event in Mexico, Anarchapulco. 

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Guest Website(s): Anarchast, The Dollar Vigilante, and Anarchapulco.  

Show Summary: Ruthless communists conspire with the progressives to disrupt and exploit the unstable situation. Now Johnny Rocket and Raylene Lightheart descend into the treacherous crony havens in an effort to find a corrupt and vile news outlet that is spreading false information to the public about liberty. After Johnny and Raylene's swift victory on the moon, they dispatch libertarian comedian Robbie Bernstein armed with his humor, to Earth to Discover the truth behind These claims. Robbie “the Fire” Bernstein, who is the host of Run Your Mouth and junior host to Dave Smith on the popular libertarian podcast Part of the Problem is in the heart of the editorial beast, alongside liberty advocate Jeff Berwick. Will Johnny and Raylene set the news straight? Will Robbie be able to find out who is part of the problem? Stay tuned to hear Robbie Bernstein on Episode #44 on Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket! 

About the Guest:  Robbie “the Fire” Bernstein, who is the host of Run Your Mouth and junior host to Dave Smith on the popular libertarian podcast Part of the Problem. Robbie is a New York Comedian, and a radical libertarian. 

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Guest Website(s): Run Your Mouth Podcast, and Part Of The Problem Podcast

Show Summary: After a massive planetary siege, Ivan P. Terrible’s forces have taken major casualties. Key weapons factories have been destroyed but at a heavy cost to the Liberty Rebels. In one of the longest and fiercest battles of the war, Johnny Rocket and Raylene’s commando squad are also on the verge of claiming the earth’s moon. If the freedom fighters lose the planet Earth, it will cost them vital fuel resources necessary for maintaining their armies. Thomas L. Knapp armed with his keyboard, writes away, in a final effort to turn the tide of this battle. Thomas L. Knapp is director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism. Now, as Thomas L. Knapp and comedian Robbie Bernstein begin a cleanup of the planet, they launch an intense campaign to find communist leader Ivan P Terrible and bring him to justice. Will Johnny and Raylene take control of the moon? Will Thomas L. Knapp win the hearts and minds of the people of earth? Stay tuned to hear Thomas Knapp on Episode #43 on Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket

About the Guest:  Thomas L. Knapp is The Garrison Center’s director and senior news analyst. Tom has worked in journalism — sometimes as an amateur, sometimes professionally — for more than 35 years and has been a full-time libertarian writer, editor and publisher since 2000. He’s the former managing editor of the Henry Hazlitt Foundation/Free-Market.net, the publisher of Rational Review News Digest (2003-present), former media coordinator and senior news analyst at the Center for a Stateless Society (2009-2015) and also works at Antiwar.com. He lives in north central Florida.

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Guest Website(s): The Garrison Center, Rational Review News Digest, and Anti War.com

Show Summary: The Statist reigns. Having decimated the peaceful Republic, Ivan P Terrible now deploys his merciless legions to seize military control of the galaxy. Only Johnny and Raylene’s forces stand against the rising tyranny, certain that Libertarian Cosmonaut Ron Paul will return and restore a spark of hope to the fight. But the Resistance has been exposed. As the Socialists speed toward the liberty base, the brave heroes mount a desperate escape with the aid of Liberty Doll! Liberty Doll is armed not only with her firepower but her love of liberty! Liberty Doll talks about her passion for guns, ammo, and the rights of every individual to protect themselves. On planet Saturn Thomas P. Knapp has taught many young fighters the ways of liberty, and our now staged for an assault against statist Earth!? Will Liberty Doll use the weapons of reason to stop the commies in their tracks? Will Thomas Knapp’s defenders of freedom be strong enough to make a difference? Stay tuned to hear Liberty Doll on Episode #42 on Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket! 

About the Guest:  Liberty Doll is a liberty-minded YouTuber that tackles politics, Second Amendment issues, and the general insanity that is today's news cycle, all with a bit of pin-up flair. She's held a panel on mental health and gun laws at PorcFest and was a guest speaker at the 2017 Massachusetts Libertarian State Convention.

Show Summary: Johnny Rocket, Raylene Lightheart, and The Voluntaryist are caught in a treacherous battle between free markets and socialism! The scales now tipped towards the collective, our three warriors must guard against the attack as they plan their strike. Great responsibility has been placed upon John Phillips Jr. who is the running mate for the freedom fighter Kimberly Ruff. John’s plan is to use the power of liberty and politics to shine a light on the corruption within the dark and grave political system. John Phillips Jr. has watched the message of individual liberty get unnecessarily muddled and watered down, and now armed with his leather jacket of freedom, he hopes to strike back with precision an accuracy.” The liberty freedom fighters has assigned Liberty Doll to retrieve the guns from the gun grabbers and dumbocrats. Will Johnny and Raylene hold back the collective? Will John Phillips Jr and his leather jacket of freedom sway the powers that be to vote for him? Stay tuned to hear the John Phillips Jr. on Episode #41 on Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket! 

About the Guest: John Richard Phillips Jr. is a businessman, mechanic, writer, activist, and Libertarian Candidate for Vice-President of the United States. Phillips has owned, operated and managed businesses in a variety of fields including auto repair, transportation, hospitality, and IT. He is currently the owner and operator of a gas station and auto repair facility in central Illinois. John worked his way to the top while earning a reputation for integrity, quality work, and customer service in each endeavor. He founded his county chapter of the Libertarian Party of Illinois and helped co-found others.

Show Summary: Earth under siege! Red Ronnie’s forces mercilessly battle the beautiful and elegant world of Earth, by spreading collectivism and statism. Unable to defend themselves any longer, Commander Peter G Klein from the planet Mises calls on The Pholosopher and her band of rebels the “voluntaryists” for assistance. The Pholosopher is a lover of wisdom and bowels of Pho. The Pholosopher is doing what she can to promote philosophy, self-knowledge, and voluntary human interaction. Hoping to save lives and further destruction, Johnny Rocket and Raylene plan a daring ambush which could turn the tide for this crucial star system, by joining forces with John Phillips Jr. Can the Pholosopher spread the knowledge of voluntaryism to successfully keep the collectivists at bay? Will Johnny and Raylene’s plan work? Stay tuned to hear the Pholosopher on Episode #40 on Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket! 

About the Guest: Lover of wisdom & bowls of Phở just doing what she can to promote philosophy, self-knowledge, and voluntary human interactions! The Pholosopher is passionate about Voluntaryism, the maximization of consent and the minimization of the initiation of violence, because she believes the application of this philosophy to all human interactions will lead us to long lasting happiness, peace, and prosperity. 

She believes that changing minds and culture is the most effective way to advance liberty. Therefore, she focuses on creating a variety of content (from memes, to infographics, to videos, even music videos :P) aimed at conveying the value of philosophy, self-knowledge, and Voluntaryism to as many people as possible.

Show Summary: It’s a liberty showdown of epic proportions! In a fierce battle for survival, Johnny and Raylene have defeated the nonpartisan putdowns, and hacks by using their weapons of logic and reason. Sending the group of non-partisan’s running away with their tail between their legs after attacking their Ship, Liberty One! Not compromising principles or liberty, Johnny and Raylene have just arrived on earth to assist Mike Boudet, but unbeknown to them, Commander Peter G Klein from the planet Mises, has assisted Mike Boudet with The Coase Cannon which renders “that when there are conflicting property rights, bargaining between the parties involved will lead to an efficient outcome has thwarted the main communist deluge! The state on earth has passed a bill to eliminate free speech and has authorized the most dangerous assassin Red Ronnie with his crew the red diaper babies to strike him down. Hidden in the shadows on earth are the Pholosopher and her band of rebels Volunataryists has plans to strike back. Peter G. Klein is Carl Menger Research Fellow of the Mises Institute and W. W. Caruth Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. His research focuses on the economics of entrepreneurship and business organization, with applications to innovation, regulation, and economic growth. Will Johnny and Raylene with the help of Commander Klein help stop Ronnie red and the red diaper babies? Will the Pholosopher find herself pitted against the state? Stay tuned to hear Peter G. Klein on Episode #39 of Blast Off with Johnny Rocket.

About The Guest:  Peter G. Klein is Carl Menger Research Fellow of the Mises Institute and W. W. Caruth Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. He is also Senior Research Fellow at Baylor's Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise and Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Management at the Norwegian School of Economics. His research focuses on the economics of entrepreneurship and business organization, with applications to innovation, regulation, and economic growth. Klein has authored or edited five books and has published over 75 academic articles, chapters, and reviews. See here for his website at Baylor University.He taught previously at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Georgia, the Copenhagen Business School, and the University of Missouri, and served as a Senior Economist with the Council of Economic Advisers. He is also a former Associate Editor of The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek. He is an Associate Editor for two academic journals and on the Editorial Board of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and several other publications. He lectures regularly at the Mises University, Rothbard Graduate Seminar, and other Mises Institute events.Klein received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and his B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He co-founded the popular management blog Organizations and Markets.