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- FF-338: Mary Ruwart on the expensive approval process for drugs and running for President in 2008
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Mary Ruwart worked for Upjohn in medical and pharmaceutical research. She has also long been involved with the Libertarian Party, running for President in 1983 and 2008.She talks about how the federal government has made drugs much more expensive. She also talks about her involvement in the Libertarian Party. She discusses the LP National Convention in 1983 and 2008 and how the party has changed during her four decades of involvement.
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https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mary-J.-Ruwart/author/B001KC8O7S2 hr 1 min - FF-337: Eloy Vera Beltrán on Javier Milei's appeal and La Libertad Avanaza in the 2025 elections
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Eloy Vera Beltrán is a law student and journalist in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. We discuss Javier Milei's popularity. We discuss the prospects for his political party, La Libertad Avanza, in the 2025 elections. We talk about LLA getting more members in the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. We also discuss the terrorist attacks in Argentina--the 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy and the 1994 AMIA bombing.His Twitter is here:
https://x.com/EloyVeraBel57 min - FF-336: Walter Block on Ayn Rand, Murray Rothbard, and others from the 1960's to now
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Walter Block is a professor and economist at Loyola University in New Orleans. He discusses his time in the 1960's at the Nathaniel Branden Institute, where he learned from Ayn Rand and Nathaniel Branden. He also discusses learning from Murray Rothbard, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Robert Nozick, and Henry Hazlitt.His Wikipedia page is here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_BlockHis faculty page is here:
https://www.loyno.edu/academics/faculty-and-staff-directory/walter-blockHis page on Amazon is here:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Walter-Block/author/B001HPRVCC1 hr 1 min - FF-335: Jorge Besada on Javier Milei's speech at the Hoover Institution on 29 May 2024
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Jorge Besada and I analyze Javier Milei's speech at the Hoover Institution on 29 May 2024.The original speech is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob9H2T5GApU1 hr 31 min - FF-334: Nan Tolson on why you should oppose capital punishment
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Nan Tolson is the founder of Texas Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty. She discusses religious and practical arguments as to why capital punishment is not effective at deterring violent crime.The organization's web site is here:
https://tcadp.org/texasccatdp/1 hr 5 min - FF-333: Jeffrey Singer on the history and decline of medical freedom in the USA
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Jeffrey Singer has been a medical doctor for over 40 years. He has also long been affiliated with the Cato Institute and has written many papers on medical freedom. He is also author of the book, _Your Body, Your Health Care_.His page at Cato is here:
https://www.cato.org/people/jeffrey-singerHis book is here:
https://www.amazon.com/Your-Body-Health-Care/dp/19645244581 hr 46 min - FF-332: Ernest Hancock on his journey from businessman to activist
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Ernest Hancock has his own show, "Declare Your Independence." He also runs the web site Freedom's Phoenix and was an organizer of the Arizona Freedom Summit. He has also been active with the Libertarian Party, having run for chair several times.His web site is here:
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/29 min - FF-331: Danny Wolf on pedophilia in Afghanistan's Northern Alliance
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Danny Wolf served in the United States Marine Corp and was in Afghanistan and Iraq. He talks about why Afghans preferred the Taliban to the Northern Alliance. He talks about how the Northern Alliance would kidnap and use children for sex slavery and how the Taliban fought this. He also talks about veterans and PTSD.He is on Twitter here:
https://x.com/dannysmanifesto1 hr 11 min - FF-330: John Foster and his work with the "Middle School MBA"
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John Foster is the creator of the Middle School MBA. He teaches kids about business and economics. He talks about his work.His site is here:
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https://x.com/jrockfoster49 min - FF-329: Jayant Bhandari on the history of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
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Jayant Bhandari comes back for the fifth time. He was born and raised in India and travels all over the world. He discusses the history of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. He discusses British colonization and other colonizers. He also reasons that the British wanted to leave.His web site is here:
https://jayantbhandari.comInformation about his conference is here:
https://jayantbhandari.com/capitalism-morality/capitalism-morality-2025/1 hr 37 min
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