GodArchy Podcast

Self-rule is one of the cornerstones of libertarian thought. We own ourselves. We generally think of it as a negative obligation - kind of like a no trespassing sign - keep off me. But self-rule also involves a positive obligation - to literally rule ourselves -- to direct our own actions. How do we do that? As Mark Horne explains, the Book of Proverbs gives us a blueprint.

In this episode, I talk with Dann Reid, host of the Culinary Libertarian podcast. We discuss food and cooking and intertwine it with a little bit of liberty.  We discuss Dann's personal journey both as a libertarian and a chef. what we can learn about life from cooking and how the government messes up our food.

Dann says he got his start cooking with a failed attempt at cream puffs. Somehow, he parlayed that disaster into a career as a professional chef. He has worked as both a head chef and baker, and he worked under two master chefs.  He's also penned a cookbook, "Cooking for Comfort: One Pot Meals You Can Make."

In this episode of the GodArchy podcast, I chat with Dr. Ron Paul. We talk about his faith and how it informs and shapes his political ideology, and also how it helped sustain him in the DC swamp. As you would expect, there is also discussion about war and the Federal Reserve.

Governments have offered all kinds of help during the coronavirus pandemic, from unemployment benefits, to forgivable loans, to outright bailouts. But how helpful has the help been? Judging by this week's guest Alan Mosley's experience -- not very.

But should libertarians even take government help?

Alan and I hash it out on this episode of the GodArchy podcast.

Alan is a libertarian writer and host of It's Too Late with Alan Mosley

How do we live free in an unfree world?

That question seems more and more poignant of late. Politics is not moving toward liberty. But we can still live free in Christ. In fact, Paul wrote that it is for freedom that Christ set us free.

One way we can live free is by learning to forgive. But people are hard to forgive. That's why we need to understand forgiveness is not for the other person.

In this episode of the GodArchy podcast, I explain.

America is a "Christian nation."

Or is it?

Cody Cook doesn't think so. In fact, he doesn't believe any modern nation can take on that mantle.  There is no political program that can "Christianize" a nation-state because governments are all hopelessly intertwined with spirits of darkness.

In simple terms, Satan is the god of this world and the world's kingdoms belong to him.

In his book, Fight the Powers: What the Bible Says About the Relationship Between Spiritual Forces and Human Governments,  Cody lays out his case through a careful examination of scripture in both the Old and New Testaments.

If Cody is right, it has important ramifications for how believers interact with the state.

In this episode of the GodArchy Podcast, I talk with Cody about both the theology of government and the practical application of his conclusion.

Cody Cook is a theology grad student living in Cincinnati, Ohio, writing with a special focus on apologetics and biblical theology.

In the midst of a crisis, people cry for centralized government solutions. The worse the crisis, the louder the cries. But Bretigne Shaffer argues this is always the wrong solution.

In this episode of the GodArchy podcast, I talk to Bretigne about why monopoly government will always fail us. Along the way we delve into economics and political philosophy.

Josh Childress worked as a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Then his conscience got the better of him. So, he quit.

During this interview, we talk about Josh's slow evolution from statist to voluntaryist, his two stints in the military and why he became anti-war, and the journey that led him to quit his job as a Border Patrol Agent.

A significant theme that evolved was the way the humanization of "the other" led him to question his actions both as a soldier and a border enforcer.

There's rot behind the thin blue line.

In this episode, I talk about the institutional problems with policing in America and trace their roots to police militarization and the "war on drugs."

Those of us striving for more freedom and liberty generally focus on government as the enemy. But author Tom Mullen says government isn’t the root of the problem. It’s the nitwit mob that makes the whole system go. In this episode of the GodArchy podcast, Tom and I talk about the nitwit mob and try to figure out how we can advance liberty despite its opposition.