With Independence Day upon us, we thought it would be a great time to reflect on just why this country was founded in the first place. To do this, we discuss the Declaration of Independence and the grievances it listed and how they compare with our plight today.

As Latter-day Saints, we know that the Constitution is an inspired document. What about it was inspired? Why is it important to understand the principles upon which the document was founded? Kyle Roberts joins us to discuss these and other aspects of the Constitution on today’s episode.

President Ezra Taft Benson stated that “from the Book of Mormon we learn how disciples of Christ live in times of war”. Today we discuss what we can learn from the accounts of war given, and apply those lessons to our times.

Today we discuss food freedom and our ability to decide what we consume and from whom we purchase our food. To help in this effort, we’ve got Representative Marc Roberts to talk with us about some legislation he tried to get passed this last legislative session.

Lawrence Reed joins us to discuss the relationship between character and liberty. Which one comes first? Can we have one without the other? We also examine some examples from the life of Jesus Christ and what we can learn from them. About the Guest: Lawrence (Larry) W. Reed is president of the Foundation for Economic Education.

Today we are joined by Connor Boyack to discuss the responsibility we as Latter-Day Saints have in being “anxiously engaged”. We explore the reasons why Connor’s desire to keep this commandment has led him to spread the cause of liberty and why he believes every Latter-Day Saint should join that effort.

Today we discuss the apparent similarities and stark differences between the Law of Consecration and Socialism. There are many, including Latter-Day Saints, that still believe the two are almost synonymous despite repeated statements by church leadership to the contrary. In fact, we use a talk given in the April 1966 General Conference by Elder Marion G. Romney as the basis for our discussion.

Today we cover monopolies and their causes. We talk about the different types and sources of monopolies and try to get away from the “all monopolies are bad” and “the government breaks up monopolies” mentality.

After discussing some of the problems caused by taxation in our last episode, there were some points we didn’t have time to get to. In this episode we cover some more problems with coercive funding of government activities.

Today we examine the problems with taxation both from an ideological and utilitarian point of view. Though there are countless arguments made in favor of compulsory taxation, we address what we have time for and save the rest for a later episode.