Does your vote actually change anything — or is ignorance the price of admission? Constitutional law professor Ilya Somin argues that political ignorance isn’t a failure of education or media — it’s a rational response built into the structure of democracy itself. In this episode:– Why more education and better internet access won’t fix the […]

“All laws ultimately come down to somebody with guns coming to make you do their bidding.” Is that really how freedom works? Dr. Aeon J. Skoble — Professor of Philosophy at Bridgewater State University — joins Big John to unpack what liberty actually means, why your moral obligations aren’t the government’s job, and where every […]

What if the people writing our laws aren’t just incompetent — but acting with bad intent? Jim Babka has spent decades inside the libertarian movement — from press secretary for presidential candidate Harry Browne to fighting campaign finance battles at the Supreme Court. He’s seen how the system actually works from the inside. What you’ll […]

The government says sex trafficking is exploding. The real numbers tell a very different story — and bad data is being used to destroy free speech online. Reason Magazine senior editor Elizabeth Nolan Brown exposes how crime statistics are weaponized to pass laws like FOSTA-SESTA, gut Section 230, and criminalize voluntary behavior — all under […]

Cathy Young reveals the terrifying reality of growing up in the Soviet Union, from secret police surveillance to her family’s harrowing Gulag survival stories. We discuss the dangers of authoritarianism and why the modern West fails to understand the cost of free speech. In this episode of The Big Questions, Big John sits down with […]

Is the public school system designed to educate children or train obedient workers? We break down why “Unschooling” is the ultimate exit strategy for parents who want to raise sovereign, independent thinkers. In this episode of Big Questions, we challenge the modern education model. Two veteran unschooling moms explain the mechanics of self-directed education, proving […]

Is focusing on the White House a waste of time? Political organizer Cliff Maloney reveals the “25% Rule”—a mathematical path to taking over a State Legislature and bypassing federal gridlock entirely. In this episode of Big Questions, we break down the mechanics of grassroots organizing and why the real battle for liberty is happening in […]

Is a centralized state actually necessary for law and order, or is government obsolete? David Friedman (author of The Machinery of Freedom) breaks down the mechanics of Anarcho-Capitalism and explains how a private market for law, courts, and police would actually function. Big John and David move beyond ideology to the practical engineering of a […]

Legendary Casting Director Marc Hirschfeld reveals the untold stories behind TV’s biggest hits. Discover how he found Ed O’Neill for Married with Children when no one else saw the vision, and the rigorous process of assembling the core four for Seinfeld. In this episode: – Why Ed O’Neill almost didn’t play Al Bundy– The secret […]

Does true freedom require a spiritual connection to nature? We explore why the path to anarchy might just be Pagan, and how to separate liberty from the Left-Right paradigm. Logan Albright (Free the People) joins Big John to dismantle the state, exploring how art, music, and ancient spirituality offer a better path to freedom than […]