The Chris Spangle Show

Michael Boldin started the Tenth Amendment Center in 2006. He joins Chris Spangle to discuss the original structure of the constitutional order at the founding of America and how it has changed since then. Using the examples of marijuana legalization and sanctuary cities, he articulates a peaceful path to a freer society through nullification.

Video - https://youtu.be/2fMe-fo1Zn4

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Chris Spangle, Harry Price, and Rhinehold discuss the details of Joe Biden's COVID stimulus plan, why schools must open in the fall, and how the minimum wage negatively affects an economy. 

Show Notes - https://wearelibertarians.com/wp-content/uploads/Biden-Economic-Plan_Minimum-Wage_EOs.pdf

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Chelsea Haring-Cozzi, Executive Director of Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention joins us to discuss the complexity of helping those who experience homelessness. Chris Spangle asks her about encampments on the circle, who falls into homelessness, and what organizations network together to solve the issue.

“CHIP” is the homeless coalition for the City of Indianapolis. CHIP collaborates with and supports dozens of local shelters and service providers in the City to create a community response that makes homelessness rare, short-lived, and recoverable. CHIP’s support comes in a variety of ways:

·      Securing funding for housing and services

·      Conducting important research that is used by all local homeless service providers who want to make sure their programs and housing solutions are fitting the needs in the community.

·      Advocating for policy change at the local, state and national levels for policies that support solutions to homelessness

·      Providing a variety of programs and training opportunities to improve the quality and effectiveness of the homeless system of care. For example, the Street Reach program provides financial assistance to people who are experiencing homelessness by helping them overcome barriers to permanent housing like paying a security deposit to rent an apartment or paying a utility bill. Since 2017, more than 700 individuals have either moved into permanent housing or made significant steps toward doing so with the help of Street Reach.

Visit their website at www.CHIPIndy.org.

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Robert Chatfield of the Free To Choose Network joins us to share info on their new documentary "Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World." Learn more at https://www.freetochoosenetwork.org/ and www.sowellfilm.com.

It explores the life and work of one of our era’s greatest authors on race, history and economics. The one-hour documentary, hosted by The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Riley, will be streaming on Amazon Prime, Vimeo and YouTube on January 25 and airs on most public television stations nationwide in February 2021. Riley’s new biography on Sowell, Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell, will be published May 25.

Video - https://youtu.be/XlSgqeZ4wXo

Book recommendations:

From Jason Riley, quoting Tom from an interview in 2003:  "of which titles he was proudest, A Conflict of Visons or Say’s Law."

Rob's personal favorites: Race and Culture (1994), Migrations and Culture (1996) and Conquests and Culture (1998) are essentially a trilogy when he was at the top of his international research.

Spangle's: Basic Economics and Conflict of Visions. 

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Dr. Ken Bisson learned the word "libertarian" when he saw a TV ad for the Libertarian Party presidential campaign of Ed Clark in 1980. It would lead him to run for Congress as a Libertarian in 1996. He also served as the Chair of the Advocates for Self-Government. He reflects on the growth of the libertarian movement and the people that helped ensure it happened. 

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Spike Cohen was the Vice Presidential candidate for the 2020 Libertarian Party ticket, and he shares his view of some of the successes and failures of the campaign. Subscribe to Spike's podcasts The Muddied Waters of Freedom, (((My Fellow Americans))), and The Culture of Winning at http://muddiedwatersoffreedom.com/. 

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Chris Spangle, Harry Price, and Douglass Gaking break down what happened on Wall Street this week, and then Chris and Harry comb through Biden's record-setting 40 Executive Orders.

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Hannah Cox is the National Manager of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty. She joins us to discuss being fiercely principled online and why the death penalty must be ended. She is also the host of the podcast Based.

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Mary Ruwart joins Chris Spangle to talk about the foundational axiom of libertarianism: the non-aggression principle. Dr. Mary J. Ruwart is a research scientist, ethicist, and a libertarian author/activist.

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Jeff Bennet owns and operates ice cream stores and a cafe in Fresno, California. He joins Chris Spangle to talk about the challenges of navigating a business through both a pandemic and odious government policies. (Editor's Note: The Stay-at-home order was lifted in California without warning this past weekend. We'd like to think he got wind of this devastating interview and its effect on the body politic.)

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