Oct 28, 2019: Larry Sharpe talks with callers about empathy and its role in race. Examples of topics include: cultural and environmental impacts in perception and communication between races, the unfair but healthy burden of being the “other” in any given environment, you don’t have to “get it” or fix things to have a conversation, slavery vs. apartheid, reparations, a unique characteristic of American slavery, how the War on Drugs destroyed black families, how Democrats and Republians affect the black community, ownership and entrepreneurship, immigration communities, asking intent vs. attacking in conversations, “cancel culture is real...and it’s really stupid”. Listen for this and more about race.

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Oct 21, 2019: Vinoo Varghese has experiences with all sides of the Criminal Justice System, including both prosecution and criminal defense. CBS News, Fox News, HLN, and MSNBC all call on Varghese for his legal opinions. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Law Journal, and Law360 have quoted him multiple times.

Larry and Vinoo talk about how the son of a taxi driver becomes a successful criminal defense attorney who has beaten the IRS, the consistency of the law vs. the differing cultures of the District Attorneys in each district, TV prosecutors vs. real courtrooms, the massive failure of the War on Drugs, jury vs. bench trials, jury nullification, jury duty, the United States Federal criminal system is designed to convict, defense of defense attorneys, the court of public opinion, law enforcement insurance for violence, involving corrections officers in changing the system, “stop and frisk” for guns and the loss of trust in police, safety surveys, and more.

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Oct 7, 2019: Maj Toure is running for Councilman At-Large in Philadelphia. He is a Hip Hop artist turned activist, and founder of Black Guns Matter. Philadelphia Weekly once referred to Toure as "the Prophet of Philadelphia."

Larry and Maj talk about translating liberty to the hood, the role of family and friends in political affiliation, Maj’s suggested reading list to open your mind, how a bad system can make people behave terribly, forgiveness and healing, the soft bigotry of low expectations, immigration, the servicing aspect of government services, voluntary socialism, and more.

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Oct 14, 2019: Debra Altman is the first elected Libertarian in New York City. Altman is the Councilwoman for Citywide Council District 75 Schools.

Larry and Debra talk about Debra’s experience as an entrepreneur trying to support herself in NYC, how the welfare system isn’t meant to help but to maintain people in poverty, the value of cash in poor communities, how property tax is causing elderly people and low-income people go into foreclosure and making home ownership more like rental than ownership, the current state of Individual Education Plans (IEP) - special education plans, why Debra broke out of the stereotypes, taxes are an inefficient way to get services to people who need them, cyber security and self-reliability, variety of programs within each school for best results, many more topics related to education, and of course, the process and advice for running for office as a Libertarian.

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Sep 23, 2019: Matt Welch is an American blogger, journalist, author, and libertarian political pundit. Welch is currently an editor-at-large at Reason, the libertarian magazine of “Free Minds and Free Markets.” He served as Reason's editor-in-chief from 2008-2016. Welch is also a co-host of two podcasts: “Reason Editors Roundtable” and “The Fifth Column”.

Larry and Matt talk about the current political climate vs. the 70s, how similar Republicans and Republicans are in NY, the focus on national politics when local politics affect voters more directly, the impact of a strong alternate party, increased urbanization, how consumers can improve journalism, immigration over the past few decades, symbols in heterogeneous cultures, Gary Johnson, Bill Weld, and much more.

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What are some solutions to poverty that don't involve more welfare or entitlement programs? Are there ways to promote ownership and entrepreneurship in impoverished communities in order to help people bring themselves out of poverty? Larry Sharpe talks Libertarian solutions to poverty and takes your calls. 

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Sept 16, 2019: Lincoln Chafee has been Mayor, a Senator, and a Governor.  He also points out that he has been a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, and now a Libertarian. Listen now to hear more about what has caused Lincoln Chafee to make these changes throughout his life as well as conversation on numerous subjects, including unnecessary wars, vaping bans, restaurant tips and more.

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Sept 9, 2019: Michael Tolkin is a tech entrepreneur, innovator, former Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York City, and the founder of Smart Cities.  Listen as Michael and Larry talk about Michael's past run for Mayor, Artificial Intelligence, city-oriented approaches to solving current problems, retail business trends, and more.

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Sep 2, 2019: Larry Sharpe talks with callers about examples of unintended consequences caused by government policies.  Examples include the Americans with Disabilities Act and obesity, Cannabis and the War on Drugs, FEMA and flood insurance, guilty until proven innocent, school shootings and the 2nd Amendment, zero tolerance, population control in China, and more.

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August 26, 2019: Howie Hawkins is an organizer, activist, former teamster, former US Marine and proud long-time member of the Green Party. He has run for office multiple times, from local city council to Governor of New York (along side of me) and now he is running for President. Howie and Larry talk about the history of how Howie joined the Green Party, free college, ballot access for alternate parties, what is a libertarian socialist, definition of capitalism, automation and trends in labor, and more.

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