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Welcome to The Lions of Liberty Podcast Network - where culture, comedy, and capitalism collide. The true OG voice of liberty and freedom in the podcast space. We cut through the noise with razor-sharp takes on politics, free markets, and the cultural battles shaping our world. Whether you're a politically inclined free thinker or an entrepreneurial disruptor shaking up the status quo, the Lions of Liberty will deliver what you need. www.lionsofliberty.com

  1. 1d ago

    FF: Liberty and Security: Ross Ulbricht on What Prison Taught Him About Freedom

    Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, spent over 11 years behind federal prison walls — sentenced to die as a first-time, non-violent offender. Pardoned by President Trump on his second day in office, Ross took the stage at the 2026 RNC midterm convention to deliver a speech that cuts to the heart of what government power can do when turned against its own people. In this episode, John Odermatt breaks down Ross's speech — the parallels between Ross's imprisonment and the government overreach ordinary Americans experienced during the Biden years and COVID lockdowns, the false choice between liberty and security, and the growing list of pro-liberty actions from Trump's second term. Whether you're a skeptical libertarian or a committed supporter, this is a conversation about the nature of power and what happens when the machinery built to protect us gets pointed at us instead. Video Chapters: 0:00 — Introduction: Ross Ulbricht at the RNC 1:16 — Welcome Back & Mixed Reactions 2:07 — Libertarian Backlash Over Trump Endorsement 4:06 — Ross's Story: Silk Road & the Injustice 5:38 — Trump Keeps His Promise: The Pardon 6:34 — "Freedom Is Like Air" 8:45 — Government Machinery Turned on Americans 10:12 — How a Free Country Falls to Tyranny 11:40 — Liberty vs. Security: The False Choice 13:34 — Control Masquerading as Security 14:14 — Libertarian Frustration: Ross Pushes Back 15:40 — Trump's Wins for Liberty 20:13 — Not a Perfect Record & Restoring Law & Order 22:04 — Ross's Closing Words 22:26 — Remembering COVID Lockdowns 23:53 — Addressing Libertarian Pushback 24:58 — The Core Message: Power & Government 26:25 — Outro & Call to Action Support us on Patreon: ⁠https://patreon.com/lionsofliberty⁠ Support us on Locals: ⁠https://lionsofliberty.locals.com/⁠ Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen – it makes a huge difference! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    FF: Liberty and Security: Ross Ulbricht on What Prison Taught Him About Freedom

  2. 4d ago

    PoliTicks: 9/11 Twenty Five Years Later

    The boys are back breaking down the disgusting world of PoliTicks so you don't have to. This week we look at the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the Lindsay Clancy jurors speaking out, Wolverine turning gay, and random attacks on innocent people that should never have happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. Sep 8

    MADD: What About Male Postpartum Depression?

    On this week's Mean Age Daydream, Brian talks about an un-recognized aspect of having kids, in the midst of raging discussions about Lindsay Clancy and female postpartum depression disease - namely that men also deal with many of the same challenges. Also: Men are being heavily discriminated against in hiring, with the latest statistics showcasing the clear systematic bias, and something has to give. Buy my new card game: WOKE WORD WARS - ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Woke-Word-Wars-Ridiculously-Players/dp/B0FLF8Y16S⁠🦁 Support Lions of Liberty: Patreon: patreon.com/lionsofliberty Locals: lionsofliberty.locals.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. Sep 7

    TBNS: Why Natural Cancer Therapies Never Get FDA Approved (DOCTOR EXPLAINS)

    Dr. Francisco Contreras joins Brian Nichols to reveal why natural cancer therapies never get FDA approved and why the answer has nothing to do with a conspiracy. It's a $1 billion price tag and a missing patent... and the surgical oncologist who runs Oasis of Hope Hospital in Tijuana lays out the math.Here's the argument. Getting anything through the FDA means proving it safe and effective in human trials - roughly a billion dollars. Do that with a new drug and you get a patent to earn it back. Do it with something natural and you get nothing... because the day it's approved, anyone can make it. So nobody runs the trial. Not because it failed. Because nobody can afford to find out.Contreras has spent 45 years at the hospital his father founded in 1963 - the same hospital that got called every name in the book. And he doesn't dodge it. He talks about what chemo does well, where he says it doesn't, and why patients end up in Mexico for therapies he says were developed in American labs in the first place.Is he right? That's for you to decide. Brian pushes on the third-party approval question, the "nobody gets fired for buying Cisco" problem in medicine, and what a family actually does when they've been told there's nothing left to try. Contreras' answer... make an informed decision, and talk to your doctor. His book is free on his site so you can read both sides.Educated. Enlightened. Informed. New episodes every Thursday.Chapters:0:00 - A cancer hospital in Tijuana... you know the reputation1:31 - Cancer rates keep climbing. So where's the cure?2:20 - His father's 1950s bet: treat the patient, not the tumor4:25 - Does Oasis of Hope reject chemo? Not even close5:01 - The $1 billion problem: why no patent means no trial7:44 - Is there a third-party alternative to the FDA?8:15 - How his father lost the money the day Mexico said yes10:39 - Did the research stop? He says it never did14:36 - What's actually stopping doctors?16:35 - The Family Guy stem cell problem19:29 - Nobody gets fired for buying Cisco... or prescribing FDA-approved20:06 - "Do you eat bananas?"21:32 - To the families out there: what do you actually do?25:45 - Final thoughtsDr. Francisco Contreras / Oasis of HopeWebsite + free book download: https://oasisofhope.comBook: The Art & Science of Undermining Cancer (co-authored with Daniel E. Kennedy)Cardio Miracle - 15% off with code TBNS: https://cardiomiracle.com/TBNSWebsite: https://briannicholsshow.comEmail: brian@briannicholsshow.comX / Facebook / Instagram: @BNicholsLiberty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    TBNS: Why Natural Cancer Therapies Never Get FDA Approved (DOCTOR EXPLAINS)

  5. Sep 2

    MADD: Joe Rogan's Dumbest Take Ever?

    On this week's Mean Age Daydream, Brian examines breaks down a terrible take by Joe Rogan about UBI and poverty. Also: women in the US have it better than ever, but the equality and opportunity they received has been weaponized in hatred against men. Buy my new card game: WOKE WORD WARS - ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Woke-Word-Wars-Ridiculously-Players/dp/B0FLF8Y16S⁠ 🦁 Support Lions of Liberty: Patreon: patreon.com/lionsofliberty Locals: lionsofliberty.locals.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Sep 1

    TLPP: Brain Tumor, Lady Gaga, Novel! w/ Barry Maher

    Barry Maher spent 20 years as a corporate speaker and wrote six nonfiction books. Then he discovered he had a brain tumor the size of a baseball. He woke up from surgery with Lady Gaga playing on loop in his head and a complete, fully formed novel already there — vivid as a memory, not a dream. Two years later, that novel became The Great Dick and the Dysfunctional Demon, published at age 76. He's also in remission and can tell time again. We talked about: the moment on an Asian cruise when he couldn't read a clock and didn't know why; why his wife figured out something was wrong before he did (he was putting his clothes on backwards); introducing a ship's captain on stage and then asking him what he did for a living 15 minutes later; the doctor's clock-drawing test and the nurse who wouldn't let him go to the bathroom alone; why a brain cancer diagnosis is like an impending hanging — it concentrates the mind; the novel that emerged from surgery (complete with open crypts, dark spells, sudden death, and the Ralph Lauren version of the Manson family); why The Great Gatsby and Moby Dick are the same story; and the Lady Gaga song that played on loop in his head for three straight days (it's "Always Remember Us This Way" from A Star Is Born — he was not a fan before, and he is definitely not one now). Get the book → The Great Dick and the Dysfunctional Demon by Barry Maher https://amzn.to/4xqVD4y  TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 — Intro — who is Barry Maher? 0:24 — Six nonfiction books, 20 years of corporate speaking — and now a novel 1:18 — The speaking business: cold calling, articles, PR, and repeat clients 2:37 — Lou bombing at a Christmas party and waiting to get paid after 4:21 — The speaking escape hatch: "and the point of that was..." 5:41 — His first presentation: an hour of solid content, to a funeral home audience 6:50 — The cruise where he couldn't read a clock — and didn't know why 7:55 — His wife noticed something was wrong on the second cruise 9:15 — He introduced the captain — then 15 minutes later asked what he did for a living 10:06 — What it's like when your mind is the thing that's broken 10:46 — The doctor's clock test — and the nurse who wouldn't let him go to the bathroom alone 11:29 — He wrote himself off. He didn't let her accompany him to the bathroom. There are limits. 11:53 — Waking up from surgery with Lady Gaga on loop and a complete novel in his head 12:27 — The TikTok husband who can't draw clocks — and why that's not funny 14:01 — The seizure during surgery — and why the story felt like a memory, not a dream 15:01 — A brain cancer diagnosis is like an impending hanging — it concentrates the mind 15:38 — He was in his early 70s. He decided to finally write the novel he'd always wanted. 16:47 — Writing it took two years — and the memory never faded 18:26 — Lou hates writing. Barry loves it now. The brain tumor may be responsible. 20:21 — The title: The Great Dick — as in Great Gatsby meets Moby Dick 21:59 — Lou read Moby Dick aloud at his wife's hospital bed. She put pages in the wedding bouquet. 23:35 — The Great Gatsby and Moby Dick are the same story — he makes the case 24:03 — What the book is actually about 25:22 — Always Remember Us This Way — the Lady Gaga song that played for three days straight 27:15 — Did the tumor affect the part of the brain responsible for creativity? 28:16 — His wife likes the book — even with the original subtitle 29:43 — The antihero Steve Huskey — and why women are rooting for him anyway 30:09 — Health update: cancer in remission, can tell time like a champ 30:36 — Outro Watch full episodes on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Vb53s4I0A&list=PLb5trMQQvT077-L1roE0iZyAgT4dD4EtJ Listen on Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lou-perez-podcast/id1535032081 Listen on Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7eFS3NHWMZp2UgMVU  Co-host of Happy Hour Econ → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-hour-econ/id1863476697  Lou's book — That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r  TheLouPerez.com |  info@thelouperez.com  Newsletter: https://substack.com/@louperez #BarryMaher #BrainTumor #Novel #LiteraryFiction #MobyDick #GreatGatsby #LouPerezPodcast #LionsOfLiberty #Cancer #Writing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Sep 1

    FF: Sandusky: The Recantation, the Hearing, and the Truth with John Ziegler

    The Jerry Sandusky case is back in the national spotlight after reports that "Victim 10" Ryan Rittmeyer plans to recant his trial testimony at an upcoming evidentiary hearing. Journalist John Ziegler, who has spent over a decade investigating the case and is the only person to have interviewed Rittmeyer since the trial, argues that the alleged recantation is deeply compromised and that the hearing could backfire disastrously on Sandusky's defense. Ziegler reveals that investigator Frank Parlato developed a deeply conflicted relationship with Rittmeyer — including housing him, arranging a documentary contract, and introducing him to a girlfriend — fatally undermining any credibility the recantation might have had. The episode also covers why accusers who knew Sandusky well are less likely to recant, how to open skeptical minds to re-examining the case, and why federal court may be the only remaining path to justice. Chapters: 0:00 — Intro & Why the Sandusky Case Is Back in the News 3:52 — The Media Frenzy Around the Alleged Recantation 9:05 — Who Is Victim 10? Ryan Rittmeyer's Story 12:30 — The Prosecution's Flawed Strategy 18:21 — Jerry Sandusky Is No Criminal Mastermind 21:26 — The Chad Dubin & Frank Parlato Recantation Effort 28:07 — Inside Ziegler's Bizarre Interview with Ryan Rittmeyer 44:17 — Best & Worst Case Scenarios for the Evidentiary Hearing 52:45 — How to Open People's Minds About the Case 59:49 — The Path Forward: Federal Court & Closing Thoughts Schedule a 15 minute Gut Health Audit with John: https://calendar.app.google/B9fcGdSFjC5caTVu5 SUPPORT LIONS OF LIBERTY: Help keep this podcast going! We rely on listener support to continue bringing you content on freedom, political reform, and personal empowerment.  With the Benefit of Hindsight Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/with-the-benefit-of-hindsight/id1562078872 Link to All Finding Freedom/Felony Friday episodes on Jerry Sandusky scandal: https://www.lionsofliberty.com/sandusky-scandal Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/lionsofliberty Support us on Locals: https://lionsofliberty.locals.com/ Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen – it makes a huge difference! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    FF: Sandusky: The Recantation, the Hearing, and the Truth with John Ziegler

  8. Aug 31

    TBNS: 2028 Poll Shocker, Lindsay Clancy Backlash, AI Job Panic

    A new 2028 poll just dropped, the Lindsay Clancy backlash has TikTok picking the wrong hero, and the AI job panic keeps getting rescheduled. Brian Nichols breaks down all three... and pulls zero punches.The Newsweek/McLaughlin 2028 numbers put JD Vance on top at 32%. But Don Jr. sits second at 19% without even running, Marco Rubio lands third at 12%, and Kamala Harris leads the Democratic field at 29%. Brian explains why fourth-place AOC is the name the establishment should actually fear, and what the DSA winning real races means for 2028 and 2032.Then the Lindsay Clancy backlash. 164,000 TikToks. Pink shirts outside the courthouse. A GoFundMe closing in on one million dollars from 31,000 donors. Brian draws a hard line between supporting postpartum mental health and justifying the unjustifiable... and explains why he has zero empathy left to give.And the AI job panic? They said the jobs were gone. Unemployment is still 4.2%, college grad joblessness is 2.7%, CEOs expecting big AI headcount cuts dropped from 46% to 20%, and the Stanford numbers show no gap at all between AI-exposed and least-exposed work. So the doomers moved the date. Again.New episodes every Thursday. Support the show and your heart at cardiomiracle.com/TBNS with code TBNS for 15% off. Educated. Enlightened. Informed.CHAPTERS0:00 - Three Stories That Broke My Brain0:58 - The TikTok Army Nobody Asked For6:28 - Where I Draw The Line9:21 - The 2028 Poll Numbers Just Dropped11:58 - JD Vance's Balancing Act14:07 - The Don Jr. Wildcard16:00 - Kamala, Newsom & The Old Guard18:46 - Why AOC Is The One To Watch20:26 - The 2032 Warning23:40 - The AI Job Panic Got RescheduledSUPPORT THE SHOWCardio Miracle - the best heart health supplement in the world: cardiomiracle.com/TBNS (code TBNS for 15% off)CONNECTWebsite: briannicholsshow.comEmail: brian@briannicholsshow.comX: x.com/BNicholsLibertyFacebook: facebook.com/BNicholsLibertyInstagram: instagram.com/BNicholsLiberty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    TBNS: 2028 Poll Shocker, Lindsay Clancy Backlash, AI Job Panic
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Welcome to The Lions of Liberty Podcast Network - where culture, comedy, and capitalism collide. The true OG voice of liberty and freedom in the podcast space. We cut through the noise with razor-sharp takes on politics, free markets, and the cultural battles shaping our world. Whether you're a politically inclined free thinker or an entrepreneurial disruptor shaking up the status quo, the Lions of Liberty will deliver what you need. www.lionsofliberty.com

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