Episodes

Romans 13: Obey Citizen! Really? GodArchy Podcast #6

Podcast

So, what about Romans 13? If you’re a Christian and have been a libertarian for more than about 30 seconds, somebody has thrown Romans 13 at you to prove your ...

Ep 98: Zama Rripa and the Music of Liberty

Culture

Musician Zama Rripa joins us to talk about becoming a musician, writing libertarian songs, and some of his favorite topics around liberty such as honest money, problems with the Federal ...

Ep 97: The Social Singularity with Max Borders

Culture

Jason Rink talks to Max Borders about his book, The Social Singularity, where they discuss the promise of a decentralized world.  

Who Would Jesus Bomb? GodArchy Podcast #5

Podcast

Who would Jesus bomb? I’m going to go out on a limb and say, nobody.  In this episode of the GodArchy podcast, I make the antiwar case from both a ...

Ep 96: Fruitful Dominion and the Free Society with Shawn Ritenour

Christian Worldview

Is there a “Christian” view of economics? How does economic understanding relate to how we approach ethics, sociology, and policy, particularly through a Christian lens? In this episode, economics professor ...

Ep 95: In Defense of Openness with Jason Brennan

Podcast

Libertarians are known for their advocacy of free choice, free association, and free movement. But are there boundaries or limits to this openness? Dr. Jason Brennan of Georgetown University joins ...

Yes. Taxation IS Theft: GodArchy Podcast #4

Podcast

You’ve almost certainly seen the meme: “Taxation is theft.” But is it? Really? I tackle that question in this episode of the GodArchy Podcast. It’s almost become a cliche’, particularly ...

Ep 94: Help Facebook Donate to LCI (for real!) and other questions

Podcast

TOMORROW (Nov 27, 2018) is Giving Tuesday, and Facebook is matching donations up to $7 million, and as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, LCI qualifies to receive the matched donation. Doug and ...

Ep 93: Late Night Thoughts on Hymns, Churches, & Politics

Libertarianism

LCI’s Norman Horn and Doug Stuart discuss over a few drinks everything form hymns, church denominations, and the recent election.

Love Your Neighbor – The Non-Aggression Principle: GodArchy Podcast #3

Podcast

Don’t hit people. Don’t take their stuff. Or as Jesus put it, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” This episode of the GodArchy podcast features a discussion on the non-aggression principle. ...

Ep 92: How Economics Helps us Make Better Policy with Art Carden

Libertarianism

On the day of the 2018 midterm elections, Dr. Art Carden joins Doug Stuart to talk about the elections, how to improve the world after the election (no matter who ...

Ep 91: Analyzing Progressive Christianity with Bill Anderson

Libertarianism

The popularity of the Christian Left has grown in the past decade, and its message is attracting many Christians far and wide. But many are not familiar with some of ...

Who Owns You? GodArchy Podcast #2

Podcast

Who owns you? How you answer this questions has important ramifications and should inform the way you interact with other people. In the next two episodes, I am going to ...

Ep 90: The Bourgeois Deal with Deirdre McCloskey

Economics

What explains the wealth of the modern age? Was it capital? Institutions? Slave-holding? Why do some countries seem to have an economic advantage over others? Are the fears of progressives ...

Ep 89: How to Live Free or Die

Economics

Does a libertopia exist? Is such an idea even possible? What would happen if thousands (or tens of thousands) of freedom lovers all move to the same place? Varrin Swearingen ...

What Is This GodArchy Thing All About? GodArchy Podcast #1

Podcast

It’s the inaugural episode of the GodArchy Podcast.For more than a year, people have been telling me I need to start a GodArchy podcast. I’ve fought the idea. But I ...

Ep 88: Happiness and Social Capital with Jeremy Jackson

Economics

Jeremy Jackson, associate professor at North Dakota State University, joins us to talk about happiness research and social capital. He also tells us what got allured him about economics. Show ...

Ep 87: The Caring Society with Robert Whaples

Christian Worldview

Whether it comes from Pope Francis or another person who wants to virtue signal about the kind of society they advocate, the “caring society” sounds like a great idea. But ...

Ep 86: Faith & Cannabis with Jason Rink

Culture

In the summer of 2018 Jason Rink participated in a panel discussion at the Texas Marijuana Policy Conference in Austin, TX. Jason joins us to discuss the conference and share ...

Ep 85: Promoting Liberty with Larry Reed

Economics

Lawrence W. Reed is president of the Foundation for Economic Education, and has a long history of promoting liberty in the classroom and in think tanks. In this episode he ...

Ep 84: Nullification with Mike Maharrey

Culture

Nullification is the idea that, in these United States, the individual states have the power the supercede and “make null” federal law that goes beyond the powers given to the ...

Ep 83: Why D.C. is not Marvelous: the Stark Reality of Politics

Christian Worldview

In this “Extended Edition” of our podcast, we talk with Armond Boudreaux and Corey Latta, authors of the book Titans: How Superheroes Can Help us Make Sense of a Polarized ...

Ep 82: Conservatism vs. Libertarianism

Christian Worldview

If libertarianism is neither of the left nor the right, then why do libertarians still get cornered as “conservative” or “right-wing” on a regular basis? Furthermore, for Christians especially the ...

Ep 81: Dr. Eric Larson’s Experience with Immigration

Podcast

Dr. Eric Larson is an anesthesiologist in private practice in Grand Rapids, MI, and host of the podcast Paradocs. He joins us to talk about his experience with immigration, and ...

Ep 80: Is America Winning the Trade War? with Art Carden

Economics

Trump told his supporters that they would get tired of all the winning America would be doing if he were president. Now Trump has worked tirelessly to impose tariffs, which ...

Ep 79: Will A.I. Displace Human Labor? with Jay Richards

Podcast

Futurists warn humans that our ability to stay competitive will be dramatically reduced because robots and artificial intelligence will make our work obsolete. While Jay Richards does not believe A.I. ...

Ep 78: Libertarian Christian Q&R, Round 4

Podcast

Join us for our second episode where we answer questions you have submitted, as well as popular topics from our Facebook group. We talk about pacifism, pledging allegiance, prayer in ...

Ep 77: Libertarian Christian Q&R, Round 3

Podcast

Join us for our third episode where we answer questions you have submitted, as well as popular topics from our Facebook group. Nationalism, idolatry, voting, and how would the rights ...

Ep 76: Loving Jesus and the Bible with Keith Giles

Podcast

Christians know about Jesus from the Bible, but can we really know Jesuswithout it? What is the difference between “the Word of God” and “the word of God”? Where does ...

Ep 75: The Compassion of Libertarianism with Mary Ruwart

Podcast

Libertarianism is the political philosophy of compassion, says Mary Ruwart, longtime libertarian and author of Healing Our World.Mary joins us to talk about a variety of issues that every libertarian ...

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