214. Dave Smith - Getting Laughs for Liberty!

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4.6 • 672 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, host Marc Clair welcomes in standup comedian and host of “Part of the Problem” , Dave Smith! After Marc and Dave confirm that they aren’t assholes, Dave explains how he first got turned onto libertarian ideas through the presidential campaign of Ron Paul, how he incorporates his political ideas into his comedy, and the kind of reactions he has received to his libertarian beliefs in the comedic world. Dave and Marc then look at the current political scene, and break down the Libertarian Presidential candidates (we recorded just prior to the LP convention, and our comments are actually a little more interesting in hindsight!) And you won’t want to miss Dave’s story about meeting the creepy Dick C [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amazon offers employees up to £8,000 for education and training, like Juliet.
0:07.0	She's now a trained technician. And to her, the sound of machinery in need of repair,
0:13.0	reminds her of how far she's come. In two years, she's landed her dream job, providing her with valuable skills.
0:24.2	That's up to £8,000 for education and training at Amazon. Eligibility conditions apply.
0:30.1	We're living in this giant nation state where the government finds a reason for every problem
0:35.9	needing a government solution.
0:39.0	And it's all complete nonsense.
0:41.8	So it's just hard to not point out the humor in that.
0:48.2	Welcome to the Lions of Liberty podcast.
0:52.7	Here's your host, your guy, your shining beacon of liberty.
0:54.8	Mark Clare.
1:03.0	Welcome on back, you Liberty Lumpkins, to the Lions of Liberty Podcast.
1:06.8	You're home for great conversations about the ideas of Liberty.
1:11.3	This is episode number 214, which means you can find today's show notes,
1:19.0	featuring links to everything we discuss over at Lions of Liberty.com slash 214. And boy,
1:24.7	what a crazy and wild libertarian party convention we're coming off of. I'm sure you guys are still reeling from it. If you're anything like me and spent the day watching the coverage on C-SPAN. And spoiler alert, if you somehow haven't heard, but yes,
1:33.2	indeed, the presumptive nominee all along, Gary Johnson, was named the Libertarian Party's
1:38.4	presidential nominee for 2016. Now, the conversation you're going to hear today took place
1:43.2	a week or so before the Libertarian Party's convention.
1:46.4	So we do touch on the candidates a bit.
1:48.6	So you'll be hearing some conversation that acts as if the vote has not taken place because at the time it had not.
1:55.4	And I'll have some brief thoughts on that after the conversation.
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