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Untamed Nation

David Clements with Guest John Zmirak

Untamed Nation

The Untamed Truth

News, Politics

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This afternoon, David is joined by special guest John Zmirak. John Zmirak is a Senior Editor of The Stream. He has taught composition, screenwriting and has written screenplays. He has been a ePress Secretary, a reporter and an editor. His essays, poems, and other works have appeared in several publications. He is author, co-author, or editor of twelve books. He was editor of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s guide to higher education, for ten years, and is also editor of Disorientation: How to Go to College Without Losing Your Mind.

Together David and John focus on the 1st and 2nd amendment, and how the rotted apparatus that is our government is actively taking steps to infringe on these god given rights. 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to another episode of Conservative Daily.

0:03.2

This is Dave Clement's filling in for Joe Altman.

0:06.4

And today we're going to get right to our guest.

0:09.6

His name is John Simirac, and he is the

0:15.0

and he is the author of the book, no Second Amendment, no first.

0:16.0

He's also written some other books that if you like this interview,

0:21.0

he did a book on Wilhelm Ropke. He's a very accomplished writer. Some of you have

0:26.6

probably seen him on interviews with Eric Mataxes. He's a frequent contributor and guest where they get to talk about all kinds of wonderful things. But John with that introduction, welcome to Conservative Daily. Thanks David. I'm also, I write four times a week for stream.org which I hope people will check out.

0:47.7

Stream.org was literally the first publication to defend Nick Sandman to defend we were the second to defend Kyle

1:00.4

Rittenhouse and we were the one the first to defend the January 6th defendant. Actually my column talking about

1:08.0

the Fed's erection came out January 8th, 2021.

1:13.0

Well, and as folks can see, he's got an ever-changing social media handle on Twitter for that

1:19.2

very reason because you've spoken truth and been taken down and so you're in good company.

1:27.6

For folks that may not understand why this is such an honor for me. It's kind of through a

1:34.7

tangential relationship with Eric Mataxus's books and the way that we met was John did this amazing ride up for let my people go.

1:47.0

And I was really just humbled.

1:49.0

I'm like, this guy, whoever wrote this gets it or gets it the way that I want people to get it and I didn't know who John was.

1:57.1

And then I noticed that you had been a contributor with Eric for quite some time as well.

2:05.8

And people that know my story,

2:07.2

I've been very, very moved by Eric's books,

2:10.0

in particular the book on William Wilberforce and Bonhoeffer.

2:15.5

And so I got to see an interview between yourself and Eric.

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