Episodes

Opening: Sam Bushman and Curt Crosby cover a wide range of breaking stories on this episode of Liberty Roundtable Live, from Iran and Oman working on a shipping framework for the Strait of Hormuz to the FDA approving the first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, which Sam says viewers should refuse. JD Vance's push to codify federal anti-fraud reforms into law, the Michigan Democratic Senate primary result, and the Freedom Haulers trucking initiative round out a packed episode. Summary: Host Sam Bushman ...

James Edwards of The Political Cesspool joins Sam Bushman on Liberty Roundtable to break down a Republican Party in crisis heading into the midterms. They dig into the mystery surrounding Mitch McConnell's prolonged absence, question whether Trump has delivered on his promises, weigh AOC's rising political threat, and dissect the Fauci accountability vote that keeps getting delayed. Plus, a billionaire donor pulls his funding, Iran talks go nowhere, and the guys compare 1964 fast food prices to ...

Opening: The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted eight to five to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times during COVID-19 testimony. Sam Bushman and Curt Crosby break down what that vote actually means legally, whether Fauci will ever see a courtroom, and what his redacted scientific diary reveals about the cover-up. Summary: On this episode of Liberty Roundtable Live, host Sam Bushman is joined by co-host Curt Crosby, the Honeyman, for a wi...

Financial advisor turned novelist Peter Grose joins Sam Bushman on Liberty Roundtable Live to discuss his historical fiction book "Time: A Novel." Rooted in Austrian economics and libertarian philosophy, the novel imagines three friends grappling with a provocative question: could the Founding Fathers have designed a better republic? The conversation covers Peter's economic education under thinkers like Murray Rothbard, Ron Paul, and Walter Williams, the novel's characters and themes, and a pass...

Sam Bushman is joined by Sheriff Richard Mack (Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association) and Tony Pellegrino (American Common Law Academy) for a hard-hitting hour on liberty, law, and the Constitution. They break down a heroic armed citizen intervention that stopped a mass shooting, make the case for President Trump to eliminate gun-free zones nationwide, and expose the DOJ's new lawsuit defending gun rights outside churches. The conversation turns to the corruption of family court...

At Freedom Fest, Sam Bushman sits down with Michael Plumhoff of deschedule.earth to break down the real terminology behind cannabis, hemp, and marijuana, and why the government's scheduling system is built on decades of confusion and control. Plumhoff explains the shared origin of all cannabis strains, the history of hemp's use in America (from Civil War hemp bales to hemp rope in car seats), and the difference between "descheduling" and Trump-era "rescheduling." He also details the privately fu...

Sam Bushman is joined by Curt "the Honey Man" Crosby (localhoneyman.com) and Heath Perkins (freewatercoinco.com) for a wide ranging Liberty Roundtable Live: the Fed's decision to hold interest rates steady, how Fed intervention distorted the housing market, live gold and silver prices, Fauci's stunning 111 invocations of the Fifth Amendment despite already being pardoned, reports that China is arming Iran, and a sobering discussion on whether the world is edging toward a third world war. Timesta...

Sam Bushman sits down live at FreedomFest with entrepreneur and Ballots Without Barriers founder Lars Mapstead to talk about political violence, disenfranchised voters, and how rigged ballot access laws keep real competition out of American elections. Lars explains how his nonprofit is pushing 50-state legislation to make it easier for independent and third-party candidates to get on the ballot, why proportional representation could fix gerrymandering, and how citizens can petition their state l...

Sam Bushman sits down live at FreedomFest with Van Spaulding and Carol Polisner, director and producer of the new documentary Flashpoint, a 28-minute film exposing how free speech is being shut down on college campuses. From doxxing and threats against professors to the forces fueling campus outrage, this conversation digs into what is really happening behind the headlines and what it will take to dial the temperature back down. Timestamps: 0:52 What is Flashpoint 1:03 Meet Carol Polisner 1:06 M...

Sam Bushman sits down live at FreedomFest with Daniel O'Connell, creator of the satirical game show "Are You Smarter Than a Politician?" They dig into what makes a libertarian different from an anarchist, why chat-controlled scoring makes the show pure grassroots chaos, the philosophy of self-defense as an inherent right, and why "guns" should really be called "rape me nots." Daniel also opens up about running the show virtually vs. live, his crew, his girlfriend Amity's record-breaking run on t...

At FreedomFest, Sam Bushman sits down with Brian Shapiro for a spirited, unfiltered political debate touching on Trump, Obama, the economy, and division in America. But underneath the disagreement is a bigger question worth asking: can two people with completely opposite views still hold a respectful, civil conversation? Sam makes the case for civility and finding common ground even when we don't agree on who's right, pointing to groups like Braver Angels as an example of what respectful disagre...

Sam Bushman and Sheriff Richard Mack cover a wide-ranging episode: record-breaking heat across the country, a quick Celsius-to-Fahrenheit conversion trick, aging politicians clinging to power, the controversy over automated license plate readers and data privacy, and Mark Lamb's primary win amid election-fraud allegations. Timestamps: 0:00 Show open and headlines 1:38 Extreme heat and a Celsius-Fahrenheit conversion trick 4:50 Jay Clayton's confirmation vote and aging senators 6:39 Politicians w...

Description: Sam Bushman and Sheriff Richard Mack break down Justice Neil Gorsuch's controversial Firing Line comments questioning whether America was founded as a "Christian nation." They unpack the loaded framing behind Margaret Hoover's question, walk through the Founders' own words on faith and government, and connect it all to Mack's book, The Democrat Murder of America, arguing the whole controversy is a manufactured media wedge designed to divide Americans. Timestamps: 0:00 Show open and ...

Investigative journalist Joshua Philipp (The Epoch Times, The Joshua Philipp Show) joins Sam Bushman live from Freedom Fest to break down the origins of COVID-19, hidden virus labs discovered in California and Las Vegas, the CCP's organ harvesting and eugenics ambitions, global kleptocracy, Trump's war on communism, and the harassment journalists face for exposing the truth. Timestamps: 1:06 – Introducing guest Joshua Philipp and his new show 3:38 – Did China release COVID on purpose? 4:41 – Ill...

Former FBI agent turned whistleblower Kyle Seraphin joins Sam Bushman at FreedomFest for a blunt breakdown of what's really broken inside America's top law enforcement agency. Kyle explains why Kash Patel and Dan Bongino failed to deliver on their reform promises, how the FBI blurs the line between national security and criminal investigation with zero checks and balances, and why he believes the agency should be dissolved and rebuilt from scratch under real constitutional constraints. The conve...

Sam Bushman sits down with Jan Jekielek, senior editor at The Epoch Times, live from FreedomFest to discuss his book "Killed to Order" and the disturbing reality of forced organ harvesting in Communist China. Jekielek breaks down how the CCP created "black classes" to dehumanize and persecute groups like Falun Gong practitioners and Uyghurs, turning mass incarceration into a billion-dollar organ trafficking industry. They also cover the rising persecution of Christians in China, a bipartisan Sen...

Broadcasting live from FreedomFest, Sam Bushman sits down with Dr. Barbara Kolm, elected member of the Austrian Parliament, Austrian economist, and vice president of the Austrian Central Bank. They dig into the Austrian School of Economics, the freedom-fighting roots of her family, how she got into politics, and why sound money and supply-side economics matter now more than ever. Dr. Kolm also breaks down the differences between US and European healthcare systems, discusses neutrality and diplom...

Sam Bushman and Heath Perkins (freewatercoinco.com) break down the Honest Money Report: gold and silver prices, why young men are leaving the workforce in record numbers, how $1.25 in 1964 equals about $52 an hour in real (silver backed) money today, Congress approving nearly $1.15 trillion in defense spending plus $95 billion tied to the Iran conflict, the crypto and stablecoin power shift reshaping the dollar, and why BRICS nations are betting on gold and silver backed currency instead of debt...

Sam Bushman sits down with political strategist Prince Agrawal and VP candidate Mike ter Maat at Freedom Fest to talk about the new book Broken, the growing political divide in America, and why the Republican Party needs an independent voice on the national ticket. They dig into the roots of political corruption, the media's role in deepening division, and what it would take to restore unity and constitutional integrity in the country. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro from Freedom Fest 0:39 Meet Prince, p...

Sam Bushman sits down with Australian filmmaker and political commentator Topher Field, live from FreedomFest, for a gripping firsthand account of Melbourne's brutal COVID lockdowns — the most locked-down city in the world. Topher shares how he went from a "goody two-shoes" YouTuber to the face of the anti-lockdown resistance, describing armored BearCat vehicles, rubber bullets, mass arrests, and a fellow protester's 21 days in solitary confinement for refusing the jab. He opens up about the tol...

Sheriff Richard Mack joins the show to discuss his book "The Democrat Murder of America," then James Cohen (Executive Director) and Ann Schockett (Co-Chair) of MoreLikeUs.org explain how their organization is working on college campuses to correct political misperceptions, teach civil discourse skills, and show students that Americans share more common ground than the media portrays. The conversation covers the psychology behind political polarization, the importance of grounding debate in the C...

Sam Bushman sits down live at FreedomFest with Jim Erdman — retired CIA officer, COVID-19 whistleblower who testified before Senator Rand Paul's committee, and co-founder of Feds for Freedom. Jim opens up about his time inside the CIA, why he fought back against vaccine mandates, the new lawsuit against the agency, and why federal employees need to hold government accountable from the inside. A candid conversation about trust, transparency, and reform in America's institutions. Learn more or get...

Sam Bushman breaks down why "inflation is cooling" is a myth, walking through the flood of new bills modern life demands compared to past generations, the real math behind 100+ years of compounding inflation, and the true cost breakdown of every major electricity source—natural gas, nuclear, coal, wind, and solar. He exposes the misleading "solar topped coal" headline, explains why America's energy future depends on reliability over cheap headlines, and connects it all to the bigger picture: the...

Sam breaks down why inflation never really cooled, how America shifted from an asset-based to a debt-based economy, and why solar power isn't the fix politicians claim. He digs into the real cost of manufacturing dependence on China, the collapse of housing affordability with starter homes now topping $1 million in hundreds of cities, and how government regulation, interest rates, and mismanaged spending are driving it all. The episode closes with a call to return to constitutional currency, pri...