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The Chris Spangle Show

We Are Libertarians
The Chris Spangle Show helps you make sense of current events, politics, and culture through the lenses of Christian faith and libertarian principles. With sharp analysis, historical insight, and relatable conversations, Chris offers clarity in chaos - encouraging personal responsibility, civic action, and thoughtful engagement with the world around us. Rejecting tribalism and top-down control, the show challenges you to lead with conviction, serve others, and live out the values that sustain a free and thriving society. Join us to defend liberty, strengthen your community, and renew culture - one conversation at a time.
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Episodes

WAL 2020 Presidential Candidate Series: Meet Chris Marks

Chris Marks is a relative newcomer to the Libertarian Party, but when you hear him, you'll understand why he's running for president. He gives you his unique views on currency, Constitutional Law, energy, and how to to make greedy politicians use their greed to do their jobs. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 28, 201946 min

WAL 2020 Presidential Candidate Series: Meet Ben Leder

Ben Leder is running for Libertarian Candidate for President and he's doing so because liberty is in his blood. Listen to this interview as he gives his one-of-a-kind story about his journey, his goals, and how his presidency is designed to help libertarians on every level. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 27, 20191 hr 32 min

WAL 2020 Presidential Candidates Series: Meet Kim Ruff

Kim Ruff is running for president with the Libertarian Party and this is your chance to find out about her. Get her unique take on immigration, the military, vice presidents, and more right here. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 26, 201954 min

WAL 2020 Presidential Candidate Series: Meet Daniel Behrman

Daniel Behrman, a Libertarian candidate for President, drops by to explain why taxation is theft, how that bridges gaps in understanding, and gives his unique take on his liberty journey and what to do with the debt. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 25, 201958 min

WAL 2020 Presidential Candidate Series: Meet Arvin Vohra

Arvin Vohra is running for president and explaining libertarian ideas in a way you likely haven't heard before. Get his take on how to fix immigration without a wall, what to do with education, and how volunteerism unites the party. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 22, 201952 min

WAL Daily 59: What is Going on in The Houston Shooting?

Paul Copeland joins Vaughn Spargur to discuss what's been going on in Houston in regards to the botched drug raid that happened two weeks ago. Listen as we discuss how the story has changed over the past two weeks. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 21, 201932 min

342: Trump's National Emergency, New Green Deal Update

Chris Spangle and Harry Price discuss the power of personal growth in building a libertarian society. We then give all the facts on Trump's National Emergency Declaration over the wall. We then give the details on Alexandria Ocazia-Cortez's Green New Deal. National Emergency Notes: https://wearelibertarians.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/NationalEmergency.pdf Green New Deal Update: https://wearelibertarians.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AOCNewDeal.pdf Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Span...

Feb 20, 20192 hr 26 min

341: Bill Weld Leaves the LP, and We Don't Blame Him

Chris Spangle, Harry Price, Rhinehold, and Hodey Johns discuss the departure of Bill Weld. Does it say more about Bill Weld or the culture that exists in the libertarian movement? Bill Weld Allegedly Leaves The Libertarian Party, and I Don’t Blame Him - https://wearelibertarians.com/bill-weld-allegedly-leaves-the-libertarian-party-and-i-dont-blame-him/ Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 13, 20192 hr 21 min

WAL Daily 58: The USDA Sucks

The US Department of Agriculture is a program that costs you as much as your heating bill. It ensures that we pay people already richer than you to make sure that you eat your mayonnaise. Hodey Johns unloads of the scandals, waste, and terrible incompetence at the USDA. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 12, 201927 min

WAL Daily 57: The Forgotten Man

Rhinehold discusses the subject of the article The Forgotten Man by William Graham Sumner, who that person is and how forcing humans to help each other by force rarely ever works. Show Notes: https://oll.libertyfund.org/pages/sumner-the-forgotten-man-1883 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Graham_Sumner Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 11, 201918 min

WAL Daily 56: What to do with Confederate Statues?

Art or white supremacy? Reminder or oppressor? Culture or racism? There's not a clear course on what to do with Confederate Statues, even from a libertarian perspective, so Sarah Brady Wagner and Hodey Johns talk about where they stand on the issue. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 08, 201927 min

WAL Daily 55: Citizens United

Rhinehold discusses Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision that affirmed free speech rights for individuals when they are acting in coordination with other individuals within a defined group. This includes an examination of the history of the decision and what the detractors get wrong in their opposition. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 07, 201922 min

340: The Swamp, Explained - Rob Quartel's Time on the George HW Bush Campaign

Rob Quartel served as Issues Director for two Presidential campaigns. After serving on Gerald Ford's 1976 campaign, he was the third person hired on George HW Bush's 1980 campaign. He details how the campaigns worked and what kind of man Bush was. He went to the funeral and shares his experience there. We briefly touch on the shutdown as well. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 06, 20191 hr 18 min

WAL Daily 54: Bill Weld Leaving the Party?

WARNING This is a hot take on a preliminary report. Rhinehold, Paul Copeland, and Hodey Johns join up to talk about if Bill Weld has left the party, what that means, and what the Libertarian Party needs to change going forward. For Chris Spangle's take, click here: 'Bill Weld Allegedly Leaves The Libertarian Party, and I Don’t Blame Him' - https://wearelibertarians.com/bill-weld-allegedly-leaves-the-libertarian-party-and-i-dont-blame-him/ Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more...

Feb 05, 201928 min

WAL Daily 53: Woody the Warrior Sheds Light on Social Justice

Woody Johns join his brother Hodey Johns on the show this week to talk about social justice. Many libertarians hear the term and put up their defenses. You'll learn about why this is a poor response and how liberty lovers should be embracing and not fighting against equality of the oppressed. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 04, 201948 min

WAL Daily 52: Teaching the Bible in Public Schools

Vaughn Spargur from the research teams makes his debut on the podcast with Hodey Johns, and talks about the effects of public schools making a curriculum about Bible Literacy. While the president and social conservatives might see it as a positive, find out why teaching the Scriptures in schools is a bad idea from the perspective of two people who believe in the Bible. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 01, 201926 min

WAL Daily 51: Voting for Freedom

Join Hodey Johns and Paul Copeland as they do a current and historical dive on voting. The concept of voting being violence or supporting a broken system is put under the microscope as they look at what voting has... and hasn't... done for people around the world. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 31, 201933 min

339: Venezuela's Constitutional Crisis

Chris Spangle, Harry Price, Aaron Ewert, and Alina Pabon discuss the constitutional crisis happening in Venezuela. What is happening? What role should the United States play? Show Notes: https://wearelibertarians.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Venezuela.pdf Video: https://youtu.be/BhelTQ0t0jU Time Stamps: Overview of the Constitutional Crisis - 00:12:45 Conditions in Venezuela - 00:37:56 Details on the Constitutional Crisis - 00:53:05 Analysis of the Crisis - 01:02:22 Support We Are Libertarians...

Jan 30, 20192 hr 2 min

WAL Daily 50: Government Programs and Libertarians

Many people think libertarians oppose all government programs. Is this true? Or do they just oppose the government doing them? Paul Copeland and Hodey Johns explore what roads, welfare, and housing would look like before... and after... government control. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 29, 201929 min

WAL Daily 49: The X Gender

Starting this year, in New York, you can put X as the sex on your birth certificate. Hodey Johns and Sarah Brady Wagner go into the details and effects of the law. Then they explore what it means to be intersex, genderqueer, or just suspicious of the government and examine what the fallout could be for them. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 28, 201925 min

WAL Daily 48: My Libertarianism

Rhinehold sits down and discusses his view of what libertarianism is, how he came to discover he is a libertarian and puts the call out to hear your stories and views on what libertarianism means to you. You can go to WeAreLibertarians.com and click on the 'Community' and 'Mailbag' options to see how you can join the conversation. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 25, 201920 min

WAL Daily 47: Should Libertarians Vote? Hodey Johns vs. Larken Rose

Should Libertarians Vote? Hodey Johns vs. Larken Rose face off in a debate hosted by Tricia Stuart. Original video: https://www.facebook.com/patricia.e.canfield/videos/vb.1826486495/10210003902813926 Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 24, 20191 hr 22 min

338: Covington Kids, The Media, The Gillette Ad

Chris Spangle, Harry Price, Hanna Weber, and Chris Osborn discuss the long weekend of embarrassments for the media and America as a whole, we give details on what actually happened with the Covington Catholic High kids, Nathan Phillips, and the Black Hebrews at the Lincoln Memorial, we get a view of the Gillette ad from a woman, and do our best to get some of you out of the friendzone. Osborn is from Norway, so we ask about the current political environment in Europe. Glenn Beck Video - https://...

Jan 23, 20192 hr 49 min

WAL Daily 46: Is the Libertarian Movement In a Leadership Vacuum? with Remso Martinez

Chris Spangle and Remso Martinez discuss 2019 LibertyCon. We discuss if the libertarian movement is suffering a lack of leadership. Remso's article: http://andmagazine.com/talk/2019/01/21/fear-loathing-at-libertycon-2019 Remso: https://rwmartinez.com/ Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 22, 201940 min

WAL Daily 45: Discovering Agorism with Nick Irwin and David Ballantine

Breaking the law has always seemed like a scary concept. Indeed, it is still frightening. But should it be? Nick Irwin and David Ballantine join Hodey Johns as they look at the largest peaceful protest happening in the world today. Find how Agorism embraces morality instead of legality. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 21, 201930 min

Chris Spangle on Al Jackson & Frank Caliendo Try To Be Serious

I was fortunate to appear on Al & Frank Try To Be Serious to talk libertarianism. Give it a listen and please subscribe at AlAndFrank.com or in your podcast app directory. Video: https://youtu.be/nlcW6-T29yY Hosts Frank Caliendo & Al Jackson, along with frequent guest Brian Love spend some time interviewing Libertarian Chris Spangle (www.WeAreLibertarians.com) Website: https://www.alandfranktrytobeserious.com/ep002-life-a-libertarian-and-his-pursuit-of-happiness-our-introduction-to-chris...

Jan 18, 20191 hr 3 min

CSS 21: What the Gillette Razor Ad Is Actually Trying to Say

What values are actually articulated in the controversial Gillette ad? Chris Spangle annotates the commercial and explains what principles are put forth in the shaving commercial. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 17, 201933 min

337: Gillette Commercial About Masculinity, France Take Authoritarian Turn on Yellow Vest Movement

Chris Spangle, Harry Price, and Paul Copeland discuss the new Gillette commercial, toxic masculinity, manhood in 2019, and the formation of new social norms for men. We then turn to France to discuss the crackdown on the Yellow Vest Movement. Show Notes: https://wearelibertarians.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/France-Yellow-Vest-Protests.pdf Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 16, 20192 hr 31 min

WAL Daily 44: Pay for it Yourself!

When Republicans asked for spending on something they saw as a common good, the Democrats responded by telling them to pay for it themselves; which they have now begun to do. Paul Copeland and Hodey Johns give you the details on the wall, the private funding, and ask: have the Democrats doomed themselves for when they push for their own public good? Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 15, 201925 min

WAL Daily 43: Messing Up the Internet with FOSTA SESTA

Limiting information in Silicon Valley is nothing new, especially for Libertarians. But there's a new regulatory law in town. Sarah Brady Wagner and Hodey Johns explore what FOSTA SESTA means for social media and give you the changes to Tumblr and Facebook. Who is hurt the most will surprise you. Support We Are Libertarians with Chris Spangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 14, 201932 min
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