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Vital Dissent with Patrick MacFarlane

Patrick MacFarlanevitaldissent.com
Vital Dissent seeks to oppose calamitous escalation in US foreign policy by exposing establishment narratives with well-researched documentary content and insightful guest interviews. Topics include: an antiwar foreign policy, historical revisionism, technocracy, eugenics, government & private corruption, & the use & development of propaganda. Host Patrick MacFarlane is the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute. He is a practicing attorney. His work has appeared on Antiwar.com and Zerohedge.
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Episodes

The End of Strategic Ambiguity ft. Ted Carpenter Ep. 255

Patrick is joined by Ted Carpenter to discuss the history and future of US and China policy regarding Taiwan. Vital Dissent websit LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Ted Carpenter at The Libertarian Institute Ted Carpenter at Antiwar.com...

May 29, 202334 min

Why Fight For Formosa? ft. Joseph Solis-Mullen Ep. 254

Patrick is joined by Joseph Solis-Mullen to discuss the state of US-China relations regarding Taiwan. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Joseph Solis-Mullen at The Libertarian Institute Joseph Solis-Mullen on Twitter...

May 23, 202352 min

Is "Antiwar" Cinema Even Possible? Ep. 253

Patrick ponders the question of whether a film can truly capture the antiwar ethos. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Is There Such A Thing as an Antiwar Film? By Agniezska Soltysik Monnet Is there any such thing as an ‘anti-war film’? By Tom Brook Disquiet on the Western Front by Alan S. Rome Scott Horton Show 5/22/20 James Bradley on the Growing Threat of War with China Scott Horton Show 10/14...

May 18, 20231 hr 11 min

Who's Bankrolling Steve Bannon? ft. Kyle Matovcik Ep. 252

Patrick is joined by Kyle Matovcik to discuss his recent Article about Steve Bannon and his ties to Miles Guo, a dissident Chinese billionaire. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Bannon, Guo, Yan: Where a Populist Right Idol Gets His Funding by Kyle Matovcik How Steve Bannon and a Chinese Billionaire Created a Right-Wing Coronavirus Media Sensation By Amy Qin, Vivian Wang and Danny Hakim What I L...

May 06, 20231 hr 24 min

What Tim Pool Needs to Know About China Ep. 251

Patrick exposes what Tim Pool and the mainstream narrative makers get wrong about China. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: What Tim Pool Should Know About Our Cold War With China by Patrick MacFarlane and Will Porter Thucydides’s Trap UW podcast with Lyle Goldstein The Danger of ‘Great Power Competition’ with Russia and China by Patrick MacFarlane Bannon, Guo, Yan: Where a Populist Right Idol Ge...

Apr 26, 20231 hr 41 min

Meet the New Boss Same as the Old Boss with Truth Over Comfort Ep. 250

Patrick joins Truth Over Comfort to discuss the rise of China and the move from a unipolar to multipolar world. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Episode Show Notes Truth Over Comfort twitter Truth Over Comfort youtube Truth Over Comfort website...

Mar 31, 20231 hr 28 min

Taiwan is Part of China Ep.249

Patrick discusses the US policy toward Taiwan in relation to China. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD1 Show Notes: http://www.taiwandocuments.org/communique01.htm http://www.taiwandocuments.org/communique02.htm http://www.taiwandocuments.org/communique03.htm http://www.taiwandocuments.org/assurances.htm https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-us-one-china-policy-and-why-does-it-matter https://www.congress.gov/bill...

Mar 22, 20231 hr 12 min

Ukraine War at One Year ft. Connor Freeman and Kyle Anzalone Ep. 248

Patrick welcomes Connor Freeman and Kyle Anzalone to discuss the state of the Ukraine War as it reaches the one year mark. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Connor Freeman on Twitter Kyle Anzalone on Twitter...

Feb 28, 20231 hr 8 min

Patrick and In Liberty and Health with Kyle Matovcik Ep. 247

Patrick joins Kyle Matovcik to discuss China, balloons, the recent antiwar rally and more. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Kyle Matovcik on Twitter Kyle Matovcik Linktree NIH Drug Overdose Death Rates DEA - Fentanyl Flow to the US An Overblown Balloon Headline Inflates False Narrative on China by Patrick MacFarlane Patrick on The Scott Horton Show...

Feb 24, 20231 hr 35 min

Chinese Spy Balloon Bonanza Ep. 246 ft. Liam McCollum

Patrick is joined by Liam McCollum to discuss the state of US-China tensions. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Liam’s testimony against Ukraine war support in a Montana legislative committee. Liam McCollum linktree Amid Concerns Over a Balloon, US Cancels High-Level Meeting with China by Kyle Anzalone Pentagon Claims It’s Tracking a Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon Over the US by Dave DeCamp Repor...

Feb 05, 202358 min

What is the White Pill? Ep.245 with Keith Knight

Patrick joins Keith Knight to discuss Michael Malice’s The White Pill. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: The White Pill by Michael Malice Michael Malice on Twitter Keith Knight on Twitter...

Jan 31, 202337 min

The New Arms Race Ep. 244

Patrick explores old family Cold War Civil Defense pamphlets, and talks about the growing new arms race that is ramping up between the US and its allies, Russia, and China. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: By the numbers: Keeping track of the single largest arms transfer in US history by Connor Echols Great Wars and Great Leaders: A Libertarian Rebuttal by Ralph Raico A new budget for a new era...

Jan 24, 202359 min

What You Need to Know About Kosovo ft. Richard Cox Ep. 243

Patrick is joined by Richard Cox of Deep State Consciousness to discuss Kosovo, it’s separation from Yugoslavia following the Kosovo War, the role of the west in escalating the conflict, the rising tensions between the country and Serbia, and the connection to the ongoing war in Ukraine Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Deep State Consciousness Antiwar Justin Raimondo Archive The Weight of Chains...

Jan 07, 20231 hr 20 min

Patrick on The End Times Continue Podcast Ep. 242

Patrick joins Ace and Dean of The End Times Continue podcast to discuss the Christmas truce of 1914 and Patrick’s documentary Why Can’t Johnny Kill. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: TETC episode Ace on twitter Dean on twitter Why Can’t Johnny Kill...

Dec 28, 20221 hr 51 min

We Need to Talk About the Liberty Movement Ep. 241

Patrick shares his opinion on the state of the liberty movement and it’s relation to the greater antiwar movement. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: A Necessary Alliance Between the Dissident Left and Libertarians by Keith Knigh https://caitlinjohnstone.com/ https://libertarianinstitute.org/donate/...

Dec 18, 202259 min

A Policy of Escalation ft. Dave DeCamp Ep. 240

Patrick is joined by Dave DeCamp, News Editor at Antiwar.com, to discuss the latest in US relations with Taiwan regarding the growing tension with China, as well as the similarities of that situation with US policy regarding the conflict in Ukraine. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Show Notes: Dave DeCamp on twitter Dave DeCamp at Antiwar.com...

Dec 07, 20221 hr 6 min

Dave Smith is Right About the Uyghurs Ep. 239

Patrick dives into the claims of a Chinese perpetrated Uyghur genocide. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Part of the Problem Ep. 935 US State Department Accusation of China ‘Genocide’ Relied on Data Abuse and Baseless Claims by Far-Right Ideologue by Gareth Porter and Max Blumenthal...

Dec 02, 20221 hr 14 min

Bold Messaging ft. Reed Coverdale Ep. 238

Patrick is joined by Reed Coverdale, host of the Naturalist Capitalist podcast, to discuss messaging strategy within the antiwar movement particularly within the libertarian sphere.. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Reed Coverdale’s hopefully soon reinstated twitter The Naturalist Capitalist youtube Reed Coverdale instagram...

Nov 01, 20221 hr 5 min

America's Original Experiment in Nation-Building ft Scott Spaulding Ep 237

Patrick is joined by Scott Spaulding to discuss the ongoing political unrest in Haiti as well as Scott’s time in Haiti as part of a US Marines disaster relief effort following the 2010 earthquake. They also discuss the history of US involvement in the country starting with the 20 year occupation beginning in 1915. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Scott Spaulding Twitter Why I Am Antiwar podcast Uncle Sam M...

Oct 25, 20221 hr 29 min

Flashpoint: North Korea ft Kyle Anzalone Ep 236

Patrick is joined by Kyle Anazlone to discuss the current state of North Korea and their nuclear capabilities. Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Kyle Anzalone Twitter Kyle Anazlone at Libertarian Institute North Korea Tests Missiles, South Korea Scrambles Fighter Jets by Kyle Anzalone North Korea Test Fires Long Range Nuclear Capable Cruise MIssiles by Kyle Anzalone...

Oct 18, 20221 hr 3 min

Vital Dissent at 'the End of History' Ep. 235

Patrick breaks down the new show as well as the the state and history of the new Cold War Vital Dissent website LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Vital Dissent Merch 10% off with code VD10 Nuclear Armageddon Risk Highest Since Cuban Missile Crisis by Dave DeCamp Why the Ukraine Crisis is the West’s Fault by Mearsheimer Playing with Fire in Ukraine by Mearsheimer The Danger of Great Power Competition with Russia and China by Patrick MacFarlane Role Reversal in the New Col...

Oct 12, 202238 min

14 Times Thomas Sowell Destroyed Progressivism ft. Keith Knight Ep.234

Keith Knight joins the show to discuss the many ways in which the great Thomas Sowell ripped apart the ideas of progressivism. Episode 234 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is Brought to you by: LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Mises Pieces Merch : Grab your Liberty Weekly merch here . Use code LW10 for 10% off Dissolve NATO t-shirt The Liberty Weekly Patreon Page : help support the show and gain access to tons of bonus content! Become a patron today! Show Notes: Keith Knig...

Oct 05, 202242 min

This Constitutional Crisis May Collapse the Criminal Justice System Ep.233

Patrick talks about a pending Wisconsin class action complaint regarding the lack of sufficient access to public defenders that is emblematic of a larger problem all across the United States. Episode 231 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is Brought to you by: LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Mises Pieces Merch : Grab your Liberty Weekly merch here . Use code LW10 for 10% off Dissolve NATO t-shirt The Liberty Weekly Patreon Page : help support the show and gain access to ton...

Sep 27, 20221 hr 14 min

The Franklin Cover-Up ft. Hunter DeRensis Ep. 232

Hunter DeRensis joins Liberty Weekly to talk about the story of an alleged child prositution ring and possible coverup that came to national prominence over 30 years ago. A story which he detailed in his 2020 piece for The American Conservative titled “The Child Sex-Trafficking Scandal America Forgot.” Hunter is the Communications Director for Bring Our Troops Home, Editor at the Libertarian Institute and a Regular Contributor at the American Conservative. Episode 231 of the Liberty Weekly Podca...

Sep 19, 20221 hr 6 min

A Marine's Perspective of the Asia Pivot ft. Typo (Biting the Bullet) Ep. 231

https://youtu.be/3k3oZEZA29o A few months ago, Typo from Biting the Bullet invited me on for a wide-ranging interview. We discussed my perspective on China and his experience in Marine Corps Intelligence. In the second half of the show, we discuss killing in war and the mental health struggles that combat and noncombat veterans face. Episode 231 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is Brought to you by: LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Mises Pieces Merch : Grab your Liberty We...

Sep 13, 20222 hr 5 min

In the Beginning of the New Cold War, There Was Raimondo Ep. 230

https://youtu.be/PECTSK8j3Vg In 1999, Justin Raimondo identified America's future cold war with China. Now that Raimondo's insight has come to pass, I revisit his prophetic 1999 article, "China and the New Cold War." Episode 230 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is Brought to you by: LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Mises Pieces Merch : Grab your Liberty Weekly merch here . Use code LW10 for 10% off Dissolve NATO t-shirt The Liberty Weekly Patreon Page : help support the sh...

Sep 06, 20221 hr 10 min

The History of Antiwar.com ft. Eric Garris Ep. 229

I was honored to be joined by Antiwar.com co-founder Eric Garris to his account of the Antiwar.com story. Episode 229 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is Brought to you by: LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsletter site! Mises Pieces Merch : Grab your Liberty Weekly merch here . Use code LW10 for 10% off Dissolve NATO t-shirt The Liberty Weekly Patreon Page : help support the show and gain access to tons of bonus content! Become a patron today! Show Notes: Antiwar.com Justin's Archive Ju...

Aug 29, 20221 hr 9 minEp. 229

Josh Rogin, Propagandist Ep. 228

https://youtu.be/KOfe5385Pjw In this episode, I profile one of this era's most influential neoconservative voices, Josh Rogin. Rogin is a twice weekly columnist at the CIA Washington Post, where he advocates for US interventionism in every possible foreign entanglement. In the second half, I review his recent column, which argues that the US can and should confront both Russia and China at the same time. Episode 228 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is Brought to you by: LibertyWeekly.club Join my m...

Aug 18, 20221 hr

Pelosi's Pickled Provocation Ep. 227

https://youtu.be/6t0w03HduRI In the last two weeks, I spent a great deal of time covering Nancy Pelosi's reckless diplomatic visit to Taiwan. As a part of my coverage, I made a panel appearance on Around the Empire with JoAnne Leon and was glad to be a guest on It's Too Late with Alan Mosley. I felt like they were both strong appearances, so I am running them this week on the podcast. Episode 227 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is Brought to you by: LibertyWeekly.club Join my membership and newsle...

Aug 09, 20221 hr 52 min

Lies, Damned Lies, & War Propaganda ft. Prof CJ Ep. 226

https://youtu.be/Qp4xpGlxsx8 In this week's episode, I invited Prof. CJ of the Dangerous History Podcast on to talk about Part I of his current podcast series. In Part I, Prof. CJ explores the "massive British propaganda operation in the US that ran from 1914-1917 (during the period of American 'neutrality'), which was a crucial factor in eventually bringing the US into World War I." Although Prof. CJ has produced a number of exhaustive and excellent podcasts about US history, he labels this one...

Aug 04, 20221 hr 16 min
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