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Welcome to The Lions of Liberty Podcast Network - where culture, comedy, and capitalism collide. The true OG voice of liberty and freedom in the podcast space. We cut through the noise with razor-sharp takes on politics, free markets, and the cultural battles shaping our world. Whether you're a politically inclined free thinker or an entrepreneurial disruptor shaking up the status quo, the Lions of Liberty will deliver what you need. www.lionsofliberty.com
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FF: The Financialist Kill Chain: 400 Years of Global Looting with E.M. Burlingame
1w ago01:08:55Tap to summarizeAuthor, financial analyst, and former Green Beret E.M. Burlingame joins John Odermatt to expose a 400-year-old predatory financial system — what he calls the "Financialist Kill Chain" — and argues that the same seven-step playbook used to hollow out empires throughout history is now being run on the United States. Burlingame traces the system's origins from the Praetorians of Rome through Venice, Amsterdam, and finally to the City of London, which he describes as a separate financial power occupying the Anglosphere since 1688. The conversation covers how debt, asset seizure, economic destabilization, and elite coercion have been used as weapons against civilizational peoples — and why Burlingame believes the U.S. is currently in the final phase of collapse and abandonment. He also examines why Russia and China have so far resisted the kill chain, what Trump's constraints are, and what ordinary Americans can actually do to push back. Burlingame's unique background — spanning investment analysis, algorithmic trading, Special Forces targeting, and computational engineering — gives him a rare lens to see patterns most analysts miss. Chapters 0:00 – Introduction & episode preview 1:17 – Sponsor: Good To Go Body 90 Day Fitness Program 2:10 – Guest intro: Who is E.M. Burlingame? 4:27 – Burlingame's background: finance, Special Forces & pattern recognition 19:51 – The Financialist Kill Chain explained: 400 years of predatory finance 20:05 – Walking through all 7 steps of the kill chain 20:35 – Where is the U.S. in the kill chain right now? 25:52 – Israel, scapegoating, and the real power behind the curtain 30:41 – Are Russia and China also targets? 39:14 – Why Trump can't simply stop Ukraine funding 45:35 – The upside-down flag signal: What it meant when King Charles visited the White House 53:05 – What you can do: Community, local knowledge, and fighting indifferent malevolence 1:02:08 – Where to find E.M. Burlingame's work Links & Resources E.M. Burlingame on Substack: EMBurlingame.substack.com E.M. Burlingame on X: @EMBurlingame E.M. Burlingame's website & books: https://www.emburlingame.com/ Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins Rich Does Politics (YouTube): Crypto Rich's channel SUPPORT LIONS OF LIBERTY: Help keep this podcast going! We rely on listener support to continue bringing you content on freedom, political reform, and personal empowerment. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/lionsofliberty Support us on Locals: https://lionsofliberty.locals.com/ Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen – it makes a huge difference! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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TBNS: AI Expert Explains the DEATH of Google Search
1w ago00:36:27Tap to summarizeDr. Tamara Patzer joins Brian Nichols to reveal AI suggestibility and why most experts are completely invisible to AI right now. The blue links are gone. Clickability has dropped over 50%. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and Perplexity are now the new gatekeepers deciding who gets recommended... and most business owners, consultants, and authority figures have no canonical source of truth telling AI who they actually are. Inside, you'll hear the uncensored breakdown of how AI suggestibility actually works... why AI can only suggest and never recommend... and the exact source of truth framework Dr. Tammy uses to lock down expert identity on the blockchain. This is the playbook nobody is talking about... and it's the difference between being the expert AI surfaces or the one it skips entirely. Identity collision is real. AI is already mismatching real experts with strangers, fake credentials, and bad actors gaming the system. If you're not building your AI identity right now, somebody else is building it for you. And you're not going to like what they build. Dr. Tammy breaks down why AI suggests but never recommends... the post-quantum computing timeline Google just slashed from 2035 to 2029... and the brutal truth about why cold email is dead and snail mail is making a comeback in outbound sales. Plus, Brian gets into AI video generation, how to spot AI-written emails in seconds, and why putting your head in the sand isn't an option anymore. Chapters 0:00 - Why AI Has No Idea Who You Are 2:00 - The Term That's Killing Old-School SEO 6:37 - AI As Your Mirror (The Reflective Tool Trick) 11:35 - When Bad Actors Game The AI System 14:01 - The Canonical Source Of Truth Nobody's Building 18:40 - Quantum Computing Just Got Slashed To 2029 27:28 - Why Snail Mail Is Beating Cold Email Dr. Tamara Patzer: AI Suggestibility - https://aisuggestability.com Public Record Registry - https://publicrecordregistry.org Beyond the Quantum Leap (book by Dr. Tamara Patzer) Tools & Concepts Referenced: ChatGPT - https://chatgpt.com Claude - https://claude.ai Google Gemini - https://gemini.google.com Grok - https://grok.com Perplexity - https://perplexity.ai Show & Sponsor: The Brian Nichols Show - https://www.briannicholsshow.com Cardio Miracle (sponsor) - https://cardiomiracle.com/TBNS (for 15% off) Brian's other podcast: CX Without the BS Contact: brian@briannicholsshow.com Brian on X / Instagram / Facebook: @BNicholsLiberty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Politicks Podcast: Trump Dead to Libertarians?
1w ago00:54:25Tap to summarizeJoin Brian McWilliams, John Odermatt, Lou Perez and Brian Nichols every other week for the newest show on the Lions of Liberty Network, the Politicks Podcast! This week, the Polipricks look at Trump's crusade against Thomas Massie, backed by AIPAC and Israel. Is he dead to libertarians and true conservatives? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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MADD: Israel Bümer Alles as Massie Primaried
2w ago00:24:27Tap to summarizeDonald Trump sold out to Israel, and Boomers are the most gullible idiots on the planet. That's the conclusion after one of the few principled conservative / libertarian Congressmen is ousted under millions in AIPAC spending. Buy my new card game: WOKE WORD WARS - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLF8Y16S... 🦁 Support Lions of Liberty: Patreon: patreon.com/lionsofliberty Locals: lionsofliberty.locals.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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FF: Eat What You Kill: Taking Ownership of Your Income
2w ago00:33:19Tap to summarizeA salary feels safe — until you realize it's a cage. In this solo episode, host John Odermatt shares the story of being unexpectedly laid off after 16 years in corporate America and how it forced him to confront how little control he had over his own income. He introduces the "eat what you kill" mindset — the idea that income should be a direct reflection of your skill, effort, and output. John breaks down the hidden trade-offs of salaried work, including the illusion of security and the slow erosion of purchasing power through inflation. He contrasts the salary cage with the hunter mentality, where immediate market feedback replaces annual performance reviews. John argues that the greatest risk isn't going out on your own — it's never finding out what you're truly capable of. He closes with practical, low-stakes advice for salaried workers who want to test the hunter life without blowing up their financial security. Chapters 0:00 – Introduction: The Salary Cage 1:18 – Sponsor: Good To Go Bodies 90-Day Fitness Program 2:42 – John's Story: 16 Years in Corporate America & Getting Laid Off 8:12 – Terminology: Where "Eat What You Kill" Comes From 13:04 – The Primal Satisfaction of Hunting for Your Income 21:24 – Salary vs. Entrepreneur: The Real Trade-Offs 22:01 – The Biggest Lie About Salary: It's Not Actually Secure 17:19 – The Advantages of the Hunter Mindset 21:25 – Why Doesn't Everyone Go Out on Their Own? 23:44 – Ed Mylett's Definition of Hell & The Real Risk of Playing It Safe 27:34 – How to Start Hunting Without Quitting Your Job SUPPORT LIONS OF LIBERTY: Help keep this podcast going! We rely on listener support to continue bringing you content on freedom, political reform, and personal empowerment. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/lionsofliberty Support us on Locals: https://lionsofliberty.locals.com/ Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen – it makes a huge difference! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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TBNS: Is A Carbon Tax Really the "Free Market" Climate Answer?
2w ago00:51:28Tap to summarizeFormer U.S. Congressman Bob Inglis joins Brian Nichols to make the "conservative" case for a carbon tax and why most Republican voters keep rejecting his free-market climate proposal. Inside, we dig into the Raise Wages Cut Carbon Act, the Milton Friedman defense of pricing pollution, and the border adjustment mechanism Inglis says could force China to follow America's lead on emissions.We expose the structural cracks in the "revenue-neutral" carbon tax pitch... why the social cost of carbon swings from $42 to $190 depending on who's running Washington... and the uncomfortable fact that every country that's tried this policy has either repealed it, rioted over it, or rejected it at the ballot box.Is this really the free-market answer to climate change... or just a federal Trojan horse dressed in Milton Friedman quotes? What happens when "revenue-neutral" becomes a moving target? And why are libertarians the ones cutting emissions while bureaucrats are still chasing the perfect tax rate?Stick around for the 13:54 mark when I ask Bob to name ONE federal tax in American history that stayed revenue-neutral... the 25:00 moment when we lay out why this policy has failed everywhere it's been tried... and the 40:32 stretch where we expose the fact that US emissions dropped 20% in 15 years - without a carbon tax.Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss an episode of The Brian Nichols Show. Visit briannicholsshow.com for show notes, guest links, and past episodes. And huge thanks to our studio sponsor Cardio Miracle - the best heart health supplement on the planet. Visit cardiomiracle.com/TBNS and use code TBNS for 15% off your order. New episodes drop every Thursday at 9PM ET.CHAPTERS:0:00 - Intro2:37 - The Trip To Antarctica That Cost Him His Seat10:33 - The $42 To $190 Carbon Tax Problem13:54 - Name ONE Tax That Stayed Revenue-Neutral?17:38 - The Hidden Government Growth Nobody Talks About25:00 - Why Do Carbon Taxes Keep Failing Everywhere?40:32 - We Cut Emissions 20% Without Them?46:46 - Where To Find Bob + republicEnStudio Sponsor:Cardio Miracle (w/ 15% off discount) - https://cardiomiracle.com/TBNSBob Inglis / republicEn:republicEn.org - https://republicen.orgThe Brian Nichols Show:Website - https://briannicholsshow.comX/Twitter - @BNicholsLibertySubscribe on YouTube, Rumble, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube MusicContact - brian@briannicholsshow.comMentioned In Episode:The Raise Wages, Cut Carbon Act of 2009 - Bob Inglis legislationMilton Friedman on Phil Donahue (1980s pollution tax clip) - available at republicEn.orgJFK Profile in Courage Award (2015 recipient: Bob Inglis)Merchants of Doubt documentary - features Inglis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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MADD: Wholesale Prices SKYROCKET / VA Dems Make a Mockery of "Democracy"
3w ago00:43:25Tap to summarizeOn this week's Mean Age Daydream: Wholesale prices have skyrocketed 6% and Americans are being submitted to yet another litany of abuse from bad policy from the Trump administration, and reckless spending. Also: VA Dems have an insane plane to claw back the Virginia redistricting gerrymander struck down by their own appointed Supreme Court. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lou-perez-live-in-los-angeles-tickets-1986570202954 Buy my new card game: WOKE WORD WARS - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLF8Y16S 🦁 Support Lions of Liberty: Patreon: patreon.com/lionsofliberty Locals: lionsofliberty.locals.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →TLPP: The End of Fake News w/ Kira Shishkin
3w ago00:36:05Tap to summarizeKira Shishkin is the CEO and founder of Informed.now — a news-by-SMS service that sends you one text per day covering what actually changed the world in the last 24 hours. No ads. No bias. No storytelling. Just primary sources, direct quotes, and a link so you can read the original yourself. Kira grew up in Ukraine, came of age in Israel, and built this company after watching both countries get torn apart by information warfare. He knows what happens when people can't trust what they're reading — and he built something to fix it. We got into: why American news is designed to exhaust and trigger you; how Informed.now sources directly from government agencies; why they link to the actual PDF instead of a story about the PDF; what today's top stories were (OPEC output increases, China blocking US sanctions on Iran oil traders, Vietnam getting flagged for IP theft); how real humans — not bots — answer your follow-up texts; and why the only way to keep news unbiased is to make the reader the client, not the advertiser. Try it → informed.now TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 — Intro — who is Kira Shishkin and what is Informed.now? 1:45 — Why reading the news in America has become exhausting 3:10 — How it works: one SMS per day, primary sources only 5:20 — Why they link directly to the source — and why no one else does 7:30 — The UN, the White House, and healthy skepticism of primary sources 10:15 — Facts vs. storytelling — why Informed.now doesn't tell you what to think 13:40 — How they decide what makes the cut: the significance filter 16:55 — Today's top stories live: OPEC output, China-Iran oil, Vietnam IP 20:10 — The two-way SMS — real humans, not chatbots 24:30 — Lou suggests FOIA requests — Kira puts it on the roadmap 27:15 — What to do when there are no primary sources (war reporting) 30:40 — Growing up in Ukraine and Israel — information warfare up close 34:20 — AI-generated war images, radicalization, and the social media echo chamber 37:50 — Kira's background: think tanks, TurboTax, private equity, crypto 41:10 — The business model: reader-funded, no ads, no investors, profitable 44:00 — Outro and where to find Informed.now Watch full episodes on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Vb53s4I0A&list=PLb5trMQQvT077-L1roE0iZyAgT4dD4EtJ Listen on Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lou-perez-podcast/id1535032081 Listen on Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/2KAtC7eFS3NHWMZp2UgMVU Lou's book — That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r TheLouPerez.com | info@thelouperez.com Newsletter: https://substack.com/@louperez #MediaBias #UnbiasedNews #InformedNow #KiraShishkin #NewsLiteracy #FakeNews #MediaCriticism #LouPerezPodcast #LionsOfLiberty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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FF: Talking Money and Baseball with my Daughter
3w ago00:30:35Tap to summarizeJohn Odermatt is joined once again by his daughter Rubie for a fun father-daughter episode of Finding Freedom. Rubie brings the questions — and they cover everything from how baseball players get paid, to why Dad saves nickels, to the difference between gold and silver. Equal parts personal finance lesson and baseball chat, all from a kid's point of view. Chapters 0:00 – Welcome & Intro 1:12 – How much do baseball players make? 6:12 – Will the US ever have a $2 coin? 9:50 – Why save silver and gold? 17:32 – Who's the highest-paid player in baseball? (Ohtani) 21:26 – Most expensive baseball card ever sold 22:10 – Do the Blue Jays spend their money wisely? 27:10 – Why Ruby loves podcasting SUPPORT LIONS OF LIBERTY: Help keep this podcast going! We rely on listener support to continue bringing you content on freedom, political reform, and personal empowerment. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/lionsofliberty Support us on Locals: https://lionsofliberty.locals.com/ Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen – it makes a huge difference! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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PoliTicks: Congressional Map Madness
3w ago00:41:23Tap to summarizeVirginia's Supreme Court just threw out the Democrats' redistricting map — and the guys couldn't be happier about it. Brian, John, and Lou break down the cascade of gerrymandering lawsuits reshaping Congress, react to Rep. Justin Pearson's viral antics, debate Spencer Pratt's surprisingly strong LA mayoral run, and check in on the political upheaval hitting the UK. Chapters: 0:00 – Intro 0:28 – Virginia redistricting: Democrats hoisted by their own petard 6:52 – Who is Rep. Justin Pearson? Staged stunts & "My Black Jesus" 9:20 – How Virginia's unconstitutional map actually worked 15:19 – Ketanji Brown Jackson's embarrassing gerrymandering dissent 20:49 – Spencer Pratt enters the race: who is he and why it matters 21:49 – Pratt vs. Karen Bass & Nithya Raman in the debates 28:34 – UK local elections: Keir Starmer's blowout explained 31:23 – Could Europe be heading toward civil war? 32:21 – Immigrants self-deporting under Trump 37:31 – We should've started a nonprofit (fraud, leeches & the system) 37:43 – Somali childcare fraud and gaming the system LINKS: 🎙️ Subscribe to PolTicks YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lionsofliberty Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/LionsofLiberty 🎧 Listen on Podcast Apps Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lions-of-liberty-network/id706061933 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uyV2MvW2WyObUdJtxe29j 💰 Support on Patreon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Lionsofliberty Locals: https://lionsofliberty.locals.com/ 🛍️ Merch Store: https://www.lionsofliberty.store/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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