Returning to doing the show together, Shane and Jonathan take on current events. This show was a non-stop stream of libertarian consciousness that is starting to become quite common on the show. They talked about the recent general being fired, upcoming Amaz!ng Meeting in Las Vegas, and other news on the headliners. A thoroughly enjoyable show to listen to and make!

Episode Links:

• Carving Elephants Blog
• Carved Elephant Twitter Feed

Featured Adoptable:

• Featured Adoptables: Sally and the Siamese Kittens!

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This week Shane & Jonathan talked about the current US policy of drug prohibition. Looking at the cost in terms of time, money, and life, Shane & Jonathan emphatically made the case that the current situation makes no sense. While at time calling upon youthful escapades with alcohol, the goal was to show how a worse drug, alcohol, is used by even those who hardly partake. There is just no justification for the War on Drugs anymore, and everyone should listen to this show for that reason.

Episode Links:

• Obama opposes legalizing pot
• Gary Johnson on the Colbert Report
• Tragedy in Columbia, MO

Featured Adoptables:

• Princess Cinderella (THE PONY!)
• Billy the Kid (literally!)
• Cinnamon and Ghost, Friends and Survivors

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This week, while trying out a new audio setup Shane & Jonathan combed the headlines looking or interesting stories. While not intending to do so, they came up with a list of stores that show government getting bigger and more intrusive into our lives. Check it out, for some of these stories have flown below the mainstream radar.

Episode Links:

• Supreme Court Discusses Sexting
• The high court is expected to make a ruling on California’s gaming law sometime in October.
• GM is paying back Uncle Sam to shake him down for more money.
• British family tells US hotel they ‘do not want to deal with black staff’
• Think of the children: Parents Television Council finds iPhone apps too saucy
• The Supreme Court appeared critical Wednesday of the claim that Washington state voters who signed a petition to overturn a gay-rights law are entitled to anonymity.

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• Steve-O the Pit Bull

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This week Shane and Jonathan were once again joined by Josh Brady to discuss the “nanny state.” The talk ranged from heavy food regulation to health care to drug laws. Later in the show, a caller from Talk Shoe joined in, follow by Shane & Josh’s father who wanted to add more information to the show about history of drug prohibition.

Episode Links:

• Salt Ban in New York
• Personal Rewards

Featured Adoptable:

• Long John Silver, the three-legged pit bull beauty

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This week Shane and Jonathan were joined by Josh Brady, a small business owner in Nashville, TN. With three people all having different health insurance situations, they were able to cover a lot of ground. Topics ranged from the effects of mandates on insurance rates, state to state comparisons, the great advantage of HSA’s for younger people, the real factors that cause health insurance rates to rise, and many other topics. They didn’t get to cover everything they wanted, but it was about as information packed an hour as they could do!

Episode Links:

• http://trueslant.com/turimcnamee/2010/02/24/medicare-paying-for-stupidity/
• http://www.esurance.com
• http://www.personalrewards.com

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• http://www.kcfreecycle.org/2010/02/24/featured-adoptables-lincoln-the-labrador-retriever-greyhound-mix/

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This week we’re doing our live show on 8/28 8:30 CDT.  Our guest will be Kevin Craig, who is running for congress in the state of Missouri.  More information about him can be found here:

http://www.kevincraig.us/

The show link, as usual, is here:

http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/20976

Hope to see lots of people there!

This website, http://www.ldnetwork.tv, is still a major work in progress.  The second podcast we launched, “The Hellfood Hellcast“, is still on temporary hiatus.  The reason is that we are working on a lot of new ideas, and these will continue to trickle out this summer.  The listenership for our flagship podcast, “The Libertarian Dime“, is growing much faster than we expected, and we are very proud of that fact.

Last week, we interviewed the Outright Libertarians and set a record for length of interview and show.  It was a total blast.  We tried to scale back this past week, but Jonathan and I went off on some great riffs about libertarianism.

We are beginning a full court press to get Libertarian candidates on the show, so expect some cool guests in the next couple months!  We will always remain true to our roots and values, so expect the occasional fireworks.

Keep an eye on this site too!   Big changes coming!