Chrissie Mayr Podcast with Brad Polumbo of Based Politics! Libertarian vs. Libertine, His Origin Story, Attending uMass Amherst, Biden's sneaky loan forgiveness scheme, Conor McGregor takes a stand on migrant violence in Ireland, Why saying Irish Lives Matter is considered "hate speech", sharing mixed feelings on Elon

Ben Burgis debates New York Post writer Brad Polumbo on student debt forgiveness. Before that, Ben and the GTAA crew look back at Norm Finkelstein"s feud with Christopher Hitchens and talk about Ben"s article on the Trump indictment: https://jacobin.com/2023/08/donald-trump-prosecution-election-crimes-justice-departmen

Is social media addiction really as big a problem as many believe? And should we go along with government-led "solutions?" Reason magazine writer and Rising (Hilltv) host Robby Soave joins me to discuss these important questions from his new(ish) book, Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future.   Buy Ro

Democrats are set to pass a huge tax-and-spend bill full of green energy subsidies, healthcare spending, and tax hikes, that they’re calling the “Inflation Reduction Act.” Liberal economist Noah Smith joins Brad to debate this bill.  Will it actually do anything to reduce inflation? Should we spend hundreds of billions

In this bonus BASEDPolitics interview, Senator Rand Paul joins Brad to discuss his new budget plan to save America from looming financial disaster. They discuss our out-of-control debt problems and how they’re fueling inflation, plus whether tax hikes are necessary and if President Biden’s attempt to take credit for “d

On this BASEDBrief bonus, Senator Rand Paul joins Hannah & Brad for an exclusive interview to talk about the disturbing authoritarian crackdown taking place in Canada right now.  They discuss the perils of giving governments "emergency powers," how these same themes have played out here in the US, the alarming new turn