192: Bringing More Voices to the Table: Ranked Choice Voting vs. Approval Voting

January 29th, 2021  |  39 mins 50 secs

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How to we fix our broken electoral system? Our "pick one" system is clearly broken, especially when considering that we only have two viable choices (and what exciting choices they are, eh?).

So, how can we fix our broken voting system and subsequently bring more voices to the table? Kyle Bailey (Campaign Manager for The Committee for Ranked Choice Voting) and Aaron Hamlin (Executive Director of the Center for Election Science) join/return to the program to have virtual roundtable discussion to try and determine which system would yield the best results by looking at past successes!

191: "LET'S PARTY: a movie to end the Duopoly" -with Brad Lyon

January 27th, 2021  |  39 mins 18 secs

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Are you sick of being told you have only two political options in the United States of America?

Are you tired of hearing supporting a third party is wasted effort?

Do you simply want to end the duopoly?

Long time indie film director Brad Lyon (@BradLeoLyon) is helping lead that charge through the culture, as Brad joins The Brian Nichols Show to discuss his brand new movie, "LET'S PARTY"; the definitive rebuttal to the old adage that supporting third parties is wasted effort.

176: Guerrilla Politics: How Libertarians can Take on the Duopoly and Win -with Curt (Libertarian)

December 23rd, 2020  |  39 mins 34 secs

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Libertarians are underdogs. The game is rigged against us. The Republican/Democrat duopoly colluded to effectively prevent any 3rd party from winning.

So what should we do? Is it hopeless? Should we just give up?

The good news: underdogs win all the time. David beat Goliath. Washington beat the British Empire. Trump beat Hillary. The Viet Cong beat the US military.
Microsoft beat IBM. Buster Douglas beat Mike Tyson. Nigel Farage beat the European Union.

It's these essential lessons that libertarians must learn from in order to have any semblance of success. And that's why today's guest spent so much time on his awesome article over on Substack, "How Libertarians can Take on the Duopoly and Win", as today I'm joined by Curt (Libertarian) from Checkmate the State.