The Bryan Hyde Show

The Bryan Hyde Show hour two 8-10-2020

• If you remember the Evergreen State College social justice uprising of 2017, you'll appreciate what my guest Shaun Cammack has to say about the belief system that spawned it.  His Masters thesis gives deep insights into cancel culture's most notable scandal.
• The wisdom of preparedness is becoming clear to most of us. However, there's also a matter of trying to balance our desire to be prepared with the financial realities involved. Suzanne Sherman has an excellent take on how to cover your bases without putting yourself into financial jeopardy.
• It should be clear by now that government officials love to portray themselves as the answer to all of life's problems. Veronique de Rugy cautions not to put too much faith in their claims. After all, she points out, government can't even police itself.
• The push-back against lockdowns is growing. That's not a bad thing either. As J.D. Tuccille explains, Americans are growing less willing to beg for permission to make a living.

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The Bryan Hyde Show hour one 8-10-2020

• Few people would deny that America has become an ugly place over the past few months. Much of this has to do with the response to the Covid-19 lock-downs. Jeffrey A. Tucker makes the case for a principled  anti-lockdown movement that rejects the authoritarian compulsion that is coming to define our culture.
• Back to school time is looking very different this year, thanks to the worldwide pandemic. One of the biggest changes we're seeing is in higher education. As Ben Wilterdink explains, Covid-19 is disrupting the future of traditional college and pushing alternatives into the mainstream.
• Mask mandates continue to create significant friction around the world. Despite spirited evangelizing on both sides of the debate, medical experts are far from united on the matter. Jon Miltimore explains how Europe's top health officials can't decide if the masks are helping or making things worse. 

The Bryan Hyde Show hour two 8-7-2020

• One of the surest ways to know that you're being gas-lighted is when the simple meaning of words begins to change. Doug Casey gives some highly relevant examples of what this looks like today as our language becomes corrupted and distorted.
• History wasn't exactly my favorite subject when I was in school. I'm probably not alone in that assessment. Nevertheless, I've come to see how essential it is to have a basic understanding of how we got here from there. Annie Holmquist reports that there's a new movement afoot that seeks to abolish teaching history in the classroom. That doesn't sound good.
• The smartest people I know are the ones who can glean lessons from experiences that might go over the heads of most of us. Gary Arnell shares an example of how a neighbor kid helped him fix his lawnmower and opened his eyes to an educational dilemma.
• It's ironic that the very day that a U.S. Appeals Court upheld the dismissal of the case against the Bundys, Ammon had a box truck full of watermelons confiscated from him and was threatened with arrest in Utah. I'm more convinced than ever that the state--not the Bundy Family--is the biggest troublemaker around.

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The Bryan Hyde Show hour one 8-7-2020

• Ever get the sense that respect for the rule law is vanishing? James R. Harrigan from the Words & Numbers podcast stops by to discuss how inconsistent and incomprehensible laws are causing us to lose faith in the law and the institutions that uphold it.
• If you've read "1984" or "Animal Farm" recently, you've likely been struck by how Orwellian our world has become of late. Bryan Caplan has a brilliant explanation of how the social justice movement is the most Orwellian political movement of them all. If you're feeling especially ambitious, click on the links within his article and find an absolute treasure trove of great information on this subject.
• Why exactly is the president so keen on bringing the video streaming platform TikTok to heel? Julian Sanchez says it's more about a mafia-style business model than anything to do with authentic national security concerns. 

The Bryan Hyde Show hour two 8-6-2020

• If there's one thing worse than contracting the coronavirus itself, it's having to endure the endless moralizing that has accompanied the pandemic. Tyler Cowan makes a principled call for an end to the activity which, while giving the appearance of doing something, is accomplishing nothing in terms of slowing or stopping the virus.
• On a related note, the term "lockdown Communism" is gaining some traction. And with good reason. Michael Rozeff explains how the state-enforced abolition of private property rights and restrictions of human rights is very congruent with how communist officials achieve and maintain control.
• Is it time to start drafting our elected officials rather than enduring endless months of politicking and massive advertising campaigns? Jamie Renda joins me to talk about an effort to draft a gubernatorial candidate in Utah rather than simply go with the false choices offered by the two-party system.
• If you were wondering what the cancel culture folks were setting their sights on next, wonder no longer. Kindergarten Cop is now being canceled and compared to the explicitly racist silent film "Birth of a Nation" by the cancel mob. Seriously? It was a pretty crappy movie but this seems a bit...excessive. 

The Bryan Hyde Show hour one 8-6-2020

• People who are labeled "conspiracy theorists" are often simply people who've noticed things they weren't supposed to notice. Like how we're being steadily shepherded toward a cashless society. Gavin Wax points out the media hypocrisy of bashing the use of cash while simultaneously claiming that concerns over going cashless are just conspiracy fodder.
• Was the power on in your home when you awoke this morning? If so, John Stossel says you should be giving thanks to fossil fuels. The Green New Deal may have taken a backseat to Covid concerns but there's still a concerted effort afoot to eliminate one of the most affordable and plentiful sources of energy in our world today. 
• Why does it seem so imperative lately that Western history be erased in the name of social justice? Frank Furedi does a very detailed breakdown of the movements and activists who are reorganizing society’s historical memory, working to discredit its ideals, from liberty to equality before the law. His essay on the humiliation of Western History is a long read but well worth it.
• While our attention is hyper-focused on fighting Covid-19, what are all the other nasty diseases doing? Fiona Harrigan spells out the trade offs and unintended consequences of our current medical tunnel vision.
• Why are we hearing increased talk of even more stringent lockdowns until a Covid vaccine is available? Ryan McMacken says, beware, it wasn't so long ago that the same folks were telling us that Europe had 'beat back' Covid. Why the change in tactics? And what if there is no vaccine on the horizon? Do our nations become massive, open air prisons?

The Bryan Hyde Show hour two 8-5-2020

• If you're serious about being the kind of principled wrongthinker who has real and lasting impact, Caitlin Johnstone says you have to be willing to work at it. She has some timely advice on how to shape yourself into the perfect weapon against the empire.
• Officials at every level seem to be falling all over themselves to virtue signal their 'wokeness' to the public. However, Anders Koskinen has noticed that they seem to cave whenever they're faced with the marketplace of ideas.
• Current society seems to have no qualms about playing armchair quarterback to pretty much every thing that happened in American history. Jeff Minnick poses an interesting question: What will the future think of us? 50 years from now, we may not like the answer.
• It's pretty common for the populace to clamor for their elected officials to "do something" whenever a challenge arises. As Robert P. Murphy explains, there are an awful lot of unintended consequences that seem to arise whenever government meddles in things that it shouldn't.
• Let's throw a bone to the conspiracy-minded. They may not be chasing shadows after all. Martin Armstrong points out that the media conspiracy to limit the debate over hydroxychloroquine is pretty strong evidence that someone wants us to stay on narrative.

The Bryan Hyde Show hour one 8-5-2020

• The debate over whether or not to return to school is intensifying. Last night, in my home state of Utah, there were simultaneous rallies for and against sending kids back to the classroom. Kerry McDonald notes that a lot of parents (and teachers) have reached the breaking point. They're using permissionless innovation to create "learning pods" rather than waiting on bureaucrats to come up with a plan.
• The folks most loudly demanding "tolerance" seem to be the least tolerant people of all. Andrew Doyle says standing up to their woke intolerance isn't easy, But we must be brave enough to do it anyway.

The Bryan Hyde Show hour two 8-4-2020

• Most of us are familiar with political correctness. A better name for it is cultural Marxism. Jarrett Stepman has a clear explanation of how "wokeness" has become the dominant mindset in our society and how it's based in Marxism.
• How far is too far when it comes to the Covid mandates? Before you answer that question, watch this video of a police commissioner from Melbourne, Australia describing how that city is being transformed by authoritarianism. 
• Want to see a return to some semblance of sanity? Jacob Hornberger says we could start by separating healthcare from the state.

The Bryan Hyde Show hour one 8-4-2020

Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos stops by to visit about creating workable alternatives to the "no mask/no business" mandates being forced on us. We talk about the importance of networking with like-minded people who are determined to maintain their autonomy.