Episodes
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
2023 Dec 27 The Bryan Hyde Show
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Have you noticed how cans and bottles have evolved to where they don't require a special opener? Art Carden explains how the shrinking need for a can opener is a triumph of the free market.
Current events can be a source of real anxiety. That's why I love James Howard Kunstler's down and dirty take on the end of an era.
The recent tearing down of a satanic statue in Iowa is causing a lot of mixed reactions. Brandon Smith's take is that such action is perfectly acceptable in a constitutional society.
Competition is treated like a dirty word these days. With a bit of help from Frederic Bastiat, Gary M. Galles tackles the question: Is competition the enemy of cooperation?
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The Netflix movie "Leave the World Behind" may be predictive programming. Or it may just be an apocalyptic tale. Bert Olivier takes a closer look at the deception that may be at work.
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Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
2023 Dec 26 The Bryan Hyde Show
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos joins me for a recap of what we've learned over the past year as well as a few educated guesses of what to expect in the coming year.
Speaking up for truth is becoming riskier by the day. J.B. Shurk has some powerful encouragement for believers in God about what it means to rebel for the sake of religious truth.
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Unless it's happened to you or someone you personally know, it's hard to appreciate how utterly weaponized our system of justice has become. El Gato Malo explains how the process is the punishment.
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Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
2023 Dec 20 The Bryan Hyde Show
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Ronnie Lebaron and Matt Lyons are the owners of BBQ Pit Stop in St. George, Utah. Today they join me for a heartfelt discussion of the joy of cooking with fire.
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Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
2023 Dec 19 The Bryan Hyde Show
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
2023 Dec 18 The Bryan Hyde Show
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Since money is one thing that everyone needs, it stands to reason that those who wish to control the masses must first control the money supply. James Howard Kunstler spells out the coming reality of money for nothing and nothing for money.
Here's a special message for fathers who are doing their best to deliver what their families need. Check out these 25 ideas that will make you a better husband and father.
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Friday Dec 15, 2023
2023 Dec 15 The Bryan Hyde Show
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Tyranny can only succeed when normal folks choose to go along with it. Part 2 of Barry Brownstein's essays on why ordinary people enable totalitarians is well worth your time.
Medicine used to be one of the most highly respected professions on the planet--before it got so cozy with big government. Alan Lash wonders, can we still trust doctors after all the covid nonsense?
Will 2024 be our 1776? The political and cultural battles we're experiencing are likely to come to a head. What are we doing to develop an indomitable spirit?
Anyone who is serious about finding the truth must be willing to put forth real effort. A good place to start is examining the question: Why are lies so believable?
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Tom Luongo can always be counted on for an informed and insightful take on current events. His latest column on how the U.S. government is running on empty should give us a renewed sense of optimism.
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Thursday Dec 14, 2023
2023 Dec 14 The Bryan Hyde Show
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
With even Hollywood producing movies about societal collapse and civil war, one has to wonder whether this is predictive programming. J.B. Shurk wonders, should the states form new unions?
To get a clear sense of what's happening to our world, we need to get a sense of the big picture. Doug Casey shares some thoughts on phyles, Islam and warfare and how they are shaping current events.
Not to give anyone doubts about the Internal Revenue Service's finely tuned system of legal plunder, but the tax agency is about to make things harder for entrepreneurs. Peter Jacobsen warns that a new IRS policy may push independent contractors into corporate desk jobs.
There's a clearly recognizable pattern that power-seekers follow in order to increase their control over others. Paul E. Scates has a pretty solid breakdown of the totalitarian three-step.
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Will we only appreciate the importance of free speech when it has been taken from us? Check out James Bovard's take on whether free speech is a relic in America.
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Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
2023 Dec 13 The Bryan Hyde Show
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
If Christmas is becoming a bit too crass and commercial for your liking, maybe it's time to restore some of the traditions that made it special. Annie Holmquist shares her thoughts on recreating old-fashioned Christmas traditions with the next generation.
The political class would like us to believe that the economy is improving and inflation is no big deal. Clint Siegner says Biden isn't telling the truth about the economy.
Distancing ourselves from the growing divisions in our society may feel impossible at times. Devin Foley suggests rest and quiet contemplation are what we need more of.
Many of us get more anachronistic as we get older. Peco and Ruth Gaskovski have some great advice on sowing anachronism and how to be weird in public, and private.
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Believe it or not, statists come in many varieties. Patrick Carroll describes the anatomy of the statist and how each variant shares the common element of using force to accomplish their goals.
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Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
2023 Dec 12 The Bryan Hyde Show
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
It's our weekly wrongthink session with Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos. It's always worth hearing Eric's take on the passing scene.
Most of us engage in a shocking amount of self-censoring when it comes to certain "touchy" subjects. Mike Fairclough has a marvelous essay on the hero's voice and finding the courage to speak.
If you want to give your kids a solid advantage that will last a lifetime, teach them to love reading. C.G. Jones offers 3 reasons why it's a problem that young people aren't reading classic books.
It's odd how we sometimes speak of the "ruling class" as if it were actually supposed to exist. J.B. Shurk explains why our shameful ruling class exists, primarily, to shame good Americans.
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The current hysteria over antisemitism on campus is revealing some unpopular truths. James Howard Kunstler explores what just happened that is causing our current 5th column saboteurs to stumble.
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Monday Dec 11, 2023
2023 Dec 11 The Bryan Hyde Show
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
If you were to come up with the name for the current decade that's just 3 years old, what would you call it? Jeffrey A. Tucker says it's not too early to call this one the "Terrible 20s."
The ruling class must be getting truly scared. Former VP Al Gore is warning that people having access to non-mainstream information "threatens democracy."
A sure sign of the nervousness of the political class is their renewed calls for gun control. Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center outlines James Madison's strategy to stopping federal gun control.
The possibility of serious societal upheaval doesn't seem like mere conspiracy theory lately. J.B. Shurk writes about the future's zero-sum game and how we are better prepared than most to make it through the challenges ahead.
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Virtually every political conflict playing out before us contains some variation of rights of the individual versus the collective. Here's a marvelous primer on the historical origins of individualism by Patrick Carroll and Dan Sanchez from the Foundation for Economic Education.
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