Michael Keenan, President of the Seasteading Institute

For this episode, Aaron is joined by Michael Keenan, president of the Seasteading Institute. Seasteading is the idea that people can create permanent, floating settlements on international waters, so as to escape government reach. The two talk about the institute, Mr. Keenan's involvement in it, the logistics of creating a floating city and the possibility of such a city facing aggression from the U.S. government.

You can find out more about seasteading at Seasteading.org.

And, as always send comments or questions about this, or any, episode to news@LPO.org.



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Ep. 4 w/ former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson

Aaron (virtually) sits down with Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico. Topics include Johnson's candidacy for the 2012 presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party, his knack for tossing out vetoes as Governor, his paragliding accident, climbing the world's tallest mountains, AMC's "Breaking Bad," Ron Paul and more. Then we delve into Johnson's plan for presidency including thoughts on immigration, the Fed, terrorism, drug prohibition and more.

For more from Gov. Johnson, see his official website or follow him on Twitter @GovGaryJohnson.


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Ep. 3/ author Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

This episode, we're joined by New York Times best-selling author, Thomas E. Woods. Woods is the author of such books as "Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse," "The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History" and "Who Killed the Constitution?"

Topics discussed on this episode include The Fed, religion, progressivism's move to the mainstream, NBC's "The Office," and much more.



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Ep. 2 w/ LPO Finance Director Jillian Mack

On this episode, your host, Aaron Keith Harris, talks with Jillian Mack, the new Finance Director of the LPO.

Topics include getting the word out by going door-to-door, the task ahead as new Finance Director, discovering Libertarianism, electronica music, giving up on the Republican Party and much more!

Follow the Jillian on Twitter @jillian4liberty. And follow the LPO @LPOhio.

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Ep. 1 w/ Matt Mayer, President of the Buckeye Institute

On this first installment of Declare!: The Official Podcast of the Libertarian Party of Ohio, we're joined by Matt Mayer, President of the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions. You can follow Matt on Twitter @ohiomatt.

In addition to numerous other subjects, we refer to The Tytler Cycle, which is a quote attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler that states that great nations go through the following cycle: 

From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to complacency; From complacency to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.

Feel free to e-mail host Aaron Keith Harris (LPO Communications Director) with any comments or questions at news@LPO.org.





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