Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket & Raylene Lightheart [PODCAST] Episodes 1-3
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About The Guest: Apollo Slater is a software developer and writer in San Antonio, Texas. He writes on politics, economics, and technology, from a voluntaryist perspective. After working in the technology field for more than a decade, he started his own software consultancy and has developed a number of enterprise and consumer applications. In response to the 2008 financial crisis and the Ron Paul 2012 campaign, Apollo started writing about political topics, such as the ethics of working for the government, using technology to advance a voluntary society, private property rights theory, and many others. Apollo’s work can be found at apolloslater.com or on Facebook and Twitter as apolloslater.
Show Summary: IGNITION! On our very first show, we welcome Apollo Slater and my new co-host Raylene Lightheart! This first show absolutely rocked! We got a spiffy new intro, a new logo, an amazing new co-host, and you still got Johnny! In this episode, we talk about technology, feminism, white privilege, economics, and every other great libertarian topic you can muster up. So crack open a beer, and enjoy the Blast-Off!
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About The Guest: Remso W. Martinez is a journalist and libertarian commentator. Remso is a graduate of Marion Military Institute and earned his Bachelor’s degree in US Government Politics and Policy from Liberty University. Through his efforts, he has been a recipient of Being Libertarian’s 2017 Jefferson Liberty Award, and his podcast the Remso Republic was a 2017 Podcast Awards nominee for best in news and politics. His articles have also been published at FreedomWorks, the Media Research Center, TheBlaze, and numerous other outlets.
Show Summary: Why do people hate libertarians? One part of America calls them soulless robber barons who want to stick children back in factories and the other part thinks they are drugged up anarchists. Who are they? And why have regular Americans been told to avoid libertarians and their ideas? Remso W. Martinez debunks the myths, misconceptions, and outright lies thrown at libertarians ranging from the idea that votes can be stolen to the radical notion that you own yourself. This was a hilarious second episode that you cannot miss!
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About The Guest: Bill Ottman is an American internet entrepreneur and freedom of information activist based in New York City, best known as the CEO and co-founder of Minds. Ottman pursued English and music at the University of Vermont. In 2010, he worked as director of marketing at Gathering of the Vibes Music and Arts Festival. In 2011, Ottman co-founded Minds, an open source social networking platform that launched to the public in June 2015. He is also currently an advisor at Code to Inspire.
Show Summary: Everything – from our currencies to our databases – are supposed to exist, immutable, in this strange new world. And Bill Ottman wants to add our social media to the mix.
Ottman, an intense dude with a passion to fix the world, is the founder of Minds.com, a New York-based startup that has been receiving waves of new users as zealots and the not-so-zealous have been leaving other networks. In fact, Zuckerberg’s bad news is music to Ottman’s ears. Join us for this Amazing episode!
Minds.com is an open-source social media platform that puts individual users first. Social media platforms like Facebook data mine and sell user information to companies. The end result is those big corporations sell their users as the product.
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About the Host:
Johnny “Rocket” Adams is the creator and host of “The Johnny Rocket Launch Pad – Libertarian Rock n’ Roll Experience” and now “BLAST OFF!” He’s also a musician, graphic artist, author, and former Chief Warrant Officer. Johnny spent his early days earning his stripes as a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Army.
Back stateside, Johnny immersed himself in the classic works of Murray Rothbard, Henry Hazlitt, and Ludwig von Mises. From there the AnCap known as “Johnny Rocket” was born. Speaking truth to power from your cell phone tower, Johnny digests the philosophy of liberty and brings them to the man on the street on a weekly basis.
Johnny Rocket was also the front-man of the rockabilly group “Hot Roddin’ Romeos” and puts pencil to paper with the critically acclaimed comic series “The Liberty Force.” New York Times best-selling author and podcast host Tom Woods calls Johnny Rocket “one of the most entertaining figures in the liberty movement.”
About the Co-Host:
Raylene Lightheart is an activist in the libertarian movement. She is a dedicated wife and home school mom of five. She is passionate about self-ownership, free association community, and unfettered liberty.
Raylene is the director of marketing and sales of Launch Pad Media Group.
She is the assistant communications director for Libertarian Party of Washington State and also serves as Region 3 alternate. She also is on the board of Libertarian Party of Kitsap County and was awarded the 2018 Porcupine Award for LPWA.
As a child, Raylene dreamed of being in broadcasting. Today, she is thrilled to have the opportunity to advance liberty through education, outreach, and entertainment.