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Voices of Liberty
Voices of Liberty is a podcast powered by Young Americans for Liberty and hosted by Sean Themea.
Each week, Voices of Liberty brings you the untold stories of the next generation of liberty leaders. These are the people fiercely defending America’s founding principles and proving that freedom is not just an idea, but a movement that is winning right now.
Listeners hear from bold entrepreneurs showing that free markets work, principled elected officials pushing back against big government, and…
Episodes
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Tribalism Is Dumb: Andrew Heaton on Why Politics Makes Everyone Crazy
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Why has politics become so angry, divisive, and downright…
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Whole Foods Co-Founder John Mackey on Capitalism, Entrepreneurship, and the Future of Freedom
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. What happens when a six-time college dropout and…
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PragerU CEO Marissa Streit on Saving American Education and Raising the Next Generation of Patriots
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Is America's education system failing the next generation? And…
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Blacklisted from Broadway: Clifton Duncan on Free Speech, Cancel Culture, and His Thomas Sowell Play
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. What happens when speaking your mind costs you the career…
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Matt Cole: Bitcoin, the Future of Capitalism, and America's Financial Crisis
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Is America's financial future at risk? With a growing national…
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Rob Chatfield: Why Milton Friedman's Ideas Matter More Than Ever
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Are Americans losing sight of the principles that made the…
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John Hood: Is the Conservative Movement Abandoning Liberty?
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. For more than four decades, John Hood has been a leading voice…
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Chris Rufer: The American Dream, Human Respect, and the Freedom to Choose
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Chris Rufer went from hauling tomatoes in a rented truck while…
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Romina Boccia: America’s Debt Crisis Is a Threat to the American Dream
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Romina Boccia, director of budget and entitlement policy at…
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Hannah Henriksen: Why Human Respect Is Essential to Liberty
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Hannah Henriksen, president of Respect America, believes one…
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George Washington in 2026: Winning Liberty Is Only the Beginning
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Thanks to a convenient break in the time-space continuum…
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Grover Norquist: Why the Fight for Lower Taxes Is Really a Fight for Liberty
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. For more than four decades, Grover Norquist has been one of…
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Naomi Brockwell: The Fight to Take Back Your Digital Privacy
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Naomi Brockwell believes privacy is the foundation of a free…
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Topher Field: Why Good People Break Bad Laws
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Topher Field knows firsthand what it means to stand against…
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Peter Lipsett: Leadership, Philanthropy, and Building a Stronger Liberty Movement
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Peter Lipsett has spent his career helping build the people…
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David Nott: How Reason Turns Radical Ideas Into Real Liberty
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. David Nott, president and chief executive officer of Reason…
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Jim Babka: Why Human Respect, Personal Responsibility, and Liberty Still Work
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Liberty advocate Jim Babka has spent decades finding new ways…
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Pennsylvania State Representative Robert Leadbeter: Bitcoin, Local Freedom, and Fighting Government Growth
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Pennsylvania State Representative Robert Leadbeter went from a…
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Nick Gillespie: Free Minds, Free Markets, and Building a Freer Future
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Reason editor-at-large Nick Gillespie has spent decades making…
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Matt Kibbe: Taking Liberty Beyond Politics and Into the Culture
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Matt Kibbe has spent decades advancing a simple but powerful…
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Daniel Singh: A Young Wyoming Lawmaker Fighting for Liberty, Privacy, and Transparency
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Wyoming State Representative Daniel Singh was just 25 when he…
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Mark Monoscalco on The Forbidden Idea, Individual Liberty, and Taking Back Our Institutions
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Author Mark Monoscalco joins Sean Themea at FreedomFest to…
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Ron Muhlenkamp on Investing, Capitalism, and the Freedom to Build Wealth
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. What does it really take to build wealth, think independently…
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Joel Trammell on Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Becoming the CEO Your Company Needs
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Successful companies don't happen by accident, and neither do…
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Rob Arnott on Adam Smith, Free Markets, and Why Capitalism Creates Prosperity
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Investor, economist, and Research Affiliates founder Rob…
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Kelley Paul on Raising the Next Generation to Love Liberty
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Kelley Paul is an author, advocate, and champion for the…
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Frayda Levy on Raising Free Thinkers and Winning the Culture for Liberty
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Moving Picture Institute…
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Brant Pinvidic on Why Liberty Wins, Hollywood, and the Power of Personal Responsibility
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Brant Pinvidic is a bestselling author, former Hollywood…
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Senate President Bo Biteman on Fighting for Wyoming and the Future of Liberty
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Wyoming Senate President Bo Biteman never planned to become a…
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State Representative Alex Kolodin on Election Integrity, Transparency, and Defending Liberty
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Arizona State Representative Alex Kolodin has built a…
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Howie Rich on Term Limits, Career Politicians, and Restoring Citizen Government
Why do so many good people refuse to run for Congress—and what would it take to change that? In this episode of Voices of Liberty, host Sean Themea sits down…
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James Spillane on Why Your Data Deserves the Same Rights as Your Property
Is your data really yours? New Hampshire State Representative James Spillane joins Sean Themea to explain why one of the biggest threats to liberty today isn't…
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Jerry Rawls on Building a Billion-Dollar Company, Taking Risks, and Why Free Markets Still Win
What does it take to build a company from a small startup into a global technology leader with 14,000 employees? In this episode of Voices of Liberty, host…
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Douglas La Rose on Why Kava, Consumer Freedom, and Common Sense Matter
What happens when government regulators target a product that millions of people safely enjoy around the world? In this conversation, Sean Themea sits down…
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Clark Neily on Defending Liberty, Limiting Government, and Reforming America’s Justice System
What happens when government power goes unchecked? In this episode of Voices of Liberty, Sean Themea sits down with constitutional attorney and Cato Institute…
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Spike Cohen on Fighting Government Abuse and Empowering Everyday Americans
What happens when ordinary people stand up to government overreach? In this episode of Voices of Liberty, Sean Themea sits down with Spike Cohen to discuss his…
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John Stossel: Why Government Fails and Free People Succeed
What happens when an award-winning journalist starts questioning everything he was taught about government? In this episode of Voices of Liberty, host Sean…
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Serena Barker on Fighting for Liberty and Defending Self-Defense Rights on Campus
In this episode of Voices of Liberty, host Sean Themea sits down with Serena Barker, a Young Americans for Liberty activist whose journey into the liberty…
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Brendan Steinhauser on the Future of AI and the Survival of Liberty
Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than almost anyone imagined. But what does that mean for freedom, innovation, and the future of humanity? In this…
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Larry Reed: Why Liberty Must Be Defended Before It’s Too Late
In this episode of Voices of Liberty, Sean Themea sits down with Lawrence W. “Larry” Reed — President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education — to…
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Allen Gilmer: Building, Creating, and Defending Liberty
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty, powered by Young Americans for Liberty, with host Sean Themea. Allen Gilmer has spent his life creating things—from building…
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Nathan Fatal: Why Liberty Needs Builders, Not Bystanders
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Nathan Fatal believes liberty does not advance when people…
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Jake Bequette: Football, Service, and the Hard Road of Liberty
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Jake Bequette has lived several lives, and each one reflects…
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From Activist to State Representative: Dylan Jordan’s Fight for Liberty in South Dakota
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. In this episode, Sean sits down with South Dakota State…
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Lou Perez on Comedy, Free Speech, and Why Humor Still Matters for Liberty
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Today’s guest is Lou Perez, comedian, writer, and cultural…
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Jay Lapeyre: Liberty, Leadership, and Civil Discourse
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty, powered by Young Americans for Liberty, with host Sean Themea. Jay Lapeyre has spent decades building in business while also…
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Why Free Market Capitalism Still Matters, Vance Ginn on Liberty, Prosperity, and Economic Truth
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Vance Ginn joins Sean Themea to talk about how hardship…
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Senator Rand Paul on Liberty, Debt, and Why Principle Must Matter More Than Party
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. In this conversation, Rand Paul reflects on the ideas that…
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Lyn Ulbricht on Freeing Ross, Fighting Cruel Sentencing, and Why Mercy Still Matters in America
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Today’s guest is Lyn Ulbricht, the mother of Ross Ulbricht and…
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Mayor Glenn Jacobs on Liberty, Leadership, and Standing Firm When Government Overreached
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty, hosted by Sean Themea and powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Today’s guest is Glenn Jacobs, mayor of Knox County, known…
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Ty Hicks on Leadership, Mental Freedom, and Unlocking Human Potential for Liberty
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Today’s guest is Ty Hicks, founder and chief executive officer…
Voices of LibertyFrom Poverty to Prosperity: Magatte Wade on Why Freedom Is Africa’s Only Way Forward
What if your first lesson in economics wasn’t a textbook — but a shower? In this powerful episode of Voices of Liberty, host Sean Themea sits down with…
Voices of LibertyState Representative Ron Ferguson on Grassroots Power, Limited Government, and Fighting for Liberty in Ohio
Welcome back to Voices of Liberty with host Sean Themea, powered by Young Americans for Liberty. Today’s guest is Ohio State Representative Ron Ferguson, a…
Voices of LibertyBuilding Liberty Through Business: Alexander McCobin on Capitalism, Entrepreneurship, and the Future of Freedom
Building Liberty Through Business: Alexander McCobin on Capitalism, Entrepreneurship, and the Future of Freedom In this episode of Voices of Liberty, host Sean…
Voices of LibertyUnapologetic for Liberty: Curt Nisly’s Battle Against the Political Machine
In this episode, Sean sits down with former Indiana State Representative Curt Nisly, a man who learned firsthand what happens when you refuse to bend, even…
Voices of LibertyFrom the Battlefield to the Statehouse: Jennifer Gross and the Fight for Liberty in Ohio
What does it look like to carry the torch of liberty from the battlefield to the statehouse? In this episode of Voices of Liberty, host Sean Themea sits down…
Voices of LibertyFree Enterprise Under Fire: Kent Lassman on Defending Liberty
For more than three decades, Kent Lassman has been on the front lines defending free enterprise and pushing back against government overreach. As President and…
Voices of LibertyLeading with Principle: Jennifer A. Grossman on Liberty and the Atlas Society
In this episode of Voices of Liberty, host Sean Themea sits down with Jennifer A. Grossman—a.k.a., JAG— CEO of the Atlas Society, for an in-depth conversation…
Voices of LibertyFrom College Student to New Hampshire State Representative: Sam Farrington’s Liberty Fight
In this episode of Voices of Liberty, host Sean Themea sits down with New Hampshire state representative Sam Farrington, who was elected at just 22 years old…
Voices of LibertyHannah Cox on Capitalism, Culture, and the Unintended Consequences of Government
In this episode of Voices of Liberty, host Sean Themea sits down with Hannah Cox, a leading voice in the liberty movement, to explore her unexpected journey…