The Tim Preuss Podcast

Tim discusses his recent Halsey News article, It’s Called Blowback, Stupid, an article that received more attention than expected. America’s foreign policy has consequences, and questioning this policy doesn’t make someone “anti-American” or mean that they don’t support the troops. Demagoguery put an end to the truth being aired. Donald Trump is gearing up to repeal […] The post Ep 305 – Blowback, DACA, & Taxes appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

New York is continuing their war on tobacco by raising the minimum price of a pack of cigarettes to $13. Mayor Bill de Blasio considers it another move to combat the unhealthy habit of smoking, but neglects to take into account the unintended consequences of such a move. New Yorkers are traveling outside the city, […] The post Ep 304 – War on Tobacco appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

YouTube is coming under fire for it’s blatant actions to demonetize conservative and libertarian content. Some content is just trash, but they’ve even managed to go after former congressman Ron Paul. The solution – create a new video sharing platform for those who actually value free speech. Unfortunately, that solution will only widen the divide […] The post Ep 303 – YouTube Censorship appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

The news is out that militarizing the police is BACK! No longer will our poor police officers have to patrol the streets in Dodge Chargers – now they can ride in style. Military style. Surplus military equipment like armored vehicles will now be sold to local police departments. What could possibly go wrong? Jeff Sessions […] The post Ep 302 – Militarizing the Police appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

Government is actively working to make Hurricane Harvey even worse than it already was. Local Houston officials encouraged residents to stay in their houses until it was too late. Even if folks wanted to leave at this time, hundreds of roads leading out of the city are now closed. Government failed to properly advise citizens […] The post Ep 301 – Hurricane Harvey appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

After a brief chat about men’s fashion (seriously) Tim and Ande criticize the Ku Klux Klan and their efforts to “rebrand” the KKK. Thomas Robb is warning that more violence will come if politicians refuse to denounce Antifa, but the reality is that regardless of what politicians say, these hate filled groups will continue acting […] The post Ep 300 – Ku Klux Klan appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

Tim and Ande discuss how the dumbest form of gambling – Powerball – is completely endorsed by the state. Even after you win, government taxes the people who are responsible and put their winnings into an annuity more than people who just take a lump sum up front. Chicago had its worst weekend on record, […] The post Ep 299 – Powerball: Idiotic and Endorsed by Government appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

Trump has announced that he will increase troops levels in Afghanistan. Founder of Blackwater, Erik Prince, disagrees with this strategy as it is just more of the same. If 140,000 troops weren’t enough, an extra 4,000 won’t work either. Furthermore, this is something that Trump specifically campaigned against. In his speech, he openly admitted that […] The post Ep 298 – War in Afghanistan appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

The main stream media is once again missing the ball. They’ve spent the last two weeks discussing whether Donald Trump is racist or not, or how his rhetoric may or may not have influenced or encouraged neo-Nazis in Charlottesville. The debt ceiling is on the horizon, with a September 30th deadline. Will anyone pay attention […] The post Ep 297 – Missing the Ball appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

Too many want a limited government here at home, but have no problem with America’s foreign policy of war and empire. There are a number of strong reasons to oppose interventionist policies and policing the world – constitutional, economic, moral, historical, and common sense. If one wants small government, one MUST oppose interventionism. Also – […] The post Ep 296 – War and Empire appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

Tim chats with Ruari from One Year No Beer about how eliminating alcohol from your life can have powerful life changing effects. Alcohol has been marketed to us as something cool, something that a fun life must include, but really, it slows us down, depresses us, kills our energy, ruins our sleep, and hurts our personal […] The post Ep 295 – One Year No Beer appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

What is Donald Trump’s philosophy when it comes to governing? Is he driven by the ideas of John Locke and Montesquieu? Are his economic ideas founded in the teachings of Adam Smith and David Ricardo? Not likely. A business man does not an economist make. A politician does not a philosopher make. Trump is driven […] The post Ep 294 – The Philosophy of Trump appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

Ande returns to chat with Tim about how Antifa actually has more in common with the alt-right than they know. They’re both favor or big government, and neither is in favor a more human liberty. Both groups blame all of their own failures, be on it immigrants, Muslims, greedy corporations, or evil white males, on […] The post Ep 293 – Antifa vs the Alt-Right appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

In the days following a weekend of bloodshed in Chicago, CNN mentions Trump 37 times on its homepage and doesn’t mention Chicago a single time. The mainstream media cares more about some goofball Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville than they do about the hundreds of people killed in Chicago, or thousands dying in inner cities around America […] The post Ep 292 – CNN is Failing America appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

The mainstream media, both the left and the right, are once again failing the American public when it comes to what happened over the weekend in Charlottesville. Instead of talking about ideas, instead of having honest conversations about history, law, and policy, the MSM attacks individuals or small groups on either side of an issue. […] The post Ep 291 – Thoughts on Charlottesville appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

It’s quite rare that a bonus episode is made available, but today is a special Saturday. This episode will not be syndicated, and is available exclusively to visitors of PreussPodcast.com. An extra episode, extra long, with one of the Podcast’s favorite regulars – Gus Willman. Sit back and enjoy! The post Ep 290 – Saturday Special appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

Will Coley, cofounder of Muslims for Liberty, joins Tim for an end of the week podcast. The two chat about Will’s efforts to obtain the libertarian party’s nomination for vice president, and the future of the libertarian party itself. Also, Tim pushes Will on whether Islam and libertarianism can co-exist. According to Coley, Islam actually CAN […] The post Ep 289 – Will Coley appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

Gus Willman returns to the podcast to chat with Tim about transgender rights and how they apply to real life law. No one on the podcast is trying to be “mean” to people who identify as transgender, but where does it end? This seems like a rabbit hole that society as a whole cannot afford […] The post Ep 288 – Amazon vs Transgender appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

Vice News broke the story that apparently Donald Trump’s staff regularly compiles positive news to share with the President in order to make him feel good. In order distract the man-baby from his record low approval ratings, he is fed twice a day a serving of positive headlines, TV shows, tweets, and even flattering pictures […] The post Ep 287 – Feelin’ Good appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT – DO NOT LEAVE YOUR KIDS IN THE CAR WHEN IT’S SUMMER…. OR EVER, FOR THAT MATTER! Stupid people do stupid things. There isn’t a way to eliminate all the stupid people, but if the government stopped incentivizing bad behavior and subsidizing it, perhaps there would be less of it. Stupid people […] The post Ep 286 – Public Service Announcement appeared first on PREUSSPODCAST.COM.