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Mo is the founder and CEO of Standard Notes, a privacy-focused note-taking app. Standard Notes features end-to-end encryption, advanced security, and unique privacy controls. Standard Notes' code is completely open-source and independently audited by leading security researchers. It is an ideal example of what an alternative to the corporate-controlled internet can be.

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If you've listened to this podcast at all, you know how big a fan I am of FIRE. Until recently, FIRE stood for the "Foundation for Individual Rights in Education," but as of last week, they have expanded their mission and are now the "Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression." To me, FIRE is easily the premiere defender of free speech in America today. Nico Perrino serves as the Vice President of FIRE’s Communications depart...

In college, Patric Verrone was an editor of the renowned Harvard Lampoon. He graduated from Boston College Law School and briefly practiced law before becoming a TV writer. Early in his career, he was a monologue writer for The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He's written for Futurama (which is coming back next year!) since its first season and has served a producer and executive producer...

Wrestling fans know Mayor Glenn Jacobs as WWE Superstar Kane. Mayor Jacobs has been with the WWE since 1995, and since 2018 he has served as the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. He is also the author of the excellent book, "Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics"—likely the only book in history to have chapters detailing both Austrian economics and Japanese shoot wrestling.

Mayor Kane's book: https://www.amazon.com/Mayor-Kan...

Wayne Federman is a standup comic, actor, producer, writer, comedy historian, and USC professor. He has been in about 90% of my favorite comedies: 40-Year-Old Virgin, Step Brothers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The League, Community, Always Sunny, Tough Crowd, 50 First Dates, Knocked Up, Crashing, Silicon Valley, Legally Blonde...among over one hundred other credits. And he is the author of the excellent book, "The History of Stand-Up: Fr...

Robert Corn-Revere is an attorney and partner in the Washington, DC office of Davis Wright Tremaine. Bob is one of the country's preeminent First Amendment lawyers, having argued on behalf of Playboy in front of the Supreme Court,  defended CBS Television and Viacom in an FCC proceeding resulting from the Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction," and successfully petitioned for a pardon of comedian Lenny Bruce. (If you're interested ...

Dr. Rima Azar is an Associate Professor of health psychology at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada. She was suspended from her position, and banned from campus, following complains about her personal blog. She’s fought back against the suspension. Last June she spoke with Jordan Peterson on his podcast about what she was going through. In this conversation, I talk with Rima about her time growing un in Lebanon during...

John Hasnas is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, and the executive director of the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics. John has written some of my favorite pieces of academic legal writing including The Myth of the Rule of Law, The Obviousness of Anarchy, and recently Ten Questions about Democracy. 

What makes John’s work unique is that most leg...

Michelle Drouin is a professor of psychology at Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne. She has served as a forensic consultant, expert witness, and she is an internationally-recognized researcher and speaker. Dr. Drouin focuses her work on issues related to technology, relationships, couples, and sexuality. Dr. Drouin is also the author of the upcoming book Out of Touch: How to Survive an Intimacy Famine, which will be ou...

Dorian Abbot is an associate professor of geophysical science at the University of Chicago. Dorian first made national news when he challenged the university's diversity hiring practices. (To hear that story, check out our conversation on episode 43.) In August, Dorian published a widely discussed op-ed in Newsweek titled “The Diversity Problem on Campus,” which caused MIT to cancel a lecture he was scheduled to give at a prestigio...

Ryan MacDonald is an MMA fighter and UFC veteran with a professional record of 11-2. He is also the owner and coach of 6910N1 MMA & Fitness in his hometown of North Platte, Nebraska. Ryan is coming off an impressive finish last week at Art of Scrap 3 against fellow UFC veteran Willie Gates.

Ryan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mainevent_mac

Ryan on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/maineventssb

6910N1 MMA & Fitness: https...

Shannon Falkenstein is a co-founder and Executive Director of Acton Academy in El Salvador. Acton Academy is an innovative form of education that aims to move students from receivers of knowledge to self-seekers of knowledge. Acton blends state of the art software, projects with real world application, Socratic discussions, and what they call the Hero’s Journey in a student-centered, multi-age classroom. I learned about Acton Acade...

Lyn Ulbricht is the mother of Ross Ulbricht, who created the marketplace website Silk Road in 2011. In 2015, Ross—a first-time, nonviolent offender— was sentenced to a double life sentence plus 40 years without the possibility of parole for offenses related to his operation of Silk Road. Since Ross’ arrest, Lyn has worked to bring to light the corruption and injustice surrounding Ross’ trial and conviction.

Learn more about Ross'...

Carla Gericke is an author, activist, and attorney. She was born and raised in South Africa during apartheid and began practicing law in her home country. Carla then won the "green card lottery" and immigrated to the United States, where she practiced law in Silicon Valley. Carla eventually left the corporate world and moved to New Hampshire to become part of the Free State Project, becoming the president of FSP in 2011. We had a f...

Dez Jones is the founder of Dez Fit Club LLC. He is a fitness trainer, macro-nutrition coach, and motivational speaker. We talked about Dez’s childhood growing up with a single mom and three brothers, surviving and thriving through faith and discipline, sculpting the body of a Greek god, entrepreneurship, using fitness and tough love to help kids in rough situations, and much more.

Dez’s website: https...

Chrissie Mayr is a stand-up comic and podcast host. She hosts the Chrissie Mayr Podcast and Wet Spot on Compound Media. We talk about Chrissie's life growing up on Long Island, how she got into both comedy and politics, mixing the two, and much more.

Chrissie has stand-up shows coming up in Vegas, Dallas, New Jersey, and Santa Monica. You can find all of her upcoming dates at https://www.chrissiemayr.com.

Chrissie on Twitter: ...

Carol Roth has over 25 years of business advisory experience. She is a recovering investment banker, entrepreneur, TV pundit and host, and New York Times bestselling author of The Entrepreneur Equation. She also hosts the podcast, “The Roth Effect.” Carol's latest book is “The War on Small Business: How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush the Backbone of America.”

I think this might be the most important book to come out of...

Brandon Glova, AKA DJ Bonics, is best known as the DJ for Wiz Khalifa. He can also be heard DJing for Q102 in Philadelphia and serves as a host on the CW in the Twin Cities. Bonics has been a longtime DJ for 96.1 KISS-FM in Pittsburgh and previously DJed for Go Radio 95.3 in Minneapolis. We talk about all aspects of Bonics' unbelievable career, including learning to DJ at Pitt, meeting and working with Wiz Khalifa, suffering a hear...

Rebecca Trent is the owner and operator of The Creek and The Cave comedy club, which recently moved from its longtime home in New York City to Austin, Texas. The Creek has helped launch the careers of a number of successful comedians, include Mark Normand, Donald Glover, Tim Dillon, and the Legion of Skanks. Rebecca is also a comedy producer, director, booker, talent coordinator, and festival coordinator. She directed Unconstitutio...