Barney & Clyde - Season 2, Episode 20

 It's here! Season two, episode 20. Pour yourself something bracing, pull up a stool and join us for an hour-ish discussion of three matters on the nation's plate at the moment:

FAMILY DISAGREEMENTS: Why are Libertarians Dissing Ron Paul?

THE HYPERBOLIC CHAMBER: Joe Biden’s radical energy views and what they portend for his campaign in the final days THE

GREAT AMERICAN SPEECHES SERIES: “A Time for Choosing” by Ronald Reagan, October 27, 1964 Please subscribe, like, share, and comment

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Barney & Clyde - Season 2, Episode 16

 It's here!

Pour yourself something bracing, pull up a stool and join us at the virtual libation station for an hour of examination of 

NOT QUITE A BUSINESS, NOT QUITE A GOVERNMENT AGENCY - The US Postal Service: the upcoming hearings on its current predicament, Trump’s bluster about its role in the upcoming elections, a bit about the service’s history (with a particular focus on Nixon making it quasi-autonomous in 1970), the role of the union, and its unfunded liabilities. 

I’LL DECIDE THAT FOR MYSELF, THANK YOU - Uber’s announcement that it will suspend operations if it’s forced to regard its drivers as employees.

TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE IN A PERENNIAL HOTBED - Could the Israel-UAE deal be a harbinger of a new era in the Middle East?

I DON’T NEED THIS KIND OF GRIEF - Law-enforcement morale in mid-2020 America.

The Best of Barney & Clyde - Season 1

B&C co-host Clyde Darrin Myers is taking a much-deserved vacation, so we've scoured the archives of Season One and found four still-relevant segments for a Best-Of show.

So welcome back to the Libation Station! Pull up a stool and join us for an examination of these timely topics:

What Causes Health Care Costs to be so High?

- I'll give you one guess

Is the Minimum Wage Immoral?

- can taking away the only employment bargaining chip unskilled people have improve their lives?

What is a Right?

- Can the government decide you have a right to housing? Health care? What exactly makes something a right?

The Leftist Climate Gloom and Doom Culture:

- the Imposition of Renewable Portfolio Standards

- and the 1970s Global Cooling Scare!

Barney and Clyde - Episode 11, Season 2

On this installment of Barney and Clyde, we bring you the weighty matters on the nation's plate this fortnight, including: THE FINE LINE BETWEEN CARING AND GRANDSTANDING: Democrats get on their knees for social justice. THEY REALLY SAID THAT?! Andrew Yang, SE Cupp, Donald Trump and Gushers / Fruit by the Foot, and a boo-hooing Karen-in-training take to social media to show the world how dumb they really are. THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN A TIME OF CIVIL UNREST: Once again a white people think they know what’s best for black people… a Minneapolis City Council Woman’s quest to deprive minorities of police protection, white kids riot in a black neighborhood and are surprised when they don't get their sjw trophies. ++Plus, surprising statistics on race in America!

Barney & Clyde Season 2, Episode 10

It's been a long two weeks, but your wait is over! Season 2, Episode 10 of the Barney & Clyde podcast is here!

Pull up a virtual barstool and join us at the digital libation station for your fortnightly installment of your favorite Libertarian and Conservative perspectives on the weighty matters of the day. In this episode: 

THE FINE LINE BETWEEN CARING AND GRANDSTANDING: Does Trump have the Authority to make Governors open churches? Do Governors have the authority to keep them closed? 

PURITY OF VISION AND FACTS ON THE GROUND: Is it possible to put together a non-leftist party with a discernible set of principles?

THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC: New Zealand warrantless searches and Rand Paul's fight against no-knock warrants in the US?

MEANWHILE, IN THE CIRCLE CITY: Indianapolis kicks restaurants while they're down, City plans to close Mass Ave to foot traffic despite protests from business owners they've already hurt.

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Barney and Clyde - Season two, episode nine

It's here! Episode 9, Season 2 of your favorite podcast that examines, fortnightly and forthrightly, four matters currently on the nation's plate, from a conservative perspective (Barney) and a libertarian viewpoint (Clyde). 

In this episode, our four segments are:

The Fine Line Between Caring and Grandstanding: We discuss the ginned-up outrage over the Dept of Education putting Title IX campus rape allegations on a due process footing... and that foot is now in the mouth of Joe Biden.

The State vs the Individual in a Time of Pandemic: Shelly Luther, owner of a Texas Salon gives law enforcement a lesson in civil disobedience. Does she qualify as a folk hero?

Maybe Someday We'll Try a Free Market: Authors of the PRIME Act seek to reduce regulations on meat production to secure the food supply.

My Kid's Noggin is NOT Government Property: Harvard University professors make some nasty and unfounded claims about homeschooling. 

Pour yourself something bracing and join us!

Barney & Clyde - season two, episode seven

It's here.

Social distancing doesn't prevent your favorite conservative and libertarian from delivering their unique brand of analysis fortnightly and forthrightly. So pour yourself something bracing and join us for a discussion of

1. Bad Ideas that will not die: Price controls and government price fixing... is price gouging a good thing?

2. Maybe Someday we'll try a free market: What does it mean when Trump says "open the country back up?"

3. Silver Linings: Positive outcomes of the COVID-19 Pandemic

4. The fine line between caring and grandstanding: Bernie once again lets down his entire movement and they are no longer having it. 

A word of caution: in the Bernie Sanders segment, we play a clip from lefty comedian Jimmy Dore, who gets pretty potty-mouthed. You might want to keep the kids distracted.

Barney & Clyde - Season 2, Episode 5

Clyde and I looked at each other as we put a wrap on this one and knew we'd just recorded a B&C for the ages. 

So welcome back to the Libation Station. Pull up a stool, pour yourself something bracing and join us as we discuss:

1. Clyde's Report on Libertarian Presidential Candidates who attended the Libertarian Party of Indiana's 2020 convention.

2. The New Right via Oren Cass presents the American Compass Project 

3. The Dark Horse and the Dropouts: Biden blows into first pace when Mayor Pete, Amy Klobuchar, and a wishy washy Liz Warren drop out before the voters can decide. What did Biden promise the dropouts?

4. He Really Said That!? The newest rantings from the Very Stable Genius himself... Donald J Trump.

Plus Patreon only bonus content!

Barney and Clyde - Season 2, Episode 4

Your fortnight-long wait is over! Episode 4 Season 2 is here! Welcome back to the Libation Station! Pour yourself something bracing and pull up a stool and join us for an hour of examination of matters on the nation’s plate. Clyde provides the libertarian perspective, Barney the conservative view.

In this installment, we discuss

1 - You'll Never Be Woke Enough: Joachin Phoenix's bizarre speech at the Oscars
2 - Meanwhile, Back in Athens: A local property Tax referendum has us pondering the broader implications of property taxes and whether their fundamental existence means that property rights don't exit.
3 - The VSG Unleashed: Trump's behavior since his acquittal
4 - No Room for Moderates: Bernie's rise to become the top contender among the Democrats.
Until Next Fortnight.... Stay vigilant about your freedom!

Barney and Clyde - season two, episode two

It's here.

Pour yourself something bracing and join us at the Libation Station for an hour of examination of

1 Purity of Vision and Facts on the Ground - Are Libertarian and Conservative Visions too Quixotic for Application in a Complicated World?

2 - They Really Said THAT?! - Trump Tirades are Revealed in an Upcoming Book & Senator McSally has the Audacity to Question CNN's Motives. 

3. Bad Ideas That Will Not Die - Every Idea that Elizabeth Warren has ever Proposed, Including Running for President.

Barney and Clyde - Season Two, Episode One

It's here. Pull up a stool to the Libation Station, let us pour you a bracing Manhattan, and settle in for a lively hour of libertarian  and conservative exchange.

Barney & Clyde - episode 19

It's here.

Welcome back to the Libation Station! Pour yourself something bracing, pull up a bar-stool, and get in on the fortnightly exchange of libertarian and conservative perspectives on the weighty matters of the day. Specifically: 1 - Pavlov's Tribalist Dogs - the Utter Predictability of Everybody's Hot Take on the Impeachment Hearing. 2 - Meanwhile, Back in Athens - Red for Ed comes to our City and State 3 - Old News - Jeffery Epstein continues to Mystify even afer Croaking; How Social Media is Keeping the Story Alive. 4 - The Assault on the Second Amendment - The Supreme Court Allows the Families of Sandy Hook Victims to Sue Arms Manufacturers.

Probable logo for the Barney & Clyde podcast

Asking you folks to weigh in on this design Clyde came up with. I'm inclined to say he nailed it.

Barney & Clyde - episode 18

For the technological reasons detailed below, I was not able to post this last weekend, but here it is. So pull a stool up to the Libation Station, pour yourself something bracing, and avail yourself of post-America's favorite conservative - libertarian exchange, delivered fortnightly and forthrightly, on matters currently on the nation's plate.

Barney & Clyde - Episode 17

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Welcome back to the Libation Station! Pour yourself something bracing, pull up a bar-stool, and get in on the fortnightly exchange of libertarian and conservative perspectives on the weighty matters of the day. Specifically: 1 - He's Not Playing 5-D Chess... The Very Stable Genius's recent doozies 2 - When a Lefty Leader gets a clue and it doesn't go over well... Ecuadoran unrest in the wake of President Moreno trying to claw the country back to solvency 3 - Madam Bleachbit Unfiltered... How's that again, Hillary? 4 - Corporate America's left turn... the NBA kowtows to China and the Business Roundtable whets Fauxcahontas's appetite! Send your feedback to barneyandclydeshow@gmail.com Comment here or at: https://www.facebook.com/barneyandcly... Please consider supporting us! https://www.patreon.com/barneyandclyde Links we referenced in this episode: https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.p... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

Barney & Clyde - episode 16

It's here.

Welcome back to the Libation Station!

Pour yourself something bracing, pull up a stool, and join us for an examination of:

1. Dictators in Suits Don't Fool Us!
- China’s 70th Communist Anniversary and Trump’s Tweet about it

2. The Ban on Advancement
- Renewable Portfolio Standards
- Julian Castro’s call for a Nuclear Energy Ban
- Back When Global Cooling was the big scare

3. Maybe Someday we’ll Try a Free Market
- Should there be an International Price Index for Drugs?

Plus Bonus a Patreon only discussion on the Marion County Prosecutor's decision to throw out most Marijuana possession charges!

Barney & Clyde - episode 15

It's here.

Welcome back to the Libation Station! Pour yourself something bracing, pull up a bar-stool, and get in on the fortnightly exchange of libertarian and conservative perspectives on the weighty matters of the day. Specifically: 1. Making children into the spokespeople for climate alarmism 2. Our Fight or Not? - What is the proper US response to attacks on Saudi Oil production? 3. Old News: What's going on with Julian Assange? 4. Journalism's Death Rattle: the NYT attempt to revive the Kavanaugh smear. Send your feedback to barneyandclydeshow@gmail.com Comment here or at: https://www.facebook.com/barneyandcly... Please consider supporting us! https://www.patreon.com/barneyandclyde

Barney & Clyde - episode 7

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Pour yourself something bracing and join us at the Libation Station for episode 7 of Barney & Clyde, a fortnightly and forthrightly delivered exchange of views, from the libertarian (Clyde) and conservative (Barney) perspectives on the issues of the day and their broader implications.
This episode's five segments: 
Big Questions (in which we look at what a right is and what cannot be a right, by definition)
You'll Never Be Woke Enough (Ani di Franco takes fire from fellow feminists)
Old News (whither Howard Schultz?)
Intramural Dustups Ahmari vs. French
Strange Bedfellows Ted Cruz teams with Sandy From Westchester to craft a bill prohibiting former legislators from lobbying Congress

Barney & Clyde - episode six

It's here.

Pour yourself something bracing and join us at the bar for another hour of our fortnightly and forthrightly delivered exchanges regarding cultural, economic and political matters currently on our nation’s plate.
Four segments to this installment: Maybe Some Day We’ll Try an Actual Free Market, They Really Said That, the Hyperbolic Chamber, and Old News.

Barney and Clyde - episode 5

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Welcome back to the bar! Pour yourself something bracing, pull up a chair and join our discussion about

1 - The real reason for high health care costs,

2 - Tax Cuts: How they've boosted the economy, but will they outpace inflation and interest on debt?

3 - Resurrection of dead shopping malls: Is it fair for people all over the country to have their money stolen to support a dying, minor entity in Columbus Indiana of all places?

4 - Iran & Venezuela: Should the US be involved?

 And More! It's a doozy of an episode!