{"podcast":{"title":"Freedom Unaffiliated","slug":"freedom-unaffiliated-6377441","podcast_index_feed_id":6377441,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/independence-institute-fu/","website_url":"https://thinkfreedom.org","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/560ed20e-bd0d-4345-a03d-e5dbbf2a1bd7/xXlFVqlrZPsYyna95eX6pwIf.png","author":"Independence Institute","episode_count":194,"summary":"Did you know 46% of the voters in Colorado are unaffiliated? Have you ever wondered why? Hear from the experts at Independence Institute talk about the issues important to Colorado and how to bring some sanity to this increasingly leftist state.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T06:20:14.080106+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/freedom-unaffiliated-6377441"},"episode":{"title":"Thank God for Wyoming , the Un-Colorado","slug":"thank-god-for-wyoming-the-un-colorado","published_at":"2026-03-27T13:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/freedom-unaffiliated-6377441/thank-god-for-wyoming-the-un-colorado","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/freedom-unaffiliated-6377441","url":"https://thinkfreedom.org","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/54633ef6-3981-4d65-bfdb-a77618570615.mp3","summary":"Years ago, I interviewed a Canadian health-care broker whose job was helping his countrymen escape their own failing system. When their “free” health care turned into “free to wait until you die,” he’d save his clients by routing them to doctors in the U.S. who’d accept cash and rescue their lives. I asked him what advice he had for Americans. His answer terrified me. “I hope the U.S. won’t do what we’ve done with health care,” he said. I thought his reasoning was that he didn’t want to see Americans suffer and die because of medical socialism. But that wasn’t it. He said, “Because if you do, we’ll have nowhere to escape to.” That stuck with me. We are Canada’s health care lifeboat. Every bad system needs an escape hatch. Otherwise, you’re trapped. God Bless Wyoming Which brings me to the un-Colorado. Thank God for Wyoming. From energy to fiscal policy, civil liberties to tech laws, Wyoming is becoming Colorado’s lifeboat. And it is so much more than sneaking north to buy fireworks and gun magazines. Wyoming is becoming the gold standard, quite literally. In December the state purchased some 2,312 ounces of physical gold. Understanding printing money out of nowhere and constant debt spending eventually ends badly, they’re planning ahead. A new law requires 10% of their cash reserves be kept in physical gold. While the rest of the country debates modern monetary theory, Wyoming is quietly saying, “Maybe we should own something real.” For those of us who see Bitcoin as digital gold (like gold, Bitcoin has a limited supply), Wyoming again has the advantage. The Cowboy State was early in building a legal home for cryptocurrency companies. While Colorado chases away tech heavy-hitters like Palantir, Wyoming wants them. They passed laws to clarify crypto is private property,…","meta_description":"Years ago, I interviewed a Canadian health-care broker whose job was helping his countrymen escape their own failing system. When their “free” health care…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":343,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/freedom-unaffiliated-6377441/episodes/thank-god-for-wyoming-the-un-colorado/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/freedom-unaffiliated-6377441/thank-god-for-wyoming-the-un-colorado.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}