{"podcast":{"title":"Kibbe on Liberty","slug":"kibbe-on-liberty-687266","podcast_index_feed_id":687266,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BMDC2113717430","website_url":"https://get.blazetv.com/kibbe/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/07ba0ec6-28d7-11ea-b588-cb5e2f3009c4/image/784f6d34e32fc76d6f4e72be9b9d199a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Blaze Podcast Network","episode_count":407,"summary":"Kibbe on Liberty is a weekly podcast with libertarian author and economist, Matt Kibbe. Kibbe believes that honest conversations, driven by intellectual curiosity and mutual respect, can ignite a new revolution of free thinking and a willingness to question the official narrative. That means talking, and listening, to a wide variety of people outside the echo chamber of officially sanctioned experts. Kibbe on Liberty's guests include politicians, economists, musicians, comedians, writers, radio personalities, activists, journalists, and even magicians—with topics of conversation ranging from current affairs to obscure philosophy, from craft beer to the Grateful Dead. Cold one in hand, settle in for the next brain-stimulating hour of Kibbe on Liberty. As the president of Free the People, Kibbe has decades of experience in the libertarian political sphere. He is the author of three books, including Don’t Hurt People and Don’t Take Their Stuff, a #2 NY Times Best Seller. Kibbe is a fanatical DeadHead, drinker of great whisky, and collector of obscure books on Austrian economics.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-02T20:21:19.986071+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kibbe-on-liberty-687266"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 399 | Australia Embraced Tyranny During Lockdowns | Guest: Topher Field","slug":"ep-399-australia-embraced-tyranny-during-lockdowns-guest-topher-field","published_at":"2026-08-12T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kibbe-on-liberty-687266/ep-399-australia-embraced-tyranny-during-lockdowns-guest-topher-field","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kibbe-on-liberty-687266","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/4V6da/arttrk.com/p/BLZM1/verifi.podscribe.com/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/285/pscrb.fm/rss/p/chrt.fm/track/1655CF/cohst.app/pdcst/5I2S5F/traffic.megaphone.fm/BMDC7486857469.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/4V6da/arttrk.com/p/BLZM1/verifi.podscribe.com/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/285/pscrb.fm/rss/p/chrt.fm/track/1655CF/cohst.app/pdcst/5I2S5F/traffic.megaphone.fm/BMDC7486857469.mp3","summary":"In the first few years of the 2020s, the United States engaged in unprecedented breaches of American civil liberties under the pretense of protecting public health and safety. Yet compared to Australia, we got off light. Matt Kibbe is joined by author and filmmaker Topher Field, who personally documented the way the Australian government cracked down on speech, assembly, and the right to protest in the city of Melbourne, Victoria. And unfortunately, while we may think that the worst is behind us, there's reason to believe that COVID was simply a blueprint for greater power-grabs to come.","meta_description":"In the first few years of the 2020s, the United States engaged in unprecedented breaches of American civil liberties under the pretense of protecting publ…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5242,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kibbe-on-liberty-687266/episodes/ep-399-australia-embraced-tyranny-during-lockdowns-guest-topher-field/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kibbe-on-liberty-687266/ep-399-australia-embraced-tyranny-during-lockdowns-guest-topher-field.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}