{"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 401 | California Is Failing the Homeless | Guest: Mary Theroux","slug":"ep-401-california-is-failing-the-homeless-guest-mary-theroux","published_at":"2026-08-26T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kibbe-on-liberty-687266/ep-401-california-is-failing-the-homeless-guest-mary-theroux","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/BMDC9519803874.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/BMDC9519803874.mp3","summary":"For decades, California has been pouring government money into the homelessness problem, insisting that the issue can be solved by simply giving people free housing. Today, the situation is worse than ever, because the housing-first approach neglects the full picture of what causes someone to become homeless in the first place, which is often related to drug addiction or mental illness. Matt Kibbe speaks with Mary Theroux, CEO of the Independent Institute, about the film “Building Home,” a collaborative effort between her organization and Free the People, which uses one man’s story of redemption to highlight the policy failures of cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, while proposing an alternative approach that actually works. Watch the full \"Building Home\" documentary here: https://freethepeople.org/films/building-home/","meta_description":"For decades, California has been pouring government money into the homelessness problem, insisting that the issue can be solved by simply giving people fr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2936,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kibbe-on-liberty-687266/episodes/ep-401-california-is-failing-the-homeless-guest-mary-theroux/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-401-california-is-failing-the-homeless-guest-mary-theroux.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}