{"podcast":{"title":"Lions of Liberty Network","slug":"lions-of-liberty-network-169417","podcast_index_feed_id":169417,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/lionsofliberty","website_url":"https://LionsOfLiberty.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/264ccd56-3eaf-11ed-8984-23da9a3f9982/image/b1421f776ce81eeea6a8662b84e4ec7e.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Lions of Liberty","episode_count":1957,"summary":"Welcome to The Lions of Liberty Podcast Network - where culture, comedy, and capitalism collide. The true OG voice of liberty and freedom in the podcast space. We cut through the noise with razor-sharp takes on politics, free markets, and the cultural battles shaping our world. Whether you're a politically inclined free thinker or an entrepreneurial disruptor shaking up the status quo, the Lions of Liberty will deliver what you need. www.lionsofliberty.com","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T20:20:25.072526+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lions-of-liberty-network-169417"},"episode":{"title":"TBNS: Data Centers, H-1B Visas, Citizens United, & the Iowa Senate Race in the Middle of It","slug":"tbns-data-centers-h-1b-visas-citizens-united-the-iowa-senate-race-in-the-middle-of-it","published_at":"2026-09-21T02:35:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lions-of-liberty-network-169417/tbns-data-centers-h-1b-visas-citizens-united-the-iowa-senate-race-in-the-middle-of-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lions-of-liberty-network-169417","url":"https://www.lionsofliberty.com/","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ENTSL5135504972.mp3","summary":"Dr. Thomas Laehn joins Brian Nichols to reveal how Iowa's data center fight, eminent domain, and Citizens United money all run through the 2026 Senate race - and why voters keep getting handed two bad options.Laehn is the Greene County Attorney and the first Libertarian in Iowa history to win a partisan election. Then he won it again. Now he's on the November 3 ballot against Ashley Hinson and Josh Turek for Joni Ernst's open seat.He wrote a bill that passed the House and passed the Senate. It never became law. What happened to it is the part nobody in Des Moines wants repeated.Brian pushes back hard - on young men and H-1B hiring, on the cultural fight libertarians keep dodging, on whether one party is objectively worse than the other. Laehn's answer isn't the one you're expecting.And then a former professor of constitutional law says something about the word \"republic\" that we had to sit with for a second.Give it a listen.CHAPTERS0:00 The Third Party Line Iowa Just Broke2:01 Preacher's Kid, Professor, Prosecutor2:48 He Won as a Libertarian. Then Won Again.4:23 Why Iowa and Not Your State5:12 The Majority Nobody Bothers to Count7:17 Brian Pushes Back: Isn't One Party Just Worse?9:38 88% Want Term Limits. Neither Party Will Move.12:10 The COVID Test Both Parties Failed14:16 The Flag Burning Order and the Prison Threat18:24 The Cultural Fight Libertarians Keep Dodging21:26 Federalism Is the Answer. Here's Why.22:45 \"We May Already Have a Monarchy\"24:32 Young Men, H-1B, and the Hopelessness Problem26:56 The $200K Veto: Bruce Rastetter's Pipeline30:13 Data Centers, the 40-Acre Rule, and Groundwater30:58 The Lindsay Clancy Question32:18 Israel, Iran, and the Blank Check33:13 Overturn Citizens United34:33 Hinson vs Turek vs Laehn35:29 Why Vote for Him on November 337:20 Edu…","meta_description":"Dr. Thomas Laehn joins Brian Nichols to reveal how Iowa's data center fight, eminent domain, and Citizens United money all run through the 2026 Senate rac…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2343,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lions-of-liberty-network-169417/episodes/tbns-data-centers-h-1b-visas-citizens-united-the-iowa-senate-race-in-the-middle-of-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lions-of-liberty-network-169417/tbns-data-centers-h-1b-visas-citizens-united-the-iowa-senate-race-in-the-middle-of-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}