{"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":1914,"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":"2026-07-10T04:17:42.397290+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lions-of-liberty-network-169417"},"episode":{"title":"TLPP: How to Spot Statistical BS w/ Aaron Brown","slug":"tlpp-how-to-spot-statistical-bs-w-aaron-brown","published_at":"2026-06-09T22:12:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lions-of-liberty-network-169417/tlpp-how-to-spot-statistical-bs-w-aaron-brown","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lions-of-liberty-network-169417","url":"https://lionsofliberty.com","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ENTSL7447675313.mp3","summary":"Aaron Brown is a quantitative analyst, risk manager, and author of the new book Wrong Number: How to Extract Truth from a Blizzard of Quantitative Disinformation. https://amzn.to/4frmg3n He's also about to debate gun control at the Soho Forum in August — and his preparation for that debate is a pretty good preview of what's in the book. Topics include: why out of 28,000 gun control studies, the RAND Corporation found only 20 that weren't statistically crippled; the smoking analogy and what it tells us about legislation that runs ahead of evidence; why gun laws burden legitimate owners and not criminals; why we have a crime problem, not a gun problem; The Lancet paper that claimed US aid saved 92 million lives; how to spot three red flags that tell you a statistic is BS; and Wonder Bread's motto \"Helps build strong bodies 12 ways\" — which nobody ever actually wrote down. Get the book → Wrong Number: How to Extract Truth from a Blizzard of Quantitative Disinformation https://amzn.to/4frmg3n TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 — Intro — Aaron Brown and Wrong Number 0:34 — The Soho Forum gun control debate — and who he's up against 3:45 — The proposition: abolish all restrictions on adult firearm ownership 4:48 — Lou on navigating gun laws across state lines (NJ → PA → NY) 7:25 — The wide cultural divide: Scranton airport vs. any other airport with guns 9:04 — RAND Corporation: of 28,000 gun control studies, only 20 weren't crippled by errors 10:04 — The smoking analogy — legislation running ahead of the evidence 12:15 — Gun control laws only burden legitimate owners — not criminals 12:43 — The Glock switch ban and the AR-15 — targeting the popular, not the dangerous 15:18 — \"Trump is a fascist\" — and you want him to take the guns? 15:42 — Stop calling it a gun problem. It's a crime problem.…","meta_description":"Aaron Brown is a quantitative analyst, risk manager, and author of the new book Wrong Number: How to Extract Truth from a Blizzard of Quantitative Disinfo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2551,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lions-of-liberty-network-169417/episodes/tlpp-how-to-spot-statistical-bs-w-aaron-brown/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/tlpp-how-to-spot-statistical-bs-w-aaron-brown.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}