Here, Bad Quaker Ben Stone does a great audio lesson picking apart Michael Dean’s radio interview with a statist. It’s really good for learning to recognize logical fallacies. Worms.

Libertarian Michael W. Dean of the Freedom Feens talk radio show does an interview on the drive-time Morning Show with Hal Ginsberg on 10,000-watt AM progressive talk station KRXA in Santa Cruz/Monterey California. Topics include gun control, unions, taxing the rich, and just generally being “a little more progressive.”

Coverage area map of the station.

MikeMakesRight and Michael W. Dean talk about the failure of central planning, why hippies from Bolinas California shouldn’t vote, the varied human journey to liberty, and what would happen if George Soros bought Northern California.

Short audio tests using on-board compressor on Xenyx mixer. Conclusion is that for Neema doing talk radio over Audio Compass, a setting of barely on (at 8 o’clock) is better than a higher amount, and better than no compression.

Mixer is a a Behringer XENYX X2442USB Premium 24-Input 4/2-Bus Mixer (get it HERE).

Michael W. Dean chats with alternative educator James Davis about how to raise kids up right and how to spread that to the world.

James runs a camp for kids that is based on the non-aggression principle.

Check out he and his wife’s blog, libertychildren.com for more.

Michael W. Dean interviews his long-time in-person friend MikeMakesRight. Mike and Michael used to be neighbors, used to play in a band, and were important to each other in their development as non-statists and as all-around groovy human beings. Mike talks about libertarian weight lifting, why being religious about the Paleo Diet is silly, why all the libertarian and AnCap pundits aren’t in shape and should get in shape, recover from drugs and statism, the different between bow-tie academic libertarianism and krokodil-and-tranny-hooker street libertarianism, blood vengeance and dancing on the head of a pin, the Is–ought problem, why there may be no such thing as “rights”, Paul Bonneau, how the roads would work without a government, why people keep being statist; robot cars and how technology could save liberty if Richard Stallman would just get out of the way; and the care and feeding of, and the walking of, your cat.

(REPOST OF AUDIO TESTS OF UPCOMING MUMBLE VERSION WITH OPUS). The term “Codec” comes from the words “coder-decoder” or “compressor-decompressor.” There are audio and video codecs. We’re talking about audio codecs in this post…..read more on Creamy Radio Audio.

Michael W. Dean chats with Bill Buppert, founder of ZeroGov.com and author of ZeroGov: Limited Government, Unicorns and Other Mythological Creatures. He talks from halfway around the world about, collectivists, where is the anti-war left?, everyday anarchy, recovering from statism, repealing the Second Amendment, abolitionism, reducing the need for rulers, how all rulers are sociopaths, “experts in things that are wrong” moral cowardice, the freed market, Vermin Supreme, Cypriot banks, Linux and socialism, underground economies, BitCoin, Zomia, 9/11, “spreading democracy”, drones, and some hope for the future.

Michael W. Dean talks with writer/activist/artist/all-around good guy Davi Barker. Michael offers to get drunk with Davi, Davi says no. So they talk about vampires, zombies and the vampire/zombies that are statists. They discuss noise rock, punk rock, Davi’s book Voluntary Islam and Other Essays, Davi’s many projects, kitty cats, Angel in Heavy Syrup, the Nazi origins of the US Pledge of Allegiance, How to keep cats off your electronic gear for 8 dollars, and how Ben Stone came up with the important liberty concept of The State being different from The Government, and why we should spread that.

Davi Barker:

Propagandist for the Vote 4 Nobody Campaign

I recently bought the amazing 300 dollar Presonus Studio Channel Tube-Pre Amp / Compressor / Parametric EQ unit. You can get it on Amazon, HERE.

The audio demonstration here was recorded with a Shure BETA 57A Microphone, with a foam windscreen, speaking at a medium-low volume right up on the mic (lips mostly touching the windscreen), with no processing added in post. The audio demo includes explanations of basic use for a good sound, as well as gain staging, and telephone effects.

The Presonus Studio Channel is a wonderful “Swiss army knife” with several functions for improving the sound of voice or instruments. The manual is available free for download, HERE. It’s not only a good intro to this unit, it’s a good intro to compression and EQ and tube pre-amps in general. I recommend it if you are new to compression, even if you have a different unit.

But here’s my quick start guide for spoken audio, the settings I used in this six-minute audio example (click for full-sized image). Enjoy!:

I replaced the stock tube with this Russian Tungsol 12AX7 Tube that is better than the generic Chinese tube that comes with the unit.

To replace tube, unplug the unit from the wall, remove screws on top, and gently rock the tube left and right to remove. Then gently rock the replacement tube in to the tube socket. Hold tube with a handkerchief or other piece of fabric to avoid getting skin oils on it. Skin oils will lower the life span of the tube.

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Ben Stone the Bad Quaker returns from his hero’s journey of walking the earth, and brings new knowledge to share with society. Michael interviews him as soon as Ben wakes up from his first night home in many months.

Want small government? Molossia has a government, and Molossia is small!

Michael W. Dean, Chief Anarchy Officer of the Micronation of Nestlandia, greets and speaks with His Excellency Kevin Baugh of the Micronation of The Republic of Molossia.

Website of Molossia.

Wikipedia entry on Molossia.

 Chicago Tribune video: Tour the micronation of Molossia

Related Documentary: How To Start Your Own Country

Filmmaker, movie star and activist Derrick J. Freeman explains how you can become an overnight sensation like him with nothing more than years of hard work. He and Michael W. Dean also explain how to get a foot in the door in media, and how to be in demand by learning to work well with others.

Buy Derrick J’s Victimless Crime Spree on Amazon

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Michael W. Dean chats with Jeff from Liberty Private Network about his encrypted point-to-point secure, hi-fidelity telephones. Phones like this will become more and more important as the gub’mint boot comes down. And unlike most encryption, these phones are easy enough for grandma to use, even if grandma calls you all the time (on unsecure, public phone lines) for help with checking her e-mail. Jeff and Michael also discuss expatriation, improving VoiP and radio network access hardware, first adopters, old technology, fax machines, Friendster, baud rates, floppy discs, 8088 computers, dial-up, saving snail mail by replacing the post office, and the joys of the Freedom Feens.

Bad Quaker Ben Stone calls Michael on Ben’s 1879 Bell Telephone and they discuss out-of-body experiences, religion, deism, drugs, ancient technology, why attaining your life’s goals by 50 is better than attaining your life’s goals by 30, helping the next generation, the joys of squirrels, how Michael and Ben will likely reincarnate as squirrels, and why Michael and Ben have to keep doing what they’re doing when it would be easier to just watch squirrels.

(This episode done by phone, and released a few days early, since Ben can’t get a Bad Quaker episode up due to on-the-road Internet connection problems)

Ben Stone interviews Neema Vedadi on the Bad Quaker Podcast. They talk about how to get to LibPar, alternatives to government-monopoly law, and how the Feens are going to take over the media.

Michael W. Dean interviews Stanford MBA / Radio Talk Show Host / Anarcho-Capitalist Soccer Mom  Monica Perez, and proves once and for all that the Liberty Mission is NOT a sausage fest. Monica talks about why anarcho-capitalism is the only ethical outlook, dealing with leftie anarchists, abortion and Catholics, raising a child with Down Syndrome, computer security, nanny staters, fed goons, spying on citizens, why the Constitution is wrong, population reduction by the overlords, redemption in the third act, and finding and following your dream.

Check out the Monica Perez Show every Sunday 1PM-3PM East Coast time on 750AM News/Talk WSB, 95.5FM in Atlanta and online.

Michael W. Dean yacks on Free Talk Live (call in) and on Freedom’s Phoenix (interview). Topics include RADIO!!!, BitTorrent, being drone proof, Wyoming gun laws, and reaching the world from your bedroom.

Computer security expert Randall Perry tells Michael W. Dean where America’s headed….It’s basically a cross between Nazi Germany and the movie “Demolition Man.” He tells you how you can survive in the coming “new normal” where society is basically a bunch of 40-year-old virgins smiling in the concentration camp singing “I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Wiener.” Randall also gives some useful tips on how to keep free, how to keep your head down while standing out, and then explains why the Freedom Feens are basically doing God’s work, and why society hates them for that.

Links:

• MadiMak Security
• Domain Logic
• Randall’s interview with the Bad Quaker.

Michael’s still recovering from being sick. He’s getting better but didn’t have a chance this week to do a Gumbo interview, so here’s a little treat to hold ya over. Side one of Michael’s band Bomb‘s 1986 debut LP “To Elvis in Hell.” Michael plays bass and sings lead on this.

Neema Vedadi preaches the Feen Canon on Rodney Smith’s new podcast, The Freedom Experiment show. They explore the concept of moral relativism and Neema posits that Statist ideology is inherently flawed because moral relativism is the root of it. Neema tells stories of how this affected his stint as a TV reporter. They also grapple with how to explain anarchy to those who get benefits from government programs.

Christian Seger of Blue Heron Farm talks about his time touring doing sound for the Butthole Surfers (and Lynyrd Skynyrd), raising healthy goats and making excellent goat cheese, and the State’s attempts to make that difficult.

Freedom Feen Neema Vedadi Skypes in from his windowless bunker cave and appears as a guest on the popular talk show Ed and Ethan. The topics are truth, justice and the Canadian way. “Two radio presenters have been chastised in the public sphere after making a prank phone call to a UK woman who then killed herself days later. Did they do anything wrong? A 13 year old boy in Quebec is being charged with sexual assault and even attempted murder. How does a free society deal with this? Snow tires! In Quebec, they are required by law and every winter, Canadians can be heard to muse about them. How does the free market encourage snow tire use if it’s needed?”

Freedom Feen Michael W. Dean chats with rock legend Mojo Nixon about crack, Mad Dog 20 20, why prostitution and drugs should be completely legal, Jello Biafra, Viagra, paying for pussy, marriage, Wyoming, guns, arrows, anti-copyright, Mojo in the movie Great Balls of Fire, Elvis is Everywhere, Debbie Gibson, Redneck Rampage, Root hog or die, Triple X Management, Charlie Brown, Tom Howard, Danville Virginia, $30 Music School, helmet laws are dumb, Dead Kennedys, Baby Opaque, the electoral college, Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Book, Arlo Guthrie, Alice’s Restaurant, Sex Pistols, Dead Boys, Pat Buchannan, CNN’s Crossfire, Sirius Satellite XM Radio, DBX, ISDN lines, microphones for talk radio, Manifold Destiny, being naked in San Francisco and Wyoming, why speed limits are dumb, half measures, taxing pot, and the eternal question: what’s better cats or dogs?

Michael W. Dean is the guest on an episode of Rodney Smith’s new podcast, The Freedom Experiment. Topics include: The Non-Aggression Principle, teaching the slaves how to read, teaching liberty as a mission, why all Democracies fail, how Horizontal Enforcement helps Democracies fail (while making the process painful for everyone), how all laws are enforced at the barrel of a gun, how all taxes are collected at the barrel of a gun, gun laws and pot laws and the big States’ rights battle ahead, audio tips for podcasters, and a bunch of hope for the future.

Ed and Ethan, an amazing podcast that sounds like the free market’s version of CBC radio, if we lived in LibPar, have a panel discussion with Michael W. Dean from the Freedom Feens, and Tim Moen, a liberty blogger and firefighter/paramedic in Fort MacMurray, Alberta, Canada. Topics include animal rights, nuclear energy, and anti-bullying laws. They also answer the age-old question, “Who’s cooler, cats or dogs”? (of course, the answer is a resounding: CATS!)

This is a re-broadcast of the Ed and Ethan show from the same day, but also has the pre-game sound checks, which is kind of like the podcast equivalent of wild feeds from satellite TV where you get to hear the newscasters yell at each other and eat cheeseburgers.

Lobbyist, attorney, political consultant, and Fox News political analyst Jack Burkman defends his previous statement that “Muslims are savages.” On the other side of the ring is Will Coley, Director of Muslims for Liberty.

“Conflict is the essence of Drama” is the rule for this night, and there’s a surprise ending in the last round. Don’t miss it!

(Freedom Feen Neema Vedadi suggested this debate, Freedom Feen Michael W. Dean moderates.)

Michael W. Dean chats with Larken Rose. What, are you looking for here, show notes? It’s a friggin’ Larken Rose interview, so you know it’s great.

Blue Republican group (which Michael W. Dean calls “Democrats for Ron Paul”) founder Robin Koerner talks Ron Paul supporters (including himself) in off the ledge the day after the U.S. presidential elections. He gives hope for the future in the face of tyranny.

Michael W. Dean calls surf guitar king Dick Dale on the phone, asks him three questions and Dick Dale talks for two hours and 20 minutes.

This is part three, the final installment of this three-part interview. IF YOU HAVEN’T LISTENED TO PART ONE and TWO, I RECOMMEND YOU GO HERE and HERE to check it out before listening to part three.

Dick Dale talks here the band Dead Kennedys, the guitarist East Bay Ray, the spirit world, divorce, marriage, and the hope for the future, both of Dick Dale and of the world. Dick’s really smart wife Lana gets on the phone for a bit too.

As masterful and influential as Dick Dale is on guitar, guitar is a tiny bit of what this guy is all about. Guitar is only a delivery mechanism for the many many things Dick Dale does and is here on this planet to do.