Sounding Board

<p>This episode Andrew starts with a quick correction, another amusing rock, then on to the main event after a few minutes: A brand new game… Can Nic tell the difference between evil and idiocy? Photo by Tom Roberts on Unsplash Please visit our website to download or stream all our previous episodes and to read...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/fwit-or-fiend/">F***wit or Fiend</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Have you wondered how government became the way it is? In this episode, I take a look at the history of the state. How states came into being and how they morphed into the totalitarian juggernauts they are today. We also answer a question about voluntaryism from one of our listeners and talk a little...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/2027-2/">A History Of Violence</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>You probably think the government does some good things. It’s why you vote. You might think that at least some regulation is needed to prevent sub standard goods entering the market place. Possibly you think that the state is the only mechanism for courts, the police and… roads. Perhaps you think the safety net of...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/what-will-you-tolerate/">What Will You Tolerate?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Is it possible to have a moderate/centrist view on a conspiracy theory? How about something as simple as food? Are vegans and carnivore the extremists and omnivores to sensible centrists? We discuss spectra other than the classic political left/right axis and whether there are any other nuanced, moderate positions that we might hold. Photo by...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/can-you-be-a-centrist-on-everything/">Can you be a centrist on everything?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Why are some people sound on some topics yet catastrophic on others Is it a deliberate tactic to not get branded a conspiracy theorist? Is it a form of signalling? In this podcast we try to get to the bottom of this strange but common phenomenon before talking about vaccines, political journeys and the difference...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/balance-signalling/">Balance signalling</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>The world economy is collapsing. But why would the vice wielders, those that pull the strings of governments, the media & big corporations, want to destroy what they’ve spent decades, even hundreds of years creating? And why now? The last two and half years have seen a rapid acceleration in the sheer force of what...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/why-now/">Why now?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Today’s episode is brought to you by the letter “B”. Not intentionally, but a few topics started with it and we managed to crowbar a few more in. We start off with the repeal of Roe v Wade and ask why pro choice libertarians don’t seem to think moving decisions closer to the people they...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/bodily-autonomy-bugs-birth-rates-bicyclism-and-blax-cuts/">Bodily Autonomy, Bugs, Birth Rates, Bicyclism and Blax Cuts</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>We questioned whether or not to even release this edition of Sounding Board. Recorded on 10 May 2022, it’s one of our longest recordings – but its dark. It’s Andrew’s turn to be feeling a bit low on humanity. From the destruction of food processing plants to Bill Gates’ new book, the Pfizer document drops...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/dark/">Dark</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Sometimes people just don’t think things through. They don’t think about the ramifications or simple interpretations of what they are spreading around. Andrew has some observations of examples of precisely these viral memes and trends that were truly wide of the mark, but not maybe in the way you originally thought. Does it change your...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/thinking-things-through/">Thinking Things Through</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>It’s been a while since we released a podcast, so Nic starts off explaining why. With so much to talk about, this ended up being a long session. So, make yourself a drink and grab a comfy chair before you begin. We’ve added timings below if you want to skip to certain sections. 0:48 Why...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/tractor-porn-and-ginger-growlers/">Tractor Porn and Ginger Growlers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Isn’t it funny how suddenly everyone is concerned with a foreign power bombing and invading a neighbour thousands of miles away, yet that is exactly what has been happening for nearly 8 years, but in a different part of the world. The media and the politicians tell you you must focus on Ukraine now, and...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/would-everybody-just-shut-up-about-yemen/">Would everybody just shut up about Yemen</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>With Castreau invoking the never before used Emergencies Act, our eyes are on Canada once more and the Trucker Spring. We compare this movement to the BLM protests (with associated riots and occupations – CHAZ anyone?) and the freedom marches. Just how violent is it? But all the while the covid narrative keeps crumbling, across...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/trucker-spring-and-the-narrative-unravelling/">Trucker Spring and the Narrative Unravelling</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>The Trucker Spring in Canada has put more focus on Justin Trudeau, as he pushes more and more draconian measures to try and stop it. As a result, the photos and stories about his origins are flooding social media again. Is it true? Well, as Andrew discusses whether or not he believes this particular conspiracy,...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/allegedly/">Allegedly…</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>After a brief chat about the return to some old social media platforms, following on from our last podcast, Andrew makes a few predictions about what may happen in the future. Speculations around how people may behave, what they may say and how the narrative may change. Time will tell whether these are more accurate...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/what-does-the-future-hold/">What Does The Future Hold?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode we talk about Social Media. Nic starts by letting Andrew know that one of his recent tweets about Ivermectin has been marked by Twitter as ‘misinformation’, in spite of all the evidence to support his claim. We wonder whether Spotify will start adding a warning to these podcasts, after their recent new...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/the-future-of-social-media/">The Future Of Social Media</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>In this edition we discuss staying out of healthcare’s way by looking after our own fitness. Whether its workouts or eating well, it can all play a part in avoiding the doctors. Nic has been trying Chaga mushroom tea, and talks of the surprising benefits to his workout recovery. We talk more about how things...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/avoiding-healthcare-like-the-plague/">Avoiding Healthcare Like The Plague</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Project Veritas has obtained more documents from DARPA, the secretive Department of Defence weapons research agency, on the origins of the coronavirus we now call SARS-CoV-2. Engineering a virus and aerosolising it for release into the wild bat populations of China to stop them getting potentially dangerous SARS like viruses and passing them onto humans...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/could-coronavirus-be-a-bat-vaccine/">Could coronavirus be a bat vaccine?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>In our first episode of 2022, Andrew starts by asking the question “Who will save us?” Will it be schoolkids? Are Gen Z finally realising that the state can do too much? What about ethnic minorities? Statistics show that they’re far more sceptical about government, particularly when it comes to vaccines. And how about socialists?...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/is-the-tide-finally-turning/">Is The Tide Finally Turning?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>It’s a week before Christmas, and the veil has been lifted once more on the decision making at the highest levels of government in the UK. In a rare moment on twitter, the head of modelling for the government’s SAGE committee admitted that it would be essentially pointless to model positive outcomes of covid this...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/why-doesnt-sage-model-positive-scenarios/">Why doesn’t SAGE model positive scenarios?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Remember Elliott’s Law from a previous edition? Andrew thinks he has an example outside of politics, in archeology. Although of course, it turns out everything is political. Are there actually 2 laws, here? And can we broaden the scope of observations to cover more territory of human behaviour? The corporate media are filling us with...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/more-elliotts-law-normalising-heart-issues-and-converging-opportunism/">More Elliott’s Law, Normalising Heart Issues and Converging Opportunism</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>This is an audio recording of a blog post I wrote in February of last year, but is still relevant. You can find it here, on our website: If we’re going to argue about the tyranny of the majority, I will win. Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash Please visit our website to download or...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/bonus-episode-the-tyranny-of-the-majority/">Bonus Episode – The Tyranny Of The Majority</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>In this edition, Andrew starts out by reading a list of the worst people in Britain. This isn’t another “what’s worse?” game, or a “yes / no” game like Dick & James Delingpole often play. No, these people are so catastrophically awful that there can be no dispute. After that, Nic reads out another list....</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/cautious-yet-er-reversible/">Cautious, yet, er, reversible?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>This is an audio recording of a recent article I wrote of the same name: COVID-19 Restrictions: Fascist Policies using Socialist Logic Please visit our website to download or stream all our previous episodes and to read our articles. Web: https://soundingboard.com Podcast RSS: https://soundingboard.com/feed/podcast Remember, you can now subscribe on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWzAT–UxzErq_UU5SCUtFg Please check...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/bonus-episode-covid-19-restrictions-fascist-policies-using-socialist-logic/">Bonus Episode – COVID-19 Restrictions: Fascist Policies using Socialist Logic</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Are your standards the same as the those who push theirs from above? Even if you think the jabs are safe, there can surely be no argument that they are effective any more? Right? Andrew thinks we need a new term to describe the vaccine effectiveness. No surprise that it leads with a negative. Nic...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/unsafe-ineffective-and-unneccessary/">Unsafe, Ineffective and Unneccessary</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>After a short hiatus while SARS2.4 ripped through our families, we’re back to discuss our great suffering, and how we chose to deal with it. What’s the experience of two, healthy, 40-something, “unvaccinated” guys after finally getting infected? We talk about how it spread through our extended family, how bad each of our symptoms were,...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/breaking-unvaccinated-brothers-still-alive-after-covid-19/">BREAKING: Unvaccinated brothers still alive after COVID-19</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>So called “Fact Checking” goes up a notch with a tweet from Zuby posted on his instragram that fails this nonsense measure of reality. Are we getting to a point where some platforms just won’t be worth using any more? Is this what they want? Is there an alternative or are more and more people...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/power-corrupts/">Power Corrupts</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Nic reads out a list of things we now know for sure related to SARS-CoV-2 and in particular its origins. Knowing what you know, how do you process that information, and how do you cope with the burden of the truth? Andrew analyses the methods of the enemy and asks whether its the perfect blend...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/what-do-we-know-so-far/">What do we know, so far?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>This edition, Andrew tries to find the number of people who haven’t succumbed to experimental gene therapy in the UK. Is it comparable to the support for major political parties? There’s a sizable chunk of people who aren’t going back for a second dose as well. Are they on our side or have they just...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/there-are-more-of-us-than-you-realise/">There are more of us than you realise</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Has politics as we know it been suspended indefinitely “due to covid”? If that was the end of an era, then what is the next political landscape going to look like? We get back to talking politics again, and whether we really are living in a monopolitical world. We address the continued presence of woke...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/has-politics-changed-forever/">Has Politics Changed Forever</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>We’re so used to the general level of statist indoctrination that comes out of mainstream television and film, that it can be a surprise to find a truly libertarian character. They are certainly not common, but there are some notable examples, which we talk through here. Sometimes its just a hint of something that is...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/libertarianism-in-mainstream-tv/">Libertarianism In Mainstream TV</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode, we discuss the medical exemptions you can self declare in order to attend venues or events that insist on (or by law are mandated to use) the UK Covid Pass. Is there a window of opportunity now where we can avoid both testing and vaccines in order to go about our daily...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/vaccine-passport-exemptions/">Vaccine Passport Exemptions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>In this edition, Andrew drops some white pills starting with Twitter’s founder Jack Dorsey tweeting out a complete surprise. Is Jack a secret libertarian? Does this mean he’s not really in control of twitter policy or that it could change in the future for the better? We also talk about Michael Malice’s recently released book...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/jack-dorsey-surprises-and-anarchism-sells/">Jack Dorsey Surprises And Anarchism Sells</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode, we tackle a question from one of the members of our Telegram channel, which you can find at t.me/soundingboard. We were asked what we thought Britain, and the world, would be like a year from now. We begin by reminiscing what it was like twelve months ago and how far things have...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/12-months-from-now/">12 Months From Now</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Everyone is taught, quite rightly, that Fascism is bad. But do they really know what it is, other than to name the atrocities of WW2 and the Holocaust? We look at the differences in how the education system and the media have protrayed both Fascism and Communism in the past, and whether there really is...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/do-people-really-understand-fascism/">Do People Really Understand Fascism?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>After listening to the first What’s Worse Game, our Dad couldn’t resist getting in on the action, and so came up with a new list of competing horrors for Nic to challenge Andrew with. The aim of the game is to pick the worst of the two options – not the least worst – and...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/the-whats-worse-game-dad-edition/">The What’s Worse Game: Dad Edition</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>This week, Andrew tells the story of John McAfee. From his early life as a computer programmer at NASA in the 60s to his exploits on the run from the US government for alleged tax evasion, John was always a legend. We hope you enjoy hearing a little more about his fascinating life. How to...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/the-amazing-life-of-john-mcafee/">The Amazing Life Of John McAfee</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Nukes are normally one of those areas that even so-called libertarians equivocate on. Do you really want those in the hands of private individuals or corporations? Surely the state is a safe pair of hands and nuclear power and atomic weapons need to be heavily regulated? Right? Well we’ve discussed this topic before (supermarket nukes),...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/should-we-really-privatise-viruses/">Should We Really Privatise Viruses?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>A short bonus episode that we hope you’ll enjoy where Nic, initially not realising Andrew had started recording, describes the joy he experienced gaslighting his young children. Did they really think he was their mother? Photo by Avi Agarwal on Unsplash Please visit our website to download or stream all our previous episodes and to...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/bonus-content-the-real-and-proper-mummy/">Bonus content: The Real And Proper Mummy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>After a brief hiatus while Nic recovered from surgery, we’re back with a new game of Andrew’s devising. The What’s Worse Game. In this new game, Andrew gives Nic two deliberately awful options and asks him to say which one is worse. Sometimes personal, often extreme, Nic reacts to each and tries to justify why...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/the-whats-worse-game/">The What’s Worse Game</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>When people say they are following The Science(tm) do they really mean they are following orders? How do you row back from additional interventions when they aren’t based on anything at all, let alone The Science(tm) or The Orders? We discuss stupid examples of interventions, whether its schools or supermarkets, and how if the scaremongering...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/the-science/">The Science</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>This week begins with Andrew offering some advice on the easiest places to forgo masks. We then talk about PCR tests as Nic has just had to have one in order to have a minor medical procedure. Are these tests as accurate as the government is stating? And why don’t they quarantine testers as soon...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/how-to-stop-wearing-a-mask/">How To Stop Wearing A Mask</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>This week, Andrew did a rare thing. He wrote a blog post. Inspired by the recent talk of Covid Passports, he wondered if this new technology could be used for something else. Something good. The final idea? Testosterone Passports! Nic and Andrew discuss this completely serious and not at all funny idea in full. They...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/testosterone-passports-and-eating-meat/">Testosterone Passports and Eating Meat</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>You might agree with all the steps the government has taken in the last year. But what will you do the next time they give themselves this power over your life? Pandora’s box has been opened. They will use these powers again against us. So how you will judge the next time? What will your...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/will-you-tolerate-totalitarianism-next-time/">Will you tolerate totalitarianism next time?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>This week, Andrew starts with an analogy. Anti-fascists maintain that if you’re not a communist, you’re on a slippery slope to fascism. He asks whether this means that if you’re not obese, you’re on a slippery slope to anorexia. Is that analogy any more ridiculous? And does is stand up to Elliott’s Law? Andrew and...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/laughing-at-politicians-the-best-political-humour/">Laughing At Politicians – The Best Political Humour</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>On this, our 100th podcast, we talk about whether its a trait of those who love freedom to have the confidence to be a self starter, and just get on with things. Do you need encouragement or praise, or do you employ critical thinking and rational self-interest in order to know you’re doing the right...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/do-libertarians-need-encouragement/">Do libertarians need encouragement?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>In this episode, Andrew tells the story of Nicolae Ceausescu. Something he’s wanted to do since Christmas 2019, the thirty year anniversary of his execution. From a troubled upbringing including multiple teenage arrests to his blackly comic last stand in Bucharest, Andrew tries to illustrate just how evil, and insane, he really was. This podcast...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/the-fall-of-nicolae-ceausescu/">The Fall Of Nicolae Ceausescu</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Can naming your children really make a difference? Nic certainly seems to think so as he explains to Andrew why he thinks his immediate family must undoubtedly be the solution to the world’s problems and why he’s now a little more white pilled. We then discuss what it means to be red, blue, white or...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/what-colour-pill-have-you-taken/">What Colour Pill Have You Taken?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Andrew revists a libertarian thought experiment and applies it to virus infections & government jabs to see whether the state is once again guilty of cakeism. Surely we can apply the same rules to both injections and infections? And Nic decides to find out what the UK medicines regulator means when it says the Covid...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/inject-or-infect/">Inject or infect?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>Over the past couple of months, Andrew has found that some of his best thoughts come when he’s driving. As he can’t very well text and drive, he’s been recording them on his phone. With a couple of months of recordings now accumulated, he decided to play them to Nic in order for them to...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/motorcar-musings/">Motorcar Musings</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>

<p>This week, Nic wants to steel man vaccines. Let’s be honest. We struggle with this one! Is it possible to steel man the arguments for vaccinating the entire population (including people who have had it and are now immune) without steel manning authoritarianism? We certainly give it the old college try along with making a...</p> <p>The post <a href="https://soundingboard.com/steel-manning-vaccines/">Steel Manning Vaccines</a> appeared first on <a href="https://soundingboard.com">sounding board</a>.</p>