{"id":19927,"date":"2024-05-01T23:03:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T03:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=19927"},"modified":"2024-05-02T07:25:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T11:25:38","slug":"thumping-politicians-protectionists-and-pilferers-on-chicago-radio-with-shaun-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/01\/thumping-politicians-protectionists-and-pilferers-on-chicago-radio-with-shaun-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumping Politicians, Protectionists, and Pilferers on Chicago Radio with Shaun Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-22-58-50-Jim-Bovard-The-Shaun-Thompson-Show.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19931\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-22-58-50-Jim-Bovard-The-Shaun-Thompson-Show.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-22-58-50-Jim-Bovard-The-Shaun-Thompson-Show.png 679w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-22-58-50-Jim-Bovard-The-Shaun-Thompson-Show-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a>Shaun Thompson<\/strong> and I whupped a bunch of politicians and federal agencies this evening on Chicago\u2019s The Answer AM 560.\u00a0 Shaun, the host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/560theanswer.com\/radioshow\/the-liberty-hour-with-shaun-thompson\"><strong>Liberty Hour<\/strong><\/a> program, mentioned that he first read <a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/James_Bovard_Playboy_Articles.htm\">my articles in Playboy .\u00a0<\/a> He mentioned that before the magazine tanked, it featured transgender models.\u00a0 I said that Playboy had greatly misread their young male target audience. We smacked around politicians, protectionists and other predators. He asked if it was too late for American liberty to revive and I admitted I didn&#8217;t know the answer.\u00a0 I heartily appreciated Shaun\u2019s kind words for my articles and my books, including the latest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Last-Rights-Death-American-Liberty\/dp\/B0CP9VCNDH\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\"><strong>Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can download or listen to the 19 minute interview by clicking or downloading here<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-19927-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jim_Bovard.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jim_Bovard.mp3\">https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Jim_Bovard.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here is a direct link to the Omny version &#8211; https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-liberty-hour\/jim-bovard<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaun Thompson and I whupped a bunch of politicians and federal agencies this evening on Chicago\u2019s The Answer AM 560.\u00a0 Shaun, the host of the Liberty Hour program, mentioned that he first read my articles in Playboy .\u00a0 He mentioned that before the magazine tanked, it featured transgender models.\u00a0 I said that Playboy had greatly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1020,45,484,494,3739,3165],"class_list":["post-19927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chicago","tag-freedom","tag-playboy","tag-protectionism","tag-rascals","tag-shaun-thompson"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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