{"id":20076,"date":"2024-06-06T12:04:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=20076"},"modified":"2024-06-06T12:04:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:04:29","slug":"talking-last-rights-on-the-fff-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/06\/talking-last-rights-on-the-fff-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Last Rights on the FFF Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I joined <strong>Jacob Hornberger<\/strong> and <strong>Richard Ebeling<\/strong> for a rowdy exchange about<strong> Last Rights<\/strong> and political crimes on the <a href=\"http:\/\/fff.org\">Future of Freedom Foundation<\/a>&#8216;s Libertarian Alternative podcast.\u00a0 I much appreciated Jacob&#8217;s endorsement of my new book: \u201cI highly recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Last-Rights-Death-American-Liberty\/dp\/B0CP9VCNDH\/\"><strong>Last Rights,<\/strong><\/a> another fantastic book by Jim Bovard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here are some outtakes from the interview:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">&#8220;It might be helpful if Libertarians understood the government policies they opposed. 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