{"id":20176,"date":"2024-07-03T15:12:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T19:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=20176"},"modified":"2024-07-03T15:12:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T19:12:57","slug":"talking-last-rights-and-thumping-politicians-on-the-leighton-smith-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/03\/talking-last-rights-and-thumping-politicians-on-the-leighton-smith-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Last Rights and Thumping Politicians on the Leighton Smith Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-test-ui=\"article-header\">\n<div data-component=\"article-notes\">\n<dl data-test-ui=\"article-publish-date\">\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leighton-smith-podcast.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15721\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leighton-smith-podcast.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leighton-smith-podcast.png 635w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leighton-smith-podcast-150x93.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leighton_Smith_(radio_host)\">Leighton Smith<\/a><\/strong>, a legendary radio host who now does the top podcast in <strong>New Zealand, and I had a rowdy 90 minute chat on\u00a0 American politics and lost freedoms this week.\u00a0<\/strong> Leighton describes himself as a libertarian conservative and he has long followed political battles both in his country and in the U.S.\u00a0 It is a treat to talk at length with a host who is an avid reader and who plucks quotes from my old books that I had almost forgotten. You can listen to the\u00a0 NewstalkZB interview by clicking below \u2013<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Here is Leighton&#8217;s write-up on the interview:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"article-content\" data-test-ui=\"article-content\">\n<p>James Bovard is a Libertarian Journalist and Author. Thirteen books published. In his first \u2019The Farm Fiasco\u2019 (1989) he referenced NZ as a world leader in farming.<\/p>\n<p>In 1994 came \u2018Lost Rights; The Destruction of American Liberty\u2019 We interviewed in April 2021 re Covid.<\/p>\n<p>Now thirty years after Lost Rights, comes \u2018Last Rights; The Death of American Liberty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We arranged the interview moments before the 1st Presidential Debate.<\/p>\n<p>Between the book and the political crisis in the U.S. there was never a dull moment.<\/p>\n<p>And he\u2019s quite amusing. Bovard is a \u201ccharacter\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>File your comments and complaints at <a href=\"mailto:Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/www.newstalkzb.co.nz\/podcasts\/the-leighton-smith-podcast\/leighton-smith-podcast-244-june-19th-2024-james-bovard\/<\/p>\n<p>Here is the link to the<a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-leighton-smith-podcast\/leighton-smith-podcast-244-june-19th-2024-james-bo?in_playlist=podcast\"><strong> Omny version of the show <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the link to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1049-the-leighton-smith-podcas-30246213\/episode\/leighton-smith-podcast-245-july-191610124\/\"><strong> iHeart radio version <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leighton Smith, a legendary radio host who now does the top podcast in New Zealand, and I had a rowdy 90 minute chat on\u00a0 American politics and lost freedoms this week.\u00a0 Leighton describes himself as a libertarian conservative and he has long followed political battles both in his country and in the U.S.\u00a0 It is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2124,327,752,45,2751,2099,127,252],"class_list":["post-20176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-biden","tag-cynicism","tag-debate","tag-freedom","tag-leighton-smith","tag-new-zealand","tag-podcast","tag-tyranny"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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