{"id":8125,"date":"2015-03-23T14:30:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T18:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=8125"},"modified":"2015-03-23T14:36:16","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T18:36:16","slug":"my-cigar-on-libertarian-angle-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/23\/my-cigar-on-libertarian-angle-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"My Cigar on Libertarian Angle Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fff.org\">Future of Freedom Foundation&#8217;s <\/a>Jacob Hornberger and I had a rowdy discussion today on torture, nitwit warring, illicit drugs, thieving cops, my tawdry dropout record and early journalistic forays, and Waco.\u00a0 Before the show, Jacob told me that this is &#8220;family-safe entertainment&#8221; &#8211; so I did not tell any of the zesty hitchhiking stories from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Public-Policy-Hooligan-Rollicking-Washington-ebook\/dp\/B00AKZH97W\">Public Policy Hooligan<\/a>. 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