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The world, as Elliot Bishop and Evajean Rhodes know it, is gone. Destroyed. In just two weeks, a horrific plague raged across the planet - driving its victims insane before killing them.The two survivors set out on an unimaginable journey, driven by a cryptic message from Evajean's husband: If anything terrible happens, you must get to Salt Lake City. But the pair soon discover they are not alone, and that the plague has done more than kill.

The emancipatory and cosmopolitan case for radical social, political, and economic liberalism. Hosted by Aaron Ross Powell.

Interesting conversations with interesting people about interesting things.

What's the best political system? What standards should we use to decide, and why? Arguments for Liberty is a guide to thinking about these questions. Two schools of thought have long dominated libertarian discussions about ethics: utilitarianism and natural rights. Those two theories are important, but they're not the only ways people think about ethics and political philosophy. In Arguments for Liberty, you'll find a broader approach to libertarianism.

"Snowed In" tells the story of three people with secrets to hide who meet at a roadside bar during a storm - and learn that there's nothing deadlier than each other. In "Helix" a detective takes a case that leads him into the twisted world of genetic modification and artificial intelligence. The violent noir "Let Sleeping Gods" features a bad man doing very bad things to prevent the end of the world.

A show about ideas that matter. Hosted by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Ross Powell. freedom.audio

Regardless of our political commitments, we all want the world to be better. We want people everywhere to be healthier, happier, safer, and more prosperous than ever before. Political liberty, the freedom to live our lives as we want while affording others the right to do the same, free from the heavy hand of the state, is the best way to achieve that goal.