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March 25, 2024

826: The Misinformation Industrial Complex - How Universities Profit from Propaganda

@PasReport reveals the disturbing truth about how the government is funneling millions of taxpayer dollars into universities to control public discourse, stifle free speech, and indoctrinate students, undermining the very foundations of our democracy.

Is the government trying to control not just what we say, but how we say it? And are our universities complicit in this? In this eye-opening episode of The Brian Nichols Show, host Brian Nichols sits down with Professor Nicholas Giordano, a political science professor with a background in Homeland Security, to discuss the shocking ways in which the government is leveraging institutions of higher learning to shape public discourse.

 

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Professor Giordano reveals the staggering amounts of taxpayer dollars being funneled into universities to develop programs aimed at controlling the narrative and correcting "misinformation." He exposes how the very institutions that should be encouraging open debate and critical thinking are instead becoming tools for indoctrination and conformity.

 

From the weaponization of the term "cognitive infrastructure" to the disturbing praise of China's internet governance model by American professors, this conversation uncovers the depth of the problem and the urgent need for Americans to wake up and take action. Professor Giordano emphasizes the importance of holding our government officials accountable and engaging in the political process at every level.

 

The discussion also delves into the erosion of trust in both higher education and government narratives, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Giordano and Brian explore how we can begin to restore integrity to these institutions and empower individuals to think critically and question authority.

 

Don't miss this thought-provoking episode that exposes the chilling reality of the government's efforts to control the way we think and communicate. Tune in now to learn how you can help protect our fundamental rights and preserve the principles upon which our nation was founded.

 

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Brian Nichols  0:35  
is our government not just trying to control what we say but how we say it? And are our campus universities involved? Yeah. Let's talk about that. Instead of focusing on winning arguments, we're teaching the basic fundamentals of sales and marketing and how we can use them to win in the world of politics, teaching you how to meet people where they're at on the issues they care about. Welcome to The Brian Nichols Show. Oil. Hey there, folks, Brian Nichols here on The Brian Nichols Show. And thank you for joining us on of course, another fun filled episode. I am as always your humble host joining you from our cardio miracle Studios here in lovely Eastern Indiana. The Brian Nichols Show is powered by amp America, very excited to be part of the amp America team. If you're looking for your latest news, some opinion articles and more, head over to amp america.com The Brian Nichols Show very excited to be powered by amp America also very excited yours truly to be powered by our studio sponsor cardio miracle. Now, for folks who have been listening to the show, you've heard me say this pretty much every intro. Yes, the cardio miracle difference is 1,000% real. And I say that as someone who uses cardio miracle literally every single day, twice a day, actually once in the morning, and once at night. Now what is cardio miracle cardio miracle is the best heart health supplement in the world with a secret ingredient that is nitric oxide, it's going to help you do a number of things. But the top three that I've experienced lower blood pressure, better pump at the gym, and a more restful night's sleep. Now I've had a family history of high blood pressure, and I thought that was just that was going to be life. But cardio miracle has not only helped my blood pressure drop dramatically, but it's had again, a slew of other benefits, I didn't even expect amongst them seeing my pump at the gym, increase my overall PRs like I have never seen before. I'm getting eight solid hours of sleep at night, which before I was tossing and turning constantly. And the only thing that's changed is cardio miracle because cardio miracle helps open up your blood vessels help improve the pump of blood to your heart and through the rest of your body. And of course, again, lower your blood pressure. So folks, if you guys want to go ahead and experience the cardio miracle difference for yourselves and not take my word for it, frankly, well, first of all, head to Brian Nichols show.com forward slash heart or if you're joining us here, on the video version of the show, head down below into the description, you'll see the link to cardio miracle, go ahead and place your order use code TB and as you're gonna get 15% off your order. But again, you have nothing to worry about because there's a 100% money back guarantee. So the only thing you really have to lose is that high blood pressure, those restless nights of sleeping, and that little itty bitty pump, you have the gym so one more time link is in the show notes during the 10s of 1000s of other folks who are experiencing the cardio miracle difference for themselves. I guarantee your heart will thank you all right now your heart is gonna thank you if you use cardio miracle, but will your brain thank you if you go to one of our favorite esteemed education institutions, whether that's you know, a college and university wherever that may be here and the good ol US of A but what if our government wasn't just trying to actually restrict the things that we talk about the things we think and the things we say but what if they're actually using those institutions of higher learning to actually implement a lot of the nefarious tools that they are trying to use to actually stop us from having these conversations to discuss all that and more today? Joining us from campus reform Professor Nick, John Giordano Madonna, I got it Nick Donna, welcome The Brian Nichols Show. How you doing?

Nicholas Giordano  4:10  
Good. I'm doing well. Thank you for having me. Now,

Brian Nichols  4:13  
for folks who didn't get to see the before we hit the record button that was me diligently practicing your name Giordano to make sure I didn't screw it up. I told the fun story of what I did flub a guest name here on the show back when I first started so no, Professor Giordano. Nick, thank you for joining us. I'm really looking forward to today's conversation. But before we go in and we started digging into, yes, this very real and important topic, I think a lot of folks, maybe they don't realize it's happening where government is leveraging these institutions of higher learning to actually help control our thoughts control our speech. Let's do the audience a favor, introduce yourself to the audience, but also why this focus on college, you know, where we're supposed to be learning all these great exciting new things, and actually finding how maybe that not the case.

Nicholas Giordano  5:00  
Well, I come from a unique background prior to jumping in academia, I was actually in Homeland Security and Emergency Management. So I understand how it works out, and the intent of gathering information to conduct threat assessments and warning about what's really take place out there. But as far as my homeland security background goes, I was always concerned about an overbearing government that would usurp fundamental rights. And when I was a college student, when 911 happened, I remember writing a whole thesis on that we are treading on new territory here. And we have to be careful that there's so many people willing to grant governments so much power, because as I was trained as a political science, scientists power could easily be abused. And so that was always a big concern of mine. How do you respect the rights of the people on one hand, and keep the nation safe, and I tried to take that with me in my emergency management days. And then in 2013, I switched to a full time political science professor. And I've always studied the increasing intervention of government in our society. But there were a lot of things that were concerning me, where I was seeing educators, academics, that were actually advocating for a mass surveillance state, and would be willingly assist the Government in building that state out. Why? Well,

Brian Nichols  6:25  
that, okay, let's just put up in here on this part of the conversation, because these are the folks who are supposed to be encouraging an open and you know, dare we say, a combative debate that's supposed to be taking place in these institutions of higher learning, this is how we're supposed to make and break a lot of ideas. You're supposed to be challenged, you're supposed to you, hopefully, you challenge others. But that doesn't seem to be the case here. Nick, talk. Talk to us more about that. Well,

Nicholas Giordano  6:56  
the whole point of academia and the whole point of higher education is to challenge our way of thinking it's to get us to think critically to do a critical inquiry, debate, look at all sides of an issue and try and seek out the truth. Well, it's no longer about that. And what amazes me about academia is if you go back 3040 50 years ago, the biggest nonconformists out there turned into the biggest conformists actually pushing the good, the ones that will fight the system, they became this system. And so they want to use the totality of the power of government, in order to push narratives. That's what this really comes down to. There has to be only certain narratives that should be allowed. And that's the way you indoctrinate the masses. Unfortunately, this has been going on for far too long. When we look at how higher education and the government has almost merged into one it's become this blob, I call it an unholy alliance. And Dwight D. Eisenhower did warn us about this Dwight D. Eisenhower, in his farewell address, everyone usually refers to the military industrial complex. What less people know is that in that same speech, he also warned about the national scholars and the grant funding that's going to be provided to higher education institutions, as we advanced technologically. And he worried that, you know, when you have a grant funding mechanism that's being used to fund higher education, the research is going to tend to favor what the government wants, right? Because if you go against the government, well, they're just going to cut the grant funding to your institution. So it's almost a self fulfilling prophecy that exists. And Eisenhower was spot on with this we have seen over the last several years, and it started shortly after 911. Shortly after 911, the government commissioned MIT and a couple other schools to develop what was called the total Information Awareness Program. This was a program funded by the taxpayers to the tune of $100 million that they wanted to data mine information on Americans collect all of Americans data. Now, there weren't a lot of concerns that were raised from bureaucrats within saying this may go a little too far. It may be unconstitutional. Unfortunately, they lost the argument. And ultimately, this would become incorporated into the CIA's prison program, where we learned through the Edward Snowden revelations that government was capturing our data, they were capturing the timestamps of phone calls, dates, phone numbers, how long the conversations lasted all internet searches, emails, social media posts, and it only expanded from there the CIA, the NSA has said that this program has been dismantled. But I could tell you I could tick off at least a half dozen government agencies that continue to mined the internet for data and without any warrants without any suspicion that anyone's doing wrong. any wrongdoing without any crimes being alleged. So, where they're collecting this information unconstitutionally, and I'm talking about forget the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, I'm talking about, I could even bring it to the United States Postal Service that's supposed to be delivering our mail, they develop what's called the icon program. And in the icon program, they were flagging social media posts and sending them to the Department of Homeland Security, not based on mail fraud, or anything like that, but based on people speaking out against government organizing or coordinating protests, so we see how deep it's gotten. But what most people don't realize is that higher education is behind a lot of this to the tune of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. We just witnessed a $5 million grant going to the University of Wisconsin, that's designed to create a program that will strategically correct information in newsrooms, when there's something deemed as misinformation This is on top of 7.5 million, that was handed out to about a half dozen schools to do exactly the same thing. So misinformation, and disinformation, have become the government's target. But it goes again, beyond that, because it's not just about censoring people. It's not just about targeting one group of people because of their ideological beliefs. It's about controlling the way people think controlling how people formulate opinions and what positions they take on issues. You had the cow Crawford, who is part of the CDC, who tried to reach out to Twitter stating that any unapproved opinions need to be scrubbed from their website. Now, I don't know about you, but I never thought that the government gets to approve my opinions, they can't approve my opinions. No one gave them the power to do that. It's in direct violation of the Constitution. Then you have Jen easterly, this is a director. And this is where my homeland security background kicks back in. So I did a lot of work on critical infrastructure protection when I was in emergency management. And you know, when we think of critical infrastructure protection, we think of roads and bridges, power grids, water supply systems, banking institutions, to financial sector, the education. But what they want to do now is add cognitive thoughts to critical infrastructure protection. They call it cognitive infrastructure. And they say that this is necessary to protect against misinformation, disinformation, and what they deem as mal information. So misinformation is information that you put out there, that's incorrect, but you might not know that it's incorrect. Disinformation is information that you put out there that you knowingly know is false. Mal information is information that is true, but can be deemed harmful to the public. So that's where we're at. And you look at this giant censorship apparatus that has been built out there's this giant government bureaucracy, and you'll have college professors cheering it on. You had a University of Arizona professor, Professor Keen and you had Jack Goldsmith law professor over at Harvard, put out an article stating how in the in the world of the internet that China has largely gotten it right when it comes to governing the internet, and the United States has gotten it wrong. So I mean, essentially, they're advocating for a more communist style system over the internet here in the United States. And what's really bizarre is that every time they spout misinformation and disinformation, I explain how governments throughout history not just the United States, but throughout history have been the largest purveyors of misinformation and disinformation. And that's the amazing part that they're attacking false information yet they constantly put out false information. Gulf of Tonkin, we could look at weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the entire Coronavirus where they censored Dr. Bata Chara and the Great Barrington declaration and Dr. Koh drove, and yet everything they were putting out there like the six foot rule, the six foot social distancing rule, Fauci, Lloyd Fauci testified that it was completely made up, they had no scientific basis to do it. But if you criticize the six foot rule, then you were censored, truly stunning. I

Brian Nichols  14:23  
mean, Nick, I'm still sitting here with a strike on my my YouTube channel, for speak, like reading the news. To be honest, like, I'm literally reading the news of what's happening, and oh my god, I don't want to, I don't want to ask my channel again. But like I look at the strike, and the video got struck for and that title of that video literally would be a headline right now and be completely non controversial. I just, I laugh because I don't laugh because if I don't laugh, I'll cry. But like, if you look at it, it's like, come on. This is this is just how we learn. This is how we get better. I mean, that's the whole point of being able to freely communicate is to test your ideas to figure out is what I'm saying on point or maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm wrong and to have my goodness get to have the audacity to put the government in a spot to say they could be wrong. The government experts trust those experts who are new nit to say, we're not supposed to, you know, allow all or rather No, we should allow a an open and free discussion. What is this nonsense that our government is deciding who can and cannot speak and then to your point? Mal information what it's true, but might be hurtful? Come on. It's true, we have an obligation to speak about what's true. So let's go back to though like where this really I think has reared its ugly head. And that is and you teased it like during the COVID Insanity starting in 2020. And fast forward to today, disinformation, misinformation, Mal information, those those terms have all consistently been popping their heads up above the surface here and entering into the normal discourse. More and more folks I'm hearing are starting to buy a hook, line and sinker, is it because the folks that are being really forced that this are the folks in college, right, the folks who their success is going to be determined by a college educator, I'm using educator very loosely in air quotes for the audio listener. But like, is that where we're seeing a lot of this happen? Because I think back Nick, like when I was in high school, and when I was in college, the argument was always listen, you got these progressive leftist teachers, they have the ability to fail, you just just write down what they want to hear, pass your class and go on to the real world. Are we starting to now actually see though, it's not just a matter of people saying I'm going to tell them what they want to hear to pass a class. But now people are actually starting to internalize and believe some of the stuff. Well,

Nicholas Giordano  16:57  
this is the result of a system that has been infiltrated and hijacked by ideologues. And I wrote a whole piece for campus reform that explains when I went to college, I had wonderful professors, I mean, and they came from all across the political spectrum. Some of them were like avowed communist, they would admit it, but they were subject material experts in their field, and they loved debate, they love to hear different points of view they loved when I pushed back, they always love to engage. However, as those professors began to retire, we got a new crop of professors, who largely just stayed within the academic ecosystem, their entire lives never went into the real world to experience it. And so they began to become the teachers, you know, they went, they got their education degree, they started teaching in the K through 12. system. And so it became much more ideological where the K through 12 system wasn't infected with politics. Well, it is today because of these ideologues. And we have a bunch of different things going on. The American people aren't properly educated on America. I mean, let's be honest here, most people doesn't matter what their political affiliation is, cannot pass a basic American citizenship exam. Most people can't define what federalism means and explain our Federalist system of government. And most people don't don't understand the founding of this country. And so the Founding Fathers warned us about all of this, they warned that, you know, governments exist, and they're always going to seek to acquire more and more power, they're always going to seek to expand, the founding fathers talked about human nature, how people too willing to give up power to the government. And that's why they instituted separation of powers, checks and balances, we have a very complicated system where it's very difficult to get anything done. However, and this is where we, the people are at fault, as time has gone on. And we don't really understand government, and we look at government and think it operates within a good faith capacity. There has been too many people on all sides of the political aisle that the second something happens in society, they look to government solve the problem. So take 911 If you criticize the Patriot Act, you were told, Well, if you're not doing anything wrong, why do you care? Now I cared because I know this power is going to be easily abused. It may not be abused within the first couple of years, but down the line, I can't tell who's going to be in office and when they could be in office and how it's going to be used. And that was my concern. But if I said something, then they stated, well, you must be doing something wrong, then you shouldn't have anything to worry about. And we freely turned over this power to the government. And so the government has expanded on that ever since then, when it came to the Coronavirus. There was so many people that didn't question the idea of lock downs didn't question the idea of the government dictating when, where and how you can practice your faith what businesses are essential, which ones aren't when your kids could go to school. Woohoo come into your home, or you know, and it just, it was horrendous. And when you told people well, this isn't how it's supposed to work while we're in a pandemic. Well, there's nothing in the Constitution that says the Constitution gets suspended during a pandemic, but state legislative bodies will bypass. Governor's, a handful of their advisors made most of the decisions. And that's the very definition of authoritarianism. So Americans have forgotten where we come from, they forgotten the warnings about the founding fathers. And so government in its natural evolution, is going to acquire and expand on powers given to it by the people. And that's the concern that I have is we're living in Orwell's dystopian 1984. It might not be as bad yet. But if we keep trending in this direction, sooner or later, it will be Oh,

Brian Nichols  20:53  
that's Rosie and cheerful. Dogs does Nick, I

Nicholas Giordano  20:56  
provide optimism to the masses. Well,

Brian Nichols  21:00  
you actually set me up for a good segue, believe it or not, because we hear the problem. We hear how bad it is, right? But let's try to paint a positive, optimistic future picture if we could hear. And I guess in your opinion, because your your, I think you have a really good opportunity as both an academic as well, as someone who's been in the security state, you are able to really bridge both of these worlds. What would you suggest as kind of like, how can we restore some trust not just into these institutions of higher learning, but also trust into government narratives? Can we trust government narratives? And how can we really pull back government and allow us to instead have these open conversations without fear of being labeled misinformation disinformation, or, god help us now information?

Nicholas Giordano  21:54  
Well, I'll give you the good news first. I mean, you know, they push too far. And so they pushed so far during the Coronavirus, and people now are actually mad. I think that there's so many people that underestimate how angry younger Americans are. Their two years of their lives were stolen from them during the Coronavirus, and they didn't get to experience, you know, the major milestones in life that you and I got to experience and they're bitter and resentful about that. So that's good news right there, because they're going to be more skeptical of government naturally, especially as more information comes out about some of the lies that were told to us like the six foot distance rule, like the masking, like the vaccine will stop COVID dead in their tracks, things like that, as far as how can we start to restore some semblance of integrity into the system. There are several things that need to be done. First of all, people have to be held accountable. And that's where our members of Congress are extremely important. I mean, the idea that our officials or bureaucrats could lie to us with impunity and not be held accountable. That's how this problem has festered. And we've seen this over the last decade and a half that nobody's ever held accountable Coronavirus, highlighted that but I think Afghanistan was like actually even bigger than that. 20 years of war, nearly $2 trillion spent, you had 2400, American soldiers come back and play draped coffins. And at all the way we were told that the situation was getting better, the government was stable over there that the security forces could defend the government and a collapse within a week, not a single person fired or suspended for that. I think the American people need to put pressure on Congress to actually do their job of oversight, start holding these agencies and departments as a whole accountable, start cutting their funding, and they change their behavior. And I think that's a critical step. Americans for too long have disengaged from the political process of voter turnout at the local level and state level. And even when it comes down to a federal election, presidential election, voter turnout is abysmal in the United States, well, we got to stop complaining and we got to start voting and we got to vote for politicians that actually understand what public service is it means that they're there to serve the public too many of our officials now think that public services to rule over the public. And I think that we got to stop that we can't be enamored with these people. They have a job to do but we have a job to do. We need to remember what our civic obligation is. And I think it's important that Americans go back and actually read the Constitution. Read it what your children explain it to them read the declaration of it. Some people may not have touched these documents in yours. Some people may have never read them. A lot of my students never read them until they get to my class, start to reengage in the American system. Because I want I could warn everyone out there if this system collapses. What comes next is going to be horrific and every luxury that you enjoy today will be gone with what comes next. And it doesn't matter what your point of view is. politically, right now, they may target conservatives and Republicans that go against the narrative. But sooner or later the shooter is going to be on the other foot, and they're going to target the other side. And that's what the fear is. So people better wake up because we have a long human record of governments that became abusive, repressive and old press. Here,

Brian Nichols  25:21  
here. And as we go towards our final thoughts, Nick, I'll kick things off. Because you, you, you segue it perfectly. And that is something I've said here in the show before and that is, I don't care if you don't like politics, you don't want to get involved in politics. Politics is going to get involved with you, whether you like it or not. And that is where we are right now. And 2024. I mean, goodness, good timing. We're recording here today, Instagram just announced, do you not want to see political posts in your feed anymore, Nick? Well, guess what, you just hit a button, and poof, politics goes away, which and

Nicholas Giordano  25:52  
it's not because the buttons automatically enabled. So if you are on Instagram, that button is automatically enabled, and you have to go in and actually turn it off. So how many people that may be interested in politics, or a slight interest, whatever it may be, that aren't going to see political posts, because Instagram has deemed that they're not interested in political post and shut the feature off. So it really is crazy.

Brian Nichols  26:16  
Oh, and that right there that speaks to I think what you're you're highlighting, and that is there. There's, there's so many folks out there who are just, they're completely detached from what's happening. They are they are watching that they are spectators in their own life, in their own country, in their own governance. And they don't, how do they really put the connection together like the A plus B equals C like, you sitting on the sidelines and watching as things happen, then bad thing happens. Like, you could have done something you could have spoken out, you could have gone to your school board meeting, you could have gone and voted in that local election. But what did you do? You sat on your hands? You didn't want to read the political posts, you thought, Oh, my God, Brian's going and ranting and raving about God knows what again, what can he just talk about something I care about, like sports or or you know, like, you know, the weather or how my puppies look like, Come on, give me something, Brian, that means something to me. But and as much as we try to sell here on the show, right? We teach the ideas of how to sell, you do have to go after the people I think who are your ideal target, right. And you mentioned, there are so many folks who they aren't. They're not aware of our founding documents, they aren't aware of our founding principles. We have an obligation to go out and not just like sell to folks who already are in our way of thinking. But I think in this specific case, the people who are looking at what's happened, and they just say like, I don't know what to do. I know something's wrong. I don't know how we got here. That's the person I think we have a really good opportunity right now Nick to reach out to, to talk to them and say, Listen, I know you probably were blinders on like that Instagram. You know, the Instagram feed wants you to be now but you're taking the blinders off. You're starting to pay attention, you're seeing that things aren't right now we have an opportunity to help show Hey, remember when you heard back during COVID? All the the folks saying that XYZ was misinformation disinformation. Now information. Yeah. Here's what actually the truth was. And now we're teaching them right. We're teaching them how to identify the stuff in the future. So when inevitably, government disinformation, government misinformation, or government mouth information does make its way to the masses. They're aware they can call it out for what it is like when some of us back when the CDC was saying, you know, mask. Now, don't wait, don't don't mask Wait, no wear masks get jab three times, four times, seven times. And it never really had a definitive answer, because there wasn't a definitive answer. And they wouldn't allow a conversation and open and free exchange of ideas to take place, which brought us for years ahead to where we are today, I think in a much worse spot than we would have if we had actually let a free and open dialogue take place during COVID. Challenge the the I guess the institutional wisdom with what doctors were seeing work in the field. I mean, maybe we would have seen a death toll be what 1000s 10s of 1000s hundreds of 1000s Dare I say a million plus less than what it was because of the way that the government said you have to react to COVID You have to treat COVID If you're in the hospitals, this is how you have to deal with a patient who has COVID Or you know, didn't have symptoms of COVID even if they don't necessarily have COVID Oh, that person got in a car accident and they died. Did they die of COVID or they die with COVID All these little things that were you and we have what 800 Plus episodes here the show, and I think over 400 of them happened during COVID. We have the receipts. I don't need to go through and list off every single thing that the government said wasn't true. They ended up being Through or vice versa, because we have the receipts, it's not a matter of trying to explain to folks how we are right, just show them because telling is one thing showing is another. So I know I went on a little rant there, but I just think we are, despite the just nonsense we've had to go through, Nick, I think we're in a good spot right now. I think we have an opportunity to reach folks who they see that this isn't working and things are wrong. I've been lied to the government isn't being truthful, at the very least not telling me the whole truth. Where can I turn to? This is where folks can turn to turn to folks like Nick like yours truly. Other members, you in the audience, have The Brian Nichols Show, reach out to people, You are the advocates. So that's my final thoughts for today. Nick, what do you have for us in your end?

Nicholas Giordano  30:40  
Well, my final thoughts are like I tell my students always be skeptical of government and policies, even if you agree with the policy, even if you support the policy, you still be skeptical, ask questions. Why are they doing this policy? Who is it going to benefit? Who is it going to strengthen? Where's the power going to flow to? Those are all important questions on any policy? Listen, I developed pandemic plans when I was in emergency management for several years. I know a pandemic plans are about all pandemic plans. And I'm talking about we work with epidemiologists, virologists, we all state that in a pandemic type situation you do a hospital surge to make hospitals could support an increase and you take care of the most vulnerable populations. But you have to let people live their lives did the whole role of emergency management is that you provide maximum safety with the least disruption possible. We did the exact opposite. Okay, we did the most disruption possible and didn't save anyone. So it shows you that government and the decisions they make have real consequences over our lives. And so that's why we need to be skeptical of them. And we can't sit there and just assume that governments operating in good faith, we you have to assume that the things that they're doing, the policies they're developing, is to acquire power. And when you begin to question, government, that's when you hold government accountable. That's when they know you're watching. And that's when they take a step back.

Brian Nichols  32:05  
And that's when we win and or at least we start winning. Right. And that's where we got a mark. Our focus right now is to start trying to win stop playing defense start playing offense. We just talked about this with our good buddy, their former NFL executive here on the show, Peter. Oh, my goodness, his name just literally went poof Peter, Paul Paul, Paul Epstein, there we go. I've had 800 guests on the show. And we're recording here in a 5pm on a Friday. So on a Monday, I can't get the days right now, peek behind the curtain. I've had a whole day, folks, my fridge died last night had to go fridge shopping this morning. So it's been a whole thing for The Brian Nichols Show family. But besides that, right, when we look at where we're heading, this is the opportunity. So folks, please if you got some value from today's episode, I'm going to ask you to go ahead and give it a share. When you do please tag yours truly at B. Nichols liberty, you can find me on Facebook as well as on xx.com. Nick, where can folks go ahead, reach out to you they want to keep this conversation going they want to learn more happy they want to get class we're gonna go ahead and follow

Nicholas Giordano  33:07  
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Love it, Nick, it's been an absolute pleasure. And I know that for these types of shows, even though sometimes we leave these shows feeling a little right like back to the point now we have something that we can play offense with, as you know, we talked about in that last episode you go through, you got to stop playing defense all the time. You got to play some offense because the other teams playing offense and if you're playing defense all the time, you'll be at that one yard line. You're like Man, why can't we ever seem to get our backs off the goal line? Why why is that? It's because you're only playing defense. You gotta go out, play some offense, yeah, throw some Hail Marys, all that fun stuff. Just don't be a Cowboys fan like yours truly, because you're going to have 30 years of disappointment. But I digress. With that being said, Folks, thank you for joining us. It's been an absolutely great conversation here today with Nick. And if you got some value beyond going ahead and giving us share, I'm going to ask you to go ahead and please give the show some love financially. Whether you want to do that just like a donation or you might get something out of it support the folks who support us and that is our sponsors. So we have some awesome sponsors cardio miracle as I mentioned earlier, brand new sponsor the wellness company really excited to have them on board plus some of the old favorites like evil CBD liquid freedom, energy tea, as well as blood of tyrants and more, you can check out all of our awesome sponsors at the homepage, Brian Nichols show.com. And then in terms of where to find the show from an audio or video version of the show, we got you covered video you can find us on YouTube, Rumble Facebook and x.com. We are uploading the entire video version of the show in their entirety to those different platforms. If you're joining us on YouTube or rumble hit that like button hit that little subscribe button and also head down below into the comments. Let us know your thoughts if you were a college student, what was life like during COVID? Was it Little weird was a little dystopian and Were you forced fed misinformation disinformation and now information from your your academic betters being told that they're the keepers of truth. When you're looking around saying maybe this isn't right, I want to hear your thoughts and I'm sure that Nick does as well. Head down below in the comments. Let us know your thoughts also podcast version of the show, Apple podcast, Spotify, YouTube music, wherever it is get you get your audio content, just hit subscribe to The Brian Nichols Show and download all unplayed episodes. Reason being. We have over 825 episodes here on the program. So I guarantee at least a handful of them should leave you educated, enlightened and informed. But that being said, it's all we have for you today. Thank you for joining us. With that being said, Brian Nichols signing off. You're on The Brian Nichols Show for Professor Nick. Jabba John. Oh god, I'm so close. I was at it. Nick. I'm sorry, Nick to Dotto. We'll see you next time.

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860: Why Your Paycheck is SMALLER Than it Should Be - The Tax Secret …

Tax expert @scottahodge reveals the shocking ways taxes secretly control our lives, driving up costs and stifling economic growth, and offers a compelling vision for a simpler, fairer tax system that could unleash prosperity and freedom for all.

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June 17, 2024

862: What Happens to Taxes if Trump or Biden Wins in 2024?

Steve Hayes explores the stark contrasts between Trump and Biden's tax plans, painting a vivid picture of America's economic future and the potential for a fairer, simpler tax system under the FairTax plan.

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June 24, 2024

865: How Progressive Policies Hurt the Poor

@BenjaminAyanian explains how progressive economic policies often harm society's most vulnerable by misdiagnosing problems and creating detrimental unintended consequences.

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June 26, 2024

866: Why Are Public Schools Getting More Money But Worse Results?

Explore why increased education funding isn't improving student outcomes, challenging listeners to reconsider how we structure and fund our schools to truly benefit teachers and students. Copy Retr

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June 28, 2024

867: Biden's Debate DISASTER | Will Bad Debate Cost Democrats the Ele…

The recent Trump-Biden debate exposed Biden's apparent cognitive decline and reinvigorated Trump's campaign, potentially reshaping the entire 2024 election landscape and throwing the Democratic Party into chaos.

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July 3, 2024

869: Border Crisis Explained | What Libertarians Get Wrong

Libertarians must confront the real-world complexities of the border crisis, abandoning mockery for empathy and offering practical solutions that balance principles with reality, or risk irrelevance in crucial policy debates.

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July 9, 2024

871: The Brain Science Behind Great Storytelling EXPLAINED

Expert storyteller Andrea Sampson reveals how to use emotional language, sensory details, and a five-step framework to craft compelling narratives that make complex ideas stick, build trust, and inspire positive change in business, media, and everyday life.

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July 12, 2024

873: Why Do People Trust Experts Without Thinking?

Brian explores the unsettling shift he's observed in many of his friends who have gone from questioning authority to blindly following government mandates and expert narratives, urging listeners to maintain critical thinking and value individual liberty in an increasingly compliant …

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July 26, 2024

879: How Politics is Changing for Young People | Week in Review

Millennials are reshaping American politics as they face unique economic challenges and demand fresh voices in leadership, while also grappling with unexpected issues like drug-affected marine life, highlighting the urgent need for younger generations to get involved and make their …

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Aug. 12, 2024

886: Is Your Money Safe? | 3 Money Moves to Make Before the Economy C…

Financial expert Joe Lombardi warns of economic disaster under a potential Harris presidency and reveals unconventional strategies to protect your wealth, regardless of who wins the 2025 election.

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Aug. 14, 2024

887: What Makes Things Cost What They Do? | EXPLAINED

Using a banana farmer's dilemma as a relatable example, this episode unravels the complex interplay of supply, demand, and pricing in a free market economy, revealing how these forces shape every business decision and consumer purchase in our daily lives.

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Aug. 20, 2024

889: Brain Glue | How to Make Ideas STICK

Glue your ideas to their brains: the sticky science of unforgettable communication.

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Sept. 2, 2024

895: Why Africa Needs Fossil Fuels to Fight Poverty | Climate Activis…

A Kenyan farmer challenges Western climate policies, arguing that fossil fuels are essential for Africa's development and poverty reduction, not a threat to be eliminated.

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Sept. 7, 2024

897: Why Pennsylvania Decides the 2024 Election | Week in Review

@BNicholsLiberty and @HeyRemso challenge conventional political wisdom, exposing the dire consequences of unchecked immigration, the critical role of Pennsylvania in the 2024 election, and the potential fallout of third-party voting, ultimately questioning whether America is on the brink of losing …

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Sept. 18, 2024

901: How to Save Money on Healthcare | SECRETS Hospitals Hide

@PeterGillooly from @twc_health shows how our healthcare system's perverse incentives are costing you money and potentially your health, and teaches how taking control through early intervention and medical autonomy could be your lifesaver in a world where hospitals and insurance …

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Sept. 20, 2024

902: How to Talk Politics Without Sounding Like a Nerd

Libertarians must shift from selling features to solving problems, ditching the "autistic approach" for emotional connections, to effectively communicate their ideas and win hearts and minds.

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Oct. 5, 2024

908: How to Make Money in Countries You've Never Heard Of | Expat Mon…

Rethink your approach to wealth and freedom by exploring unconventional strategies like offshore investing and international diversification, as traditional political activism and US-centric investing may no longer be enough to secure your financial future in an increasingly uncertain global economy.

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Oct. 18, 2024

913: Alcoholism Recovery & Dealing with PTSD | New Approaches for Vet…

A Marine veteran's raw journey from trauma to transformation reveals how questioning everything, embracing vulnerability, and exploring unconventional healing methods can lead to profound personal growth and self-discovery.

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Oct. 25, 2024

915: Why Government Wants to Control Social Media | THE HIDDEN TRUTH

As governments worldwide move to ban social media platforms and criminalize online speech - from Brazil's complete ban of X to UK police monitoring citizens' posts - this episode reveals how quickly digital freedom can vanish overnight and why America …

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Oct. 26, 2024

916: Why Libertarians Are Switching to Trump in 2024 | Week in Review

Popular libertarian voice Dave Smith's endorsement of Trump signals a larger shift in the liberty movement, as key figures like Rand Paul, Ron Paul, and Thomas Massie coalesce around Trump's campaign - highlighting how pragmatic libertarians are choosing strategic influence …

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Nov. 3, 2024

918: Ron Paul and Elon Musk Team Up With Trump? | Week in Review

In a shocking pre-election bombshell, as Ron Paul and Elon Musk join forces in a potential Trump administration, New York state's killing of a beloved Instagram-famous squirrel becomes a rallying cry against government overreach, revealing how bureaucrats will dispatch more …

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Nov. 21, 2024

923: How COVID Changed American Politics Forever | The Real Story Beh…

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent government overreach shattered public trust in institutions, leading to a massive political realignment as Americans across the spectrum rejected establishment narratives and embraced new coalitions focused on personal freedom and government accountability.

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Dec. 5, 2024

926: Dear Santa: All I Want for Christmas is Freedom

Host Brian Nichols crafts a heartfelt Christmas list to "Liberty Santa," asking for practical freedom-oriented gifts like fiscal responsibility, school choice, and honest journalism while teaching listeners how to effectively communicate liberty principles during the holiday season.

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Dec. 7, 2024

927: Bitcoin Hits $100,000 | What This Means For Your Money in 2024

Bitcoin's historic rise to $100,000 represents more than just a price milestone - it signals a growing movement toward financial independence as people seek alternatives to government-controlled money in an era of inflation and increasing centralized control.

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Dec. 19, 2024

930: How to Heal Your Body NATURALLY (Step-by-Step Guide)

A former Wall Street insider exposes the truth about our broken health system while sharing how natural solutions and proper supplementation can transform your health, challenging everything we've been told about "genetic" health problems.

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Dec. 24, 2024

932: Weight Loss SECRETS (Without Surgery or Pills!)

A former college football player shares his remarkable journey from 470 pounds to vibrant health through the power of walking, intermittent fasting, and proper supplementation, proving that sustainable weight loss starts with simply taking the first step.

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Dec. 27, 2024

933: What They SHOULD Have Taught You in School (But Didn't)

Our education system prioritizes theoretical knowledge over essential life skills, creating generations of graduates who can solve complex equations but struggle with basic adult responsibilities.

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Jan. 20, 2025

937: How to HEAL Your Body (Without Prescription Drugs!)

A groundbreaking conversation revealing how a Colombia-based healing center is combining cutting-edge natural treatments with ancient wisdom to help patients heal from serious illnesses while exposing the corruption in American healthcare.

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