Is every alleged criminal in the dock a scapegoat? How can you tell when someone actually is a scapegoat? In the immediately previous episode (165), Bill asked Jim if Fauci is a scapegoat. Jim said no, but he also sensed that his reasoning was insufficient to answer Bill's pressing question. What are the timeless standards? This episode IS NOT ABOUT ANY ONE PERSON - not limited to the current headline. It's timeless. You'll be able to repeatedly apply it to future social conflicts. Oh, and Bill catches Jim off-guard. Jim learns something new, right in front of you! You'll learn things too, if you tune in. Primer: Rene Girard explains that religions, nations, and states are founded on sacrifice - the sacred murder of someone who possesses partial or complete innocence. That person is the scapegoat. The grossly oversimplified version (go watch episode 88) goes like this...    Desire is modeled. An imitator covets. Rivalry ensues. The contagion spreads; an angry mob forms.  Violence breaks out. There might even be a war. The scapegoat is blamed for the violence and killed. Peace returns, so the scapegoat becomes sacred. Taboos and rituals arise so the community can avoid repeating the war.  If Girard is right, then this process has profound implications to sociology, theology, and plain old politics.  SHOW REFERENCES 88: René Girard: The Founding of Religion and State https://youtu.be/dL8Err6K778 The Rene Girard Playlist at YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLop5COwTfeX727RXjBsStfIcnDcieZZzi 121: Daryl Davis Pt 1, Biography of his work: https://youtu.be/Yu-j3zvD2o8 122: Daryl Davis Pt 2, Fighting Racism with Grace: https://youtu.be/ceL600_kQi0 165: Is Anthony Fauci Just a Scapegoat? - https://youtu.be/Q4OUSUhXP0o CHAPTERS 0:00 The relevance of sin 1:03 Theme 1:36 Purpose - Four ways 3:28 Girardian caveats 5:05 Sacrifice, It is finished 6:28 That's not very graceful 9:08 Non-Culpability test 11:38 De-mythologizing sacred violence 13:20 Motive Check test 20:46 Rivalry test 23:57 Catharsis or Reflection 26:17 Who are my victims? 35:21 The Desires that lead to violence 39:32 Restoration or Vengeance? test 42:34 Putting it all together CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected] Be grace-full to each other.

New evidence of a lab leak. A named conspiracy: The Spillover Gang. Jim and Bill get to both. Even better, an unscripted conversation lands on something sharper: why politics gets in the way of truth, and why truth is vital. Thousands of other shows chase the phony ethics drama over Fauci's "diary" or debate the legality of his Fifth Amendment plea. This episode does neither. Instead, the Fifth Amendment gets a spiritual read, not a legal one — and the real time goes to new evidence, and what it will actually take to achieve "truth and reconciliation." SHOW REFERENCES EP41: COVID and the Spillover Gang: https://youtu.be/T7ZRFtnwBOo Jim's first interview with Bill on Authentic Human Outliers: https://youtu.be/og-OJDgzQVg EP159: Hantavirus And The Lab Leak Indictment of David Morens: https://youtu.be/ETkPKeX2zpw EP94: Mimetic Mirror: Jerry Bowyer Explores Jesus's Eye Parable: https://youtu.be/i_zaPoAx8co CHAPTERS 0:00 Why we can't get reconciliation 0:34 Theme 0:47 Is Fauci a Scapegoat? 3:55 Truth before reconciliation 5:54 Conspiracy to cover truth 8:36 New Spillover Gang info 10:21 The Proximal Origins conspiracy 15:41 Not a mere mistake 17:59 Pardon preventing truth 19:51 Pain and punishment 22:20 Politics crushes the truth 26:29 Truth is the First Commitment 29:03 Can't just blame the media 34:38 Can we still have hope? 37:54 Caring for your own soul CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected] Be grace-full to each other.

Bombing campaigns. Boots on the ground. Even nukes. There's no shortage of confident opinions about what Trump should've done differently in Iran. This episode takes the best of those ideas seriously. Not the strawman versions, but one of the strongest ideas out there: airdropping weapons to Iranians so they could rise up and overthrow the regime themselves. It's a clever idea. It's also wrong, and we'll walk through exactly why. Along the way... Three reasons arms were never dropped, what Friedrich Hayek, Richard Maybury, and Harry Browne would say about why government interventions fail, and BRAND NEW! - the "Tax-Funded Midas Curse" — a concept that explains why this failure was baked in from the start. NOTES & RESOURCES WarTruth.org - the history of U.S. Gov foreign interventions: https://wartruth.org/ TruthAboutWar.org - predicting the problems with the Iraq War: https://truthaboutwar.org/home.shtml CHAPTERS 0:00 Prefer regime change 0:35 Theme 0:48 It wasn't done right 2:02 Regime change air ball 6:16 Dropping arms to the people 11:06 Why arms weren't dropped 13:26 Allied vs liberated Iran 15:50 Best laid plans 18:58 TruthAboutWar and WarTruth dot org 27:03 Let's pretend, the fatal conceit 28:28 Let's pretend, Chaostan 31:01 Let's pretend, the dictator fallacy 33:33 Why the best government plans fail 34:40 Tax-funded Midas curse 40:02 The instrument fallacy 43:18 The implementation doom loop 46:01 You say you want a revolution 49:57 What's happening to Islam in Iran? 52:16 Voluntary organizing a revolution 56:21 Government hates the competition CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected] Be grace-full to each other.

As part of a ten year project to achieve Parity with the major parties, Libertarian Party Chair Evan McMahon is pledging to grow the LP to nearly ten times its current size during his term. How will he do it? Will it work? Plus, you'll learn four ways that the LP is already "punching above its weight." Like, why is the GOP so scared of the Libertarians? And, likely unique to this interview, you'll learn how Evan is already bringing Grace to the Party. REFERENCED DURING THE SHOW LP.org - https://lp.org/parity-project-recruitment-portal/ Advocates for Self-Government, Libertarian Landscape Survey, scroll to the P.S. - http://eepurl.com/R9fTpe8XPG Jeremy Todd for Congress, KY-4 - https://jeremy-todd.com/ EP37: Into the mind and motives of Jo Jorgensen, Libertarian 2.27.23 - https://youtu.be/qOxi4Pl_hHo CHAPTERS 0:00 Obviously Libertarians matter 0:23 Theme 0:35 Evan and becoming a Libertarian 4:30 Who else, but the Libertarians? 10:17 GOP and Dems terrified of the LP 13:15 Libertarians change policy 17:32 Libertarians are breaking through 21:27 Are there 30 million libertarians? 23:50 Making the LP more inviting 30:46 The Parity Project and Evan's Pledge 35:43 Why recruiting members is the best strategy 41:28 On the sidelines? A Come Home message 45:02 Bringing Grace to the party 52:23 Convention, where and when 54:06 Evan's most pleasant surprises 57:48 How to get involved now 1:00:43 Jim's appeal 1:01:27 A way to shut the state's lights off CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected] Be grace-full to each other.

Tucker Carlson announces he's left the GOP and he's going to help launch a third party. Well, it's no secret that Tucker has been eyeing a presidential run for months. *Almost certainly, Tucker Carlson doesn't understand the rigged rules that practically ban third parties from competing! Even the political media are ignorant of the rules and barriers.* But if Tucker watches this episode, he'll learn and even discover novel strategies about how to execute his plan. You too can learn things hardly anyone gets about third party campaigns. This episode is packed with insight! RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW - Jim consulted about the LP See: Episode 160: Libertarian National Chairs Nekhaila and Darr - https://youtu.be/Zrm_Qhtm8-w - LP big tent episode was 129: Libertarian Purity Tests Do NOT Exist https://youtu.be/0lD3JdZGCS8 - Jim's Paul v FEC case at the U.S. Supreme Court https://www.realcampaignreform.org/ - Jim's co-authored book, "The Plan: How to Create a Libertarian America in as Little as Ten Years, Using Resources That Already Exist!" Get it FREE here: https://lp.org/parity-project-recruitment-portal/ - IG06: How Robert Kennedy Is Quitting The Race (10/9/23) https://youtu.be/zDIuzpyZVPs CHAPTERS 0:00 Who understands 3rd parties? 0:14 Theme 0:26 It's been a month 2:36 Paparazzi-level political coverage 3:11 Appreciating alternatives 5:59 Tucker's tell 11:03 Tucker the third 14:07 Famous quitters 16:58 Secret code to ballot access 19:14 Why Tucker won't go to THE third party 22:28 Tucker and the LP Mises Caucus 25:15 The War Chest 31:21 Citizens United, an opportunity 41:01 The state of the parties 45:39 Major prediction: Era of Bespoke Parties 53:26 Is Tucker's timing right? Will he break the rules? CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected] Be grace-full to each other.

The title was ironic: "Why can't the #libertarianparty get it right? #davesmith explains." As gracefully as possible, Jim Babka lays out the historical reasons why it's ironic. This is the Liam McCollum show we're responding to - https://youtu.be/SH_D95dsoJ8 NOTES EP130: Wish Dave Smith Was A Libertarian On Immigration - https://youtu.be/tANBs1_n3nE EP88: René Girard: The Founding of Religion and State - https://youtu.be/dL8Err6K778 EP160 Libertarian National Chairs Nekhaila and Darr - https://youtu.be/Zrm_Qhtm8-w Oops: Late in the episode, Jim accidentally says "The New Yorker" when I meant "The New York Post." Recorded Tuesday, June 2, 2026 CHAPTERS 0:00 Name of The Game 0:25 Theme 0:37 The true fight is not against people 5:59 The madness of mobs 10:05 Rene Girard to the courtesy phone 14:36 Track record of Dave the Dropout 22:13 The locust that ate the Party 33:23 The Play in Two Acts 37:16 Is there anything left for locusts to eat? 44:37 Anything we can say to make them look bad CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected] Be grace-full to each other.

This one is audio-only, taken from Jim Babka's appearance on The Gary Nolan Show, Thursday May 21. Jim had a secret he wouldn't share until he was on air. And Jim's review of Tom Massie's primary loss includes a fact that everyone overlooks. Turns out, there's a very positive half-loaf analysis to be had - as in, "How strong a candidate is Massie for a 2028 Libertarian presidential run?" On top of that, Jim explains why people were willing to imbibe lies about Massie - in other words, the real Steelman reason that the MAGA base is still so loyal to Trump. You'll want to hear it all in this brief episode. CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. ZERO AGGRESSION PROJECT - https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ - is our sponsor. But the views expressed are exclusively those of the participants, and not necessarily those of the board, staff, or supporters of the Zero Aggression Project. Zero Aggression Project is a non-profit organization that does not endorse or support any candidates for public office. Be grace-full to each other.

Did Libertarian Party national Chair Steven Nekhaila and Vice Chair Paul Darr call Jim Babka for a crucial LP history lesson? Did they take extraordinary action after that call? Who are these men, what makes them tick? And what will happen next, given that they're moving on from their current positions? NOTES I will be attending the national convention in Grand Rapids Michigan over Memorial Day weekend - https://www.lnc2026.com/ CHAPTERS 0:00 Theme 0:13 When Jim met Paul 2:48 Meet Steven Nekhaila 5:42 Meet Paul Darr 9:54 Finding the missing piece 12:34 Working the details 15:03 Why to join the Libertarian Party 20:46 The real reasons third parties lose elections 27:38 How to make the LP politically potent 30:43 Perry Willis and the Parity Project 35:15 Barely started. Will it be fulfilled? 38:40 Party leadership at the next convention 47:48 Convention May 21-25 Grand Rapids MI 52:58 A real choice at this event 54:07 With THIS thing comes everything CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected] Be grace-full to each other.

You've heard of an October Surprise. Now, Tom Massie is the victim of a May Surprise - because his primary election is next Tuesday. And you heard Jim Babka predict that this smear campaign would happen, back in December (see link below). Jim explains the fake attack. But the BIGGER QUESTION involves grief. Massie's opponents have continued to hit him where it hurts - the death of his wife. And this makes Jim wonder aloud... Why do adults, actual grown ups, act so weird about sexuality and the need for human connection? Why does anyone believe they have the right to determine how others should handle their grief and loneliness? As always, this is about grace. 12.10.25 / The Self-Hating Tea Party vs Thomas Massie - https://youtu.be/8nQzLJ2hQEk - recorded 12.5 1.5.26 / Instant 43: Attacks on Tom Massie and Rand Paul have already begun - https://youtu.be/YGY0ILpk9us 3.18.26 / 156: The Latest Attack on Tom Massie, Reading Between the Lines - https://youtu.be/VAIwFgQJHDU CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. ZERO AGGRESSION PROJECT - https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ - is our sponsor. But the views expressed are exclusively those of the participants, and not necessarily those of the board, staff, or supporters of the Zero Aggression Project. Zero Aggression Project is a non-profit organization that does not endorse or support any candidates for public office. Be grace-full to each other.

Is the David Morens indictment science vs. politics, or even political retaliation? This government scientist has been indicted for allegedly conspiring to suppress investigation into the Covid lab leak. Meanwhile, passengers disembarked a ship in Spain after Hantavirus exposures, and we recorded this episode the next day (May 11) because this leaves us in uncomfortable wonder: Are we still vulnerable to the same failures that may have cost millions of lives? We're not here to do much rehash of what we covered in our landmark March 2023 Episode 41, "Covid and the Spillover Gang." There, we presented a thorough case for why the lab leak was a far better explanation than zoonotic spillover. Here, we're bringing you the breaking facts in the Morens indictment, what they reveal about the original investigation, and why they matter today. And here's what might surprise you most: Jim will show how this entire affair — the cover-ups, the politics, the tangled science — can be handled with Grace leading to reconciliation. Two crises. New evidence. A path forward. Start listening. NOTES EP41: Covid and the Spillover Gang - https://youtu.be/T7ZRFtnwBOo White House "five points" - https://substack.com/home/post/p-190758502 CHAPTERS 0:00 Opening 0:27 Theme 0:40 Hantavirus and David Morens 2:05 No Hantavirus drama 4:00 The Spillover Gang redux 8:24 Trump admin is doing its job 11:47 David Morens' indictment 16:28 Three tricks to undermine FOIA 19:07 Why it's not science vs politics 25:26 Why it's not political retaliation 28:06 How much info does democracy require? 29:19 What was the Spillover Gang's role? 33:00 Gracepoint: Truth before reconciliation 38:03 Things we can do, or stop doing, now CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected] Be grace-full to each other.