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We are joined by Raylene Lightheart and her lesser-half to talk about the movie “Contagion” about a global pandemic that some have mistaken as footage of current events. This should be a healthy discussion on a serious topic that will be both thought-provoking and entertaining.
With the COVID-19 Coronavirus seemingly creating a panic worldwide where even Costcos in the US are having trouble keeping up with demand, it’s a timely movie to be discussing. There is this weird mix of withholding and downplaying information to what appears to be fear-mongering and the use of the handling of the “crisis” as a bludgeon against the opposing sides in an already testy election cycle.
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Google Description for the film
Contagion
When Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns to Minnesota from a Hong Kong business trip, she attributes the malaise she feels to jet lag. However, two days later, Beth is dead, and doctors tell her shocked husband (Matt Damon) that they have no idea what killed her. Soon, many others start to exhibit the same symptoms, and a global pandemic explodes. Doctors try to contain the lethal microbe, but society begins to collapse as a blogger (Jude Law) fans the flames of paranoia.
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Our Guest:
Our guests are a married couple, Justin Lightheart and Raylene Lightheart. Raylene is the co-hose of Blastoff! with Johnny Rocket. She is an activist in the libertarian movement. She is a dedicated wife and home school mom of five. She is passionate about self-ownership, free association community, and unfettered liberty.
Here are her most recent appearance on “Free Man Beyond the Wall”: http://freemanbeyondthewall.libsyn.com/episode-327
Speaking of “Free Man Beyond the Wall” and Justin’s request that we promote the #FreeRoss movement, here are a listing of episodes of that podcast where Ross’s plight is discussed:
http://freemanbeyondthewall.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=Ulbricht
Raylene’s show was formerly known as “Johnny Rocket Launchpad”. Just over a year ago, Johnny Rocket slungshot it into orbit as the Launchpad Media with now many moons worth of different shows and content providers.
Johnny’s show is now with Raylene and called “Blastoff! with Johnny Rocket“.
Other shows on the Launchpad include:
“Postcards from Somalia” with Sherry Voluntary and Alan Mosely
“Nice Guys Finish Free” with Alex Merced
“Sounds Like Liberty” with Nicky P and Lizzie
And our alter-ego version of our show, “The Last Nighters”
As she mentioned, they interviewed the great Ron Paul on their 50th episode, which you can find here:
Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket Episode #50: R3VOLUTION! (w/Ron Paul)
And they had Daniel Elwood (me!) on as a guest for episode 5:
Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket Episode #5: The Last Nighter! (w/ Daniel Elwood)
We will be sure to invite Raylene back again sometime in the near future, perhaps for “Wayne’s World” as she mentioned during our recording session.
Here is her previous appearances:
Show Notes:
Some of the conflicting news articles we have seen recently:
https://nypost.com/2020/02/22/dont-buy-chinas-story-the-coronavirus-may-have-leaked-from-a-lab/
https://www.targetliberty.com/2020/02/warning-cdc-official-who-put-out.html
How the left is using the outbreak against Trump:
https://www.targetliberty.com/2020/02/incredible-left-is-using-wuhan.html
Join us next week as we welcome back to the stage, Mr. Mike C. to discuss yet another Michael Mann film, “The Last of the Mohicans”.
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