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Welcome to The Independents, live from the Free State, where we sort signal from narrative and call things what they are.
Today’s show covers a lot of ground—because liberty never sleeps:
- The Dilbert creator saga: Scott Adams is dead, the internet is weird, and there are lessons here about ego, bitterness, repentance, and what happens when smart people trust the wrong institutions.
- The new food pyramid (finally): Protein and vegetables take the crown while pasta and low-fat ideology get benched. Your body knew this. Science is just catching up.
- Rand Paul and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. working together to prosecute Fauci—accountability is back on the menu.
- Campus Carry: The bill gets a hearing today in New Hampshire. Shouldn’t the Constitution apply everywhere equally?
- Tomorrow’s Spy Bill: Should the governor have her own intelligence agency? What could possibly go wrong?
- Ed-Opt events and what’s coming up next in the Free State.
- Porc Day X–celebrating 10 years of triggering NH statists. Get your tix today: https://community.fsp.org/event/porcd…
This show isn’t about left vs. right.
It’s about truth vs. bullshit, health vs. dogma, and liberty vs. permanent emergency powers.
Live free or die.
Live free—and thrive!
Friday nights on The Independents will evolve into guest nights with “after hours” vibes. This was a test. Everything worked as expected. Except we didn’t discuss The Weare Incident of 2010, where we got arrested and much legal hijinks ensued. Read my landmark First Circuit case Gericke vs. Begin et al instead, and stay tuned… One day, we will capture the story in all its glory!
Short answer: YES. Long answer: Also YES.
This week, I sit down with First Amendment firebrand Laurie Ortolano—winner of the 2023 Nackey Loeb Award and the 2025 NEFAC Award—to talk about why New Hampshire’s Right-to-Know system is… let’s call it “quaint.” As in: charming if you like rotary phones, not so charming if you think government should actually be accountable.
Join us for a fast, funny, no-BS conversation about transparency, citizen power, and what needs to change right now if we want to keep New Hampshire truly free.
I’m Carla Gericke, the voice of New Hampshire. Let’s shine some damn light. 🌲✨