What’s happening this week in the Free State? Join me now…
Eric is joined by Carla Gericke to mark the 10th anniversary of Porcupine Day and reflect on the moment the Free State Project officially triggered the move to New Hampshire. Carla shares behind-the-scenes stories about reaching 20,000 signers and the early decisions that helped accelerate the movement. The conversation explores how the Free State Project evolved from an ambitious idea into a real, growing community with lasting cultural and political impact. They also discuss why Porcupine Day remains an important milestone for the movement today. The episode wraps with a preview of this year’s Porcupine Day celebration and an invitation for viewers to experience it firsthand.
Get your tickets for the 10th annual Porcupine Day at: https://fsp.org/PorcDay
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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!
PS: Methinks there’s a lesson in invoking “magic” as a joke, and then the light dimming like that at the end when I had no plan. Noted.
