Eric shares his reflections on this year’s Porcupine Freedom Festival and introduces his featured speech, Revolution in the Granite Gulch, delivered Saturday morning at the event. He gives listeners a behind-the-scenes look at PorcFest 2025, including the emotional return of Ross Ulbricht, the growing momentum of the Free State Project, and the cultural shift toward liberty in New Hampshire. Eric also outlines a five-phase plan to scale the movement through outreach, events, and community-building. In his PorcFest speech, he challenges libertarian pessimism and makes the case for focusing on local victories rather than national gridlock. With humor, insight, and urgency, he calls on liberty-lovers to become active builders of a free society in our lifetimes.

With Eric at PorcFest this week, please enjoy his talk from PorcFest 2024 about his journey from neoconservative to libertarian activist, sparked by Ron Paul's influence. He recounts his transformation from a war-supporting teenager to a key player in the Ron Paul Revolution, including his leadership in the dramatic takeover of the 2012 Maine Republican Convention. Brakey describes how that experience set him on a path through state politics, federal campaigns, and ultimately to his new role as Executive Director of the Free State Project. He emphasizes the success of New Hampshire's liberty movement in pushing back statism and building a true free state. His speech ends on a hopeful note, declaring that the torch of liberty now burns brightest in New Hampshire.

Matt Kibbe joins the Eric to discuss his documentary Off the Grid with Thomas Massie, highlighting the congressman's off-the-grid lifestyle and principled stand for liberty. Kibbe explains how Massie’s independence from Washington power structures gives him the courage to challenge establishment narratives, including Donald Trump’s big-spending policies. They explore the growing tension within the Republican Party between libertarian-minded figures like Massie and Rand Paul and the authoritarian tendencies of figures like Stephen Miller. Kibbe emphasizes the value of bottom-up cultural change and decentralized activism, praising New Hampshire's Free State Project as a model. He also discusses his new film, The Red Line, about Georgian winemakers resisting Soviet central planning.