Spike Cohen: How to Get More Liberty in Politics
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Sponsor break and Lou's book
1:16 – Intro: 2020 Libertarian VP candidate Spike Cohen
2:06 – Joining the Libertarian Party at the New Jersey DMV
3:01 – Libertarians, the Green Party, and ballot access
5:49 – Democracy and Tennessee's double standard for signatures
9:13 – Is a third-party vote a wasted vote?
11:06 – "This election is too important": the abuser's argument
13:07 – Johan Norberg, Sweden, and a less important presidency
14:50 – Norm Macdonald's take on Canadian politics
16:21 – Remembering Norm Macdonald and Bob Saget
19:23 – Norm's immortality on YouTube
21:44 – Steven Wright, Louie Anderson, and favorite comedians
23:51 – Nostalgia and which comedians hold up
25:48 – Gilbert Gottfried, Spike's favorite living comedian
28:48 – Norm's secret cancer battle
33:55 – Living with multiple sclerosis
37:35 – Taking your health seriously
38:15 – Being immunocompromised and getting Covid
41:16 – Losing 100 pounds
42:35 – Cholesterol and lying about your height
46:33 – Larry Sharpe and libertarian messaging
49:38 – Growing up homeschooled
54:00 – Bullying and why school can feel like prison
57:37 – Conditioned to think there's no alternative
1:01:27 – Where to find Spike and wrap-up
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Spike Cohen, the 2020 Libertarian vice presidential candidate, joins Lou to talk about getting more liberty in politics, ballot access, and whether a third-party vote is wasted.
We also get into joining the Libertarian Party at the New Jersey DMV, Tennessee's double standard for signatures, "this election is too important" as the abuser's argument, Johan Norberg and a less important presidency, remembering Norm Macdonald and Bob Saget, Steven Wright and Louie Anderson, Gilbert Gottfried, living with multiple sclerosis, getting Covid while immunocompromised, losing 100 pounds, Larry Sharpe, and growing up homeschooled.