NBC10 BOSTON recently did an 11-part docuseries on the Free State Project. In this week’s TCGS, Tom Woods and I discuss the experience, some tricks and tips, and how to navigate the corporate media landscape.
Lifetime achievement unlocked! Felt like I was in an Aaron Sorkin series last night when Louis and I went in person to the NBC studio to be interviewed as part of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of New Hampshire series. The two journalists who interviewed me are Alison King and Sue O’Connell. I wish we had more time to to explore some of the issues, but all things considered, I think it went as well as it could. I will be breaking down some of the issues on The Carla Gericke Show in the coming weeks.
Alison King and Sue O’Connell sit down with Free State Project founder Jason Sorens to discuss the first episode of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of New Hampshire. WATCH NOW…
Need to catch up on the whole series? START HERE…
Liberty Forum 2023 has come and gone! What an amazing weekend.
THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to every attendee, speakers, sponsor, and all our VOLUNTEERS.
The Free State Project runs on Porc Power, and dozens of amazing people gave countless hours to make this year’s event a smashing success!
Special thanks to Mickey Mullin and Viviana for spearheading!
Thanks to our awesome emcee Bill Barger, and the video team headed by Beau with Sarah Grealy, White Marriott, Joa assisting, Chris Lopez for the offsite dinners, Miranda Nyx Animus for managing the main room, and EVERYONE on the registration and help desk, and more!
I had an amazing time and my hope & optimism for a better future remains strong… and that’s thanks to all of YOU!!!
For the first time in the Free State, our very own Authors’ Extravaganza!
A booth with three tables filled with the works of Free Staters: from children’s, YA, poetry, essays, anthologies, nonfiction on law and life, and more!
A session where 11 authors discussed their work and marketing strategies.
Thanks to everyone who participated and a special thanks to Jody Underwood who conceived of and put the whole shebang together.
Thanks to all the attendees who bought books. Remember to leave a review to help our sales!
I hope we put this event on repeat as we encourage more Free Staters to start publishing their works!
The 8th Episode of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of New Hampshire is out. WATCH NOW!
From NBC: “One of the early experiments of the Free State project was the Free Town Project, a libertarian migration to the small community of Grafton, NH. And with the libertarians….allegedly came the bears? Or did they? This episode explores the controversies a small town navigated as they became the focus of this libertarian political trial run.”
The first 7 episodes of NBC Boston’s docuseries on the Free State movement is out! Check out these short, 13 minute episodes, and then feel free to drop me questions below!
A few things you should be wondering about while watching:
Who funds Granite State Progress? (Soros/and…?)
When did Zandra Rice Hawkins moved to New Hampshire to spread socialist programs? (After me)
Why won’t ZRH allow Free Staters to attend their “public” events?
How come NH public schools cost double ($18,000+) what private schools do ($9,000)?
What is more democratic than putting hard questions to voters?
Isn’t it GREAT that Free Staters are inspiring so many people to get involved as is required for good local government?
NBC Boston has been working on a docuseries about the Free State Movement for more than half a year. The trailer dropped.
Take a look HERE.
My initial thoughts are THIS LOOKS AWESOME! Can’t wait to see the rest. Of course, they will attempt to paint us as weirdos and troublemakers, but many people are actually looking for answers to the issues of the day, and I believe those people will see what we are doing for what it is: A SOLUTION to a problem that has grown too large to solve in any other way!
While politicians pay lip service to “reforms” and “changes,” we ALL know nothing is changing, improving, or happening… In fact, things are getting worse and worse. We are getting poorer, people are suffering, and the government is rankly incompetent, and, at this stage, has possibly actually tipped to being EVIL.
As I watched the trailer, I was also thinking, who are these naysayers? Besides Nick Sarwark, who has probably put the final nail in his coffin as a Free Stater with this–he should switch to the Democrats–I recognized Zandra Rice Hawkins (the one with the beanie on the playground) and Brodie Deshaies (an outspoken critic of the proposed Constitutional amendment to peacefully leave the Union and become an independent country; he was voted out in 2022).
Ironically, Zandra Rice Hawkins, who works for an organization called Granite State Progress that is funded by progressive billionaire George Soros, moved to New Hampshire after I did, and openly admits she wants New Hampshire to become “more progressive.” When one hears people like her criticizing the Free State movement, you must ask yourself, who is actually trying to change the culture of the LIVE FREE OR DIE state? I contend it is people like her, not us.
I once attended a public meeting Zandra hosted, and gave the following speech in response to hours of inaccurate and propagandist trash-talking from her. What a monster I am!
Last month, I was interviewed by the BBC for their series on Autarky. In Episode One, around minute 21:50, I mention being an early Free State mover (2008) and how New Hampshire could be poised to become its own successful, peaceful and prosperous country, like a Switzerland or Iceland.
A little personal history as a plea to encourage more people to move ASAP and come WORK YOUR OWN MAGIC-SAUCE FOR A FREER FUTURE.
My husband and I bought our 4 bd 3 bathroom atomic ranch on a cul de sac in Manchester in 2017. At the time, I negotiated pretty hard and we got a great deal, paying under $250K. I said to Louis, if I do my job right with growing the Free State, the house should be worth $1M+ in 20 years.
I got the estimate below yesterday from someone who wants my property so looks like we’re on track… yes, some of that is prolly inflationary, and the housing market is softening somewhat and prices may start to drop.. but probably not as much as other places bc we have less supply and high demand, so I hope you will be ready to pounce!
The value proposition of living in liberty in NH was established by the thousands of early movers (2007-2012), and cemented by the movers fleeing Covidmania over the last 2 years, and we now need a third wave to come!
If you value individual liberty, NH is already one of the best places in the world to live, and it will only become even more so.
BUT, we DO need YOU to come help!
Consider, it’s actually very early in this movement. I have to remind myself of that sometimes bc I moved in 2008 and have been slogging away at expanding liberty for 14 years, so it doesn’t always feel that way, but it is true.
YOU too can be part of world history!
Imagine: YOU can still be part of building the likes of a Switzerland or Iceland or Estonia from the ground up (picked bc their population sizes/canton system/property rights).
Imagine YOU can still be early in the equivalent of Silicon Valley in the 1980s, and you could still get a decent house in Palo Alto for under $350,000.
Imagine YOU are one of first 10,000 brave enough to be founders of a new country… Or, at the very least, you were part of the movement that brought federalism and states’ rights back to America, making the entire country more free as a result.
What are YOU waiting for? Are YOU planning your next visit? Are YOU telling your liberty friends about us? Are YOU ready for LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME? Because we are ready to welcome you to the freest of free states! Live free and thrive!