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!
According to my Memories, one year ago today I started The Carla Gericke Show!
The what, you say? Exactly! PLEASE become a follower on Odysee, where I’d like to make my home-base, but only if y’all help… surely I can get more than 98 followers?
In the past 12 months, on top of the weekly show, Manch Talk, that I do with Tammy, I have published 36 episodes of TCGS (I’m counting tomorrow’s). That seems like… more than I expected and maybe less than I should have?
Idk, I genuinely struggle with the conceit, in the literal sense of the word, of doing something like this. I was taught to be seen and not heard and that pursuing attention was vain. This is the inner battle I have to overcome every time I put myself on camera. Some weeks, I win… apparently about 70% of the time!
In addition, producing a show in a home studio is a lot of technical crap for someone who has no interest in such things. I am very grateful to Louis Calitz for editing help, and Masha for cutting clips.
Not all the episodes are scratch, meaning some are “cheats”– interviews with other thought leaders and podcasters, but I feel pretty good about sticking-to-it-ish.
I still haven’t implemented many of my ideas, mostly because they’re a jumble in my notebooks, but instead of chastising myself, I just started a section in Workflowy, which I have been meaning to do for months anyway. So: identified a problem and came up with a solution, WTG!
Weirdly, my most popular episode on YT was this one, where I speculate about whether Bob Saget was murdered:
Learn how to say my name right and hear my “Coming to America” story in the inaugural episode and please, FOLLOW ME on all the platforms (see this pinned post on my wall).
A SPECIAL THANK YOU to all my loyal friends and followers! If you have feedback, let me know in the comments below–things you might want to see… maybe more pop culture reviews about books and shows? Jokes? More guests? More me with different formats on different days? Holler at me.
This week, I cover a new Suffolk University and Boston Globe poll that included a question about the Free State Project. SPOILER!: About half the respondents have never heard of the FSP, so this supports my theory that the haters are simply boosting us. Thank you!
I also read a few Letters to the Editor from the Union Leader in support of Free Staters, and conclude with a recent review of my book, THE ECSTATIC PESSIMIST: Stories of Hope (Mostly).
Find poll HERE.
Fascinating. I firmly believe the Left (+whomever has enough clout to get the NYT, Globe & New Yorker etc involved) is trying to demonize us while simply helping more people learn about the blossoming liberty movement in NH… 😀 #libertarianhomeland https://t.co/scDVXFVms4
— Carla Gericke, Live Free And Thrive! (@CarlaGericke) September 29, 2022
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You can learn more about me and the dozen+ years of liberty activism I have done in the Free State of NH:
I worked with Steve Jobs! https://www.carlagericke.com/about/
I was wrongfully arrested. And then I won! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Gericke
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I have a YT channel called Carla Gericke TV, where I do my cooking show called #Freedomnomnom (check out that hashtag for delicious #keto and #paleo noms!) and do a couple of weekly NH-base cable access TV shows: Manch Talk and The Carla Gericke Show.
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Ready for my photo shoot with the Boston Globe. In the past few weeks, I’ve spoken to the Globe, the New Yorker, the New York Sun, and local media on topics ranging from Croydon, Gunstock, the Democrats, mean tweets, secession, woke churches, and more!
The media are out for blood against Free Staters… Individuals who just want to reduce the size and scope of government… how awful! So awful that people are calling me to say they wish my mother had aborted me. Real classy stuff.
Really makes you wonder what the people critiquing us stand for… Here’s a hint: war, slavery, subjugation, and control.
Don’t let the bad guys con you into thinking that’s good!
Trust your instincts and know this: Free Staters come in peace. We’re the vanguard to remind you liberty is worth preserving so that together, we can Live Free and Thrive!
The second in a three-part series, author, activist, attorney, Carla Gericke sits down with Eric Cervone of the Honest Offense to chart her life “From the Apartheid State to the Free State”. In this episode, we chat about Carla’s “Coming to America” story and her life as in-house counsel for Fortune 500 companies, and what happened after the dotcom bubble burst…
True story: About a year after I was arrested & charged with felony wiretapping carrying a 7-year sentence for filming police officers during a late night traffic stop, and after my 4/20/10 arraignment where all charges against me were dropped, my camera had STILL not been returned more than a year later, so we went to the Weare PD to protest. The coppers shut down the PD early rather than face us.About 15-20 Free Staters gathered on the front lawn of the police station and held a 420 rally at 4:20p. Someone had brought a portable fire pit, and made a safe fire, BBQing some 
. Around 5pm, a black truck peeled into the parking lot and a man jumped out with a stack of pizza boxes.All ham and bacon related.On the top box was written: “A porky special from your friends at the Weare PD.”Now say what you will about their arresting, lying, cheating, stealing, threatening, Thin Blue selves– all obviously piggish sentiments–you have to admit, it was a solid move.Everyone else ate the pizza. I did not.
Catch PART 2 of my discussion on Free America Now with former Maine Senator Eric Brakey. We chat about what makes New Hampshire such an amazing place to live, work, and stay.