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The episode features a roundtable discussion on the ideals and future of the United States, celebrating its 250th anniversary.

Boiler Room: Founding Fathers' Facepalm — A 250th Anniversary Special This Independence Day weekend, Boiler Room celebrates 250 years of the American experiment with a special roundtable examining the ideals, contradictions, victories, failures, and future of the United States. Host Bryan "Hesher" McClain is joined by an all-star panel including Adam "Ruckus" Clark, Mystical Pharaoh, Hrvoje Morić, Mark Anderson, Jay Dyer, Jamie Hanshaw, Randy J, Charlie Robinson, Tim Hinchliffe, Sam Chaney, Cavi, and Spore for an evening of lively discussion, humor, criticism, and reflection on liberty, representation, technocracy, surveillance, culture, and the enduring struggle for self-government. The centerpiece of the broadcast is the special panel game "Founding Fathers' Facepalm," featuring questions like The Boston Tea Party Toss, The Liberty Lantern, and The Paul Revere Warning, challenging guests to consider what America should preserve, what should be discarded, and what future generations must be warned about. From debates over the Federal Reserve, the surveillance state, and transhumanism to discussions on natural rights, education, music, guns, analog culture, and the meaning of…

People in this episode

Host: Bryan "Hesher" McClain

Guests: Adam "Ruckus" Clark, Mystical Pharaoh, Hrvoje Morić, Mark Anderson, Jay Dyer, Jamie Hanshaw, Randy J, Charlie Robinson, Tim Hinchliffe, Sam Chaney, Cavi, Spore

Topics covered

• American history
• Independence Day
• liberty
• self-government
• technocracy
• surveillance
• cultural reflection

Keywords

• American experiment
• Fourth of July
• Federal Reserve
• surveillance state
• transhumanism
• natural rights
• education
• freedom

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Boiler Room, Alternate Current Radio

Books & works: Founding Fathers' Facepalm, The Boston Tea Party Toss, The Liberty Lantern, The Paul Revere Warning

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