About this episode

Jim Babka interviews Libertarian Party national Chair Steven Nekhaila and Vice Chair Paul Darr about their roles and the future of the party.

Did Libertarian Party national Chair Steven Nekhaila and Vice Chair Paul Darr call Jim Babka for a crucial LP history lesson? Did they take extraordinary action after that call? Who are these men, what makes them tick? And what will happen next, given that they're moving on from their current positions? NOTES I will be attending the national convention in Grand Rapids Michigan over Memorial Day weekend - https://www.lnc2026.com/ CHAPTERS 0:00 Theme 0:13 When Jim met Paul 2:48 Meet Steven Nekhaila 5:42 Meet Paul Darr 9:54 Finding the missing piece 12:34 Working the details 15:03 Why to join the Libertarian Party 20:46 The real reasons third parties lose elections 27:38 How to make the LP politically potent 30:43 Perry Willis and the Parity Project 35:15 Barely started. Will it be fulfilled? 38:40 Party leadership at the next convention 47:48 Convention May 21-25 Grand Rapids MI 52:58 A real choice at this event 54:07 With THIS thing comes everything CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to…

People in this episode

Host: Jim Babka

Guests: Steven Nekhaila, Paul Darr

Topics covered

• Libertarian Party
• political strategy
• party leadership
• third parties
• national convention
• political history

Keywords

• Libertarian Party
• Steven Nekhaila
• Paul Darr
• political strategy
• national convention
• third parties
• party leadership

Sponsors

Zero Aggression Project

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Libertarian Party, Keys of Moon Music

Places: Grand Rapids Michigan

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