Bear Attacks Destroyed This Libertarian Utopia | Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling Interview

Released February 2, 2021 by The Babylon Bee

 

This is the Babylon Bee Interview Show. In this episode of The Babylon Bee Podcast, Kyle and Ethan talk to Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, author of A Libertarian Walks Into A Bear, a book about what happened when libertarians took over a small town in New Hampshire with the one goal of dismantling its government and then the bears arrived. Matthew is an award-winning author, longform writer and investigative international journalist based in New England and his work has been featured in the Associated Press and USA Today. Be sure to check out The Babylon Bee YouTube Channel for more podcasts, podcast shorts, animation, and more. To watch or listen to the full podcast, become a subscriber at https://babylonbee.com/plans.  Topics Discussed  The small world of bear authors Axe Cop Libertarian Utopia  Problems with Libertarian utopia Bears arrive Burying the lead People that would move to a Libertarian utopia The Libertarian pastor New England’s history with bears Bear vs llama Subscriber Portion  History of utopia’s Fordlandia Epcot Matthew’s diverse and oddball career before journalism Small town journalism Ethan story Why we need small town journalism Vampires in New England 10 questions 11th question about reaching out to the other side