Show Notes
Dr John Lott is an American economist, political critic, andcrime researcher. He has a Master’s degree and Ph.D. from UCLA and has held important positions in economics and law at several prestigious institutions including the Yale Law School.
On this episode of Based, Dr Lott explains that crime ratesin Australia are worse than in the United States and how crime statistics are manipulated and misunderstood both in Australia and overseas.
He discusses the role firearms play in the debate aroundself-defence, the history of firearm control in Australia, and whether we really are safer for it.
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Michael Shellenberger is a leading investigative journalist wellknown for his work on the Twitter Files. He is the founder and president of Civilization Works, a nonprofit that incubates ideas, leaders, and movements, and cofounder of the California Peace Coalition.
CEO of Liberty Sentinel Media, Alex Newman is an award-winning international journalist, educator, author, speaker, and radio host of “The Sentinel Report With Alex Newman”.
Del Bigtree is the host of The Highwire and CEO of the Informed Consent Action Network.
Aaron Siri is the Managing Partner of US law firm Siri & Glimstad LLP.
Paul G. Conlon is a senior engineer with expertise in electronic engineering, information technology, and digital identity systems, as well as the author of 'Citizen One: The Case Against Digital Identity'.