The Chris Spangle Show

The Chris Spangle Show helps you make sense of current events, politics, and culture through the lenses of Christian faith and libertarian principles. With sharp analysis, historical insight, and relatable conversations, Chris offers clarity in chaos - encouraging personal responsibility, civic action, and thoughtful engagement with the world around us. Rejecting tribalism and top-down control, the show challenges you to lead with conviction, serve others, and live out the values that sustain a free and thriving society. Join us to defend liberty, strengthen your community, and renew culture - one conversation at a time.

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Who is To Blame for High Gas Prices?
Joe Biden takes a lot of flack for high gas prices. Blame him on social media for them, and inevitably someone in the comments says the President has nothing to do with gas prices. Is this true? What causes gas prices to rise to historic rates? And what effect do diesel prices have on inflation?
22 min
177
Is Anyone Else Really Ticked Off? Plus The Futu...
I just keep getting angrier and angrier about the state of the world, and I feel like we have fewer options. What can we do? And what can this podcast do to help?
52 min
178
What Will Happen if We Cancel Student Loan Debt?
Congress and the President are considering proposals to cancel student debt. What is a solution to this crisis? Is it a crisis to begin with? And how carefully are lawmakers considering relief and the tradeoffs that follow. Young Voices contributors Jack Salmon and Sean Themea join me.
33 min
179
What Gun Laws Are Circulating Through Congress?
Gabriella Hoffman is my guest because I don't know much about guns, and I have a lot of questions about legislation moving through Congress, and I ask her to fact check the media's reporting. What is an AR-15, and why is it so much more dangerous?
42 min
180
Will Crypto Be Regulated?
Young Voices contributor James Czerniawski is a senior policy analyst in Technology and Innovation at Americans for Prosperity, and he joins me this week to discuss lobbying on Capitol Hill to prevent new regulations on technology, Elon Musk buying Twitter, and the potential regulation of cryptocurrency.
35 min
181
Explaining the Dark Corners of the Internet
Social media and talk hosts have recently shared the blame for mass shootings, but these outlets are not the progenitor of ideas like the Great Replacement Theory. They're exploiting the numbers built in darker corners of the internet. While this aired on March 20th, 2019, the information is still sadly as relevant today as it was after the New Zealand shooting. Harry Price and James Nease join me. Nease was one of the first people on 4Chan, and has been a moderator since its beginning. He explains the culture of what the media is mislabeling the "far right." We also discuss the alienation of young men in today's society and what steps we can take to bring people out of isolation and into healthy communities.
155 min
182
What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage? And What...
This week, Sarah Brady, Tricia Stuart-Mann, and Reagan Spangle joined me to explain the complexities of feeding a child through breastfeeding or formula. We also dive into what caused this shortage and what to do if you feed with formula and run low.
52 min
183
A New Model for Fighting Addiction and Alcoholism
Mark Scheeren joins me to share a new model for treating addictions and alcoholism not based on a 12-step model.
44 min
184
What exactly is "disinformation?" Plus, Elon Mu...
We've long talked about social media companies being the lesser censor and turning to the greater censor, the government, to fix the issues with these platforms would be a disaster for free speech. Unfortunately, the Biden Administration is setting up a “Disinformation Governance Board." What could possibly go wrong? We also touch on Elon Musk buying Twitter. We also witness the debut of "Hot Take Harry."
84 min
185
Inflation Explained by Economist Alex Salter
I got a C in economics in high school economics, so I am no help in explaining what caused our current inflation, how to fix it, and when rising prices will subside. I brought in Texas Tech economics professor Alex Salter to explain it. He is also a Young Voices contributor and the author of Money and the Rule of Law: Generality and Predictability in Monetary Institutions​, which is published by Cambridge University Press.
25 min
186
Is Social Media Killing the Country and Our Kids?
Jonathan Haidt wrote a new article in the Atlantic about social media and its effect on the social fabric of America. We debate its merits.
64 min
187
A Talk on Refugees and Immigrants
The libertarian group at John Carroll University invited me to speak on the Ukrainian refugee crisis and the broader immigration discussion here in America. Thanks to Luke Hoffman for inviting me.
53 min
188
How To Keep Your Sanity in a Sea of Information...
Dr. Travis Corcoran wrote a new book called Restoring Reason, and I love the concept. He talks about the Trivium, which is a system of thinking through concepts. The first three pillars of a liberal arts education are grammar, logic, and rhetoric. In other words, capturing knowledge, thinking it through, and then communicating those ideas. How can a systematic approach to information help us combat the discombobulating cascade of information we deal with on a daily basis? Listen as we outline it.
42 min
189
How Has The War on Terror Shaded Our View of th...
Andrew Donaldson is a veteran, writer with Young Voices, and host of the Herd Tell podcast. His experience in the military as well as his reflections as a writer on the War on Terror presents a unique view of the war in Ukraine.
45 min
190
How to Stop Insider Trading in Congress with Ad...
23 min
191
Andy Horning on the Importance of Participating...
Andy Horning has run more election cycles than not since his first run for Mayor of Indianapolis in 1999. He's run as a Republican and Libertarian for the US House. He's run as a Libertarian for Governor and Senate too. He talks about the benefits of running for office and why it is important to engage in the electoral process, politics, and government. The main reason? We are winning and we can't take our foot off the pedal now.
40 min
192
Preserving the Documents of Liberty With the Re...
Kris Bex is the President of the Remnant Trust, an organization that buys ancient texts and manuscripts of classic works of liberty. I talked with Kris about the importance of remembering history in a time so focused on the present and their new partnership with the Indiana Historical Society and The Columbia Club to display even more of their collected work.
38 min
193
The View From Eastern Europe
Listener Ana and I have been talking a lot about the Eastern European view of the current Russo-Ukrainian War. She's from North Macedonia, which is north of Greece, south of Kosovo, and next to Albania. Her country was founded in 1991 after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, and has been in the constant push and pull of the West and Russia's sphere of influence. She gives us some perspective on life in this position as well as the growing concern in her nation about Putin's militarism.
73 min
194
What is Next for COVID-19?
What did Americans and the government get right and wrong about the pandemic? Dr. Eric Larson joins me in person this week to talk about the past two years and what happens next for COVID-19 while discussing vaccines, how to judge information, and the future of his podcast The Paradocs.
66 min
195
Why did Brian Nichols and Caleb Franz Move to t...
Brian Nichols from the Brian Nichols Show just moved from Philadelphia to New Castle, Indiana. Caleb Franz of Profiles in Liberty just moved from Dallas to Louisville. Why did they choose to move to the midwest? Brian talks a lot about the burden of COVID restrictions in a deep blue city.
63 min
196
Is This World War 3?
People keep writing in and asking if this is World War Three? Several cohosts and I discuss the growing escalation around Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
84 min
197
How Can We Recognize Propaganda?
How can we spot content that is meant to persuade us to one side or the other? The morality of an attacker versus a defender is obvious, but in this lead-up to the war, the Russians, Ukrainians, and Western governments all have their own versions of propaganda and we discuss how to spot it.
40 min
198
Why Did Putin Invade Ukraine?
77 min
199
Rascal Doesn't Dream of the Past: Our Lives Thr...
The Low Key WAL Group assembles to discuss the media that help shape them.
93 min
200
How One Local Conservative Talk Radio Show Host...
Rob Kendall is the most hated man in Indiana politics and media, and I barely tolerate him, but he makes a lot of good points about the big government path that Indiana Republicans often walk down. I play one of his critics and give him a chance to answer them, and in the process, he makes the case for ending the big spending habits of Republicans in red states and why there is a better path than shrugging and saying "they're better than Democrats."
62 min