Podcasts by All Rise! The Libertarian Way with Judge Jim Gray

Optimistic Farewell from 2020-12-18T08:00

i have been honored and even blessed for the past 91 Fridays on this VoiceAmerica Variety Channel to present and discuss important issues of our day with you and our many guests. Thank you for bein...

Our Libertarian Future is Secure! from 2020-12-11T08:00

In this final edition of All Rise that has a guest, listen to Seth Levy, who is a fairly young Libertarian who is amazingly sophisticated, practical and laden with insights! If you listen to his co...

We Are All Independents! from 2020-12-04T08:00

All voters in our country are, or should be, independents! That is the mantra of our wonderful and successful guest, Governor Gary Johnson, who was the Libertarian candidate for President in 2012 (...

America is a perfect idea. The US of A is a Work in Progress. from 2020-11-27T08:00

Our guest is an expert in the history of our Constitutional Convention, and came up with the idea to use my new musical, Convention: the Birth of America as the theme for a new show called Becoming...

Cannabis Revolutionary from 2020-11-20T08:00

This week's guest is Larisa Bolivar, an immigrant from Peru who was raised in Virginia by parents who fell for the DARE agenda that all marijuana use was harmful. So she and her husband became Cann...

The Key is Consent from 2020-11-13T08:00

this week's guest Manny Klausner, Esq. is a mainstay, titan and pillar in the Libertarian Party! He is an expert in constitutional, election and media law and business litigation matters who was co...

Social Media is the Equalizer from 2020-11-06T08:00

Meet a well-known blogger who came here as an immigrant and is living the American Dream to the fullest. Art Pedroza is this week's guest, and he is an inspiration. Not only was he brought here fro...

Successful in Business and Socially Conscious from 2020-10-30T07:00

Please join us to meet one of the finest and most successful human beings your host has ever met: my brother-in-law (and Cunado) Peter Frazier. Hear how the financial markets work from the perspect...

The Sharpe Way from 2020-10-23T07:00

Why do you think when your host was running for President he sought out his guest Larry Sharpe to be his running mate? Tune in to this edition to hear the reasons: articulate, dedicated, creative, ...

One Libertarian in Action from 2020-10-16T07:00

Join us and hear a dynamic, articulate and experienced Libertarian leader explain why most voters really are Libertarian - they just don't know it! Former Chair of the National Libertarian Party Ni...

An Education about Marijuana from Two True Pioneers from 2020-10-09T07:00

What is still the largest cash crop in California, and many other states as well? Marijuana, otherwise known as Cannabis or Hemp. How have many of our states changed their laws about this product? ...

The Baha'i Faith: the Practical Idealists from 2020-10-02T07:00

Like your host, you probably have heard about the Baha'i faith for a long time, but don't really know much about it. Well this week's guest, Dr. Fereshteh Bethel, a doctor of psychology, will fill ...

A True Guardian Angel! from 2020-09-25T07:00

Raised in a terribly abusive family, placed in 18 foster homes between ages 13 and 18, kicked out of the system at age 18 with no resources, human-trafficked, prostituted, drug-addicted, raped and ...

JORGENSEN/COHEN: LIBERTARIANS FOR PRESIDENT&VICE PRESIDENT! from 2020-09-18T07:00

Ain't it awful?! Deficits that will harm our children, too many foreign wars and failing schools, a Justice system that IS too often unjust, overly-expensive healthcare systems and political polari...

Government's Use of Fear from 2020-09-11T07:00

Fear is the best way for governments to gain power over us and to reduce our Liberty. This week's guest, Mr. Leon Weinstein, immigrated from his native USSR in 1973, first to Israel and then to Ame...

Angels Supporting the Brain-Injured from 2020-09-04T07:00

There is a huge difference between being mentally disabled and being brain injured. So if you know someone who had an incident that resulted in a brain injury, and you care about that person, you s...

A True Leader for our Times! from 2020-08-28T07:00

You are probably like me: I cannot point at very many leaders in today's world. But I can and do point to this week's guest, Kurt L. Schmoke, a former football quarterback and leader of the Black S...

Libertarian Dr. Jo Jorgensen for President! from 2020-08-21T07:00

Do you want to be able to vote in favor of a candidate for President instead of just against one? Do you want a President to represent all of all of the people who has actual effective ideas and pl...

"In Tune" with Steve Lawless from 2020-08-14T07:00

Please join us and meet a truly accomplished entertainer and song-writer. Steve Lawless leads sing-a-longs from his piano, playing familiar and wonderful songs that everyone loves. Plus, just for u...

Embrace Your Own Worthiness from 2020-07-31T07:00

Annie M. Fonte is a treasure, and she shares her insights about how to live a gratifying life with us as our guest. Taking the basic values she gained by being raised on a farm, getting an educatio...

Keep Things Local! from 2020-07-24T07:00

The Libertarian Party is the only political party that truly represents the interests of young people today. Education, healthcare, unnecessary wars. Liberty and financial responsibility are only p...

Guardianships and the Elderly from 2020-07-17T07:00

Our guest today is Dr. Sam Sugar, who is a general internal medicine physician in Florida. Based upon a bad experience he had when a guardian was appointed by the court for one of his family member...

Libertarian Principles / Libertarian Leadership from 2020-07-10T07:00

In this episode we hear our guest, Commissioner Jim Turney of Altamonte Springs, Florida, discuss how he became a Libertarian, how employing the Libertarian values of financial responsibility on bo...

Make the System Work! from 2020-07-03T07:00

In this episode, celebrating our 4th of July, your host Judge Jim Gray addresses various issues of our time, and proposes Libertarian solutions. Why? Because when it comes down to it, it is our gov...

Immigration? Install 2 Ellis Islands! from 2020-06-26T07:00

Do you want to listen to a truly articulate, intelligent and sophisticated speaker? Then tune in to this episode with our guest Larry Sharpe. Larry has overcome adversity, built up successful busin...

Libertarian Mayor at Work! from 2020-06-19T07:00

Personally I have never met or even heard about anyone who has attained the status of Eagle Scout who was not successful in life. And this week's guest, Mayor Ethan Reynolds of New Carlisle, Ohio, ...

Realities Cannabis Rent Control and Healthcare from 2020-06-12T07:00

In today's edition, New Jersey attorney Charles X. Gormally explains how governments all-too-often promote programs that sound good to the voters, but in reality don't work. These include rent cont...

Bye Bye Back Pain from 2020-05-29T07:00

Do you have back pain? Most likely the answer is yes. So tune in and listen as Dr. Grace Walker Gray, DPT, DOT,HHP, provides you in her book Bye-Bye Back Pain with the insights she has learned over...

Ready for Emergencies and other Libertarian plans from 2020-05-22T07:00

Ken Armstrong, with his background in the military, NATO and strategic planning for emergencies, is a candidate for the Libertarian nomination for President. Listen as this qualified and experience...

Let Us Foster Opportunities from 2020-05-15T07:00

As only our second repeat guest, former Congressman, State Senator and business school and law school Dean Tom Campbell gives us great insights about how an understanding of economics and incentive...

Connecting People in Need with Resources from 2020-05-08T07:00

Do you know that there is a nationwide private group that connects people in need with resources? It's called 2-1-1. Anyone can call 211 on their phone and be connected to services all the way from...

Libertarian Kitchen Table Discussions from 2020-05-01T07:00

Talk about dedication and principled yet sophisticated leadership? Meet our guest Dr. Jo Jorgensen, who is presently a professor of psychology at Clemson University and a candidate for the Libertar...

Government's Medicine Show from 2020-04-24T07:00

Do you want to listen to and get to know a successful, articulate and experienced journalist? Then meet our guest Ms. Susan Shelley! She will share her insights into how governments needlessly make...

Libertarian Boots on the Ground from 2020-04-17T07:00

What would a Libertarian approach to government and life look like? Join National Libertarian Party Executive Director Dan Fishman to hear the specifics! The opposite of factionalism, which pulls u...

Today's Turkey: Travel, Trade&Politics from 2020-04-10T07:00

Turkey is one of the most interesting countries in the world. But in addition to having more history per square inch than anywhere else in the world, as well as wonderful people and food, it is als...

'FroLiberty!' How Liberty Helps People of Color from 2020-04-03T07:00

Our guest, Ms. Regina Brim, who is a 55-year-old African-American mother and activist for Liberty, will show anyone who cares that Libertarian values of Liberty, Responsibility and Live and Let Liv...

A Libertarian Advocating Liberty! from 2020-03-27T07:00

Why Liberty? What's the Big Deal? Well, this week's guest, Jacob Hornberger, Esq., a candidate for the Libertarian nomination for President, will give it to you straight! He will directly discuss h...

Heroics of the Free Enterprise System from 2020-03-20T07:00

Dr. Milton Friedman famously and accurately stated that no society has ever been lifted itself out of poverty except through a system of free enterprise and private property rights. And his student...

Choice Brings Excellence in Schools for All! from 2020-03-13T07:00

It is an outrage that many schools all around our country are failing our students, and mostly for people of color! And this is unnecessary! This week's guest, Ms. Cecilia Iglesias, is on the Santa...

What Good Looks Like: the Institute for Humane Studies from 2020-03-06T08:00

We are straying from our roots and, in the process, have become more polarized. Instead of discussing issues and being solutions-oriented, we have in many ways become tribal, supporting a person on...

Viable Options for the Homeless Problem from 2020-02-28T08:00

The idea that any citizen in our country, or anyone here legally with a Green Card, is homeless is a blight upon who we are as a country. Now don't get me wrong, no one should be legally entitled t...

Doctors Without Borders: We are a Movement! from 2020-02-21T08:00

Do you want to hear about a fantastic group that is doing great work for all of us? Tune in to this interview with Ms. Karen Stewart as she discusses the saintly work of Doctors Without Borders! Th...

Equal Opportunity for All! from 2020-02-14T08:00

Talk about a role model? Our guest Lisa Turner fills that spot completely. Overcoming her predisposition to be deeply shy, she promised her mother before she died that she would get her education. ...

Effective Judging in Today's World from 2020-02-07T08:00

Based upon his experience as a criminal defense attorney in the Navy JAG Corps, federal prosecutor in Los Angeles and his 25 years as a trial court judge in Orange County, California, Judge Gray di...

Libertarian Philosophy, Values and Results from 2020-01-31T08:00

Our guest, Larry Sharpe, is a native New Yorker, Marine Corps veteran, successful businessman, teacher, strategic consultant, executive coach and 2018 Libertarian candidate for Governor of New York...

An American Success Story from 2020-01-24T08:00

Our Great Country has much to be proud of, including the uniformly high quality of our public servants, and one of them, Ambassador Gaddi Vasquez, is our guest on this segment. In this hour, Amb. ...

Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed from 2020-01-17T08:00

On April 8, 1992 I did something quite unusual for a sitting trial court judge: I held a press conference. (Judges don't do that!) But as a former criminal defense attorney in the Navy JAG Corps, f...

Cows, Chickens and Goats for a Better World! from 2020-01-10T08:00

Do you want to learn about Aid for the Poor done right -- all around the world? One great example is Heifer International, which is a charity based in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn from our guest, M...

Governor Lincoln Chafee's Libertarian Solutions! from 2020-01-03T08:00

Talk about experience at all levels of government? Our guest, Lincoln Chafee, is a former mayor, US Senator and Governor of Rhode Island, and he has also been both a Republican and Democrat, and is...

Natural Resource Economics from 2019-12-27T08:00

The title sounds boring. But Natural Resource Economics, as presented by our guest Prof. Gary Lidecap of UC Santa Barbara, is a successful approach to conservation and Global Warming. Most people t...

Embedded within the Menorah from 2019-12-20T08:00

Sneak Preview of Libertarian Songs from 2019-12-13T08:00

Hear about Libertarian approaches and values from the source. This week's guest, Ms. Carla Howell, who was the longtime Political Director of the Libertarian Party, will not only show how the Libe...

The Judge's Kids: Mentoring our Students from 2019-12-06T08:00

Do you want to hear about a successful and gratifying program dealing with our young people? Tune in to hear Ms. Rosa Diaz, an immigrant from Mexico who was quite ordinary and nothing special until...

My Patients Were My Family from 2019-11-29T08:00

Do you want to know what the practice of medicine is really like - and how it has changed over the years? Hear our esteemed guest, Dr. Earl Fuller, who for many years specialized in Obstetrics and ...

Toward a Libertarian World from 2019-11-22T08:00

Isn't it great to hear people's thoughts gained from different perspectives? This week's guest, David Householder, is as well-rounded as it gets. He is a promoter, chief pastor at The Well at Surf ...

Nature Conservancy: Environment Done Right! from 2019-11-15T08:00

Environmental protection and repair done right! That is what The Nature Conservancy is actively doing nationally and internationally! So far, TNC has acquired and protected 119 million acres of cri...

The Innocence Project: There but for the Grace of God, justice from 2019-11-08T08:00

The slogan is that Better that ten guilty people go free than one person be wrongly convicted. But that is not the reality. Our guest, Justin Brooks, Esq., who is a founder and currently Director ...

CAIR: A Force for Good! from 2019-11-01T07:00

One of the biggest civil liberties issues of our day is how we as a country treat Americans of the Muslim faith. In this segment our guest, Hassam Ayloush, who is the Executive Director of the Coun...

Jobs: A Great Deterrent to Crime from 2019-10-25T07:00

What is the best deterrent to crime and, particularly, repeat offenses? It is having a job. And this week's guest, Judy Lamborn of Open Gate International, has the desire and ability to provide job...

Fake News: How Do We Know? from 2019-10-18T07:00

The charge of Fake News is often thrown around widely and wildly. But what is it, and how do we know whether the information we receive is true or is not? These baffling but timely issues are ful...

Peer Court Mentoring from 2019-10-11T07:00

Truly one of the most important things a person or a society can do is to help mentor our young people. And one effective way is the Peer Court program, administered by the Constitutional Rights Fo...

Libertarian Member of County Board of Supervisors in Action! from 2019-10-04T07:00

There has been lots of talk about what a Libertarian would do once elected to office, but this weeks guest, Jeff Hewitt, will discuss what he is actually doing as an elected member of the Board of ...

Proposed Solutions for the Top 7 Issues plus a bonus from 2019-09-27T07:00

After broadcasting more than 20 shows with insightful guests, our host Judge Jim Gray highlights his Top 7 issues that have been discussed, with citations to past interviews that provide more detai...

Psychiatry in Motion: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly from 2019-09-20T07:00

Psychiatry and its use of psychotropic medications has come in for some bad publicity recently. But in truth it is performing wonders, if not miracles. Join Dr. Thomas Grayden, who is an experien...

Answering the Call of Interfaith Councils from 2019-09-13T07:00

Many things divide us today from one another. Some are based upon ignorance, and some are intentionally inflicted upon us by others though the use of fear. But our guest, Dr. Gail Stearns, as the...

Commonalities among the World's Religions from 2019-09-06T07:00

All of us almost constantly hear about the differences among the religions of the world, and are frequently counseled to fear people of different faiths. But our guest, Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, is a M...

Fake News and the Future of Journalism from 2019-08-30T07:00

Since the beginning of journalism the various reporters biases and opinions have always crept into in their reporting. But now we are confronted by something more concerning and even baffling, whi...

The Flying Robe: How Collaborative Courts Reduce Crime and MIsery from 2019-08-23T07:00

We all know that bad things are happening here and all around the world, but there are also some good things happening as well One of those good things is the movement all around the country to es...

How Vision and the Can Do Spirit created Chapman University from 2019-08-16T07:00

If you think you can, you are much more likely to try. So join us and hear how this son of two immigrant parents without formal educations became a doctor of economics and the President of Chapman ...

Libertarian Values and Approaches are Mainstream! from 2019-08-09T07:00

Libertarian values and approaches of responsibility at all levels of society, Live and Let Live, many fewer barriers of entry to the workforce for the young, less educated and former prisoners, ex...

School Choice brings Excellence to Education from 2019-08-02T07:00

It is obscene that today we have too many schools failing our students -- mostly in the lower economic areas which, regretfully involve many people of color. But Help is on the Way, because groups...

Students for Liberty from 2019-07-26T07:00

Young people who are not now politically involved will someday wish they had been, if only because our nation's deficits will eventually come due on their shoulders. But the group Students for Lib...

The Afghanistan Trap from 2019-07-19T07:00

Trying to stay informed is hard, but then comes someone like this week's guest, Scott Horton, author of Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, who appears to have lots of information ab...

CBD Oil: The Coming Positive Medical Revolution! from 2019-07-12T07:00

The United States Government committed a crime upon the people of the world by outlawing research on the medical benefits of marijuana back in 1937. And the world has only recently began to catch ...

Reason Foundation: Promoting Libertarian Principles from 2019-07-05T07:00

The Reason Foundation is an American Libertarian Think Tank that not only thinks, but also does. And our guest David Nott, who has been the president of the Reason Foundation since 2001, is leadin...

A Better Criminal Justice System from 2019-06-28T07:00

The purpose of the Criminal Justice System is not to punish. Instead the purpose is to reduce crime, and all of the harm and misery is often connected to it. From a practical standpoint, judges are...

Open the Presidential Debates! from 2019-06-21T07:00

The Commission on Presidential Debates was designed to be and is under the complete control of the Republican and Democratic Parties. But the debates were not intended to benefit political parties ...

Protecting our Great Country's Veterans! from 2019-06-14T07:00

One of the largest breaches of contract in our world today is how we treat some of our Veterans. These men and women in our armed forces simply salute and say Yes Sir when they are ordered into ba...

Standing Up against Vested Interests from 2019-06-07T07:00

Although the Delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention disagreed and fought about many issues, they were unanimous in believing that the most important function of government was protecting o...

The Death Penalty Simply Doesn't Work from 2019-05-31T07:00

Based upon my active experience as a prosecutor and trial court judge, and regardless of anyone's political philosophy, the death penalty does not work and should be repealed! This is also the fir...

Let the Constitution be our Guide from 2019-05-24T07:00

The US Constitution is the greatest document ever written by the hand of man. But it is not only widely misunderstood, but also widely not read. Our guest, Former 5-term Congressman Chapman Law S...

Hints for Dispute Resolution for Us -- Young and Not-So-Young from 2019-05-17T07:00

Judge Gray and his guest, Judge Francisco Firmat, Ret., use decades of legal and judicial experience to provide hints for all of us -- the young and the not-so-young -- that we can use in our daily...

The Blessings of Giving from 2019-05-10T07:00

Judge Jim Gray and his guest, Ronald Kohut, Esq. first discuss some of the blessings we have by being able to pursue our interests, like white water rafting, fly fishing and wine making. But we ar...

Bringing Back Competitive Healthcare for All from 2019-05-03T07:00

Judge Jim Gray and his guest Dr. Clarke Smith, M.D. openly and fully discuss how our nation's healthcare system used to be, and how it is now. Previously, our healthcare was superior and far less ...

The Failed Policy of Drug Prohibition from 2019-04-26T07:00

Judge Jim Gray and his guest, Major Neill Franklin, Ret. from the Baltimore Police Department and now the Executive Director of Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), discuss with specifics how...

Introduction from 2019-04-19T07:00

In this introductory show Judge Jim Gray (Ret.) will share with you his background, and demonstrate how the Libertarian approaches will produce so many better results than what we have seen from ou...