Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi kick off this week’s episode of Freed Up<\/em> with a look at California’s socialist elections and Los Angeles’ worsening homelessness problem. Then, they discuss why socialism keeps failing, Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R\u2013Texas) claim that he is “quite libertarian,” and the U.K.’s decision to ban Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur.<\/p>\n

Later, they break down Graham Platner’s growing list of scandals, debate whether Dracula<\/em> is really a romance story, and consider when science and religion come into conflict. Finally, they talk about Robby’s struggles as a light sleeper, revisit the moment COVID-19 experts betrayed the public’s trust, examine how annual homelessness counts are calculated, and close with Robby’s memory of former President Barack Obama speaking at his university commencement.<\/p>\n

0:00\u2014The socialist elections in California<\/p>\n

4:50\u2014The Los Angeles homeless problem and Spencer Pratt<\/p>\n

11:22\u2014Socialism is bad.<\/p>\n

19:48\u2014Cruz claims he is “quite libertarian.”<\/p>\n

22:49\u2014Piker and Uygur banned from the U.K.<\/p>\n

31:12\u2014Platner has had enough scandals.<\/p>\n

38:27\u2014Dracula\u00a0<\/em>is a romance story.<\/p>\n

41:33\u2014When are science and religion in conflict?<\/p>\n

50:03\u2014Robby is a light sleeper.<\/p>\n

58:13\u2014This was the moment the COVID-19 experts betrayed us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1:12:30\u2014How they come up with the annual homelessness numbers<\/p>\n

1:24:55\u2014Obama was the speaker at Robby’s university commencement.<\/p>\n

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