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

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">the Babylon Bee Interview Show.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of The Babylon Bee Podcast, Kyle and Ethan talk to</span> <a href="https://www.matt-hongoltzhetling.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, author of</span> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083J1FXY8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">A Libertarian Walks Into A Bear</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, 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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be sure to check out</span> <a href="http://youtube.com/thebabylonbee"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Babylon Bee YouTube Channel</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for more podcasts, podcast shorts, animation, and more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To watch or listen to the full podcast, become a subscriber at</span> <a href="https://babylonbee.com/plans"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://babylonbee.com/plans</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><strong>Topics Discussed </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The small world of bear authors</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Axe Cop</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Libertarian Utopia </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Problems with Libertarian utopia</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bears arrive</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Burying the lead</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">People that would move to a Libertarian utopia</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Libertarian pastor</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New England's history with bears</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bear vs llama</span></p> <p><strong>Subscriber Portion </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">History of utopia's</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fordlandia</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Epcot</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matthew's diverse and oddball career before journalism</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Small town journalism</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ethan story</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why we need small town journalism</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vampires in New England</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">10 questions</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">11th question about reaching out to the other side</span></p>