The plates were slammed on the small wooden tables and the smiles keep strict and clean. The waiter had no particular reason to celebrate today, a day like any other. As for me, another smudge of Czech beer on the lips brought forth another truth. It was the lifeblood of my Prague café life. Not so different from my Vienna café life. Or café life…
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Interview on the Chad Adams Show
Yaël Ossowski, public relations director of the Consumer Choice Center, is interviewed on the Chad Adams Show, broadcast out of Raleigh, North Carolina. Topics include alcohol regulations in North Carolina, the launch of the Consumer Choice Center, and more. March 3rd, 2017 thechadadamsshow.com/consumerchoicecenter.org
Episode 10: The Innocents Abroad at LibertyCon
We broadcast live from the 2017 LibertyCon in Prague, Czech Republic. We talk about the LibertyCon, the various European stereotypes, pushing libertarianism, hearing from the expat audience members, how useful is politics, and who hates their country the most? theinnocentsabroad.com Originally recorded March 18th 2017.
Free to Brew Podcast
I joined the Free to Brew podcast this week. We discuss a wide array of topics and the effects many regulations from UBER to Sunday alcohol sale laws not only have on the companies they are directly imposed on, but also on the choices the consumer is then faced with. Surprise surprise, quite often the consumer is left behind, then adding insult to injury is…
Let’s get real about N.C.’s alcohol laws (including the drinking age)
North Carolina can no longer afford its Temperance-era alcohol laws. Across the state, a new generation of beer entrepreneurs are giving the Tar Heel State some much needed pride. Worth over $1.2 billion, our craft beer industry is boosting North Carolina’s position as the fastest-growing economy in the Southeast. But if we want to expand this growth, attract more talent and business and modernize our…
The plain truth is that plain packaging does not cut smoking
Episode 9: The Eternal Sunshine of the Uber Mind
A quick review of Los Angeles, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Washington, D.C., why clubs must die, Richard Spencer at the International Students For Liberty Conference in Washington, D.C., friendship philosopher, phone calls, Old Man Todor, free speech, Blaire White, the movie Arrival versus Denial, debating facts, interpretations of WWII, and our live recording at LibertyCon in Prague next month! Music: Arcade Fire – Modern Man,…
Harm reduction for tobacco addicts – plain packaging doesn’t work
In countries such as Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, measures aimed at reducing smoking and tobacco use are on the primary docket. Chief in each government’s arsenal is a requirement that cigarette and tobacco products be subject to plain packaging, with all cigarette logos and designs excluded and graphic warnings taking up all space. That’s caused a lot of panic at Big…
The World Health Organization Is A Mess: Will Trump Fix It?
By Yaël Ossowski | American Spectator World leaders are putting the World Health Organization on notice if they don’t shape up. President Trump is threatening to cut 40 percent of U.S. funding from international organizations, while the United Kingdom released a report this week in which they say WHO must reform quickly or it “will result in decreased U.K. funding.” Even with public health focus…
What Becomes of the Broken European Union?
An interview on the Gold Newsletter podcast with my long-time friend Fergus Hodgson.