`Chris Spangle was raised in Plainfield, Indiana. He attended IUPUI where he was the College Republicans President during the 2004 elections. While working on Andy Horning’s Congressional campaign in 2004, Horning inspired Spangle to research the libertarian philosophy. Spangle went on to work at Newstalk 1430 AM, WXNT for five years as a producer and reporter. During his last year where he was the producer of “Abdul in the Morning,” the premier political talk show in Indianapolis. It was during this time that he witnessed first-hand how broken the two-party system is, although he had been a life-long Republican, he decided to work to grow the Libertarian Party of Indiana and to affect social and political change in a libertarian direction.
Spangle served as the full-time Executive Director of the LPIN in October of 2008 and left in December of 2012. He went on to work in marketing for the Englehart Group, a political consulting and marketing firm in Indianapolis. He also served as the Marketing Director of the Advocates for Self-Government, the premier libertarian organization giving libertarians the tools to share the message with the general public effectively. He now works as the digital director of a nationally syndicated morning show.
Spangle resides in Indianapolis, IN with his two cats, Mittens and Muffins.
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Chris Spangle has hosted 523 Episodes.
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360: The Path to Libertarianism - Answering Miranda's Questions
July 9th, 2019 | 2 hrs 26 mins
libertarian, libertarianism, opinion, politics
Miranda is new to libertarianism and has some questions about politics and philosophy. In this first episode in our new Path to Libertarianism series, Chris Spangle answers Miranda's questions about running third-party, gerrymandering, age of consent laws, monetary policy without the government, how the environment would be protected in the absence of the EPA, and how to talk to friends without sounding crazy.
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359: Border Update, What Constitutional Rights Do Immigrants Have?
July 3rd, 2019 | 2 hrs 4 mins
libertarian, libertarianism, opinion, politics
Chris Spangle, Harry Price, Rhinehold, Paul Copeland and Hodey Johns discuss the deteriorating conditions at the southern border. While immigration is a factor, our discussion is on the rights of prisoners. First, we tell you the conditions within the detention facilities. Then we discuss what rights a prisoner of the United States ought to have. We end by determining what Constitutional rights non-citizens have based on the Founders and the Supreme Court.
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WAL Daily 100: Hodey Accidentally Trolls the LP By Helping It
July 3rd, 2019 | 1 hr 4 mins
libertarian, libertarianism, opinion, politics
Chris Spangle, Harry Price, Rhinehold, Paul Copeland and Hodey Johns discuss getting dragged into a discussion between the LP and their Presidential candidates. We celebrate the 100th and final Daily. It will be re-branded and moved to a different feed.
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WAL Daily 99: Remso Martinez on the the Border Crisis
July 2nd, 2019 | 29 mins 16 secs
libertarian, libertarianism, opinion, politics
Chris Spangle and Remso Martinez discussing loving libertarianism while disliking the libertarian movement and the crisis at the border.
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WAL Daily 98: Trump's Chances in 2020
June 28th, 2019 | 13 mins 7 secs
libertarian, libertarianism, opinion, politics
Chris Spangle recently appeared on Rob Kendall's radio show with Leaders and Legends podcast host Robert Vane to discuss Donald trump's 2020 chances.
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358: Is California a Third-World Country?
June 26th, 2019 | 1 hr 22 mins
libertarian, libertarianism, opinion, politics
Chris Spangle, Harry Price, and Rhinehold discuss Spangle's recent visit to Los Angeles, California, and the shocking state of that city.
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357: War with Iran
June 5th, 2019 | 1 hr 48 mins
libertarian, libertarianism, opinion, politics
Chris Spangle and Harry Price explain the history of conflict between America and Iran, and how it has led to current rising tension in the Middle East.
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WAL Daily 85: Spangle on Abdul - The Social Media Warriors
June 3rd, 2019 | 38 mins 47 secs
libertarian, libertarianism, opinion, politics
Indy Politics gets together with its social media experts to talk about recent controversies surrounding Facebook, proposed expanded government regulation of the Internet and whether individuals can just "turn off" and "tune out".
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356: A Brief Look at Every Democrat Running for President
May 29th, 2019 | 2 hrs 17 mins
libertarian, libertarianism, opinion, politics
Chris Spangle and Sarah Brady Wagner provide a brief look at the bio, record, and Achilles heel for each Democrat running for President. Like, every single one. We know you won't likely vote for any of them, but at least you'll be better informed once you've listened. We started with the candidates polling highest and worked our way back to the high school football coach with the exploratory committee.
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355: The Swamp Explained - Justin Amash for President? Should Trump Be Impeached?
May 27th, 2019 | 1 hr 2 mins
libertarian, libertarianism, opinion, politics
"The Swamp, Explained" series, Chris Spangle and Rob Quartel go in depth on how Washington works. Today we discuss the possible Justin Amash campaign and if impeaching Donald Trump is politically smart for the Democrats.
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354: Modern Political Power Parallels in Game of Thrones
May 22nd, 2019 | 1 hr 51 mins
libertarian, libertarianism, opinion, politics
Chris Spangle, Chris Gault, Jessica Alsman, and Todd Singer review the end of Game of Thrones and discuss the nature of power. We review the end and if it was satisfying to our panel of nerds and then discuss what parallels there are in modern politics and Game of Thrones. What is power? Is it moral or immoral? Does it always corrupt? What types of power do the innocent have?
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353: Intellectual Diversity Is Important, Update on WAL
May 15th, 2019 | 1 hr 54 mins
libertarian, libertarianism, opinion, politics
Chris Spangle, Harry Price, Maranda Barnett, and Nick discuss the importance of intellectual diversity when putting out a news show like We Are Libertarians. James Nease is torturing Harry at work. We also give a few updates on We Are Libertarians, and finish by discussing the importance of the family for liberty.