Hosted by Gary Mullins | The Publius Project · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 11 episodes
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The Defiant Citizen is a podcast for ordinary Americans who still believe the republic belongs to them.Drawing from philosophy, the American founding, and the ideas of Publius, each episode explores the principles citizens must understand to preserve a free society.Through philosophical discussions, breakdowns of the Restoration Papers, and real-world analysis of current events, the show challenges listeners to reclaim the spirit of self-government.Because a republic does not survive on institutions alone.It survives when its citizens refuse to become subjects.
Gary Mullins | The Publius Project hosts The Defiant Citizen, a government show with 11 episodes published.
Episode 11: Flawed Men, Enduring Ideas Phase II of the Restoration Project begins here. For generations, Americans have argued about what the Founders believed, what they meant, and which modern political movement they w
Show notesEpisode 10: The Cost You Never See What if the biggest cost of government isn’t what you pay… but what you stop trying to do? Episode 10 explores the hidden “mental tax” of the modern managed state — the delays, approval
Show notesEpisode 9: It's a Great Big Club..And We Ain't In it! You don’t have representation. You have the illusion of it. In this episode, we pull back the curtain on how the system actually works—and why your vote doesn’t carry
Show notesEpisode 8: Who Governs? During COVID, businesses closed, movement was restricted, and millions complied. But here’s the question no one asked: Who actually had the authority to do it? In this episode, I examine how “expe
Show notesEpisode 7: A Nation of Citizens...Or a System of Clients? There was no vote. No announcement. No single moment when Americans chose to become dependent. It happened slowly, through a thousand small, reasonable decisions
Show notesEpisode 6: The Permission Society – When Everything Requires Approval At what point did everyday life start requiring permission? In this episode of The Defiant Citizen, we examine the next phase of the shift—from a syst
Show notesEpisode 5: The System Behind the System You can see the rules. But can you see the system that created them? In this episode, we break down the rise of the administrative state—how power moved from elected representative
Show notesEpisode 4: The System You Can’t Vote Against You can vote for your representatives. But what about the system that actually runs your life? In this episode, we apply Restoration Paper No. 3 to the real world and examine
Show notesEpisode 3: The Great Displacement — From Governance to Management We’ve been taught that we live in a republic where elected representatives write our laws. But look closely at the rules that shape your daily life—and yo
Show notesEpisode 2: Survival Without the State When Washington shuts down, what actually happens to the country? In October 2025, a federal funding lapse brought the machinery of government in Washington to a standstill. News hea
Show notesEpisode 1: When Did Americans Stop Acting Like Citizens? The American system of government was never meant to run on autopilot. It was designed to operate alongside a citizenry that understood how it worked and accepted
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The Defiant Citizen is hosted by Gary Mullins | The Publius Project. The show is categorised under government and has published 11 episodes.
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