About this Episode
Jared Wall of the Best Practices podcast joins Craig for the series's latest installment, where Craig invites guests with their own podcasts to discuss their projects. Jared's podcast offers listeners interviews on expert ways to own and operate their industrial facilities and commercial properties. While they do discuss the Best Practices podcast, some of the most interesting parts of the conversation are when Jared shares his insights on starting a legal cannabis enterprise and what it is like to be an anarchist and then meeting Jesus in the gospels. Jesus' teachings were so exciting and inspirational that people dropped what they were doing and voluntarily followed him in the thousands; no wonder the Romans killed him.
The conversation begins with his journey from Republican to Libertarian Party activist, then to conceptualizing freedom as personal development, entrepreneurship, and earning wealth to become geographically free. It moves on to how he befriended anti-war activist Scott Horton and worked as a researcher on a few of his books. Jared tells about how hard it is to run a business that focuses on cannabis, as even when it is legal, it is difficult to find stable financial institutions that will work with you. Jared talks about looking for a mentor who could teach him to be a better father and unexpectedly arriving at Jesus. Then they finally discuss the Best Practices podcast content and what any would-be listeners can expect from it.
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Episode Timestamps:
1:35 – Who is Jared Wall?
Works in energy efficiency
Supported Ron Paul 2012
Got into libertarian activism
Tried to get a Republican candidate on the ticket
The Republican Party took them to court
Decided the Republican Party was a waste of time
Listening to Tom Woods and Mises
Started thinking about entrepreneurship and personal development
We are not going to get freedom from begging politicians for it
Earn wealth and become geographically free
Kenyan wife
Want their kids to be able to spend some of their time growing up in Kenya
Working on side hustles is the best way to bring freedom to one's family
15:20 – Scott Horton
Jared is friends with Scott Horton
Patient with the left while holding onto his ideals
Reached out to him for a list of reading books and got to talk to him instead
Helped him research for his book, Enough Already
Built a business around legal weed
Helped with Scott Horton's book Hotter than the Sun
The church is not anti-war
Never paid attention to what the presidents were doing in other countries
Jesus is anti-war
No one speaks to anti-war as well as Scott Horton
28:03 – The cannabis industry
Jared launched Hemp Spot in 2021
Banks are weary of doing business with anyone in the cannabis industry
Perhaps they are scared of having to fight politicians and bureaucrats in courts that they own
PayPal confiscated $600-$800 overnight because they don't work with people in the cannabis industry
Now his E-Commerce website couldn't accept payment
The bank did the same thing
Eventually found someone who could work with 'high-risk' businesses
But had lost their customers while down
Bank changed their compliance requirements which became expensive
Time to try something else
The cannabis plant is stigmatized entirely because of the state
In the 1800s, it was regularly used for medical purposes
The social stigma is being eliminated these days though
Cannabis grows well everywhere
Every part of the plant is useful
Can make textiles, rope, plastic, and cement out of it
There are a lot of vested interests that would suffer if it were widely available
Health benefits
There may be legitimate concerns about it being a gateway drug
But that doesn't mean the state should pass laws or lock people in jail
The solution is to intervene at the family or church level
42:50 – Jared's religious journey
Jared was forced into religious life as a child
He left it once he had the choice
He was looking for someone who could role model what being the best father looked like for him
His wife told him to read just the gospels
Found the mentor he was looking for in Jesus
Next stop: learn to pray
Jesus was so cool
He just walked and preached and people followed Him
That must have threatened the Roman government
Coming at the gospels with anarchist roots was great
Libertarians need something more; that something could be faith
The teachings of Christ should be exciting
53:02 – Best Practices Podcast
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