This is not the same piece we posted before, which was only a couple of minutes. This is a 25-minute in-depth look at the Porcupine Freedom Festival 2011 by NPR’s Planet Money.
On today’s Planet Money, we travel to a place where people are trying to live without government interference. A place where you can use bits of silver to buy uninspected bacon. A place where a 9-year-old will sell you alcohol.
It’s the 2011 Porcupine Freedom Festival, known to its friends as PorcFest. It’s the summer festival for people who think we should return to the gold standard and abolish the IRS.
Listen to the full piece here by clicking “Listen to the Podcast” at the top of the page.
