In a recent podcast, the discussion delves into a quote from Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell, contrasting liberal and conservative views on government power and regulation, and examining the presence of classified documents in an envelope marked personal in Joe Biden's former vice-presidential office.

In 1971, a group of activists burgled an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, stealing classified documents that exposed the COINTELPRO surveillance program targeting civil rights organizers and anti-war activists, orchestrated by J. Edgar Hoover.

The author criticizes the argument that NSA surveillance is justified because individuals already share information willingly with corporations, highlighting that consent to one type of data sharing does not imply consent to government surveillance.