Live Free Now w/ John Bush

Doug and Stacy are the OG off-grid homestead channel on YouTube. Seventeen years at it, 1.3 million subscribers. And they didn’t plan their way into it.

They sold the 3,000 square foot house. Moved into a one-bedroom apartment to get used to living small and shed everything they didn’t need. Then they bought land with cash, moved out in July, and Doug lived in a tent while he built a log cabin by hand before winter hit.

No running water. No septic. No electricity. No plan past getting a roof up before the cold came.

This panel was part of the VIP package for Exit & Build Virtual Summit 3. It wasn’t meant to be public. I’m releasing it free.

We had about an hour and twenty minutes with the entire Sacred Honor Educational Fellowship crew to get into the nitty gritty of the private realm. The foundational principles, divine law, and what it actually means to opt out of the legal matrix. Plus a long stretch of audience Q&A, which is where most of the value ended up.

Some of what gets covered:

The Trifecta framework. Priv...

Andy Schoonover is back on the show, and we're catching up on where CrowdHealth is at now.

For folks who haven't heard me talk about this before, CrowdHealth is a parallel economy alternative to health insurance. It's a peer-to-peer crowd of people, a lot of them freedom folks and Bitcoiners, who fund each other's health events directly instead of running everything through an insurance company. I'm a member. Ryan's a member. My bill usually runs well under $200 a month.

Here's the argument Andy makes...

There are two broken options in front of most...

We've been big supporters of Zano, thye have been a sponsor of this show and of our events , and I've personally onboarded scores of people into it. So this one isn't easy for me, and I took a few days before saying anything publicly because I wanted the full picture and I needed to work out where I actually stand.

Here's the breakdown.

About a month ago Zano pushed a network upgrade through a hard fork. There was a flaw in the new code that nobody caught for an entire month. An inflation bug, meaning...

We played Joel Skousen's Exit & Build 2 keynote a while back and the response was huge. In that talk, Joel mentions a workshop he was giving the next day. A lot of you wrote in asking to hear it.

It was an exclusive Sunday session. Never released publicly until now.

This is Joel getting into the mechanics of Strategic Relocation. How to read the threat maps and narrow the whole country down to two or three states. What his state ratings actually measure: population density, private land availability, building permits, statewide land use planning, growing season...

Rancher Mollie Engelhart was at a talk in North Dakota when a man walked up and told her that close to 20 percent of steers were lactating at slaughter. She raises cattle. She milks cows. She'd never seen it once. Then he showed her the research poster, and it was real.

Researchers from West Texas A&M and Cargill evaluated 20,481 finished cattle from 33 feedlots and found 6,078 lactating. Among native beef steers, 14.55 percent. Among dairy-cross steers, 19.66 percent. Steers are castrated males.

Mollie thinks the hormone growth implants used in over 90 percent of feedlot cattle are the obvious...

Bastrop, Texas just voted to cover its Flock surveillance cameras and put contract termination on the agenda. Dozens of residents showed up. The city acted in one meeting. Here's how it happened, and how you can do the same thing in your town.

In this episode of Live Free Now, John Bush breaks down the Bastrop Flock fight from the inside: the open records requests, the contract clauses nobody read, the difference between the two Flock audit reports that ended Pflugerville's program, and the exact steps activists can use to get automatic license plate readers out of...

Yesterday I went to a Bastrop City Council workshop because Flock cameras were on the agenda.

Was the first time I've engaged a local or state government in a LONG time.

It was a packed house. The council said it was the most people they'd ever had at one of these workshops. Person after person got up to speak against Flock. Exactly one person registered in favor, and they didn't even speak.

I got the chance to speak twice during citizens communication, and I'm playing both of those videos on today's show.

David Avocado Wolfe is joining us in person at Exit & Build 6, November 5 through 8, 2026, at Mollie Engelhart's Sovereignty Ranch in Bandera, Texas.

Three decades as one of the most recognizable voices in natural health and superfoods. Longevity, nutrition, raw and living foods, herbalism, soil and mineral density. And one of the loudest voices telling people not to outsource their health to institutions that haven't earned the trust.

Which is exactly what exit and build is about. You can't build a sovereign life on a body that depends on the system you're trying to exit.

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Joel Skousen has spent nearly five decades helping people answer one question: where should you live when the systems around you start to fail?

This talk has never been available publicly. Joel delivered it at Exit & Build 2, and we're releasing it now for the first time.

In it he walks through the core of his life's work:

Strategic relocation and how to evaluate where you live right now. Population density, prevailing winds, nuclear and military target proximity, water access, growing season, state law, and the neighbors you'd actually be depending on. Joel breaks...

I've spent over 16 years building the counter-economy. Trading precious metals for goods and services with real businesses. Actual trades, actual people, actual yeses.

In this video I break down exactly how I do it. The scripts, the mindset, and the moves that get a business owner nodding instead of staring at you like you just asked to pay in seashells.

You'll learn:

How to walk up to a farmers market vendor and get a yes on the spot
Why pitching a brick and mortar is a completely different game than pitching an...

Sal the Agorist is joining us at the Exit and Build Virtual Summit 2 on August 8th... so we're replaying one of our best conversations with him to get you ready.

In this episode we get into what agorism actually means and why Sal thinks politics can't ever produce freedom, no matter who wins the next election. He breaks down the counter-economy... entrepreneurial noncompliance... and why every regulation they pass just creates ten new ways around it.

Sal will be one of our speakers at the Exit and Build Virtual Summit 2 — Strategy Edition, happening online August 8th...

On today's Live Free Now show, I'm breaking down a recent post I saw shared by Alec Zeck about pragmatism versus principles, and why so many in the freedom movement choose pragmatism over consistent principles rooted in the philosophy of liberty.

I'll break down why I became a full on anarchist, a voluntaryist, and why I reject government wholeheartedly. And I'll share why we need to go further than just philosophy, into actually applying the philosophy of liberty.

In this episode:

Why I reject government wholeheartedly as a way to organize society
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In this episode I'm breaking down 5 powerful strategies to meet freedom friends and build your own freedom crew, drawn from 24 years of organizing freedom lovers, homesteaders, agorists, and folks who question the official narrative.
Here's what we'll get into:

Where to actually find your people (the spots most folks overlook)
What to look for so you connect with the right ones
How to strike up a conversation without it feeling forced
How to organize your own meetups and keep them going
What to watch out for so you protect yourself and your...

John's on the road in Chattanooga this week, so today's episode is a powerful one pulled from the archives. 

This throwback dives into one of the most foundational topics for anyone pursuing financial sovereignty, freedom, and a life outside the mainstream system: limiting beliefs.

If you've ever told yourself "I can't do this" or "I'll only mess it up," you're not alone. John shares his own journey through poverty, divorce, and self-doubt, and the exact mindset shift that helped him go from struggling to make rent to building the life he has today. This is a...

Most people buy the wrong land. They fall in love with a view, sign the papers, and only later find out the water's no good, the soil won't grow, or the access road washes out every spring. Curtis Stone has spent years helping people avoid exactly that.

In this keynote, originally delivered at Exit & Build 3, Curtis breaks down his complete framework for finding the perfect homestead... the same system he uses through Freedom Farmers and the Homestead Accelerator to vet land for serious buyers.

Curtis Stone built a 40-acre off-grid homestead in British Columbia and...

I'm out at Haven Village right now... spending the next couple weeks on the land, connecting with members, and dialing in the private realm side of the project. So I figured there was no better time to sit down with River and Imani and pull back the curtain on what they're building out here.

Haven Village is a 216-acre regenerative development in Tennessee, built entirely in the private realm... trust-stewarded land, organized through a PMA, under a ministry of nature. River and Imani aren't talking about exit and build. They're living it. Hemp homes going up, regenerative...

"We can have resilience, or we can have convenience. But we can't have both."

That's the line Mollie Engelhart builds this entire talk from Exit and Build 4 around, and it might just reframe how you think about your food, your land, and your freedom.

Join us in person at Exit and Build 6, hosted right on Mollie's Sovereignty Ranch:

https://exitandbuild.com 

Mollie is the founder of Sovereignty Ranch, a 200+ acre regenerative ranch and farm-to-table operation in the Texas Hill Country. She walked away from a lot of what she used to b...

Today on the Live Free Now Show, I'm going live with a surprise guest… and a lot of you are gonna know exactly who he is the second he pops on.
Here's what I'll tell you for now.

This guy has been in the game a long time. He built one of the biggest farming followings on YouTube, then walked away from city farming, moved out to the country, and built a massive homestead in the rural mountains.

These days he's a sovereignty expert, and he's working on a giant land-based community project you ar...

A doubtful, fearful population is easy to control. A confident, self-reliant one is not. That's not an accident, it's the whole game.

In this episode, John Bush sits down with Mark England, founder of the Enlifted Method and one of the most sought-after mindset coaches on the planet. Five continents, four thousand clients, ten thousand coaching hours, a TEDx talk, and nearly five hundred certified coaches later, Mark has cracked something the control system would rather you never figure out: the words you use about yourself are building the cage you live in, and you've been handed...

In this special presentation from Exit and Build 5 at Polyface Farm, River and Imani of Haven Village share one of the most compelling real-world examples of Exit and Build in action.

This was actually the first time I heard them fully explain the shift toward their sub-trust model — where each neighborhood inside Haven Village operates with its own trust structure while remaining connected to the broader mission and stewardship of the land.

Honestly… my mind was blown.

This is next-level thinking around regenerative community design, private governance, stewardship, and long-term resilience.

In t...

Thomas Massie lost his Republican primary to an unknown challenger backed by Donald Trump and heavily funded by Israel interests.

A lot of freedom-minded people are shocked and furious.

But honestly…

This outcome simply proves what many of us have been saying for years:

Politics is a rigged dog-and-pony show designed to enrich and empower the ruling class while keeping the masses distracted, divided, hopeful, and demoralized.

In this episode of the Live Free Now Show, I break down:

Why I abandoned politics years ago
How go...

Jaymie Friesen started with no money, no land, and poor credit.

Within 3 months they bought 160 acres and a private mountain.
7 months later they had Airbnb stays, a retreat center, and a venue generating $30k/month.

Now they help people do the same through Living The Off-Grid Dream and LandFunder.

In this interview we cover:

• Finding land for a homestead, retreat center, or freedom community
• Avoiding expensive land-buying mistakes
• Creative financing and owner-finance deals
• Building income-producing land projects
• Using AI to find land, funding, and opportunities faster

Chec...

In this episode, I sit down with Yoshi Pantera to talk about Regenerative Leadership… and what it actually looks like in practice.

We explore how this way of thinking applies directly to the work we’re doing with Exit & Build… and the kind of communities we’re trying to create.

We get into:

What “regenerative culture” really means
Why habits and daily actions matter more than big ideas
The role of community, land, and connection in building something real
How spiritual and ancestral wisdom ties into modern systems
What it...

I just got back from Confluence 2026.

This was my fourth year going, and every single time it gets bigger, better, and more impactful.

I wanted to sit down and share 5 takeaways that really stood out to me—not just from this year, but from all the Confluences I’ve been to.

- Your vibe attracts your tribe

- Conscious, grounded, beautiful people

- The divine law is in full effect

- Work hard. Play hard.

- God is good all the time, all the time God...

In this episode of Live Free Now, John Bush sits down with Tony Arterburn of Wise Wolf Gold & Silver to break down what’s really happening in the silver market and what it could mean for your financial future.

They dig into silver, market trends, and the growing interest in hard assets as more people look for ways to protect their wealth. The conversation also explores how and why investors are choosing to trade outside the system, stepping away from traditional financial institutions in favor of more resilient, independent strategies.

If you’ve been wondering whet...

In this episode of the Live Free Now Show, I’m joined by Mike Winner and Jason Crowe, the founders of Qortal.

We dive into what Qortal actually is, how it works, and why it’s one of the most ambitious decentralized projects out there.

Qortal is a fully custom-built, community-driven network designed to support a truly decentralized internet — from communication to commerce and beyond.

We also talk about their collaboration with the Freedom Cell Network and how Qortal is helping build out new ways for freedom-minded people to connect, organize, and operate outsid...

Financial sovereignty is no longer optional.

In this episode of the Live Free Now Show, I’m joined by Quinten van Welzen (Mr. Kwibs), a longtime crypto veteran who has been in the space since 2017 and now leads marketing and growth for Zano.

We dive deep into Zano — a powerful, privacy-focused cryptocurrency designed for real-world use — and why tools like this are becoming essential as the financial control grid continues to expand.

Zano allows users to create and transact with fully private tokens, including stablecoins like Freedom Dollar, while also enabling Bitcoin holders to bri...

In this episode, I’m sharing reflections after returning from Haven Village — a real-world example of what building outside the system can look like.

At the same time, major global shifts are unfolding fast. War in Iran. Digital ID systems are expanding. CBDCs and financial surveillance are accelerating. Financial upheaval. And it’s all happening much faster than most people realize.

We break down:
• What’s happening with the current war developments and what it could mean
• The rapid expansion of digital ID and financial control systems
• Why the “control grid” is being built right...

In this powerful talk at The People's Reset in Morelia, Mexico, John Bush shares the hard lessons he learned during one of the most challenging years of his life.

He opens up about a lawsuit, the collapse of his intentional community, the loss of key relationships, and the end of his marriage — and how those trials reshaped his leadership, faith, and purpose.

John breaks down:

→ The realities of building intentional community
→ Power dynamics in land-based projects
→ Leadership, ego, and humility
→ Why presence is the foundation of strong relationships
→ Deepening faith and al...

In this episode of the Live Free Now Show, I sit down with Mike Cobb, a fellow freedom lover and CEO of ECI Development, to talk about international real estate investing, global property trends, and what investors should be watching heading into 2026.

Mike has spent nearly three decades developing resort and residential communities across Latin America, and he shares insights on where the big shifts in real estate, capital flows, and lifestyle migration may be heading next.

We also talk about success, entrepreneurship, raising a family, and how to build a meaningful life while pursuing...

On this episode of the Live Free Now Show, I sit down with a freedom-minded journalist and activist from Germany, Tom-Oliver Regenauer, who is living inside the European Union as the technocratic agenda accelerates.

I had the pleasure of meeting Tom recently at The People’s Reset, and we immediately connected over our shared understanding of the Predator Class, how centralized power operates, and how the control grid is being rolled out in real time.

If you want to understand where things are heading in the United States, pay attention to Europe.

The EU...

If you care about food security, it starts in your own backyard.

In this episode of the Live Free Now Show, John Bush sits down with our favorite gardening expert, Brianne Bernsen, along with Melanie Rubin of Parallel Times University, to talk all things spring gardening.

We break down how to properly start seedlings, which plants should be started indoors, common beginner mistakes, and how to give your garden the strongest possible foundation this season.

If you’ve ever planted a spring garden and felt behind from day one… this conversation will change that...

What do the Epstein files really reveal?

In this episode of the Live Free Now Show, John Bush breaks down the deeper meaning behind the Epstein operation — not just as a political scandal, but as a reflection of systemic corruption and the broader consciousness crisis facing humanity.

We explore:

-How blackmail and sexual compromise have historically been tools of elite control
-Why many people defend political figures no matter the evidence
-The danger of cult-like loyalty in politics
-What this scandal says about power, morality, and institutional decay

Mo...

In this episode of the Live Free Now Show, John Bush sits down with Courtland Kelani-Ali, widely known as BrothaTruth, for a powerful conversation on sovereignty through law and the path from subject to sovereign.

This interview breaks down the difference between true law and statutory code, a distinction that determines whether a person is operating as a subject within the system or standing in lawful authority outside of it. BrothaTruth explains how consent, contracts, and legal presumptions form the foundation of the beast system and why most people never realize they agreed to it.

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In this episode of the Live Free Now Show, John Bush interviews Glen Meder, founder of Privacy Academy, to expose why privacy is not optional and why freedom cannot exist without it.

As governments and Big Tech push digital ID systems, biometric tracking, and total data surveillance, Glen breaks down how these technologies are being used to centralize control and eliminate personal autonomy.

We examine the latest coordinated attacks on privacy, how consent is manufactured through convenience, and why most people underestimate how quickly freedom disappears once privacy is gone.

This conversation goes...

In this conversation, John Bush sits down with Michael Joseph, founder and lead director of Sacred Honor Educational Fellowship, to explore the path that led him into private realm work and why he founded Sacred Honor in the first place.

Michael shares his personal journey, the gaps he saw in how people were trying to exit the system, and the deeper principles that guided the creation of the Trifecta Framework. Together, they walk through why private contracts have held such power for centuries, how they function in real life, and how they form the foundation of lawful...

In this episode of Live Free Now, John Bush is joined by renowned researcher and historian Richard Grove to rip the mask off the latest push for regime change in Venezuela.

Forget the headlines. Forget the left vs. right spin. This is a deep dive into the playbook of power—how media, money, and military force are used to manufacture consent, expand control, and crush sovereignty.

You’ll learn:
– How the U.S. uses “nation building” as a smokescreen
– The real interests behind the Venezuela operation
– Why central banking and global finance are ALWAYS in...

Your health data — your steps, your heartbeat, your daily patterns — is becoming part of a growing surveillance network. And health insurance companies are playing a major role in advancing it.

In this episode, we sit down with Andy Schoonover, CEO of CrowdHealth, to uncover what’s really happening behind the rise of wearables, medical data tracking, and the expanding digital health grid. Andy breaks down how Big Insurance, Big Tech, and global institutions are merging to monitor, score, and influence human behavior in ways most people never notice.

Andy explains how CrowdHealth is creating a parall...

Let’s cut the s***.

The world’s coming apart at the seams—technocracy rising, war on the horizon, economies in shambles, trust in government dead in the water.

Everyone feels it.

And while most are still stuck scrolling, whining, and waiting for someone else to save them… we’re here to build.

In this episode, John Bush lays it out straight:
✅ Why now is the moment to rise
✅ Why decentralized, private, freedom-first systems aren’t just a good idea—they’re a necessity
✅ And why YOU need to stop playing victim...