The Radio Ranch with Roger Sayles

On this Friday edition of Radio Ranch, I’m joined by co-host Brent Allan Winters for a wide-ranging, listener-driven conversation on asking the right questions and grounding civic life in first principles. We open with current anxieties in markets and politics, then pivot to the enduring habit of clear thinking: Brent unpacks the Good Samaritan account as a lesson in framing the question properly, and we trace how that insight connects to common-law due process, juries, and limits on state power. From there, we get practical: land vs. real property, the lore (and limits) of “allodial” title, the purpose and history of property taxes, and why reform-minded efforts often fail without addressing root process and jurisdiction. We also touch case law and recent legal shifts that shape the civic landscape (Dobbs and the end of Roe, the Chevron deference rollback in Loper Bright, and Judge Posner’s Moore v. Madigan concealed-carry ruling), along with resources for deeper study—Magna Carta to Blackstone, and textual scholarship from Van Til to Wallace and Ehrman. We close with program logistics and listener Q&A on trust law, sovereignty claims, and how to stay oriented to process over outcomes in turbulent times.

• 'Global Voice Radio Network – Radio Ranch': https://radio.globalvoiceradio.net
• 'CommonLawyer.com (Brent Allan Winters)': https://commonlawyer.com/
• 'EuroFolkRadio (anchor platform mentioned)': https://eurofolkradio.com/
• 'FreeConferenceCall.com (show call-in platform)': https://www.freeconferencecall.com/en/us
• 'Barry County Sheriff – Dar Leaf (referenced by Brent)': https://www.misheriff.org/sheriffs-offices/barry-county/
• 'Declaration of Independence (National Archives)': https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/declaration
• 'Magna Carta (UK National Archives resource)': https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/magna-carta/
• 'Sir William Blackstone – Commentaries (Online Library of Liberty)': https://oll.libertyfund.org/people/sir-william-blackstone/titles
• 'Geneva Bible (1599) – online text (eBible.org)': https://ebible.org/enggnv/GEN.htm
• 'New American Standard Bible – The Lockman Foundation': https://www.lockman.org/new-american-standard-bible-nasb/
• 'Didache – early Christian manual (English texts, Wikisource)': https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Didache
• 'Gospel of Thomas – English translation (Nag Hammadi Library/Gnosis Archive)': https://gnosis.org/naghamm/gthlamb.html
• 'Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (SCOTUS case summary & opinions, LII)': https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/22-451
• 'Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (SCOTUS, Justia summary/opinion)': https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/597/19-1392/
• 'Moore v. Madigan (7th Cir. 2012) – concealed carry (Justia)': https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/12-1269/12-1269-2012-12-11.html
• 'Cornelius Van Til – Westminster Theological Seminary (historic faculty)': https://wm.wts.edu/faculty/cornelius-van-til
• 'Daniel B. Wallace – CSNTM / personal site': https://danielbwallace.com/
• 'Bart D. Ehrman – official site': https://www.bartehrman.com/
• 'Shroud of Turin – Official (Sindone.org, Archdiocese of Turin)': https://sindone.org/en/home-english/
• 'Country Joe & the Fish – overview (Apple Music artist page)': https://music.apple.com/us/artist/country-joe-the-fish/32279454