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FreedomFest 2026

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Sebastian Gehr

Germany

11:30am PDT

How to Get the Most from Anthem and FreedomFest! Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Mark Skousen • Jo Ann Skousen

11:55am PDT

What Sweden Got Right; Tomasz Agencki, dir. 35 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Tomasz Agencki • Rainer Zitelmann

12:00pm PDT

Financial Freedom on the Brink: How to Reclaim the Foundations or Risk Losing It All Financial Freedom Stage Room 115-117Russell Gray You Can't Cancel Funny: Comedy, Courage, and Common Sense with Rob Schneider Free Speech Stage Room 108-109Matt Kibbe • Rob Schneider • You Can Do It Foundation

12:30pm PDT

Panel: Austrian Economics and the Philosophy of Liberty Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Joanna Guerra • Tomasz Agencki • Ken Schoolland • Rainer Zitelmann • Dominic Frisby

1:00pm PDT

The Affordability Crisis: Causes and Cures Wealth Workshop Room 113-114Wolf von Laer • Ken Schoolland • Rainer Zitelmann • Gale Pooley

2:00pm PDT

The Year of the Enlightenment: How Edward Gibbons and David Hume Influenced 1776 C-SPAN Coverage Philosophers Room Room 104Mark Skousen • Brian Thomassen • Steve Forbes Think Tank Roundtable: What are the Challenges and Opportunities Facing Liberty Organizations Today (Refreshments provided) Jefferson Salon Room 124-125Katy Gambella • Jennifer Grossman • Hannah Henriksen • Robert Chatfield • Wolf von Laer

5:30pm PDT

Hollywood's Blacklist 2.0: Creativity in an Age of Conformity Main Stage Room 130-135Lisa Kennedy • Dean Cain • Clifton Duncan • Rob Schneider

6:00pm PDT

Is There Any Hope for America for Another 250 Years? Main Stage Room 130-135Rand Paul • Mark Skousen

6:30pm PDT

FreedomFest Welcome Reception Red Carpet Event Exhibit Hall Room 136-139Triple AXL as the Quarter Millennials

9:00pm PDT

Punching Up Comedy Show Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Rob Schneider • Lou Perez • Bridget Phetasy • Andrew Heaton

8:30am PDT

Beyond Labels; Free to Choose, prod. 18 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Robert Chatfield • Rainer Zitelmann

9:35am PDT

Global Economic Summit Main Stage Room 130-135Rob Arnott • Li Schoolland • Barbara Kolm • John Fund • Diogo Costa • FEE

11:45am PDT

Rand Paul Fundraising Luncheon Franklin Salon Room 102-103Mark Skousen • Steve Forbes • Rand Paul • Kelley Paul

1:00pm PDT

The Power of Storytelling: Does the News Follow Art, or Does Art Follow the News? Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Marc Eliot • Mark Joseph

2:00pm PDT

The Top 10 Problems Comics Face — And How to Solve Them Philosophers Room Room 104Andrew Heaton • Dominic Frisby • Boris Khaykin • Peter Stewart

3:00pm PDT

The Spirit of 1776: The Musical Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Jo Ann Skousen • Lydia Abbott Drury • Brian Drury • Mark Skousen • Gary Alexander • Steve Forbes • David T. Phillips

5:25pm PDT

My Most Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Government Fraud in Minnesota and California Main Stage Room 130-135Nick Shirley • Adam Carolla

8:00pm PDT

Reagan, director's cut; Sean McNamara, dir., Mark Joseph, prod. 152 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Mark Joseph

9:25am PDT

Watergate Secrets and Betrayals; George Bugatti, dir. 70 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Gary Alexander • George Bugatti • Andrew Hartman • Geoff Shepard

9:35am PDT

The Kids Are Alright: How the Right Won Gen Z (and What Comes Next) Main Stage Room 130-135Cliff Maloney • Michelle Backus • Grant Mankin

11:20am PDT

The Storyteller's Role; Nicole Yeatman, dir. 8 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112

12:00pm PDT

Book Signings Exhibit Hall Room 136-139Ken Schoolland • Mary Parker • Mark Monoscalco • Jan Jekielek

1:00pm PDT

Adam Smith vs Karl Marx: The Ultimate Capitalism vs Socialism Debate Ideas & Debate Stage Room 106-107Mark Skousen • Andrew Hartman • John Mackey • Integrally Crypto Comedy Philosophers Room Room 104Dominic Frisby • Boris Khaykin • Peter Stewart • Andrew Heaton

2:00pm PDT

Rethinking Women's Rights: The Unconventional Pro-Life Libertarian Case Ideas & Debate Stage Room 106-107Norman Horn • Kerry Baldwin • Michael Shermer • Integrally • Libertarian Christian Institute

3:00pm PDT

The Essential Thomas Sowell, starring Clifton Duncan Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Clifton Duncan

4:15pm PDT

A History Lesson with Glenn Beck Main Stage Room 130-135Glenn Beck

8:00pm PDT

Escaping Venezuela; Jim Epstein, dir. 74 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Germania Rodríguez Poleo • Jim Epstein • Reason

8:30am PDT

China's Stealth Invasion; Tobias Elvhage, dir. 70 min. Anthem Film Festival Room 110-112Gary Alexander • Li Schoolland • Tobias Elvhage

10:05am PDT

Fighting for Mises: A UFC Champion's Passion for Austrian Economics and Freedom Main Stage Room 130-135Matt Kibbe • Renato Moicano

12:05pm PDT

FreedomFest Closing Panel Main Stage Room 130-135Mark Skousen • Jon Najarian • Terry Kibbe • Del Bigtree • Rainer Zitelmann

12:40pm PDT

Freedom360 Bridge to Freedom Program Student Photograph Main Stage Room 130-135Valerie Leigh • Wolf von Laer • Diogo Costa • FEE

1:00pm PDT

Book Signings Exhibit Hall Room 136-139Dominic Frisby • Jose Luis Cordeiro • Joel F. Wade • Rainer Zitelmann • Pablo Aragona

3:00pm PDT

Putting Patients First — Not Bureaucrats and Insurance Giants Entrepreneurship Stage Room 119-121Andrew Langer • John Fund • Barbara Kolm • Admir Čavalić The Secret History of Gold: What History Tells Us About What Comes Next Wealth Workshop Room 113-114Dominic Frisby The Capitalist Space Revolution Has Begun! (Refreshments provided) Franklin Salon Room 102-103Rainer Zitelmann The Free Will Debate: Are Humans Predictable and Rational, or Wayward and Incalculable? (Refreshments provided) Philosophers Room Room 104Mark Skousen • Michael Shermer • Jennifer Grossman • Doug Stuart

4:00pm PDT

Conspiracy Theories: From Aliens to Epstein Island Jefferson Salon Room 124-125Jennifer Grossman • Michael Shermer