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FreedomFest 2026

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11:30am PDT

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

12:00pm PDT

Two Toms Wrote the Declaration of Independence: How Tom Paine's Common Sense Set the Stage for Tom Jefferson's Declaration C-SPAN Coverage Philosophers Room Room 104Mark Skousen • David Fisher • Shane Krauser • Randy Barnett

2:00pm PDT

Mad Science, Bio-Weapons, and the Deep State: The Coverup Exposed Ideas & Debate Stage Room 106-107Matt Kibbe • Rand Paul • Free the People 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

3:15pm PDT

America the Beautiful Main Stage Room 130-135Lydia Abbott Drury

3:20pm PDT

Reading of the Declaration of Independence Main Stage Room 130-135Dean Cain

3:25pm PDT

What Is the American Way? Main Stage Room 130-135Dean Cain

3:35pm PDT

Think Independent Main Stage Room 130-135Valerie Leigh

3:40pm PDT

Welcome to FreedomFest Main Stage Room 130-135Lisa Kennedy

3:55pm PDT

Celebrating the Achievements of the American Experiment: What Have We Done Right? Main Stage Room 130-135Erick Erickson • Steve Forbes • Shane Krauser • David Fisher • Kelley Paul

4:20pm PDT

Your Freedom, Your Move: How to Take It Back Main Stage Room 130-135Casey Fleming

5:25pm PDT

Punching Up "Truth in Comedy" Competition Winner Announcement Main Stage Room 130-135Lou Perez

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

9:00pm PDT

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

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

4:05pm PDT

The Food Industrial Complex Main Stage Room 130-135Andrew Gruel • John Mackey

5:25pm PDT

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

10:25am PDT

Restoring the Second Amendment Main Stage Room 130-135John Lott • Crime Prevention Research Center

11:10am PDT

Leonard E. Read Award "Revolution" Main Stage Room 130-135Mark Skousen • Eric Metaxas

2:00pm PDT

"Revolution: The Origins of the Greatest Nation in History" An Author's Insights Leonard E. Read Award Winner Free Speech Stage Room 108-109Eric Metaxas

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

5:00pm PDT

Lines That Should Not Be Crossed Franklin Salon Room 102-103Matt Kibbe • Chris Rufer • Naomi Brockwell • Spike Cohen • You Are The Power

9:35am PDT

The Next 250 Years of America: From Revolution to Revelation Main Stage Room 130-135Kelsey Grammer • Alexander McCobin

10:05am PDT

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

10:30am PDT

No Rules: The Pioneers Who Built the UFC Main Stage Room 130-135Lou Perez • Dan Severn • Don Frye • Eric Carroll

11:45am PDT

Washington Insiders on the Mid-Term Election Outlook Main Stage Room 130-135Jan Jekielek • Rep Dusty Johnson • John Fund • Erick Erickson • Steve Forbes • Grover Norquist

2:00pm PDT

Crime in the 50 States: Why Self-Defense Is Critical for Public Safety (Refreshments provided) Adams Salon Room 126John Lott • Crime Prevention Research Center

3:00pm PDT

Putting Patients First — Not Bureaucrats and Insurance Giants Entrepreneurship Stage Room 119-121Andrew Langer • John Fund • Barbara Kolm • Admir Čavalić