The Truth About Power, Control, and Your Rights
The Truth About Power, Control, and Your Rights  
Podcast: Harder Than Life
Published On: Tue Aug 19 2025
Description: What if your freedom doesn’t come from Washington but from your own community? In this unfiltered and thought-provoking episode of Harder Than Life, Kelly Siegel sits down with Spike Cohen, an entrepreneur, founder and president of You Are The Power, and former Vice Presidential candidate, to talk about liberty, government overreach, local solutions, and what it really means to live free. Spike doesn’t just talk theory. He’s working on the ground across America to reduce government dependency, reform policing, and empower people to solve real problems without waiting for politicians to do it for them. “We don’t need permission to make the world a better place.” In This Episode, You’ll Learn: 🔥 Why government isn’t the answer and it’s often the problem 🔥 The #1 reason people give up their own power 🔥 How to create local solutions that work 🔥 What most people misunderstand about freedom 🔥 Why freedom is both personal and communal 🔥 The role of personal responsibility in real change 🔥 What Spike’s working on right now to change lives Main Points: 00:00 – Intro 03:21 – Spike Cohen’s Activism & Mission 04:05 – Success Stories & Uncovering CPS Corruption 07:08 – Libertarianism Explained 09:45 – Government Inefficiency & Public Apathy 12:22 – Going Against The System 14:17 – Accountability & KPIs In Government 16:24 – Changes In The Gov't 19:45 – Third-Party Politics 25:40 – Government Power vs Public Apathy 28:41 – Why Local Action works better than DC politics 30:55 – CPS vs ICE & Systemic Incentives 32:10 – The Case That Started You Are The Power 41:52 – Leveraging Social Media For Change 49:22 – Scaling the mission nationwide 50:28 – YATP's Success Rate 51:48 – What’s Next For Spike Cohen 52:36 – Reason For Running for Office 54:08 – 2020 Elections 56:23 – Closing Reflections & Future Vision 💬 What’s ONE thing you can do this week to solve a problem in your community? Let us know below 👇 🔔 Subscribe for more unfiltered conversations that challenge the norm and empower you to live Harder Than Life. Connect With Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelly.siegel.71/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-siegel-0146a3/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kellysiegel71 Connect with Spike: Instagram: @realspikecohen Website: https://www.youarethepower.net Subscribe To The Podcast Here: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harder-than-life/id1725989697 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/29NOnhItmCLkZ9sLswABKS?si=d81915ddabc0420a YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCncVFeA5P2LrAovuofQQcDg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices