PorcFest XI was a fantastic event with many new faces, an amazing display of community, and an impressive amount of media coverage. Below are some of the news stories, articles and podcasts that have featured PorcFest coverage. Photos and videos from the event are in the process of being posted, and some can already be seen on the PorcFest Facebook page.
- Guns, Bitcoin, and 3D Printing: PopSci goes to a techno-libertarian bash
- World-respected newspaper The Economist reports on the plot to liberate New Hampshire (also picked up by Reason Mag) and a related story focused on gun ownership.
- Free Talk Live radio show broadcast seven nights live from PorcFest XI:
6/22 | 6/23 | 6/24 | 6/25 | 6/26 | 6/27 | 6/28 - “It’s easy to sneer at the fringe until you realize they’re having a better time than you,” observes CJ Ciaramella of The Free Beacon. Don’t miss his full account of his time among the Free Staters at Porcfest.
- DIY Liberty and more coverage to follow at Shire Liberty News.
- What happens when a left-leaning reporter from Washington DC visits PorcFest? Read Inside the libertarian version of Burning Man: Guns, booze and bitcoin to find out (also picked up by The Independent)
- New Hampshire’s most-circulated newspaper, the Union Leader, focuses on the DIY theme of this year’s PorcFest.
- The Concord Monitor covers the FSP’s vision for New Hampshire, the popularity of Bitcoin at PorcFest and one family’s journey from Texas using Bitcoin.
- Jeffrey Tucker of Liberty.me discusses his PorcFest XI experience.
- The Wall Street Journal’s latest BitBeat column is dominated by PorcFest XI participants.
- BGR talks PorcFest in the context of a Bitcoin tipping point.
- PorcFest reflections are shared by first-time attendee Chris Kelley.
- Speaker Bill Buppert frames PorcFest as the intellectual Woodstock of liberty.
- A Jewish Libertarians blogger describes his first trip to PorcFest.
- The Rebel Love show shares several PorcFest-related videos and podcasts.
- The Bad Quaker podcast interviews Jeffrey Tucker at PorcFest XI.
- CoinDesk reports a $17K donation to Free Ross, coincidental with Lyn Ulbricht’s appearance at PorcFest.
- BlackOp blog shares a six-part “Adventure at PorcFest XI” series: Part I, II, III, IV, V, VI
- Jeff Berwick interviews Bill Buppert on the Anarchast Podcast Ep. 138.
- Visit our PorcFest photos page for an amazing PorcFest XI photo set by Black Bloke, and more across the web from Freedom’s Phoenix, @FreeStateNH Instagram, and more.
- Videos are in production and being posted at the FreeStateProjectNH Youtube channel.
- If you use Facebook, make sure you join the PorcFest discussion group and ‘like’ the PorcFest page for the latest updates on PorcFest XII. See you next year!