[StockAyatollah]

I thought Penn was a libertarian. If so, he is a hypocrite for taking money from taxpayer-funded PBS.

[Wormwood]

If so, he is a hypocrite for taking money from taxpayer-funded PBS.

You assume they paid him. It is my understanding that the This I Believe project does not pay their contributers.

[mc6809e]

I thought Penn was a libertarian. If so, he is a hypocrite for taking money from taxpayer-funded PBS.

Not at all.

Consider how much money the guy has made and been forced to give the government: if he's getting anything at all from NPR, it amounts to a tiny refund.