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I received a suggestion to watch and talk about a Gary Vaynerchuk speech by my friend Jim Jesus of the Lolberts podcast. I watched it and then a clip of a Joe Rogan show with Dan Pena. Both had a … Continue reading →

I am joined by Wilhelmina Frankzerda and Emily Mann, the musical duo called Paper Wings, and a studio audience! I’ve been paying attention to these two since they released their music together, so when I saw they were coming to … Continue reading →

I’m trying to figure out how to make money off the farm, and part of that is getting better at selling. Drew Sample has spent much of his time as a salesman, and I know he has some expertise in … Continue reading →

I talk about the direction of the show and why I’m doing this. We’ll kick off some really cool content this week.   If you like this show and want to help out, review us on iTunes or Google Play. … Continue reading →

I’m starting a new project. I miss producing content, but the Anarcho-Yakitalism podcast takes too much time for my balance of perfectionism, laziness, and greed. Yakkin With Nick will be a less structured, no holds barred, and less academic show … Continue reading →

Brett Veinotte invited me to join him to discuss a Facebook thread I started in the School Sucks Podcast Group, where I raised some questions about the “left-right” paradigm and the division between libertarians along this line. The thread referenced: https://www.facebook.com/groups/424507561027798/permalink/1043958275749387/ … Continue reading →

Jim Cunagin joins me to talk about the Milgram Experiments. Stanley Milgram was a psychologist who conducted a series of experiments on obedience and authority. The results of these experiments are somewhat alarming, but there are some silver linings that … Continue reading →

Today I have an interview I did with Caitlyn Scheel a month or so ago about her acceptance into Praxis, an education program. Caitlyn is 15 years old and is directing her own education, this has made her pretty impressive. … Continue reading →

I’m making my return! I apologize for my disappearance, it was very rude of me to just not let people know that I wouldn’t release a show for a while. Now I’m back, and I let you know what the … Continue reading →

Nick talks about his experience at his first Porcupine Freedom Festival and some thoughts on the libertarian movement.

Nick joins Philip Frey on the Valiant Growth Podcast again, to talk about stoicism.

Nick goes off script, again, talking about his issues with time management, stress management, and priority management.

Philip Frey of the Valiant Growth podcast interviews me. http://www.valiantgrowth.com/ https://www.facebook.com/valiantgrowth/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3OHAjQuJwYiPkngVp_jtBA

Sterlin Luxan joins me to talk about his path to being more compassionate and empathetic, his path to studying psychology, his views on communication strategies being used in the anarchist movement, as well as his opinions on mental illness. This … Continue reading →

Nick talks about his process of making mindmaps, a process passed on from his grandfather to him.

Nick decides to go off script and ramble a bit about speaking at Porcfest,  car problems, time management, the OFNR model, and stoicism.

Todd Lewis has me on his show, the Praise of Folly Podcast, to talk about issues with anarcho-capitalism, consequentialism, and utilitarianism. Todd also has a very compelling case for theism. Very interesting conversation. Praise of Folly YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh9mnprK8vtFuHkHyl_ffCw In Praise … Continue reading →

Carlos Morales joins me to talk about Islam, we eventually turn the conversation to critical thinking and philosophy. Libertarian Atheist Podcast: http://thinkaboutnow.com/podcast-2/ Think About Now: http://thinkaboutnow.com/ Legally Kidnapped: http://www.legallykidnapped.net/

Danilo Cuellar and I had a long conversation related to peaceful parenting and unschooling, the last episode was focused on peaceful parenting and this one is focused more on unschooling. We cover topics from chess to playing with lit matches. … Continue reading →

Danilo Cuellar if Peaceful Anarchism and the Seeds of Liberty podcasts joins me to talk about unschooling, but first we talk about peaceful parenting. This is part 1 of our discussion that I’m splitting into two parts.   Peaceful Anarchism … Continue reading →

I decided to give you guys a farm update.

Brett Veinotte of the School Sucks Project joins me to talk about his creative process. School Sucks is doing theme months for 2016 and March’s theme is the Creative Pursuit, I was curious as to how Brett uses creativity in … Continue reading →

Chris Jantzen and I continue our discussion, this time we focus more on podcasting. I really enjoyed this conversation with Chris. Scritch Show: http://scritchshow.com/ Live Free FM: http://livefreefm.com/ Free Market Squad: http://www.freemarketsquad.com/ Freedom Feens: http://www.freedomfeens.com/ The Lolberts: http://lolberts.com/  

Nathan Fraser joins me to talk about his adventures as an entrepreneur and a few of his projects, focusing on the Free Market Squad. The Free Market Squad is a group of liberty minded entrepreneurs. Free Market Squad: http://freemarketsquad.com/ Live Free … Continue reading →

Chris Jantzen of the Scritch Show and I had a conversation about stoicism and podcasting, this is the first half of our conversation where we focus on podcasting. This isn’t a very structured conversation on stoicism, but it wasn’t intended … Continue reading →

MK Lords returns to talk about Bitcoin and Airbitz. Airbitz: https://airbitz.co/ Contact MK: [email protected] Airbitz Slack Team: https://slack.airbitz.co/ Airbitz Blog: https://airbitz.co/go/ Satoshi’s White Paper on Bitcoin: https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-paper

Kendra Taylor, Caitlyn Scheel, and Nick Van Riper join me for an introduction to each of them as participants of our High School Libertarian Roundtable discussion. I hope that we’ll continue these and discuss many topics from a younger libertarian … Continue reading →

Darryl W Perry and I discuss many things today, we start off with some things about self-improvement, then we get into some of the projects he’s working on, and finish off with his presidential campaign. Darryl’s website: http://darrylwperry.com/ FPP Radio: http://fppradio.com/ Peace, … Continue reading →

Kyle Rearden returns with Shane Radliff to talk about a project they are working on, The Freedom Umbrella of Direct Action(FUDA). I’m very excited about the FUDA, I think direct action is extremely important, if we don’t bring liberty into … Continue reading →

Darrell Becker returns to build off the methods of Non-Violent Communication and the Trivium, now we’re looking at the way we think and the way we talk in a little more depth. Here are the methods and notes Darrell and … Continue reading →

Tracy Connors and I talk about feminism and its issues. The article that sparked this conversation: http://driftingthrough.com/2015/11/20/the-thing-all-women-do-that-you-dont-know-about/ Check out some of Tracy’s work at these websites: http://www.phantomsway.com/ http://politomix.com/ Follow her on Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/tracyleeconnors https://twitter.com/TracyLConnors https://www.instagram.com/tracylconnors/  

I have MK Lords on with me to talk about feminism. Article that sparked this conversation: http://driftingthrough.com/2015/11/20/the-thing-all-women-do-that-you-dont-know-about/ Airbitz: https://airbitz.co/ MK’s Blog: https://mklords.wordpress.com/ MK’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mklords Freedom Feens: http://freedomfeens.com/

I had Curtis Stone on with me to talk about his urban-spin farming ventures. Curtis is an amazing entrepreneur and has a lot of great things to say. It was a pleasure to have him on. Curtis’ website: http://theurbanfarmer.co/ His book: http://theurbanfarmer.co/book/

I had Kyle Rearden on with me, we talked about many things related to personal liberty. Kyle’s Blog: http://www.thelastbastille.com/ Liberty Under Attack: http://www.libertyunderattack.com/ Liberty Roundtable Discussion: http://fprnradio.com/liberty-under-attack-112915/  

I had Drew Sample on to talk about his microgreens business and his own show, the Sample Hour. This is a great conversation about entrepreneurship, personal liberty, and getting stuff done. The Sample Hour: http://samplehour.com/ The Sample Hour Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheSampleHour/  

I wanted to talk about what happened this year. 2015 was a great year for me, I hope it was for you too!

I have Michael W Dean on with me to talk about some of his stories. We cover his path to liberty, his adventures in school, heroin addiction and more. Michael is the man who helped me build this podcast and … Continue reading →

I have Ian Freeman of Free Talk Live and the Liberty Radio Network to talk about some of the things he’s involved in. Free Talk Live: https://www.freetalklive.com/live Liberty Radio Network: http://lrn.fm/ Free State Project: https://freestateproject.org/ Free Keene: http://freekeene.com/  

Joshua Sheats of the Radical Personal Finance Podcast joins me to talk about my self-education plan from a financial standpoint. Joshua provides some great insight on business planning. Definitely a favorite of mine.   Radical Personal Finance: http://radicalpersonalfinance.com/ Radical Personal Finance … Continue reading →

Kevin Geary, Brett Veinotte, and I talk about grocery shopping. What to buy? Where to buy it? We go over some strategies to avoid bad food, find good prices on healthy food, alternatives to the super market, what real food … Continue reading →

This is the second part of the conversation with Merrick VanLandingham. We talk about how to learn on your own, and many other topics. Bury the Moon’s EP River & Rain: https://burythemoon.bandcamp.com/ Aries’ mixtape Apolo 9: https://soundcloud.com/aries_number_9/sets/apollo-9

Merrick VanLandingham and I talk about his adventures in school, taking his child out of public school, and education in general. This is a good one. Ben Stone the Bad Quaker: http://badquaker.com/ School Sucks episode on the college debt bubble: http://schoolsucksproject.com/podcast-375-the-college-debt-bubble-ready-for-the-most-expensive-post-secondary-lesson-of-all-time/

I had Kevin Geary from Rebooted Body to talk about health with me. We cover some of the basics of how to be healthy and what mindset you need, as well as pasture and grass fed meat. Good stuff!   Rebooted … Continue reading →

This is definitely the most personal I’ve gotten on the microphone. I talk about my struggles in life and how I’ve used stoicism and other things to overcome them. It starts out sad, but I promise I bring it back … Continue reading →

I had Aries, a 17 year old rapper, come on the show to talk about what he’s doing. I discovered Aries through a cypher contest that he got 2nd place in, I honestly think he should’ve won. I was excited … Continue reading →

This is the last part of the conversation I had with Darrell Becker on the Trivium Method and Non-Violent Communication. Great series, listen to all of the episodes, and finish with this one.   Darrell’s Website: http://voluntaryvisions.com/ 42 Fallacies PDF: https://aphilosopher.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/42-fallacies.pdf Don’t … Continue reading →

Darrell Becker and I explore the Non-Violent Communication Method this episode. This is the 2nd part of our conversation. Darrell’s Website: http://voluntaryvisions.com/ 42 Fallacies PDF: https://aphilosopher.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/42-fallacies.pdf Don’t Fallacy Me Bro: http://dontfallacy.me/ The Center For Nonviolent Communication: http://www.cnvc.org/  

Darrell Becker and I explore the Trivium Method this episode. This will be the first part of at least 2. Darrell’s Website: http://voluntaryvisions.com/ 42 Fallacies PDF: https://aphilosopher.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/42-fallacies.pdf Don’t Fallacy Me Bro: http://dontfallacy.me/ The Center For Nonviolent Communication: http://www.cnvc.org/

Brett Veinotte and I talk about self-education, and finish off with looking over my self-education plan.   School Sucks website: http://schoolsucksproject.com/ School Sucks Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/424507561027798/  

Here’s the archive of my appearance on Liberty Under Attack:http://media.blubrry.com/fprnradio/media.fprnradio.com/2015/09/LUA-092715.mp3

I had Cathy Payne back on to talk about time management on the farm. Time management is an important skill to have, especially as an entrepreneur but with anybody as well. It’s something I have struggled with. I must apologize … Continue reading →

  I talk about politics some more. Build off our foundations into the ideas of anarchy, autarchy, and panarchy. I cover coercive government vs. liberty as well.

I give y’all an update on what’s going on with the farm and my self-directed education. Today is the 2nd day of being out of school officially, and I love it so far. Leaving you guys with that was too … Continue reading →

Caleb Jacobsen and I talk about what he’s doing in the local hip-hop scene here in Oregon. He goes by the pseudonym Day Dreamer in his music.   Caleb’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MetrokidShakesit Day Dreamer on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/daydreamerhiphop Day Dreamer Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/daydreamerhiphop

I talk about my political foundations, ego-utilitarianism, limits to utilitarianism, libertarianism, and more! Don’t forget about Wilhelmina Frankzerda’s new album, Flight!   Bryan Quitasol’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKUjcr8oLLmhJvpUd_WzHEQ/videos Wilhelmina Frankzerda’s website: http://wilhelminamusic.com/ Painted Porch Podcast Episode: http://paintedporch.org/episode-12-somers/

Jim Cunagin and I talk about stoicism.   Don’t Tread on Mead: https://www.facebook.com/donttreadonmead?fref=ts Anarchist Apiaries: http://anarchyapiaries.org/ Michigan Peace and Liberty Coalition: http://miplc.org/ Treatment Free Beekeeping Podcast: http://tfb.podbean.com/

Carlos Morales from the Libertarian-Atheist Podcast talk about his work as a Child Protective Services Investigator, his book “Legally Kidnapped: The Case Against Child Protective Services” , issues with nihilism, faith, and religion.   Legally Kidnapped: http://www.legallykidnapped.net/ Libertarian-Atheist Podcast: http://www.libertarian-atheist.com/ Carlos on Liberty.me: https://carlosmorales.liberty.me/ … Continue reading →

I talk about more ethics today, some basic principles I try to follow. Honesty, kindness, and non-aggression. 

I’m giving a talk on yak fiber at a fiber show this weekend. Here’s the information that I’ll be giving. Buy yak fiber! Lois Olund’s website: http://www.bellwetherwool.com/ Yak book: http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/ad347e/ad347e00.htm Wilhelmina FrankZerda’s website: http://wilhelminamusic.com/

I talk about being goal oriented, what it means to live a good life.

Bill Buppert comes on with me to talk about Stoicism, but we get off topic quite a bit. We’re Freedom Feens, we live off belt fed tangents. Check out these links: Bill’s website: http://zerogov.com/ Bill’s book “Limited Government, Unicorns, and Other … Continue reading →

Neema Vedadi, one of my heroes in life, comes on the show to talk about founding the Freedom Feens, what he’s been up to since he retired from the Feens, and just straight liberty talk. I add a lengthy outro … Continue reading →

I talk about what our ethical foundations should be. Rational self-interest, consequentialism, and a touch of stoicism. Following these ethical guidelines have certainly made a benefit in my life.

Lance and I have been talking about hogs and chickens for a while. We were talking about birds this week, and I invited him on the show. Really great information. Davis Family Homestead Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Davis-Homestead/532553680144828 Check us out on iTunes, … Continue reading →

I attempt to convince you to study philosophy. Just do it, alright?

I lay on some of the foundations again. I know this stuff can be hard to follow, but I think I’ve simplified it enough this time. It’s a short one, check it out!  

Cathy Payne of Broad River Pastures farm in Georgia and I talk about American Guinea Hogs. You’re welcome Lance, I finally got you the hog show. Broad River Pastures: http://www.broadriverpastures.com/ American Guinea Hog Association: http://guineahogs.org/ Premier Fencing: http://www.premierfenceinc.com/ Stay Tuff Fencing: http://staytuff.com/

I talk about my self-education plan. All my goals, all the responsibilities and tasks I plan to take up.   Interviewing Cathy Payne of Broad River Pastures: http://www.broadriverpastures.com I mentioned “Guns and Weed: The Road to Freedom”, check it out: http://www.gunsandweed.com/ The … Continue reading →

I pull out a paper I wrote last year about statism. I’m pretty proud of this piece. Larken Rose’s website: http://www.larkenrose.com/

I’m finally free from public schooling! I’ll be finishing this school year up, then I’m doing self-directed learning, farming, and podcasting full-time. I’m super excited! I made this show to celebrate that, but also for the haters and the doubters. … Continue reading →

I do an almost completely non-scripted show by myself. Giving ya’ll an update on what’s going on. New yaks today, finally getting out of school, and some plans for the show. If you have any ideas, criticism, or would like … Continue reading →

Josh Bowman and I talk about his bands and musical talents. I said it’s the 31st episode, it’s the 30th. You’d think I’d learn to check by now. Great show, really cool guy, can’t wait to see where he and … Continue reading →

Mike Huttner and I talk about his criticisms of the show Brett Veinotte from the School Sucks Podcast and I did about nihilism vs objectivism. He calls us out for not defining our terms, and we talk about how we … Continue reading →

14 year old Mason McQuivey and I talk about what he’s doing, and the discussion his class had about the true nature of schooling.

Richard Hauser work our way up through the branches of philosophy, starting with epistemology. We have some disagreements, but we agree on the most part.

Tyler Boggs and I talk about his family farm, Heart 2 Heart Farms, which is located in Sherwood OR. Our topics range from what they’re doing on the farm to having compassion for your enemies. Heart 2 Heart was attacked … Continue reading →

I had Wilhelmina Frankzerda on with me, a 16yr old musician. We talked about her upcoming album, her musical  talents, and education. I love to have young people on the show, the most exciting thing to me is hearing about … Continue reading →

Scott Kersey and I talk about politics today. He’s not an anarchist like me, but we still are able to come to common ground and compromise. Here are some propaganda links Scott shared with me. I haven’t read them all … Continue reading →

I didn’t get the show I wanted to get to you guys today, but I decided to give an update on what was up. I said it was the 22nd episode, but it’s really the 23rd.

Lousander Feen and I talk about the religion of statism, and how terrible it can be. Check out Lou’s work on http://freedomfeens.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/CampaignForALongerLeash

Joshua Sheats, from the Radical Personal Finance Podcast, joined me to talk about financial planning. I believe this is the best show I have put out so far. Joshua is very good at articulating his words in a clear way, … Continue reading →

Brett Veinotte and I continue our conversation that I gave to you last week. We talk about nihilism, objectivism, Nietzche, and utilitarianism. I learned  a lot from this, I hope you all enjoy. http://schoolsucksproject.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/SchoolSucksPodcast https://twitter.com/schoolsucksshow https://www.facebook.com/groups/424507561027798/  

Brett Veinotte joins me to talk about education and schooling, there’s a difference. This was a great show, I really enjoyed having him on. I hope you guys enjoy this as well.   You can find School Sucks here: http://schoolsucksproject.com/

My show plans didn’t go through, so I had to scramble to get a show out this week. I decided to practice my unscripted speaking. I talked about my intellectual journey. I’m sure I left some stuff out that I … Continue reading →

Andrew Demeter and I talk about his project, Teen Take, an alternative news source. We also talk about the apathy that the youth, and most adults, have towards politics. Andrew Demeter is 17years old, and I admire his work a … Continue reading →

Jim Jesus and I talk about his card game, Libertarians Against Humanity, as well as, anti-tribalism, the Chicago school of economics, and a little bit of nihilism. I mentioned the Freedom Feens’ Libertarians Against Humanity generator, here it is. Places … Continue reading →

  I talk about my plans with the farm and other possible paths.  

I talk about rational self-interest, utilitarianism, and my issues with the non-aggression principle. 

Jax Johnson gives us a service announcement about the evils of Thanksgiving and the Illuminati.   One of my friends in school is doing a project, similar to mine, but instead of a podcast he’s building a computer. Our school … Continue reading →

Will Andrews, my Social Studies teacher, discuss ideological consistency, the failures of government, and utilitarianism. 

It’s been long enough, I’m not podfading. School’s been keeping me busy, too busy. Here’s a great show I did with Jim Cunagin, who runs the Facebook page Don’t Tread On Mead, check it out.

Lou and I talk all about government and anarchy. Lou and I had recorded almost two hours, so I decided to cut it up and release it in segments. Hope you enjoy.   Find Lou on the Freedom Feens, he’s … Continue reading →

I get into my foundation of politics. I’m not talking about the practical side of it, just the philosophical side. If people are to act freely without violent interference, this is what it might be like, or rather what it … Continue reading →

Christian Seger of Blue Heron Farm and I talk about both of our farming adventures. He and his wife run a goat dairy outside of Houston, Texas. We talked about farming and eventually a little bit about schooling. Find them … Continue reading →

    Had a nice conversation with Nathan, took a segment from it in which we were talking about yaks. I included a description of what I’m doing with the farm. Taking a little break from philosophy, we’ll probably get … Continue reading →

Got Scott Kersey back on to talk about ethics. I learned a lot from this conversation, I hope you will too. Scott knows his stuff. This foundation of ethics we came up with in this episode is a bit different … Continue reading →

Got an objectivist theist on! Ben Blake and I talked about ethics, especially with drawing the line with skepticism. We found we agreed on a lot. Mother Teresa was mentioned. You can find Ben’s work on his old blog. Objective means … Continue reading →

Here’s the 4th episode of Anarcho-Yakitalism, we’re talking about ethics this time. I probably will offend my libertarian and an-cap listeners in the beginning here, but I think I redeem myself in the third act, so don’t stop if you … Continue reading →

Scott and I got into some epistemology and skepticism in our talk. He took the stance of a Humean empiricist, I took my semi-nihilist view. It was all fun and polite, I learned a lot, I hope you guys will … Continue reading →

We’re back with the 2nd cast of Anarcho-Yakitalism. We’re continuing with the series on philosophy, this time we’re diving deep into some tasty philosophy. There are some terms you may not know, here they are to refer to: Epistemology: the … Continue reading →

This is the first podcast ever recorded of Anarcho-Yakitalism. A pretty short one, just to get us started. I’m a 15 year old rebellious smartaleck who knows a thing or two about politics and philosophy. I was indoctrinated by the … Continue reading →