Powerful ideas for all lovers of personal, political and philosophical freedom.
271 Market Anarchism: PLEASE NOTE: THE SHOWS CONTINUE ON A NEW FEED: http://www.freedomainradio.com/Freedomain_Radio_Podcast_1.xml - PLEASE UPDATE
PLEASE NOTE: THE SHOWS CONTINUE ON A NEW FEED: http://www.freedomainradio.com/Freedomain_Radio_Podcast_1.xml - PLEASE UPDATE
6/6/2006 • 17 minutes, 34 seconds
270 Perfection is the Enemy of Virtue
Nit-picking while Rome burns...
6/6/2006 • 34 minutes, 40 seconds
269 Debating Freedom Without Solutions Part 2
What if we waited before offering solutions?
6/5/2006 • 27 minutes, 32 seconds
268 Debating Freedom Without Solutions Part 1
What if we waited before offering solutions?
6/5/2006 • 35 minutes, 43 seconds
267 Call In Show 4 June 2006, 4pm EST: Looks, Values and Free Will
Looks, Values and Free Will
6/4/2006 • 2 hours, 8 minutes, 58 seconds
265 Scolding The State
Watch as moral superheroes take on feeble senators...
6/2/2006 • 41 minutes, 8 seconds
264 Dealing with Passive Aggression (Part 2)
Almost there now... Just a few... more... chews!
6/2/2006 • 33 minutes, 22 seconds
263 Dealing with Passive Aggression (Part 1)
Chewing your way out of the trap
6/1/2006 • 38 minutes, 15 seconds
262 Biological Imperatives
We are susceptible to morality because we really, really have to pee!
6/1/2006 • 13 minutes, 16 seconds
261 Is' and 'Ought' and Ethics
Anyone who argues ethics agrees with ethics
6/1/2006 • 14 minutes, 30 seconds
260 Moral Objectivity
Using the scientific method to define morality
5/31/2006 • 43 minutes, 39 seconds
259 Fighting Philosophy
Just because something is 'better' doesn't mean it's commanded
5/31/2006 • 37 minutes, 39 seconds
258 The Subtle Corruption of State Banking
How our masters keep us on a foggy leash
5/30/2006 • 34 minutes, 57 seconds
257 Physics and the Three Laws of Logic
Do we need to have 'faith' in logic?
5/30/2006 • 34 minutes, 55 seconds
256 Blaming the Citizens for the State
Does 'eternal vigilance in the defense of liberty' ever work?
5/29/2006 • 28 minutes, 11 seconds
255 Marrying the Muse
Making an honest woman out of philosophy
5/29/2006 • 36 minutes, 11 seconds
254 The Cult of Freedomain Radio
According to some, the kool-aid is just around the corner...
5/28/2006 • 50 minutes, 3 seconds
253 Nuclear Infidelity
See, I take two words from my podcast, and turn it into a title...
5/26/2006 • 36 minutes, 41 seconds
252 Changing a Person's Mind
First, find out if he has one...
5/26/2006 • 45 minutes, 27 seconds
251 The Subtle Strength of the True Self
The modern world is a harsh wind to the little flame of the true self
5/25/2006 • 29 minutes, 21 seconds
250 The Ethics of Bloodlines
Am I against the family?
5/25/2006 • 30 minutes, 33 seconds
249 Libertarians, the 'minimal state' and basic logic
Small state, huuuuge error!
5/24/2006 • 41 minutes, 28 seconds
248 Hands Across the Slaughter - Anarchists and Libertarians
Awww, c'mon - it's only the difference between a state 99% smaller and 100% smaller - what's the bid deaaaal?
5/23/2006 • 29 minutes, 32 seconds
247 Questions for Women
Some interesting discussion-points for lady-friends
5/23/2006 • 43 minutes, 16 seconds
246 Call In Show 21 May 2006, 4pm EST
Talking about freedom with family...
5/21/2006 • 1 hour, 50 minutes
245 The Arrogance of Fantasies
We rationalists are often called arrogant for asking for proof...
5/21/2006 • 50 minutes, 20 seconds
244 Sniping at God - A pro-war article and a listener conversation
Canada's bloodlust and four-winged birds...
5/20/2006 • 49 minutes, 6 seconds
243 Reclaiming Masculinity Part 2: Ethical Partnerships
Selling sperm for virtue
5/18/2006 • 43 minutes, 20 seconds
242 Reclaiming Masculinity Part 1: Specialization
Getting in touch with your 'inner Fabio'
5/18/2006 • 38 minutes, 11 seconds
241 The State, Violence And Crime
Does less government really mean more crime?
5/17/2006 • 51 minutes, 57 seconds
240 The Greatest Argument Against The State
Removing the silencers from the guns of governments...
5/17/2006 • 36 minutes, 4 seconds
239 Global Warming As Metaphor
What horrors do fears of global warming mask?
5/16/2006 • 51 minutes, 43 seconds
237 The Analytic/Synthetic Dichotomy - How Confusion Serves Power
Baffled? Let's just go through your pockets then!
5/15/2006 • 32 minutes, 11 seconds
236 Corruption
How a stateless society deals with the problem of corruption
5/15/2006 • 31 minutes, 7 seconds
235 Libertarianism for the Young: Freedom for the tweens
School, family - why they tend, on balance, to sort of suck...
5/12/2006 • 43 minutes, 8 seconds
234 Contempt
The final antidote to false morality
5/12/2006 • 34 minutes, 11 seconds
233 Honor
The sword that keeps compliance at bay
5/11/2006 • 37 minutes, 19 seconds
232 Justice
The superhero of morality!
5/11/2006 • 48 minutes
231 Movie Review: Fight Club
Okay, so let's say we have all these emasculated men raised by passive-aggressive women...
5/10/2006 • 32 minutes, 2 seconds
230 And May Nog Have Mercy On Your Gool...
Deciphering the confusion of emotional abstractions
5/10/2006 • 37 minutes, 19 seconds
229 Marilyn Monroe and Sexual Abuse
Unearthing the hidden signals of the 'sexy' child-woman
5/9/2006 • 31 minutes, 38 seconds
228 The Perils of Politics and Public Education
The many lessons to be learned from a 13-year court battle...
5/9/2006 • 33 minutes, 31 seconds
227 Call In Show #5, May 7 2006: State Participation
What is the morality of participating in the State?
5/7/2006 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 53 seconds
226 Utilitarianism: The Pseudoscience of Subjectivity (Part 2)
The moral madness of calculating happiness
5/5/2006 • 31 minutes, 33 seconds
225 Utilitarianism: The Swiss Army Knife at your Throat (Part 1)
Actually, it's the greatest evil for the fewest number...
5/5/2006 • 37 minutes, 52 seconds
224 Movie Review: The Godfather
Hmmm, I wonder if it's really about the Mafia..?
5/4/2006 • 31 minutes, 28 seconds
223 Stef Stumbles
I learned something verrry interesting about myself last night...
5/4/2006 • 35 minutes, 49 seconds
222 Media Warriors - Live and Die by the Sword
Oh, I guess the state CAN turn on you after all
5/3/2006 • 35 minutes, 49 seconds
221 Brave Media Warriors!
A tale of near-limitless courage and integrity...
5/3/2006 • 37 minutes, 22 seconds
220 Immigration, History and Genocide
A brief history of bloody displacements
5/2/2006 • 42 minutes, 4 seconds
219 Radical Skepticism
If you can read this, you're already skeptical...
5/2/2006 • 27 minutes, 42 seconds
218 Existing Stateless Economies
An analysis of existing stateless economies - the black and gray markets...
5/1/2006 • 30 minutes, 42 seconds
217 State Lies
Hello, they lied...
5/1/2006 • 33 minutes
215 King Kong Review Part 1
Aping a baby - narcissism and King Kong
4/28/2006 • 32 minutes, 53 seconds
214 Social Corruption
The hidden wars of social integrity
4/28/2006 • 32 minutes, 53 seconds
213 Star Trek and Statism
Thoughts on the fascism of the Federation...
4/27/2006 • 22 minutes, 59 seconds
212 Business Management Part 1: Value
Paying the cost to be the boss
4/27/2006 • 33 minutes, 16 seconds
211 Childhood Prisons
A theory as to why my article 'Stateless Prisons' made people so upset!
4/26/2006 • 56 minutes, 33 seconds
210 The War Racket
A fascinating article on war profits...
4/26/2006 • 32 minutes, 13 seconds
209 Marriage and the State
Thoughts on the value of marriage - and divorcing it from the State
4/25/2006 • 32 minutes, 41 seconds
208 Moral Reciprocity Part 2: Blindness
Why we are blind to moral reciprocity
4/25/2006 • 32 minutes, 41 seconds
207 Moral Reciprocity Part 1: Policy
Foreign policy and moral payback
4/24/2006 • 31 minutes, 21 seconds
206 Reasoning with Faith
How to set up a discussion...
4/24/2006 • 34 minutes, 17 seconds
205 FDR Call In Show #3 - April 23, 2006
Great chats from listeners...
4/23/2006 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 23 seconds
204 Art Part 3: Shakespeare
How Billy the S gets in the way of us capitalists
4/22/2006 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 20 seconds
203 Stateless Prisons
How incarceration could function without a state
4/21/2006 • 10 minutes, 20 seconds
202 Art Part 2: Serving the Unholy Trinity
Art in the service of God, State and War...
4/21/2006 • 37 minutes, 18 seconds
201 Art Part 1: Truth and Lies
A few theories on the nature and purpose of art...
4/21/2006 • 32 minutes, 27 seconds
200 The God of Atheists Chapters 1-3 (Note: Explicit Content! Danger! Danger!)
The first three chapters of one of my novels - available for donations!
4/20/2006 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 29 seconds
199 Space Aliens from Luxemburg: A Horror Story
Sure, that was the next topic you were expecting, right?
4/20/2006 • 34 minutes, 27 seconds
198 Parenting Part 3: Communication
Talking to tykes
4/19/2006 • 32 minutes, 27 seconds
197 Parenting Part 2: Authority
An examination of the root justifications for parental authority
4/19/2006 • 35 minutes, 51 seconds
196 Parenting Part 1: Credibility
Reducing conflict by earning respect
4/18/2006 • 48 minutes, 25 seconds
195 Economics and Subjective Value
Are market prices objective or subjective?
4/18/2006 • 40 minutes, 48 seconds
194 Marxist Exploitation
Why is Marxism so successful?
4/17/2006 • 31 minutes, 48 seconds
193 Marx and the Labor Theory of Value
Darling Karl and the evil exploiters
4/17/2006 • 33 minutes, 6 seconds
192.5 Call In Show #2 - April 16 2006
A long-lost podcast!
4/16/2006 • 2 hours, 10 minutes, 53 seconds
192 Curiosity and Personal Relationships
The primal value of curiosity in personal relationships
4/16/2006 • 53 minutes, 56 seconds
191 An Invitation to Christians Part 3: The Economics of Faith
The currency of faith
4/13/2006 • 49 minutes, 46 seconds
190 An Invitation to Christians Part 2: The Paths of Error
A few crossed Biblical wires
4/13/2006 • 40 minutes, 26 seconds
189 An Invitation to Christians Part 1: Saving Your Soul
OK, so God exists - how should we best worship him?
4/13/2006 • 34 minutes, 14 seconds
188 Religious Context Part 2 - Exploring Hell
Let's go doooooown!
4/12/2006 • 59 minutes, 53 seconds
187 Putting the *con* in *text'* - the contexts of Biblical commandments (Part 1)
What does it mean to contextualize the Bible?
4/12/2006 • 39 minutes, 30 seconds
186 Metaphors as Philosophy
An examination of what political questions *really* mean
4/11/2006 • 25 minutes, 9 seconds
185 Empathy Part 2
How to feel for the unfree
4/10/2006 • 28 minutes, 15 seconds
184 Empathy Part 1
Speaking volumes by asking questions
4/10/2006 • 38 minutes, 39 seconds
183 Freedom Part 4: Parents (and everything!)
The whole point of what I've been leading up to...
4/7/2006 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 16 seconds
182 Freedom Part 3: Siblings
Ahhh, the great horizontal dictatorship... (sorry about the rain background!)
4/7/2006 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 39 seconds
181 Freedom Part 2: Romantic Security
The insecurity of the one-sided negotiation
4/6/2006 • 32 minutes, 52 seconds
180 Freedom Part 1: Romantic Freedom
How to take liberties with lovers ;)
4/6/2006 • 30 minutes, 50 seconds
179 Human Nature
Is there such as thing as human nature?
4/5/2006 • 31 minutes, 59 seconds
178 Emails of the Week Apr 5 06 - Corporations and Intellectual Property
My responses to brilliant listener criticisms!
4/5/2006 • 36 minutes, 12 seconds
177 Can we collaborate with Christians? (Part 3)
The cross and the sword
4/4/2006 • 37 minutes, 6 seconds
176 Immigration Part 2: The Predatory Escalation of Immigration Policies
Problems and Solutions
4/4/2006 • 9 minutes, 58 seconds
175 Immigration Part 1
The moral science of human movement
4/4/2006 • 34 minutes, 10 seconds
174 Can we collaborate with Christians? (Part 2)
The intellectual argument for self-defense
4/3/2006 • 33 minutes, 46 seconds
173 Can we collaborate with Christians? (Part 1)
Some of them hold so many similar beliefs - can we join forces?
4/3/2006 • 44 minutes, 45 seconds
172 'Love it or leave it' - An Article
An article on the evils of conforming to the majority
4/2/2006 • 11 minutes, 40 seconds
171 Movie Review: V for Vendetta (AKA The State-rix)
Warning - spoilers abound! Don't listen if you haven't watched.
4/1/2006 • 35 minutes, 5 seconds
170 Free Thought Radio Intro #2: Current Events: Delay-ed Justice
Failing to see the forest for the trees...
4/1/2006 • 2 minutes, 51 seconds
169 Free Thought Radio Intro #1: Current Events: GM and the State
4/1/2006 • 2 minutes, 50 seconds
168 The State and Monopolies
How the state transforms capitalism into mercantilism
3/31/2006 • 58 minutes, 4 seconds
167 [Insert Country Name Here] - Love it or leave it!
The joys of debating with geographical bullies
3/31/2006 • 40 minutes, 7 seconds
166 Intellectual Property Rights Part 3: Solutions
How an anarchistic society deals with intellectual property
3/29/2006 • 45 minutes, 37 seconds
165 Intellectual Property Rights Part 2: Justice
How the media created its own problems with regards to property rights
3/29/2006 • 35 minutes, 51 seconds
164 Intellectual Property Rights Part 1: Challenges
Why do we even have a problem? Hmmm, could that be the acrid stench of state power I smell?
3/28/2006 • 40 minutes, 8 seconds
163 The Gender Politics of Left and Right
Surfing the political divide on a wild wave of base hormones!
3/28/2006 • 29 minutes, 30 seconds
162 Goals and Objectives: The Gun in the Room Part 2
Continuing the debate by pointing out the barrel
3/27/2006 • 42 minutes, 9 seconds
161 Goals and Objectives: The Gun in the Room
Starting the debate by pointing out the barrel
3/27/2006 • 34 minutes, 17 seconds
160 Corporations
Learning to loathe a legal fiction
3/26/2006 • 44 minutes, 48 seconds
159 Arguments for Freedom (Part 2)
How to find common ground during libertarian conversations
3/24/2006 • 48 minutes, 45 seconds
159 Arguments for Freedom (Part 2)
How to find common ground during libertarian conversations
3/24/2006 • 48 minutes, 45 seconds
158 Arguments for Freedom (Part 1)
How to find common ground during libertarian conversations
3/24/2006 • 33 minutes, 13 seconds
158 Arguments for Freedom (Part 1)
How to find common ground during libertarian conversations
3/24/2006 • 33 minutes, 13 seconds
157 The Social Contract Part 3: Logic
The base illogic behind theories of social contracts
3/23/2006 • 30 minutes, 3 seconds
156 The Social Contract Part 2: Facts
CIA archives help us understand the 'social contract'
3/23/2006 • 46 minutes, 9 seconds
155 The Social Contract Part 1: Origins
So it's like this - the government sort of takes out a 'contract' on you...
3/23/2006 • 31 minutes, 15 seconds
154 Gun Control Part 3: Crime
Guns: How does gun control affect the decisions of criminals?
3/22/2006 • 25 minutes, 40 seconds
153 Gun Control Part 2: Facts
Guns: After the theories, come the facts
3/22/2006 • 43 minutes, 46 seconds
152 Gun Control Part 1: Logic
Guns: do they control violence, citizens or the state?
3/22/2006 • 34 minutes, 43 seconds
151 Arguments Against War
Effective arguments against wars both contemporary and historical
3/21/2006 • 33 minutes, 54 seconds
150 Racism and the Free Market
What effect does a truly free market have on racial and cultural bigotry?
3/21/2006 • 30 minutes, 57 seconds
149 The Costs and Benefits of Irrationality
What does it cost mankind to be irrational?
3/20/2006 • 31 minutes, 33 seconds
148 The 'Ought To' Challenge - Morality does not exist in reality
The journey from the 'ought' to the 'is'
3/20/2006 • 31 minutes, 59 seconds
147 Subjectivism and the State
Relativism and the government - responding to a variety of 'justifications'
3/19/2006 • 22 minutes, 21 seconds
146 Response to a military email
A marine calls me out...
3/19/2006 • 42 minutes, 46 seconds
145 Do We Need A Standing Army?
OK, OK, so you think that a free society needs a standing army? Weeellll....
3/17/2006 • 36 minutes, 39 seconds
144 Foreign Aid Part 2
A tasty medley of foreign aid disasters
3/17/2006 • 29 minutes, 23 seconds
143 Foreign Aid Part 1
As you can imagine, since it is a government program, it is neither foreign nor aid
3/16/2006 • 28 minutes, 38 seconds
142 The Matriarchy at War
The tricky task of raising a soldier (or, the umbilical cord-ite)
3/16/2006 • 32 minutes, 32 seconds
141 The Libertarian Love Doctor - Trusting Instincts Part 2
How to rationally trust your instincts
3/15/2006 • 34 minutes, 42 seconds
140 The Libertarian Love Doctor - Trusting Instincts Part 1
When should you tell that special someone about your fetish for market anarchy?
3/15/2006 • 33 minutes, 43 seconds
139 Saving Children: The Stateless Society and the Protection of the Helpless
How market capitalism protects children better than any other system
3/14/2006 • 16 minutes, 44 seconds
138 Propaganda Part 2: Positive versus Negative Economics
The differences between pleasure and obligation
3/13/2006 • 30 minutes, 49 seconds
137 Propaganda Part 1: Differences between advertising and indoctrination
Helping the sheep shear themselves
3/13/2006 • 40 minutes, 22 seconds
136 Anarchy, Violence and the State
A more formal article regarding how the state expands violence
3/12/2006 • 14 minutes, 22 seconds
135 Pens and Swords Part 2: Parasites
The heart and soul of State corruption and the fall of Rome
3/10/2006 • 33 minutes
134 Pens and Swords Part 1: Banksters
The heart and soul of State corruption
3/10/2006 • 31 minutes, 40 seconds
133 Personal Freedom and Responsibility
Is integrity a choice, or a responsibility?
3/9/2006 • 43 minutes, 26 seconds
132 Turning Ashes into Adrenaline
We're all going to die - how can that knowledge help us live more vibrantly?
3/9/2006 • 30 minutes, 54 seconds
131 Does Government Decrease Violence?
Everyone argues that we need the government to control violence - In fact, having a government ensures violence will always increase!
3/8/2006 • 44 minutes, 29 seconds
130 Betraying Children
Moral comparisons in pop psychology
3/8/2006 • 37 minutes, 30 seconds
129 Feminism Part 4: A Way Forward...
OK, OK, enough of the bad news - how do we REALLY start to get it on?
3/8/2006 • 37 minutes, 14 seconds
128 Feminism Part 3: Women Need Men
Although women are often told that they don't really need men, they do!
3/7/2006 • 41 minutes, 19 seconds
127 Feminism Part 2: Divided We Fall
Men and women are natural partners - how did we end up so antagonistic?
3/6/2006 • 31 minutes, 13 seconds
126 Feminism Part 1: The 'Bait and Switch'
How women got sucker-punched by one of the biggest cons in history
3/6/2006 • 43 minutes, 57 seconds
125 Why we forgive socialism (Part 2)
Two theories as to why socialism is considered less vile than fascism
3/5/2006 • 41 minutes, 26 seconds
124 Why we forgive socialism (Part 1)
Two theories as to why socialism is considered less vile than fascism
3/3/2006 • 35 minutes, 55 seconds
123 Harry Browne, RIP
Farewell to a great libertarian
3/2/2006 • 8 minutes, 2 seconds
122 Am I Too Mean?
Questions on manners from concerned listeners
3/2/2006 • 38 minutes, 44 seconds
121 Socialist Calculations Part 2: Labor, Capital and Goods
Bad manners from central planners
3/1/2006 • 1 hour
120 Socialist Calculations Part 1: Price
An analysis of priceless catastrophes
3/1/2006 • 31 minutes, 45 seconds
119 Female Violence (Part 2)
A logical examination of the moral responsibility of the victim
2/28/2006 • 29 minutes, 49 seconds
118 Female Violence (Part 1)
The moral perils of motherhood
2/28/2006 • 31 minutes, 25 seconds
117 Criminals Part 2: The Police
A cost/benefit analysis of the police force
2/27/2006 • 37 minutes, 47 seconds
116 Criminals Part 1: Capital Punishment
The argument from morality and state slaughterhouses
2/27/2006 • 30 minutes, 41 seconds
115 The Empty Seas: So long, and thanks for all the fish!
How the government destroyed one of the greatest natural resources in the world.
2/26/2006 • 19 minutes, 18 seconds
113 But *my* parents were really nice! (Part 5: Freedom)
Why learning the truth about your parents is so, so important!
2/23/2006 • 24 minutes, 13 seconds
114 War and the Fantasy of Protection
If you think that the state exists to protect you, think again!
2/23/2006 • 13 minutes, 33 seconds
112 But *my* parents were really nice! (Part 4)
The null hypothesis for the declaration of love
2/23/2006 • 34 minutes, 48 seconds
111 But *my* parents were really nice! (Part 3)
Answers to the objection 'but they did the best they could!'
2/22/2006 • 35 minutes, 34 seconds
110 But *my* parents were really nice! (Part 2)
Some further explorations of the theory of parental corruption
2/22/2006 • 32 minutes, 6 seconds
109 But *my* parents were really nice! (Part 1)
Some further explorations of the theory of parental corruption
2/21/2006 • 35 minutes, 4 seconds
108 Stock Swindles
Retirement Savings Plans and State Corruption
2/21/2006 • 37 minutes, 27 seconds
107 Burdens of Proof: Arguments of God and State
Logic, evidence, the senses and proof
2/20/2006 • 33 minutes, 34 seconds
106 Solving Headaches with Guillotines
The problem of the commons (An article written for www.lewrockwell.com)
2/17/2006 • 11 minutes, 43 seconds
105 Environmentalism Part 3: Public/Private Greed
Understanding public self-interest (If private citizens don't care about preserving property, why would bureaucrats?)
2/16/2006 • 52 minutes, 42 seconds
104 Environmentalism Part 2: State Destruction
So long, and thanks for all the fish! (...with all due respect to the late, great Douglas Adams!)
2/16/2006 • 59 minutes, 18 seconds
103 Environmentalism Part 1: Logical Problems
Property, Predation and Conservation: The 'problem of the commons' applied to the State
2/15/2006 • 38 minutes, 15 seconds
102 The Libertarian Love Doctor
Thoughts on romance for libertarians (because we must breeeed!)
2/15/2006 • 42 minutes, 2 seconds
101 Social Fictions Part 2
The truth the liar reveals: What 'social fiction' really means
2/14/2006 • 28 minutes, 14 seconds
100 Social Fictions Part 1
The myths of falsehoods
2/14/2006 • 35 minutes, 14 seconds
99 Taking Back from the State
So you've been offered a subsidy... Should we steal back from thieves?
2/13/2006 • 33 minutes, 42 seconds
98 Decadence and Empathy
False confessions: War and the soul of a soldier
2/13/2006 • 38 minutes, 12 seconds
97 Concepts Part 3: The Effects
What happens to societies that get concepts wrong
2/11/2006 • 29 minutes, 45 seconds
96 Concepts Part 2: Here is the master...
Who pays philosophers - and why
2/10/2006 • 33 minutes, 10 seconds
95 Concepts Part 1: Servant or Master?
Celebrity Boxing: Aristotle versus Plato
2/10/2006 • 34 minutes, 33 seconds
94 Preventing Tragedy
A free market analysis of abortion
2/10/2006 • 11 minutes, 15 seconds
93 Emails of the Week - Feb 9 2005
Incisive comments from insightful listeners
2/9/2006 • 44 minutes, 14 seconds
92 The State and the Family - Part 4: Adolescence
From passivity to skepticism to cynicism to nihilism: Containing hormones with hypocrisy
2/8/2006 • 52 minutes, 54 seconds
91 The State and the Family - Part 3: Latency
Our third experience with authority
2/8/2006 • 33 minutes, 46 seconds
90 The State and the Family - Part 2: Toddlers
Our second (and worse!) experience with authority
2/7/2006 • 35 minutes, 48 seconds
89 The State and the Family - Part 1: Babies
Our first experiences of authority
2/7/2006 • 41 minutes, 52 seconds
88 Human Beings - Good or Evil?
An examination of duality
2/6/2006 • 35 minutes, 24 seconds
87 Cultural Blindness
The beam and the mote... Chomsky and state violence
2/6/2006 • 38 minutes, 46 seconds
86 Top Ten Myths About Libertarianism
Answers to the most common objections/questions (Feel free to distribute this to those baffled by your weird beliefs..!)
2/5/2006 • 45 minutes, 47 seconds
85 Public Schools (Part 4 - Alternatives)
What might free market schools look like? (Some possible alternatives to 14 years in jail)
2/3/2006 • 31 minutes, 11 seconds
84 Public Schools (Part 3 - Vouchers)
The moral and practical effects of school vouchers
2/3/2006 • 41 minutes, 2 seconds
83 Public Schools (Part 2)
The factories of irrationalities
2/2/2006 • 41 minutes, 6 seconds
82 Public Schools (Part 1)
The factories of irrationalities
2/2/2006 • 33 minutes, 33 seconds
81 Two Examples of Empirical Religiosity
Two men, two indoctrinations, two beliefs (From VS Naipul's 'Among the Believers - An Islamic Journey')
2/1/2006 • 8 minutes, 37 seconds
80 Advice to the Young at Heart
You say you want a revolution..? Some possible tips for wee freedom fighters ;)
2/1/2006 • 43 minutes, 26 seconds
79 The Industrial Revolution
Turning the world around one 12-hour day at a time (or, Look - the children - they liiiiive!)
2/1/2006 • 43 minutes, 26 seconds
78 Running to Lions for Safety
How is government protection working out?
1/31/2006 • 36 minutes, 24 seconds
77 Scratching Foreign Backs
The round trip of the trade dollar
1/31/2006 • 36 minutes, 59 seconds
76 The True History of Violence (Part 2)
The deeper roots of evil and need
1/30/2006 • 43 minutes, 51 seconds
75 The True History of Violence (Part 1)
The deep roots of evil and need
1/30/2006 • 32 minutes, 21 seconds
74 Chainsaw Surgery: Using the State to Help the Poor
Helping the poor is not for amateurs
1/29/2006 • 16 minutes, 45 seconds
73 Marriage, Homosexuality and Abortion
A public analysis of private practices
1/28/2006 • 34 minutes, 32 seconds
72 Bullies and Victims: The aftermath of culture
How power structures are perpetuated through culture
1/27/2006 • 34 minutes, 27 seconds
71 Culture: How to enslave a human soul
The carrot that comes after the stick
1/27/2006 • 35 minutes, 31 seconds
70 How to control a human soul
The ABC's of totalitarianism - not to be used for evil!
1/25/2006 • 59 minutes, 9 seconds
69 Emails of the Week - Jan 25, 2006
Brilliant listeners get their say!
1/25/2006 • 38 minutes, 11 seconds
68 Helping the Poor
Benevolence, charity and the welfare state
1/25/2006 • 41 minutes, 30 seconds
67 Property Rights
The argument from morality in regard to property rights
1/24/2006 • 41 minutes, 3 seconds
66 Evil Doing Overtime at Wal Mart
Punching back the clock you punch - Is it violent to ask people to work overtime?
1/24/2006 • 42 minutes, 35 seconds
65 Roads (Part 2)
Getting from A to B the free market way!: Subsequent thoughts from a roads scholar (groan!)
1/23/2006 • 33 minutes, 24 seconds
64 Roads (Part 1)
Getting from A to B the free market way!: Initial thoughts from a roads scholar (groan!)
1/23/2006 • 34 minutes, 35 seconds
63 War, Profit and the State
An economic analysis of symbiosis
1/22/2006 • 22 minutes, 38 seconds
62 Capitalism and Profit - Common Misperceptions
Capitalism does not care about economic efficiency
1/20/2006 • 34 minutes, 23 seconds
61 The Fallacy of Left and Right
Politics and false dichotomies: the pendulum that smashes freedom
1/20/2006 • 37 minutes
60 Loving the Lefties
Returning Marx's 'come hither' stare
1/19/2006 • 39 minutes, 42 seconds
59 Poverty Part 2
The complexities of alleviating poverty (Part 2)
1/16/2006 • 46 minutes, 3 seconds
58 Poverty Part 1
The complexities of alleviating poverty (Part 1)
1/16/2006 • 34 minutes, 58 seconds
57 Free Will Part 2
Some more refined views on free will
1/15/2006 • 57 minutes, 8 seconds
56 Emails of the week - and free will!
Excellent responses to the question of determinism
1/14/2006 • 38 minutes, 24 seconds
55 Unnatural Spiritualism
Zen and the art of self-erasure
1/13/2006 • 50 minutes, 53 seconds
54 Economic Choices and 9/11
Some thoughts on 9/11
1/12/2006 • 28 minutes, 45 seconds
53 War Part 2
The real targets of warfare
1/10/2006 • 45 minutes, 53 seconds
52 War Part 1
A transactional analysis of war
1/10/2006 • 34 minutes, 33 seconds
51 Welfare and the Argument from Morality
Using the argument from morality against the welfare state
1/9/2006 • 14 minutes, 55 seconds
50 Artists, Capitalism and Intolerance (Part 2)
Why people STILL think the market is cruel
1/9/2006 • 28 minutes, 50 seconds
49 Artists, Capitalism and Intolerance (Part 1)
Why people think the market is cruel
1/9/2006 • 31 minutes, 1 second
48 Freedom and the Great Depression
How the Federal government caused economic collapse in the 1930s
1/8/2006 • 51 minutes, 20 seconds
47 Emails of the week!
Excellent comments from brilliant listeners!
1/8/2006 • 23 minutes, 40 seconds
46 Voting
It's only a party for those in power
1/6/2006 • 35 minutes, 32 seconds
45 Random Drives Through Tangent City
Even for me, this one is pretty tangential! Some good stuff about modern art though...
1/6/2006 • 30 minutes, 22 seconds
44 Knowledge and Moral Responsibility
An elegy for the innocence of ignorance
1/5/2006 • 39 minutes, 4 seconds
43 Unions (Part 2)
A subsequent analysis of two kinds of clubs
1/5/2006 • 34 minutes, 59 seconds
42 Unions (Part 1)
An initial analysis of two kinds of clubs
1/5/2006 • 32 minutes, 22 seconds
41 Power or Virtue? (A Love Story)
More explorations of Old Testament myths
1/4/2006 • 46 minutes, 21 seconds
40 Fleeing Eden
An analysis of the power of the Genesis myth
1/4/2006 • 33 minutes, 43 seconds
39 The Economics of Conformity
What does conformity pay these days?
1/3/2006 • 38 minutes, 28 seconds
38 The Death Cult of Narnia
The difference between imagination and fantasy
1/3/2006 • 28 minutes, 50 seconds
37 What is Libertarianism?
A primer to share with baffled friends
1/1/2006 • 34 minutes, 4 seconds
36 Race and the State (Part 2)
The role of race in state power (Part 2) - Divided we fall!
1/1/2006 • 45 minutes, 38 seconds
35 Race and the State (Part 1)
The role of race in state power (Part 1) - Feeding on artificial divisions
1/1/2006 • 56 minutes, 56 seconds
34 Moral Responsibility and Social Security
A great criticism of my ideas - and an analysis of social security!
12/31/2005 • 57 minutes, 9 seconds
33 Arguments Against Morality - and the welfare state
An analysis of arguments against the argument from morality
12/30/2005 • 1 hour, 29 seconds
32 Liberty Under The Lash
How can we be free when the state is so powerful?
12/30/2005 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 43 seconds
31 The Billion Dollar Proposition
Exploring the limits of free will - or, are irrational people responsible for their irrationality?
12/29/2005 • 51 minutes, 41 seconds
30 Why State Violence Always Grows
An analysis of the escalation of state power
12/28/2005 • 51 minutes, 39 seconds
29 Ten Questions To Ask Religious Friends
Some interesting questions about the Bible
12/27/2005 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 11 seconds
28 The Economics of Spirituality
The economic drivers of religion
12/24/2005 • 38 minutes, 10 seconds
27 The Drug Wars Part 2
What is the real purpose of the drug wars? - Part 2 (If you think the State doesn't like drug users, you might be surprised)
12/23/2005 • 39 minutes, 5 seconds
26 The Drug Wars Part 1
What is the real purpose of the drug wars? - Part 1 (If you think the State doesn't like drug users, you might be surprised)
12/23/2005 • 37 minutes, 5 seconds
25 Validating the Senses
Arguments for and against the validity of the senses
12/22/2005 • 39 minutes, 34 seconds
24 Health Care Part 3 - A 'right' to heath care?
Practical problems with a 'right' to health care
12/21/2005 • 39 minutes, 22 seconds
23 Health Care Part 2 - A 'right' to heath care?
Logical problems with a 'right' to health care
12/21/2005 • 38 minutes, 42 seconds
22 They hate us because we're good? (Part 2)
Do evil people really hate good people? (Part 2)
12/20/2005 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 53 seconds
21 They hate us because we're good? (Part 1)
Do evil people really hate good people? (Part 1)
12/20/2005 • 31 minutes, 58 seconds
20 The State and Sports
Bread and circuses! Why the state loooves to subsidize sports
12/19/2005 • 44 minutes, 24 seconds
19 Voodoo Economists
The moral challenges of the modern economist
12/19/2005 • 33 minutes, 17 seconds
18 Health Care Part 1
An analysis of the power structures of socialized medicine
12/18/2005 • 48 minutes, 36 seconds
17 Dealing with Non-Libertarians Part 2
We all have to deal with non-libertarians - how can we do that most productively?
12/16/2005 • 39 minutes, 11 seconds
16 Dealing with Non-Libertarians Part 1
We all have to deal with non-libertarians - how can we do that most productively?
12/16/2005 • 32 minutes, 15 seconds
15 The State and God - Part 2
Inevitably, libertarians have to address the question of religion...
12/15/2005 • 47 minutes, 3 seconds
14 The State and God - Part 1
Inevitably, Libertarians have to address the question of religion...
12/15/2005 • 45 minutes, 36 seconds
13 Proof, Disproof and Deities
How can we approach the problem of proving the existence of God?
12/14/2005 • 53 minutes, 43 seconds
12 The Imbalance of Power
State power is *great* for the amoral minority. Here's why it always grows (please note: public recording; lower quality)
12/14/2005 • 25 minutes, 38 seconds
11 Nagging the State
Nagging the state is like wagging your finger at the mafia. Here's a better approach.
12/14/2005 • 29 minutes, 57 seconds
10 Putting a man on the moon - the initial successes of state programs
State programs often start well, and then fail in the long run - here are some reasons why
12/12/2005 • 35 minutes, 7 seconds
9 Understanding the Stock Market: Speculation versus Investment
How governments contribute to (and profit from!) instability in the stock market
12/11/2005 • 36 minutes
8 Proving Libertarian Morality
One of the central challenges faced by libertarians is the need to prove that libertarian moral theory is universally correct, while statist and collectivistic moral theories are incorrect. Here's how to do it!
12/11/2005 • 36 minutes
6 Morality Is Not Easy - Surviving the Cynics
A response to those who say that moral/political theories are a waste of time
12/10/2005 • 35 minutes
5 Using the state for self-defense...
We always argue that we need the state for self-defense. Some logical problems with that approach
12/2/2005 • 38 minutes
7 The Argument From Morality (or, how we will win!)
The most powerful argument for freedom
11/27/2005 • 26 minutes
4 Loving the State: Leviathan and Optimism
How to fall in love with government all over again..!
11/23/2005 • 25 minutes
3 These Cages Are Only For Beasts
The DRO debate continues...
11/22/2005 • 11 minutes, 42 seconds
2 Caging the Devils: The Stateless Society and Violent Crime
Can a society without a government deal with violent crime..?
11/21/2005 • 19 minutes, 37 seconds
1 The Stateless Society - An Examination of Alternatives
Life without government? Really? Here's how it works - and why it is so crucial!
11/20/2005 • 26 minutes, 44 seconds
0 An Introduction to Freedomain Radio
The central purpose and philosophy of this podcast series