Episode 333 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: CDC study shows COVID-19 cases may be 10 times higher than reported; COVID-19 testing produces 20-30% false negatives; Britons want to treat junk food advertising like tobacco advertising; a court in Saudi Arabia ruled in favor of a woman who was on trial for living and traveling on her own; British lawmakers want to put more pressure on China over their criminal and genocidal handling of their Uighur population; and more.
Author: Skyler J. Collins (Editor)
Founder and editor of Everything-Voluntary.com and UnschoolingDads.com, Skyler is a husband and unschooling father of three beautiful children. His writings include the column series “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” and “One Improved Unit,” and blog series “Two Cents“. Skyler also wrote the books No Hitting! and Toward a Free Society, and edited the books Everything Voluntary and Unschooling Dads. You can hear Skyler chatting away on his podcasts, Everything Voluntary and Thinking & Doing.
Aspects and Assumptions of Whiteness Review (47m) – Episode 332
Episode 332 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: postmodernism and Sad Gaad; the Smithsonian’s chart titled, “Aspects and Assumptions of Whiteness & White Culture in the United States”, originally made by Judith Katz in 1990; and more.
Mr. Radical Libertarian & Safe Spaces (27m) – Episode 331
Episode 331 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: an article he wrote in August 2011 titled, “Call Me Mr. Radical Libertarian” and an article he wrote in July 2018 titled, “Safe Spaces Make Sense, but Not Always”.
Stephan Kinsella: Intellectual Property and Economic Development (1h0m)
This episode features a talk by libertarian theorist and patent attorney Stephan Kinsella from 2011. Kinsella looks at the effects of patents and copyrights on economic development.
Contra The Short, Simple Dismissal Of Libertarianism: Economics and Markets (31m) – Episode 330
Episode 330 has Skyler giving his commentary on the subtopic “Economics and Markets” from Mike Huben‘s “The Short, Simple Dismissal of Libertarianism“. He writes, “99% of libertarianism is obviously untrue or unacceptable for one or more of these reasons… How can we know that so easily? Here are some simple principles that make it obvious.”
Parental Ignorance, Shouting, Promises, & Legalize Unschooling? (34m) – Episode 329
Episode 329 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following questions from Quora: “How do I teach parents that they are not always right?”; “Do parents shout because they’re immature, angry, or just for intimidation?”; “Why does my dad make promises that he never keeps?”; and “Should unschooling be legal?”
Pandemic Evictions, MN Police PTSD, Student Visas, & SCOTUS Robocall Ruling (29m) – Episode 328
Episode 328 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the looming evictions of 28 million Americans caused by government lockdowns; Minneapolis police officers filing for PTSD-related disability claims; ICE forcing student visa holders to attend university in-person or risk deportation; the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning the 2015 law exempting government debt collectors from the 1991 law banning robocalls to cell phones; and more.
Lawrence Reed: Challenging the Myths of Progressivism (1h6m)
This episode features a talk by President Emeritus of both the Foundation for Economic Education and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy Lawrence Reed from 2015. There’s little truly “progressive” about Progressivism. True progress happens when humans are free, yet the Progressive agenda substantially diminishes freedom while promising the unachievable. Based on his 2015 book, Excuse Me, Professor, Reed tackles a number of the most common economic, philosophic and historical errors of “progressive” ideology.
Private Censorship, Bootlickers, Forcing Dishonesty, & Free Country (21m) – Episode 327
Episode 327 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: attacking social media censorship on intellectual property protection grounds; repeating the state’s demands is it’s own form of bootlicking; forcing your children to offer an insincere apology is teaching them to lie; do we live in a free county of public discourse is dominated by politics?; and more.
Be Down to Earth & Stake Your Own Claim (17m) – Episode 012
Episode 012 looks at two Stoic teachings, “Zeno always said that nothing was more unbecoming than putting on airs, especially with the young.” – Diogenes; and “For it’s disgraceful for an old person, or one in sight of old age, to have only the knowledge carried in their notebooks. Zeno said this . . . what do you say? Cleanthes said that . . . what do you say? How long will you be compelled by the claims of another? Take charge and stake your own claim—something posterity will carry in its notebook.” – Seneca.