Episode 302 has Skyler reading and adding commentary on “In Defense of Human Rights: An Open Letter”, written by Marine Veteran Todd Winn in June 2020.
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.
Complexity Simplistic, Induction, Standards, & Information (21m) – Episode 008
Episode 008 looks at the Complexity Simplistic logical fallacy, Inductive thinking, setting and using proper standards, and taking care when obtaining information from popular and social media.
Disrespecting Teenagers & Fatherhood (26m) – Episode 301
Episode 301 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: walking in on a teenager in her own bedroom; an older teenager acting disrespectful toward their parent; knowing when you’re ready for fatherhood; the role of fathers in their children’s lives; and more.
Wages, Business, Good Government, & Airplane Seats (24m) – Episode 300
Episode 300 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: wages and why they aren’t predatory, particularly in the gig economy; businesses and why they aren’t predatory either; the beginning and the end of good government; his controversial position on airplane reclining seats; and more.
John Baeza: A View From the Frontline of the Drug War (30m)
This episode features a talk by former New York Police Department narcotics detective John Baeza from 2019. He speaks of his conversion from drug warrior to anti drug war warrior. Harrowing tales of undercover drug buys!
Rowdy Kids, Historical Moral Judgments, & Legacy Media Sensationalism (26m) – Episode 299
Episode 299 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following entries to r/unpopularopinions: Larrysbirds writes, “If you can’t control your kid at a public place, then go home”; SatoshiSounds writes, “Criticising historical figures by today’s moral standards is like criticising 70s computers for being slow”; and pathemar writes, “US mass media should carry some of the blame for contributing to this culture of fear.”
Liberty or Death (13m) – Episode 007
Episode 007 looks at an article by Ricardo Guaderrama titled, “Liberty or Death” and written in March 2019. The article explores our sphere of freedom even under the most oppressive of circumstances.
On Police Brutality IV
George Floyd did not find himself with a knee on his neck for almost 9 minutes because Derek Chauvin is a racist. No, he found himself being killed because Derek Chauvin, and his many cohorts, are authoritarians.
On Parenting
An insight I had recently is on who we are raising as parents. We are not raising children, rather, we are raising adults. Childhood is a very small part of life for us. It only constitutes the first 15 years, or so. The importance of this insight, that we are raising adults, is a reminder that how we engage with our children and the behavior we model will determine the type of adults that they will become.
Hate Speech, Property Destruction, Demonization, & Natural Rights (27m) – Episode 298
Episode 298 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following entries to r/shitstatistssay: zarthrag writes, “Hate, and any of its manifestations is against the NAP. Hate speech isn’t just speech, it’s a form of aggression”; ShambhalaOrangeJuice writes, “People have a right to destroy chain buildings… because that is a part of the establishment which has oppressed them without respite”; CTR555 writes, “As far as I’m concerned, there are two types of people in America: people who vote for the Democratic nominee, and bad people”; and JimJam28 writes, “I don’t believe there is a ‘creator’ who endowed us with rights. There are no rights in nature. We decide as a society what rights should exist and how to properly protect those rights.”