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.
Category: Editor’s Break
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.
Consumer Liberty & Accomplices to Aggression (14m) – Episode 296
Episode 296 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: an article he wrote in September 2010 titled, “Free to Choose an Unlicensed Practitioner” and an article he wrote in July 2018 titled, “Libertarians Shouldn’t Be Accomplices of Aggression”.
George Floyd, Protests/Riots, Authoritarianism, & Lockdowns (37m) – Episode 293
Episode 293 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis PD over $20; nationwide protests, some of which turned into riots; his experience with the protest/riot in Salt Lake City; thoughts on the root of this problem not being racism, but authoritarianism; the mistake that has been the COVID-19 lockdowns; and more.
School System, Corporate Power, Boundaries, Charity, & Sweatshops (18m) – Episode 292
Episode 292 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: abolishing the school system; the limitations of corporate power; the importance of agitating against political and cultural boundaries; why he doesn’t engage in charitable giving; the goodness of sweatshops; and more.
Rich and Poor & Free Migration is My Jam! (17m) – Episode 291
Episode 291 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: an essay he wrote in August 2010 on loving or hating the rich and loving or hating the poor as a libertarian; an essay he wrote in July 2017 on why free migration by peaceful people is the libertarian position; and more.
Legalizing Blackmail, Goals for Our Children, & The Duty of Children (16m) – Episode 290
Episode 290 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: why blackmail should be legalized according to libertarian principles, but also, why maybe some blackmail should not be legalized; the goals he has for his children; the duty that children have toward their parents, toward society, and toward all of humanity; and more.
Unhealthy Foods, Anti-vaxxers, Diversity, Entitlements, & Constitutions (20m) – Episode 288
Episode 288 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: whether unhealthy foods should be illegal; how he looks at the anti-vaccination movement; why the goal of racial diversity may unwittingly have people only seeing color; the similarities of government entitlements and human sacrifice; constitutions and the presumption of liberty; and more.
Thinking and Doing Podcast & Should Social Media Police Speech? (14m) – Episode 287
Episode 287 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: his new podcast “Thinking and Doing” that will explore logical fallacies, cognitive biases, Stoicism, and personal philosophy; an article he wrote in July 2018 looking at the role social media companies like Facebook, Twitter, and reddit should play in policing speech on their platforms; and more.
Trading with the Homeless & Conceptions of Rights (19m) – Episode 286
Episode 286 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s outrage over lobbyist trading with homeless people; an article he wrote in April 2009 on the mistakes of conceiving rights in a positive, tangible way (as versus a negative conception, or something that does not exist); and more.