Editor’s Break 021 is a look at the opportunities that either found Skyler or were sought after over the course of his working career. Not every opportunity panned out, but every opportunity that did lead to greater and greater payoffs. Opportunities abound if you apply yourself and go after them.
Category: Everything Voluntary
Editor’s Break 020 – Intervention Begets Intervention, On Obamacare (8m)
Editor’s Break 020 looks at the nature of government intervention in the economy with a focus on what’s happening around Obamacare right now. The more government tries to solve problems (of its own making, of course), the more problems it creates that need to be solved.
Episode 066 – Unschooling Dads Panel (2h11m)
Episode 066 features a recording from the internet show “For the Love of Learning” of a panel of unschooling dads, hosted by Laini Liberti. The panel includes Robert Gottlieb, Hamilton Carter, Skyler Collins, and Kevin Sabourin. The topics discusses range from how each dad found unschooling to what unschooling looks like in their home.
Episode 065 – Skyler Interviewed on the Peaceful Anarchism Podcast (1h10m)
Episode 065 features an interview of Skyler by Peaceful Anarchism host Danilo Cuellar. The conversation is wide-ranging and covers such topics as Skyler’s books, voluntaryism, peaceful parenting, unschooling, Frederic Bastiat, voluntary communism, Democracy, property rights, spanking, kindness, addiction, and more.
Editor’s Break 019 – Would You Push a Button to End All Injustice Immediately? (14m)
Editor’s Break 019 is a look at the button-pushing test first given by Leonard Read, then Murray Rothbard, but also considered by Robert LeFevre and Carl Watner. If there were a button to remove all injustice in the world in one fell swoop, would you push it? Skyler answers.
Episode 064 – Skyler Interviewed on the Living Joyfully Unschooling Podcast (48m)
Episode 064 features an interview of Skyler by Living Joyfully host Pam Laricchia from February 2016. They talk about his latest book, “Unschooling Dads: Twenty-two Testimonials on Their Unconventional Approach to Education,” and how Skyler and his family came to unschooling. LivingJoyfully.ca is a fantastic resource and podcast on unschooling.
Editor’s Break 018 – Economics vs. Moral Arguments for Liberty (9m)
Editor’s Break 018 is a look at the importance of economic arguments for liberty, and why for many, including Skyler, they were the primary cause in their journey toward liberty and voluntaryism.
Episode 063 – Skyler Interviewed on the Anarchist Standard (1h11m)
Episode 063 features an interview of Skyler by Anarchist Standard host Steve Rose from October 2015. They talk about libertarian property norms, peaceful parenting, strategy, getting together with other voluntaryists in your community, and more.
Editor’s Break 017 – Voluntaryism Transcends Anarchism (37m)
Editor’s Break 017 is a replay of the audio Skyler recorded for YouTube about his essay, “Voluntaryism Transcends Anarchism” that he wrote and recorded in October of 2012. Does the focus of voluntaryism transcend that of anarchism in general? Skyler believes it does and explains why.
Editor’s Break 016 – What Use Are Facts in the Formation of Our Beliefs? (19m)
Editor’s Break 016 is a look at the role facts play in forming our opinions, beliefs, and convictions, and whether we should reexamine them from time to time as new facts enter our understanding. While these ideas apply to all areas of thought, Skyler focuses on the facts surrounding people who call themselves government.