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.”
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“Manifesto” on Radical Unschooling Review (33m) – Episode 297
Episode 297 has Skyler reading and adding commentary on a Manifesto on Radical Unschooling, written by Teresa at the Sparkle and Zest blog in May 2019.
Randy Barnett: Polycentric Legal Orders (49m)
This episode features a talk by lawyer and legal theorist Randy Barnett from 1997. He speaks broadly on various methods of constraining state power including federalism and the separation of powers, the power of exit, and existing and theoretical polycentric legal orders. Barnett suggests that two simple rules must be present for polycentric orders to work: a “nonconfiscation principle,” and a “competition principle.”
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”.
Contra The Short, Simple Dismissal Of Libertarianism: Ideology (45m) – Episode 295
Episode 295 has Skyler giving his commentary on the subtopic “Ideology” from Mike Huban’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.”
Kapitalism Kills, CEO Exploiters, & School Choice (40m) – Episode 294
Episode 294 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following entries to r/shitstatistssay: Alexander Finnegan writes, “Stalin and Mao never intentionally caused any famines”; @ikarlymarx writes, “the CEO of target makes 17 MILLION dollars a year, meanwhile a worker at target makes at $13/hr, that’s THEFT”; and AcceptableBother writes, “its pretty obvious that school choice is an attempt to siphon off government money to private schools with less oversight and fewer responsibilities”.
Brett Veinotte: Alternatives to Schooling (2h19m)
This episode features an interview of educator and podcaster Brett Veinotte from 2017 by Thaddeus Russell, host of the Unregistered Podcast. Brett is the host and editor of the School Sucks Project. The School Sucks Project is a weekly podcast and web community dedicated to exposing the damaging effects of government school. Brett has spent more than 10 years working in private education in various capacities. They share their personal experiences with public schooling and wonder what the alternatives may be.
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.
Flemming Rose: Censorship and Self-Censorship (1h34m)
This episode features a discussion with Danish journalist Flemming Rose from 2017. Twenty-five years ago, the pioneers of the Internet believed that they had created a tool to do away with censorship once and for all. Today, anyone with a smartphone is able to publish and communicate whatever they want, and yet, censorship still exists online. Just as the printing press, radio, and TV that came before it, while the Internet promised to be a breakthrough for freedom of speech, the government has found ways to control and limit our ability to freely disseminate information online. What does censorship in the 21st century look like? How does digital technology affect the way we communicate today? Is outright censorship easier to deal with than soft censorship and self-censorship? In this lecture, Flemming Rose explores these questions and more.
George Smith: The Moral Right to Resist Authority (56m)
This episode features a lecture by author and educator George H. Smith from 1996. Smith speaks generally on the moral right of resistance to government and particularly from the historical perspective of the American Revolution.