This episode features an audio essay written by economics professor and Austro-libertarian Walter Block from 1976, and which comprises Chapter 13 of Defending the Undefendable.
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Lenore Skenazy: All Fear All The Time (44m)
This episode features a talk by free range kids activist, author, and syndicated columnist Lenore Skenazy from 2014. Lenore talks about our fear driven society and the ways that parents are brainwashed into believing that danger is everywhere just waiting to snatch our kids.
Bruce Benson: The Enterprise of Law, Justice without The State (1h2m)
This episode features an interview of academic economist Bruce Benson from 2015 by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Powell, hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast. This is a discussion on the idea of law without a government. How would such a system work? How did the law as we know it today come about?
Donald Boudreaux: Cleaned by Capitalism (49m)
This episode features a presentation by economics professor Donald Boudreaux from 2013. Legend has it that capitalism might deliver lots of convenient and wonderful material goods and services, but that one of the costs of these benefits is a more polluted and less agreeable environment. This legend is false. Capitalism is history’s greatest anti-pollutant — in ways that most of us take for granted.
Gary Chartier: Taking a Stand for Peace (1h6m)
This episode features a talk by legal scholar, philosopher, and professor of law and business ethics Gary Chartier from 2013. He takes a stand against war and the state.
Feel The Bern, Feel the Economic Illiteracy! (25m) – Episode 019
Episode 019: Join your host as he gives you lame excuses why he hasn’t recorded in over a month. He also goes on a rant about how economically illiterate and ‘feels’ driven Bernie Sanders supporters are.
Matt Kibbe: Don’t Hurt People, and Don’t Take Their Stuff (1h0m)
This episode features a lecture by libertarian activist Matt Kibbe from 2014. He discusses his new book, a libertarian manifesto.
Will Grigg: Against the Police State (29m)
This episode features an interview of journalist Will Grigg from 2014 by Jeff Deist, host of the Human Action podcast. They discuss how the once embryonic American police state became overt, how military equipment, personnel, and mindsets increasingly find their way into local law enforcement agencies, and why there are more than 100 SWAT deployments every day in America.
Gabor Mate: The Consequences of Stressed Parenting (1h19m)
This episode features a talk by Canadian physician and addiction expert Gabor Mate from 2012. He talks about the link between stressed parenting and the preponderance of childhood disorders like ADHD, autism and oppositional defiant disorder.
Mark LeBar: Equality as an Ideal (43m)
This episode features a lecture by philosophy professor Mark LeBar from 2012. Mark considers what kind of social or political ideal we ought to have, with a specific focus on equality. There are numerous types of equality, and philosophers tend to be concerned with what Mark refers to as normative equality, which is concerned with how we as individuals ought to treat others.