Episode 008: Join Jared as he discusses the recent Benchmade/Oregon City Police Department fiasco and his upcoming appearance on Liberty Weekly.
Category: Podcast
Mike Munger: Permissionless Innovation (1h7m)
This episode features an interview of economist Mike Munger from 2017 by Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk. Munger argues that the ability to innovate without permission is the most important concept of political economy. Munger defends this claim and explores the metaphor of emergent order as a dance, a metaphor coming from the German poet Schiller.
Don’t Get Me Down Man (14m) – Episode 007
Episode 007: Join Jared as he discusses the challenges of being a Voluntaryist and the seemingly uphill struggle of getting the message of libertarianism out into the mainstream.
Introduction (14m) – Episode 001
Episode 001 is an introduction to this brand new podcast hosted by Skyler J. Collins, which will feature bite-sized episodes exploring logical fallacies, cognitive biases, principles of Stoicism, and life pro tips.
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.
Peter Gray: The Promise of Play (1h11m)
This episode features a lecture by evolutionary psychologist, research professor, and author Peter Gray from 2018 on the importance and benefits of play in the lives of children and human beings.
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.
Walter Block: Defending the Undefendable (52m)
This episode features a lecture by economics professor and Austro-libertarian Walter Block from 2016 about his two books which present defenses of some of society’s seemingly worst actors.
Economics 101: Opportunity Cost & Wizard’s Fifth Rule: Deeds Will Betray a Lie (22m) – Episode 285
Episode 285 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: a list of things teachers say to manipulate and control children in the classroom; he continues the Economics 101 mini-series with “opportunity cost”; he also continues the Wizard’s Rules mini-series with the fifth rule, “Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie”; and more.
Zombies to the Left, Zombies to the Right (16m) – Episode 006
Episode 006: Join Jared as he answers the question: If you had to ally with the Right or the Left, who would you choose?