This episode features author Micah Salaberrios, host of the Art of NVC podcast, from 2019. He examines 7 fundamental principles of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), which include: 1. No evaluations; 2. Authenticity; 3. Blame no one for your feelings; 4. When in doubt, express how you feel; 5. Feelings are one word; 6. Never imply someone else is wrong or bad; 7. No compromise.
Category: Voluntaryist Voices
Daniel Ikenson: How Free Trade Creates Wealth (58m)
This episode features an interview of trade policy researcher Daniel Ikenson from 2015 by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Powell, hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast. He explains how trade between countries increases wealth all around—and why restricting that trade is harmful to economic growth.
Radley Balko: The Militarized Police State (40m)
This episode features a talk by investigative journalist Radley Balko from 2013. Balko looks at the increasing militarization of American police forces.
Martha Pieper: How to Give Your Child a Foundation of Inner Happiness (36m)
This episode features an interview of author and psychotherapist Martha Heineman Pieper from 2017 by Laura Markham of Aha! Parenting. They discuss dealing with children in a way that make both parent and child, and their relationship, much better off.
Jason Brennan: Do We Have a Duty to Obey the Government? (58m)
This episode features an interview of philosopher and political scientist Jason Brennan from 2013 by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Powell, hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast. Conventional wisdom holds that governments make laws and their citizens have a duty to obey them. Most people think that’s so obvious that we don’t even really need to discuss it. But is it? Governments certainly want us to obey them, but what sort of arguments are there for why we should?
Richard Ebeling: Non-Intervention, America’s Founding Foreign Policy (34m)
This episode features a talk by ethics and economics professor Richard Ebeling from 2018. America is enmeshed in permanent, ongoing foreign wars and interventions. The results of foreign interventionism have been catastrophic, not only in terms of massive death and destruction abroad, but also in terms of ongoing, ever-growing destruction of liberty, privacy, and prosperity here at home. It is time for America to do some serious soul-searching. The best place to begin is by examining first principles — especially the founding principle of non-interventionism on which our nation was founded and which remained its guiding principle for more than a century.
Peter Gray: How Humans Learn (2h6m)
This episode features an interview of evolutionary psychologist, research professor, and author Peter Gray from 2020 by John Papola, host of the Emergent Order podcast. They discuss the worlds of developmental and evolutionary psychology, the way that the education system has changed, the origins of school, and much more. The conversation surrounds Peter’s personal experience with the education system through his son, which is what led him to studying development and education.
John Fargo: Charity in the Land of Individualism (18m)
This episode features an audio essay written by John Fargo in 1992, which comprises Chapter 6 of Everything Voluntary: From Politics to Parenting, edited by Skyler J. Collins and published in 2012.
Jeffrey Tucker: How to Reject the Statist Quo (36m)
This episode features a talk by libertarian writer Jeffrey Tucker from 2010. He explores the power of ideas and communication in removing the mental shackles of the state.
Larken Rose: The Nature of the Beast (48m)
This episode features a talk by liberty activist and anarchist Larken Rose from 2018. He explains the insidious nature of government, the state, and all of those who comprise it.