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Freedomain! Volume 1: Introduction - 271

English, Political, 1 season, 272 episodes, 3 hours, 37 minutes
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Powerful ideas for all lovers of personal, political and philosophical freedom.
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271 Market Anarchism: PLEASE NOTE: THE SHOWS CONTINUE ON A NEW FEED: http://www.freedomainradio.com/Freedomain_Radio_Podcast_1.xml - PLEASE UPDATE

PLEASE NOTE: THE SHOWS CONTINUE ON A NEW FEED: http://www.freedomainradio.com/Freedomain_Radio_Podcast_1.xml - PLEASE UPDATE
6/6/200617 minutes, 34 seconds
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270 Perfection is the Enemy of Virtue

Nit-picking while Rome burns...
6/6/200634 minutes, 40 seconds
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269 Debating Freedom Without Solutions Part 2

What if we waited before offering solutions?
6/5/200627 minutes, 32 seconds
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268 Debating Freedom Without Solutions Part 1

What if we waited before offering solutions?
6/5/200635 minutes, 43 seconds
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267 Call In Show 4 June 2006, 4pm EST: Looks, Values and Free Will

Looks, Values and Free Will
6/4/20062 hours, 8 minutes, 58 seconds
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265 Scolding The State

Watch as moral superheroes take on feeble senators...
6/2/200641 minutes, 8 seconds
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264 Dealing with Passive Aggression (Part 2)

Almost there now... Just a few... more... chews!
6/2/200633 minutes, 22 seconds
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263 Dealing with Passive Aggression (Part 1)

Chewing your way out of the trap
6/1/200638 minutes, 15 seconds
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262 Biological Imperatives

We are susceptible to morality because we really, really have to pee!
6/1/200613 minutes, 16 seconds
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261 Is' and 'Ought' and Ethics

Anyone who argues ethics agrees with ethics
6/1/200614 minutes, 30 seconds
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260 Moral Objectivity

Using the scientific method to define morality
5/31/200643 minutes, 39 seconds
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259 Fighting Philosophy

Just because something is 'better' doesn't mean it's commanded
5/31/200637 minutes, 39 seconds
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258 The Subtle Corruption of State Banking

How our masters keep us on a foggy leash
5/30/200634 minutes, 57 seconds
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257 Physics and the Three Laws of Logic

Do we need to have 'faith' in logic?
5/30/200634 minutes, 55 seconds
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256 Blaming the Citizens for the State

Does 'eternal vigilance in the defense of liberty' ever work?
5/29/200628 minutes, 11 seconds
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255 Marrying the Muse

Making an honest woman out of philosophy
5/29/200636 minutes, 11 seconds
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254 The Cult of Freedomain Radio

According to some, the kool-aid is just around the corner...
5/28/200650 minutes, 3 seconds
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253 Nuclear Infidelity

See, I take two words from my podcast, and turn it into a title...
5/26/200636 minutes, 41 seconds
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252 Changing a Person's Mind

First, find out if he has one...
5/26/200645 minutes, 27 seconds
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251 The Subtle Strength of the True Self

The modern world is a harsh wind to the little flame of the true self
5/25/200629 minutes, 21 seconds
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250 The Ethics of Bloodlines

Am I against the family?
5/25/200630 minutes, 33 seconds
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249 Libertarians, the 'minimal state' and basic logic

Small state, huuuuge error!
5/24/200641 minutes, 28 seconds
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248 Hands Across the Slaughter - Anarchists and Libertarians

Awww, c'mon - it's only the difference between a state 99% smaller and 100% smaller - what's the bid deaaaal?
5/23/200629 minutes, 32 seconds
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247 Questions for Women

Some interesting discussion-points for lady-friends
5/23/200643 minutes, 16 seconds
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246 Call In Show 21 May 2006, 4pm EST

Talking about freedom with family...
5/21/20061 hour, 50 minutes
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245 The Arrogance of Fantasies

We rationalists are often called arrogant for asking for proof...
5/21/200650 minutes, 20 seconds
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244 Sniping at God - A pro-war article and a listener conversation

Canada's bloodlust and four-winged birds...
5/20/200649 minutes, 6 seconds
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243 Reclaiming Masculinity Part 2: Ethical Partnerships

Selling sperm for virtue
5/18/200643 minutes, 20 seconds
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242 Reclaiming Masculinity Part 1: Specialization

Getting in touch with your 'inner Fabio'
5/18/200638 minutes, 11 seconds
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241 The State, Violence And Crime

Does less government really mean more crime?
5/17/200651 minutes, 57 seconds
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240 The Greatest Argument Against The State

Removing the silencers from the guns of governments...
5/17/200636 minutes, 4 seconds
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239 Global Warming As Metaphor

What horrors do fears of global warming mask?
5/16/200651 minutes, 43 seconds
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237 The Analytic/Synthetic Dichotomy - How Confusion Serves Power

Baffled? Let's just go through your pockets then!
5/15/200632 minutes, 11 seconds
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236 Corruption

How a stateless society deals with the problem of corruption
5/15/200631 minutes, 7 seconds
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235 Libertarianism for the Young: Freedom for the tweens

School, family - why they tend, on balance, to sort of suck...
5/12/200643 minutes, 8 seconds
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234 Contempt

The final antidote to false morality
5/12/200634 minutes, 11 seconds
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233 Honor

The sword that keeps compliance at bay
5/11/200637 minutes, 19 seconds
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232 Justice

The superhero of morality!
5/11/200648 minutes
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231 Movie Review: Fight Club

Okay, so let's say we have all these emasculated men raised by passive-aggressive women...
5/10/200632 minutes, 2 seconds
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230 And May Nog Have Mercy On Your Gool...

Deciphering the confusion of emotional abstractions
5/10/200637 minutes, 19 seconds
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229 Marilyn Monroe and Sexual Abuse

Unearthing the hidden signals of the 'sexy' child-woman
5/9/200631 minutes, 38 seconds
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228 The Perils of Politics and Public Education

The many lessons to be learned from a 13-year court battle...
5/9/200633 minutes, 31 seconds
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227 Call In Show #5, May 7 2006: State Participation

What is the morality of participating in the State?
5/7/20061 hour, 33 minutes, 53 seconds
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226 Utilitarianism: The Pseudoscience of Subjectivity (Part 2)

The moral madness of calculating happiness
5/5/200631 minutes, 33 seconds
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225 Utilitarianism: The Swiss Army Knife at your Throat (Part 1)

Actually, it's the greatest evil for the fewest number...
5/5/200637 minutes, 52 seconds
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224 Movie Review: The Godfather

Hmmm, I wonder if it's really about the Mafia..?
5/4/200631 minutes, 28 seconds
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223 Stef Stumbles

I learned something verrry interesting about myself last night...
5/4/200635 minutes, 49 seconds
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222 Media Warriors - Live and Die by the Sword

Oh, I guess the state CAN turn on you after all
5/3/200635 minutes, 49 seconds
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221 Brave Media Warriors!

A tale of near-limitless courage and integrity...
5/3/200637 minutes, 22 seconds
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220 Immigration, History and Genocide

A brief history of bloody displacements
5/2/200642 minutes, 4 seconds
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219 Radical Skepticism

If you can read this, you're already skeptical...
5/2/200627 minutes, 42 seconds
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218 Existing Stateless Economies

An analysis of existing stateless economies - the black and gray markets...
5/1/200630 minutes, 42 seconds
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217 State Lies

Hello, they lied...
5/1/200633 minutes
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215 King Kong Review Part 1

Aping a baby - narcissism and King Kong
4/28/200632 minutes, 53 seconds
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214 Social Corruption

The hidden wars of social integrity
4/28/200632 minutes, 53 seconds
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213 Star Trek and Statism

Thoughts on the fascism of the Federation...
4/27/200622 minutes, 59 seconds
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212 Business Management Part 1: Value

Paying the cost to be the boss
4/27/200633 minutes, 16 seconds
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211 Childhood Prisons

A theory as to why my article 'Stateless Prisons' made people so upset!
4/26/200656 minutes, 33 seconds
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210 The War Racket

A fascinating article on war profits...
4/26/200632 minutes, 13 seconds
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209 Marriage and the State

Thoughts on the value of marriage - and divorcing it from the State
4/25/200632 minutes, 41 seconds
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208 Moral Reciprocity Part 2: Blindness

Why we are blind to moral reciprocity
4/25/200632 minutes, 41 seconds
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207 Moral Reciprocity Part 1: Policy

Foreign policy and moral payback
4/24/200631 minutes, 21 seconds
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206 Reasoning with Faith

How to set up a discussion...
4/24/200634 minutes, 17 seconds
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205 FDR Call In Show #3 - April 23, 2006

Great chats from listeners...
4/23/20061 hour, 27 minutes, 23 seconds
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204 Art Part 3: Shakespeare

How Billy the S gets in the way of us capitalists
4/22/20061 hour, 4 minutes, 20 seconds
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203 Stateless Prisons

How incarceration could function without a state
4/21/200610 minutes, 20 seconds
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202 Art Part 2: Serving the Unholy Trinity

Art in the service of God, State and War...
4/21/200637 minutes, 18 seconds
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201 Art Part 1: Truth and Lies

A few theories on the nature and purpose of art...
4/21/200632 minutes, 27 seconds
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200 The God of Atheists Chapters 1-3 (Note: Explicit Content! Danger! Danger!)

The first three chapters of one of my novels - available for donations!
4/20/20061 hour, 4 minutes, 29 seconds
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199 Space Aliens from Luxemburg: A Horror Story

Sure, that was the next topic you were expecting, right?
4/20/200634 minutes, 27 seconds
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198 Parenting Part 3: Communication

Talking to tykes
4/19/200632 minutes, 27 seconds
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197 Parenting Part 2: Authority

An examination of the root justifications for parental authority
4/19/200635 minutes, 51 seconds
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196 Parenting Part 1: Credibility

Reducing conflict by earning respect
4/18/200648 minutes, 25 seconds
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195 Economics and Subjective Value

Are market prices objective or subjective?
4/18/200640 minutes, 48 seconds
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194 Marxist Exploitation

Why is Marxism so successful?
4/17/200631 minutes, 48 seconds
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193 Marx and the Labor Theory of Value

Darling Karl and the evil exploiters
4/17/200633 minutes, 6 seconds
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192.5 Call In Show #2 - April 16 2006

A long-lost podcast!
4/16/20062 hours, 10 minutes, 53 seconds
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192 Curiosity and Personal Relationships

The primal value of curiosity in personal relationships
4/16/200653 minutes, 56 seconds
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191 An Invitation to Christians Part 3: The Economics of Faith

The currency of faith
4/13/200649 minutes, 46 seconds
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190 An Invitation to Christians Part 2: The Paths of Error

A few crossed Biblical wires
4/13/200640 minutes, 26 seconds
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189 An Invitation to Christians Part 1: Saving Your Soul

OK, so God exists - how should we best worship him?
4/13/200634 minutes, 14 seconds
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188 Religious Context Part 2 - Exploring Hell

Let's go doooooown!
4/12/200659 minutes, 53 seconds
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187 Putting the *con* in *text'* - the contexts of Biblical commandments (Part 1)

What does it mean to contextualize the Bible?
4/12/200639 minutes, 30 seconds
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186 Metaphors as Philosophy

An examination of what political questions *really* mean
4/11/200625 minutes, 9 seconds
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185 Empathy Part 2

How to feel for the unfree
4/10/200628 minutes, 15 seconds
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184 Empathy Part 1

Speaking volumes by asking questions
4/10/200638 minutes, 39 seconds
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183 Freedom Part 4: Parents (and everything!)

The whole point of what I've been leading up to...
4/7/20061 hour, 6 minutes, 16 seconds
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182 Freedom Part 3: Siblings

Ahhh, the great horizontal dictatorship... (sorry about the rain background!)
4/7/20061 hour, 25 minutes, 39 seconds
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181 Freedom Part 2: Romantic Security

The insecurity of the one-sided negotiation
4/6/200632 minutes, 52 seconds
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180 Freedom Part 1: Romantic Freedom

How to take liberties with lovers ;)
4/6/200630 minutes, 50 seconds
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179 Human Nature

Is there such as thing as human nature?
4/5/200631 minutes, 59 seconds
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178 Emails of the Week Apr 5 06 - Corporations and Intellectual Property

My responses to brilliant listener criticisms!
4/5/200636 minutes, 12 seconds
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177 Can we collaborate with Christians? (Part 3)

The cross and the sword
4/4/200637 minutes, 6 seconds
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176 Immigration Part 2: The Predatory Escalation of Immigration Policies

Problems and Solutions
4/4/20069 minutes, 58 seconds
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175 Immigration Part 1

The moral science of human movement
4/4/200634 minutes, 10 seconds
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174 Can we collaborate with Christians? (Part 2)

The intellectual argument for self-defense
4/3/200633 minutes, 46 seconds
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173 Can we collaborate with Christians? (Part 1)

Some of them hold so many similar beliefs - can we join forces?
4/3/200644 minutes, 45 seconds
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172 'Love it or leave it' - An Article

An article on the evils of conforming to the majority
4/2/200611 minutes, 40 seconds
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171 Movie Review: V for Vendetta (AKA The State-rix)

Warning - spoilers abound! Don't listen if you haven't watched.
4/1/200635 minutes, 5 seconds
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170 Free Thought Radio Intro #2: Current Events: Delay-ed Justice

Failing to see the forest for the trees...
4/1/20062 minutes, 51 seconds
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169 Free Thought Radio Intro #1: Current Events: GM and the State

4/1/20062 minutes, 50 seconds
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168 The State and Monopolies

How the state transforms capitalism into mercantilism
3/31/200658 minutes, 4 seconds
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167 [Insert Country Name Here] - Love it or leave it!

The joys of debating with geographical bullies
3/31/200640 minutes, 7 seconds
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166 Intellectual Property Rights Part 3: Solutions

How an anarchistic society deals with intellectual property
3/29/200645 minutes, 37 seconds
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165 Intellectual Property Rights Part 2: Justice

How the media created its own problems with regards to property rights
3/29/200635 minutes, 51 seconds
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164 Intellectual Property Rights Part 1: Challenges

Why do we even have a problem? Hmmm, could that be the acrid stench of state power I smell?
3/28/200640 minutes, 8 seconds
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163 The Gender Politics of Left and Right

Surfing the political divide on a wild wave of base hormones!
3/28/200629 minutes, 30 seconds
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162 Goals and Objectives: The Gun in the Room Part 2

Continuing the debate by pointing out the barrel
3/27/200642 minutes, 9 seconds
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161 Goals and Objectives: The Gun in the Room

Starting the debate by pointing out the barrel
3/27/200634 minutes, 17 seconds
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160 Corporations

Learning to loathe a legal fiction
3/26/200644 minutes, 48 seconds
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159 Arguments for Freedom (Part 2)

How to find common ground during libertarian conversations
3/24/200648 minutes, 45 seconds
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159 Arguments for Freedom (Part 2)

How to find common ground during libertarian conversations
3/24/200648 minutes, 45 seconds
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158 Arguments for Freedom (Part 1)

How to find common ground during libertarian conversations
3/24/200633 minutes, 13 seconds
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158 Arguments for Freedom (Part 1)

How to find common ground during libertarian conversations
3/24/200633 minutes, 13 seconds
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157 The Social Contract Part 3: Logic

The base illogic behind theories of social contracts
3/23/200630 minutes, 3 seconds
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156 The Social Contract Part 2: Facts

CIA archives help us understand the 'social contract'
3/23/200646 minutes, 9 seconds
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155 The Social Contract Part 1: Origins

So it's like this - the government sort of takes out a 'contract' on you...
3/23/200631 minutes, 15 seconds
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154 Gun Control Part 3: Crime

Guns: How does gun control affect the decisions of criminals?
3/22/200625 minutes, 40 seconds
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153 Gun Control Part 2: Facts

Guns: After the theories, come the facts
3/22/200643 minutes, 46 seconds
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152 Gun Control Part 1: Logic

Guns: do they control violence, citizens or the state?
3/22/200634 minutes, 43 seconds
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151 Arguments Against War

Effective arguments against wars both contemporary and historical
3/21/200633 minutes, 54 seconds
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150 Racism and the Free Market

What effect does a truly free market have on racial and cultural bigotry?
3/21/200630 minutes, 57 seconds
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149 The Costs and Benefits of Irrationality

What does it cost mankind to be irrational?
3/20/200631 minutes, 33 seconds
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148 The 'Ought To' Challenge - Morality does not exist in reality

The journey from the 'ought' to the 'is'
3/20/200631 minutes, 59 seconds
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147 Subjectivism and the State

Relativism and the government - responding to a variety of 'justifications'
3/19/200622 minutes, 21 seconds
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146 Response to a military email

A marine calls me out...
3/19/200642 minutes, 46 seconds
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145 Do We Need A Standing Army?

OK, OK, so you think that a free society needs a standing army? Weeellll....
3/17/200636 minutes, 39 seconds
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144 Foreign Aid Part 2

A tasty medley of foreign aid disasters
3/17/200629 minutes, 23 seconds
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143 Foreign Aid Part 1

As you can imagine, since it is a government program, it is neither foreign nor aid
3/16/200628 minutes, 38 seconds
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142 The Matriarchy at War

The tricky task of raising a soldier (or, the umbilical cord-ite)
3/16/200632 minutes, 32 seconds
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141 The Libertarian Love Doctor - Trusting Instincts Part 2

How to rationally trust your instincts
3/15/200634 minutes, 42 seconds
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140 The Libertarian Love Doctor - Trusting Instincts Part 1

When should you tell that special someone about your fetish for market anarchy?
3/15/200633 minutes, 43 seconds
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139 Saving Children: The Stateless Society and the Protection of the Helpless

How market capitalism protects children better than any other system
3/14/200616 minutes, 44 seconds
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138 Propaganda Part 2: Positive versus Negative Economics

The differences between pleasure and obligation
3/13/200630 minutes, 49 seconds
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137 Propaganda Part 1: Differences between advertising and indoctrination

Helping the sheep shear themselves
3/13/200640 minutes, 22 seconds
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136 Anarchy, Violence and the State

A more formal article regarding how the state expands violence
3/12/200614 minutes, 22 seconds
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135 Pens and Swords Part 2: Parasites

The heart and soul of State corruption and the fall of Rome
3/10/200633 minutes
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134 Pens and Swords Part 1: Banksters

The heart and soul of State corruption
3/10/200631 minutes, 40 seconds
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133 Personal Freedom and Responsibility

Is integrity a choice, or a responsibility?
3/9/200643 minutes, 26 seconds
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132 Turning Ashes into Adrenaline

We're all going to die - how can that knowledge help us live more vibrantly?
3/9/200630 minutes, 54 seconds
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131 Does Government Decrease Violence?

Everyone argues that we need the government to control violence - In fact, having a government ensures violence will always increase!
3/8/200644 minutes, 29 seconds
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130 Betraying Children

Moral comparisons in pop psychology
3/8/200637 minutes, 30 seconds
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129 Feminism Part 4: A Way Forward...

OK, OK, enough of the bad news - how do we REALLY start to get it on?
3/8/200637 minutes, 14 seconds
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128 Feminism Part 3: Women Need Men

Although women are often told that they don't really need men, they do!
3/7/200641 minutes, 19 seconds
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127 Feminism Part 2: Divided We Fall

Men and women are natural partners - how did we end up so antagonistic?
3/6/200631 minutes, 13 seconds
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126 Feminism Part 1: The 'Bait and Switch'

How women got sucker-punched by one of the biggest cons in history
3/6/200643 minutes, 57 seconds
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125 Why we forgive socialism (Part 2)

Two theories as to why socialism is considered less vile than fascism
3/5/200641 minutes, 26 seconds
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124 Why we forgive socialism (Part 1)

Two theories as to why socialism is considered less vile than fascism
3/3/200635 minutes, 55 seconds
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123 Harry Browne, RIP

Farewell to a great libertarian
3/2/20068 minutes, 2 seconds
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122 Am I Too Mean?

Questions on manners from concerned listeners
3/2/200638 minutes, 44 seconds
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121 Socialist Calculations Part 2: Labor, Capital and Goods

Bad manners from central planners
3/1/20061 hour
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120 Socialist Calculations Part 1: Price

An analysis of priceless catastrophes
3/1/200631 minutes, 45 seconds
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119 Female Violence (Part 2)

A logical examination of the moral responsibility of the victim
2/28/200629 minutes, 49 seconds
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118 Female Violence (Part 1)

The moral perils of motherhood
2/28/200631 minutes, 25 seconds
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117 Criminals Part 2: The Police

A cost/benefit analysis of the police force
2/27/200637 minutes, 47 seconds
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116 Criminals Part 1: Capital Punishment

The argument from morality and state slaughterhouses
2/27/200630 minutes, 41 seconds
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115 The Empty Seas: So long, and thanks for all the fish!

How the government destroyed one of the greatest natural resources in the world.
2/26/200619 minutes, 18 seconds
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113 But *my* parents were really nice! (Part 5: Freedom)

Why learning the truth about your parents is so, so important!
2/23/200624 minutes, 13 seconds
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114 War and the Fantasy of Protection

If you think that the state exists to protect you, think again!
2/23/200613 minutes, 33 seconds
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112 But *my* parents were really nice! (Part 4)

The null hypothesis for the declaration of love
2/23/200634 minutes, 48 seconds
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111 But *my* parents were really nice! (Part 3)

Answers to the objection 'but they did the best they could!'
2/22/200635 minutes, 34 seconds
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110 But *my* parents were really nice! (Part 2)

Some further explorations of the theory of parental corruption
2/22/200632 minutes, 6 seconds
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109 But *my* parents were really nice! (Part 1)

Some further explorations of the theory of parental corruption
2/21/200635 minutes, 4 seconds
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108 Stock Swindles

Retirement Savings Plans and State Corruption
2/21/200637 minutes, 27 seconds
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107 Burdens of Proof: Arguments of God and State

Logic, evidence, the senses and proof
2/20/200633 minutes, 34 seconds
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106 Solving Headaches with Guillotines

The problem of the commons (An article written for www.lewrockwell.com)
2/17/200611 minutes, 43 seconds
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105 Environmentalism Part 3: Public/Private Greed

Understanding public self-interest (If private citizens don't care about preserving property, why would bureaucrats?)
2/16/200652 minutes, 42 seconds
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104 Environmentalism Part 2: State Destruction

So long, and thanks for all the fish! (...with all due respect to the late, great Douglas Adams!)
2/16/200659 minutes, 18 seconds
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103 Environmentalism Part 1: Logical Problems

Property, Predation and Conservation: The 'problem of the commons' applied to the State
2/15/200638 minutes, 15 seconds
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102 The Libertarian Love Doctor

Thoughts on romance for libertarians (because we must breeeed!)
2/15/200642 minutes, 2 seconds
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101 Social Fictions Part 2

The truth the liar reveals: What 'social fiction' really means
2/14/200628 minutes, 14 seconds
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100 Social Fictions Part 1

The myths of falsehoods
2/14/200635 minutes, 14 seconds
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99 Taking Back from the State

So you've been offered a subsidy... Should we steal back from thieves?
2/13/200633 minutes, 42 seconds
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98 Decadence and Empathy

False confessions: War and the soul of a soldier
2/13/200638 minutes, 12 seconds
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97 Concepts Part 3: The Effects

What happens to societies that get concepts wrong
2/11/200629 minutes, 45 seconds
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96 Concepts Part 2: Here is the master...

Who pays philosophers - and why
2/10/200633 minutes, 10 seconds
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95 Concepts Part 1: Servant or Master?

Celebrity Boxing: Aristotle versus Plato
2/10/200634 minutes, 33 seconds
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94 Preventing Tragedy

A free market analysis of abortion
2/10/200611 minutes, 15 seconds
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93 Emails of the Week - Feb 9 2005

Incisive comments from insightful listeners
2/9/200644 minutes, 14 seconds
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92 The State and the Family - Part 4: Adolescence

From passivity to skepticism to cynicism to nihilism: Containing hormones with hypocrisy
2/8/200652 minutes, 54 seconds
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91 The State and the Family - Part 3: Latency

Our third experience with authority
2/8/200633 minutes, 46 seconds
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90 The State and the Family - Part 2: Toddlers

Our second (and worse!) experience with authority
2/7/200635 minutes, 48 seconds
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89 The State and the Family - Part 1: Babies

Our first experiences of authority
2/7/200641 minutes, 52 seconds
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88 Human Beings - Good or Evil?

An examination of duality
2/6/200635 minutes, 24 seconds
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87 Cultural Blindness

The beam and the mote... Chomsky and state violence
2/6/200638 minutes, 46 seconds
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86 Top Ten Myths About Libertarianism

Answers to the most common objections/questions (Feel free to distribute this to those baffled by your weird beliefs..!)
2/5/200645 minutes, 47 seconds
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85 Public Schools (Part 4 - Alternatives)

What might free market schools look like? (Some possible alternatives to 14 years in jail)
2/3/200631 minutes, 11 seconds
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84 Public Schools (Part 3 - Vouchers)

The moral and practical effects of school vouchers
2/3/200641 minutes, 2 seconds
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83 Public Schools (Part 2)

The factories of irrationalities
2/2/200641 minutes, 6 seconds
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82 Public Schools (Part 1)

The factories of irrationalities
2/2/200633 minutes, 33 seconds
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81 Two Examples of Empirical Religiosity

Two men, two indoctrinations, two beliefs (From VS Naipul's 'Among the Believers - An Islamic Journey')
2/1/20068 minutes, 37 seconds
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80 Advice to the Young at Heart

You say you want a revolution..? Some possible tips for wee freedom fighters ;)
2/1/200643 minutes, 26 seconds
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79 The Industrial Revolution

Turning the world around one 12-hour day at a time (or, Look - the children - they liiiiive!)
2/1/200643 minutes, 26 seconds
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78 Running to Lions for Safety

How is government protection working out?
1/31/200636 minutes, 24 seconds
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77 Scratching Foreign Backs

The round trip of the trade dollar
1/31/200636 minutes, 59 seconds
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76 The True History of Violence (Part 2)

The deeper roots of evil and need
1/30/200643 minutes, 51 seconds
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75 The True History of Violence (Part 1)

The deep roots of evil and need
1/30/200632 minutes, 21 seconds
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74 Chainsaw Surgery: Using the State to Help the Poor

Helping the poor is not for amateurs
1/29/200616 minutes, 45 seconds
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73 Marriage, Homosexuality and Abortion

A public analysis of private practices
1/28/200634 minutes, 32 seconds
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72 Bullies and Victims: The aftermath of culture

How power structures are perpetuated through culture
1/27/200634 minutes, 27 seconds
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71 Culture: How to enslave a human soul

The carrot that comes after the stick
1/27/200635 minutes, 31 seconds
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70 How to control a human soul

The ABC's of totalitarianism - not to be used for evil!
1/25/200659 minutes, 9 seconds
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69 Emails of the Week - Jan 25, 2006

Brilliant listeners get their say!
1/25/200638 minutes, 11 seconds
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68 Helping the Poor

Benevolence, charity and the welfare state
1/25/200641 minutes, 30 seconds
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67 Property Rights

The argument from morality in regard to property rights
1/24/200641 minutes, 3 seconds
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66 Evil Doing Overtime at Wal Mart

Punching back the clock you punch - Is it violent to ask people to work overtime?
1/24/200642 minutes, 35 seconds
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65 Roads (Part 2)

Getting from A to B the free market way!: Subsequent thoughts from a roads scholar (groan!)
1/23/200633 minutes, 24 seconds
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64 Roads (Part 1)

Getting from A to B the free market way!: Initial thoughts from a roads scholar (groan!)
1/23/200634 minutes, 35 seconds
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63 War, Profit and the State

An economic analysis of symbiosis
1/22/200622 minutes, 38 seconds
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62 Capitalism and Profit - Common Misperceptions

Capitalism does not care about economic efficiency
1/20/200634 minutes, 23 seconds
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61 The Fallacy of Left and Right

Politics and false dichotomies: the pendulum that smashes freedom
1/20/200637 minutes
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60 Loving the Lefties

Returning Marx's 'come hither' stare
1/19/200639 minutes, 42 seconds
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59 Poverty Part 2

The complexities of alleviating poverty (Part 2)
1/16/200646 minutes, 3 seconds
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58 Poverty Part 1

The complexities of alleviating poverty (Part 1)
1/16/200634 minutes, 58 seconds
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57 Free Will Part 2

Some more refined views on free will
1/15/200657 minutes, 8 seconds
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56 Emails of the week - and free will!

Excellent responses to the question of determinism
1/14/200638 minutes, 24 seconds
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55 Unnatural Spiritualism

Zen and the art of self-erasure
1/13/200650 minutes, 53 seconds
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54 Economic Choices and 9/11

Some thoughts on 9/11
1/12/200628 minutes, 45 seconds
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53 War Part 2

The real targets of warfare
1/10/200645 minutes, 53 seconds
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52 War Part 1

A transactional analysis of war
1/10/200634 minutes, 33 seconds
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51 Welfare and the Argument from Morality

Using the argument from morality against the welfare state
1/9/200614 minutes, 55 seconds
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50 Artists, Capitalism and Intolerance (Part 2)

Why people STILL think the market is cruel
1/9/200628 minutes, 50 seconds
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49 Artists, Capitalism and Intolerance (Part 1)

Why people think the market is cruel
1/9/200631 minutes, 1 second
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48 Freedom and the Great Depression

How the Federal government caused economic collapse in the 1930s
1/8/200651 minutes, 20 seconds
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47 Emails of the week!

Excellent comments from brilliant listeners!
1/8/200623 minutes, 40 seconds
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46 Voting

It's only a party for those in power
1/6/200635 minutes, 32 seconds
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45 Random Drives Through Tangent City

Even for me, this one is pretty tangential! Some good stuff about modern art though...
1/6/200630 minutes, 22 seconds
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44 Knowledge and Moral Responsibility

An elegy for the innocence of ignorance
1/5/200639 minutes, 4 seconds
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43 Unions (Part 2)

A subsequent analysis of two kinds of clubs
1/5/200634 minutes, 59 seconds
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42 Unions (Part 1)

An initial analysis of two kinds of clubs
1/5/200632 minutes, 22 seconds
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41 Power or Virtue? (A Love Story)

More explorations of Old Testament myths
1/4/200646 minutes, 21 seconds
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40 Fleeing Eden

An analysis of the power of the Genesis myth
1/4/200633 minutes, 43 seconds
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39 The Economics of Conformity

What does conformity pay these days?
1/3/200638 minutes, 28 seconds
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38 The Death Cult of Narnia

The difference between imagination and fantasy
1/3/200628 minutes, 50 seconds
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37 What is Libertarianism?

A primer to share with baffled friends
1/1/200634 minutes, 4 seconds
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36 Race and the State (Part 2)

The role of race in state power (Part 2) - Divided we fall!
1/1/200645 minutes, 38 seconds
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35 Race and the State (Part 1)

The role of race in state power (Part 1) - Feeding on artificial divisions
1/1/200656 minutes, 56 seconds
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34 Moral Responsibility and Social Security

A great criticism of my ideas - and an analysis of social security!
12/31/200557 minutes, 9 seconds
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33 Arguments Against Morality - and the welfare state

An analysis of arguments against the argument from morality
12/30/20051 hour, 29 seconds
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32 Liberty Under The Lash

How can we be free when the state is so powerful?
12/30/20051 hour, 8 minutes, 43 seconds
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31 The Billion Dollar Proposition

Exploring the limits of free will - or, are irrational people responsible for their irrationality?
12/29/200551 minutes, 41 seconds
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30 Why State Violence Always Grows

An analysis of the escalation of state power
12/28/200551 minutes, 39 seconds
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29 Ten Questions To Ask Religious Friends

Some interesting questions about the Bible
12/27/20051 hour, 11 minutes, 11 seconds
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28 The Economics of Spirituality

The economic drivers of religion
12/24/200538 minutes, 10 seconds
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27 The Drug Wars Part 2

What is the real purpose of the drug wars? - Part 2 (If you think the State doesn't like drug users, you might be surprised)
12/23/200539 minutes, 5 seconds
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26 The Drug Wars Part 1

What is the real purpose of the drug wars? - Part 1 (If you think the State doesn't like drug users, you might be surprised)
12/23/200537 minutes, 5 seconds
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25 Validating the Senses

Arguments for and against the validity of the senses
12/22/200539 minutes, 34 seconds
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24 Health Care Part 3 - A 'right' to heath care?

Practical problems with a 'right' to health care
12/21/200539 minutes, 22 seconds
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23 Health Care Part 2 - A 'right' to heath care?

Logical problems with a 'right' to health care
12/21/200538 minutes, 42 seconds
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22 They hate us because we're good? (Part 2)

Do evil people really hate good people? (Part 2)
12/20/20051 hour, 1 minute, 53 seconds
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21 They hate us because we're good? (Part 1)

Do evil people really hate good people? (Part 1)
12/20/200531 minutes, 58 seconds
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20 The State and Sports

Bread and circuses! Why the state loooves to subsidize sports
12/19/200544 minutes, 24 seconds
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19 Voodoo Economists

The moral challenges of the modern economist
12/19/200533 minutes, 17 seconds
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18 Health Care Part 1

An analysis of the power structures of socialized medicine
12/18/200548 minutes, 36 seconds
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17 Dealing with Non-Libertarians Part 2

We all have to deal with non-libertarians - how can we do that most productively?
12/16/200539 minutes, 11 seconds
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16 Dealing with Non-Libertarians Part 1

We all have to deal with non-libertarians - how can we do that most productively?
12/16/200532 minutes, 15 seconds
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15 The State and God - Part 2

Inevitably, libertarians have to address the question of religion...
12/15/200547 minutes, 3 seconds
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14 The State and God - Part 1

Inevitably, Libertarians have to address the question of religion...
12/15/200545 minutes, 36 seconds
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13 Proof, Disproof and Deities

How can we approach the problem of proving the existence of God?
12/14/200553 minutes, 43 seconds
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12 The Imbalance of Power

State power is *great* for the amoral minority. Here's why it always grows (please note: public recording; lower quality)
12/14/200525 minutes, 38 seconds
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11 Nagging the State

Nagging the state is like wagging your finger at the mafia. Here's a better approach.
12/14/200529 minutes, 57 seconds
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10 Putting a man on the moon - the initial successes of state programs

State programs often start well, and then fail in the long run - here are some reasons why
12/12/200535 minutes, 7 seconds
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9 Understanding the Stock Market: Speculation versus Investment

How governments contribute to (and profit from!) instability in the stock market
12/11/200536 minutes
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8 Proving Libertarian Morality

One of the central challenges faced by libertarians is the need to prove that libertarian moral theory is universally correct, while statist and collectivistic moral theories are incorrect. Here's how to do it!
12/11/200536 minutes
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6 Morality Is Not Easy - Surviving the Cynics

A response to those who say that moral/political theories are a waste of time
12/10/200535 minutes
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5 Using the state for self-defense...

We always argue that we need the state for self-defense. Some logical problems with that approach
12/2/200538 minutes
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7 The Argument From Morality (or, how we will win!)

The most powerful argument for freedom
11/27/200526 minutes
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4 Loving the State: Leviathan and Optimism

How to fall in love with government all over again..!
11/23/200525 minutes
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3 These Cages Are Only For Beasts

The DRO debate continues...
11/22/200511 minutes, 42 seconds
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2 Caging the Devils: The Stateless Society and Violent Crime

Can a society without a government deal with violent crime..?
11/21/200519 minutes, 37 seconds
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1 The Stateless Society - An Examination of Alternatives

Life without government? Really? Here's how it works - and why it is so crucial!
11/20/200526 minutes, 44 seconds
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0 An Introduction to Freedomain Radio

The central purpose and philosophy of this podcast series
11/19/200515 minutes, 25 seconds