Open College Podcast
56 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsDr. Stephen R.C. Hicks is a Canadian-American philosopher who teaches at Rockford University, Illinois. He has had visiting positions at Oxford University (England), Kasimir the Great University (Poland), and has lectured at universities across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He specializes in modern European philosophy and politics, and has written extensively on Kant, Marx, including his two books, Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault and Nietzsche and the Nazis.
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EP#55 | Jordan Peterson's Religion
November 15, 2021 21:39 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBWhere do we find the meaning of life? In answering that question, we look to Professor Jordan Peterson a man with a foot in two worlds. He is a man of science, proficient in the biological bases of psychology and the developments of psychology as an applied science. Website: http://www.opencollegepodcast.com http://www.StepheHicks.org Support Open College with BitCoin & Crypto https://cointr.ee/opencollegepodcast Stephen Hicks Books: Liberalism: Pro & Con https://www.amazon.ca/Liberali...
EP #54 | Socialism: Scientific or Religious?
September 28, 2021 12:06 - 58 minutes - 54.5 MBSponsored By CleanMyMac: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/cleanmymacstephenhicks NordVPN: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/opencollegenordvpn Ledger Secure Crypto Hard Wallet: http://shop.ledger.com/pages/christmas-pack?r=90dc644f6eea Website: http://www.opencollegepodcast.com http://www.StepheHicks.org Support Open College with BitCoin & Crypto https://cointr.ee/opencollegepodcast Stephen Hicks Books: Liberalism: Pro & Con https://www.amazon.ca/Liberalism-Stephen-R-C-Hicks/dp/192582682...
EP #53 | Morality Without Gods
August 31, 2021 12:31 - 52 minutes - 49.1 MBIn this episode Dr. Stephen Hicks addressed the philosophical question, does morality require the existence of the gods or a God, or is morality part of our human nature? Sponsored By CleanMyMac: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/cleanmymacstephenhicks NordVPN: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/opencollegenordvpn Ledger Secure Crypto Hard Wallet: http://shop.ledger.com/pages/christmas-pack?r=90dc644f6eea Website: http://www.opencollegepodcast.com http://www.StepheHicks.org Support Open Coll...
EP #52 | A Conversation with Will Knowland
August 10, 2021 00:09 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBWill Knowland was removed from his role at the prestigious Eton College after posting a lecture on Youtube challenging the third wave modern feminist concept 'toxic masculinity'. Knowland was sacked after he repeatedly refused requests from the college's head master Simon Henderson to take the video down. The video, called the Patriarchy paradox, has been viewed more than 100,000 times and is a refutation of claims outlined by some third wave feminists. Due to the perceived controversy Mr....
EP #51 | Would Immortality Be Worth It
July 27, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBSponsored By CleanMyMac: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/cleanmymacstephenhicks NordVPN: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/opencollegenordvpn Ledger Secure Crypto Hard Wallet: http://shop.ledger.com/pages/christmas-pack?r=90dc644f6eea Website: http://www.opencollegepodcast.com http://www.StepheHicks.org Support Open College with BitCoin & Crypto https://cointr.ee/opencollegepodcast Stephen Hicks Books: Liberalism: Pro & Con https://www.amazon.ca/Liberalism-Stephen-R-C-Hicks/dp/192582682...
EP #50 | Objectivity for Human Beings
July 05, 2021 21:37 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBEven though we humans have lots of knowledge, we do not necessarily have a good and full theory of knowledge. Yet we should not let the lack of a good theory, deny the existence of what the theory should be explaining. Humans have cognitive faculties with limitations. One can form snap judgments, but one can also recognize and pursue the objective principle of viewing as many perspectives as is necessary. One learns about one’s cognitive limitations over time, so one learns that to make a j...
EP #49 | A conversation with Michael Rectenwald
June 16, 2021 17:22 - 1 hour - 63 MBMichael Rectenwald and Stephen Hicks on postmodernism, postmodern politics, the contemporary Left, and the state of education, culture, society, the media, and politics. For the video of this conversation please visit Michael Rectenwald’s YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2V9HKAlUm8 Website: http://www.opencollegepodcast.com http://www.StepheHicks.org Support Open College with BitCoin & Crypto https://cointr.ee/opencollegepodcast Stephen Hicks Books: Liberalism: Pro ...
EP #48 | Schooling to Develop or Stunt Kids’ Potential?
March 01, 2021 20:43 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBWe say we want children to grow to be self-reliant, creative problem-solving adults. But in schooling kids, do we follow through on that? Do schools teach independence of mind and action or do students learn compliance? Do students learn that life is about solving new problems or are they instructed that authorities have the answers? Do students learn experimentalism and that success typically comes after much failure or do they learn that failure is a source of shame? Does our education s...
EP #47 | The Robots Will Free Us
January 07, 2021 13:56 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MBThe impact from the development of automation and artificial intelligence technologies will be significant and perhaps more significant than any previous technological revolutions. What are the business and economic impacts of these evolving technologies? What will be their impact on our work lives? Will they free humanity, enslave us all or perhaps there is another outcome to consider? Sponsored By CleanMyMac: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/cleanmymacstephenhicks NordVPN: http://www.poss...
EP #46 | Arachne vs. Athena - Moral Philosophy Begins
November 26, 2020 11:32 - 38 minutes - 32.2 MBLet me tell you a little bed time story. A story that involves humans and gods and present a human philosophical question dating back a few thousand of years ago. The story or Arachne and Athena. Sponsored By CleanMyMac: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/cleanmymacstephenhicks NordVPN: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/opencollegenordvpn Website: http://www.opencollegepodcast.com http://www.StepheHicks.org Support Open College with BitCoin & BitCoin Cash BTC Bitcoin: 193B5u744gTB1iRbLRvZpv...
EP #45 | Slavery’s Greatest Enemies
November 03, 2020 02:26 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MBOne the great moral achievements of history is the near-elimination of slavery. In contrast to popular narratives, west and east African kingdoms practiced slavery extensively, both for internal purposes and for external sale to Arabs, who for centuries had transported African slaves to Asia and Europe. East and south Asians had also practiced slavery extensively for millennia. Native Americans also had slaves and other forms of forced labor. How then did humanity evolve to understand that ...
EP #44 | Ayn Rand’s Critique of Nietzsche’s Ethics
October 20, 2020 12:30 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBOpen College Links Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud http://www.soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencoll...
EP #43 | Nietzsche’s Natural Slaves and Masters
October 01, 2020 14:37 - 53 minutes - 49.6 MBWhere does morality come from? Are moral codes conscious formulations of one’s needs and interests? Nietzsche is one of the great critics of human psychology asserting that we have a widespread weakness and asks what are the origins of this widespread weakness? Should we all in contrast "Live dangerously?" How does Nietzsche’s scorn for Plato, Christians, Kant and the welfare state intersect with the two main audiences his work attracts? Dr. Hicks critiques these and many other questions...
EP #43 | Ayn Rand’s Critique of Nietzsche’s Ethics
September 02, 2020 23:46 - 57 minutes - 53.5 MBOpen College Links Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast/ep-25-thales-revolution Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw YouTube https://www.y...
EP #42 | A conversation with John Anderson
August 17, 2020 19:16 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBJohn Anderson served as Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for 6 years between 1999 and 2005 under John Howard and a respected intellectual voice engaged in the discussions and debates on on the changing culture and political landscape for a uniquely Australian perspective. For the original video link please visit John Anderson’s youTube Channel. https://youtu.be/OpZ5cvPkDT8 Open College Links Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundC...
EP #41 | PPP & the Soul of Free Market Liberalism
August 05, 2020 13:18 - 57 minutes - 53.5 MBThe Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) is a 2020 government program available to businesses and organizations, primarily in response to the economic damage done by Covid-19 slowdowns, shut-downs, and lock-downs. What are the moral arguments and principles one should consider when assessing the consequences of PPP and what is the context of decision-making with regards to PPP in a free-market liberal organization. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute....
EP #40 | Defending Explaining Post Modernism: Cuck & Multiversity
July 16, 2020 10:21 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBTwo intelligent, non-professional responses to my book explaining postmodernism. A study in contrast. Content, method, and civility. Special thanks to The Multiversity Project. Please check out The Multiversity Project debate on Explaining Postmodernism. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEf8qojnopE Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SlADNURV6CzCcGfnh5mZG https://multiversityproject.co/ Contact Multiversity through Twitter: @multiversitypro @arielleplus @queirikelly @cguida6. ...
EP #39 | God: The “Evil” Argument
June 30, 2020 13:03 - 45 minutes - 42.2 MBThe standard conception of God that is offered to us by theists suggest there are three major features of interest: God is said to be omnipotent or all-powerful, omniscient or all-knowing, and omnibenevolent or all-good. However, if the God who created the world is supposed to be all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, why did he create a world in which so much evil exists? And not only why did he create a world with so much evil in it, why did he create a world with any evil in it at all? ...
EP #38 | God: The "Design" Argument
June 16, 2020 00:14 - 54 minutes - 50.9 MBDo the gods exist? As mature and more sophisticated reasoned arguments for and against the idea of god have evolved, we can evaluate eighteen possible arguments, about seven are interesting. Argumentation about the natural world: time, causation, morality, beauty, logic, mathematical precision, and so on. Can they be explained in self-sufficient natural way or only by going beyond the natural? YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollege...
EP #37 | Thomas Kuhn’s De-Structuring Science
May 27, 2020 10:17 - 43 minutes - 40 MBThomas Kuhn was professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a classic in the history and philosophy of science. Still relevant to our philosophical and cultural debates over science, for Kuhn challenges claims that science is or can be an objective process based upon observational facts that makes progress toward truth. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Apple...
EP #36 | Democratic Socialism for Beginners
May 11, 2020 14:21 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBEP #36 | Democratic Socialism for Beginners In contemporary times, most socialists have shifted away from overtly dictatorial socialism. Among the younger, there is some level of awareness of its terrible history but they still think of it as an ideal to be striven for despite obvious concerns. What are the aims of democratic socialist, what do they wish to achieve and how will they achieve their goals? Should socialism be Monarchical, Aristocratic, or Democratic? Who should have power ove...
EP #35 | Arguing Religion
April 20, 2020 17:10 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBWe have all heard that in polite company we should not discuss sex, politics, business, or religion. Those topics are too troublesome, so we should stick to safer topics? To be human is to grapple with the big questions and the crucial values of life. We must decide and we all need to make up our minds what our lives will be about. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/o...
EP #34 | Eight Socialists Define Socialism
March 11, 2020 02:53 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBWho are the most important socialist intellectuals and politicians in history? We here offer quotations from eight prominent socialists, representing a wide geographical and temporal range. The quotations illustrate the author’s motivation for advocating socialism, the actions necessary to bring about socialism, and/or the expected results of socialism. What common characteristics best define socialism? Intellectuals: like Karl Marx (Germany), Henri de Saint-Simon (France), Robert Heilbrone...
EP #33 | Young People’s Socialism
February 11, 2020 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBWhere are young socialists in their thinking? What expressions of socialism are meeting their mark rhetorically? What does socialism mean to them and what values do they think socialism is advocating? Come see Stephen Hicks live in Australia. Culture Wars 2.0 https://www.truearrowevents.com/dr-stephen-r-c-hicks YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/...
EP #32 | Bootleggers and Baptists or Snowflakes
January 27, 2020 21:07 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MBA generation ago the slogan of campus activist was, speak truth to power. Why has there been such a dramatic change in just one generation? Postmodern Monsters | Benjamin Boyce interviews Dr. Stephen Hicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEGMoQkgXf8 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollege...
EP #31 Hazony Attacks the Enlightenment
January 13, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBOn December 30th 2019, the YouTube channel Prager University released a video narrated by bible scholar and political theorist Yoram Hazony discussing the Enlightenment. Hazony makes eight major claims about the Enlightenment and while there are some thoughtful arguments against the Enlightenment, Hazony has not made them. In this episode of Open College, Dr. Hicks points out the flaws in Hazony’s augments and shows why this video is an example of special-pleading history. PragerU - What Wa...
EP #31 Harzony Attacks the Enlightenment
January 13, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBOn December 30th 2019, the YouTube channel Prager University released a video narrated by bible scholar and political theorist Yarom Harmony discussing the Enlightenment. Hazony makes eight major claims about the Enlightenment and while there are some thoughtful arguments against the Enlightenment, Harzony has not made them. In this episode of Open College, Dr. Hicks points out the flaws in Harzony’s augments and shows why this video is an example of special-pleading history. PragerU - What...
EP #30 | The Real Scrooge
December 22, 2019 00:15 - 20 minutes - 19.4 MBWe all know the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Or do we? At least 20 movie versions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol have been produced, along with innumerable stage plays and live reading. Who was Ebenezer Scrooge? Was his character the Villain according to Socialism, the Homo Economicus and Savvy Investor, the hero of the Anti-Over-Commercialized-Christmas crowd? YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Apple Podcasts http...
#29 War on Socialism
November 05, 2019 12:55 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBWilliam James was a leading American philosopher who lived at the turn of the 20th century. In his essay the Moral Equivalent of War, James describes himself as a socialist and pacifist and is very disgusted with the human history of war and is looking for a solution. This essay, while thoughtful and well argued is to my mind, highly objectionable. Here is why. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Apple Podcasts htt...
EP #28 Keynes Blame
October 22, 2019 14:37 - 32 minutes - 30.4 MBIs Keynes to blame for everything? John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist of the 20th century. In the 21st century his theories are institutionalized. But how close is current Keyesnian practice to original Keynesian theory? Join our email list - http://eepurl.com/dEEsTj Contact Dr. Hicks, on twitter @SRChicks or visit http://www.StephenHicks.org Twitter: @OpenCollegePod Minds: www.minds.com/opencollege Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Facebook: www.facebook.co...
#27 Money You Should Love
October 07, 2019 13:13 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBMoney is one of the greatest inventions ever, just as books are one of the greatest inventions ever and for the same reasons. Books are collections of abstract symbols that represent abstract ideas. Writing enhances our thinking through portability, storage, precision and universality. Books enable everyone to communicate with one another. All of these points about books hold precisely for money. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/ope...
#26 Manifest Destiny Wasn't
September 24, 2019 13:49 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBApple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast/ep-25-thales-revolution Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/openc...
#25 Thales’ Revolution
September 10, 2019 16:16 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBThe standard claim is that philosophy begins with Thales. Why did philosophy come into being in a clusters of cities on the coasts of Asia minor? Ascribed to Thales by Aristotle: “The first principle and basic nature of all things is water, ”and “All things are full of gods.” Why do historians of philosophy get worked up over these lines? To see their significance, let’s set a context by going back to the worldview of the awesomely great Homer. So brush up on The Iliad, which I want to use ...
#24 Does Power Corrupt?
August 27, 2019 14:01 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MBLord Acton said, “absolute power corrupts absolutely” but is this accurate? Abuses of social and political power are the ones we worry about the most. Social science data does seem too, on the surface, bare out Lord Acton’s claims. However, if you correlate the degrees of corruption with degrees of centralization the data suggests things are not quite so simple. Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/ope...
#23 Is Post Modernism Neo-Marxist? Yes, No & Sort Of
July 31, 2019 00:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBProfessor Jordan B. Peterson is perhaps most famous for the neo-Marxist label “Postmodern Neo-Marxism.” Although Dr. Peterson recommends Explaining Postmodernism by Dr. Hicks, their analysis on this issue differs in some important ways. Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Pl...
#22 Did Coffee Give Us The Enlightenment
July 29, 2019 11:41 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBAs a contributing factor, coffee (and tea) certainly gets credit on physiological grounds. Also contributing was the development of European coffee house culture, the coffee houses bringing businessmen, artists, and scientists together for drinking and socializing. Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-d...
#21 Censor The Hitlers
June 25, 2019 16:10 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MBExtreme cases always test our commitment to a free society. A free society depends on our general confidence in the power of reason, that people have intelligence and good judgment enough to handle the cognitive demands of living freely. Yet now our current concerns with social unrest, triggers, and inflammatory language and images has led some social-media giants curating speech. Some history teachers have found their online course lessons on German history blocked because they contain ar...
#20 Sex Dolls: Why Not?
June 16, 2019 15:38 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBSex Dolls, Artificial Intelligence, and the Real Thing. Newly-engineered materials and robotics have made the physical experiences closer to the real thing. Artificial intelligence has enabled robots to respond verbally and non-verbally more realistically. let's set aside the politics and focus on the ethics: Is sex with robots a good thing? a bad thing? Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegep...
#19 Stain of Slavery
June 03, 2019 21:57 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBIn this episode of the Open College podcast, Professor Stephen Hicks talks about the issue of slavery: its history and current implications. Even though slavery has been prohibited in Western countries, its stains such as racism and discrimination still can be seen in our society. During the last decades, people of the civilized world have been reflecting on the causes and consequences of this tragic part of human history. The anti-slavery position, as Dr. Hicks asserts, became a part of our...
#18 A Conversation with Dr. Jordan Peterson [Excerpt]
May 06, 2019 21:57 - 40 minutes - 37.9 MBThis is an excerpt from a conversation between Dr. Hicks and Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, recorded on March 27, 2019 on the Jordan B. Peterson podcast. Dr. Peterson is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist and the author of the multi-million copy bestseller 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. In this episode, the professors discuss the origins of Explaining Post Modernism, its acceptance and increased awareness amongst the philosophers and the origin...
Episode #17 C.S. Lewis Christian Socialism
April 23, 2019 01:25 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBShould Christians be socialist and was C.S. Lewis a socialist? What are the basic themes and commitments that are common to all forms of christianity? Clive Staples Lewis was a British writer and theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University and Cambridge University He is best known for his works of fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere C...
#15 Training, Not Educating Activists
March 20, 2019 13:38 - 26 minutes - 25 MBOpen College with Dr. Stephen R.C. Hicks | #15 Training, Not Educating Activists Are reason and analysis under attack by scepticism? Why do post modernists focus on training and indoctrinating activist while ignoring some of the fundamental principals of education? If racial gender ethnic group conflict are the new principal of education what is the purpose of education? Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud...
#14 Why Steve Jobs Hated School
March 01, 2019 11:05 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBDid Steve Jobs fail to adapt himself to the system, or did the school system fail to fit Steve Jobs? A Japanese team of investigators recently came to the United States to study its school system. Japan is a successful nation, prosperous and dynamic in many areas. But the team had a question: Why does our country have so few innovators? Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher http...
#12 Being The Entrepreneur of Your Life
February 11, 2019 13:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBIt can seem like entrepreneurs are a breed apart. But they’re not. All of us are born with the ability to take risks, think creatively and challenge the everyday way of doing things. That is to say, we’re all born with the entrepreneurial capacity. Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hick...
#11 Is Envy Worse in a Free Society?
January 24, 2019 02:03 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBThe argument claims, Socialism is motivated by anti-rich, anti-success envy, and that’s simply an illegitimate motivation. The envy-charge against socialism is that it institutionalizes envy. How does this compare with liberal capitalist countries? Is there more or less potential for envy to flourish in a liberal capitalist society? Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https...
#10 Bhopal: Government Subsidized Chaos
January 08, 2019 19:32 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBOpen College with Dr. Stephen R.C. Hicks | Episode #10 - Bhopal: Government Subsidized Environmental Apocalypse Bhopal is a city in central India, and late in 1984 chemicals in large quantities spilled out of an industrial plant there, killing, maiming, and damaging tens of thousands of people. The long-term estimated death toll from the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India is about 16,000 people, making it the worst human-caused environmental disaster in history. In the high-tech society we strive...
#9 Envy's Moral Psychological Challenge
January 03, 2019 02:08 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBThe puzzle of envy and how it impacts our lives. Why does envy cause some of us to do destructive things? How do envy differ from jealousy? Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast YouTube ht...
#8 Love Canal
December 18, 2018 13:22 - 22 minutes - 21 MBDid government contribute to one of America’s greatest environmental disasters? What is eminent domain? Were any politicians or government officials prosecuted for criminal neglect? Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiut...
#7 Your Sex Life Under Socialism
December 05, 2018 02:08 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBThe means of production or the means of reproduction. Where does socialism draw the line? Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClm6aOe1jrV9OINfJ8w...
#6 Nietzsche's Sister and The Will to Power
November 20, 2018 11:03 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBThe story of the The Will to Power has the makings of a dramatic documentary film. It has a tormented genius, Friedrich Nietzsche, already recognized as one of the great minds of his generation, but forced to retire early for health problems. Living an itinerant life wandering Europe on a meager pension, he nonetheless working vigorously on his iconoclastic philosophy, to culminate in a work he suggested would be his greatest. But he collapses on the streets of Turin -- only 44 years old -- l...