Voluntaryist Voices by Everything-Voluntary.com
157 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Voluntaryist Voices podcast features lectures, interviews and audio essays by intellectual giants, past and present.
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Lawrence Cohen: Create a Closer Bond with Your Child Through Play (50m)
October 31, 2019 16:45Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an interview of psychologist and author Lawrence Cohen from 2010 by Laura Markham of Aha! Parenting. Topics discussed include: the parent-child bond: how to stay connected, and heal from disconnection; the healing role of crying for babies, toddlers and children – and how parents can best help them; how humans discharge tension and difficult emotions – and how to help your child do so; the “Stay-listening” technique to help your chil...
Jason Brennan: Is Democracy Just? (46m)
October 21, 2019 16:11Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by philosopher and political scientist Jason Brennan from 2017. Brennan looks at justice and democratic government.
Michael Malice: North Korea 101 (48m)
October 16, 2019 19:53Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an interview of author, podcaster, and celebrity ghostwriter Michael Malice from 2017 by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Powell, hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast. What’s North Korea like? Do the people there really believe the popular legends we’ve heard about the Kim family? Which is Kim Jong-un: a spoiled heir to a political dynasty, a paranoid lunatic with a big gun and 25 million hostages, or a coldly rational devious mastermind?
Anthony Gregory: The Total State (1h4m)
October 11, 2019 16:08Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by historian and author Anthony Gregory from 2013. He discusses the modern evils of fascism and communism, their commonalities and differences, and their continuing significance today.
Thomas DiLorenzo: Ten Things You Should Know about Socialism (50m)
October 06, 2019 16:04Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by economics professor and Austro-libertarian Thomas DiLorenzo from 2016. He looks at the many aspects of socialism and why its a disastrous economic system for liberty and prosperity.
Carl Watner: For Conscience’s Sake (31m)
October 01, 2019 14:19Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an audio essay written by historian and voluntaryist Carl Watner in 1992, which comprises Chapter 9 of Everything Voluntary: From Politics to Parenting, edited by Skyler J. Collins and published in 2012. He explores the voluntaryist roots of religious freedom.
Mike Munger: Fair Trade and Free Trade (58m)
September 26, 2019 15:43Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an interview of economist Mike Munger from 2007 by Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk. Does the premium for fair trade coffee end up in the hands of the grower? What economic forces might stop that from happening? They discuss the business strategy of using higher wages as a marketing strategy to attract concerned consumers. They turn to the issue of free trade agreements. If the ideal situation is open borders to foreign products, is it...
Jeff Brown: Nonviolent Communication (1h9m)
September 21, 2019 15:57Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an interactive lecture by certified trainer Jeff Brown from 2015. Nonviolent communication facilitates harmonious interpersonal relationships in families and communities by allowing people to hear their own deeper needs, and those of others.
Donald Boudreaux: Resisting the Growth of Governments (57m)
September 16, 2019 15:11Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a presentation by economics professor Donald Boudreaux from 2001about the nature of government. He says that even in the face of public choice-type of environment that is constantly pushing the state to grow, ideas do matter and can constrain what the state can do.
Alfie Kohn: Unconditional Parenting (37m)
September 11, 2019 13:30Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an interview of education and parenting researcher, writer, and lecturer Alfie Kohn from 2009 by Laura Markham of Aha! Parenting. They consider and critique the misguided use of both punishments and rewards in the rearing of children.
Christopher Preble: War Is the Health of the State (54m)
September 06, 2019 15:18Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an interview of U.S. foreign policy academic Christopher Preble from 2015 by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Powell, hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast. They ask whether there exists a single libertarian foreign policy that all libertarians would agree with; talk about the idea that war powers, resolutions, and laws passed during wartime don’t recede in times of peace; give a quick rundown of American military history; and discuss the rise o...
Tom Woods: A Stake Through the Heart of Socialism (27m)
August 29, 2019 13:27Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by historian and Austro-libertarian Tom Woods as published on his podcast in 2019. This is a lecture taken from the Ron Paul Homeschool curriculum (found at RonPaulEducation.com) and explores the economic calculation problem inherent in socialist economic planning.
Daniel Quinn: Schooling, the Hidden Agenda (29m)
August 23, 2019 15:59Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an audio essay written by American author Daniel Quinn in 2000, which comprises Chapter 18 of Everything Voluntary: From Politics to Parenting, edited by Skyler J. Collins and published in 2012. He explores the true purpose of mass public schooling and its effects.
Andrew Napolitano: How the Courts Killed Natural Law (37m)
August 05, 2019 15:31Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a rousing talk by former Federal judge and libertarian Andrew Napolitano from 2018. He looks at the Declaration of Independence's natural law tradition–and how federal courts relentlessly and successfully attacked the principles it represented.
Peter Gray: Education and Human Evolution (1h49m)
July 21, 2019 16:41Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by evolutionary psychologist, research professor, and author Peter Gray from 2016 on how children's natural curiosity, playfulness, sociability, and willfulness have all been shaped by natural selection to serve the function of education.
Alice Miller: Childhood, The Unexplored Source of Knowledge (28m)
July 15, 2019 14:51Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an audio essay written by psychologist and psychoanalyst Alice Miller in 2007, which comprises Chapter 25 of Everything Voluntary: From Politics to Parenting, edited by Skyler J. Collins and published in 2012. She explores childhood as a source of understanding tyranny and violence.
Brink Lindsey: Is Income Inequality a Problem? (52m)
July 09, 2019 14:18Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an interview of academic and juris doctorate Brink Lindsey from 2014 by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Powell, hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast. We know income inequality exists, that some people are very rich and others very poor. And this bothers quite a lot of us. Aren’t we right to be concerned about this? Isn’t there something wrong when some people have access to far more resources than others?
Walter Block: Defending the Dishonest Cop (15m)
June 27, 2019 16:15Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). 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.
Lenore Skenazy: All Fear All The Time (44m)
June 24, 2019 15:53Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). 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)
June 18, 2019 14:54Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). 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)
June 12, 2019 13:27Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). 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)
June 06, 2019 15:43Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). 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.
Matt Kibbe: Don’t Hurt People, and Don’t Take Their Stuff (1h0m)
May 31, 2019 15:54Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). 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)
May 28, 2019 16:15Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). 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)
May 19, 2019 16:06Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). 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)
May 13, 2019 16:03Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). 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.
Edward Stringham: Do We Need Government? (1h15m)
May 10, 2019 15:08Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by economics professor Edward Stringham from 2009. Should government provide law enforcement? Most would argue that government is absolutely necessary for law enforcement. Prof. Stringhman, however, argues that government may not even be necessary at all. To come to this conclusion, Prof. Stringham asks a few important questions. First, if something is really important, does it logically follow that government should provid...
Tom Woods: The Economics of the Police State (39m)
May 07, 2019 15:16Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by historian and Austro-libertarian Tom Woods from 2014. In the modern United States, federal laws are now so numerous and written so broadly and vaguely, that it is nearly impossible to make it through the day without breaking at least one of them. And through it all, an enormous government apparatus of prisons, prosecutors, police, and bureaucrats remains well-funded, powerful, and nearly impossible to oppose in court.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: How to Live in a World We Don’t Understand (1h42m)
April 28, 2019 16:05Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by author, scholar, and statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb from 2013. He discusses his work on uncertainty, randomness, and disorder outlined in his book: Antifragile. Taleb's works focuses on decision making under uncertainty, as well as technical and philosophical problems with probability and metaprobability, in other words "what to do in a world we don't understand".
Marc Stevens: Effective Damage Control (46m)
April 25, 2019 14:52Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by activist radio host and anarchist Marc Stevens from 2011 on defending yourself from legal attacks by people who call themselves "government".
Walter Block: Defending the Non-Contributor to Charity (14m)
April 19, 2019 15:43Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an audio essay written by economics professor and Austro-libertarian Walter Block from 1976, and which comprises Chapter 18 of Defending the Undefendable.
Steve Silverman: Jury Nullification – What It Is, and How To Use It (29m)
April 16, 2019 14:50Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an interview of activist Steve Silverman of FlexYourRights.org by Tom Woods, host of the Tom Woods Show. They discuss the principles and applications of jury nullification, when juries refuse to convict on the basis that the allegedly violated law is unjust.
Johann Hari: The Disastrous War on Drugs (3h0m)
April 10, 2019 15:55Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an interview of journalist Johann Hari from 2019 by Joe Rogan, host of the Joe Rogan Experience. They discuss the effects of the War on Drugs, the roots of drug addiction, and his new book, Chasing the Scream.
Maj Toure: Black Guns Matter (57m)
April 04, 2019 15:35Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by hip-hop artist Maj Toure from 2018 on the right to bear arms. He founded the Black Guns Matter movement in 2015 and advocates for 2nd Amendment education and information for urban communities. Maj has been featured in the New York Times, Breitbart News, National Public Radio, Fox News, CNN, and NRANews for his out of the box approach to 2nd Amendment advocacy.
Konrad Graf: Action-Based Jurisprudence (58m)
April 01, 2019 16:28Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by author Konrad Graf from 2012 on a number of topics relating to action-based jurisprudence. Topics covered include: rights-violating rights protectors; law and ethics; legal theory; responses to aggression; rights-protecting legal institutions; and misplaced complexity.
Peter Leeson: Can Anarchy Work? (49m)
March 26, 2019 16:29Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an interview of economics and law professor Peter Leeson from 2017 by Trevor Burrus and Aaron Powell, hosts of the Free Thoughts podcast. They discuss rational choice theory as it applies to self-governance. What happens in the absence of government? They also discuss the difference between government and governance, what it means to be stateless, and how anarchy is perceived in the world today.
David Friedman: Legal Systems Very Different from Our Own (56m)
March 23, 2019 16:13Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by economics professor David Friedman from 2013. Based on a course he teaches and a forthcoming book, he discusses the characteristics of legal systems quite unlike any we've known in contemporary Western society. Examples range from historic Imperial China and Periclean Athens to modern gypsies and Amish.
Robin Grille: Natural Born Bullies (15m)
March 20, 2019 16:21Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an audio essay written by psychologist Robin Grille in 2007, which comprises Chapter 24 of Everything Voluntary: From Politics to Parenting, edited by Skyler J. Collins and published in 2012. He explores the origins of bullying.
Jonathan Haidt: The Coddling of The American Mind (1h2m)
March 17, 2019 15:57Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt from 2018. He addresses the subject of his new book — The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure — in which he investigates the causes of our current confusion, conflict and polarization and offers solutions for individuals and institutions to flourish amidst our differences. Purchase books by Jonathan Haidt on Amazon her...
Michael Boldin: Revolutionary Decentralization and the Tenth Amendment (2h18m)
March 14, 2019 16:25Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an interview of Tenth Amendment Center founder Michael Boldin from 2018 by Thaddeus Russell, host of the Unregistered podcast. Raised in a family of Christian conservative activists, Michael Boldin took a very different path. In 2006 he founded the Tenth Amendment Center, which has promoted the efforts of states and municipalities to block the enforcement of federal laws.
Benjamin Powell: The Economics of Sweatshops (47m)
March 11, 2019 15:32Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by economics professor Benjamin Powell from 2018. He explores what sweatshops are, why they exist, the economic forces that create them, and why they are a necessary and important component of the developing world.
Jeffrey Herbener: Demystifying the Federal Reserve (26m)
March 08, 2019 15:39Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an interview of economics professor and department chairman Jeffrey Herbener from 2016 by Jeff Deist, host of the Human Action podcast. They cover the basics of central bank mechanics: how commercial bank reserves are created, the difference between the monetary base and the money supply, and how the Fed Funds rate impacts lending and the structure of production. They consider how Austrian business cycle theory describes the distorti...
Tom Woods: Our Wise Overlords Are Just Here to Serve Us (51m)
March 05, 2019 17:10Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by historian and Austro-libertarian Tom Woods from 2010. He is speaking at a Mises Circle event in Colorado Springs titled, "The Delusion of Good Government". Purchase books by Tom Woods on Amazon here.
Daniel D’Amico: An Economist’s Look at Intellectual Property Law (1h18m)
March 02, 2019 23:37Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by economics professor Daniel J. D'Amico from 2011 on intellectual property law. He discusses several arguments for and against government enforcement of intellectual property, including trademarks, patents, and copyrights. He explores both moral arguments (deontological) and cost benefit arguments (consequential), dedicating most of his time to consequential arguments. He finds that, in general, intellectual property is di...
Carl Watner: Fundamentals of Voluntaryism (10m)
February 27, 2019 16:42Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features an audio essay written by historian Carl Watner in 2006, co-founder of The Voluntaryist, and which comprises Chapter 3 of Everything Voluntary: From Politics to Parenting, edited by Skyler J. Collins and published in 2012.
Patrick Newman: The Progressive Era and the Rise of Crony Capitalism (45m)
February 24, 2019 15:01Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by economics professor Patrick Newman from 2018 on the United States' Progressive Era and the rise of political entrepreneurship, or crony capitalism.
Mike Munger: Permissionless Innovation (1h7m)
February 21, 2019 15:47Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). 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.
Peter Gray: The Promise of Play (1h11m)
February 18, 2019 15:26Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). 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.
Walter Block: Defending the Undefendable (52m)
February 15, 2019 17:24Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). 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.
Marc Victor: What I Learned About the Criminal Justice System From Neanderthals and Liars (57m)
February 12, 2019 15:58Post by Skyler J. Collins (Editor). This episode features a lecture by criminal defense attorney Marc Victor telling the horrific story of physical violence, bureaucratic malice and criminal perjury he endured while he was "presumed innocent". A riveting tale of how his devotion to protecting the rights of persons accused of crimes by the State was energized to a whole new level through the harrowing experience he suffered.