This Part 1 of an interview with Paul Rosenberg, author of " A Lodging of Wayfaring Men ". Instantly named Freedom Book of The Month and a major influence in the Cyber-underground, A Lodging of Wayfaring Men is the story of freedom-seekers who create an alternative society on the Internet - a virtual society, with no possibility of oversight or control. It grows so fast that governments and "leaders" are terrified, and fight to co-opt this cyber-society before it undermines the power of the gove...
Jan 31, 2012•35 min•Ep. 41
This episode is about the freedom in adult life that is gained by achieving financial independence from parents. Jake talks about some of the findings of the book " The Millionaire Next Door" by Thomas Stanley. Dr Stanley surveyed people in America who had become millionaires within one generation and collected data on many aspects of their lives. One finding that he identified was that adult-children who continue to receive economic subsidies from their parents tend to be much less successful i...
Jan 27, 2012•12 min•Ep. 40
A podcast for entrepreneurs about getting your business to profitability and making it more and more profitable once you get there. The title of this podcast comes from the saying "turnover is vanity and profit is sanity". Some of the topics covered in the episode include: The unjustly-bad reputation that profit has in our culture and it's origins The other motives (unrelated to profit) that entrepreneurs have and the problems that they cause for their business Profit as the truly rational measu...
Jan 16, 2012•20 min•Ep. 39
In this podcast, Jake talks about the most important responsibility you will ever have as an entrepreneur: selling. He talks about how to overcome the barriers to selling that most entrepreneurs face: the cultural prejudice against sales, ignorance about what selling really is and the psychological barrier to selling (the fear of rejection). Stages of Selling To Learn More About: Prospecting Contacting Qualifying Presentation Handling Objections Closing Referrals Checklist for New Entrepreneurs:...
Jan 11, 2012•26 min•Ep. 38
An interview with psychologist and filmmaker Daniel Mackler about the subject of psychological freedom. Daniel shares his thoughts on what psychological freedom means: the healing from past psychological traumas. He identifies the root of trauma in unhealthy parenting and talks about his own journey towards more psychological freedom.
Jan 02, 2012•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 37
Part 2 in a series of episodes on freedom from politics with special guest Stephanie Murphy, host of the Porc Therapy podcast . Show Notes: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world" by Gandhi Penn Gillette on politics School Sucks Podcast on Ron Paul George Carlin on Not Voting Doug Stanhope on Democracy "If Voting Changed Anything They'd Make it Illegal" by Emma Goldman...
Dec 26, 2011•46 min•Ep. 36
Part 1 in a series of episodes on freedom from politics. Special guest is Stephanie Murphy, host of the Porc Therapy podcast , co-host of Free Talk Live and Prometheus Unchained , all of which are on the Liberty Radio Network . Show Notes: Hans Herman Hoppe on Marxist and Austrian Class Analysis Harry Browne's book How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World Stephanie's book Ron Paul: A Life of Ideas...
Dec 19, 2011•44 min•Ep. 35
This episode is an interview with Michael Fogler about his book " Un-Jobbing: The Adult Liberation Handbook ". Michael talks about his life experience, having reached the age of 58 without ever having had a single, full-time job. He talks about how his personal experience in "failures" a traditional career-job route led him to discover unjobbing as an alternative approach. He talks about how he came up with the name "unjobbing" and the influences on his ideas, such as Grace Llwellyn's book "A Te...
Dec 12, 2011•38 min•Ep. 34
Vickie is the author of the Demand Euphoria Blog and Parent-Free By Choice Blog. In this interview we discuss the concept of "Parent-Free By Choice", which is the choice of some adults to voluntarily separate from one or both parents. Vicky talks about why this choice, although quite widespread, is viewed as a taboo subject. Vickie shares her thoughts on whether or not adults who choose to cease contact with their parents are "running away" from issues that they should stay and face up to: "Ther...
Dec 05, 2011•27 min•Ep. 33
An interview with Dale Stephens , founder of the Uncollege movement. Uncollege represents a revolutionary approach to education: applying the principles of unschooling to higher education. In the interview Dale talks about opportunities to hack your education and go for self-directed learning. He challenges the notion that going to college is the only path to success and identifies the declining value proposition of traditional college education, as well as the potential of an alternative, self-...
Nov 28, 2011•20 min•Ep. 32
This episode explores the topic of psychological barriers to personal and political freedom. It is a discussion of the ideas in Eric Fromm's book " The Fear of Freedom " (also published under the title "Escape from Freedom").
Nov 14, 2011•44 min•Ep. 30
An interview with Judd Weiss, entrepreneur and author of the Hustlebear.com blog. Judd has been an entrepreneur since he was 14. He became a millionaire by the age of 24 and has launched successful businesses in diverse industries including selling watches online, commercial real estate brokerage and parking. Judd talks about some of the principles behind successful entrepreneurship. Topics include: How accepting that you start out both ignorant and incompetent can help you succeed Why success n...
Nov 07, 2011•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 29
Financial Freedom is an achievable goal. But what exactly is it and how does making financial freedom your goal differ from more traditional financial goals? A common approach to personal finance goes something like this: MAINSTREAM ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PERSONAL FINANCE the goal of personal finance strategies is material wealth and comfort; the method is getting a secure job; the measure of how well you are doing is your salary; debt should be used, with caution, to obtain consumption items (mortga...
Oct 31, 2011•16 min•Ep. 28
You can still have a lot of freedom if you are working for somebody else. Here are some suggestions of what you can do to transform your job and liberate yourself. The youtube documentary about a Brazilian company that is mentioned in the episode is called " The Caring Capitalist ".
Oct 28, 2011•15 min•Ep. 27
This episode is a discussion with startup entrepreneurs including the founders of choreplan.com and knowitapp.com . We talk about the ideas in two great books on entrepreneurship: The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki and Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson....
Sep 14, 2011•37 min•Ep. 26
A podcast for those considering starting a business. The episode starts with a look at the value of entrepreneurship as a path to obtaining freedom in your own life and some background to my own experience with entrepreneurship. Two key questions are addressed: how do you choose which project to pursue as a new entrepreneurial venture? Also, how do you overcome the fear of getting started?
Sep 13, 2011•14 min•Ep. 25
Part 3 in a series on about the potential for voluntary, free market solutions to urban planning problems. In this episode we discuss the potential for more voluntary kinds of urban communities, urbanisation in the developing world and the future of cities. The discussion is based around ideas presented in the book The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society edited by David T Beito, Peter Gordon and Alexander Tabarrok. Special guests in this episode are Peter Gordon (co-editor of Th...
Sep 07, 2011•15 min•Ep. 24
Part 2 of a series about the potential for voluntary, free market solutions to urban planning problems. In this episode we discuss the potential for voluntary land use planning. The discussion is based around ideas presented in the book The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society edited by David T Beito, Peter Gordon and Alexander Tabarrok. Special guests in this episode are Peter Gordon (co-editor of The Voluntary City ) and Adam, Stephen and Emily, who are the authors of the blog ...
Sep 06, 2011•16 min•Ep. 23
This is the first of a series about the potential for voluntary, free market solutions to urban planning problems. This discussion is based around the topics covered in the book The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society edited by David T Beito, Peter Gordon and Alexander Tabarrok. Special guests in this episode are Peter Gordon (co-editor of The Voluntary City ) and Adam, Stephen and Emily, who are the authors of the blog Market Urbanism . In the discussion we make reference to Ja...
Sep 05, 2011•25 min•Ep. 22
A review of Robert Heinlein's libertarian science fiction novel, " The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress "
Aug 23, 2011•23 min•Ep. 21
A discussion of Ayn Rand's semi-autobiographical novel We the Living . Published in 1936, We the Living was the first novel to emerge in the West that described life in Russia during the communist revolution of 1917 and was written by someone who experienced it....
Aug 22, 2011•23 min•Ep. 20
Part 3 in a series on unschooling. This episode is about implementing an unschooling approach. Special guests are Brett Veinotte, host of School Sucks Podcast , Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio and Debbie Harbeson, unschooling parent and author of "OK Kids, Time for Bedlam"
Aug 15, 2011•31 min•Ep. 19
Part 2 in a series on Unschooling. Special guests are Brett Veinotte, host of School Sucks Podcast and Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio .
Aug 14, 2011•31 min•Ep. 18
Part one of a series of podcasts on Unschooling . This episode is a discussion of one of the most influential books about unschooling: Instead of Education by John Holt. Special guests are Brett Veinotte, host of School Sucks Podcast and Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio . "Education... now seems to me perhaps the most authoritarian and dangerous of all the social inventions of mankind. It is the deepest foundation of the modern slave state, in which most people feel themselves to be not...
Aug 14, 2011•37 min•Ep. 17
This episode is a discussion of personal experiences of different stages of unjobbing: barriers to doing it, planning for it, working towards it and achieving an unjobbed life. In the discussion we refer to the book " Un-Jobbing" by Michael Fogler. Other references in the discussion include the book " Vagabonding " by Rolf Potts and Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford commencement speech ....
Aug 09, 2011•31 min•Ep. 16
The first of a two part series about "Unjobbing": breaking free of the rat-race to do only things that you love with your life. In this episode we explore the idea of Unjobbing set out in the book " Un-Jobbing : The Adult Liberation Handbook" by Michael Fogler. Other books referred to in the discussion include " Rich Dad, Poor Dad " by Robert Kiyosaki....
Aug 09, 2011•33 min•Ep. 15
A discussion of Ayn Rand's classic libertarian novel Atlas Shrugged .
Jul 31, 2011•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 14
This episode is a short discussion and recommendation of Lysander Spooner's great book "No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority". The book is a brilliant critique of the legality of any constitution and the validity of any idea of a social contract.
Jul 20, 2011•16 min•Ep. 13
This episode is a discussion about two different approaches to investment. The first approach comes from Harry Browne's idea of the Permanent Portfolio, which you can find in his book Fail-Safe Investing . The second approach is focussed on investing purely in precious metals as a way to protect your wealth. Both approaches are concerned with investing for financial freedom and protecting your hard earned savings in the context of turbulent economic conditions....
Jun 18, 2011•26 min•Ep. 12
Part 2 of a discussion about Ayn Rand's individualist novel, "The Fountainhead".
Jun 13, 2011•23 min•Ep. 11
