A podcast discussing perspectives on the future and today, particularly in the areas of family, education and homeschooling, ethics, economics, business, peace, and living freely (a libertarian worldview.)
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0037 More Than Ordinary with AnnMaria DeMars 08292017-FHY
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I was interviewed on the "More than Ordinary" podcast by AnnMaria DeMars. AnnMaria is the CEO of 7 Generation Games, an educational software company. She's also a Judo champion and activist for Native American causes. She's the homeschooling mother of famous fighter and actress Ronda Rousey.We talk homeschooling, so there's a lot of repeat if you'v…
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0035 - DSY 7 - Jumping off the conveyor belt: Deschooling in action with T.K. Coleman
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Cross post from Deschool Yourself series. Zak and I talk with T.K. Coleman.By Jeff Till
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0036 - DSY 8 helping others and helping out
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Cross post from Deschool Yourself podcast. Zak and I talk about helping others deschool and resources to help yourself.By Jeff Till
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0034 - DSY 5 - Self esteem and education with Brett Veinotte
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Cross post from "deschool yourself". Zak and I talk with T.K. Coleman, Education Director for Praxis.By Jeff Till
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0031 - DSY 4 - The infliction of 15,000 hours of schooling
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Cross post from "Deschool yourself". Zak and I talk about how rotten school and why it hurts people.By Jeff Till
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Cross post from "deschool yourself" series. Zak and I discuss the difference between forced schooling and voluntary, intrinsically motivated learning/education.By Jeff Till
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0032 - DSY 5 - Self esteem and education with Brett Veinotte
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A cross post from Deschool Yourself series. Zak and I talk with Brett Veinotte of the School Sucks Project.By Jeff Till
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0030 - DSY 3 - A renegade view of school with Thaddeus Russell
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Cross post from "Deschool yourself". Zak and I talk to Thaddeus Russell, author of "A Renegade History of the United States"By Jeff Till
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0029 - DSY 2 -When you were free to learn featuring Dr. Peter Gray
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Cross post from Deschool yourself - Zak and I talk to Dr. Peter Gray, Author of "Free to Learn".By Jeff Till
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0028 - DSY 1 - The wounds and woes of the schooled mind
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A cross post from Deschool Yourself, Zak and I introduce the series.By Jeff Till
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Announcement of the next 8 episodes, cross posted from the new Zak Slayback/Jeff Till series "deschool yourself".By Jeff Till
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0027 School is for poor people 11212016-FHY
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Here we go deep into public schooling and home education again, figuring out if school is or should be a form of poorness/poverty. We talk about the dead whore in the bathtub, how awful school really is, how parents don't spend time with their kids, how to talk home education, what types of people went to school, helicopter parenting, conditioning …
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0026 Libertarianism: a political failure 102816-FHY
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Is libertarianism a political failure? Why enthusiastically yes! Here we talk about little corners of libertarianism, ask about Rawls' veil of ignorance, the joyful libertarian discovery process, Ron Paul, Gary Johnson and libertarian politicians, your relationship with commerce, becoming an anarchist, libertarian guilt and what you are supposed to…
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0025 What they think about America 09252016-FHY
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I explore the common attributes of American life that foreigners find weird, such as saying "how do you do", tipping, being fat or driving in cars. We spend a bit on whether Americans are unnatural or not, and discuss whether some crazy foreigners want to kill us.By Jeff Till
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0024 Doublethink Jointasode with Isaac Morehouse 06272016 - FHY
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Praxis CEO, public free thinker and BFF Isaac Morehouse joins me to expand on a Facebook post he wrote on "doublespeak" or "doublethink" where a policy idea is mistaken (or purposefully replaced) a more genuine objective or desire. Here we talk myths about school, the law, the military, welfare, and regulation. Enjoy!…
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0023 Is Government cooperation? Ice cream, ants and bears. 06222016 - FHY
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Today I explore the idea of whether government is cooperation or collaboration, whether anarchy is like the existence of bears or sharks based on an email and conversation from my friend Chris, local government, the nature of ants and bees, a book report on Edward O. Wilson's "The meaning of human existence", the nature of democracy, collaboration …
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0022 F-Word in America - Militarism 060616 - FHY
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I discuss the third component that would suggest a country is fascist which is militarism (combined with corporatist economics and nationalism). Do we need our leaders to dress up in general's uniforms to be militaristic, or is it our ethics and investments that indicate militarism? Discussed is the history of the military and US wars, a look at th…
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0021 Curse of the Busybody Conformists Consumers 060116 - FHY
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In this episode, I discuss how being constantly 'busy' is probably a bad thing and that most people don't properly balance their time with their consumption and life changes. I try to make the case that being "acceptably busy" is a conformist notion that has spread to every aspect of people's lives. I steal a clip of Tim Ferriss. I also bizarrely g…
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0020 Ep Zero My Struggle Part Two 051616 - FHY
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In part two of "my struggle", I recount my past from post-college on, including my life in Boston, my jobs at companies like AT Kearny, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and others, the formation of my company, my TASM Lab music albums, my band the Hudson Debacle, my marriage, my kids and more. Along the way I explain what life lesson I learned through my va…
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0019 Episode Zero: My Struggle Part One 050616 - FHY
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I discuss the basis of my worldview, including anarchism, peaceful parenting, atheism, unschooling, and personal freedom as context for previous and future podcasts. I also discuss my hobbies such as music and art, and give a much too long story about my childhood, teen and college years. Part one of two.…
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0018 Singularity Bros and Jeffs Big Problem 041916 - FHY
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Jeff discusses the upcoming technology singularity where tech gets so good that we can't tell what great new thing is coming next. VR! Driverless cars! Artificial intelligence! Nanotech! Life extension! He then explores why he's optimistic about technological unemployment, not so optimistic about the idea of a "basic Income guarantee" and a new ide…
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0017 Separation Of Sacred And State 032916 - FHY
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Today we discuss how sacred the idea of "separation of church and state" is to our national dialogue. Yet, for many of us, there are more issues even MORE sacred than religion. How about healthcare? Or consumption? Or family itself? Are we hurting children by not separating them from the state and keeping them separate from the market? This is a qu…
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0016 Disney Fun Time and the murder of family 031016 - FHY
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Explorations of my recent Disney Dream ocean cruise, an analysis of different types of entertainment, the failure of the kids club, why people go on vacation to be uncomfortable, how Disney owns Star Wars in worse ways than you thought, the poor cruise ship workers and our Western fate, when I worked at Disney, and parental death as both plot devic…
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0015 F - Word In America - Patriots Suck 030216 - FHY
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We explore whether American nationalism is a feature of American fascism or just a good healthy dose of collectivism. Topics include Reagan, Bush and Obama, The Flag, the pledge of allegiance, fascism, nationalism in the media and music, kids patriotic school songs, history class, Toby Keith, "Made in America", the Superbowl and the might New Engla…
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0014 The F-Word In America 02082016 - FHY
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The F-Word in America or Separation of healthcare and market is humanity's suicide. An exploration of how American politics and economics is fascism with a detailed look at the healthcare industry in particular and why affordable healthcare is illegal.By Jeff Till
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0013 Minicast - Backup - Plans 01252016 - FHY
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Eight minutes on three types of back up plans, including basic risk management, fake complex back up plans and the simple empowering one of the status quo.By Jeff Till
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0012 Minicast+Everything Isaac Morehouse 01182016 - FHY
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20 minutes of new mini-cast following up on Star Wars, and Obligation, then talking about the coincidence of my good friend Isaac Moorehouse and I ending up living so close and being friends in South Carolina. Then, my hour long interview on the Isaac Morehouse showBy Jeff Till
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0011 STAR WARS The Dork Awakens 01122016 - FHY
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In this podcast, Jeff Till recounts his own history with Star Wars, reflects on the unique emotional power of the Star Wars saga, explores different fan types, talks Star Wars tattoos, reviews the new "Episode 7: The Force Awakens", reads about the Disney acquisition and the expanded universe, George Lucas's philanthropy and possible estate plannin…
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0010 Obligation And Duty 12112015 - FHY
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This episode discusses personal obligations and duties and how to manage them for a freer, happy and more content life. It talks about work, family, norms, time, pleasure, school and other themes that obligation affects.By Jeff Till
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0009 Mini - Wealth - Book - Announce 11192015 - FHY
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This mini-cast follows up with some thoughts on Podcast 8 on Wealth Inequality and I introduce listeners to my new books I wrote/contributed to.By Jeff Till
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0008 Wealth Inequality 11052015 - FHY
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An analysis on wealth inequality in America with a focus on how it will one day end the ultimate poverty - death itself. It also talks about toilet paper and ketchup and mustardBy Jeff Till
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In this Podcast, I give a book report on Napoleon Hill's book "Think and Grow RichBy Jeff Till
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0006 Our Funny Government 07 - 06 - 2015 - FHY
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Our Funny Government or "Little Piles of Garbage"A look at different aspects of government that are strange or curious from a libertarian point of view. Podcast includes: - Little piles of garbage - Did you what Amazon did? - I've got an idea! - Government likes art and culture! - Strangers who live a thousand miles away - Partisan dog poop gourmet…
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0005 Jeff On Danilo PeacefulAnarchism - FHY
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Jeff Till is invited on to Danilo Cueller's podcast from PeacefulAnarchism.com in June of 2015By Jeff Till
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0004 Jeff Till On School Sucks Project Part 2 - FHY
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Jeff Till is interviewed on the School Sucks project in May 2015 to discuss home education argumentsBy Jeff Till
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0003 Jeff Till On School Sucks Project Part 1 - FHY
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My interview with Brett Veinotte on the School Sucks ProjectsBy Jeff Till
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0001 Complete Case For Home Education - FHY
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An hour long audio podcast featuring 54 arguments for why home education is preferable to compulsory public educationBy Jeff Till
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