Today Richard Grove from TragedyandHope.com joins me to discuss his recent film, The Ultimate History Lesson - A Weekend With John Taylor Gatto. From theultimatehistorylesson.com: The Ultimate History Lesson is a 5-hour course, illustrating the cause and effect relationship of how Americans became incoherent, and thus how the American dream has was usurped by an international agenda. When John Taylor Gatto resigned from his job, he did so on the Op-Ed page of the Wall Street Journal. At the time, he was NYC and New York State School Teacher of the Year. The Ultimate History Lesson is presented as a five-hour interview session -memorializing Gatto's research, publications and life experiences- which forms an impeccable resource and reference library of the ...
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122: Gaming and Liberty
My guest today is Sydney Roc, the host of Gaming and Liberty Podcast. Our discussion goes in several directions, but it includes a lot of previously unexplored material for this show. Discussed: -SOPA/PIPA -Piracy and Intellectual Property -The Educational Value of Games vs. School -Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation -Military Propaganda in Video Games -Zelda Look Closer: How the Internet blackout affected congressional support for PIPA/SOPA http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/how-the-internet-blackout-affe.html ReviewTechUSA: RIAA/MPAA: New Tech, Old Tricks Gaming and Liberty Episode 16 – Introducing Games for Change Episode 16 – Introducing Games for Change
Read More »121 (Supplemental): Brett On Anarchast With Jeff Berwick
Picture: Johann Gottlieb Fichte was one of the German intellectuals behind institutionalized compulsory schooling. Look into his eyes. From anarchast.com: To us, Anarchy means freedom. The desire to live without a violent, coercive State. Anarchy is peace, love and prosperity. Free markets. And, power to the people. Topic: Jeff and I discuss my path to voluntarism, Ron Paul, the intellectual insults of presidential campaigning, the purpose of School Sucks Podcast, unschooling, critical thinking and the history of government school. Look Closer: About Jeff Berwick About 106: A Young Person's Guide To Politics (Appendix A) - Ron Paul, The Final Fantasy Freedomain Radio http://www.freedomainradio.com/ Complete Liberty Home
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[BONUS] The Trials of A Young Autodidact
(AUDIO, 1 HOUR, 45 MINUTES) Twenty-two-year-old Danny McCarthy showed up at A Weekend With Thaddeus Russell in August and impressed a lot of people. He had traveled to Salem, MA from Cleveland. Then he and his girlfriend Alice camped three miles away from the event. His story brought Thad to tears. The experience left me wanting to learn more about him. He worked in a pizza parlor. He didn't go to college. He was extremely intelligent and well-read. On October ...
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[PODCAST] #540: School Sucks Across America – Conclusion
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[BONUS] Episode 540 Extras: Pre-Show, Outtakes, and Brett’s San Francisco Driving Meltdown
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[BONUS] The Deep End 024 – With Richard Grove and Kevin Cole
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[PODCAST] #537: The Richmond Autodidacts Roundtable
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[PODCAST] #536: Raising Adults – Why Two Knoxville Radio Hosts Chose Home-Education
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[PODCAST] #535: The Wheels Off Liberty Reunion
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[BONUS] Fitness As A Foundation For A Productive and Prosperous Life
(AUDIO, 103 MINUTES) This extremely detailed presentation is a continuation of the personal development conversations (The Long Bumpy Road...). In this episode Brett teams up with a competition power lifter named Larry to offer diet and exercise knowledge and advice to Andrew and James. Andrew is new to weightlifting; James is knowledgeable but currently in the process of getting restarted. We discuss diets vs. eating lifestyles, Brett and Andrew's AltShift macro-nutrient cycling experiment, low carb and keto, figuring out when ...
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[BONUS] The Long Bumpy Road… (Part 2)
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[BONUS] The Long, Bumpy, Endless and Essential Road of Personal Development
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[BONUS] The Trials of A Young Autodidact
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[BONUS] High School Janitor Confidential
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[BONUS] Episode 540 Extras: Pre-Show, Outtakes, and Brett’s San Francisco Driving Meltdown
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[BONUS] The Deep End 024 – With Richard Grove and Kevin Cole