Episode 163 - Religious memes injurious to health and well-being
By Wes Bertrand
Guests Stephanie from http://porctherapy.com and http://freetalklive.com and Mary from the G+
complete liberty nvc weekend hangout (and youtube links
below)
The Statist Matrix by Mary Vandenberg
Statist Matrix-part1- speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJnBMB54pzE
Statist Matrix- part2speech-part1 of discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg98TehWPs4
3 statist matrix part 2ofdiscussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeeKLLaONW8
4 statist matrix part 3of discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N4C5r8roQg
Why Do So Many Believers Think Atheists Are Worse Than Rapists?
Looking for answers at the Reason Rally in Washington, D.C. by
Ronald Bailey
http://reason.com/archives/2012/03/27/believers-atheists-worse-rapists
A Transcript of Freedomain Radio Podcast 70: “The Parable of
the Apple – or, How to control a human soul...” by Stefan
Molyneux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxYJOBaXQww
http://freedomain.wetpaint.com/page/70.+How+to+control+a+human+soul
http://www.freedomainradioshows.com/Traffic_Jams/how_to_control_a_human_soul.mp3
also in the book Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love by
Stefan Molyneux
http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR
Joe has encountered quite a few haunted people, though no
haunted places:
http://www.joenickell.com/ParanormalInvestigator/paranormalinvestigator1.html
As adults, it's vital that we process our childhood trauma, so
that we don't continue costly cycles
The Ways Of An Atheist by Bernard Katz
http://www.amazon.com/The-Ways-Atheist-Bernard-Katz/dp/1573922730
Episode covering the barbaric practice of circumcision
http://www.porctherapy.com/2012/03/31/porc-therapy-2012-03-30/
Disproving God by Cristina Rad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC2Nvo_I3os
May flowers and...
http://voices.yahoo.com/masturbate-thon-celebrate-national-masturbation-320301.html?cat=9
Defending the Undefendable: The Pimp, Prostitute, Scab,
Slumlord, Libeler, Moneylender, and Other Scapegoats in the
Rogue’s Gallery of American Society by Walter Block
https://mises.org/store/Product2.aspx?ProductId=136
http://mises.org/books/defending.pdf
http://womeninsecularism.org/
A Woman's Self-Esteem: Struggles And Triumphs In The Search For
Identity by Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/shop/a-womans-self-esteem/
PETALS
http://www.nickkarras.com/
http://mormon.org/plan-of-happiness/
Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked?
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4059
http://poundthecardia.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/raelians-the-poor-mans-scientologists/
Interview with Robert Price, aka The Bible Geek
http://www.pointofinquiry.org/robert_m_price_the_reason_driven_life/
http://www.robertmprice.mindvendor.com/
bumper music "Bad Religion" by Godsmack
http://godsmack.com/
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Episode 162 - Atheism, religious violence and dogma, importance of logic and human needs
By Wes Bertrand
Atheism: A New Strategy. Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason
& Science, US - Sean Faircloth
http://richarddawkins.net/videos/644419-atheism-a-new-strategy-richard-dawkins-foundation-for-reason-science-us
Lobbying (religious or otherwise) is not the problem;
"government" is the problem
Killing for a Book by Lauryn Oates
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2012/killing-for-a-book/
"Faith and force are...corollaries: every period of history
dominated by mysticism, was a period of statism, of
dictatorship, of tyranny." A.R.
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html
A system designed to maim women into submission by Lauryn
Oates
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2011/a-system-designed-to-maim-women-into-submission/
We Won't Be Silent!
http://youtu.be/Vv7VdQNC8Yc
starting at 39:15, caller tells her story of stopping courtroom
"proceeding" and walking out when her questions about standing
weren't addressed.
http://marcstevens.net/radioarchive/nsp20120407.html
The Price of Atheism by John Stossel
http://youtu.be/sTRDRP2n4Sk
Price of Atheism — 20/20 piece « Atheist Asshole
http://atheistasshole.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/price-of-atheism-2020-piece/
The Price of Atheism | MilkandCookies
http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/64147/detail/
Human minds don't need to "submit" or "be saved"--but they do
need self-esteem and life-enriching connections
Every person is born naturally atheistic and anarchistic
Thunderf00t -Westboro Baptist Church (full interview)
http://youtu.be/OTSbfs32yCU
How should I respond to my young child's doubts about
God?
http://family.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/25668/~/how-should-i-respond-to-my-young-child's-doubts-about-god%3F
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/axioms.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/axiomatic_concepts.html
Omniscience, omnipotence, and infallibility are invalid
concepts
In Our Own Image And Likeness
http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyourownima.html
Core Values by Glen Allport
http://www.strike-the-root.com/81/allport/allport6.html
Universal human needs
http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory
bumper music "Patch Of Light" by Dogma
http://www.myspace.com/dogmarock
Episode 161 - The nature of religious memes and conceptualization
By Wes Bertrand
The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power by Joel Kramer
and Diana Alstad
http://www.joeldiana.com/guru_papers.html
No matter what or who you believe, you can't escape relying on
your own judgment
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/metaphysics.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/skepticism.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/certainty.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/method,_concepts_of.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/invalid_concepts.html
John Cleese Podcast #32: The Scientist at Work
http://www.johncleesepodcast.co.uk/cleeseblog/2008/07/john-cleese-podcast-32-scientist-at.html
John Cleese Podcast #33: The Brain Explained
http://www.johncleesepodcast.co.uk/cleeseblog/2008/08/john-cleese-podcast-33-brain-explained.html
#TL05AB: Anthropomorphism and Related Phenomena by Frederick
Mann
http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl05ab.shtml
http://anarchast.com/front/2012/3/24/anarchast-ep-22-with-wes-bertrand.html
bumper music "Guru Mantra (feat. Marti Nikko)" by DJ Drez
http://djdrez.com/DjDrez/Jahta_Yoga.html
Episode 160 - History of anarchism, civilized voluntaryism, uncivilized statism
By Wes Bertrand
Anarchy: The Unknown Ideal by Bionic Mosquito
http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/anarchy-the-unknown-ideal.html
Who Owns What? by Paul Hein
http://www.strike-the-root.com/who-owns-what
DEATH BY GOVERNMENT by R.J. Rummel
http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/NOTE1.HTM
The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland
Southeast Asia by James C. Scott - Reviewer: Thomas J.
Thompson
http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=843
The World’s First Paleo-Libertarians by Carl Close
http://blog.independent.org/2012/03/27/the-worlds-first-paleo-libertarians/
Hunters-Gatherers: The Original Libertarians by Thomas
Mayor
http://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?a=877
http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_16_04_01_mayor.pdf
A universal human needs vocabulary is essential for
communicating compassionately and achieving a free
society:
http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory
http://www.wikihow.com/Practice-Nonviolent-Communication
A couple very informative audio interviews about NVC:
w/ Marshall Rosenberg, founder of NVC (76mins)
http://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL36.html
w/ Jorge Rubio, an NVC trainer (40mins)
http://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL05.htm
Anarchy, Monopoly, and Predation by Peter T. Leeson
http://www.peterleeson.com/Anarchy_Monopoly_and_Predation.pdf
30 Signs That The United States Of America Is Being Turned Into
A Giant Prison by Michael Snyder
http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=37466
Illegal Everything by John Stossel
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news-reporting/transcript/illegal-everything
http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/stossel/blog/2012/03/30/weekend-illegal-everything-airs-saturday-9-pm-and-midnight-et-fbn
John Stossel's Illegal Everything - http://youtu.be/nBiJB8YuDBQ
Pete and Ademo's sites:
http://libertyontour.com/
http://www.copblock.org/
You can get informed of the legal "case" (no standing) brought
against Ademo and help him here:
http://www.copblock.org/10792/manchesterindictment/
bumper music "Acid Tribe" by Zetan Spore
http://www.zetanspore.co.uk/
Episode 159 - Governmental regulation inducing suffering unto death
By Wes Bertrand
Guest Stephanie from http://porctherapy.com and http://freetalklive.com
her guest appearance on Healthy Mind Fit Body Podcast:
http://healthymindfitbody.com/2010/12/07/58-the-ills-of-insulin-part-1/
http://healthymindfitbody.com/2010/12/14/59-the-ills-of-insulin-part-2/
http://freestateproject.org/libertyforum
stem cell story about human eggs...
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/02/26/dogma-overturned-women-can-produce-new-eggs-video/
Reversal of type 1 diabetes via islet b cell regeneration
following immune modulation by cord blood-derived multipotent
stem cells
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1741-7015-10-3.pdf
oldest known person (from France) lived to 122 1/2...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_people
The Truly Staggering Cost Of Inventing New Drugs by Matthew
Herper
http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2012/02/10/the-truly-staggering-cost-of-inventing-new-drugs/
patents are a coercive monopoly granted by the State
duplicating things in the marketplace doesn't violate property
rights (see CL podcast episodes 89-99)
Bellevue Inside Out documentary film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nVEN1Reeaw
http://www.teale-edwards.com/bellevueinsideout.asp
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/01/28/the-depressing-news-about-antidepressants.html
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2012/03/05/are-psychiatric-medications-making-us-sicker/
the legalized coercive monopolies of government, such as the
FDA, have NO property rights jurisdiction; they're based on the
collectivistic premise of communism
an idea predominant in the EU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle
Why Government Doesn't Work by Harry Browne
http://www.jrbooksonline.com/PDF_Books/why_govt_doesnt_work.pdf
How Big Pharma Undermined Medical Innovation for Financial Gain
by Avik Roy
http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/02/15/how-big-pharma-undermined-medical-innovation-for-financial-gain/
what the FDA spokesperson has to say about this coercive
organization...
http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/02/50-years-after-thalidomide-why-regulation-matters/
A Culture Of Controlling Malicious Timidity by Reason
http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2012/01/a-culture-of-controlling-malicious-timidity.php
Benevolence. Ingenious. Life.
http://www.bilconference.com/
Liberty Cruise 2.0!
https://www.facebook.com/events/252501778170108/
bumper music "Fraud" by Dextems
http://www.myspace.com/dextemsdnb
Episode 158 - Roots of compliance, effecting societal change
By Wes Bertrand
Since when did obedience become the epitome of good parenting?
by Annalisa Barbieri
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/19/are-obedient-children-a-good-thing
Is the common aim of parenting to raise compliant
children?
"The need for autonomy doesn't vanish because kids have been
cowed into doing what they're told." A.Kohn
http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory
Response to: Parenting on Facebook by Oliver Heuler
http://youtu.be/KLJNavN45ko
Achieving a Permanent Change in Society by Debbie
Harbeson
http://debbieandcarl.blogspot.com/2012/01/achieving-permanent-change-in-society.html
Re-education via The Online Freedom Academy
http://tolfa.us
Though we don't have justice today, when our desires for
freedom are perceived as demands by those in government,
achieving justice becomes less likely. Speaking compassionately
will help us start getting everyone's needs met.
Rant Farm's Podcast Episode 7
http://rantfarm.podomatic.com/entry/2011-11-28T20_36_56-08_00
Explore the future of our longevity...
http://healthymindfitbody.com/2012/01/06/85-interview-with-100-plus-author-sonia-arrison-part-1/
http://healthymindfitbody.com/2012/01/16/86-interview-with-100-plus-author-sonia-arrison-part-2/
bumper music "Society" by Eddie Vedder
http://www.pearljam.com/users/eddievedder
Episode 157 - The shrugging of atlas, and the welfare state
By Wes Bertrand
Corporations are manifestations of statism
http://completeliberty.com/iv__immorality_of_politics.html
Ayn Rand explicated the non-aggression principle quite
clearly
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/physical_force.html
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Vulgar_libertarianism
'Atlas Shrugged Part 2' Timed to Hit Screens Just Before
Presidential Election
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/atlas-shrugged-part-2-prduction-april-286633
Do we really need to surrender to "authority" in order to
survive?...
http://www.mygovcost.org/2012/01/19/nearly-half-of-americans-receive-government-funding/
bumper music "Sentinel" by VNV Nation
http://www.vnvnation.com/
Direct download: Episode_157_-_The_shrugging_of_atlas_and_the_welfare_state.mp3
Episode 156 - Liberty getaway cruise 2011, voting debate
By Wes Bertrand
Stefan Molyneux's site:
http://freedomainradio.com
Mark Edge's site:
http://freetalklive.com
An article by Jim Davies about Ron Paul's agenda (http://ronpaul2012.com)
http://strike-the-root.com/ron-reviewed
about Ron Paul's Presidential Campaign by Jim Davies
http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/rondex.htm
Raise the Drawbridge! by Jim Davies
http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/11A141.htm
Ron's War on Drugs by Jim Davies
http://www.theanarchistalternative.info/zgb/11A135.htm
New Hampshire activism options (both inside and outside the
coercive system)
http://freestateproject.org
http://freekeene.com
Further reading on the USC...
No Treason No. VI. The Constitution of No Authority
http://praxeology.net/LS-NT-6.htm
bumper music "Suffrage" by Matthias Adler
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthias-Adler/297658406940392?sk=info
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Episode 155 - Liberty getaway cruise 2011, nonviolent communication principles
By Wes Bertrand
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/objectivism.html
and its five branches:
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/metaphysics.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/epistemology.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/morality.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/politics.html
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/esthetics.html
Passing moral judgment (on oneself and others) tends to
diminish the ability of getting one's needs met, because it
represents an unexpressed (or poorly expressed) need
Were there any "noble savages"? Definitely no noble
States
Science Saturday: War of the Doves (Robert Wright & John
Horgan)
http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/31183
Science Saturday: War and Peace (John Horgan & Steven
Pinker)
http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/39138
Science Saturday: The Anthropology of War (John Horgan &
Brian Ferguson)
http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/14196
http://www.cnvc.org/Training/feelings-inventory
http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory
http://en.nvcwiki.com/index.php/Restorative_justice
Triggering fear, guilt, and shame in others tends to engender
diminished good will and empathy; nonviolent communication
tends to engender increased good will and empathy
To live in a world in which people only do those things that
they truly want to do will entail a psychological (and
political) paradigm shift
bumper music "Something Very Pure" by Mystical Sun
http://www.mysticalsun.com/
Episode 154 - Unconditional parenting, part fifteen
By Wes Bertrand
In this episode I cover the Appendix - Parenting Styles: The
Relevance of Culture, Class, and Race in the book Unconditional
Parenting: Moving From Rewards And Punishments To Love And Reason
by Alfie Kohn
http://www.unconditionalparenting.com/up/
Love is both a feeling and a need
Collectivistic cultures tend to minimize or even disfavor
self-interest and self-actualization, which leads to repressed
feelings, e.g., of resentment and depression
When parents spank children, they inflict pain and induce fear in them, i.e., fear of parental "authority," which sends a really confused and contradictory message to them about their own individuality and choice--and it perversely mixes notions of love with violence. Basically, violating the rights of children doesn't help them flourish.
Lenient parenting methods are just as lopsided as punitive parenting methods. They don't teach children respectful ways to express feelings and get needs met, while meeting the needs of others. It's important for parents to express their feelings in relation to their unmet needs, and be advocates for getting their needs met as much as children do.
Many thanks to Alfie Kohn for putting such a book of useful information about parenting into the world. May the memes of unconditional parenting spread far and wide, so that adults learn that there are life-enriching, win/win ways to get needs met in families, and children therefore grow up healthy and happy. :)
Youth Voices on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution
http://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL84.htm
Marshall Rosenberg 6-09 When Authority Destroys Creativity from
NVC Training Course
http://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Training-Course/dp/1591794439
bumper music "Joyful Wonder" by Ott
http://www.ottsonic.net/