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’ve listened to my other interview podcasts such as my time on School Sucks, Danillo, Singularity Bros,.. Read More
New podcast series with Jeff Till and Zak Slayback: Deschool Yourself
Zak and I launched a new, limited edition podcast on Deschooling. About 10 hours of new content featuring Dr. Peter Gray, Thaddeus Russell, Brett Veinotte and T.K. Coleman. Check it out: www.deschoolyourself.com Or, in the Apple podcast app or itunes search for “Deschool yourself”. I’m not sure if it is on Google Play or not.
Podcast: School is for Poor People
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 for misery, learning, grades, un-learning for learning, programming, college and maturation, worthless diplomas,.. Read More
New podcast: Libertarianism – A political failure
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 do, romanticizing oppression, feeling the burn of news TV, how I’m free, how I’m not free, having a how-do-you-do with your indoctrination, and cultivating.. Read More
What foreigners think of America
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. Here are my notes, no need to read just for search: What’s weird about America Quora articles Admit it is not a collective, there’s different folks.. Read More
Rise Above School mini-site up
Nothing to see here, just a little marketing for the book (this link will help searches): Rise Above School
Great review of “Rise Above School” from Penelope Trunk
Homeschool expert and great writer, who I admire greatly, has reviewed my book (she says it ‘rocks’). Here’s the review it self: “Here are three that I really enjoyed: Rise Above School, by Jeffrey Till This book is a guide to making the decision to homeschool. Till makes an interesting distinction between intellectually knowing that there are better ways to spend childhood than in school and conquering the emotions that prevent you from taking.. Read More
New podcast: Doublespeak jointasode with Isaac Moorehouse
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! Just about every argument for school is actually an argument for the value of education that proves nothing about the value.. Read More
Podcast: Is government cooperation? Ice cream, ants, bears, sharks and the meaning of human existence
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 in the free market, pervasive collaboration that is voluntary and positive, I read a Jeffrey Tucker.. Read More
Podcast 22: The F-Word in America: Militarism
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 the numbers of people working in the military, the glorification of the soldier, budgets and.. Read More