School Sucks Podcast: Education Evolution

UStream-only bonus show after the 5/10/12 live show.
Co-Hosts: Osborne, Mandrik

School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST.

-Mickey's communication/connecting efforts
-Non-Violent Communication
-Zingers!
-Baby Boomers
-Experiences with medication
-School Walk-Outs
-Wikipedia and Information Literacy

Our first crack at producing a live radio and streaming video show.
Co-Hosts: Osborne, Mandrik

This is all but three segments of the 5-10-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST.

Look Closer:
Motivation Problem or Hidden Disability?
http://www.uniquelygifted.org/motivation.htm

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Announcing the debut of the School Sucks Live Show on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream. Thursdays at 10pm EST

Plus some segments from my recent appearance on Free talk Live (5/6/12) and parts of an interview on Live Free FM.

Bumper Music:
"Space Wrangler" Widespread Panic
"Stop-Go" Widespread Panic

Look Closer:
Liberty Conspiracy
http://libertyconspiracy.com/

Flaming Freedom - Bringing the flame to freedom
http://flamingfreedom.com/

Live Free FM
http://livefree.fm/

Free Talk Live
http://www.freetalklive.com/

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Cevin Soling, the director of the documentary The War On Kids joins me to discuss the film, his research and the pathologizing of normal youth behavior.

Fortunately the 2009 film is now back in the news.

Bumper Music:
"Living In A Box" by Living In A Box

Look Closer:
thewaronkids.com
http://www.thewaronkids.com/

Colbert Report
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/256926/november-30-2009/cevin-soling

The War On Kids (Trailer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlnwm11d6II

Jason Osborne, Dale Everett and I discuss films and film making, We also look at some statistics about the effectiveness of the public schools.

Later in the show, we take a call from a listener who studies music, and we discuss the power of song for indoctrination and education.

This is hour one Gardner Goldsmith's Liberty Conspiracy live show, from April 1st, 2012. The show airs Sunday through Thursday at 10pm EST on the Liberty Radio Network.

Look Closer:
Liberty Conspiracy
http://libertyconspiracy.com/

Flaming Freedom - Bringing the flame to freedom
http://flamingfreedom.com/

PorcFest 2012
http://porcfest.com/

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Picture: The Nazis were certainly not atheists

Part 3 of 3 in an expansion of the School Sucks: The American Way You Tube Video.

Topic:
The American way...
What is this way? Where does it come from? And where does it lead?

In this show: The Chronology
A meandering monologue covering 1000 years of German history.

-The Holy Roman Empire and Biblical Prophecy
-Otto Von Bismark
-The Franco-Prussian War
-German Unification
-The Welfare State
-Imperialism
-Woodrow Wilson and Edward House
-WWI and the Treaty of Versailles
-The Great Depression
-The Rise of Nazism
-Policies of the Third Reich
-The Real Hitler

Look Closer:
INTRODUCING OBJECTIVISM
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_intro

Objectivism, Hitler, and Kant, by David Gordon
http://www.lewrockwell.com/gordon/gordon13.html

A People's History Of The United States by Howard Zinn
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html

Hitler's War Against the Jews: A Young Reader's Version of The War Against the Jews, 1933-1945, by Lucy S. Dawidowicz
http://books.google.com/books?id=nKl2Vv8HoDwC

John Gatto Prussian Education
http://youtu.be/o_CeWip5BpU

Bismarck’s “Blood and Iron” Speech
http://www.edb.gov.hk/FileManager/EN/Content_6332/making_of_modern_world_source10_eng.pdf

Germans on Welfare: From Weimar to Hitler By David F. Crew
http://books.google.com/books?id=2F9TPrhc46sC&pg=PA137&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

Nazi Germany Timeline
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERchron.htm

Part 2 of 3 in an expansion of the School Sucks: The American Way You Tube Video.

Topic:
The American way...
What is this way? Where does it come from? And where does it lead?

In this show: Power, Obedience and Collectivism

-The Milgram Experiment
-Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment
-Immanuel Kant
-The Threat of Losing Control
-Carl Von Clausewitz and Total War
-Marxism
-Fabian Socialism and Gradualism

Look Closer:
INTRODUCING OBJECTIVISM
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_intro

Kant made simple
http://soler7.com/IFAQ/Kant.htmll

What is the Hegelian Dialectic?
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/05/dialectic.htm

Objectivism, Hitler, and Kant, by David Gordon
http://www.lewrockwell.com/gordon/gordon13.html

How The Nazis Usurped the History of The Teutonic Order
http://expertscolumn.com/content/how-nazis-usurped-history-teutonic-order

The Stanford Prison Experiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZwfNs1pqG0

Stanley Millgram: Obedience to Authority
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9l_puxcrlM

Philip Zimbardo: Why ordinary people do evil ... or do good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsFEV35tWsg

Hitler's War Against the Jews: A Young Reader's Version of The War Against the Jews, 1933-1945, by Lucy S. Dawidowicz
http://books.google.com/books?id=nKl2Vv8HoDwC

John Gatto Prussian Education
http://youtu.be/o_CeWip5BpU

The Lucifer Effect, by Phillip Zimbardo
http://www.lucifereffect.com/

Picture: It takes more than a couple of matches...

Part 1 of 3 in an expansion of the School Sucks: The American Way You Tube Video.

Topic:
The American way...
What is this way? Where does it come from? And where does it lead?

In this show: Philosophy
In school we are led to believe that we are all living in an ideal vision of what society should be...
But who's vision is it?
And what were their ideals?

-Objectivism vs. German Idealism
-Immanuel Kant
-George Hegel
-Johann Fichte
-Friedrich Nietzsche

Look Closer:
INTRODUCING OBJECTIVISM
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_intro

Kant made simple
http://soler7.com/IFAQ/Kant.htmll

Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/analytic-synthetic_dichotomy.htmll

Objectivism, Hitler, and Kant, by David Gordon
http://www.lewrockwell.com/gordon/gordon13.html

Fichte
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichte

A People's History Of The United States by Howard Zinn
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html

Identity And Causality, And The Use Of Logic
http://www.logicallearning.net/libidentitycausa.html

Quantum Shift TV: The underground history of North American education
http://www.quantumshift.tv/v/1198046178/

Hitler's War Against the Jews: A Young Reader's Version of The War Against the Jews, 1933-1945, by Lucy S. Dawidowicz
http://books.google.com/books?id=nKl2Vv8HoDwC

John Gatto Prussian Education
http://youtu.be/o_CeWip5BpU

Recommended for Wheels Off Liberty fans only. Maybe Alex Jones fans too. Not a real show.

Look Closer:
The Fajita Fun Time Podcast
http://kidbri.podomatic.com/

Wheels Off Liberty
http://wheelsoffliberty.podomatic.com/

DavidIcke.com
http://www.davidicke.com/

Pictured: Politics.

Jason Osborne, Dale Everett, Carla Gericke and I discuss the film, The Hunger Games. We also compare the presence of libertarian themes in the book to that of the movie.

This is hour one Gardner Goldsmith's Liberty Conspiracy live show, from March 26th, 2012. The show airs Sunday through Thursday at 10pm EST on the Liberty Radio Network.

Look Closer:
Liberty Conspiracy
http://libertyconspiracy.com/

Flaming Freedom - Bringing the flame to freedom
http://flamingfreedom.com/

PorcFest 2012
http://porcfest.com/

Tornado Hits Monolithic Dome in Durant, Mississippi
http://www.monolithic.com/stories/tornado-hits-monolithic-dome-in-durant-mississippi

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Topic:
Shane James, one of the founding members of El Cambio (which is allied with the Occupy Movement), joins me to discuss a recent walkout at his high school, and the response from police and administrators.

We also discuss the goals of his activism, the meaning/purpose of education, and the Occupy Movement. And I try to sprinkle a few seeds.

Bumper Music:
"Necessary Trouble" Hard-Fi

Look Closer:
Attack Dogs used on a High School Walkout in MD
http://www.thomhartmann.com/bigpicture/attack-dogs-used-high-school-walkout-md

School Officials, Students Spar in Northwestern Protest Debate
http://riverdalepark.patch.com/articles/school-officials-students-spar-in-northwestern-protest-debate#photo-9319654

"In almost every act of our lives whether in the sphere of politics or business in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind."
-Edward Bernays

Topic:
Richard Grove and Tony Myers from TragedyandHope.com join me for a general introduction to the series on logical fallacies. Our discussion covers how fallacies fit into the larger picture of critical thinking principles and the trivium (grammar, logic and rhetoric).

We also talk about the recent Republican debates, identifying techniques used by certain candidates.

And the primary benefits of learning logic:

1. SELF DEFENSE:
If you are a young person, targets are all over you; many different interests are trying to influence your values and actions.

2. PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT
Effective communication, logical organization of thoughts and freedom from contradictions.

Bumper Music:
"Mohammad's Radio" Wareen Zevon

Look Closer:
Logical Fallacies Basics
http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/toc.htm

Mission: Mind Control (ABC NEWS SPECIAL, 1979
http://youtu.be/8r4_BXLvvRc

The Century of Self 1 - Happiness Machines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7HClTMzW9g

I'M OK YOU'RE NOT OK
http://madamepickwickartblog.com/2010/03/im-ok-youre-not-ok/

http://TragedyandHope.com
http://www.tragedyandhope.com/

Is Kony 2012 a propaganda campaign?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO9HL99itSU

History...So It Doesn't Repeat
https://www.tragedyandhope.com/producing-history/

James Corbett - Skeptical on Syria: 'Media reports framed & manipulated'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVQ7gYyGIH4

Trivium
http://www.triviumeducation.com/trivium/

Richard Grove's Show-Notes:
Logic Saves Lives / School Sucks episode 130

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Today's installment is another preview of the upcoming series on logical fallacies.

Topic:
The KONY 2012 rabbit hole is deep and dark. In today's show, we'll poke our heads in and take a quick look around.

KONY 2012 is viral You Tube film produced by the controversial Invisible Children organization. It explicitly calls for a US military intervention in Uganda to arrest warlord Joseph Kony, claiming this "grassroots" campaign and subsequent government action will serve as a model to end injustice and crimes against humanity in the world.

Bumper Music:
"Suburban High School" Nice Peter

Look Closer:
Logical Fallacies Basics
http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/toc.htm

Joseph Kony 2012: growing outrage in Uganda over film
https://www.sott.net/articles/show/242761-Joseph-Kony-2012-growing-outrage-in-Uganda-over-film

Invisible Children, Inc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Children,_Inc.

Dad-son talk, celebrity tweets key to viral video
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ggyenmJc1TISpG6Yr77qpfEBt03A?docId=24a862e019ad4798b73ac3c352cc104d

Joseph Kony, LRA leader, uganda - worlds first ever interview
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3358543972674478503

African Critics of Kony Campaign See a ‘White Man’s Burden’ for the Facebook Generation
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/african-critics-of-kony-campaign-hear-echoes-of-the-white-mans-burden/

Is Kony 2012 a propaganda campaign?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO9HL99itSU

Your World News Interview with Keith Harmon Snow The Politics of Genocide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlPY2fWBUeU

KONY 2012 Film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc

THE LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY by Keith Harmon Snow
http://www.whale.to/c/lord.html

Trivium
http://www.triviumeducation.com/trivium/

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Picture: Who's this "we"?

This is hour two Gardner Goldsmith's Liberty Conspiracy live show, from March 1st, 2012. The show airs Sunday through Thursday at 10pm EST on the Liberty Radio Network.Gardner and I discuss a variety of school-related topics, after my half-hour introduction about John Dewey, donations/subscription encouragement - through an appeal to emotion (sorry) - and the upcoming SSP website.

NOTE: Sorry about the background noise; I'm still working out some kinks with the new set-up.

Discussed:
-An email from a high school student
-The Milgrim Experiment
-Collectivism
-Sam Blumenfeld's research
-John Dewey
-Primary Sources
-Erica Goldson
-Suggestions for students and parents

Bumper Music:
"If I Ruled the World" Jamie Cullum

Look Closer:
Stanley Milgram: Obedience to Authority (1974)
http://www.panarchy.org/milgram/obedience.html

WHO KILLED EXCELLENCE? by Samuel L. Blumenfeld
http://richmondacademy.org/WhoKilledExcellence.aspx

REVEALING "QUOTES" ON THE GOALS OF PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
http://www.psychquotes.com/

The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1895-1898. Early Essays By John Dewey
http://books.google.com/

The Essential Dewey: Pragmatism, education, democracy By John Dewey, Larry Hickman, Thomas M. Alexander
http://books.google.com/

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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.

With more than 200 footnotes and more than 30 book references contained in its entirety, this unique interview provides you with the primary sources, quotes, links, and suggested resources to expedite your own open-source education.

Bumper Music:
"Gangsters" The Specials

Look Closer:
The Underground History of American Education, by John Taylor Gatto
http://johntaylorgatto.com/underground/

"How to Train Fleas?" / John Taylor Gatto, a sample from The Ultimate History Lesson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJhSAv-NrDo

A Fabian Socialist Dream Come True
http://www.nolanchart.com/article4425-a-fabian-socialist-dream-come-true.html

Peace Revolution Podcast
http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com/

Peace Revolution episode 037: Justified Sinners / The History of Eugenics in America
http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com/entry/2011-08-14T18_46_27-07_00

SOURCED TRANSCRIPT: THE ULTIMATE HISTORY LESSON / A WEEKEND WITH JOHN TAYLOR GATTO
http://www.scribd.com/doc/76968236/SOURCED-TRANSCRIPT-The-Ultimate-History-Lesson-A-Weekend-with-John-Taylor-Gatto

Amazon Erases Orwell Books From Kindle
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html

Today's installment is a preview of the upcoming series on logical fallacies. This series will probably begin some time in March.

Topic:
I examine a clip of Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney slithering his way through a statement defending his support of the National Defense Authorization Act. Before being asked if he would have signed the bill as written, the moderator explains how the NDAA includes the new executive power to indefinitely detain American citizens.

Romney don't care.

His response is less than two minutes and contains over 20 logical fallacies.

Bumper Music:
"Rebirth of Slick" Digable Planets

Look Closer:
Logical Fallacies Basics
http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/toc.htm

Romney admits he would have signed the National Defense Authorization Act if he were president
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUZoPnYjx0g

Mitt Romney: Champion of Big Government
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/howell5.html

Romney as Job Creator Clashes with Bain Record of Job Cuts
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-20/romney-as-job-creator-clashes-with-bain-record-of-job-cuts.html

SEEKING TAXES, ROMNEY WENT AFTER BUSINESS
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_19021876

Romney faces criticism over Bain 'bailout' ad
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2011/07/14/romney_faces_criticism_over_bain_bailout_ad/

The Authentic Cruelty of a Synthetic Man
http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w213.html

Picture: There's nothing sexy about hurting peaceful people who commit victimless "crimes."

School Sucks Podcast does not support or encourage teenage drug use. However, SSP also does not support or encourage predatory police practices targeting and entrapping high school students.

Topic:
After listening to a piece called "21 Chump Street" on NPR's This American Life, I was compelled to devote some time to the threat of NARCS and informants infiltrating public schools, with the consent of administrators, of course.

Jason Osborne and Dale Everett join me once again, and as Free Staters, we are not strangers to this concern. Jason also produced a video called Never Get Raided, which explains how to identify undercover agents.

Bumper Music:
"The French Connection Theme" by Don Ellis

Look Closer:
How an Attractive, Undercover Cop Posed as a Student -- Then Entrapped a Smitten Teen to "Sell" Her Marijuana
http://www.alternet.org/story/154164/how_an_attractive_undercover_cop_posed_as_a_student__then_entrapped_a_smitten_teen_to_sell_her_marijuana

Dale's Website - Flaming Freedom
http://flamingfreedom.com/

This American Life Episode 457
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/457/what-i-did-for-love

ROP Police Training Program (Example)
http://rop.sutter.k12.ca.us/Content/PubServ/LawEnf.aspx

Picture: Magic!

This is hour two Gardner Goldsmith's Liberty Conspiracy live show, from February 9th, 2012. The show airs Sunday through Thursday at 10pm EST on the Liberty Radio Network.

Topic:
Jason Osborne, Dale Everett and I discuss our school experiences in the context of an article called Top Ten Ways to Annoy a Gifted Child . We also pause for some breaking news: what is the FBI telling police to for with respect to domestic terror

Look Closer:
Liberty Conspiracy Website
http://libertyconspiracy.com/

Dale's Website - Flaming Freedom
http://flamingfreedom.com/

This is hour one Gardner Goldsmith's Liberty Conspiracy live show, from February 9th, 2012. The show airs Sunday through Thursday at 10pm EST on the Liberty Radio Network.

Topic:
Jason Osborne, Dale Everett and I discuss our school experiences in the context of an article called Top Ten Ways to Annoy a Gifted Child .

Look Closer:
Liberty Conspiracy Website
http://libertyconspiracy.com/

Dale's Website - Flaming Freedom
http://flamingfreedom.com/

This is hour two of Gardner Goldsmith's Liberty Conspiracy live show. I am tentatively planning to do this once per week. The show airs Sunday through Thursday at 10pm EST on the Liberty Radio Network.

Topic:
Gardner Goldsmith, Dale Everett and I connect the messages of government schooling to some current events.

Look Closer:
Liberty Conspiracy Website
http://libertyconspiracy.com/

Dale's Website - Flaming Freedom
http://flamingfreedom.com/

The Tragedy of American Compassion, by Marvin Olasky
http://flamingfreedom.com/http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Tragedy_of_American_Compassion.html?id=K6FOU-s0l0QC

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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMIKGiamj4

Gaming and Liberty Episode 16 – Introducing Games for Change
http://www.gamingandliberty.com/2011/12/05/episode-16-introducing-games-for-change/

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
http://anarchast.com/about/

106: A Young Person's Guide To Politics (Appendix A) - Ron Paul, The Final Fantasy
http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com/entry/2011-10-19T06_33_27-07_00

Freedomain Radio
http://www.freedomainradio.com/

Complete Liberty
http://completeliberty.com/

This is hour one of Gardner Goldsmith's Liberty Conspiracy live show. I am tentatively planning to do this once per week. The show airs Sunday through Thursday at 10pm EST on the Liberty Radio Network.

Topic:
We start out coming a story about Senator Rand Paul being detained by the TSA, and then expand the discussion to include the history of government regulation of air travel, the efficacy and legitimacy of the US Constitution, and the concept of collectivism.

Look Closer:
Liberty Conspiracy Website
http://libertyconspiracy.com/

Gardner On School Sucks Podcast 028 - Let's Make A Hero! (FDR)
http://www.schoolsucksproject.com/podcasts/29

Gardner On School Sucks Podcast 027 - Let's Make A Hero! (Abraham Lincoln)
http://www.schoolsucksproject.com/podcasts/28

Topic:
As a follow-up to the last show, specifically my story about my student's Lego movie, I wanted to look a little closer at the constricting and numbing elements of institutionalized schooling. Also, how I once contributed to these wounds and how I try to correct them.

Look Closer:
How Does School Wound? Kirsten Olson Has Counted Some Ways
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201106/how-does-school-wound-kirsten-olson-has-counted-some-ways

Porc Therapy
http://www.porctherapy.com/

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Topic:
As a follow-up to the last show, specifically my story about my student's Lego movie, I wanted to look a little closer at the constricting and numbing elements of institutionalized schooling. Also, how I once contributed to these wounds and how I try to correct them.

Look Closer:
How Does School Wound? Kirsten Olson Has Counted Some Ways
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201106/how-does-school-wound-kirsten-olson-has-counted-some-ways

Porc Therapy
http://www.porctherapy.com/

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Porc Therapy is a pro-freedom relationship talk show that takes a unique look at the question of how we can attain the most individual liberty possible, starting with our personal lives and relationships with others.

On Porc Therapy, host Stephanie Murphy explores ways to apply voluntaryist or libertarian principles – for example, peace, honesty, respect for natural rights, empathy and compassion, voluntary association, and individual sovereignty – to relationships with friends, loved ones, family, neighbors, coworkers, and more. Stephanie looks at current social norms and traditions through a critical lens, and tries to apply a rational perspective to every subject that is raised on Porc Therapy. The result is a show that is very different from traditional relationship talk shows.

During the show, Stephanie discusses listener questions, articles, news items, and takes phone calls. Porc Therapy is a live radio show and podcast.

Topics:

What is unschooling?; things you can do with legos; kids, school, and feelings; Connie, a radical homeschooling mom, shares her experiences about parenting and liberty; the atrocities of war and people’s reactions to them.

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Imagine a door to complete freedom, abounding opportunity and greater personal satisfaction... Public education is the lock. This is the sixth in a series of non-sequential shows about finding keys.

Dale J. Stephens joins me to discuss the Uncollege movement.

Topics: (from dalejstephens.com)

Hacking Your Education
If you want to be unremarkably average, go to college, turn in your homework, and graduate summa cum laude. You’ll have a college degree to your name, but you won’t be any closer to changing the world. The path to wild success does not involve jumping through hoops. If you want to succeed you cannot be a lemming. We all have something that makes us different in one way or another–and society has trained us to be ashamed of our unconventional quirks. By using your unique qualities to your advantage, you can turn the conformist paradigm on its head and speed along the path to success. Ultimately the only authority you need is your own, and by defining success for yourself you’ll make happiness readily achievable.

Working with the Millennial Generation
22.4% of college graduates under 25 are unemployed. That means that only the best and the brightest are getting jobs—but it’s difficult to interface with these digital natives. Information is cheap and access is instant. We see no separation between work and life—Twitter and Facebook are part of our workflow. These changes are difficult for previous generations—and institutions—to understand. Because Dale bridges the gap between youth and adults, he doesn’t just relate to both but shares their experiences, fears, and challenges. He can help you understand how to successfully work with the leaders of tomorrow.

The UnCollege Movement: Reinventing Higher Education
College provides four things—knowledge, network, community, and signal—yet technology is changing faster than educational institutions. The university is at a crossroads, trying to stay competitive in a constantly changing market while still delivering a quality education at a reasonable price. Unfortunately, the university is failing on both counts: tuition is skyrocketing while student learning is plummeting. What is the future of higher education? This talk will address the coming transformation of education, both inside and outside institutions.

Look Closer:

Dale's Website
http://dalejstephens.com/new/

TEDx (Video) - Dale Stephens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOsCQY6q1Ro

Marginal Revolution: Teachers Don’t Like Creative Students
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/12/teachers-dont-like-creative-students.html

School Sucks Links:
The Magic of Pronouns: Tips For Aspiring Politicians/Criminals (...and Ron Paul)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY2XuNyq9jw

SUBSCRIBE!-School Sucks Podcast You Tube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/schoolsuckspodcast

School Sucks On Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/School-Sucks-Podcast-The-END-of-Public-Education/144639747999

Three listeners - Evan, James, and Sarah - join me to discuss the film, Charlie Bartlett.

Cast:
Tyler Hilton, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, Megan Park, Kat Dennings and Robert Downey Jr.

Summary:
Wealthy teenager Charlie Bartlett (Yelchin) is failing miserably at fitting in at a new public high school run by the world-weary Principal Gardner (Downey, Jr.). As he begins to better understand the social hierarchy, Charlie's honest charm and likability positions him as the resident "psychiatrist" dishing out advice, and the occasional prescription with his partner and fellow student, Murphy Bivens (Hilton), to other students in need. Along the way, he decides to take some of his own advice, find romance, and learn to accept who he is, thus wielding a witty dark comedy about the angst-filled years before college.

Bumper Music:
"Unnecessary Trouble" Hard-Fi

Look Closer:
Charlie Bartlett (IMDB)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423977/

Ritalin Rebellion
http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/?p=7917

'Charlie Bartlett' Tackles Teen Prescription-Drug Abuse, In A Funny Way
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1582262/charlie-bartlett-tackles-prescriptiondrug-abuse.jhtml

School Sucks Links:
The Magic of Pronouns: Tips For Aspiring Politicians/Criminals (...and Ron Paul)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY2XuNyq9jw

SUBSCRIBE!-School Sucks Podcast You Tube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/schoolsuckspodcast

With a focus on the bizarre dialect of former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, I discuss the fourth form of doublespeak: Gobbledygook and Bureaucratese.

Defining attributes of doublespeak:
-misleads
-distorts reality
-pretends to communicate
-avoids or shifts responsibility
-makes the negative appear positive
-creates a false verbal map of the world
-limits, conceals, corrupts, and prevents thought
-makes the unpleasant appear attractive or tolerable
-creates incongruity between reality and what is said or not said
(William Lutz, Doublespeak)

Look Closer:

The Doublespeak Dictionary by Leslie Starr O’Hara
http://www.thedoublespeakdictionary.com/

Doublespeak: From Revenue Enhancement to Terminal Living : How Government, Business, Advertisers, and Others Use Language to Deceive You, by William Lutz
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2151216.Doublespeak

Greenspan describes Greenspeak, Fedspeak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1ldr1vvz0w

Print More Money! according to Alan Greenspan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCWw8tQW15g&NR=1

The Magic of Pronouns: Tips For Aspiring Politicians/Criminals (...and Ron Paul)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY2XuNyq9jw

I try to record an installment of School Sucks At the Movies, and fail completely. Enjoy the results!

What derailed me? The story of a new Christmas craze: The Elf On the Shelf

Bumper Music:
"Reading Time With Pickle" Regina Spektor

Look Closer:

Lesson 28: Elf on the Shelf -- Innocent Holiday Whimsy or Dangerous Informant? by Jenny Lawson
http://thestir.cafemom.com/big_kid/130507/lesson_28_elf_on_the/

Punished by Rewards? A Conversation with Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/pdf/Punished%20by%20Rewards.pdf

The Magic of Pronouns: Tips For Aspiring Politicians/Criminals (...and Ron Paul)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY2XuNyq9jw

From the New York Post (which is not a good newspaper):

Elementary School Teacher Tells Kids There's No Santa Claus
By Todd Venezia and Jennifer Bain

Even the Grinch wouldn’t be this mean.

A sourpuss teacher in Rockland County ruined Christmas for a class full of second-graders this week, when she told them that there is no Santa Claus during a lesson about the North Pole.
The evil educator even told the youngsters — mostly 7- and 8-year-olds — that the presents under their trees were put out by their parents, and not St. Nick.

Read More here...

Video:

Santa Claus Bailout Hearings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxBl9BXLom4

Today we'll discuss sound, the f-word in Christmas songs and a documentary called The Cartel. This film looks at various levels of corruption in the government school system, primarily using New Jersey as a case study.

The filmmaker, Bob Bowden supports voucher programs and the expansion of charter schools. Although I have always opposed vouchers as a "solution" to a "problem," the stories in the film got me thinking about this issue in new ways. However, I am still not a proponent of vouchers.

Look Closer:

The Cartel Website
http://www.thecartelmovie.com/

An Unfavorable Review of The Cartel
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/10/the_cartel_movie_review_docume.html

$700 Billion Bank Bailout was Secretly $7 Trillion
http://www.whiteoutpress.com/articles/q42011/700-billion-dollar-bank-bailout-was-secretly-7-trillion571/

Laurette Lynn and I discuss homeschooling with Professor Robert Kunzman.

From unpluggedmom.com:

Dr. Robert Kunzman, associate professor at Indiana University teaches courses related to secondary education curriculum and instruction, including an ongoing seminar in the Community of Teachers Program. Professor Kunzman has conducted independent research on homeschooling. You can review his work on his website. Professor Kunzman’s book Write These Laws On Your Children is also available.

While he supports home education as a reasonable option, he does still feel that home ed families should be supervised and subject to standards and regulation by the board of education. It’s for the protection of the children. Now anyone familiar with me and Unplugged Mom already knows that I’m not exactly in agreement with regulation on home education so there was a matter of disagreement there.

However, I have to say that despite our differences there were many points of agreement. I thoroughly enjoyed speaking with the Professor, I am grateful for the time he gave us to discuss his work and thoughtful opinions and would be honored to talk education and home ed with him sometime again.

Look Closer:

Unplugged Mom
http://www.unpluggedmom.com/laurette-lynn/

Unplugged Mom On Blog Talk Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/unpluggedmom

Write These Laws On Your Children, by Robert Kunzman
http://www.amazon.com/Write-These-Laws-Your-Children/dp/0807032913

BOOK REVIEW: Write These Laws On Your Children, by Robert Kunzman
http://homeedmag.com/newscomm/3774/review-write-these-laws-on-your-children/

From freeradicalorlando.com:
Free Radical Radio with John Kurtz and Whitcomb Kincaid, Broadcasted Monday thru Friday at 7PM on 810 AM WEUS Orlando’s Real Talk is one of the most unique and informative talk-radio shows on Central Florida Radio. Premiering in September of 2011, this refreshing program breaks away from the typical Conservative – Liberal Paradigm and discusses the issues of the day in a truthful, no holds barred approach. The program has grown a very large following with its in depth and firsthand knowledge and experiences of its hosts, providing an entertaining yet thought provoking radio experience. Free Radical Radio is one of the most active and interactive local Orlando talk shows with a very high volume of call ins, online listeners and podcast downloads.

Lyrics For the Sing-Along:

Yo quiero tocar la guitarra
y necesito a bailar a la música

Junto a mí y haremos algo de música.
Ven a mi casa a mear en mi boca.

Show Website: freeradicalorlando.com

Free Radical On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FreeRadicalRadio

From Free Talk Live on October 16th, 2011
Mark Edge, Stephanie Murphy and I discuss the college scam. Who should go to college? Who shouldn't?

Look Closer:

Free Talk Live
http://www.freetalklive.com/

Porc Therapy
http://www.porctherapy.com/

Over two years ago, we discussed the futility and the dangers associated with believing in the possibility government solutions to government problems. Today, there are two growing movements that may lure young people into the cage match of political participation.

Critical Thinking Question: How are we going to get all of the corruption, and abuse, and predation out of our government? Followed by some other questions that make equally as much sense (none).

Topic: Stephanie Murphy and George Mandrik join me to discuss their experiences and lessons learned from the 2008 Ron Paul Presidential Campaign. We also ruminate on what motivates people to participate in politics in the first place.

Bumper Music:
"Angry Young Man" Billy Joel

Look Closer;

"Democracy--the god that failed: the economics and politics of monarchy" By Hans-Hermann Hoppe
http://books.google.com/

The Myth of Democratic Peace: Why Democracy Cannot Deliver Peace in the 21st Century by James Ostrowski
Death by government By R. Rummel
http://books.google.com/

Freedomain Radio-True News 5: The Truth About Voting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igbBItLemsM

Democracy Is Not Freedom by Rep. Ron Paul, MD
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul233.html

FDR1980 Walter Block vs Stefan Molyneux vs Ron Paul!
http://www.freedomainradio.com/DesktopModules/UltraNewsArticle/Read.aspx?Portalid=1&ArticleId=2470

FDR 972 The Ron Paul Revolution - A Postmortem (and prescription)
http://www.freedomainradio.com/Podcasts/PodcastList/tabid/72/mid/434/articleId/1478/ctl/ReadDefault/Default.aspx

Today School Sucks is two years old! Or it enters the "terrible twos" as parents who don't like hearing "no" to their commands, declarations of self-ownership, or questions about their authority usually call it.

This morning I participated in a round table on Unplugged Mom Radio. Laurette Lynn was commemorating the one-year anniversary of her show today.

From Unplugged Mom: Join Laurette Lynn and the eclectic panel of voices to commemorate one year of the Unplugged Mom Show!
Strong voices in Home Ed and Ed reform join us for this informative and fun show covering a range of topics and issues related to how we learn, how society is affected by education and all things school, homeshool and unschool!

Hear from:
Brett Veinotte - School Sucks Podcast
Kate Berring - Former Unschooler
Lisa Neilsen - Insider working from within the DOE in NYC
Laurie A. Couture - Counseler and childhood "disorder" specialist

...and of course our own Producer Desiree as well as Laurette Lynn!

Look Closer:

Unplugged Mom
http://www.unpluggedmom.com/laurette-lynn/

Unplugged Mom On Blog Talk Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/unpluggedmom

Kate Berring
http://www.eatthedamncake.com/

Lisa Neilsen
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/

Laurie A. Couture
http://www.laurieacouture.com/

Marc Stevens, author of Adventures In Legal Land and host of the No State Project, joins me to illuminate the dark and bizarre world of the so-called justice system.

With this focus on law and the courts, we discuss the second form of doublespeak: jargon. Marc also explains his Socratic approach to defending against the doublespeak of lawyers, judges and tax collectors.

"Doublespeak is not lying, nor is it merely sloppy language. It is the intentional use of euphemisms, synonyms, jargon, and vagueness which pretends to communicate but really does not, or implies the opposite of what it would appear to communicate." -Metta Winte

Bumper Music:
"One Million Lawyers" Tom Paxton

Look Closer:

The Doublespeak Dictionary by Leslie Starr O’Hara
http://www.thedoublespeakdictionary.com/

Doublespeak: From Revenue Enhancement to Terminal Living : How Government, Business, Advertisers, and Others Use Language to Deceive You, by William Lutz
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2151216.Doublespeak

MarcStevens.net
http://marcstevens.net/

Adventures In Legal Land
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/061512299X?tag=openlibr-20

No State Project
http://marcstevens.net/nsp-commercial-free.html?layout=defaulthttp://marcstevens.net/

William Lutz Biography
http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/xbrl/2006/wlutz_bio.pdf

With a focus on the intellectually insulting tactics of the mainstream media, I discuss an often overlooked form of doublespeak: the cacophemism (aka malphemism or dysphemism).

In language, dysphemism (from the Greek dys δύς "mis-" and pheme φήμη "reputation"), malphemism (in Latin malus "bad"), and cacophemism (in Greek kakos κακός "bad") refer to the usage of an intentionally harsh word or expression instead of a polite one. -Wikipedia

Defining attributes of doublespeak:
-misleads
-distorts reality
-pretends to communicate
-avoids or shifts responsibility
-makes the negative appear positive
-creates a false verbal map of the world
-limits, conceals, corrupts, and prevents thought
-makes the unpleasant appear attractive or tolerable
-creates incongruity between reality and what is said or not said
(William Lutz, Doublespeak)

Bumper Music:
"That's Not My Name" The Ting Tings

Look Closer:

The Doublespeak Dictionary by Leslie Starr O’Hara
http://www.thedoublespeakdictionary.com/

Doublespeak: From Revenue Enhancement to Terminal Living : How Government, Business, Advertisers, and Others Use Language to Deceive You, by William Lutz
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2151216.Doublespeak

With a focus on the misleading and manipulative language of the military, I discuss the first form of doublespeak: the euphemism.

Defining attributes of doublespeak:
-misleads
-distorts reality
-pretends to communicate
-avoids or shifts responsibility
-makes the negative appear positive
-creates a false verbal map of the world
-limits, conceals, corrupts, and prevents thought
-makes the unpleasant appear attractive or tolerable
-creates incongruity between reality and what is said or not said
(William Lutz, Doublespeak)

Look Closer:

The Doublespeak Dictionary by Leslie Starr O’Hara
http://www.thedoublespeakdictionary.com/

Doublespeak: From Revenue Enhancement to Terminal Living : How Government, Business, Advertisers, and Others Use Language to Deceive You, by William Lutz
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2151216.Doublespeak

Government by Euphemism, by Sheldon Richman
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0407a.asp

Rendition: a dangerous euphemism
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Editorial/Rendition-a-dangerous-euphemism/2005/03/10/1110417612086.html

Propaganda, American-style by Noam Chomsky
http://www.zpub.com/un/chomsky.html

Kelly Halldorson from unschoolbus.com joins me to discuss her family's unschooling awakening. Kelly and her husband Jeff are the parents of three unschooled teenagers. We also cover the reactions and judgements of others, the challenges, travels on the Unschool Bus and the successes of liberty-minded parenting.

Correction: Northeast Unschooling Conference, not New England Unschooling Conference

Look Closer:

unschoolbus.com
http://kelly.halldorson.com/blog/

Northeast Unschooling Conference
http://www.northeastunschoolingconference.com/

porcfest.com
http://porcfest.com/

PICTURE: I show a teacher the most valuable tool of the government school system and the public employee unions.

At the end of March 2011, I was lucky enough to encounter a public school teacher who had come to protest the NH budget cuts in Concord, NH. She agreed to a discussion, which lasted about half an hour. Jason Talley was there to film it.

Look Closer:

Talley TV
http://talley.tv/

CD Evolution
http://cdevolution.org/

porcfest.com
http://porcfest.com/

PICTURED (L to R): Brett Veinotte, Bob Murphy, Kelly Halldorson, Jenn Hewson, Eileen Landies

From porcfest.com:
This forum brings together Porcupines in the know about many areas of NH education. This will be an open discussion on educating your children in the free state. If you are concerned about state regulations, finding homeschool or unschool groups, or getting to know the individuals who are fighting for parental rights, this is the one-stop-shop for addressing your concerns. Educational freedom activists, homeschoolers, and unschoolers will answer questions and discuss various aspects of education in NH.

Organized by Sharon Osborne

Look Closer:

Bob Murphy: Lew Rockwell Archives
http://www.lewrockwell.com/murphy/murphy-arch.html

Kelly Halldorson's Blog
http://kelly.halldorson.com/blog/?tag=unschool-bus

porcfest.com
http://porcfest.com/

NH Homeschooling Coalition
http://www.nhhomeschooling.org/

Relaxed Homeschoolers of NH
http://relaxedhomeschoolers.org/

BACKGROUND: The consequences of state aggression.
FOREGROUND: Probably most of the people you know.

Imagine a door to complete freedom, abounding opportunity and greater personal satisfaction... Public education is the lock. This is the sixth in a series of non-sequential shows about finding keys.

Today's show includes Paul, Rob and Adam from Remedy Radio. We discuss a variety of topics, including the essential process of becoming an autodidact. We also devote some time to the difficult process of discussing our ideas and conclusions with others, and some strategies for doing so.

Topics:
-My path to teaching
-Serious questions about the necessity of higher education in the 21st century
-The challenge of engaging people on these ideas
-Reconciling private virtue with political or public aggression
-Logical fallacies

Look Closer:

Remedy Radio
http://remedyradio.com/

Tragedy and Hope
http://tragedyandhope.com/

Peace Revolution Podcast
http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com/

Paul Verge
http://www.divergentfilms.com/

More show notes coming soon...

The second installment in a series of shows about the teachers and public sector unions, and the recent protests. It would have been nice to skip this topic, but we can't.

Discussed:
-The Myths of Hoover vs. FDR on economic policy
-Presidential "Terribles" and their media challenges/triumphs
-The ease of spreading propaganda vs. the challenge of providing context
-Manipulation of statistics
-Ignorantio Elenchi: the irrelevant conclusion logical fallacy

Look Closer:

Teacher Pension Plans Could Trigger Next Big Bailout Crisis
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/peter-roff/2010/04/21/teacher-pension-plans-could-trigger-next-big-bailout-crisis

Democrats cut food stamps subsidy to bailout teachers unions
http://daytontribune.com/democrats-cut-food-stamps-subsidy-to-bailout-teachers-unions/75907/

CATO: Weak Defenses of Teacher Bailout
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/weak-defenses-of-teacher-bailout/

OLITICS">Wisconsin activists create Walkerville to taunt governor, tout change
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-06-05/politics/wisconsin.walkerville_1_protests-wisconsin-state-capitol-thousands?_s=PMOLITICS

Lawrence Reed: GREAT MYTHS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
http://www.fee.org/articles/great-myths-of-the-great-depression/

SEIU: "Walkerville" Tent City erected in protest of Gov. Walker's attempt to hurt kids, families and seniors
http://www.seiu.org/2011/06/walkerville-tent-city-erected-in-protest-of-gov-wa.php

AFL-CIO:Walkerville Day Two: Respect K-12 Teachers and Students
http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/06/06/walkerville-day-two-respect-k12-teachers-and-students/

FDR Compilation 2 Great Depression/New Deal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddti62eYw3U

A few segments from Free Talk Live on June 10th, 2011. I hosted with Stephanie Murphy and Michele Seven.

Look Closer:

Stephanie's Website/Podcast: Porc Therapy
http://porctherapy.com/

Free Talk Live
http://www.freetalklive.com/

Fr33 Aid
http://www.fr33aid.com/

This is my recent appearance as co-host on Unplugged Mom Radio with Laurette Lynn. The show airs Friday at 8am EST. The full show and all of Laurette's archives are available here.

Look Closer:

Unplugged Mom
http://www.unpluggedmom.com/laurette-lynn/

Unplugged Mom On Blog Talk Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/unpluggedmom

My recent appearance on RT America's show Adam vs. the Man with Adam Kokesh. The show airs M-F at 7pm EST.

Look Closer:

Adam Vs. The Man
http://www.adamvstheman.com/

RT's Adam Kokesh brutally arrested for dancing at Jefferson Memorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWeF6lwg4aY

Freedomain Radio
http://www.freedomainradio.com/

Students For Liberty
http://studentsforliberty.org/

My recent appearance on RT America's show Adam vs. the Man with Adam Kokesh. The show airs M-F at 7pm EST.

Look Closer:

Adam Vs. The Man
http://www.adamvstheman.com/

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." -Viktor E. Frankl

This is not an investigation into the veracity of the claims that the US military killed Bin Laden. It is an examination of why - once again - there is so little curiosity or doubt from the public and the media.

Topics:
-What 9/12/01 looked and felt like
-"Choices" for travel, TSA
-The argument from authority easily prevails in the absence of critical thinking
-Lessons in authority worship from school
-Obama speech mock press conference
-My reaction to the public reaction
-A closer look at al Qaeda, Bin Laden and intelligence relationships
-Confirmation Bias
-Logical fallacies

Look Closer:

CIA Talks About Bin Laden Being Trained By CIA on CNN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn61PJQGCUo

The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (a film by Adam Curtis)
http://www.youtube.com/results?suggested_categories=25%2C27&search_query=power+of+nightmares%2C+playlist

Dr. Steve Pieczenik on the Alex Jones Show
http://youtu.be/xj0pM5FoYbs

Peace Revolution Podcast
http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com/

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, by James Loewen
http://books.google.com/books/about/Lies_my_teacher_told_me.html?id=EtBV9_LRsWcC

New shows are in the works, but in the meantime here's a portion of my recent discussion on Liberty Cap Talk Live.

Bumper Music:
"Aint Wasting Time No More" Allman Brothers

Look Closer:

Liberty Cap Talk Live
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/libertycaptalklive

Porcfest
http://freestateproject.org/festival/

An introduction to a series of shows about the teachers and public sector unions, and the recent protests. It would have been nice to skip this topic, but we can't.

Discussed:
-Angry again
-The Wisconsin situation spreads
-Students protesting with and for teachers
-Public sector union evasion
-Voices
-Choices
-Consistency
-The inverse relationship between obvious truth and the need for training

Look Closer:

Retirement “Education” Behind the Wisconsin Teacher Protests
http://www.erollover.com/blogger/Mike-Rowan/wisconsin-teachers-protest-retirement-benefits

Child’s Play: Wisconsin Teachers Recruit Their Students to Save Union Jobs
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/260143/childs-play-wisconsin-teachers-recruit-their-students-save-union-jobs-christian-schnei

Two-Thirds of Wisconsin Public-School 8th Graders Can’t Read Proficiently—Despite Highest Per Pupil Spending in Midwest
https://a12iggymom.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/two-thirds-of-wiscon-sin-public-school-8t-h-graders-can%E2%80%99t-read-proficiently%E2%80%94despit-e-highest-per-pupil-spending-in-midwest/

Wisconsin protesters get children to chant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8BRa9ffT9o

In this show, I go nuts.

The catalyst was an article called "Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in national food fight".

Discussed:
-The government invites you to think less and depend more
-The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act

Bumper Music:
"Urgent" Foreigner
"I Want To Know What Love Is" Foreigner

Look Closer:

Michelle Obama's America: Chicago School Bans Bag Lunches to Protect Kids from Themselves
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2011/04/11/michelle-obamas-america-chicago-school-bans-bag-lunches-protect-kids-the

Horrifying! Chicago School Bans Home Lunch...
http://www.diabeticconnect.com/discussions/10439-horrifying-chicago-school-bans-home-lunch-to-force-kids-to-eat-healthy-school-lunch

Legislating Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids: Did Everyone Miss the Point?
http://civilcandor.com/legislating-healthy-hunger-free-kids-did-everyone-miss-the-point/

Imagine a door to complete freedom, abounding opportunity and greater personal satisfaction... Public education is the lock. This is the fifth in a series of non-sequential shows about finding keys.

Topic:
Laurette Lynn of Unpluuggedmom.com joins me to discuss the challenges of home education and active parenting...and how to overcome them.

"Unplugged"
by Laurette Lynn

I am an Unplugged Mom. I endorse an audaciously “Unplugged” family lifestyle through speaking, writing, blogging and on my radio show, Unplugged Mom Radio Show©.

While my general focus is on embracing informal life-learning home education, the essence of what the message actually is, is more than that. It is an entire lifestyle.

When we unplug from the passive parenting style that our culture has become accustomed to, and take a more active approach that challenges the status quo - it dramatically changes the family dynamic in extraordinarily positive ways!

What does this mean? Well, it means accepting the role and challenge of parenthood as our primary focus. It often means unplugging from mainstream conventional practices and having the audacity to step outside the box and make conscious informed decisions. This includes academics but certainly reaches far beyond the books as well.
In most cases, the unplugged parent is indeed a home educator. They choose this endeavor because they recognize that the root cause of most of the dysfunction and break down of family values in our compulsory culture lies in the way we are systematically schooled. Frankly stated – our humanity, our intellect and our creativity is schooled out of us.

The Unplugged parent is an informed decision maker. She (he) enjoys her family and is happily committed to her role and responsibility as a parent. The Unplugged family is not a typical family and they usually stand apart; often demonstrating a rebellious streak. The Unplugged parent is radical and serious about parenting. They are researchers. They are open-minded and curious. They are strong and determined.

Very often the Unplugged family embraces holistic practices and appreciates organic family growth and development. They come from all different cultures, ethnicity, personalities and backgrounds but share a very strong common similarity: they are UNPLUGGED from the proverbial 'matrix' of mainstream status quo and compulsory behavior.

Being a parent is an important job! In fact, it is truly THE most crucial job you have from the moment you become a parent! Your position as a parent plays a huge role in determining the quality and richness of your child's life experience.

Like any other important task, it is up to us to learn, grow, evolve and continually seek out better and more constructive ways of helping our children thrive.

It is my hope that more parents consider unplugging from our pop-culture world and take a more active role in their children’s lives. Parenting seems to have become passé nowadays and it saddens me. We can’t ignore the obvious problems infecting our current state of affairs in the world.

It’s no secret that the educational system is failing and so has the importance of family values and interpersonal relationships. And what are the results? Our political and economical climate is a disaster, causing the global social climate to suffer. The physical and emotional condition of the average American is seriously unhealthy.

Humanity is in desperate need of natural beauty and spiritual grace.

The good news is that more and more parents are beginning to alter their perspective as they look around at today’s modern society and all the problems plaguing us – problems that likely could have been avoided had we not forgotten the crucial importance of a healthy family bond over the last several decades.

More and more families are unplugging, and while it does take time, it reminds me that there is indeed hope. There is hope for our children, our future and our human evolution.

Parents… I urge you to Unplug. Unplug and connect with your children.

Bumper Music:
"Destination" (Live), Of A Revolution

Look Closer:

Laurette's Bio
http://laurettelynn.blogspot.com/p/bio.html

Laurette's Site
http://unpluggedmom.com/

Topic: Aleks, a professor at Washington State University, joins me to discuss his blog entry: Education Reform-Can we blame the students?

Bumper Music:
"Mama Tried" The Grateful Dead

Look Closer:

Boom, Crash, Music: Education Reform-Can we blame the students?
http://boomcrashmusic.blogspot.com/2011/03/education-reform-can-we-blame-students.html?spref=fb

Stephanie Murphy and I host the FTL Sunday Show (03-13-11). The very talented Hannah Hoffman joins us about half way into the show, so be sure to get the whole show from the FTL archives. This is only the first half.

Discussed:
-The Wisconsin situation, Students protesting with teachers
-Public vs. private sector unions
-The mind-numbing mainstream media
-Republicans and Democrats
-Corporations
-Reformed conservative
-Treatment of children in society
-Listening
-ROTC and Police "Explorers"

Look Closer:

Stephanie's Website/Podcast: Porc Therapy
http://porctherapy.com/

Free Talk Live
http://www.freetalklive.com/

CHART: Some of the consequences of bullying

Topic: This is my commentary on a NH Department of Education bullying seminar. The DoE's plan in a nutshell: If aggression causes aggression, try aggression.

Bumper Music:
"America Is" Violent Femmes

Look Closer:

NEA General Counsel Bob Chanin Says Farewell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqn1rvv7Fis

Does Nation's Toughest Anti-Bullying Law Violate the Constitution?
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4432282/does-nations-toughest-anti-bullying-law-violate-the-constitution

(Part 1 of 2)
For the last two months, I have been working primarily with younger kids (ages 6-10). While comparing and contrasting these recent experiences to my work with high school students, I gained a fresh perspective on this whole "school sucks" idea.

Discussed:
-Domination Systems
-Crushing...courage, imagination, ambition, individuality
-NCLB
-Bureaucratic inertia in the tutoring business

NOTE: This show was recorded in the car on February 18th and 23rd.

Bumper Music:
"Sunshine" Timbuk3

Look Closer:

Teacher Cuts Off Girl's Braid In Front Of Class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Aq1WeS6VCs&feature=relmful

Teacher Still In Classrroom After Cutting Girl's Braid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q67bm9g6Kvc

FDR1460 Statism and Early Education
http://www.schoolsucksproject.com/fdr#fdr1460

How to think like Einstein: Seed Ideas
http://books.google.com

(Part 2 of 2)
On February 26th 2011, I took part in a discussion about John Holt's book, Instead of Education. Other participants included Stefan Molyneux, Jake Desyllas, Luke David, Michael Demarco, Thomas Bell, Debbie Harbeson, Ivan Ivanov and Cheryl Hulseapple. Special thanks to Greg for setting up the conference on Skype.

Bumper Music:
"Crime of the Century" Supertramp
"Take the Long Way Home" Supertramp

Look Closer:

Freedom Book Club on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Freedom-Book-Club/189728764133?sk=wall

Instead of education: ways to help people do things better By John Holt
http://books.google.com/books

Freedomain Radio
http://www.freedomainradio.com/

(Part 1 of 2)
On February 26th 2011, I took part in a discussion about John Holt's book, Instead of Education. Other participants included Stefan Molyneux, Jake Desyllas, Luke David, Michael Demarco, Thomas Bell, Debbie Harbeson, Ivan Ivanov and Cheryl Hulseapple. Special thanks to Greg for setting up and managing the conference on Skype.

Bumper Music:
"Logical Song" Supertramp
"School" Supertramp

Look Closer:

Freedom Book Club on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Freedom-Book-Club/189728764133?sk=wall

Instead of education: ways to help people do things better By John Holt
http://books.google.com/books

Freedomain Radio
http://www.freedomainradio.com/

PICTURE: Friedrich Nietzsche had eyebrows, mustaches, and ideas that all eventually grew out of control.

In my SAT class last Saturday (2-19-11), a student pulled out an interesting essay question: "Is the purpose of education to change the world?"

At this point, I was compelled to tell a story.

Bumper Music:
"Room At the Top" Adam Ant

Look Closer:

Nietzsche's Superman
https://www.msu.edu/user/bradle45/nietzsche.htm

The Übermensch and the Nazis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cbermensch

AGAINST SCHOOL: How public education cripples our kids, and why, By John Taylor Gatto
http://www.spinninglobe.net/againstschool.htm

Society and the Individual in Nietzsche's The Will to Power
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/travis_denneson/power.html

Back when I was a teenager, in the mid-1990s, a myriad of politicians, reporters, experts and officials all shared a serious concern over a growing problem: me

“Today’s media portrayals of teens employ the same stereotypes once openly applied to unpopular racial and ethnic groups: violent, reckless, hypersexed, welfare-draining, obnoxious, ignorant. And like traditional stereotypes, the modern media teenager is a distorted image, derived from the dire fictions promoted by official agencies and interest groups.” -Mike Males, Bashing Youth (1994)

Bumper Music:
"Tea For the Tillerman" Cat Stevens
"Burning Bridges" The Mike Curb Congregation

Look Closer:

Bashing Youth: Media Myths About Teenagers, By Mike Males
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1224

The Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen (Robert Epstein)
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Adolescence-Rediscovering-Adult/dp/188495670X

AGAINST SCHOOL: How public education cripples our kids, and why, By John Taylor Gatto
http://www.spinninglobe.net/againstschool.htm

The Institute for Psychohistory, Lloyd deMause
http://www.psychohistory.com/

The General Education Board And Friends
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/12o.htm

Why do most people turn a blind eye to the violence of the state? (Part 3)

Discussed Today:
-The Supplemental Security Income program
-How the poor are victimized in the name of helping the poor
-Medicaid
-Other dependency traps

Bumper Music:
"I Who Have Nothing" Ben E. King
"The Way I Are" Timbaland

Look Closer:

Psychotropic Medication Use Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/121/3/e441

Massive Medicaid Fraud Exposed in Psychiatric Drugging of Kids in US
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/massive-medicaid-fraud-exposed-in-psychiatric-drugging-of-kids-in-us-0112.html

THE OTHER WELFARE: A legacy of unintended side effects (The Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/12/12/with_ssi_program_a_legacy_of_unintended_side_effects/

The Road to Serfdom, by Friedrich A. Hayek/a>
http://mises.org/books/TRTS/

This is an excerpt from my recent appearance on Peace Revolution Podcast. In this episode, we discuss economic theory and the history of money.

How does this relate to education? In this clip, we'll also touch on the "deliberate dumbing down" of the population, along with the importance of a systematic form of critical thinking, understanding rhetoric and the use of logical fallacies.

Bumper Music:
"Bling Bling" Birdman, Turk, Mannie Fresh, Juvenile, B.G. and Lil Wayne (aka The Cash Money Millionaires)

Look Closer:
Peace Revolution Podcast
http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com/

Peace Revolution #12: Origins of Money - A Virtual Round-table
http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com/entry/2010-12-02T11_29_08-08_00

Tragedyandhope.com
http://tragedyandhope.com/

(Kids Are Not Defective Part 10)

Today, a further exploration of acquiescence and aggression, from a different angle.

Stephanie Murphy, Wes Bertrand and I discuss the perpetuation of gender roles and stereotypes throughout childhood, referencing the work of Cordelia Fine.

We also question the disparity between the numbers of men and women in the liberty movement and the Free State Project.

Bumper Music:
"Baby It's Cold Outside" Dean Martin and Martina McBride

Look Closer:

Gender gap a scientific myth, says psychology expert
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/sep/10/gender-gap-myth-cordelia-fine

Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine
http://www.amazon.com/Delusions-Gender-Society-Neurosexism-Difference/dp/0393068382

Wes Bertrand's Site: Complete Liberty
http://completeliberty.com/

Stephanie Murphy's Site: Porc Therapy
http://porctherapy.com/

Past articles by Stephanie R. Murphy on LewRockwell.com
http://www.lewrockwell.com/murphy-s/murphy-s-arch.html

Delusions of Gender - Dr. Cordelia Fine, The Freedomain Radio Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VbN2vV5Lz4

The news over the last month has been interesting...

The invasive TSA.
The emerging snitch society.
The calls for the execution of Julian Assange.

Surprised? Outraged?
Juxtapose today's current events with your childhood experiences.
Were you expecting some other social or political reality?

Today's show is a renewed call to strike at the root of the acquiescence and aggression making it all possible.

Bumper Music:
"Paper Planes" M.I.A.

Look Closer:
History of the Income Tax in the United States
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005921.html

Moms angry over swats: 2 students at City View get spanked
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2010/dec/11/moms-angry-over-swats/

The School Crotch Inspector
http://reason.com/archives/2008/04/02/the-school-crotch-inspector#commentcontainer

Pay Your Income Tax: 1943 Disney Propoganda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00u6qUelp6c

Michigan high school students terrorized in police-state security drill
http://www.naturalnews.com/020931.html

Students Say Schools’ Use of Mace Creates a ‘Police State’ in Birmingham
http://www.pogowasright.org/?p=17947

Boy stripped to underwear locked in seclusion room in school
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziDzN6Nvdt4

A look at my own professional past, and at what happens on the other side of the gun.(Part 2)

Discussed Today:
-I gave kids drugs
-I was a 'good' employee
-I worked at a 'good' residential treatment center
-Medicaid
-The lure of bad money
-Good Intentions, in service of evil
-The Milgrim Experiment
-Voices of the institutionalized children

Bumper Music:
"Disappear" INXS

Look Closer:

GAO report: Millions in fraud, drug abuse clogs Medicaid
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-09-29-Medicaid-drug-abuse-fraud-Michael-Jackson_N.htm

Massive Medicaid Fraud Exposed in Psychiatric Drugging of Kids in US
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/massive-medicaid-fraud-exposed-in-psychiatric-drugging-of-kids-in-us-0112.html

The Milgram Experiment, by Jeff Riggenbach
http://mises.org/daily/467

Psychiatry Drugs Foster Care Children - Montage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPJG7pa4Jeo&feature=channel

Daniel Lakemacher's site:
warisimmoral.com

Today's guests are Richard Grove, Jan Irvin, and Paul Verge: three friends, independent media creators, collaborators, and School Sucks listeners who have teamed up to produce a new You Tube series called What You've Been Missing.

From Tragedyandhope.com: What You've Been Missing was created to fill the massive gap created by corporate media, between itself and reality.
A virtual variety show with a point, WYBM helps you learn how to outgrow the status quo; through a systematic process of critical thinking supplemented with comedy.

In addition to discussing this superb new project, we also explore the lost art of real learning and critical thinking, self-esteem, the deceptive power of language, and the people who lurk in the shadows of state power. Paul, Jan and Rich have done an exhaustive amount of research on these topics, and I am very pleased to introduce them to my audience and the LRN community.

Bumper Music:
"Dirty Work" Steely Dan

Look Closer:
(Show Notes Courtesy of Richard Grove)

Invitation link to the T&H online community:
http://tragedyandhope.ning.com/?xgi=2B88r5zkcOCWwy

500 B.C.: The Trivium Method of Critical Thinking and Creative Problem
Solving is popularized by Plato, Aristotle, Demosthenes... and held among
the elite for 2500 years... until now
http://webbrain.com/brainpage/brain/D36749F1-3A40-09FA-957F-41294B88CB70

.
(Links to the T&H brain model)

1798: John Robison (British Physicist) who realized the evidence of a plot
in action: "Proofs of a Conspiracy"
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1798: George Washington's personal letter regarding the "Illuminati":
http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=WasFi36.xml&images=images/mo
deng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=388&division=div1

Charlotte Iserbyt: is the consummate whistleblower. Iserbyt served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, during the first Reagan Administration, where she first blew the whistle on a major technology initiative which would control curriculum in America's classrooms."
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John Taylor Gatto: ended his teaching career as New York State Teacher of
the Year after being named New York City Teacher of the Year on three
occasions. He quit teaching on the OP ED page of the Wall Street Journal in
1991 while still New York State Teacher of the Year, claiming that he was no longer willing to hurt children.
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/underground

Links:
www.DivergentFilms.com
www.PeaceRevolution.org
www.TragedyandHope.com
www.GnosticMedia.com

Addendum: This part was cut out of the conversation but I thought it was worth hearing.

Topic:
Today I discuss collective and authoritarian schooling with a veteran teacher who walked away from the public school setting just four weeks into his new job. Rich Nastro explains why he did this, and what he saw while he was there.

Please Vote! Nominations close on November, 21st.
Podcast Awards: 2010 Nominations are Now Open!
http://podcastawards.com/

...quickly

PART 2: Is Anyone Learning About Economics In School? Anyone?

Topic:
Today I discuss collective and authoritarian schooling with a veteran teacher who walked away from the public school setting just four weeks into his new job. Rich Nastro explains why he did this, and what he saw while he was there.

We'll Discuss...

-The lies of government school history (every crisis is presented as a problem of too much freedom)
-Voting
-Family to schooling to Citizenship
-The success of Government school (in service to evil)
-Propaganda: Mixing the good with the evil
-If force comes first, it doesn't matter what happens next
-Erica Goldson
-The National Debt: it's for the children...to pay
-Central planning of the economy, the coming collapse and the economic aftermath
-The road to serfdom, governments make dependents

Look Closer:
Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis (Documentary)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ECi6WJpbzE

Peter Schiff: Why the Meltdown Should Have Surprised No One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgMclXX5msc

Peter Schiff: U.S. Is in a Depression
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10790377/1/peter-schiff-us-is-in-a-depression.html

Meltdown, by Tom woods
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10790377/1/peter-schiff-us-is-in-a-depression.html

...quickly

PART 1: Preparation For Citizenship

Topic:
Today I discuss collective and authoritarian schooling with a veteran teacher who walked away from the public school setting just four weeks into his new job. Rich Nastro explains why he did this, and what he saw while he was there.

We'll Discuss...
-Literacy and Information Literacy
-Public Education and the Welfare State, Failure Reframed As Success
-Portrayal of the Public Education System In Film
-Introducing Philosophy to the History Cirriculum
-Squeeky Wheels Get the Grease
-Working with Students From Broken Homes
-Day-to-Day living/short-term thinking of abused kids
-Preparation for the Economic Realities of the 21st Century
-Grades and Diplomas as "Job Tickets," but where are the jobs?

Bumper Music:
"Pets" Porno For Pyros

Look Closer:
Wheels Off Liberty Podcast
http://wheelsoffliberty.com/wordpress/

Universally Preferable Behaviour: A Rational Proof of Secular Ethics, by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.freedomainradio.com

Peter Schiff: U.S. Is in a Depression
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10790377/1/peter-schiff-us-is-in-a-depression.html

In today's installment, I interview Steve Ressler, founder of the government employee social networking site govloop.com, and organizer of the Government Doesn't Suck Rally (October 30th, Washington D.C.). I happen to have a show that suggests the government does suck, so I thought we could bounce some ideas off each other.

I skipped past a number of arguments and questions to deal specifically with the non-aggression principle.

While I thought this would be little more than an amusing discussion, it actually evolved into a larger examination of empathy, forgiveness, and differentiation within the bureaucratic structure.

Look Closer:
Bob Murphy's Mises Archive
http://mises.org/articles.aspx?AuthorId=380

Government workers: 'We need love too.'
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/Vox-News/2010/1030/Government-workers-We-need-love-too.

Steve Ressler: Government Doesn't Suck
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-ressler/government-doesnt-suck_b_773021.html

No one could answer all of the questions about how child protection would work in a voluntary society. However, due to my past professional experience, I can answer a lot of questions about how it works today.

Topic:
A recent CPS story in Concord, NH got me thinking about my own professional history, on the "other side of the gun." I spent four years of my career working with kids who were in state custody. (Part 1)

Discussed Today:
-The John Irish/Oathkeepers Story
-Child Protection In A Voluntary Society Questions
-My Path to Working With Young People
-Residential Treatment
-Welfare Incentives
-The Horrors of CPS Politics
-Foster Care

Bumper Music:
"Thru and Thru" The Rolling Stones

Look Closer:
For A New Liberty, by Murray Rothbard (Welfare and the Welfare State)
http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp#p142

Legally Kidnapped: How much are your kids worth?
http://legallykidnapped.blogspot.com/2008/02/mass-cps-corruption.html

Baby Cheyenne Story Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lq5sr3hthk

Baby Cheyenne Story Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lixolhNq7n8

Ridley Report: "Oath Keeper Baby" granddad backs CPS (DCYF)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knFeIyeuSy8

Kentucky CPS crimes against children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9OoWRPHs24

Child Protective Services: CPS & Police Abuse Constitution, Invading Homes, Kidnapping Children, Ignoring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPeFECAEqHk

Critical Thinking Question:
What is the real purpose of government?

Topic:
This (third part of three) is the continuation of a two-part discussion I recently had with Wes Bertrand. On September 18th, I tried to weave a series of loosely related thoughts together into one topic, while driving. I wasn't thrilled with the result. I eventually contacted Wes to help me try to make sense of it all.

This is an examination of how fantasy is used to manage personal and/or political anxiety, the relationship between the personal and the political, and how outrage and attack are employed to deal with the disruption of fantasy.

Discussed Today:
-Trust in government coming back?
-Faith and Force
-Violence as virtue
-The historical purpose of government
-People in NYC loved the Gambino Family. Why?

Bumper Music:
"Woke Up This Morning" A3
"The Safety Dance" Men Without Hats

Look Closer:
Complete Liberty Website
http://completeliberty.com/

The San Diego Psychology Meetup Group
http://www.meetup.com/The-San-Diego-Psychology-Meetup-Group/

Nathaniel Branden's Website
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/splash.php

Opposite Of Radical: Today's Youth Trust Uncle Sam (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126359205

The Ethics of Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard (24. THE MORAL STATUS OF RELATIONS TO THE STATE)
http://mises.org/rothbard/ethics/twentyfour.asp

Ayn Rand and Evolution by Neil Parille
http://rebirthofreason.com/Articles/Parille/Ayn_Rand_and_Evolution.shtml

A stand-alone episode of School Sucks Podcast...in three parts.

Critical Thinking Insinuation:
When we consider the amount of faith and power that most people invest in government...maybe this group of people who call themselves "president" is not the real source of the disappointment and dissatisfaction of most people.

Topic:
This (second part of three) is the beginning of a two-part discussion I recently had with Wes Bertrand. On September 18th, I tried to weave a series of loosely related thoughts together into one topic, while driving. I wasn't thrilled with the result. I eventually contacted Wes to help me try to make sense of it all.

This is an examination of how fantasy is used to manage personal and/or political anxiety, the relationship between the personal and the political, and how outrage and attack are employed to deal with the disruption of fantasy.

Discussed Today:
-Me and my uncle; comparing our anxiety
-Focusing on the meta-talk of political and philosophical discussions
-Developing an emotional vocabulary
-Self-esteem and the works of Nathaniel Branden

Bumper Music:
"Superman" The Kinks

Look Closer:
Complete Liberty Website
http://completeliberty.com/

Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections, by Roderick T. Long
http://www.lewrockwell.com/long/long11.html

Nathaniel Branden's Website
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/splash.php

Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love, by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/real-time-relationships-the-logic-of-love---extended-edition/2367788

Complete Liberty Episode 29 - Curiosity of children, faith and force of adults, logical metaphysics, origin of life
http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=368420

Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes, by Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/pbr.htm

Nathaniel Branden: Audio On Self-Esteem
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=22_26

A stand-alone episode of School Sucks Podcast...in three parts.

Critical Thinking Question:
What are some strategies you could use to tell the difference between having a debate with someone, and watching them have an anxiety attack?

Topic:
This (first part of three) is a set-up for a two-part discussion I recently had with Wes Bertrand. On September 18th, I tried to weave a series of loosely related thoughts together into one topic, while driving. I wasn't thrilled with the result. I eventually contacted Wes to help me try to make sense of it all.

This is an examination of how fantasy is used to manage personal and/or political anxiety, the relationship between the personal and the political, and how outrage and attack are employed to deal with the disruption of fantasy.

Bumper Music:
"Under Pressure" David Bowie and Queen

Look Closer:
Trashing Teens (Psychologist Robert Epstein argues in a provocative book, "The Case Against Adolescence," that teens are far more competent than we assume...)
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200703/trashing-teens

Complete Liberty Website
http://completeliberty.com/

Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections, by Roderick T. Long
http://www.lewrockwell.com/long/long11.html

The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher's Intimate Investigation
Into The Problem Of Modern Schooling by Jonathan Taylor Gatto
http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/underground/

The Gun in the Room, by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.lostlibertycafe.com/index.php/2009/11/14/the-gun-in-the-room/

Complete Liberty Episode 29 - Curiosity of children, faith and force of adults, logical metaphysics, origin of life
http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=368420

Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes, by Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/pbr.htm

This is an interview I did for Jan Irvin's Gnostic Media Podcast on May 9th 2010. Brand new shows are coming soon!!

Trivium Education Website: where Knowledge, Understanding and Wisdom Begin
http://www.triviumeducation.com/

Gnostic Media Website
http://www.gnosticmedia.com/

Tragedy and Hope Communications
http://tragedyandhope.com/

(Kids Are Not Defective Part 9)

Topic:
I meet up with Stephanie Murphy and Mike Barskey, the hosts of Porc Therapy Podcast, to discuss common types of dysfunction in adult relationships.

We examine the question:
Are there embedded lessons or messages from school and childhood that most people can't seem to escape in their adolescent and adult romantic relationships?

The Lessons From School:
1. People can be easily changed
2. It's dangerous/abnormal/inconsiderate to express your emotions
3. Pay attention to words, ignore deeds

We cover the all-too-common phenomenon of 'settling,' due to a lack of self-knowledge and low self-esteem.

I also discuss my experience with the "Skinner Box" of relationships.
If I do this, I will get this.

Bumper Music:
"He Wasn't There" Lilly Allen
"It Takes Two" Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock

Look Closer:

PORC THERAPY: Relationship Talk From A Liberty Perspective
http://porctherapy.com/

Real Time Relationships by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.freedomainradio.com/free/books/FDR_3_PDF_Real_Time_Relationships.pdf

Annie Hall (Film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Hall

My September 2nd, 2010 Discussion With Gardner Goldsmith

Topics Covered:
-Gardner's Experience Wearing A School Sucks T-Shirt In Public
-Explaining the Philosophy of Liberty to "Political" People
-The Insanity of Central Planning
-The History of Government Education
-Keene School Outreach and Related Outrage
-Background of School Sucks Project
-Vouchers
-Redefining Education
-Impacts of Indoctrination

Bumper Music:
"We Want A Rock" They Might Be Giants

Look Closer:
Liberty Conspiracy Website
http://libertyconspiracy.com/

School Sucks Podcast 028 - Let's Make A Hero! (FDR)
http://www.schoolsucksproject.com/podcasts/29

School Sucks Podcast 027 - Let's Make A Hero! (Abraham Lincoln)
http://www.schoolsucksproject.com/podcasts/28

(Kids Are Not Defective Part 8)

Topic:
Stefan Molyneux of
Freedomain Radio joins me to discuss the seemingly elusive nature of heroism.

Our discussion surveys a variety of historical topics as we examine how heroes are manufactured by our government education, while our own capacity for "heroism" is gradually diminished. We also explore the conjecture that government school's theft of our sense of personal power contributes to a desire to experience heroism only through fantasy.

Then, "heroism" gets a long overdue redefining.

Bumper Music:
Star Wars Disco Theme

Look Closer:

Heroism Part 1 - from Freedomain Radio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ix9MT3jn0

Heroism Part 2 - from Freedomain Radio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVHAWSFXbPw

BOOK: Lies my teacher told me: everything your American history textbook got wrong, By James W. Loewen
http://books.google.com/

School Sucks Podcast 027 - Let's Make A Hero! (Abraham Lincoln)
http://www.schoolsucksproject.com/podcasts/28

School Sucks Podcast 028 - Let's Make A Hero! (FDR)
http://www.schoolsucksproject.com/podcasts/29

Imagine a door to complete freedom, abounding opportunity and greater personal satisfaction... Public education is the lock. This is the fourth in a series of non-sequential shows about finding keys.

The END of Public Education?

END: It's over, irrelevant, useless, needs to be done away with. Considering the time we're living in, this is more true than ever.

Critical Thinking Questions:
We are told in school that this "education" will open up the world to us and create endless options for our future. So why does it often feel like the world is being closed off and our options are being diminished?

Topic:

emergence (noun):
1. coming out of, passage out
2. a beginning
3. coming into sight

Erica Goldson joins me to discuss her story of freeing herself from the constricting environment and expectations of government school over-achievement. I equate the school experience to being stuck in a narrowing tunnel, and Erica's story provides an inspiring example of the ability to emerge from it.

Also discussed:
-"America's Economic Needs" explored
-Engaging peers and confronting authorities
-Dealing with the 'fight or flight' responses of others
-Squandered opportunities for critical thinking
-One good teacher

Bumper Music:
"Do Better" Say Anything
"High School Sucks Musical" Main Theme

Look Closer:

Erica's Blog
http://americaviaerica.blogspot.com/2010/07/coxsackie-athens-valedictorian-speech.html

Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling (You Tube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M4tdMsg3ts

The Greatest Mistake in American History: Letting Government Educate Our Children, by Harry Browne
http://fee.org/nff/the-greatest-mistake-in-american-history-letting-government-educate-our-children/

(Kids Are Not Defective Part 7)

Topic:
Dr. Bruce Levine joins me to discuss his article,
How Teenage Rebellion Has Become a Mental Illness.

It turns out that pathologizing or "diseasing" rebellious behavior is not a new trick for those who hold tenuous power over others.

Bumper Music:
"The Man Who Danced Too Slowly" Baka Beyond

Look Closer:

Frontline - The Medicated Child
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoHv-_Rwu6c

How Teenage Rebellion Has Become a Mental Illness by Dr. Bruce E. Levine
http://www.alternet.org/health/75081?page=entire

The Drugging of Our Children By Gary Null
http://www.familyrightsassociation.com/bin/white_papers-articles/drugging_our_children/

Appendix 43 - Drapetomania by Michael Greger, MD and United Progressive Alumni
http://upalumni.org/medschool/appendices/appendix-43.html

ADHD schoolkids '10 times worse' on Ritalin, dexamphetamine, study finds
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/adhd-schoolkids-10-times-worse-on-ritalin-dexamphetamine-study-finds/story-e6frea73-1225831266819?from=public_rss

(Kids Are Not Defective Part 6)

Topic:
There is a phrase, "hole in the soul," that describes how a person may feel incomplete, unworthy, or dependent on external things. While much of this is probably rooted in family, I believe that school can contribute to one's sense of personal emptiness.

This is a long and winding show that covers a valedictorian's brave and moving graduation speech, leading into a discussion of the problems created for all students by the carrots and sticks of school. As Alfie Kohn points out in his book (linked below), even the rewards are a kind of punishment, robbing us of our own purpose and intrinsic motivation.

Whether we are the "overachiever" who gets the carrots or the "underachiever" who gets the sticks, these metaphors for the management of our lives tend to leave some holes, or even emptiness, in who we are.

I also discuss my own troubled adolescence, and how I tried to fill these holes. Nothing easy ever worked.

"Express Yourself" NWA
"Disappear" INXS

Look Closer:

Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes, by Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/pbr.htm

Valedictorian Speaks Out Against Schooling in Graduation Speech (Erica Goldson)
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/212383-Valedictorian-Speaks-Out-Against-Schooling-in-Graduation-Speech

Most of this show was my original attempt to begin the Kids Are Not Defective Series, but it just turned into a rant about the mainstream media.

A couple months ago I decided to watch a little cable news. MSNBC to be precise. They were running a story/series called "V Is For...Violence." It focused on the inability of adolescents to handle the stimulation they get from the technology of today.

From Scientific American:

Bully or Victim? More Similar Than We Might Think

Michael Moore interviews Marilyn Manson,
Bowling For Columbine

"The case against adolescence: rediscovering the adult in every teen" By Robert Epstein

Part one of two somewhat related installments.

With all this concern about the violent behavior of teenagers, and subsequent crackdowns, would you be surprised to learn school administrators are actually encouraging even more widespread aggression.
How about mandating it?

JROTC obligation is stirring discomfort
From mysanantonio.com
By Lindsay Kastner - Express-News

A Free State Project Edition of School Sucks Podcast

Due to my Porcfest vacation, new shows are not ready yet. In the meantime, here is the audio version of my speech from the 2010 NH Liberty Forum, "The Catastrophe of Conventional Wisdom." I'm pretty sure most people who listen to the show have not heard it yet.

I also include some thoughts on my recent experience at the 2010 Porcupine Freedom Festival.

Bumper Music:
"The Wings" Gustavo Santaolalla

Mentioned:

Fully Informed Jury Association
http://fija.org/

Silver Circle Movie
http://www.silvercirclemovie.com/

Larken Rose Website
http://www.larkenrose.com/

George's Famous Baklava
http://mandrik.com/

Chartarum, A John Shaw Film
http://www.chartarum.com/

Obscured Truth Network
http://www.youtube.com/user/obscuredtruth

FSP/Porcfest
http://www.freestateproject.org/festival

The Motorhome Diaries
http://motorhomediaries.com/

The Free Agents Network
http://www.fr33agents.com/

(Kids Are Not Defective Part 5)

Topic:

in·cu·ba·tor (noun)

1.An apparatus in which environmental conditions, such as temperature and humidity, can be controlled, providing suitable conditions for a chemical or biological reaction.
2. A place or situation that permits or encourages the formation and development of new ideas

Forced Associations
Adolescence is plagued by an artificial, society-created extension of childhood dependence. This is time where people can certainly begin to achieve greater self-knowledge and emotionally maturity, unless they're trapped in place that prevents it. There is no escape from the negativity; school is compulsory

The Hypocrisy of Adults
What's even worse: in this place, some pretty abhorrent behavior is modeled for kids on a daily basis. This behavior violates all three of the kindergarten rules: don't hurt others, don't steal, tell the truth

The same people benefiting from this behavior are the ones tasked with making children "good"

Look Closer:

School Sucks Forum: Is bullying encouraged by the public school system?
http://www.schoolsucksproject.com/forums/6/topics/10

Mentioned Episodes of Complete Liberty Podcast (29-31)
http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_year=2008&post_month=08

Real Time Relationships by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.freedomainradio.com/free/books/FDR_3_PDF_Real_Time_Relationships.pdf

School-Survival.net: High School's 'new girl,' driven to suicide by teenage cyber bullies
http://www.school-survival.net/blog/p/high-schools-new-girl-driven-to-suicide-by-teenage-cyber-bullies/2047

The Root Evil of Widespread Emotional Damage, by Glen Allport

http://www.strike-the-root.com/71/allport/allport4.html

(Kids Are Not Defective Part 4)

Topic:
My thoughts on bullying. It's not a problem that always begins at school, but that's often where it ends. Tragically.

We all understand that bullies seek out victims.
But do victims often seek out bullies?
Do victims wish to be bullies?
Almost all bullies are the victim of someone else.

This is a quick look at root causes, but there is more to come on this topic.

Look Closer:

Real Time Relationships by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.freedomainradio.com/free/books/FDR_3_PDF_Real_Time_Relationships.pdf

On Bullies, by Bob Jackson
http://www.strike-the-root.com/content/bullies

The Root Evil of Widespread Emotional Damage, by Glen Allport

http://www.strike-the-root.com/71/allport/allport4.html

This is an abridged version of a longer show.

PICTURE: What kind of a person commands other people to kneel in front of them?

(Kids Are Not Defective Part 3)

Topic:
Ahhh, religion. Another great way to learn about all the things that are wrong with you.

An examination of the amazing contradictions and inconsistencies in American Culture. Could culture even exist if people applied principles consistently?

I also look back at my own Roman Catholic upbringing, specifically at an interaction with a nun resulting from my curiosity over the chronology of the life of Jesus. Then I imagine the same interaction with a more precocious and enlightened child.

Longer Version Includes:
-I receive an email from a Conservative Christian organization that sends me into an explosive rant.
-Soldiers: They died for what freedom?
-Additional thoughts on religion in my family
-Some speculations about how religion retards progress
-How long does it take a religion to run its course?

Bumper Music:
"Magical Mystery Tour" The Beatles

(Kids Are Not Defective Part 3)
This is the long version.

PICTURE: What kind of a person commands others to kneel in front of them?

Topic:
Ahhh, religion. Another great way to learn about all the things that are wrong with you.

I receive an email from a Conservative Christian organization that sends me into an explosive rant and an examination of the amazing contradictions and inconsistencies in American Culture. Could culture even exist if people applied principles consistently?

I also look back at my own Roman Catholic upbringing, specifically at an interaction with a nun resulting from my curiosity over the chronology of the life of Jesus. Then I imagine the same interaction with a more precocious and enlightened child.

Bumper Music:
"Magical Mystery Tour" The Beatles

Look Closer:

Dark Matter2525's You Tube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/DarkMatter2525

Zeitgeist, The Movie (The Greatest Story Ever Sold)
http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

Freedomain Radio: True News 10: Soldiers, War and Freedom...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Auax5rpJPI

(Kids Are Not Defective Part 2)

Topic:
After reflecting on the last show, I wanted to explore my family comments a bit more thoroughly. Why do adults jump so quickly to the defense of the authority figures in their lives? Why are so many people resistant to the idea that their childhoods were not exactly great? When and how will the effects of childhood mistreatment reveal themselves? Because they always do.

To answer these questions, I briefly channel a "composite character" assembled from many of my past discussions about raising children.

Bumper Music:
"Hometown Glory" by Adele

Look Closer:

Freedomain Radio 211: Childhood Prisons
http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_211_Childhood_Prisons.mp3

Complete Liberty Episode 31 - Authoritarianism and family, getting personal with ethics, battles of the wills vs authenticity and self-esteem
http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=372642

Mentioned:

Tragedy and Hope Communications/Richard Grove
http://tragedyandhope.com/

Paul Verge/Divergent Films
http://www.divergentfilms.com/

PICTURED: A listener sent me this example of his son's (first grade) school work, which includes the teacher's thoughts on his exercise of creativity.

The introduction to a new series of shows about some other messages forced into the minds of children and young adults. These shows will include topics like medication, parenting, spanking, behavioral "disorders," bullying, "reward" systems and zero tolerance policies.

Today, and hopefully someday this will not be the case, childhood and adolescence are not about a process of discovery that eventually leads to the embrace of ideas and beliefs that are chosen by you. Instead, childhood and adolescence are all about a process of training that eventually leads to the acceptance of ideas and beliefs that are inflicted upon you.

Also, a discussion of how the state is "fed" by the schools and the family.

Bumper Music:
"In the Waiting Line" by Zero 7

Look Closer:
Frontline -The Medicated Child
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCfRqNISQZg

ABC News: Zero Tolerance School Discipline Policies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ6hvzG67C8

What’s the Matter with Kids Today? By Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D.
http://psychcentral.com/lib/2009/whats-the-matter-with-kids-today/

Wes Bertrand's Website: logicallearning.net
http://logicallearning.net/

Freedomain Radio 211: Childhood Prisons
http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_211_Childhood_Prisons.mp3

Picture: The primary lesson of public school politics.

Congress, Ariz. school district sues taxpayers to stop questions

Mark Flatten
Goldwater Institute Watchdog Report
March 10, 2010

A handful of taxpayers in a small community north of Wickenburg, Arizona are being targeted by the local school district in a lawsuit that asks a judge to declare they have no right to request public records, sue the district, or complain to outside agencies.

The Congress Elementary School District claims that past efforts by these residents to obtain documents such as minutes of board meetings and spending reports amount to harassment that should not have to be tolerated.

Read More Here

If you have a comment about this show or any previous shows, please post it at http://www.schoolsucksproject.com/podcasts

More about Porcfest: http://www.freestateproject.org/festival/

Porcfest on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=148847588628&ref=ts

(American History F-ed, Conclusion) The eighth (and final) installment in a series of shows about government school's history curriculum. We'll explore the lies, myths, omissions and distortions used to indoctrinate blind patriotism (aka nationalism aka mysticism).

Critical Thinking Question:
Imagine if we all woke up tomorrow and all government was just...gone. What's the worst thing that could happen? And how would statists feel about this most catastrophic outcome?

The answer might surprise you.

Topic:
The three most persistent myths throughout history:
1. The State is essential for the survival of the human race
2. Slavery is essential for the prosperity of all societies reliant upon agriculture
3. God and religion are essential for establishing morality

Two down, one to go.

Bumper Music:
"Gimme Shelter" The Rolling Stones
"Gimme Shelter" U2, featuring Fergie and Mick Jagger (Live)

Look Closer:
Why We Couldn't Abolish Slavery Then and Can't Abolish Government Now, by Robert Higgs
http://www.lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs128.html

Freedomain Radio 1453-Stefan Talks to a College Class
http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_1453_stefan_talks_to_college_students.mp3

Libertarian Anarchism: Responses to Ten Objections, by Roderick T. Long
http://www.lewrockwell.com/long/long11.html

Nothing Outside the State, by Robert Higgs
http://www.lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs143.html

The Gun in the Room, by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.lostlibertycafe.com/index.php/2009/11/14/the-gun-in-the-room/

Man Makes Himself, by Gordon Childe
http://www.librarything.com/work/780808

New Hampshire Liberty Forum - Keynote Speaker: Stefan Molyneux from Freedomain Radio (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKOTqRb5nvg

Complete Liberty Episode 29 - Curiosity of children, faith and force of adults, logical metaphysics, origin of life
http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=368420

Sopranos: Patsy extorting protection money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpm44S1aePw

PA Tax Nazis Know Who You Are (Commercial)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aD5VIGBkew

Picture: Pragmatists love charts. Charts that illustrate effects. So here's a chart showing how much government school sucks. It's also pretty representative of all 'services' provided at gunpoint, in terms of cost verses quality.

Imagine a door to complete freedom, abounding opportunity and greater personal satisfaction... Public education is the lock. This is the third in a series of non-sequential shows about finding keys.

The END of Public Education?

END: It's over, irrelevant, useless, needs to be done away with. Considering the time we're living in, this is more true than ever.

Critical Thinking Questions:
-Why do people accept government education?
-Why do people need tangible alternatives?

Bumper Music:
"The Lonely Bull"
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

Topic:
Kate Richards from The Scholars' Academy joins me to discuss the possibility of non-government solutions and alternatives to public education. Although we are both supporters of unschooling, we discuss the importance of recognizing the harsh reality of the current situation: government school today holds over 90% of the young people in this country and eats up 600 billion dollars a year. Therefore, it is important to contemplate options and ideas for the transition from where we are to where we would like to be.

Kate explains that people are more willing to seriously consider alternatives if they can be presented with something tangible, already in operation. In our arguments for the abolition of public education, we often face two significant challenges:

1. Well-grained societal illusions about the benevolence or the necessity of government school
2. The apparent lack of alternatives, or 'abstract' explanations of other ways young people can learn

Also discussed:
-Sudbury Schools
-Pedagogical Approaches
-Making Changes in Public School?

NOTE: Because I was recently very critical of misleading global warming charts, I should point out that the one shown above also has a y-axis that does not start at zero, which creates a steeper looking line for cost. So good thing I have principles to fall back on if my charts don't work.

Look Closer:
The Scholars' Academy
www.scholarsacademynh.org/

The Alliance For the Separation of School and State
www.schoolandstate.org

"School Is Expensive but..."
http://www.schoolandstate.org/Knowledge/Drennan/SchoolIsExpensiveBut.htm

The Greatest Mistake in American History: Letting Government Educate Our Children, by Harry Browne
http://fee.org/nff/the-greatest-mistake-in-american-history-letting-government-educate-our-children/

Picture: Hey kids! The military wants you to know that if you eat right and exercise, a nice box like one of these could have your name on it one day.

School lunches called a national security threat!
Retired military officers say kids are growing up too pudgy for service

WASHINGTON - School lunches have been called many things, but a group of retired military officers is giving them a new label: national security threat.

That's not a reference to the mystery meat served up in the cafeteria line either. The retired officers are saying that school lunches have helped make the nation's young people so fat that fewer of them can meet the military's physical fitness standards, and recruitment is in jeopardy.. Read More Here

If you have a comment, please post it at http://www.schoolsucksproject.com/podcasts/40

Topic:
From Capitol Access Website: Denis and Lydia interview Brett V., host of the School Sucks Podcast and creator of SchoolSucksProject.com -- a project concerning, in his words, "the END of public education"
Brett is a professional educator who has come to realize that the basic design of public school "sucks" the creative capacity out of children, and also "sucks" wealth away from more productive uses.

I've added an introduction.

Bumper Music:
"Granite State of Mind" (Jay-Z Parody - The SSP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7nQrCgALM

Look Closer:
Capitol Access Website
http://nhcaptv.com/

Episode 109: School Sucks
http://nhcaptv.com/episode/109

(American History F-ed #7) The seventh installment in a series of shows about government school's history curriculum. We'll explore the lies, myths, omissions and distortions used to indoctrinate blind patriotism (aka nationalism aka mysticism).

Critical Thinking Question:
Statism appears to be only example of a system of ongoing attack and predation where the aggressors seem to be more fearful of victims than the victims are of the aggressors. How do the aggressors manage these fears?

Topic:
An email from a listener gets me thinking about conspiracy theories. We'll divert our attention from the roots of the tree I like to think we're chopping at, to jump down a nearby rabbit hole. Let's see where it takes us!

-Vietnam
-Iraq and 9/11
-Climate Change
-Health Care
-19th Century German "Philosophers"

What is the Hegelian Dialectic?
And how does it relate to last episode's formula:

...the use of force
leads to
perverse unintended consequence
leads to
new problem
leads to
demand for government action
leads to
the use of force...

Bumper Music:
"Touch of Grey" Grateful Dead

Look Closer:
War Made Easy(Documentary)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=297FZXhPbYE

Tonkin Gulf to WMD: Lies, Anniversaries and More Lies By Joe Miller
http://www.vvaw.org/veteran/article/?id=428

The Fog of War ~ Documentary about Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara's Experience
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8653788864462752804#

Five Years After 9/11, Fear Finally Strikes Out
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0820-23.htm

The New American Century
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3776750618788792499#

(Freedomain Radio) True News 46: Health Care Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt0tKl0J-S4

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1770-1831
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/hegel.html

A quick summary of my thoughts about the NH Liberty Forum, along with a clip of me on my favorite radio show.

With Gard Goldsmith and Mark Edge.

March 19th, 2010.

Pledge of Allegiance Apology Will Come From Montgomery Teacher
By Jenna Johnson and Michael Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, February 25, 2010

A Montgomery County teacher has agreed to apologize to a 13-year-old student whom he reprimanded and sent to the office for twice refusing to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance, said a lawyer who represents the student. Read More Here

Are people outraged at the teacher?
Or the student?

The answer...will not surprise you.

ABOVE: Unlike BF Skinner's "box", used for the operant conditioning of rats, government school does have a way out.

Imagine a door to complete freedom, abounding opportunity and greater personal satisfaction... Public education is the lock. This is the second in a series of non-sequential shows about finding keys.

The END of Public Education?

END: It's over, irrelevant, useless, needs to be done away with. Considering the time we're living in, this is more true than ever.

Bumper Music:
"Alright" by Maxine Nightengale
"Heaven In the End" by Chad Verbeck

Topic:
Jack is a fourteen-year-old who left government school to educate himself. We discuss the advantages of unschooling, talking to parents about school and politics, and public perception of home schoolers.

Jack shares his story about the realizations that led to his decision to leave school, how he approached his parents, and what has happened since he withdrew.

Public School/Skinner Box procedures include:
1. Positive reinforcement (Reinforcement) occurs when a behavior (response) is followed by a favorable stimulus (commonly seen as pleasant) that increases the frequency of that behavior. In the Skinner box experiment, a stimulus such as food or sugar solution can be delivered when the rat engages in a target behavior, such as pressing a lever.
2. Negative reinforcement (Escape) occurs when a behavior (response) is followed by the removal of an aversive stimulus (commonly seen as unpleasant) thereby increasing that behavior's frequency. In the Skinner box experiment, negative reinforcement can be a loud noise continuously sounding inside the rat's cage until it engages in the target behavior, such as pressing a lever, upon which the loud noise is removed.
3. Positive punishment (Punishment) (also called "Punishment by contingent stimulation") occurs when a behavior (response) is followed by an aversive stimulus, such as introducing a shock or loud noise, resulting in a decrease in that behavior.
4. Negative punishment (Penalty) (also called "Punishment by contingent withdrawal") occurs when a behavior (response) is followed by the removal of a favorable stimulus, such as taking away a child's toy following an undesired behavior, resulting in a decrease in that behavior.

Look Closer:
The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education by Grace LLewellyn
http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Liberation-Handbook-School-Education/dp/0962959170

Complete Liberty Podcast
http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/

Stefan Molyneux and Freedomain Radio
freedomainradio.com

(American History F-ed #6) The sixth installment in a series of shows about government school's history curriculum. We'll explore the lies, myths, omissions and distortions used to indoctrinate blind patriotism (aka nationalism aka mysticism).

Critical Thinking Question:
What would you think if you saw an arsonist running back to the scene of their crime moments later...with a fire hose?

Topic:
Ian Freeman of Free Talk Live joins me to address the myth that government solves problems. We explore the phenomenon of unintended consequences, using the so-called 'war on drugs' as a case study.

The Formula:

...the use of force
leads to
perverse unintended consequence
leads to
new problem
leads to
demand for government action
leads to
the use of force
leads to
perverse unintended consequence
leads to
new problem
leads to
demand for government action
leads to
the use of force
leads to
perverse unintended consequence
leads to
new problem
leads to
demand for government action
leads to
the use of force
leads to
perverse unintended consequence
leads to
new problem
leads to
demand for government action
leads to...(repeat ad infinitum?)

Bumper Music:
"Burning Down the House" Talking Heads

Look Closer:
Free Talk Live
http://freetalklive.com/

Freekeene.com
http://freekeene.com/

When Cops Play Doctor: How the drug war punishes pain patients
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTJPraJZwno

John Stossel : The War on Drugs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P6pNIKxWgA

Flames in our forest: disaster or renewal? By Stephen F. Arno, Steven Allison-Bunnell
http://books.google.com

(Freedomain Radio) True News 46: Health Care Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt0tKl0J-S4

Jason Osborne's Movie "Chartarum" (Teaser)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCDz0aFkNA

(American History F-ed #5) The fifth installment in a series of shows about government school's history curriculum. We'll explore the lies, myths, omissions and distortions used to indoctrinate blind patriotism (aka nationalism aka mysticism).

Critical Thinking Question:
You know that light at the end of the tunnel that political leaders are always pointing at...
Telling us to be hopeful about...
Directing us to follow them in that direction...

What if that distant illumination is actually the headlight on a big, dirty oncoming train with no brakes?

Topic:
A continuation of the previous topic. Gardner Goldsmith (Liberty Conspiracy) and I switch from the legend of Abraham Lincoln to the legend of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. We talk mostly about WWII, but I've included some additional audio covering the New Deal and Social Security - the lasting effect and current implications of FDR's policies.

Bumper Music:
"Casey Jones" Johnny Cash
"Casey Jones" The Grateful Dead

Look Closer:
Liberty Conspiracy Website
http://www.libertyconspiracy.com/

How FDR's New Deal Harmed Millions of Poor People by Jim Powell
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3357

Obama's New New Deal: As bad as the old new deal? (Reason TV)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnqto6sDtGI

FDR's policies prolonged Depression by 7 years, UCLA economists calculate
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/FDR-s-Policies-Prolonged-Depression-5409.aspx

FDR's 'New Deal' paved way for Obama's 'Raw Deal'
http://jedistudis.blogspot.com/2010/01/fdrs-new-deal-paved-way-for-obamas-raw.html

Pearl Harbor: Hawaii Was Surprised; FDR Was Not
http://www.friesian.com/civil.htm

Peter Schiff, Ron Paul, Max Keiser - Social Security Ponzi Scheme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kETGgP-Pq5s

Jason Osborne's Movie "Chartarum" (Teaser)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCDz0aFkNA

(American History F-ed #4) The fourth installment in a series of shows about government school's history curriculum. We'll explore the lies, myths, omissions and distortions used to indoctrinate blind patriotism (aka nationalism aka mysticism).

Critical Thinking Question:
How compelling could a mythology be if it didn't have any gods?

Topic:
Honestly, Abe...aggression doesn't solve problems.
The truth about the greatest American (government school) hero.

Gardner Goldsmith of Liberty Conspiracy Podcast joins me for this discussion.

Bumper Music:
"The Last Goodbye" Jeff Buckley

Look Closer:
Liberty Conspiracy Website
http://www.libertyconspiracy.com/

The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War | Book Reviews
http://eh.net/bookreviews/library/0542

DiLorenzo Is Right About Lincoln by Walter E. Williams
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/w-williams1.html

It’s Time To End Hamilton’s Curse by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo136.html

"Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
http://sundown.afro.illinois.edu/liesmyteachertoldme.php

Hamilton's Curse: How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
http://www.amazon.com/Hamiltons-Curse-Jeffersons-Revolution-Americans/dp/0307382842

Lincoln Unmasked by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo112.html

Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men, A History of the American Civil War, by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
http://www.friesian.com/civil.htm

Jason Osborne's Movie "Chartarum" (Teaser)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCDz0aFkNA

(American History F-ed #3) The third installment in a series of shows about government school's history curriculum. We'll explore the lies, myths, omissions and distortions used to indoctrinate blind patriotism (aka nationalism aka mysticism).

Critical Thinking Question:
How does the supposed mistreatment of a piece of cloth by the owner of said piece of cloth become a more serious offense than the violation of the property rights of the owner of this cloth?

Topic:
The Pledge of allegiance. Enough said.

IDOL
1. An image used as an object of worship. A false god.
2. One that is adored, often blindly or excessively.
3. Something visible but without substance.
[Middle English, from Old French idole, from Late Latin dlum, from Greek eidlon, phantom, idol, from eidos, form; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

Bumper Music:
"Nothingness" Living Colour

Look Closer:
The Strange Origin of the Pledge of Allegiance
http://w2.eff.org/Censorship/Academic_edu/CAF/civil-liberty/pledge.history

Rockland residents outraged by auto dealer's upside-down flag
http://www.enterprisenews.com/business/x728183522/Rockland-residents-outraged-over-upside-down-flag

Upside down flag causes controversy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjC-xOV2EmM

MAN FLIES FLAG UNION DOWN TO SHOW PROPERTY IN DIRE DISTRESS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4uC_6bruGs

"Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
http://sundown.afro.illinois.edu/liesmyteachertoldme.php

McCain, National Socialist "POW Story About The Pledge Of Allegiance" Speech
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/m/mccain-flag.htm

Jason Osborne's Movie "Chartarum" (Teaser)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCDz0aFkNA

FOREGROUND: The State
BACKGROUND: The Future

(American History F-ed #2) The second installment in a series of shows about government school's history curriculum. We'll explore the lies, myths, omissions and distortions used to indoctrinate blind patriotism (aka nationalism aka mysticism).

Critical Thinking Question:
In school we are led to believe that we are all living in someone's ideal vision of what society should be...
But who's vision is it?
And what were their ideals?
And all things considered, does this even matter?

Topic:
Truth, justice, and the American way...
What is this way? Where does it come from? And where does it lead?

The dreaded America/Third Reich...Bush/Hitler...Obama/Hitler comparisons.

NOTE: Joseph Goebbels was the Nazi Minister of Propaganda

Alternate titles: The Way of the Gun, The Prussian Knot, Prussian Backdoor Action, Founding Vaters

Bumper Music:
"She's Waiting" Eric Clapton
Incredible Live Performance!!!

Look Closer:
The Drug War - Nazi Comparison
http://www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/law02.htm

The Nazi Comparison
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/05/the-nazi-comparison.html

Comparing U.S.A. to Nazi Germany
http://www.angelfire.com/az/sthurston/comparison.html

Is Barack Obama like the Nazis or Adolf Hitler?
http://www.humblelibertarian.com/2009/08/hitler-obama-comparisons-is-barack.html

"Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
http://sundown.afro.illinois.edu/liesmyteachertoldme.php

A People's History Of The United States by Howard Zinn
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html

McCain: War and Country, "Country First" Speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlotcOHpoi0

Quantum Shift TV: The underground history of North American education
http://www.quantumshift.tv/v/1198046178/

CBS: Parents arrested for failing to register home-schooled kids
http://www.cbs6albany.com/articles/district-1269895-school-county.html

Jason Osborne's Movie "Chartarum" (Teaser)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCDz0aFkNA

ABOVE: Not the easiest place to look for those who have hidden their identity behind nationalism, bigotry and mysticism

An introduction to a series of shows about government school's history curriculum. We'll explore the lies, myths, omissions and distortions used to indoctrinate blind patriotism (aka nationalism aka mysticism).

Critical Thinking Question:
How does that which is completely illogical and completely immoral
transform...
into what is completely acceptable?
into what is even completely preferable?
and, believe it or not, into what is unquestionably sacred?

Topic:
The purpose of the American History curriculum in government school SEEMS to be two-fold:
1. Build up a mythology about America and government when we're most impressionable
(Grades 1-6)
2. Make history seem so boring and pointless that we never want to learn anything else about it again (Grades 7-12)

Bumper Music:
"River of Deceit" Mad Season
I'm pretty sure it's a song about the destructiveness of addiction

Look Closer:
"Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
http://sundown.afro.illinois.edu/liesmyteachertoldme.php

A People's History Of The United States by Howard Zinn
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html

History Is A Weapon
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/indextrue.html

Chomsky: "Manufacturing Consent"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0EaYqPfK_k
Chomsky does not understand economics, but some of his work is worth checking out

ABOVE: If you want to get 30 extra guys in the NES game Metroid, start the game and quickly press up + down + up + down + left + right + left + right + A + B + Select + Start. Enjoy!
Who said I wasn't tech-savvy?

Topic:
Paul, a fifteen-year-old high school student and listener to the show, asked me to provide some assistance with a psychology project he's working on. The topic is public education. He was actually told about the show by his English teacher.

This is the discussion we had on Skype.

Bumper Music:
"The Legend of Zelda" Theme by FFYears
http://www.youtube.com/user/FFYears

Look Closer:

Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/pbr.htm

The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education by Grace LLewellyn
http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Liberation-Handbook-School-Education/dp/0962959170

The Psychology of Liberty by Wes Bertrand
http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Liberty-Wes-Bertrand/dp/0738837407

Complete Liberty Podcast
http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/

Stefan Molyneux and Freedomain Radio
freedomainradio.com

Above: If this picture isn't disturbing enough, read the article that goes with it.

Imagine a door to complete freedom, abounding opportunity and greater personal satisfaction... Public education is the lock. This is the first in a series of non-sequential shows about finding keys.

The END of Public Education?

END: It's over, irrelevant, useless, needs to be done away with. Considering the time we're living in, this is more true than ever...

Bumper Music:
"Free" by Phish

Topics:
-What has changed in the last two decades?
-Taking technological advancement for granted
-Facebook
-Wikipedia in High Schools
-Alec Muller and Daniel Royer of Alekese.com join me to discuss the history of information control, the impact of technology on information & communication, and the future

Look Closer:
From Alekese.com

What is Alekese?
Alekese is a tool that helps groups of people with common interests share links to great free tutorials. Using our one-of-a-kind sorting system, you can quickly figure out which skills you need to learn and where to learn them. Because Alekese automatically keeps track of everything you've learned, it's easy to focus on learning the important stuff first.

Commitment to Decentralized Education
Distribution systems for knowledge are a powerfully tempting target for monopolies.
In ancient Athens, in the 8th-10th century Muslim world, and in the 18th century Western Enlightenment, education was decentralized. Many people were well-educated, and they made critical contributions to human culture.

Then, in each case, education became more institutionalized, more centrally regulated, and lower quality for the technology of its times. In essence, it became monopolized. The first two of these civilizations suffered severe decline—and one could argue that we’re living somewhere in the declining period of the third.

We here at Alekese believe that monopolistic control of education is the greatest-single threat to a free people. We are firmly committed to developing technologies that disrupt educational monopolies by providing people with compelling, viable alternatives.

The concluding episode in a series aimed at detailing and dismantling specific elements of the destructive hidden curriculum in public education.

Critical Thinking Question:
What if the only thing we really learn in school is...how to get through school? And what if, for too many of us, that is actually one of the most destructive things we can possibly learn?

Topic:
A review of what I consider to be the three foundational lessons of public education. These are the most destructive to the individual. I go to Jonathan Taylor Gatto for reinforcements.

I also recount my recent visit to three New Hampshire public schools.

And some jibba-jabba about the show.

Bumper Music:
"Another Brick In the Wall" by Pink Floyd
Video

Look Closer:
"The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher" by John Taylor Gatto
http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html

High School Counselors
www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/19/high-school-counselors/

"Dismantle Public Education" (STOPandLOOK Productions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swl8frWSNEQ

"Public School Blues" by Hannah Hoffman (Excerpt From Her Bio):
Beginning in ninth grade, Hannah got her first, unpleasant dose of public school, where she was sickened by the prison-like atmosphere. During her four years as an inmate, Hannah found solace in the band room and inspiration in the written works of a freedom-oriented philosopher, Lysander Spooner. His principled philosophy and her less-than-delightful experience with the flawed public school system shaped Hannah’s political and moral views, giving her a greater understanding of herself and the world around her.
www.hhmusic.net

Critical Thinking Question:
What's it hiding?
What jumps out from behind that facade to confront people who are not obedient and apathetic?
(It's not pretty)

Topic:
Kat Kanning (newhampshirefreepress.com) joins me to discuss the opposites of indifference and apathy: activism and civil disobedience.

Bumper Music:
"How Come" Ray Lamontagne
http://www.raylamontagne.com/

Look Closer:
The NH Free Press
http://newhampshirefreepress.com/

The Free State Project: Liberty In Our Lifetime
http://freestateproject.org/

Free Talk Live: 100% Pro-Liberty Talk Radio
freetalklive.com/

Free Talk Live: The Boards
bbs.freetalklive.com/

Free Keene - New Hampshire's Liberty Activist Destination
freekeene.com/

OTN-Obscured Truth Network
youtube.com/user/obscuredtruth

Ridley Report: Don't get mad. Get video.
ridleyreport.com/

Liberty Radio Network
libertyradionetwork.com/

Free Minds Radio and TV
www.freemindsmedia.org/

Liberty Scholarship Fund: New Hampshire's catalyst for independent learning!
www.lsfund.org/

Lauren Canario Jailed (article by Kat Kanning)
http://newhampshirefreepress.com/?q=node/219

Lauren Canario Eminent Domain Arrest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ElrlwnMrA

For an extended discussion on obedience, apathy, civil disobedience and the Browns (between Wes Bertrand, Dan Lakemacher and myself), check out Complete Liberty Podcast Episodes 74 and 89

Critical Thinking Question:
Simply put, what have my work experiences revealed about public education?

Topic:
I record a podcast while driving a car. During the drive, I ponder a couple of important professional questions, veer off course (podcast-wise), channel Stewie Griffin, and discuss what I think the real job of an "educator" should be.

My Embedded Curriculum: (Within Mainstream Tutoring Services)
-Logical Reasoning
-Critical and Creative Problem Solving
-Revival of Childhood Curiosity
-Building Positive Relationships with Adults Who Are Potential Mentors
-A Healthy and Persistent Skepticism of Authority and Tradition (social, cultural & mystical)
-Intellectual Confidence
-Ethical Consistency

Bumper Music:
"Head Over Heels" Tears For Fears
Click Here To Watch A Rad 80s Video!

Look Closer:
John Holt's Website
http://www.holtgws.com/

A Good Resource For Unschooling
http://www.unschooling.com/

"The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education" by Grace Llewellyn
http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Liberation-Handbook-School-Education/dp/0962959170

Teenage Liberation/Grace Llewellyn Website
http://gracellewellyn.com/

The third episode in a series aimed at detailing and dismantling specific elements of the destructive hidden curriculum in public education.

Critical Thinking Question:

What happened to... "why?"

Topic:
The third embedded lesson of public education: Apathy and Indifference

If the training in obedience and conformity doesn't properly sink in, or doesn't last throughout a person's life, this lesson provides a nice safety net for the status quo.

“There is no neutral education. Education is either for domestication or for freedom.” -Joao Coutinho

Bumper Music:
"Got A Right To Be Wrong" Joss Stone
http://www.jossstone.com/

Look Closer:
CNN: How Stupid Are Americans?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0efLWdJWk4

Freedomain: The Money That Is Sold Abroad Is You!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd-SLRyuRq0

George Carlin - Education
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFwTIPRLwCM

"The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education" by Grace Llewellyn
http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Liberation-Handbook-School-Education/dp/0962959170

Teenage Liberation/Grace Llewellyn Website
http://gracellewellyn.com/

Critical and Creative Thinking Exercise:
Imagine a free world...

Topic:
Wes Bertrand and I continue our discussion about conformity and collectivism. Wes touches on the impact of the family in conformity. (Part 2 of 2)

This episode also includes some discussion about self-esteem, self-worth, and honoring the imagination and individualism of others.

(NOTE: I have to apologize for a few snaps, crackles and pops; I was experimenting with a different call-recording process)

Bumper Music:
"Who Are You" The Who
http://www.thewho.com/

Look Closer:
Complete Liberty: The Demise of the State and the Rise of Voluntary America by Wes Bertrand
http://completeliberty.com/contents.php

Imagine A Free World (From Complete Liberty)
http://completeliberty.com/chapter4.php#91

Complete Liberty Podcast
http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/

Apple - 1984 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R706isyDrqI

Steve Jobs demos Apple Macintosh, 1984 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0FtgZNOD44&feature=fvw

The Amazing Internet 1993 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1A9lYC3g-0

The Internet In 1969 (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0pPfyYtiBc

Pictured ABOVE: Most of the people you know (Foreground)

Critical Thinking Question:
First imagine you live in a neighborhood controlled by a violent gang...
What if you started using first-person plural pronouns when discussing the gang and their activities, even though you were not in the gang, you didn't know anyone in the gang, and no one in the gang knew or cared about you? Would this linguistic programming eventually lead to sympathy for the gang's activities? Or resistance to the idea that what they were doing was wrong?

Topic:
How does training in conformity scale up to collectivism in society?
Wes Bertrand joins me to discuss conformity and collectivism
(Part 1 of 2)

I also talk about Ayn Rand's novelette, "Anthem" (1938)

(NOTE: I have to apologize for a few snaps, crackles and pops; I was experimenting with a different call-recording process)

Bumper Music:
"Consequence of Sounds" Regina Spektor
www.myspace.com/reginaspektor

Look Closer:
Complete Liberty: The Demise of the State and the Rise of Voluntary America by Wes Bertrand
http://completeliberty.com/contents.php

The Psychology of Liberty by Wes Bertrand
http://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Liberty-Wes-Bertrand/dp/0738837407

Complete Liberty Podcast
http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/

How Quiet Helps at School(1953)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOtkQWpKABo

Anthem, A Novel by Ayn Rand (With a Preface and Notes by Richard Lawrence)
http://www.noblesoul.com/orc/texts/anthem/complete.html

The second episode in a series aimed at detailing and dismantling specific elements of the destructive hidden curriculum in public education.

Critical Thinking Question:
Consider for a moment the amazing and wonderful diversity of human beings: in thought, ambition, imagination and creativity...
Why would certain people want to reduce so many unique individuals to a point where they can easily fit into a uniform and homogeneous group?

Topic:
The second embedded lesson of public education: Conformity

This is what Alexander Inglis called the "Integrating Function" of secondary education. We certainly pick it up in elementary school as well.

And who has benefited?

“There is no neutral education. Education is either for domestication or for freedom.” -Joao Coutinho

Bumper Music:
"Steal My Sunshine" Kidz Bop!
www.kidzbop.com/

Look Closer:
"Principles of secondary education" By Alexander James Inglis
http://books.google.com

"The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher" by John Taylor Gatto
http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html

AGAINST SCHOOL(How public education cripples our kids and why)
By John Taylor Gatto
http://www.spinninglobe.net/againstschool.htm

How Quiet Helps at School(1953)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOtkQWpKABo

So-Called Education Intentionally Dumbs Down Americans by Heidi Stevenson
http://www.naturalnews.com/023215_America_health_United_States.html

For A New Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard (Chapter 7: Education)
http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp#p119

My interview on Freedomain Radio from September 27th, 2009. I've added a quick introduction about the discussion and about my thoughts on Freedomain Radio.

freedomainradio.com

Freedomain Radio Interview: Brett Veinote (You Tube)

School Sucks Beginner's Guide to Freedomain:
(For those who are unfamiliar, some suggestions...)

If Episode 7.2, with Daniel Lakemacher, raised some questions about war:
True News 10: Soldiers, War and Freedom...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANZhW0zxDVs
(This is the first Freedomain video I saw. I watched it about 10 months ago for the first time, and I've watched/listened at least a dozen times since then. Extremely powerful.)

For the "disenfranchised conservative," who recently discovered libertarianism...here's an introduction to consistency:
True News 18: Obama's Inauguration - The Antidote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymHMY4P3OPM

For those looking for a new way to approach debates/discussions with statists:
New Hampshire Liberty Forum - Keynote Speaker: Stefan Molyneux 1 (Against Me?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKOTqRb5nvg
New Hampshire Liberty Forum - Keynote Speaker: Stefan Molyneux 2 (Against Me?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANZhW0zxDVs

For those who see what's going on, but are still saying, "maybe there's some ethical, logical, noble, and effective way for strangers to do violence against me and my children that I haven't thought of yet..."
True News 5: The Truth About Voting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igbBItLemsM

Some of my favorites:
True News 50: Ten Lost Years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydtP-CzyMCg

True News 13: Statism is Dead - Part 3 - The Matrix
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=stefbot#play/uploads/105/P772Eb63qIY

True News 46: Health Care Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt0tKl0J-S4

Follow Up:
'School Sucks' podcast gets tenfold listenership increase after FDR interview...
http://freedomainradio.com/board/forums/p/22755/178291.aspx

(ABOVE: There's that tree I'm always talking about)

A personal story about personal responsibility...and liberation from the illusion of virtue associated with obedience and self-sacrifice

Critical Thinking Question:
How could disobedience to authority save millions of lives?

Topic:
Daniel Lakemacher (warisimmoral.com) joins me to discuss obedience. He also shares his personal story of how he freed himself (within the last year) from three types of crippling obedience training - public education, religion and military.

About Daniel's interview on Antiwar Radio: Daniel Lakemacher, founder of the website WarIsImmoral.com, discusses his conscientious objector (CO) discharge from the U.S. Navy, how the experience of working at Guantanamo and (independently) learning about the libertarian “non-aggression principle” changed his mind about war and justice, the process of becoming a CO and how the military defines morality in terms of obedience/disobedience.

Bumper Music:
"Living On A Thin Line" The Kinks
http://www.thekinks.com

Look Closer:
Daniel Lakemacher's Website
http://warisimmoral.com/

Daniel Lakemacher on Antiwar Radio
http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/09/16/daniel-lakemacher/

History of Atlas Shrugged
http://atlasshrugged.com/book/history.html

The Perils of Obedience by Stanley Milgram
http://home.swbell.net/revscat/perilsOfObedience.html

Milgram’s Experiment on Obedience to Authority
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7article/article35.htm

For an extended discussion on obedience (between Wes Bertrand, Dan Lakemacher and myself), check out Complete Liberty Podcast Episode 84

The first in a series of episodes aimed at detailing and dismantling specific elements of the destructive hidden curriculum in public education.

Critical Thinking Question:
Why is obedience to authority actually the opposite of virtue?

Topic:
An experience I had with students last Saturday led to a web of ideas about the problem of obedience training and about the philosophical path toward the solution...

The effect of this obedience training on 3 Values:
Reason, Purpose and Self-Esteem

“There is no neutral education. Education is either for domestication or for freedom.” -Joao Coutinho

Bumper Music:
"Obedience" Christian Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKxOaGLTPTM
"Slaves!!!" Wunder Showzen Clip (at 1:51)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdL2jiM601U

Look Closer:
The Night Is Dark and I Am Far from Home by Jonathan Kozol
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Dark-Am-Far-Home/dp/0826400086

History of Atlas Shrugged
http://atlasshrugged.com/book/history.html

The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem By Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=35

More On Branden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Branden

Wes Bertrand On Nathaniel Branden (Complete Liberty Podcast Episode 34)
http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=382364

The Perils of Obedience by Stanley Milgram
http://home.swbell.net/revscat/perilsOfObedience.html

Milgram’s Experiment on Obedience to Authority
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7article/article35.htm

Mike Wallace Interviews Ayn Rand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ukJiBZ8_4k

In this 1959 interview, Mike Wallace repeatedly commits one of the most common logical fallacies used by the TV media: Poisoning the Well. Through the way he phrases many of the questions and through his tone of voice, he is subtlety encouraging the untrained mind to passively dismiss Rand's ideas without even considering them.

For an extended discussion on obedience (between Wes Bertrand, Dan Lakemacher and myself), check out Complete Liberty Podcast Episode 84

(Introduction to the Hidden Lessons of School)

Critical Thinking Question: Imagine a very small group people trying to exercise power and control over a very large group of people. How dangerous would this situation be for the small group if they lacked the tools to control the thinking of people in the much larger group?

Topic:
Introducing the three aims of public education:
blind obedience, assimilation, and the surrender of self-ownership

The Matrix and Plato's Allegory of the Cave

What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?

Bumper Music:
Psychostick "Hokey Pokey"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKZZ7ed7vXY

Look Closer:
The Matrix and the Cave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRNMZEDOBrM

John Taylor Gatto: Schooling is not Education
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKci3_cmlqI

"AGAINST SCHOOL: How public education cripples our kids, and why" By John Taylor Gatto
http://www.spinninglobe.net/againstschool.htm

"Separating School & State: How To Liberate American Families" by Sheldon Richman
http://www.sntp.net/education/school_state_intro.htm

Crossing Education's Rubicon With Horace Mann
http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/cubedseducationblog/2007/05/education_is_a_.html

WAS DEWEY A MARXIST? By William Brooks
http://www.stlawrenceinstitute.org/vol13brk.html

A Young Person's Guide to Politics III(Conclusion)

Critical Thinking Question: WHO is the owner of YOU?

Topic:
A comparison between a cluster of degrading and crippling ideas (referenced throughout the show as the "Authoritarian Absurdities") which I believe are prerequisites for embracing the political process and...The Philosophy of Liberty, based on the principles of self-ownership and property rights.

A brief discussion of popular rationalizations for these absurdities and my rebuttals.

Bumper Music:
Steve Winwood "Different Light"
http://www.stevewinwood.com/

Look Closer:
The Philosophy of Liberty (Video) By Ken Schoolland and Lux Lucre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z1buym2xUM

More About Ken Schoolland
http://www.jonathangullible.com/

Hans Hoppe: The Economics of World Government (Audio)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2009-08-18_130_the_economics_of_world_government.mp3

Hans-Hermann Hoppe: Archives (Past articles by Hans-Hermann Hoppe on LewRockwell.com)
http://www.lewrockwell.com/hoppe/hoppe-arch.html

Democracy: The God That Failed by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
http://www.lewrockwell.com/hoppe/hoppe4.html

A Young Person's Guide to Politics II

Critical Thinking Question:
Explain the difference between government and organized crime...

Topic:
Continued explanation of why I am against political solutions for education or anything else, AKA using the system to change the system by working within the system. Further explanation of the political process in the United States. Shocking comparison between the government and the mafia.

I also talk about Ron Paul's principles compared to other politicians, but let's be clear: a Ron Paul Presidency would solve nothing. (See article by Per Bylund below)

Bumper Music:
MJ "Beat It"
http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/home

Look Closer:
The Politics Of Obedience The Discourse Of Voluntary Servitude By Etienne De La Boetie

"Democracy--the god that failed: the economics and politics of monarchy" By Hans-Hermann Hoppe

"DC is a Mafia"-A Government You Can't Refuse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtO7LuK9-Xw

The Myth of Democratic Peace: Why Democracy Cannot Deliver Peace in the 21st Century by James Ostrowski
http://www.lewrockwell.com/ostrowski/ostrowski72.html

Freedomain Radio-True News 5: The Truth About Voting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igbBItLemsM

DEATH BY GOVERNMENT (Chapter 1: 20th Century Democide
http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/DBG.CHAP1.HTM

Democracy Is Not Freedom by Rep. Ron Paul, MD
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul233.html

Obama Single Payer Strategy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-_SGGcJu_c

Obama on single payer health insurance (AFL-CIO 2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpAyan1fXCE

Stephen Ducat: Hypocrisy in Red and Blue: How Republicans and Democrats Betray Their Principles Differently
http://www.noovo.com/posts/4134995/?f=0@0

Universal Health Care: A Near Death Experience for Innovation by Les Lafave
http://www.strike-the-root.com/92/lafave/lafave1.html

The Ron Paul Problem by Per Bylund
http://www.strike-the-root.com/72/bylund/bylund7.html

Freedomain Radio-True News 46: Health Care Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt0tKl0J-S4

"Complete Liberty:The Demise of the State
and the Rise of Voluntary America" by Wes Bertrand
Chapter 1: WHY POLITICS IS SO CONFUSING
http://completeliberty.com/chapter1

"For A New Liberty" by Murray Rothbard
(Chapter 3: The State)
http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp#p45
(Chapter 8: Welfare and the Welfare State)
http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp#p142

For more discussion on this topic (between Wes Bertrand, Dan Lakemacher and myself), check out Complete Liberty Podcast Episodes 78 through 82

A Young Person's Guide to Politics I

Critical Thinking Question: How easy would it be to convince someone that they were free...if you could also make sure that they never knew what "freedom" really was?

Topic: Why I am against political solutions for education, AKA using the system to change the system by working within the system. To me, that sounds like a myth that came out of the system, like bears spreading rumors about staying still when you encounter bears (it's easier for them to eat you that way).

Jim Gaffigan On Bears

In this episode we'll address three big myths about democracy:
1. It works
2. It's good
3. It's freedom

(!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!)
1. It doesn't
2. It's not (this is very important)
3. It's almost the opposite

We'll also discuss the role of public education and the mainstream media in this illusion.

Bumper Music:
Jamie Cullen "21st Century Kid"
http://www.jamiecullum.com/latest

Look Closer:

The Politics Of Obedience The Discourse Of Voluntary Servitude By Etienne De La Boetie
"Democracy--the god that failed: the economics and politics of monarchy" By Hans-Hermann Hoppe
The Myth of Democratic Peace: Why Democracy Cannot Deliver Peace in the 21st Century by James Ostrowski
Death by government By R. Rummel
Freedomain Radio-True News 5: The Truth About Voting
Kicking the Vietnam Syndrome
by Brigadier General H. R. McMaster
Gulf War: The More We Watched, the Less We Knew By Rosalind Silver
Democracy Is Not Freedom by Rep. Ron Paul, MD
THE PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY By Ronald F. White, Ph.D.

For more discussion on this topic (between Wes Bertrand, Dan Lakemacher and myself), check out Complete Liberty Podcast Episodes 78, 79 and 80

Critical Thinking Question:
What would you think of a person who claimed that they had the ability to make plans for the life of another person who they had never met and didn't know anything about?

What if they said they had the ability to make plans for the lives of ten people that they had never met and didn't know anything about? 100 people? 1000? A million? And so on...

Topic:
Central Planning in Education and Beyond

What if people tolerated the same system for their food as they did for their education?

Examples of people who did:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

Government school is factory where followers and authority worshipers are made. The American education system was borrowed from the Prussian model for compulsory public school. The Prussians were conditioned to blindly follow their leaders.

German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte, a key influence on the system, said: "The schools must fashion the person, and fashion him in such a way that he simply cannot will otherwise than what you wish him to will."

(We'll be talking more about this in the future)

Bumper Music:
Chad Verbeck, "Heaven In the End"
http://www.myspace.com/chadverbeck

Look Closer:
"The Violence of Central Planning" by Llewellyn H. Rockwell
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/centralplanning.html

"Separating School & State: How To Liberate American Families" by Sheldon Richman
http://www.sntp.net/education/school_state_3.htm

"Complete Liberty:The Demise of the State
and the Rise of Voluntary America" by Wes Bertrand
Chapter 1: WHY POLITICS IS SO CONFUSING
The Timeless Allure Of Communism
http://completeliberty.com/chapter1.php#15

NOTE: This is the second part of a re-recording of the original episode one. My apologies if it temporarily appears out of order in the podcast feed.

Critical Thinking Question:
Why would something that's so good for us, like public education...
need to be imposed on us with the use of force ?
And funded with the use of force ?

Maybe something else is going on.

Topic:
The problem with the "business?" of public education. And it's a big one.
(An evaluation of the logic and ethics of the American public education system)

Bumper music:
"Stitching Leggings" by Kate Nash
www.myspace.com/katenashmusic

Look Closer:
"The Non-Aggression Axiom of Libertarianism"
by Walter Block
http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block26.html

"The Argument From Morality (Or, how we will win…)"
by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/molyneux7.html

"For A New Liberty" (Chapter 7: Education)
by Murray Rothbard
http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp#p119

Introduction:
Explanation of the title, "School Sucks" and subtitle "The END of Public Education"

Who I am, what I'm doing and why.

This is not a show about public school reform, because that would suck nearly as much as school.

Bumper music:
"Troublemaker" by Weezer
http://www.youtube.com/user/weezer

Look Closer:
School Sucks Website
Click Here