The Phillip D. Fletcher Podcast

Taking questions from our listeners. 

May is dedicated to Mental Health Awareness. Laquita Norris is a licensed clinical therapist and owner of Gateway Family Therapy. We discuss her journey in becoming a therapist, the types of therapy available to individuals, the stigmas of attending therapy, and the benefits of therapy.   Contact Ms. Laquita Norris   http://gatewayfamilytherapy.com

Volume 2 of Rap, Hip Hop, and Freedom looks at the libertarian principle of non-aggression through the hip-hop tracks of "Self-Destruction" and "We're All in the Same Gang."  Notes:    1. Statistics:   * https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-6.xls **https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/bjsdr89.pdf  2. Check out...

Develop a holistic approach which creates a situation of human flourishing. A holistic approach includes the religious, social, economic, and political aspects of the human experience. Holistic Approach Religious: answer what faith has to say to this human experience Social: answer how society has a corporate responsibility to this human experience Economic: answer the economic impact of doing som...

A just society depends on the action of persuasion and relationship between persons. A society can produce what it believes to be “just” through force but it will not be moral. We have a responsibility to one another, to be compassionate and creative, shaping a world in which we all have the opportunity to flourish as human beings.

Senator Tim Scott touched a nerve with his response to the President Joe Biden's Congressional address. Here are my thoughts plus a question from the mail bag. 

Denise Lee is a business coach who assists leaders with developing plans for every stage of business. Mrs. Lee is the host of "The Introverted Entrepreneur" Podcast.  She is also a prolific social commentator on social media.    Connect with Mrs. Lee:    Twitter @Queenfreemarket Website www.deniseglee.com Instagram: @deniseleetalks

Frederic Bastiat state, “In fact, if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law were nothing more than the organized combination of the individual’s right to self defense; if law were the obstacle, the check, the punisher of all oppression and plunder—is it likely that we citizens would then argue much about the extent of the franchise?” Maybe, just ma...

This podcast is a recorded episode from a Facebook live event. I hope you enjoy! 

A recent Pew Research Study conducted between March 1-7, 2021 was the match for this podcast. Also I recommend you read a book by the notable Carl Jung, "The Undiscovered Self" regarding the relationship between the Church and the State. Very insightful. 

The every day people in the urban areas reflect ideas of freedom. The opportunities to determine individual courses of life, the ability to speak freely, and powerfully critique structures which inhibit that freedom. If you actually read the lyrics, you would be surprised to find themes which are more in line with the Founding Fathers than the tyranny and oppression of political ideologies which s...

Peg Falls-Corbitt is the Virginia A. McCormick Pittman Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Hendrix College where she has taught since 1987. Falls-Corbitt graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rhodes College and holds her M.A. and Ph. D. in Philosophy from Vanderbilt University. Her articles on the ethics of punishment include: “ Against the Death Penalty: A Christian Stance in a Secular World,” in Th...

Jeremy “Spike” Cohen is the Libertarian Party’s 2020 Vice-presidential nominee, running with Dr. Jo Jorgensen, the LP’s presidential nominee. He promotes a vision of common-sense Libertarian solutions that will make us all more free, safe, and prosperous. Cohen started a web design company in 1999.  He retired from that 3 years ago to promote libertarian ideas fulltime. His great aim is to ma...

Today we take questions from the mailbag. JJ Abrams is taking over the Superman movie with Coates. Plus we talk about the impact of the minimum wage on nonprofits, and the liberty of ideas. Our quote of the week comes from JS Mill and his book "On Liberty."   "The only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing what can be said about it...

Martha is a fully bilingual Miami native of Cuban descent and the daughter of a Cuban political prisoner who lived six years in Venezuela. She is a 4th generation farmer currently growing hemp on her farm in Miami-Dade.  Martha is a community councilwoman in Miami and is the Vice Chair of the Miami-Dade County Libertarian Party. She is the founder of Florida Genetics Center Hemp Farm and two...

Dr. Rachel Ferguson is a Professor of Managerial Philosophy and Director of the Liberty and Ethics Center in the Hammond Institute. Her research interests include Hume’s classical liberalism, the philosophy of economics, and Aristotelian virtue theory. She is a board member for the Freedom Center of Missouri and LOVE the LOU, and serves on the advisory boards of ReThink 315 and Gateway to Flourish...

Self-examination and self-knowledge are critical activities which can help announce our human dignity. We should take time to see how we are emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.  In today's episode we explore how we have dealt with our dissatisfaction and how we can move forward. 

What do you think about America? We have a complex history of success and failures. Email your questions to humanitymatterspodcast@gmail.com 

Interrogating ideas should be a practice we should seek to engage in for the sake of human flourishing. Silencing ideas does not allow for the proper development of our individual selves and our society. Follow this link for a helpful resource on engaging with ideas, especially the difficult ones.  https://www.phillipfletcher.org/content.html

Enjoy this audio essay from Dr. Fletcher discussing the educational progress of Black Americans.  For more visit: https://www.phillipfletcher.org/essays/black-educational-optimism

Self-interest is a common human trait.  It should not be shunned as some type of immorality. In this episode, Dr. Fletcher reflects on the phenomena of personal desire and self-interest in business leaders and nonprofit directors. Click on the link for further reading on the concept of self-interest as understood by Frederich Bastiat. https://fee.org/articles/frederic-bastiat-the-primacy-of-p...

Dr. Fletcher offers reflection on the past year and how we can move forward in light of a new US Presidency. 

The movie "V for Vendetta" invoked the phrase, "Remember, remember the fifth of November." What will history say about January 6, 2021? We have everyday citizens from across the nation join our show to discuss thoughts and solutions in response to a historic day. 

The first week of 2021 did not have great start but that does not mean we can not believe for better. Enjoy this encouragement for the year! 

What can we learn about the use of war language as it relates to the COVID-19 Pandemic? What impact does such language have on our relationship to government and our economic situation in America? Transcript available at our website: https://tinyurl.com/y675soe4