The Secular Foxhole

Today our special guest is Kerry McDonald, author of ‘Unschooled,’ and advocate for the separation of state and education, i.e., homeschooling. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom Kerry McDonald - Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Daniel Hamlin Locke Vs. Lockdowns: Has Ame...

Andy Clarkson revisits us with what he’s called, “The Hidden Gem” of Objectivism. Please follow along this PDF during the episode. The document is located on the Facebook group, The Impact of Aristotle Upon Christian, Islamic, & Jewish Cultures . Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Exalted Moments (core paper from this episode) Exalted Mome...

Martin and I talk with Chip Joyce, a self-described 'problem-solver.' We cover his two major projects. One about Heroism(TheHeroicYou.com) and his foray into education, called TalkaBook. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: The Heroic You Talkabook A quote on innovation by David Allen - Getting Things Done Gavin de Becker Lee Wardlaw Universal Knowle...

We talk with Ed Thompson who has created this project to battle the sorry state of America's public schools. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Conceptual Education Project on Facebook Announcing a New Fellowship in Conceptual Education Ayn Rand Interviewed on the Value of Education (1964) The Comprachicos by Ayn Rand Philosophy of Education by Leonard Peikoff Th...

Martin and I discuss some good news about our growing podcast and we do a news sandwich to wrap up the episode. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Casualty Status - U.S. Department of Defense Amy Peikoff's site, NewsSandwich.net Public and private school teachers choose to homeschool own children Creation and evolution in public education in the United States Jus...

Our guests discuss several topics with us relating to September 11, 2001. We cover what should have been done from the start, but was not. Just War Theory is ridiculed and a proper foreign policy is covered. We face the somber topic of the number of military suicides and physically/mentally wounded since the last twenty years. We try to end on a positive note. Show notes with links to articles, bl...

Our show today brings us Robert Begley , the Director of Operations and Development at the Objective Standard Institute where we cover topics like our introduction to Ayn Rand's ideas, his involvement with The Heroes Society in New York city, and many other topics. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: The Hero Show podcast Rush (band) 2112 - Spotlight on Ayn Rand A...

To kick-off our second year of podcasting, Robert Tracinski is back with us to discuss two of his recent essays. Plus, we discuss some books like, The Name of the Rose by Umberto Echo. America's Revolutionary Mind, by Brad Thompson, and bizarrely, a book called, How the Irish Became White, by Noel Ignatiev. Then we briefly talk about another bizarre happening, how American evangelicals embraced th...

For this episode, Martin and I celebrate our One Year Anniversary! Martin goes over some great and interesting statistics about our listenership and where they are located and we introduce a new segment to the show called, News Sandwich, where we "sandwich" one piece of bad news between two pieces of good news. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Trailer...

Martin and I again have James Valliant as guest to discuss Leonard Peikoff’s early 90’s Ford Hall Forum talk, Modernism and Madness , where he draws parallels between today’s cultural descent and schizophrenia. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Ford Hall Forum Modernism and Madness (1993) Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literatur...

This episode presents Andy Clarkson’s critique of Dennis Prager and why advocates of reason/Objectivists should not associate with them. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Andy Clarkson's book, The Impact Of Aristotle Upon Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Cultures: A Compilation of Notes and Quotes From A Variety of Sources Plus Commentary. The Six-Point Pattern Of...

Today we had the pleasure to speak with Robert Tracinski, creator of The Tracinski Letter , Symposium, a journal of liberalism , and author of So, Who Is John Galt, Anyway? Robert talks about his advocacy for Enlightenment Civilization instead of Western Civilization. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: The Case Against "Western Civilization" "Culture of Free Spee...

Episode 24 brings us Andrew Seidel of the Freedom From Religion Foundation . He is here to discuss his book, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American . We will include some relevant links in the show notes. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Andrew Seidel's pinned tweet on Pastor Greg Locke . Tennessee pastor posts video burning book that criti...

Our guest was Doug. Doug is the sidekick for Sunny on the House of Sunny podcast . He also has his own podcast called The Rat Cap, which stands for The Rational Capitalist . We talked about his show, America 4.0 and what that means. How he divided America into four distinct periods of roughly 80 years, and that we are now in the fourth period. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, product...

Today we bring back one of our favorites, James Valliant , an Ayn Rand scholar, whom along with Martin and I, discuss Miss Rand’s seminal essay, " Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World. " Don’t Miss It! Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World What You Can Do Auguste Comte Deontological ethics...

Martin and I again greet Margaret Downey from The Freethought Society and Andrew Seidel from the Freedom From Religion Foundation to discuss their Thomas Paine celebration on Tuesday, June 8th , at 6:45 pm EST. Details in the interview and show notes! Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Interview with Margaret Downey and Andrew Seidel...

This episode features return guest Andy Clarkson who will discuss his research into how philosophically corrupt Jordan Peterson actually is. Regardless of what I (Blair) call, “spasms of clarity.” This episode is a warning to serious Objectivists, and/or students of Objectivism to tread lightly around Peterson. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and service...

Today, we interviewed Don Watkins , author of RooseveltCare: How Social Security is Sabotaging the Land of Self-Reliance about his book and forthcoming projects. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Chocolat Elks Lodge Vasa order of America Alex Epstein Tax Freedom Day Overton window Episode 19 (51 minutes) was recorded at 9 PM CET, on April 2, 2021, with...

Today we interviewed Ayn Rand Institute Senior Fellow, Elan Journo about his book, What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict . Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Israel/Palestine: Unpacking the Problems (New Ideal Q&A) Tackling Top 5 Objections to What Justice Demands Episode 18 (66 minutes) was recorded at 10 PM CET, on Apr...

In this episode, we have a returning guest. Ben Bayer of the Ayn Rand Institute is here to discuss Ayn Rand's essay, Selfishness Without A Self . Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: “Anti-Conceptual Mentality” Kardashian Culture: ‘Selfishness’ Without a Self by Robert Tracinski Selfishness Without a Self: Trump’s True Colors Revealed by Harry Binswanger Peter Keat...

Episode 16 is a short quarterly report, with download statistics , announcement of our app for The Secular Foxhole , commentary on an article in The Economist , and word-of-mouth marketing according to Martin, as a new media evangelist . Call to Action to fellow podcasters: If you want your own stand-alone app, check out John Lee’s site, Custom Mobile App . Show notes with links to articles, blog...

For this episode of The Secular Foxhole, we had the chance to interview Aaron Briley, a fellow and research associate with The Objective Standard Institute . We covered many topics, including his living in Denmark, his college major, and his interest in spreading Ayn Rand's ideas in the inner-city. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Bruce Lee Brazilian jiu-jitsu...

For episode 14, we interviewed Vinay Kolhatkar, chief editor of The Savvy Street website and author of two fiction works, A Sharia London , and The Frankenstein Candidate . He also co-wrote: Media Wars: The Battle to Shape Our Minds . Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Invictus The Neo-Marxists’ Long March through the Institutions The Politicization of Medicine T...

This episode features Craig Biddle, author and entrepreneur. We cover some exciting ground talking about the new Objective Standard Institute and the Prometheus Foundation, both of which he leads, plus his book, "Loving Life," and other books he has planned. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: Objective Standard Institute The Objective Standard Loving Life: The Mo...

On January 24th, we discussed the life and work of Thomas Paine, one of America's first, great, intellectuals. Margaret Downey of The Freethought Society and Andrew Seidel of The Freedom From Religion Foundation were our guests for this lively discussion. You will hear an important announcement by the Thomas Paine Memorial Association. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and se...