The Teacher of Liberty Podcast

Shall we hang together or shall we all hang separately? You won't want to miss this episode.

There is no way we recover our liberty if we do not learn its value. And there is no way we learn its value unless we read those books where that value is revealed. We have allowed the tyrants to control what we learn and they have substituting salt for sugar in the recipe and we've just come to tolerate the taste. We aren't educated anymore. We're merely moved through a system that serves to teac...

The Battle of Marathon is the reason you speak English, have representative government, and are free to worship according to the dictates of your own conscience. You owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Callimachus, Miltiades, and the rest of the unnamed Athenian soldiers who bravely stood in defense of their (and YOUR) life, liberty, and property. That small stretch of beach is a tiny hinge upon...

Demosthenes: a young man that would not shut up and sit down. He was not about to let a weak voice and a stammer keep him from rousing his spirit and raising his voice in defense of the liberty of his country. This guy is one of my favorites. Cicero makes you want to applaud, Demosthenes makes you want to grab a sword! A lot of y'all ain't gonna like this one very much, but it's my podcast and I'm...

Demosthenes: a young man that would not shut up and sit down. He was not about to let a weak voice and a stammer keep him from rousing his spirit and raising his voice in defense of the liberty of his country. This guy is one of my favorites. Cicero makes you want to applaud, Demosthenes makes you want to grab a sword! A lot of y'all ain't gonna like this one very much, but it's my podcast and I'm...

On this day in 1774, the First Continental Parliament met in Philadelphia. NO, IT DIDN'T! But do you know WHY it's called "congress" and not "parliament?" You're fixing to find out! Emmerich de Vattel's Law of Nations was carried around by every member of the Continental Congress, according to Benjamin Franklin. Why? Why would guys from one nation need a book about international law? Hmmmm. What d...

Cicero telling off the tyrants, regardless of their party. Cicero delivered his first Philippic (named after the speeches of Demosthenes against Philip of Macedon) on September 2, 44 B.C. and it was straight SAVAGE! He not only calls out Mark Antony for all his crimes against the people, the republic, and the constitution, but he tells the senators that by doing nothing to stop him they are just a...

Hannibal. Carthage. Rome. Hamilcar Barca. Second Punic War. Battle of Saguntum. Battle of Lake Trasimene. Battle of Canae. Battle of Zama. Scipio. Quintus Fabius. Fabian. Delay. George Washington the "American Fabius." Elephants. Unladen African elephants. Laden African elephants. Donner and Blitzen. Thunder and lightning. Crepes. Pancakes. Alps. Really? Over the Alps? Huh. Well, that won't end we...

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SHARE THIS! THIS IS THE EPISODE THAT NEEDS TO GO VIRAL! I don't say that lightly and if you know me, you know I don't boast about my own stuff, but this video is the one to share and put it EVERYWHERE! NOW! I zigged when I was about to zag, y'all. You'll want to put on your seat belts, put your trays away, and put your seats in the upright position, because I'm fixing to GO...

If you watch this video to the end, you will know more about the formation of the Constitution, the history of its creation, the intended function of the federal government, and the correct constitutional relationship between the federal government and the states than any professor of history or law or Constitution in the country! Easy! There is no need more urgent than the need to know the true h...

Once again, Uncle Joey back with a story you've never heard. A story that as soon as you hear it you'll understand why you've never heard it. This is the story of Pisistratus, the Men of the Hills, the Men of the Plains, and the Men of the Coast. Political parties that formed in Athens after Solon wrote their constitution. You will see how there is a one group that never seems to suffer from the r...

With all due apologies to John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, I am replacing the last episode with this one. That last one was just unwatchable, y'all, and those boys deserve more than that. Trenchard and Gordon's Cato's Letters were the "dress rehearsal for the Revolution" and there is NO WAY I would be forgiven for my transgression against them had I not rerecorded the episode devoted to them. Tre...

Not an ironic title, but certainly coincidentally funny! I am so sorry about the audio. It's fixed now, though, and guys, the message in this episode brought to you by Trenchard and Gordon is straight FIRE! These guys do not miss and I hope you don't miss this episode. Cato's Letters were found in more libraries than John Locke and were reprinted in every colonial newspaper. There would have been...

Over 2,300 years ago Aristotle warned us how republics are silently and slowly destroyed from the inside. You will NOT believe how accurately Aristotle predicted our own day! Book V of his Politics reads like it was written today. We must learn from Aristotle's warnings so that we can restore our liberty and return our country to the foundation of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence b...

Ever heard of a good dictator? You're about to! Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, known to history as Cincinnatus, was a dictator of Rome. Oh, and a farmer. A poor farmer. Watch this episode and learn why our Founding Fathers studied the history of Rome and how it's obvious in their character that they knew and admired Cincinnatus. Would you be willing to walk away from absolute power if it was willin...

In Federalist 46 James Madison said Americans would NEVER be crazy enough to elect tyrants and to not only elect them, but to send them money so they could keep oppressing us. Um... about that. Fortunately, Mr. Madison in Federalist 46 gave us a plan of resistance that will enable us to force the federal beast back inside its constitutional cage! (TM) If you're tired of hearing people talk about t...

You are NOT going to want to miss this one, guys! St. George Tucker is a forgotten Founding Father and a man whose life and example are beyond compare. Start reading his book View of the Constitution of the United States and you will IMMEDIATELY discover why THEY don't want you reading his book! St. George Tucker. This month is his 271st birthday, so celebrate by reading his stuff. You can get his...

These are a couple of stories I guarantee you've never heard (unless you're my former student). You will NOT want to skip this one. Trust old Uncle Joey. These stories will CHANGE.YOUR.LIFE! Today. Yep. Today you'll be better than you were yesterday. #history #truehistory #quaker #agrarian #china #ancientchina #farming #silence #quotesaboutsilence

Sparta. Sparta. Sparta. This is the show you've all been waiting for! Sparta, Lycurgus, Thermopylae, the 300, all the things that are Sparta. Even spartan things. Should I be laconic about Sparta? Virtue, valor. That was Sparta. All things Spartan in this episode. Plutarch and Polybius together give us a very clear and complete picture of Lycurgus and Sparta and simplicity and virtue and becoming...

Algernon Sidney. Algernon Sidney. Algernon Sidney. Algernon Sidney. OK, so I guess you know who this episode is about: Algernon Sidney! I call him Colonel Sidney (he was a colonel in the English army and I'm the son of a soldier, so I do that out of respect). You can call him Uncle Algy or whatever you want, just put some respect on his name! He is one of the men who most influenced our Founding F...

The use of a commonplace book is one of the key ingredients in the recipe for a more productive, persuasive, and prosperous life. I know it is hard to believe that something like a commonplace book ("It's just a notebook, Joey!") can truly transform so many areas of your life, but it can. It has changed my life and it changed the life of our Founding Fathers, and it changed the lives of so many of...

Is America a democracy? Is America a republic? Is America Atlantis? Is Atlantis underneath the pyramids? Of all the rights protected by the Constitution, there is only ONE THING that is guaranteed. People love saying "We're a republic" and "We're not a democracy, we're a republic." Both of those statements are WRONG! And that's not my opinion (my opinion doesn't matter), that's the plain text of t...

What makes me such an expert? I not only read all the books, I wrote some of them! I almost became a college dropout after ONE WEEK! Why the sweater vest? Education: What it is SUPPOSED to be. Education: What is IS. Lead out vs. Lead away Education vs. Seduction Latin roots What does "school" mean? Classical education Who runs school and why do they do it so poorly? School at the time of the Found...

Every one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence knew months before they met at the Second Continental Congress that just by showing up they were committing treason. They knew the brutal and inhumane punishment that was waiting for them if their effort to break away from Britain were to fail. But guess what: THEY DID NOT CARE! These weren't men who could be frightened by some feckles...

Guess who's back... back again. Joey's back. Tell a friend! Tell all your friends! The Founding Fathers like you’ve never known them! What government did they INTEND to create and where did they get the idea? This ain't like the old podcast, guys. This is all new and, of course, ALL TRUE! Come be a part of the new generation of Sons of Liberty! This is where you’ll find the truth behind not only W...