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Click here for the video link on YouTube In this episode we start off with a look at our 2 types of libertarian messengers. Principled messengers keep the moral flame alive; petty political details are irrelevant. Conventional messengers focus on dealing with contemporary statist policies. It’s statism on statism’s terms. At heart they are anti-state, but downplay their anti-statism views. I discu...

Click here for the video link on YouTube One of our enthusiastic subscribers, James, returns to the White Pillbox for another fun interview. We cover a lot of ground, with questions for me from James, as well as some questions I had for him. Enjoy! Some links to material we covered in this episode: Larken Rose’s website “The Rose Channel”, which includes his Candles in the Dark seminar Shepard the...

Click here for the video link on YouTube Inspired by my Myth of Authority series, none other than Shepard the Voluntaryist used AI to create an awesome country-music song. That inspired me to use AI to create the associated video portion. We hope you enjoy the results of our creative collaboration. We're looking forward to our Grammy Award. Please check out Shepard’s content: Shepard's YouTube cha...

Click here for the video link on YouTube In this fun cross-over episode, I was interviewed by Shepard the Voluntaryist on his show. Shepard recently appeared on The White Pillbox, and he graciously invited me onto his show. As usual we had a great time in this 2-part interview. Please check out Shepard’s content: Shepard's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thestoicvoluntaryist The Openlyvo...

Click here for the video link on YouTube I was so pleased to interview award-winning investigative journalist James Corbett. James started The Corbett Report website in 2007 as an outlet for independent critical analysis of politics, society, history, and economics. Since then he has written, recorded and edited thousands of hours of audio and video media for the website, including a podcast and s...

Click here for the video link on YouTube This episode starts off explaining how I've changed the name of my content from "From the White Pillbox" to simply "The White Pillbox". I've also changed the intro and outro segments. Then I move on to art. I had some viewer questions about the painting that appears behind me. So I gave a bit of history. Incidentally, I used the wrong word for the process u...

This episode is an interview I had with Shepard the Voluntaryist. The video is posted here on YouTube . I thoroughly enjoyed our discussion and I think you will too. Also please check out Shepard’s content which is linked below. Shepard's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2WUBo9QVTPo_AKZ8jn2pgA The Openlyvoluntary.com homepage has an ordered list of reading, viewing and listening...

Please enjoy this interview with one of my Substack subscribers, James, who had some great questions and comments. We covered several topics, like White Pills, skepticism of the state, and strategy. Click here for the video link on YouTube All episodes in the Myth of Authority podcast series: Part 1 - The Myth of Authority: introduction Part 2 - How the myth of authority affects our psychology Par...

Enjoy the replay of our Livestream held on April 19, 2025! I apologize for the audio issues in the first 15 minutes. The original came out almost inaudible, so I used a marginal tool to fix the audio and sync it with the video. It’s not great but way better than it was. And it’s much better after that. *Click here for the video link to this podcast (if you are hearing audio only)* All episodes in...

All episodes in this Myth of Authority podcast series: Part 1 - The Myth of Authority: introduction Part 2 - How the myth of authority affects our psychology Part 3 - Our psychological red pill journey; our focus on the state Part 4 - Psychology: the true and false selves Part 5 - Libertarian assumptions about what needs to be done Part 6 - The war room approach Part 7 - Direct and indirect approa...

All episodes in this Myth of Authority podcast series so far: Part 1 - The Myth of Authority: introduction Part 2 - How the myth of authority affects our psychology Part 3 - Our psychological red pill journey; our focus on the state Part 4 - Psychology: the true and false selves Part 5 - Libertarian assumptions about what needs to be done Part 6 - The war room approach Part 7 - Direct and indirect...

All episodes in this Myth of Authority podcast series so far: Part 1 - The Myth of Authority: introduction Part 2 - How the myth of authority affects our psychology Part 3 - Our psychological red pill journey; our focus on the state Part 4 - Psychology: the true and false selves Part 5 - Libertarian assumptions about what needs to be done Part 6 - The war room approach Part 7 - Direct and indirect...

Links to material covered in the episode: The start of this podcast series on the Myth of Authority Want to know how important things would get done without government? * Reading material: “ The Machinery of Freedom ” by David Friedman; for private law specifically (rather than government law) try “ Legal Foundations of a Free Society ” by Stephan Kinsella * Video: “ The Case for Privatization, of...

Links to material covered in the episode: The start of this podcast series on the Myth of Authority Want to know how important things would get done without government? * Reading material: “ The Machinery of Freedom ” by David Friedman; for private law specifically (rather than government law) try “ Legal Foundations of a Free Society ” by Stephan Kinsella * Video: “ The Case for Privatization, of...

Links to material covered in the episode: The start of this podcast series on the Myth of Authority Michael Malice’s book “The White Pill” Want to know how important things would get done without government? * Reading material: “ The Machinery of Freedom ” by David Friedman; for private law specifically (rather than government law) try “ Legal Foundations of a Free Society ” by Stephan Kinsella *...

Links to material covered in the episode: The start of this podcast series on the Myth of Authority Want to know how important things would get done without government? * Reading material: “ The Machinery of Freedom ” by David Friedman; for private law specifically (rather than government law) try “ Legal Foundations of a Free Society ” by Stephan Kinsella * Video: “ The Case for Privatization, of...

Links to material covered in the episode: The start of this podcast series on the Myth of Authority My most recent podcast on the Myth of Authority The Milgram Experiments Want to know how important things would get done without government? * Reading material: “ The Machinery of Freedom ” by David Friedman; for private law specifically (rather than government law) try “ Legal Foundations of a Free...

Links to material covered in the episode: This podcast series on the myth of authority Median age of corporate media viewers is about 70 Recent news viewership ratings Washington Post analyst walks out on his colleagues Downward trend in trust in media Chuck Schumer, a normal guy grilling a burger Financial Times article: "The Politician's Trick of Pretending to Be Normal." BBC article: "Politicia...

Links to material covered in the episode: This podcast series on the myth of authority Want to know how important things would get done without government? * Reading material: “ The Machinery of Freedom ” by David Friedman; for private law specifically (rather than government law) try “ Legal Foundations of a Free Society ” by Stephan Kinsella * Video: “ The Case for Privatization, of Everything ”...

Links to material covered in the episode: This podcast series on the myth of authority Want to know how important things would get done without government? * Reading material: “ The Machinery of Freedom ” by David Friedman; for private law specifically (rather than government law) try “ Legal Foundations of a Free Society ” by Stephan Kinsella * Video: “ The Case for Privatization, of Everything ”...

Links to material covered in the episode: This podcast series on the myth of authority Want to know how important things would get done without government? * Reading material: “ The Machinery of Freedom ” by David Friedman; for private law specifically (rather than government law) try “ Legal Foundations of a Free Society ” by Stephan Kinsella * Video: “ The Case for Privatization, of Everything ”...

Links to material covered in the episode: This podcast series on the myth of authority For the newbies Since some may be new to libertarian perspectives, here is a short list of links you may find helpful. I’ve classified them based on the different ways people ponder issues: Want to know how important things would get done without government? * Reading material: “ The Machinery of Freedom ” by Da...

Links to material covered in the episode: This podcast series on the myth of authority My 2018 Libertarian Institute article, “An Open Letter to Advocates of Liberty” My essay, “Politics as a Libertarian Strategy” The Broken Window Fallacy For the newbies Since some may be new to libertarian perspectives, here is a short list of links you may find helpful. I’ve classified them based on the differe...

Links to material covered in the episode: This podcast series on the myth of authority Larken Rose’s website including “Candles in the Dark” “ The Most Dangerous Superstition ” by Larken Rose “ ”The Problem of Political Authority ” by Michael Huemer The Philosophy of Liberty YouTube video ”Narrative of the Life Of Frederick Douglass” For the newbies Since some may be new to libertarian perspective...

Links to material covered in the episode: This podcast series on the myth of authority Jordan Peterson’s interview of Michael Malice Larken Rose’s website “The Rose Channel” Jones Plantation movie website Jones Plantation movie on Amazon - to Rent/Buy Jason Whitlock’s Jones Plantation movie review and interview of Larken Rose The Philosophy of Liberty YouTube video For the newbies Since some may b...