The Voluntary Life

The first of a two part series about "Unjobbing": breaking free of the rat-race to do only things that you love with your life. In this episode we explore the idea of Unjobbing set out in the book "Un-Jobbing : The Adult Liberation Handbook"  by Michael Fogler. Other books referred to in the discussion include "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki. Podcast episode

A discussion of Orwell's classic novel, with special guest Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio. Podcast Episode

A discussion of Ayn Rand's classic libertarian novel Atlas Shrugged. Podcast Episode

This episode discusses the idea of finding personal freedom by getting away from society and going to live in the wilderness. We talk about the book "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau, the most influential proponent of this idea. We also refer to the book "Into the Wild"  by Jon Krakauer about the life of Christopher McCandless, who left everything to live (and die) in Alaska. His story has also been made into a movie directed by Sean Penn. Special guest in this episode is Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio. Podcast Episode

This episode is a discussion of Ayn Rand's individualist dystopian science fiction novel Anthem. The chat does contain plot spoilers. Podcast episode

This episode is a short discussion and recommendation of Lysander Spooner's great book "No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority". The book is a brilliant critique of the legality of any constitution and  the validity of any idea of a social contract. Podcast Episode

This episode is a discussion about two different approaches to investment. The first approach comes from Harry Browne's idea of the Permanent Portfolio, which you can find in his book Fail-Safe Investing. The second approach is focussed on investing purely in precious metals as a way to protect your wealth. Both approaches are concerned with investing for financial freedom and protecting your hard earned savings in the context of turbulent economic conditions. Podcast Episode

Part 2 of a discussion about Ayn Rand's great individualist novel, "The Fountainhead" with special guest Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomainradio.com. Podcast Episode

A discussion about Ayn Rand's great individualist novel, "The Fountainhead" with special guest Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomainradio.com. This is part one of a two part series. Podcast Episode

Part two of a discussion about the ideas of personal freedom in Harry Browne's book "How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World". Podcast Episode

Part one of a discussion about the ideas of personal freedom in Harry Browne's book "How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World". Podcast Episode

This episode is a further discussion of the issues raised in the author interview of Stephan Kinsella's book "Against Intellectual Property". A group of people living the voluntary life share their thoughts on points raised by Stephan Kinsella and Stefan Molyneux in the previous episode. Podcast episode

An interview with Stephan Kinsella about his book "Against Intellectual Property, recorded in March 2010. The book is available for free at http://mises.org/books/against.pdf. Stephan Kinsella is a registered patent attorney, a libertarian theorist and lecturer, Director of the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom (C4SIF), and Editor of Libertarian Papers. "I finally came to the conclusion that the reason I was having trouble finding a justification for IP was that Rand was just wrong, there is no justification for IP. Once I thought about it that way a lot of pieces fell into place and the whole system made a lot more sense..." Stephan Kinsella Podcast Episode

This episode is an interview with Stefan Molyneux, philosopher and host of Freedomain Radio about his book "Everyday Anarchy". The book is available for free online at http://www.freedomainradio.com/Free "I wanted to write a book that would help people to understand that Anarchy is not a weird, 'out-there' perspective, but something that they live in their everyday lives. They actually live much more Anarchy than they do Statism, when it comes to their day to day lives." Stefan Molyneux Podcast Episode

A roundtable discussion about Murray Rothbard's book "For a New Liberty" and it's relevance for people seeking to live the voluntary life and find freedom in an unfree world. The book is available for free online. You can also get a hardcopy of For a New Liberty at Amazon using our associates link. This episode includes special guest Stefan Molyneux, philosopher and host of Freedomain Radio. The discussion was recorded in January 2010. Podcast Episode