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Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

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 5427 How Decadence Happens... | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 35:50

Locals Questions answered!"What do you think of First Amendment auditors, people who film in public areas of government facilities like police stations and post offices? I've been enjoying your novel, The Present, a lot, and thinking how long in my small town it will take for the government's authority to be ignored by the majority."Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Get my new series on the Truth About the French Revolution, access to the audiobook for my new book 'Peaceful Parenting,' StefBOT-AI, private livestreams, premium call in shows, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2022

 5426 Stop Asking Stupid Questions! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 103:37

9 February 2024 Friday Night LivestreamWhen do you ask a question?Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Get my new series on the Truth About the French Revolution, access to the audiobook for my new book 'Peaceful Parenting,' StefBOT-AI, private livestreams, premium call in shows, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2022

 5425 How to Handle Real Time Conflicts! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 125:27

7 February 2024 Wednesday Night Live!"You can't compare bosses and husbands, because at work you get paid for your work and you get work experience that helps you get another job if you get fired. With husbands youre working a full time job and getting no money for your own savings and no work experence in case your husband gets bored and leaves"Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Get my new series on the Truth About the French Revolution, access to the audiobook for my new book 'Peaceful Parenting,' StefBOT-AI, private livestreams, premium call in shows, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2022

 5424 2,500 Beatings! Freedomain Call In | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 118:47

"My wife and I have two children. We're expecting our third. We want to have as many as we can. We're both in our 20s, and I want to make sure I'm doing as much as I can to correctly raise them peacefully and also not mess them up. My childhood was pretty good, but that's the main thing, as far as peaceful ways of disciplining them if they're just blatantly disobedient."Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Get my new series on the Truth About the French Revolution, access to the audiobook for my new book 'Peaceful Parenting,' StefBOT-AI, private livestreams, premium call in shows, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2022

 5423 My Sister is an Exotic Dancer! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 110:56

4 February 2024 Sunday Morning Livestream"My sister is an exotic dancer who got groped a few weeks ago. What can I do to help her?"Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Get my new series on the Truth About the French Revolution, access to the audiobook for my new book 'Peaceful Parenting,' StefBOT-AI, private livestreams, premium call in shows, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2022

 5422 How to Find Friends! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 24:47

Answers to Locals questions:"How would you define cerebral, and how is cerebral different from intellectual?""How do you arbitrate? I would, for example, consider it humiliating and depressing to marry a statist. But if I take the same attitude with every relationship, I will have no relationships! How do you navigate making friends, coworkers, dates, and FOO relationships with people when the norm is irrational and immoral?"Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Get my new series on the Truth About the French Revolution, access to the audiobook for my new book 'Peaceful Parenting,' StefBOT-AI, private livestreams, premium call in shows, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2022

 5421 The Truth About Reality! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 115:00

3 February 2024 Flash Livestream!How do we know what is real?Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Get my new series on the Truth About the French Revolution, access to the audiobook for my new book 'Peaceful Parenting,' StefBOT-AI, private livestreams, premium call in shows, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2022

 5420 The Joys and Dangers of Philosophy! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 49:13

"How to use philosophy not just to 1) avert disaster but 2) to live a great life?"A few episodes ago (the one where Stef mentioned don't just be a tinkerer) he also mentioned that many people have successfully implemented philosophy into their lives and were able to realise the situation they're in and get out, to avert disaster (Which is great!)."How to progress from there (from that 'middle-ground') and continue implementing philosophy to build a truly great life?"It seems 1) averting disaster is more about removing your blinds so you're able to see the mess you're in and get out, whereas 2) building a great life, is more subtle and nuanced and requires more deliberate 'work'"Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Get my new series on the Truth About the French Revolution, access to the audiobook for my new book 'Peaceful Parenting,' StefBOT-AI, private livestreams, premium call in shows, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2022

 5419 Stop Putting Women Down! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 115:00

2 February 2024 Friday Night Live!"I believe men are superior to women, I need to stop measuring their value based on what women think of them."Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Get my new series on the Truth About the French Revolution, access to the audiobook for my new book 'Peaceful Parenting,' StefBOT-AI, private livestreams, premium call in shows, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2022

 5418 How to Love Your Sibling! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 97:17

"Last year, I started making music. I just really like music and I wanted to start doing it. I started doing music production and everything went smooth and had a big success. I dropped a couple tracks and one of them made it really big on TikTok. Then, I signed with a record label and I now have a lot of money, for my age."Before making music, I was kind of depressed, feeling like I am alone. I didn't have that many friends. And all the friends I have are like +20 years, like 25, 30, 38, 40, 45... I don't really get along good with people my age. It's been really hard to to you know live with this deep feeling of, '"I am not enough by myself.'"Join the PREMIUM philosophy community on the web for free!Get my new series on the Truth About the French Revolution, access to the audiobook for my new book 'Peaceful Parenting,' StefBOT-AI, private livestreams, premium call in shows, the 22 Part History of Philosophers series and more!See you soon!https://freedomain.locals.com/support/promo/UPB2022

 5210 What Women Spend on Makeup! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 106:42

You literally will not believe it!I'm a shrink, and 100x better for listening to you. Long time listener and donator. 1: how can one dare to love, and be loved, after a terrible childhood and a severely abusive relationship?. Patient of mine is struggling with this. Receiving any kindness or love triggers anxiety. Would love to hear your thoughts.how did you find philosophy at the tender age of 15? I was first presented to philosophy at uni. It seemed pointless and boring. Later, I studied history of philosophy, and loved it. Then I found freedomain radio in 2015.. my childhood was.. fucked up. Can't begin to explain how much you've helped. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.Thank you for your last piece on propaganda vs free will. I have been wondering for a while how to talk to a pal of mine who insists on dating woman after woman based solely on looks.I was also introduced to philosophy in highs school. I also found it boring and irrelevant, that's because it was presented that way. Stef showed me how it can be relevant to my life and therefore interesting.Hey Stef, creativity caller from the other day. Drove to an open mic last night. The hosts cancelled for some reason, but I got on stage at an improv show also at that venue. Not deterred! Gonna find a mic soon. Thanks again.Philosophy is the ultimate real danger. Everything else is a paper cut. You didn't make it dangerous, just refuse to make it something it isn't.WHY ARE THERE BULLIES?Do you think that men, fathers in general should consider a different path in regards to the traditional provider role?Hi Stef, how do I date during a career switch. It might take years before success so how do I reconcile my uncertain future w starting a family. I may be confident in my ability to provide value,, but the girls I date might not fully get the potential. I could spend money to show my confidence but then, again, it might take years before I can really provide financially. Is it better to just go hardcore and not start a family for a few years more? I am 27.Do you have any advice for someone who’s working on integrating his shadow self? I realize now that I had to take on different personas to survive as a child in narcissistic family structure. Negative emotions were met with some kind of punishment. Outside home, people would have conflicting images of me – I was something for everyone. A lot of acting out or fawning.Stef, you have said that having a lot of sexual partners destroys a womans ability to bond. This makes sense when she forms a bond and then it gets broken (especially if the guy lies about loving her).But do you think casual sex is bad for a woman even when it's perfectly clear to her that it won't lead to a relationship?For example when she goes out to have a one night stand with someone but she does not intend to stay in contact with the guy.I was on a second date with a girl and on both dates we had very deep conversations. On the end of the second date, she was literally begging me to sleep with her. I didn't want to do it because I thought it would be bad for her. When I told her this, it made her want it even more. In the end I didn't do it but I felt bad for rejecting her. Was this an overreaction from my side?Livestream 6/30/2023

 5209 Propaganda vs Free Will | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 34:52

Philosopher Stefan Molyneux lays out the answer to the question: how much free will do people subjected to mass propaganda have?https://www.freedomain.com/donate

 5208 Death to the Ego - Long Live Wisdom! Freedomain Livestream | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 114:43

Question concerning discussion from a prior livestream concerning propaganda. Your description of women being the victim of statist propaganda in regards hyper-materialism, surface aesthetic obsession, misandry, collectivism, etc. was of interest. Your explanation in my humble opinion sounded very much in line with leftist victimology.Perhaps I missed something. Are individuals to be held responsible and accountable for actions in response to being propagandized? Seems you are most willing to blame vaccine zealots, statists, collectivists, communists, etc. Could they merely be excused for being propagandized? Please clarify.Listening to your novel 'The Present' I should be caught up to chapter 20. Grim stuff. But great writing.Hey Stef! I want to thank you for recommending the book, “Parent Effectiveness Training” in a recent live stream. It seems like fantastic resource peaceful parenting. I’m curious to know if you think anything is missing from that book or if you have any other suggestions for further reading. I’m recently married and we intend to start having children in the next year. Much love to you my brother!Stefan, I have a moral philosophy question for you. Any thoughts on moral asymmetries? For instance, do you believe the presence of virtuous action in a person is relative to the power imbalance between the person doing the act and the one receiving it? For example: if a security guard treats an inmate with virtue, is it of more moral significance than if the inmate treats the security guard with virtue?Having a lot of fears lately. I know I can’t keep my child in a bubble, but how can I deter him from getting sucked in to the stupidity of todays social media generation, as well as the overexposure to all the darker things on the web. How can we best prepare him?How is your relationship with other personalities in the world of libertarian philosophy? people like Larken Rose, Michael Malice, Dennis Pratt, Tom Woods, or whoever. Is there someone you particularly like? or someone you don't like at all.Hypothetical moral conundrums are insanely annoying.Stef, why not try to come back to twitter at this point, since Elon?Stef, I can't think of a single thinker who approaches anything close to your level of insight about such a wide variety of topics.You're as good as the top Austrians on economics, you're better at psychology than most psychologists, you have tech skills, etc.Humility is the opposite of pride, the modern world is dripping with pride, it's not taught or shown anymoreLook I just wanted to jump back in and say I'm sad you felt like going off on a tirade on me. i was one of your oldest supporters and now I don't feel like supporting you. it's a weird feeling. bye.I struggle with criticism too. When I was a child, every criticism from my father was always accompanied by either verbal or physical abuse.Abusive people around your kids?You should build a dating app for your followers only.6/28/2023

 5207 Life and Your Enemies! Freedomain Livestream | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 126:30

Freedomain Livestream 19 May 2023...What's your opinion on the whole sigma,alpha,beta personality types?Hey Stef,After listening to your most recent call in with the guy who felt guilty for leaving his parents, I've begun thinking about how I too have an attachment issue and have since moved on from applying it to my parents and applying it to a former manager at work.I had a recently minor negative interaction with them and caused a fair deal of emotional distress.How do I remove this attachment? Thank you if you read this.My mom calls you the guy who always complainsHad told father about starting a business and he immediately gave a bunch of reason why it would fail etc.Bravo Stef, this is some truly life changing material. Thanks manHow do you redeem yourself from not living a life of virtue in the past?I don't believe for a moment that someone who sabotages has any capacity for happiness. And simply enjoys killing others happiness.Why is the spanking, being dominated, told what to do kink such a red flag?What should I do to make long distance relationship work? I decided to start this relationship because of your speech about casting wider net and not complaining that one can’t find valuable person. We are both 50yo. She was in therapy after break up. I had break up after 16 years. No children involved. I had three years of cool down time. I listen to Freedomain since 2015. It has changed mePlease talk more about The False Self. I've been trying to educate people on that. Thank you.Hey Stef what do you recommend reading first of your novels?I know some good men who got rekt in divorce court etc. Is that their fault?Having a bad conscience sounds like Dante's Inferno.this is a powerful stream whoaI have been in the habit of rejecting dreams and have felt strongly annoyed when people would ask about them. As a child, my mother would take dreams extremely seriously. She would get each of us kids dream journals and dream analysis books, would ask every morning about what we dreamed about. She is the kind of person who would have a dream that my dad was cheating on her, and then in real life would punish him for it. So as an adult, I outright dismissed dreams, swinging to the other extreme to offset my mom. As I've listened to you over the years, I have taken more interest in what I can learn from them.Last night I had a dream where my mother was being difficult as I confronted her about something, and then she pushed me down the stairs while I was turned away from her.I'm not asking for a dream analysis, but how can I learn from my dreams? Do you write your dreams down? And how can I better appreciate them?The end of your novel The Present was perfect!

 5183 NO MORE EXCUSES! | File Type: audio/mp3 | Duration: 98:29

Hey Stef you’ve said many times during livestreams that living with your parents doesn’t help you save money and that it kills your ambition. I’m 27 never lived on my own. Currently making 25$/h but not nearly enough to have a family by my early 30’sHey Stef I just started a ethics course (its a mandatory elective in my program) and the first discussion question we get it the trolly problem. I can tell that this course is just designed to destroy people's ability to comprehend universal and objective negative moral principles.I understand what you’re saying Stef but the inflation & housing costs in cities now is insaneDuring my call-in in July you described my story as “one of the worst stories of abuse you have ever heard”. That call changed my life. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! You saved my life. I have not seen my family since August and haven’t spoken to them since December. I still receive hateful texts from my mom but am struggling to take the last step to block her number. Why? When do I draw this line?Dude, I am 45, making 6 figures and struggling to make my way through a population of single moms, raised by single moms, appreciative of single moms, and dating single moms! Trust me, you don't wanna wait to be me. If you got a good girl, quit the whine and start making babies.Hey, stef i'm an avid reader, but I see that some productivity experts say too much reading can hinder your professional life.Do you think there can be too much reading ?(I mean specifically nonfiction)Thank you for this Stef, I love this conversation/topic. I've got a gym membership not too long ago, I've been in Therapy for a while, I signed up to a local course to up my communication skills, and often try to up my skills. This had added fuel to that fire, I can always do more, I spend too much time playing video games or board games still.This chat is very eye opening, a lot of things you are saying shows how society in general has us sold all this BS and liesStef is a treasure his shows and books will be studies by many for years to come!How’s the a.i. StefBot coming along?Fascinatinating show and prospective on donating. I've heard you explain that so many times over the years, everytime I hear it, it makes more sense, and I feel more uplifted.Worked outdoors during -40°C winter including blizzards. Thundershowers that had me soaked to the skin in seconds. Such was the job.Modern women’s built-in “cad detectors” clearly aren’t working on the whole. What have they been reprogrammed to function as?Stef in the last call in show you told the guy to grovel to get the 9.5 woman he dump back. Why do you think male groveling works sometimes. Won't the woman think you are a simp?Monthly supporter. Don't have funds to donate what I wish I could. And I need to think on where my money should go. Like it does here.Hey, Stefan! My baby girl was born yesterday. I'm currently in hospital and it's middle of the night and I just tuned in. Besides absolute exhaustion, caring for a newborn really clears your mind of all human drama and bullshit. Kind of therapeutic in a way.If you guys haven't read The Present I would highly recommend it I wish I had done it sooner. Same with The FutureLocals Livestream 22 May 2023

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