Porc Therapy

Archive for 2011

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Porc Therapy 2011-12-30

December 31, 2011

Topics: Military hazing (article 1 and article 2); being nice vs. being genuine; the non-aggression principle – time to expand the definition?; personal grooming and body hair Wishing all of the listeners a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2012!

Porc Therapy 2011-12-23

December 24, 2011

Internet debates; paleo diet; how to respond when people make claims that are not evidence-based?; butter shortage in Norway; how government distorts food markets; Danish government taxes saturated fat; “creepers” and safety

Porc Therapy 2011-12-21 BONUS

December 21, 2011

Bonus podcast-only show! Here’s a conversation about life and liberty with Joseph O’Donnell, who blogs at instantcallout.com. Thanks to Joe for the wonderful conversation, which I enjoyed very much!

Porc Therapy 2011-12-16

December 17, 2011

Topics: Kallen joins me for hour 1; discussion about race and the liberty movement; systemic racism on the part of the state; Christopher Hitchens story; recent freedom-crushing federal government stuff; paying attention to the news; cultural memes condoning or normalizing rape; PA liquor commission ad; frat survey allegedly asks “who would …More

Porc Therapy 2011-12-09

December 10, 2011

Rats display signs of empathy; amazing animals; Kitzmiller vs. Dover School District case; The Autistic Reporter from The Onion; Listener email – is love the answer?; Empathy as a way to promote liberty; The false notion that women are emotional while men are rational and how it relates to libertarian demographics.

Porc Therapy 2011-12-02

December 3, 2011

Topics: Introducing Buzz of Buzz’s Big Gay Dance Party fame; are some people underrepresented in the liberty movement?; lots of fascinating discussion about women and the liberty movement; corporate culture and gender in the workplace; special BONUS podcast-only segment! “Why are there fewer women in the liberty movement?” Mentioned in …More

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Porc Therapy 2011-11-25

November 26, 2011

Topics: Basket Brigade, Thanksgiving and mutual aid; Spending money on the things you actually use; Black Friday and gifts; how to have wonderful conversations; Nonviolent communication; listener email about nonviolent communication and police; listener email about discrimination against men.

Porc Therapy 2011-11-18

November 19, 2011

Topics: Response to a listener email about how to find the perfect activism project; My story of finding activism projects; Tips on direct and indirect ways to make money from your blog (or activism project) from ProBlogger; listener comment on “slut shaming” and the non-aggression principle; listener email about age …More

Porc Therapy 2011-11-11

November 12, 2011

Topics: “Before You Enlist,” a compelling counter recruitment video from AFSC and Veterans For Peace; listener email about alcoholism; NVC + AA (Nonviolent comunication + Alcoholics Anonymous); addiction and liberty; audiobook on the way; government school non-history lessons; the repercussions of government eugenics programs in the US; and how to …More

Porc Therapy 2011-11-04

November 5, 2011

Topics: Jacob, author of the coming out letter read on 9-23-2011 joins us; ROTC and police explorers; the protectors; journey to liberty; counter-recruitment; nurse tasered because she refused to let police take sick patient from hospital; confidentiality in medicine and ostracism; “that patient”; Celestial Seasonings raid; free market environmentalism; fakei …More

Porc Therapy 2011-10-28

October 30, 2011

Sorry so late in getting this show posted! It’s been a busy weekend… Topics: Leaving; free will; meditation; authoritarianism in medicine; more listener comments on free will; panentheism As I mention on the show, this episode was brought to you from the Free Talk Live studio.  Thanks to Ian Freeman …More

Porc Therapy 2011-10-21

October 22, 2011

Live from Libertopia Festival 2011! Topics: Libertopia; listener email about being trapped in a non-liberty friendly family and wanting to leave; guest Drew, hard money and agorism; guest Tarrin, self-publishing and socially incompetent libertarians; guest Alma, voluntaryism, eschewing voting, religion and women.

On this bonus episode, a listener asks how he and his former partner, with whom he has a daughter, can improve their communication. Mentioned on the show were several nonviolent communication resources: NVC feelings and needs inventories :: NVC workshop on YouTube (start here) :: NVC audiobook, Nonviolent Communication :: NVC book, …More