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Once again, Martin and I are graced with the presence of Philosophy Professor, Andrew Bernstein, who is now venturing into detective fiction.Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free) The Secular Foxhole Town Hall. Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new place in cyberspace!Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:Tony Just dot netRed Meat Village - Voyage MediaBehind The Scenes With Andrew Bernstein (Author of Red Meat Village)Cool Runnings - WikipediaPen nameNight of January 16thHardboiledMr. ADirty Harry (character)Mike Hammer (character)Sherlock Holmes - BritannicaColumbo - WikipediaInterview with Aaron Briley - episode 15 of The Secular Foxhole podcastAustrian Economic Scholar's Motivational Speech - Foundation for Economic EducationProfessor Moriarty - WikipediaChuck SchumerIan FlemingRex StoutAgatha ChristieStand and DeliverThe Capitalist Manifesto by Andrew BernsteinThe Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire - Rowman &...

Blair is delivering some news regarding a list of podcasts on secularism, the rise of modern authoritarianism, and books covering the abundance movement. Martin is wondering what is going on with Voice of America, and is planning ahead for episode 100... How do you want to celebrate the milestone with us?Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free)&nbsp;The Secular Foxhole Town Hall. Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new place in cyberspace!Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:Ayn Rand Conference in Berlin (March 14-16)Mark MosesRoland HorvathObjectivist Conference (OCON) in Boston, July 1-5Amy Peikoff's News Sandwich25 Best Secularism Podcasts by FeedSpotAnuj Agarwal, Cofounder Feedspot and MillionpodcastsInstitute for the Study of Modern AuthoritarianismThe UnPopulist Launches Executive WatchWhere To Find the New Intellectuals? - episode 95 of The Secular FoxholeVoice of AmericaRadio Free Europe / Radio LibertyRadio FardaA federal lawsuit says the Trump administration has unlawfully shuttered the Voice of America - The Associated PressAP to meet with bloggers on usage guidelines - NBC News (2008)Nowruz (Persian New Year) - BritannicaBonfire of the Mullahs - Cox &amp; Forkum editorial cartoons (March 18, 2004)Roots of Progress InstituteAnnouncing Our New $120M Abundance And Growth Fund - Open PhilanthropyDavid Brooks (commentator)<a...

This short episode includes a talk with Substack writer, Stewart Margolis, whose topic, "Where To Find the New Intellectuals," was discussed. We talked about various 'currents' in the culture and how to find them. I brag about a certain achievement&nbsp;I'm proud of, and although I've forgot to mention the rise in Homeschooling, listeners should include that in the great advancements&nbsp;happening without publicity, which&nbsp;is a good thing.Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free)&nbsp;The Secular Foxhole Town Hall. Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new place in cyberspace!Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:Stewart Margolis on SubstackWhere To Find The New Intellectuals?For The New Intellectual by Ayn RandRobert Tracinski's SymposiumHow the Libertarian Party Became the Reactionary Arm of Trump and Trumpism - The UnPopulistTrump among the libertarians - Boston Globe OpinionFaced With Trump, Libertarianism Shrugged - The BulwarkThree lessons from Aristotle on friendship - The ConversationAyn Rand on abortion - GoodreadsAyn Rand on the military draft - Ayn Rand Institute Fox News - Pew Research CenterThe Bulwark (website) - WikipediaAgustina Vergara Cid: Ending TPS for Venezuelans whitewashes the Maduro regime - The Orange County RegisterAyn Rand Heir Asserts Elian’s Right to Remain in U.S. (April 4, 2000) - Capitalism MagazineThe Roots of Progress Institute Jason Crawford's websiteBlake Scholl, Founder &amp; CEO, Boom Supersonic<a...

Today we celebrate Ayn Rand's Birthday. February 2, 1905 will live forever once her ideas gain hold in a culture. Any culture - hopefully America's. The sooner the better.We also discuss other positive cultural trends such as homeschooling, the Progress movement, and other stuff, e.g.,, how to send a RandsDay boostagram (digital telegram wither a donation / super comment with a payment) of 221,905 Satoshis (bits of a Bitcoin).Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free)&nbsp;The Secular Foxhole Town Hall. Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new place in cyberspace!Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:Anthem - CliffNotesEgo - WiktionaryMartin's blog, EGOMartin's podcast, EGO NetCastAyn Rand: A Sense of LifeUrkällan (The Fountainhead in Swedish) - WikipediaThe Fountainhead - CliffNotesThe Fountainhead (film) - WikipediaThe Fountainhead - Warner Bros.The Fountainhead - IMDbWe the Living (movie)We the Living - The Ayn Rand InstituteRoots of Progress Institute Boom SupersonicJames Pethokoukis - The Breakthrough InstituteUp Wing / Down Wing - Faster, Please! newsletterAyn Rand's quote on smokestacks - Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial RevolutionSearch on "Frank Lloyd Wright" - The Secular Foxhole siteAtlas Shrugged - CliffNotesSearch on "homeschool" - The Secular Foxhole site<a...

Happy New Year everyone! Our first guest of the year is Scott Powell. Homeschooler, historian and self-described, "nomad capitalist."He is the author of three books, most notably, The History of Now, and The History of Tomorrow. We cover these topics and more. Give it a listen!Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free)&nbsp;The Secular Foxhole Town Hall. Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new place in cyberspace!Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:Anchor facts of American history - Knowable World dot comJohann Gustav Droysen - BritannicaThe Early Ayn Rand: A Selection from Her Unpublished Fiction - WikipediaIdeas and Revolution Locke and America; Rousseau and France by Scott McConnell, John Ridpath. Presented at: Lyceum, August 9, 1997. - Objectivist Media dot comJohn Ridpath - York University VanDamme Academy4 Benefits of Teaching History Present-CentricallyThe 4-Hour Historian: An Anti-Textbook Volume 1: The World We Live In 1.0 - The Roots of Progress blogHistory DetectivesLuc Travers - History At Our HouseBooks by Scott PowellPresident Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points (1918) - The U.S. National Archives and Records AdministrationHari Seldon - WikipediaThe Fourteen Points reading groupThe Fourteen Points on YouTubeInterview with Warren Fahy - Episode 45 of The Secular Foxhole podcastJack Vance - WikipediaTo...

Today it’s just Martin and I going over a great year of shows, some plans for next year, and some statistics. Merry Yuletide everyone! Happy New Year!Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free)&nbsp;The Secular Foxhole Town Hall. Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new place in cyberspace!Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:C. Bradley Thompson, Executive Director, Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism Professor, Department of Political Science, Clemson University C. Bradley Thompson's websiteRethinking the American Revolution - The Redneck IntellectualLocofocosRedneckBoston Tea Party (December 16, 1773)The Tea Act: The Catalyst of the Boston Tea Party - Boston Tea Party Ship dot comYuleYule logBooks by Scott PowellReturning guest, Robert Begley - episode 70 of The Secular Foxhole podcastThe Thomas Paine Institute with Alex Bleier and Kevin OsborneNew, modern podcast applicationsPodcasting 2.0Value 4 ValueKyrin Down's review of The Secular Foxhole podcast - Mere Mortals podcastAlby hubBitcoin (BTC) &gt;100,000 USD - Currency WorldMartin's profile on GitHubBoostagram numerology - 221,905 SatoshisRandsDay Boostagram - episode 65 of The Secular Foxhole podcast (February 2, 2023)<a...

Today, our returning and distinguished guest, Andrew Bernstein,&nbsp;will prevail upon us his forthright defense of Western Civilization. Listen to this talk while clicking the link to his essay concerning the same.Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free)&nbsp;The Secular Foxhole Town Hall. Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new place in cyberspace!Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:The Case for Western Civilization by Andrew Bernstein - The Objective StandardDr. Eric DanielsSusan SontagClark WisslerRaphael LemkinLeopold II of Belgium Genghis KhanTimurThe Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History's 100 Worst AtrocitiesWill DurantMuslim conquests in the Indian subcontinentArmenian genocideArab slave tradeThe Battle of Vienna: July 14-September 11, 1683Norman BorlaugMaurice HillemanJonas Salk and Albert Bruce SabinThe Hidden Truth Behind The End Of Slavery - Thomas SowellModern slavery in North KoreaWhat Is Critical Race Theory? Video by James Lindsay."Abolish the White Race" - Harvard...

In episode 90 we talk&nbsp;with Neil Erian, a former math teacher who has discovered perhaps the true cause of school shootings; the schools themselves - specifically their curriculum. Don't miss this hard-hitting exposé on the massive failure of our government schools ("indoctrination centers")!Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free)&nbsp;The Secular Foxhole Town Hall. Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new place in cyberspace!Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:Neil Erian's article, Product Safety Alert: Progressive Education - Capitalism MagazinePeter Langman's site, School Shooters dot infoJohn DeweyHorace MannHoward ZinnEric Harris and Dylan KleboldColumbine High School massacreDealing with Troubled Writers: A Literacy Teacher's Dilemma by John SimmonsCharles WhitmanThe Third Wave (experiment)Interview with Kerry McDonald on homeschooling - episode 36 of The Secular FoxholeInterview with Marsha Enright, President and Program Director of Reliance College - episode 83 of The Secular FoxholeRandsDay Boostagram of 221,905 Satoshis - episode 65 of The Secular Foxhole (February 2, 2023)Austin Scholar on Twitter (X)Episode 90&nbsp;(43 minutes) was recorded at 2200 Central European Time, on October 18, 2024, with&nbsp;Ringr app. Martin did the editing and post-production with the podcast maker, Alitu.&nbsp;The&nbsp;transcript&nbsp;is generated by Alitu.Easy listen to The Secular Foxhole podcast&nbsp;in your&nbsp;<a href="https://podnews.net/podcast/i9d1q/all" rel="noopener...

Presentation of the Thomas Paines Institute by Alex Bleier and Kevin Osborne.Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free)&nbsp;The Secular Foxhole Town Hall. Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new place in cyberspace!Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:Presentation of The Thomas Paine Institute live with slidesThe Thomas Paine Institute website1776: Paine, Common Sense (Pamphlet)Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Prometheus ConnectionThe Prometheus FrontierTo Begin the World Over AgainTrueFans.fmSatoshi (unit)Munn versus IllinoisMorris Waite (7th Chief Justice of the United States)PrometheusPrometheus (Manship)Interview with Kevin Osborne - episode 42 of The Secular Foxhole podcastInterstate Commerce Act of 1887Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)Federal Reserve Act Signed into Law (1913)16th Amendment: Topics in Chronicling AmericaConstitutional Amendments – Amendment 16 – “Income Taxes”Sixteenth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionTreaty of Paris Ratified on January 14, 1784<a...

Today we talk with Mike Berliner and Anu Seppala about their book, Russia to America: A Guide to Ayn Rand Homes and Sites. We cover Miss Rand's journey from Czarist Russia to the United States and the homes and business offices she lived in/used during her remarkable life.Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free)&nbsp;The Secular Foxhole Town Hall. Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new place in cyberspace!Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:Russia to America: A Guide to Ayn Rand Homes and Sites100 Voices: An Oral History of Ayn RandNight of January 16thSeptember 2 (Change Your Life. Read Atlas Shrugged)Bosch Fawstin's drawing (print), September 2GreenhornRichard NeutraHollywood Studio ClubCecil B. DeMilleOuray, ColoradoPodcasting 2.0TrueFansFrank Lloyd WrightThe FountainheadPerfect 3636-24-36 (measurement)"Why I like Stamp Collecting"Ayn Rand: A Sense of LifeThe Music of We the LivingHow Music Saved a Life: Ayn Rand and OperettaEmmerich Kálmán<a...