The third episode in a series aimed at detailing and dismantling specific elements of the destructive hidden curriculum in public education.
Topic:
The third embedded lesson of public education: Apathy and Indifference

If the training in obedience and conformity doesn't properly sink in, or doesn't last throughout a person's life, this lesson provides a nice safety net for the status quo.

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

The third episode in a series aimed at detailing and dismantling specific elements of the destructive hidden curriculum in public education.Topic: The third embedded lesson of public education: Apathy and IndifferenceIf the training in obedience and conformity doesn't properly sink in, or doesn't last throughout a person's life, this lesson provides a nice safety net for the status quo. Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

A rousing roundtable with
Wes Bertrand
http://www.completeliberty.com
Brett Veinote
http://www.schoolsucks.podomatic.com
and Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio
http://www.freedomainradio.com

Topics:
Operant Conditioning, Parenting, Intrinic Verses Extrinsic Motivation, Conformity
With a quick intro by me

A rousing roundtable with
Wes Bertrand
http://www.completeliberty.com
Brett Veinote
http://www.schoolsucks.podomatic.com
and Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio
http://www.freedomainradio.com

Topics:
Operant Conditioning, Parenting, Intrinic Verses Extrinsic Motivation, Conformity
With a quick intro by me

A rousing roundtable withWes Bertrand http://www.completeliberty.comBrett Veinote http://www.schoolsucks.podomatic.comand Stefan Molyneux of Freedomain Radio http://www.freedomainradio.comTopics:Operant Conditioning, Parenting, Intrinic Verses Extrinsic Motivation, ConformityWith a quick intro by mePlease visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

In a speech at the Sydney Opera House to mark his award of Australia's human rights prize, the Sydney Peace Prize, John Pilger describes the "unique features" of a political silence in Australia: how it affects the national life of his homeland and the way Australians see the world and are manipulated by great power "which speaks through an invisible government of propaganda that subdues and limits our political imagination and ensures we are always at war - against our own first people and those seeking refuge, or in someone else's country".

Above: 80s Teen Movie Antagonist William Zabka(This will make sense when you're done listening)An update on the future of the show... -Donations -Redesigning the website -Setting up a forum-Let's have a logo contest! (For people who don't care too much about winning big prizes) -Activism and incorporating that into the show as well-The next bump?Also...-Daniel Lakemacher's visit to NH-Ofer's incredible efforts-My failure to connect with public school teachers about these topicsPlease visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

Above: 80s Teen Movie Antagonist William Zabka
(This will make sense when you're done listening)

An update on the future of the show...
-Donations
-Redesigning the website
-Setting up a forum
-Let's have a logo contest!
(For people who don't care too much about winning big prizes)
-Activism and incorporating that into the show as well
-The next bump?

Also...
-Daniel Lakemacher's visit to NH
-Ofer's incredible efforts
-My failure to connect with public school teachers about these topics

Above: 80s Teen Movie Antagonist William Zabka
(This will make sense when you're done listening)

An update on the future of the show...
-Donations
-Redesigning the website
-Setting up a forum
-Let's have a logo contest!
(For people who don't care too much about winning big prizes)
-Activism and incorporating that into the show as well
-The next bump?

Also...
-Daniel Lakemacher's visit to NH
-Ofer's incredible efforts
-My failure to connect with public school teachers about these topics

In a report for the London Daily Mirror, John Pilger recalls the stricken society he found in Cambodia in 1979 which he described in his documentary, Year Zero: the Silent Death of Cambodia. He reminds us that the Pol Pot horror emerged from the bombing ordered by Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, and that Cambodia was again "punished" when its liberators came from the wrong side of the Cold War and the Thatcher government sent special forces to train the Khmer Rouge in exile.

I still remember that evening like a fresh dream; I was barely twelve, such a little boy to know what was going on. It was a very cold evening of late November, the sky was serene blue with a few high white clouds. I put on a warm sweater under the tall leather jacket I received from my sweet aunt in my last birthday. I felt warm inside as I was preparing myself to go to my classmate just a few blocks away from our home. I asked my mom to leave and she allowed me with the promise not …

My interview on The Peter Mac Show from October 10th, 2009. I've added a quick introduction about the discussion and my "performance." Note: Because of the length, I've uploaded the MP3 at a lower bit rate (64 kbps). Please let me know if this is intolerable. Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

My interview on The Peter Mac Show from October 10th, 2009. I've added a quick introduction about the discussion and my "performance."

Note: Because of the length, I've uploaded the MP3 at a lower bit rate (64 kbps). Please let me know if this is intolerable.

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

My interview on The Peter Mac Show from October 10th, 2009. I've added a quick introduction about the discussion and my "performance."

Note: Because of the length, I've uploaded the MP3 at a lower bit rate (64 kbps). Please let me know if this is intolerable.

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

Topic:
Wes Bertrand and I continue our discussion about conformity and collectivism. Wes touches on the impact of the family in conformity. (Part 2 of 2)

This episode also includes some discussion about self-esteem, self-worth, and honoring the imagination and individualism of others.

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

Topic: Wes Bertrand and I continue our discussion about conformity and collectivism. Wes touches on the impact of the family in conformity. (Part 2 of 2)This episode also includes some discussion about self-esteem, self-worth, and honoring the imagination and individualism of others.Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

Topic:
Wes Bertrand and I continue our discussion about conformity and collectivism. Wes touches on the impact of the family in conformity. (Part 2 of 2)

This episode also includes some discussion about self-esteem, self-worth, and honoring the imagination and individualism of others.

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

John Pilger argues that the strike by British postal workers for the right to work with dignity, consultation and security has wider significance for all touched by the political regression that imposes high rates of poverty and gross wealth for an opulent minorty represented by "rescued banks" now celebrating record bonuses.

Pictured ABOVE: Most of the people you know (Foreground)

Topic:
How does training in conformity scale up to collectivism in society?
Wes Bertrand joins me to discuss conformity and collectivism
(Part 1 of 2)

I also talk about Ayn Rand's novelette, "Anthem" (1938)

(NOTE: I have to apologize for a few snaps, crackles and pops; I was experimenting with a different call-recording process)

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

Pictured ABOVE: Most of the people you know (Foreground)Topic:How does training in conformity scale up to collectivism in society? Wes Bertrand joins me to discuss conformity and collectivism(Part 1 of 2)I also talk about Ayn Rand's novelette, "Anthem" (1938)(NOTE: I have to apologize for a few snaps, crackles and pops; I was experimenting with a different call-recording process)Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

Pictured ABOVE: Most of the people you know (Foreground)

Topic:
How does training in conformity scale up to collectivism in society?
Wes Bertrand joins me to discuss conformity and collectivism
(Part 1 of 2)

I also talk about Ayn Rand's novelette, "Anthem" (1938)

(NOTE: I have to apologize for a few snaps, crackles and pops; I was experimenting with a different call-recording process)

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

John Pilger draws on George Orwell's inspiration to describe the Call of Obama: "attractive to liberal sensibilities, if not to the Afghan children he kills".

The second episode in a series aimed at detailing and dismantling specific elements of the destructive hidden curriculum in public education.

Topic:
The second embedded lesson of public education: Conformity
This is what Alexander Inglis called the "Integrating Function" of secondary education. We certainly pick it up in elementary school as well.
And who has benefited?

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

The second episode in a series aimed at detailing and dismantling specific elements of the destructive hidden curriculum in public education.Topic: The second embedded lesson of public education: ConformityThis is what Alexander Inglis called the "Integrating Function" of secondary education. We certainly pick it up in elementary school as well.And who has benefited? Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

The second episode in a series aimed at detailing and dismantling specific elements of the destructive hidden curriculum in public education.

Topic:
The second embedded lesson of public education: Conformity
This is what Alexander Inglis called the "Integrating Function" of secondary education. We certainly pick it up in elementary school as well.
And who has benefited?

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

Sometimes it’s stupid to act smart, as the same, it’s smart to act stupid, but it depends on how and when to act accordingly as the Americans say “to know when, to say when” !!! Unlike the Americans, the British …

My interview on Freedomain Radio from September 27th, 2009. I've added a quick introduction about the discussion and about my thoughts on Freedomain Radio.

freedomainradio.com

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

My interview on Freedomain Radio from September 27th, 2009. I've added a quick introduction about the discussion and about my thoughts on Freedomain Radio.freedomainradio.comPlease visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

My interview on Freedomain Radio from September 27th, 2009. I've added a quick introduction about the discussion and about my thoughts on Freedomain Radio.

freedomainradio.com

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

John Pilger compares the current drum-beating for war against Iran, based on a fake "nuclear threat", with the manufacture of a sense of false crisis that led to invasion of Iraq and the deaths of 1.3 million people.

(ABOVE: There's that tree I'm always talking about)

Topic:
Daniel Lakemacher (warisimmoral.com) joins me to discuss obedience. He also shares his personal story of how he freed himself (within the last year) from three types of crippling obedience training - public education, religion and military.

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

(ABOVE: There's that tree I'm always talking about)Topic: Daniel Lakemacher (warisimmoral.com) joins me to discuss obedience. He also shares his personal story of how he freed himself (within the last year) from three types of crippling obedience training - public education, religion and military.Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

(ABOVE: There's that tree I'm always talking about)

Topic:
Daniel Lakemacher (warisimmoral.com) joins me to discuss obedience. He also shares his personal story of how he freed himself (within the last year) from three types of crippling obedience training - public education, religion and military.

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

The first in a series of episodes aimed at detailing and dismantling specific elements of the destructive hidden curriculum in public education.

Topic:
An experience I had with students last Saturday led to a web of ideas about the problem of obedience training and about the philosophical path toward the solution...

The effect of this obedience training on 3 Values:
Reason, Purpose and Self-Esteem

“There is no neutral education. Education is either for domestication or for freedom.” -Joao Coutinho

The first in a series of episodes aimed at detailing and dismantling specific elements of the destructive hidden curriculum in public education.Topic: An experience I had with students last Saturday led to a web of ideas about the problem of obedience training and about the philosophical path toward the solution...The effect of this obedience training on 3 Values:Reason, Purpose and Self-Esteem“There is no neutral education. Education is either for domestication or for freedom.” -Joao CoutinhoPlease visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

The first in a series of episodes aimed at detailing and dismantling specific elements of the destructive hidden curriculum in public education.

Topic:
An experience I had with students last Saturday led to a web of ideas about the problem of obedience training and about the philosophical path toward the solution...

The effect of this obedience training on 3 Values:
Reason, Purpose and Self-Esteem

“There is no neutral education. Education is either for domestication or for freedom.” -Joao Coutinho

There’s a worldwide debate over the “legality” of Death Penalty, Execution or Capital Punishment as it is referred to in the different legal systems. There are people and organizations who support capital punishment and even with increasing its rates and …

(Introduction to the Hidden Lessons of School)

Topic:
Introducing the three aims of public education:
blind obedience, assimilation, and the surrender of self-ownership
The Matrix and Plato's Allegory of the Cave
What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

(Introduction to the Hidden Lessons of School)Topic: Introducing the three aims of public education: blind obedience, assimilation, and the surrender of self-ownershipThe Matrix and Plato's Allegory of the CaveWhat if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

(Introduction to the Hidden Lessons of School)

Topic:
Introducing the three aims of public education:
blind obedience, assimilation, and the surrender of self-ownership
The Matrix and Plato's Allegory of the Cave
What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

John Pilger analyses the impact of 'Blair's wars' on the Labour Party and its historic convergence with the Tories into a single ideology state.

“If every simple cell in a Jewish body entails divinity, is a part of God, then every strand of DNA is a part of God. Therefore, something is special about Jewish DNA. If a Jew needs a liver, can you …

A Young Person's Guide to Politics III(Conclusion)

Topic:
A comparison between a cluster of degrading and crippling ideas (referenced throughout the show as the "Authoritarian Absurdities") which I believe are prerequisites for embracing the political process and...The Philosophy of Liberty, based on the principles of self-ownership and property rights.

A brief discussion of popular rationalizations for these absurdities and my rebuttals.

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

A Young Person's Guide to Politics III(Conclusion)

Topic:
A comparison between a cluster of degrading and crippling ideas (referenced throughout the show as the "Authoritarian Absurdities") which I believe are prerequisites for embracing the political process and...The Philosophy of Liberty, based on the principles of self-ownership and property rights.

A brief discussion of popular rationalizations for these absurdities and my rebuttals.

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

A Young Person's Guide to Politics III(Conclusion)Topic: A comparison between a cluster of degrading and crippling ideas (referenced throughout the show as the "Authoritarian Absurdities") which I believe are prerequisites for embracing the political process and...The Philosophy of Liberty, based on the principles of self-ownership and property rights.A brief discussion of popular rationalizations for these absurdities and my rebuttals.Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

John Pilger describes the suppression of facts behind the furore over the "compassionate" release of the so-called Lockerbie bomber, Libyan Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi. He writes that Megrahi was "in effect blackmailed by the governments of Scotland and England" so that it would not be revealed in his appeal that he had been framed for a crime he did not commit.

A Young Person's Guide to Politics II

Topic:
Continued explanation of why I am against political solutions for education or anything else, AKA using the system to change the system by working within the system. Further explanation of the political process in the United States. Shocking comparison between the government and the mafia.

I also talk about Ron Paul's principles compared to other politicians, but let's be clear: a Ron Paul Presidency would solve nothing. (See article by Per Bylund below)

A Young Person's Guide to Politics II

Topic:
Continued explanation of why I am against political solutions for education or anything else, AKA using the system to change the system by working within the system. Further explanation of the political process in the United States. Shocking comparison between the government and the mafia.

I also talk about Ron Paul's principles compared to other politicians, but let's be clear: a Ron Paul Presidency would solve nothing. (See article by Per Bylund below)

A Young Person's Guide to Politics II Topic: Continued explanation of why I am against political solutions for education or anything else, AKA using the system to change the system by working within the system. Further explanation of the political process in the United States. Shocking comparison between the government and the mafia.I also talk about Ron Paul's principles compared to other politicians, but let's be clear: a Ron Paul Presidency would solve nothing. (See article by Per Bylund below)Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.

A Young Person's Guide to Politics I

Topic: Why I am against political solutions for education, AKA using the system to change the system by working within the system. To me, that sounds like a myth that came out of the system, like bears spreading rumors about staying still when you encounter bears (it's easier for them to eat you that way).

Please visit the website for full show notes, references and links.