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Jun 16, 2021 • 1h 8min

EP #49 | A conversation with Michael Rectenwald

Michael Rectenwald and Stephen Hicks on postmodernism, postmodern politics, the contemporary Left, and the state of education, culture, society, the media, and politics. For the video of this conversation please visit Michael Rectenwald’s YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2V9HKAlUm8 Website:  http://www.opencollegepodcast.com http://www.StepheHicks.org 
Support Open College with BitCoin & Crypto https://cointr.ee/opencollegepodcast Stephen Hicks Books: Liberalism: Pro & Con https://www.amazon.ca/Liberalism-Stephen-R-C-Hicks/dp/1925826821/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-4 Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault https://www.amazon.ca/Explaining-Postmodernism-Skepticism-Socialism-Rousseau-ebook/dp/B005D53DG0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-1 Nietzsche and the Nazis https://www.amazon.ca/Nietzsche-Nazis-Stephen-R-C-Hicks-ebook/dp/B003XVYHRU/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-2 Pocket Guide to Postmodernism https://www.amazon.ca/Pocket-Guide-Postmodernism-Andrew-Colgan-ebook/dp/B08DQ3MYHQ/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-3 Open College Audio Platforms Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud http://www.soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw Video Platforms YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Lbry.tv https://lbry.tv/@StephenHicksOpenCollege:4/open-college-with-dr-stephen-hicks-ep-45:5 Odysee https://odysee.com/@StephenHicksOpenCollege:4 Join our email list - http://eepurl.com/dEEsTj Contact Dr. Hicks, on twitter @SRChicks or visit http://www.StephenHicks.org Social Media Links Telegram & Chat: Parler: @OpenCollege Minds: www.minds.com/opencollege Facebook: www.facebook.com/OpenCollegePodcast gab.ai: www.gab.ai/opencollege MeWe: mewe.com/i/possiblycorrectmedia
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Mar 1, 2021 • 31min

EP #48 | Schooling to Develop or Stunt Kids’ Potential?

We say we want children to grow to be self-reliant, creative problem-solving adults. But in schooling kids, do we follow through on that? Do schools teach independence of mind and action or do students learn compliance? Do students learn that life is about solving new problems or are they instructed that authorities have the answers? Do students learn experimentalism and that success typically comes after much failure or do they learn that failure is a source of shame? Does our education system stunt kid’s potential? Sponsored By CleanMyMac: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/cleanmymacstephenhicks NordVPN: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/opencollegenordvpn Ledger Secure Crypto Hard Wallet: http://shop.ledger.com/pages/christmas-pack?r=90dc644f6eea Website:  http://www.opencollegepodcast.com http://www.StepheHicks.org 
Support Open College with BitCoin & Crypto https://cointr.ee/opencollegepodcast Stephen Hicks Books: Liberalism: Pro & Con https://www.amazon.ca/Liberalism-Stephen-R-C-Hicks/dp/1925826821/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-4 Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault https://www.amazon.ca/Explaining-Postmodernism-Skepticism-Socialism-Rousseau-ebook/dp/B005D53DG0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-1 Nietzsche and the Nazis https://www.amazon.ca/Nietzsche-Nazis-Stephen-R-C-Hicks-ebook/dp/B003XVYHRU/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-2 Pocket Guide to Postmodernism https://www.amazon.ca/Pocket-Guide-Postmodernism-Andrew-Colgan-ebook/dp/B08DQ3MYHQ/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-3 Open College Audio Platforms Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud http://www.soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw Video Platforms YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Lbry.tv https://lbry.tv/@StephenHicksOpenCollege:4/open-college-with-dr-stephen-hicks-ep-45:5 Odysee https://odysee.com/@StephenHicksOpenCollege:4 Join our email list - http://eepurl.com/dEEsTj Contact Dr. Hicks, on twitter @SRChicks or visit http://www.StephenHicks.org Parler: @OpenCollege Minds: www.minds.com/opencollege Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/OpenCollegePodcast gab.ai: www.gab.ai/opencollege MeWe: mewe.com/i/possiblycorrectmedia About the Author: Stephen R.C. Hicks is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and author of Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, and “What Entrepreneurs Can Teach Us About Life,” published in The Wall Street Journal. His full 15-lecture Philosophy of Education course is viewable free online at YouTube.
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Jan 7, 2021 • 54min

EP #47 | The Robots Will Free Us

The impact from the development of automation and artificial intelligence technologies will be significant and perhaps more significant than any previous technological revolutions. What are the business and economic impacts of these evolving technologies? What will be their impact on our work lives? Will they free humanity, enslave us all or perhaps there is another outcome to consider? Sponsored By CleanMyMac: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/cleanmymacstephenhicks NordVPN: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/opencollegenordvpn Ledger Secure Crypto Hard Wallet: http://shop.ledger.com/pages/christmas-pack?r=90dc644f6eea Website:  http://www.opencollegepodcast.com http://www.StepheHicks.org 
Support Open College with BitCoin & Crypto https://cointr.ee/opencollegepodcast Stephen Hicks Books: Liberalism: Pro & Con https://www.amazon.ca/Liberalism-Stephen-R-C-Hicks/dp/1925826821/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-4 Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault https://www.amazon.ca/Explaining-Postmodernism-Skepticism-Socialism-Rousseau-ebook/dp/B005D53DG0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-1 Nietzsche and the Nazis https://www.amazon.ca/Nietzsche-Nazis-Stephen-R-C-Hicks-ebook/dp/B003XVYHRU/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-2 Pocket Guide to Postmodernism https://www.amazon.ca/Pocket-Guide-Postmodernism-Andrew-Colgan-ebook/dp/B08DQ3MYHQ/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-3 Open College Audio Platforms Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud http://www.soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw Video Platforms YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Lbry.tv https://lbry.tv/@StephenHicksOpenCollege:4/open-college-with-dr-stephen-hicks-ep-45:5 Odysee https://odysee.com/@StephenHicksOpenCollege:4 Join our email list - http://eepurl.com/dEEsTj Contact Dr. Hicks, on twitter @SRChicks or visit http://www.StephenHicks.org Parler: @OpenCollege Minds: www.minds.com/opencollege Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/OpenCollegePodcast gab.ai: www.gab.ai/opencollege MeWe: mewe.com/i/possiblycorrectmedia Sources: Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler, The Future Is Faster than You Think. 2020. Genesis 3:17 and God’s punishing Adam: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’  cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground”.  John Maynard Keynes. “Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren.” Essays in Persuasion, New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1963, pp. 358-373. Douglas Rushkoff, Team Human. 2019. John Tamny, The End of Work. 2018. Thimonnier and the riot. See also pp. 55-8 of Ruth Brandon's A Capitalist Romance: Singer & the Sewing Machine).
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Nov 26, 2020 • 38min

EP #46 | Arachne vs. Athena - Moral Philosophy Begins

Let me tell you a little bed time story. A story that involves humans and gods and present a human philosophical question dating back a few thousand of years ago. The story or Arachne and Athena. Sponsored By CleanMyMac: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/cleanmymacstephenhicks NordVPN: http://www.possiblycorrect.com/opencollegenordvpn Website:  http://www.opencollegepodcast.com http://www.StepheHicks.org 
Support Open College with BitCoin & BitCoin Cash BTC Bitcoin: 193B5u744gTB1iRbLRvZpvRB4SBC1wNMZW BCH bitcoincash:qpvz5svmzp4jjdp7pecqkwhgwu4ysun63y4nkneqpc Stephen Hicks Books: Liberalism: Pro & Con https://www.amazon.ca/Liberalism-Stephen-R-C-Hicks/dp/1925826821/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-4 Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault https://www.amazon.ca/Explaining-Postmodernism-Skepticism-Socialism-Rousseau-ebook/dp/B005D53DG0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-1 Nietzsche and the Nazis https://www.amazon.ca/Nietzsche-Nazis-Stephen-R-C-Hicks-ebook/dp/B003XVYHRU/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-2 Pocket Guide to Postmodernism https://www.amazon.ca/Pocket-Guide-Postmodernism-Andrew-Colgan-ebook/dp/B08DQ3MYHQ/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=stephen+hicks&qid=1606248873&sr=8-3 Open College Audio Platforms Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud http://www.soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw Video Platforms YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Lbry.tv https://lbry.tv/@StephenHicksOpenCollege:4/open-college-with-dr-stephen-hicks-ep-45:5 Odysee https://odysee.com/@StephenHicksOpenCollege:4 Join our email list - http://eepurl.com/dEEsTj Contact Dr. Hicks, on twitter @SRChicks or visit http://www.StephenHicks.org Parler: @OpenCollege Minds: www.minds.com/opencollege Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/OpenCollegePodcast gab.ai: www.gab.ai/opencollege
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Nov 3, 2020 • 49min

EP #45 | Slavery’s Greatest Enemies

One the great moral achievements of history is the near-elimination of slavery. In contrast to popular narratives, west and east African kingdoms practiced slavery extensively, both for internal purposes and for external sale to Arabs, who for centuries had transported African slaves to Asia and Europe. East and south Asians had also practiced slavery extensively for millennia. Native Americans also had slaves and other forms of forced labor. How then did humanity evolve to understand that slavery is abhorrent and should be outlawed for the good of humanity. Who if anyone can claim credit for this monumental achievement? Open College Links Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud http://www.soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Join our email list - http://eepurl.com/dEEsTj Contact Dr. Hicks, on twitter @SRChicks or visit http://www.StephenHicks.org Parler: @OpenCollege Minds: www.minds.com/opencollege Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/OpenCollegePodcast gab.ai: www.gab.ai/opencollege
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Oct 20, 2020 • 53min

EP #44 | Ayn Rand’s Critique of Nietzsche’s Ethics

Open College Links Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud http://www.soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Join our email list - http://eepurl.com/dEEsTj Contact Dr. Hicks, on twitter @SRChicks or visit http://www.StephenHicks.org Parler: @OpenCollege Minds: www.minds.com/opencollege Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/OpenCollegePodcast gab.ai: www.gab.ai/opencollege Related:Journal article: “Egoism in Nietzsche and Rand” [pdf] and Professor Lester Hunt’s rejoinder [pdf].Book: Nietzsche and the Nazis.Blog post: Nietzsche as public choice theorist.
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Oct 1, 2020 • 54min

EP #43 | Nietzsche’s Natural Slaves and Masters

Where does morality come from? Are moral codes conscious formulations of one’s needs and interests? Nietzsche is one of the great critics of human psychology asserting that we have a widespread weakness and asks what are the origins of this widespread weakness? Should we all in contrast "Live dangerously?" How does Nietzsche’s scorn for Plato, Christians, Kant and the welfare state intersect with the two main audiences his work attracts? Dr. Hicks critiques these and many other questions surrounding Nietzsche philosophy on slave morality and altruism. Open College Links Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud http://www.soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Join our email list - http://eepurl.com/dEEsTj Contact Dr. Hicks, on twitter @SRChicks or visit http://www.StephenHicks.org Parler: @OpenCollege Minds: www.minds.com/opencollege Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/OpenCollegePodcast gab.ai: www.gab.ai/opencollege
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Aug 17, 2020 • 1h 2min

EP #42 | A conversation with John Anderson

John Anderson served as Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for 6 years between 1999 and 2005 under John Howard and a respected intellectual voice engaged in the discussions and debates on on the changing culture and political landscape for a uniquely Australian perspective. For the original video link please visit John Anderson’s youTube Channel. https://youtu.be/OpZ5cvPkDT8 Open College Links Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast/ep-25-thales-revolution Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Join our email list - http://eepurl.com/dEEsTj Contact Dr. Hicks, on twitter @SRChicks or visit http://www.StephenHicks.org Parler: @OpenCollege Minds: www.minds.com/opencollege Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/OpenCollegePodcast gab.ai: www.gab.ai/opencollege
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Aug 5, 2020 • 58min

EP #41 | PPP & the Soul of Free Market Liberalism

The Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) is a 2020 government program available to businesses and organizations, primarily in response to the economic damage done by Covid-19 slowdowns, shut-downs, and lock-downs. What are the moral arguments and principles one should consider when assessing the consequences of PPP and what is the context of decision-making with regards to PPP in a free-market liberal organization. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast/ep-25-thales-revolution Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw Join our email list - http://eepurl.com/dEEsTj Contact Dr. Hicks, on twitter @SRChicks or visit http://www.StephenHicks.org Parler: @OpenCollege Minds: www.minds.com/opencollege Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/OpenCollegePodcast gab.ai: www.gab.ai/opencollege
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Jul 16, 2020 • 59min

EP #40 | Defending Explaining Post Modernism: Cuck & Multiversity

Two intelligent, non-professional responses to my book explaining postmodernism. A study in contrast. Content, method, and civility. Special thanks to The Multiversity Project. Please check out The Multiversity Project debate on Explaining Postmodernism. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEf8qojnopE Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0SlADNURV6CzCcGfnh5mZG https://multiversityproject.co/ Contact Multiversity through Twitter: @multiversitypro @arielleplus @queirikelly @cguida6. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast/ep-25-thales-revolution Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw Join our email list - http://eepurl.com/dEEsTj Contact Dr. Hicks, on twitter @SRChicks or visit http://www.StephenHicks.org Parler: @OpenCollege Minds: www.minds.com/opencollege Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/OpenCollegePodcast gab.ai: www.gab.ai/opencollege

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