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Philosophisn'tGate City 180 Founder Dana Daughtry on Overcoming Addiction, Incarceration, and HomelessnessDana Daughtry talks to Roman Raies of Philosophisnt about what made it possible for him to overcome the extreme adversities of homelessness, a criminal record, being kidnapped, and addiction to hard drugs in Greensboro North Carolina. While his story is a testament to his personal willpower, it is also a testament to the importance of meeting those on the outskirts of society with genuine faith, patience, compassion, and humility.
As someone who has been in their situation, Daughtry is now the founder of Gate City 180, a nonprofit organization that serves the city’s homeless through an approach that...
2024-07-2541 minPhilosophisn'tJose Vega on Economic Development “Without Limits”, Suicide in Decadent Cultures, and ImperialismCongressional Candidate Jose Vega joins Roman Riaes on Philosophisnt to his interpretation of Lyndon LaRouche’s political philosophy, his candidacy, and the types of opposition that it faces. As someone who communicates his views fearlessly, Jose Vega is known for his viral confrontations with Kamala Harris, members of the squad, and what one may call “establishment” figures for their unwillingness to acknowledge when international humanitarian disasters are the fault of the U.S. Similar to LaRouche, Jose argues that a spirit of antigrowth, even antinatalist pessimism pervades politics, culture, and economics. Wars held by the imperial serve the function of lim...
2024-07-1257 minPhilosophisn'tShannon Bray on Administrative Bloat, The Deficit, Restoring The Gold Standard, Digital Currencies and Libertarian Politics North Carolina Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Shannon Bray is the man to ask when you have questions about the economy, technology, and the future of policymaking. With his background as a Navy veteran and a technology contractor Shannon Bray has a lot of experience with how administrations think, work, and (dis)function. He joined Philosophisnt co-hosts Roman Raies and Mathew Girardin with his how bureaucracy often creates perverse incentives, why he believes restoring the gold standard is needed, and his personal experiences of facing inefficient and unjust court proceedings.
As a Libertarian, Shannon Bray argues for his c...
2024-07-112h 17Philosophisn'tChase Oliver on Classical Liberalism, Economic Planning, The Fed, Free Speech and PalestineUnited States Presidential candidate Chase Oliver discusses how he came into politics as a police accountability, and "anti-bush war" activist and how this background forms his ideology. Though some of his stances overlap with progressives, he is not a leftist at all, but a gun-loving, American-style libertarian. In this interview, he defends the classical liberal tradition's view of the individual's relationship to society and challenges conventional wisdom on economics regarding trade wars, monetary policy, taxes, and economic planning. As the only major U.S. Presidential candidate to promise an end to the genocide of Palestinians, Chase's thoughts on freedom...
2024-07-051h 12
Philosophisn'tCongressional Candidate Steve Feldman: Eliminating the deficit, end militaristic escalation, oppose Israel’s killings and apartheid.The world-renowned dermatology expert, relative of Holocaust survivors, and author Dr. Steve Feldman is running for Congress to represent North Carolina’s tenth congressional district as a Libertarian Candidate.
Feldman believes that the debt burdening the government is unsustainable and that eliminating the deficit is essential to free resources for more useful allocations. Unlike me and other candidates I have interviewed like the former Libertarian Candidate Jeff Scott, he does not see unsustainable debt and unwise policies as a result of deliberate corruption. He instead believes that people in office genuinely mean well but mak...
2024-05-291h 14Philosophisn'tJuan Castellini on Javier Milei in the Context of Argentine Political EconomyUntil the 1940s, Argentina’s political economy was an archetypal example of agro-export model capitalism. Politics existed to serve Argentina’s elite landowning oligarchy whose interests were tied to foreign interests, particularly those of the British empire. Electoral politics was tolerated only so far as it did not interfere with the business of extraction. Argentina’s markets were never laissez-faire, but rather, cronyist. Monopolies like CADE supported politicians in return for capturing Argentina’s markets and state support. At one point, British shippers had the rights to transport 80% of Argentine beef exports and a British company became the beneficiary of loans...
2024-01-081h 31Philosophisn'tThe Stair Party’s Project: Decentralization of American Political EconomyAlex Darlington, Chair of the Stair Party argues his wide-ranging, yet poignant critique of the American Political-Economic system. The American government has liberal democratic institutions, but the ways by which society is ruled more closely resemble kleptocratic ones. Rather than giving voters authentic choices to change the status quo, in his view, the two major electoral parties wield power the same way monopolies usurp competition in markets. The systematic gatekeeping by the Republicans and Democrats drives away dark horse challenger candidates and scares voters into submission by constantly resorting to fearful “Vote for the lesser of two evils” rhetoric. Meanw...
2023-08-241h 22Philosophisn'tThe First Principles Approach of Ray NothstineI speak with Ray Nothstine of the John Locke Foundation about first principles thinking, economic policy ideas, and complicated trends in American politics. He explains the key ideological premises driving tensions between different variations of conservatism within the Republican party and the broader conservative movement.
He is a fascinating thinker whose work I would recommend for thought-provoking insights.
His key links can be found here in the link
https://www.johnlocke.org/about/team/ray-nothstine/
2022-11-0759 minPhilosophisn'tMatt Torrijos on Marx's Futurism and Christian EthicsMatt Torrijos is a construction worker and Marxist who spends his free time researching politics, and reading Marxist theory. In this episode, he gives one of the clearest and most thought-provoking explanations of the Marxist view of history that I have ever heard. Many textbook explanations will emphasize the historical context of Marx's thoughts, but Matt Torrijos takes things a step further; he argues that automation and other technologies Marx only could have speculated about make the progression of stages of history, inevitable.
Matt is also a Christian who believes not only that Marxism is compatible with...
2022-10-1742 minPhilosophisn'tMichael Gavin on Global Politics, Media and Facing AntisemitismMichael Gavin is the founder of Uniic Media, the Viva La Pura Foundation, and Be Uniic Media and Marketing. He discusses his journalistic philosophy and entrepreneurial motivation to change the media landscape through his Uniic Media. Uniic Media focuses on conciseness so that important details which are often missed due to repetitiveness of coverage in other media sources are included in Uniic Media stories.
We discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the gossip culture of DC, current economic situations, and factors that have contributed to the decline in media trust. Michael also discussed his personal experience facing and w...
2022-10-0157 min
Philosophisn'tChristian Matheis on Anarchofuturism, Bioregionalism, and Finance's Takeover of EconomicsChristian Matheis is not an orthodox thinker. A professor and researcher of Community Justice Studies at Guilford College, his work spans many disciplines and criticizes them too. Much of his thought is rooted in anarchofuturism, a worldview that advocates the use of science and technology to design communities, "political" systems, and modes of economic organization which prioritize societal health, emotional well-being, and environmental sustainability. While he does not pretend to know all the answers, Matheis presents a powerful critique of the assumptions which underline current social scientific discourse in favor of setting human wellbeing as a priority from a...
2022-04-1849 minPhilosophisn'tFillipi Rocha on the Elixer NFT and Web 3.0In this episode, we have Fillipi back on the show to discuss his creation of what is probably the world's first carbon-neutral NFT, Elixer. Purchasing Elixer finances planting of the tree through the World Health Society nonprofit Fillipi founded which we discussed in our first episode two years ago.
Fillipi also gives us a general overview of how blockchain technology works, the major trends in Web 3.0 monetization, and its implications for art, esports, and even voting.
2022-03-2939 min
Philosophisn'tDerek Mobley on Theories of Capitalism, Esports and Social PolicyIn this episode, Candidate for County Commissioner Derek Mobley discusses how different thinkers viewed capitalism, and his ambitious plans for Guilford County including improving public safety, funding programs designed to encourage de-escalation in policing, preventing youth from engagement in criminal activities which would harm their futures, enacting environmental preservation initiatives, and of course, building an esports stadium.
2021-12-091h 05Philosophisn'tLooking Back - What Lesson Does Hong Kong's National Security Law Have For The World?In this episode, I explain the implications of Hong Kong's national security law. Since it's passage last year, Hong Kong has been transformed from a relatively independent city-state, into city governed in quite the same way as the Chinese mainland, with only Chinese approved candidates and parties able to govern. Dozens of activists have been arrested under charges of sedition, the false accusation that they are working for foreign governments, when really the CCP's goal is to crush the democracy movement once and for all.
2021-08-1513 minPhilosophisn'tThrowback - The Black Lives Matter Movement Must Be Pragmatic Not UtopianHow calling to abolish the police will backfire and what activists should do instead.
2021-08-1513 minPhilosophisn'tFilipi Rocha's Bold Plans to Reduce Poverty And Conserve Rainforest LandEngineer and philanthropist Filipi Rocha describes how traveling the world gave him the insight needed to fight poverty as efficiently as possibly.
2021-08-1507 min