School Sucks: Higher Education For Self-Liberation
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Today's installment is another preview of the upcoming series on logical fallacies. Topic: The KONY 2012 rabbit hole is deep and dark. In today's show, we'll poke our heads in and take a quick look around. KONY 2012 is viral You Tube film produced by the controversial Invisible Children organization. It explicitly calls for a US military intervention in Uganda to arrest warlord Joseph Kony, claiming this "grassroots" campaign and subsequent government action will serve as a model to end injustice and crimes against humanity in the world. Bumper Music: "Suburban High School" Nice Peter Look Closer: Logical Fallacies Basics http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/toc.htm Joseph Kony 2012: growing outrage in Uganda over film https://www.sott.net/articles/show/242761-Joseph-Kony-2012-growing-outrage-in-Uganda-over-film Invisible Children, Inc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Children,_Inc. Dad-son talk, celebrity tweets key to viral video http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ggyenmJc1TISpG6Yr77qpfEBt03A?docId=24a862e019ad4798b73ac3c352cc104d Joseph Kony, LRA leader, uganda - worlds first ever interview http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3358543972674478503 African Critics of Kony Campaign See a ‘White Man’s Burden’ for the Facebook Generation http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/african-critics-of-kony-campaign-hear-echoes-of-the-white-mans-burden/ Is Kony 2012 a propaganda campaign? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO9HL99itSU Your World News Interview with Keith Harmon Snow The Politics of Genocide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlPY2fWBUeU KONY 2012 Film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc THE LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY by Keith Harmon Snow http://www.whale.to/c/lord.html Trivium http://www.triviumeducation.com/trivium/ Help School Sucks, Tragedy and Hope and John Taylor Gatto: Enter the coupon code: "SCHOOLSUCKS"
Today's installment is another preview of the upcoming series on logical fallacies. Topic: The KONY 2012 rabbit hole is deep and dark. In today's show, we'll poke our heads in and take a quick look around. KONY 2012 is viral You Tube film produced by the controversial Invisible Children organization. It explicitly calls for a US military intervention in Uganda to arrest warlord Joseph Kony, claiming this "grassroots" campaign and subsequent government action will serve as a model to end injustice and crimes against humanity in the world. Bumper Music: "Suburban High School" Nice Peter Look Closer: Logical Fallacies Basics http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/toc.htm Joseph Kony 2012: growing outrage in Uganda over film https://www.sott.net/articles/show/242761-Joseph-Kony-2012-growing-outrage-in-Uganda-over-film Invisible Children, Inc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Children,_Inc. Dad-son talk, celebrity tweets key to viral video http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ggyenmJc1TISpG6Yr77qpfEBt03A?docId=24a862e019ad4798b73ac3c352cc104d Joseph Kony, LRA leader, uganda - worlds first ever interview http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3358543972674478503 African Critics of Kony Campaign See a ‘White Man’s Burden’ for the Facebook Generation http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/african-critics-of-kony-campaign-hear-echoes-of-the-white-mans-burden/ Is Kony 2012 a propaganda campaign? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO9HL99itSU Your World News Interview with Keith Harmon Snow The Politics of Genocide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlPY2fWBUeU KONY 2012 Film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc THE LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY by Keith Harmon Snow http://www.whale.to/c/lord.html Trivium http://www.triviumeducation.com/trivium/ Help School Sucks, Tragedy and Hope and John Taylor Gatto: Enter the coupon code: "SCHOOLSUCKS"
Picture: Who's this "we"? This is hour two Gardner Goldsmith's Liberty Conspiracy live show, from March 1st, 2012. The show airs Sunday through Thursday at 10pm EST on the Liberty Radio Network.Gardner and I discuss a variety of school-related topics, after my half-hour introduction about John Dewey, donations/subscription encouragement - through an appeal to emotion (sorry) - and the upcoming SSP website. NOTE: Sorry about the background noise; I'm still working out some kinks with the new set-up. Discussed: -An email from a high school student -The Milgrim Experiment -Collectivism -Sam Blumenfeld's research -John Dewey -Primary Sources -Erica Goldson -Suggestions for students and parents Bumper Music: "If I Ruled the World" Jamie Cullum Look Closer: Stanley Milgram: Obedience to Authority (1974) http://www.panarchy.org/milgram/obedience.html WHO KILLED EXCELLENCE? by Samuel L. Blumenfeld http://richmondacademy.org/WhoKilledExcellence.aspx REVEALING "QUOTES" ON THE GOALS OF PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY http://www.psychquotes.com/ The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1895-1898. Early Essays By John Dewey http://books.google.com/ The Essential Dewey: Pragmatism, education, democracy By John Dewey, Larry Hickman, Thomas M. Alexander http://books.google.com/ Help School Sucks: Become A Monthly Subscriber http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com/ Help School Sucks, Tragedy and Hope and John Taylor Gatto:
Picture: Who's this "we"? This is hour two Gardner Goldsmith's Liberty Conspiracy live show, from March 1st, 2012. The show airs Sunday through Thursday at 10pm EST on the Liberty Radio Network.Gardner and I discuss a variety of school-related topics, after my half-hour introduction about John Dewey, donations/subscription encouragement - through an appeal to emotion (sorry) - and the upcoming SSP website. NOTE: Sorry about the background noise; I'm still working out some kinks with the new set-up. Discussed: -An email from a high school student -The Milgrim Experiment -Collectivism -Sam Blumenfeld's research -John Dewey -Primary Sources -Erica Goldson -Suggestions for students and parents Bumper Music: "If I Ruled the World" Jamie Cullum Look Closer: Stanley Milgram: Obedience to Authority (1974) http://www.panarchy.org/milgram/obedience.html WHO KILLED EXCELLENCE? by Samuel L. Blumenfeld http://richmondacademy.org/WhoKilledExcellence.aspx REVEALING "QUOTES" ON THE GOALS OF PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY http://www.psychquotes.com/ The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1895-1898. Early Essays By John Dewey http://books.google.com/ The Essential Dewey: Pragmatism, education, democracy By John Dewey, Larry Hickman, Thomas M. Alexander http://books.google.com/ Help School Sucks: Become A Monthly Subscriber http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com/ Help School Sucks, Tragedy and Hope and John Taylor Gatto:
Today Richard Grove from TragedyandHope.com joins me to discuss his recent film, The Ultimate History Lesson - A Weekend With John Taylor Gatto. From theultimatehistorylesson.com: The Ultimate History Lesson is a 5-hour course, illustrating the cause and effect relationship of how Americans became incoherent, and thus how the American dream has was usurped by an international agenda. When John Taylor Gatto resigned from his job, he did so on the Op-Ed page of the Wall Street Journal. At the time, he was NYC and New York State School Teacher of the Year. The Ultimate History Lesson is presented as a five-hour interview session -memorializing Gatto's research, publications and life experiences- which forms an impeccable resource and reference library of the Underground History of American Education. Each hour focuses on examining the evolution of ideas which manifest today in the phenomenon of "public schooling". By dissecting the history and presenting you with the references, you're left at the end of each hour with a copious amount of information from which you can continue your own personal journey of discovery. With more than 200 footnotes and more than 30 book references contained in its entirety, this unique interview provides you with the primary sources, quotes, links, and suggested resources to expedite your own open-source education. Bumper Music: "Gangsters" The Specials Look Closer: The Underground History of American Education, by John Taylor Gatto http://johntaylorgatto.com/underground/ "How to Train Fleas?" / John Taylor Gatto, a sample from The Ultimate History Lesson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJhSAv-NrDo A Fabian Socialist Dream Come True http://www.nolanchart.com/article4425-a-fabian-socialist-dream-come-true.html Peace Revolution Podcast http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com/ Peace Revolution episode 037: Justified Sinners / The History of Eugenics in America http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com/entry/2011-08-14T18_46_27-07_00 SOURCED TRANSCRIPT: THE ULTIMATE HISTORY LESSON / A WEEKEND WITH JOHN TAYLOR GATTO http://www.scribd.com/doc/76968236/SOURCED-TRANSCRIPT-The-Ultimate-History-Lesson-A-Weekend-with-John-Taylor-Gatto Amazon Erases Orwell Books From Kindle http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html
Today Richard Grove from TragedyandHope.com joins me to discuss his recent film, The Ultimate History Lesson - A Weekend With John Taylor Gatto. From theultimatehistorylesson.com: The Ultimate History Lesson is a 5-hour course, illustrating the cause and effect relationship of how Americans became incoherent, and thus how the American dream has was usurped by an international agenda. When John Taylor Gatto resigned from his job, he did so on the Op-Ed page of the Wall Street Journal. At the time, he was NYC and New York State School Teacher of the Year. The Ultimate History Lesson is presented as a five-hour interview session -memorializing Gatto's research, publications and life experiences- which forms an impeccable resource and reference library of the Underground History of American Education. Each hour focuses on examining the evolution of ideas which manifest today in the phenomenon of "public schooling". By dissecting the history and presenting you with the references, you're left at the end of each hour with a copious amount of information from which you can continue your own personal journey of discovery. With more than 200 footnotes and more than 30 book references contained in its entirety, this unique interview provides you with the primary sources, quotes, links, and suggested resources to expedite your own open-source education. Bumper Music: "Gangsters" The Specials Look Closer: The Underground History of American Education, by John Taylor Gatto http://johntaylorgatto.com/underground/ "How to Train Fleas?" / John Taylor Gatto, a sample from The Ultimate History Lesson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJhSAv-NrDo A Fabian Socialist Dream Come True http://www.nolanchart.com/article4425-a-fabian-socialist-dream-come-true.html Peace Revolution Podcast http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com/ Peace Revolution episode 037: Justified Sinners / The History of Eugenics in America http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com/entry/2011-08-14T18_46_27-07_00 SOURCED TRANSCRIPT: THE ULTIMATE HISTORY LESSON / A WEEKEND WITH JOHN TAYLOR GATTO http://www.scribd.com/doc/76968236/SOURCED-TRANSCRIPT-The-Ultimate-History-Lesson-A-Weekend-with-John-Taylor-Gatto Amazon Erases Orwell Books From Kindle http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html
Today's installment is a preview of the upcoming series on logical fallacies. This series will probably begin some time in March. Topic: I examine a clip of Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney slithering his way through a statement defending his support of the National Defense Authorization Act. Before being asked if he would have signed the bill as written, the moderator explains how the NDAA includes the new executive power to indefinitely detain American citizens. Romney don't care. His response is less than two minutes and contains over 20 logical fallacies. Bumper Music: "Rebirth of Slick" Digable Planets Look Closer: Logical Fallacies Basics http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/toc.htm Romney admits he would have signed the National Defense Authorization Act if he were president http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUZoPnYjx0g Mitt Romney: Champion of Big Government http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/howell5.html Romney as Job Creator Clashes with Bain Record of Job Cuts http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-20/romney-as-job-creator-clashes-with-bain-record-of-job-cuts.html SEEKING TAXES, ROMNEY WENT AFTER BUSINESS http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_19021876 The Authentic Cruelty of a Synthetic Man http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w213.html
Today's installment is a preview of the upcoming series on logical fallacies. This series will probably begin some time in March. Topic: I examine a clip of Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney slithering his way through a statement defending his support of the National Defense Authorization Act. Before being asked if he would have signed the bill as written, the moderator explains how the NDAA includes the new executive power to indefinitely detain American citizens. Romney don't care. His response is less than two minutes and contains over 20 logical fallacies. Bumper Music: "Rebirth of Slick" Digable Planets Look Closer: Logical Fallacies Basics http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/toc.htm Romney admits he would have signed the National Defense Authorization Act if he were president http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUZoPnYjx0g Mitt Romney: Champion of Big Government http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/howell5.html Romney as Job Creator Clashes with Bain Record of Job Cuts http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-20/romney-as-job-creator-clashes-with-bain-record-of-job-cuts.html SEEKING TAXES, ROMNEY WENT AFTER BUSINESS http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_19021876 The Authentic Cruelty of a Synthetic Man http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w213.html
Picture: There's nothing sexy about hurting peaceful people who commit victimless "crimes." School Sucks Podcast does not support or encourage teenage drug use. However, SSP also does not support or encourage predatory police practices targeting and entrapping high school students. Topic: After listening to a piece called "21 Chump Street" on NPR's This American Life, I was compelled to devote some time to the threat of NARCS and informants infiltrating public schools, with the consent of administrators, of course. Jason Osborne and Dale Everett join me once again, and as Free Staters, we are not strangers to this concern. Jason also produced a video called Never Get Raided, which explains how to identify undercover agents. Bumper Music: "The French Connection Theme" by Don Ellis Look Closer: How an Attractive, Undercover Cop Posed as a Student -- Then Entrapped a Smitten Teen to "Sell" Her Marijuana http://www.alternet.org/story/154164/how_an_attractive_undercover_cop_posed_as_a_student__then_entrapped_a_smitten_teen_to_sell_her_marijuana Dale's Website - Flaming Freedom http://flamingfreedom.com/ This American Life Episode 457 http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/457/what-i-did-for-love ROP Police Training Program (Example) http://rop.sutter.k12.ca.us/Content/PubServ/LawEnf.aspx
Picture: There's nothing sexy about hurting peaceful people who commit victimless "crimes." School Sucks Podcast does not support or encourage teenage drug use. However, SSP also does not support or encourage predatory police practices targeting and entrapping high school students. Topic: After listening to a piece called "21 Chump Street" on NPR's This American Life, I was compelled to devote some time to the threat of NARCS and informants infiltrating public schools, with the consent of administrators, of course. Jason Osborne and Dale Everett join me once again, and as Free Staters, we are not strangers to this concern. Jason also produced a video called Never Get Raided, which explains how to identify undercover agents. Bumper Music: "The French Connection Theme" by Don Ellis Look Closer: How an Attractive, Undercover Cop Posed as a Student -- Then Entrapped a Smitten Teen to "Sell" Her Marijuana http://www.alternet.org/story/154164/how_an_attractive_undercover_cop_posed_as_a_student__then_entrapped_a_smitten_teen_to_sell_her_marijuana Dale's Website - Flaming Freedom http://flamingfreedom.com/ This American Life Episode 457 http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/457/what-i-did-for-love ROP Police Training Program (Example) http://rop.sutter.k12.ca.us/Content/PubServ/LawEnf.aspx
My guest today is Sydney Roc, the host of Gaming and Liberty Podcast. Our discussion goes in several directions, but it includes a lot of previously unexplored material for this show. Discussed: -SOPA/PIPA -Piracy and Intellectual Property -The Educational Value of Games vs. School -Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation -Military Propaganda in Video Games -Zelda Look Closer: How the Internet blackout affected congressional support for PIPA/SOPA http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/how-the-internet-blackout-affe.html ReviewTechUSA: RIAA/MPAA: New Tech, Old Tricks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMIKGiamj4 Gaming and Liberty Episode 16 – Introducing Games for Change http://www.gamingandliberty.com/2011/12/05/episode-16-introducing-games-for-change/
My guest today is Sydney Roc, the host of Gaming and Liberty Podcast. Our discussion goes in several directions, but it includes a lot of previously unexplored material for this show. Discussed: -SOPA/PIPA -Piracy and Intellectual Property -The Educational Value of Games vs. School -Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation -Military Propaganda in Video Games -Zelda Look Closer: How the Internet blackout affected congressional support for PIPA/SOPA http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/how-the-internet-blackout-affe.html ReviewTechUSA: RIAA/MPAA: New Tech, Old Tricks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hMIKGiamj4 Gaming and Liberty Episode 16 – Introducing Games for Change http://www.gamingandliberty.com/2011/12/05/episode-16-introducing-games-for-change/
Picture: Johann Gottlieb Fichte was one of the German intellectuals behind institutionalized compulsory schooling. Look into his eyes. From anarchast.com: To us, Anarchy means freedom. The desire to live without a violent, coercive State. Anarchy is peace, love and prosperity. Free markets. And, power to the people. Topic: Jeff and I discuss my path to voluntarism, Ron Paul, the intellectual insults of presidential campaigning, the purpose of School Sucks Podcast, unschooling, critical thinking and the history of government school. Look Closer: About Jeff Berwick http://anarchast.com/about/ 106: A Young Person's Guide To Politics (Appendix A) - Ron Paul, The Final Fantasy http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com/entry/2011-10-19T06_33_27-07_00 Freedomain Radio http://www.freedomainradio.com/ Complete Liberty http://completeliberty.com/
Picture: Johann Gottlieb Fichte was one of the German intellectuals behind institutionalized compulsory schooling. Look into his eyes. From anarchast.com: To us, Anarchy means freedom. The desire to live without a violent, coercive State. Anarchy is peace, love and prosperity. Free markets. And, power to the people. Topic: Jeff and I discuss my path to voluntarism, Ron Paul, the intellectual insults of presidential campaigning, the purpose of School Sucks Podcast, unschooling, critical thinking and the history of government school. Look Closer: About Jeff Berwick http://anarchast.com/about/ 106: A Young Person's Guide To Politics (Appendix A) - Ron Paul, The Final Fantasy http://schoolsucks.podomatic.com/entry/2011-10-19T06_33_27-07_00 Freedomain Radio http://www.freedomainradio.com/ Complete Liberty http://completeliberty.com/
This is hour one of Gardner Goldsmith's Liberty Conspiracy live show. I am tentatively planning to do this once per week. The show airs Sunday through Thursday at 10pm EST on the Liberty Radio Network. Topic: We start out coming a story about Senator Rand Paul being detained by the TSA, and then expand the discussion to include the history of government regulation of air travel, the efficacy and legitimacy of the US Constitution, and the concept of collectivism. Look Closer: Liberty Conspiracy Website http://libertyconspiracy.com/ Gardner On School Sucks Podcast 028 - Let's Make A Hero! (FDR) http://www.schoolsucksproject.com/podcasts/29 Gardner On School Sucks Podcast 027 - Let's Make A Hero! (Abraham Lincoln) http://www.schoolsucksproject.com/podcasts/28
