Dad Saves America

At the 94th Academy Awards, Troy Kotsur won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in CODA, available on Apple TV+. He is first deaf man, and second deaf performer after Marlee Matlin, to win an Academy Award.

However, long before this historic accomplishment, Kotsur already had a successful career on stage, particularly in Deaf West Theatre productions. He also has appeared in movies and on TV, including joining George Lucas’ Star Wars universe as a Tusken Raider in Disney’s The Mandalorian, created by Jon Favreau and currently streaming on Disney+.

Kotsur visited Austin, Texas in June to collaborate with Dad Saves America on an upcoming documentary about his story, with a focus on the impact of dads on the flourishing of their children. Kotsur’s visit culminated in a live event at Texas School for the Deaf, during which he taught an acting workshop for students and, later in the evening, gave a speech that drew a packed audience.

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Troy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/troykotsur/?hl=en

Troy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TroyKotsur?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Texas School for the Deaf: https://www.tsd.state.tx.us/

Deaf West Theatre: https://www.deafwest.org/

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Outline: 

[0:00] Intro 

[1:43] The impact of “CODA” 

[12:35] Choosing roles as an actor 

[15:15] Educating the public about ASL 

[17:00] Troy’s dad is his hero 

[27:19] Rejecting victimhood 

[30:27] Growing up deaf 

[35:04] Cochlear implants aren’t for everyone  

[42:42] The public school experience as a deaf teenager   

[55:40] Troy’s dad was pillar of the community 

[58:38] Advice for parents of deaf children 

[1:01:17] Sending your children out into the world 

[1:07:25] Acting is a tough job 

[1:12:03] Bringing together deaf and hearing audiences  

[1:17:34] What it means to be a hero 

[1:20:09] The role of dad in the American story 

[1:24:21] Troy’s plans for the future 

[1:25:24] Outro

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Dad Saves America is a channel dedicated to celebrating heroic fatherhood while teaching the next generation of fathers strategies they can utilize in parenting their children. We believe strong children come from a strong family. We’ve had many experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Mike Yates, Lenore Skenazy, Warren Farrell, Matt Ridley, Martin Gurri, and Michael Strong.

Marian Tupy has some wisdom to share.

Growing up in Communist Czechoslovakia, Tupy learned to appreciate and strive for liberty from a young age. He cherished any connection with the culture and freedoms of the West and sought out opportunities for adventure, sometimes taking on serious risks in the process. More than anything, his parents taught him through their actions how to be true to himself, even in the face of oppression.

Tupy is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute whose articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and Newsweek.

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"Superabundance": https://www.amazon.com/Superabundance-Population-Innovation-Flourishing-Infinitely/dp/1952223393

HumanProgress: https://www.humanprogress.org/

Jordan Peterson's recent interview with Marian Tupy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iC_hY4qhyk

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Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SLwJquGlftU

Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?

Visit our website: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/

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Dad Saves America is a channel dedicated to celebrating heroic fatherhood while teaching the next generation of fathers strategies they can utilize in parenting their children. We believe strong children come from a strong family. We’ve had many experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Mike Yates, Lenore Skenazy, Warren Farrell, Matt Ridley, Martin Gurri, and Michael Strong.

Antong Lucky has some wisdom to share.

When Lucky was sentenced to seven years in prison at age 21, he knew that something had to change in his life. Upon his release, he began working with Bishop Omar Jahwar, founder of Urban Specialists. On this path of redemption, Lucky combats the school-to-prison pipeline and bring peace to communities, and takes care of his family as the father that he never had growing up.

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A Redemptive Path Forward: https://www.amazon.com/Redemptive-Path-Forward-Incarceration-Activism-ebook/dp/B09CYNGPXB

Urban Specialists: https://urbanspecialists.org/

Heal America Movement: https://healamericamovement.org/blog/antong-luckys-story/

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Watch the video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VrPYj_-TAI

Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?

Visit our website: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/

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Dad Saves America is a channel dedicated to celebrating heroic fatherhood while teaching the next generation of fathers strategies they can utilize in parenting their children. We believe strong children come from a strong family. We’ve had many experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Mike Yates, Lenore Skenazy, Warren Farrell, Matt Ridley, Martin Gurri, and Michael Strong.

If our population keeps growing, won’t we eventually run out of resources?

According to Marian Tupy, the answer is no. Tupy is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute who recently co-authored Superabundance, a book exploring this very question. More people means more mouths to feed, but it also means more minds working together to develop the technology of the future. As long as individuals are free to explore and innovate, we can continue to increase the efficiency with which we use natural resources. Tupy believes that population growth and freedom are the secret ingredients for a superabundant future.

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"Superabundance": https://www.amazon.com/Superabundance-Population-Innovation-Flourishing-Infinitely/dp/1952223393

HumanProgress: https://www.humanprogress.org/

Jordan Peterson's recent interview with Marian Tupy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iC_hY4qhyk

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Outline:

[0:00] Intro

[1:31] Progress throughout history

[11:15] What is superabundance?

[15:36] Resources vs knowledge

[20:51] Julian Simon and Paul Ehrlich

[23:37] What do prices really mean?

[31:20] Why do people worry about overpopulation?

[38:46] Thanos and the rise of antinatalism in Gen-Z

[45:39] Resources are getting cheaper, workers are getting richer

[51:22] Inflation and other current economic problems

[56:01] The causes of apocalyptic environmentalism

[1:06:56] A superabundant future

[1:10:23] There’s not just one America

[1:15:43] Outro

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Watch the video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ror1scwQufU

Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?

Visit our website: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/

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Dad Saves America is a channel dedicated to celebrating heroic fatherhood while teaching the next generation of fathers strategies they can utilize in parenting their children. We believe strong children come from a strong family. We’ve had many experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Mike Yates, Lenore Skenazy, Warren Farrell, Matt Ridley, Martin Gurri, and Michael Strong.

Mike Gibson has some wisdom to share.

Gibson is a venture capitalist and author of the soon-to-be released book, Paper Belt on Fire. He helped run the Thiel Fellowship and his current venture, 1517 Fund, seeks out young tech founders in their creative and productive prime. As the son of a mom, a dad, and two step-dads, he has a unique perspective on family and what really matters in life.

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Paper Belt on Fire: https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Belt-Fire-Fight-Progress/dp/164177245X

1517 Fund: https://www.1517fund.com/

Mike Gibson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/William_Blake?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Mike Gibson's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-patrick-gibson-56b6973

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Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EX58YMr8MO0

Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?

Visit our website: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/

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Dad Saves America is a channel dedicated to celebrating heroic fatherhood while teaching the next generation of fathers strategies they can utilize in parenting their children. We believe strong children come from a strong family. We’ve had many experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Mike Yates, Lenore Skenazy, Warren Farrell, Matt Ridley, Martin Gurri, and Michael Strong.

How quickly can a gang leader turn his life around? For Antong Lucky, it began the moment he was sent to prison.  

Lucky grew up in East Dallas and from a young age, he was exposed to gang culture and drug dealing. When he was sentenced to seven years in prison at age 21, he knew that something had to change in his life. Upon his release, he began working with Bishop Omar Jahwar, founder of Urban Specialists. On this path of redemption, Lucky worked to break the school-to-prison pipeline and bring peace to his neighborhood, and eventually to communities across the country.  

Lucky recently published his memoir, A Redemptive Path Forward, and is now the president of Urban Specialists.

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A Redemptive Path Forward: https://www.amazon.com/Redemptive-Path-Forward-Incarceration-Activism-ebook/dp/B09CYNGPXB

Urban Specialists: https://urbanspecialists.org/

Heal America Movement: https://healamericamovement.org/blog/antong-luckys-story/

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Outline: 

[00:00] Intro 

[1:32] Absence of father figures in Antong's neighborhood 

[8:32] School was a refuge early on 

[12:18] Neighborhood rivalries start affecting school 

[15:34] Attempt on Antong's life in 7th grade  

[23:15] Antong's first exposure to drug dealing 

[28:46] Founding the Dallas 415 Bloods 

[35:46] How Antong ended up in prison  

[44:17] Environmental trauma, temptation, and culpability 

[51:22] Antong's transformation in prison  

[1:01:02] Beginning the path of redemption outside prison 

[1:08:08] What is Urban Specialists?  

[1:12:51] The entrepreneurial spirit can be productive or destructive 

[1:16:28] Stand Together's relationship with Urban Specialists  

[1:19:53] Encouraging a healthy, productive, and open mindset 

[1:27:18] What does being a dad mean to Antong? 

[1:30:12] Antong's role in the American story  

[1:32:35] Outro

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Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mMCxWqRmlP8

Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?

Visit our website: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/

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Dad Saves America is a channel dedicated to celebrating heroic fatherhood while teaching the next generation of fathers strategies they can utilize in parenting their children. We believe strong children come from a strong family. We’ve had many experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Mike Yates, Lenore Skenazy, Warren Farrell, Matt Ridley, Martin Gurri, and Michael Strong.

How do we remove the barriers of 20th century institutions so that we can unleash 21st century innovation?

Mike Gibson is a venture capitalist who’s at war with the “Paper Belt.” That’s what he calls the stretch of the east coast home to federal politics in Washington D.C., mass media in NYC, and elite degrees in Boston. As the 21st century has progressed, the 20th century design of the Paper Belt has begun to show just how outdated it is, and Mike sees an opportunity to build something better. That's why he wrote his soon-to-be released book, "Paper Belt on Fire.”

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"Paper Belt on Fire": https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Belt-Fire-Fight-Progress/dp/164177245X

1517 Fund: https://www.1517fund.com/

Mike Gibson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/William_Blake?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

Mike Gibson's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-patrick-gibson-56b6973

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Outline:

[00:00] Intro

[2:24] Arguing with Bill Gates

[6:32] Mike’s beginnings in academia

[12:35] The Great Stagnation

[21:54] Does the inventor really matter?

[26:32] Determinism and emergent order

[30:46] The Thiel Fellowship

[33:56] Academia undermines human achievement

[46:53] The Educational Dark Ages

[51:58] 1517 Fund

[55:50] What is venture capital?

[1:06:25] Giving out $1000 checks at a cafe

[1:08:28] Getting banned from MIT

[1:11:27] What motivates successful people?

[1:19:53] You can’t engineer a solution to the human condition

[1:25:25] Burning down the Paper Belt

[1:34:03] How can parents navigate unorthodox educational choices?

[1:38:44] Trusting young people is scary but necessary

[1:39:41] Searching for his dad led Mike to the CIA

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Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hopRfUf9d7Y

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Dad Saves America is a channel dedicated to celebrating heroic fatherhood while teaching the next generation of fathers strategies they can utilize in parenting their children. We believe strong children come from a strong family. We’ve had many experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Mike Yates, Lenore Skenazy, Warren Farrell, Matt Ridley, Martin Gurri, and Michael Strong.

Laura Sandefer has some wisdom to share.

As the co-founder of the Acton Academy school network, Sandefer believes that children need to be empowered to make mistakes, fail, grow, and improve on their own. The catalyst for the radical model of education now practiced at Acton came from concerns about her own children’s education. What started as an educational experiment for her family has grown into a network of schools across the globe. Along this journey, she’s picked up plenty of valuable parenting insights.

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Acton Academy: https://www.actonacademy.org/Parent Resources from Acton Academy: https://www.actonacademyparents.com/

Laura Sandefer's book, "Courage to Grow": https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0999520555/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3

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Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/V8Ztaxt77WQ

Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?

Visit our website: https://youtu.be/npv6agqj18Q

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Dad Saves America is a channel dedicated to celebrating heroic fatherhood while teaching the next generation of fathers strategies they can utilize in parenting their children. We believe strong children come from a strong family. We’ve had many experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Mike Yates, Lenore Skenazy, Warren Farrell, Matt Ridley, Martin Gurri, and Michael Strong.

What happens when you take a school and remove all but three adults? You get Acton Academy.

Laura Sandefer, co-founder of the Acton Academy school network and author of Courage to Grow, is an academic entrepreneur who believes that children need to be empowered to make mistakes, fail, grow, and improve on their own.

Sandefer works to enable other parents to establish new Acton Academies to serve the educational needs of their families and local communities. Acton Academy is a radical model of schooling that puts as much power as possible directly into the hands of students, giving them the opportunity to take ownership of their choices and capabilities from an early age.

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Acton Academy: https://www.actonacademy.org/

Parent Resources from Acton Academy: https://www.actonacademyparents.com/

Laura Sandefer's book, Courage to Grow: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0999520555/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3

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Outline:

[00:00] Intro

[2:26] The learning philosophy of Acton Academy

[9:24] Socrates, Montessori, and the hero’s journey

[14:27] Curiosity is everything in education

[21:03] Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset

[25:06] The day-to-day structure of Acton Academy

[43:47] Experiential learning

[51:27] Motivating and measuring student achievement

[58:23] Student leadership is a positive feedback loop

[1:02:18] How Acton Academy encourages family engagement

[1:07:07] Pushing back on the assumption of college

[1:13:03] Getting involved with Acton Academy

[1:23:01] Outro

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Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VzQDNEOLPWg

Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?

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Dad Saves America is a channel dedicated to celebrating heroic fatherhood while teaching the next generation of fathers strategies they can utilize in parenting their children. We believe strong children come from a strong family. We’ve had many experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Mike Yates, Lenore Skenazy, Warren Farrell, Matt Ridley, Martin Gurri, and Michael Strong.

Dr. Warren Farrell has some wisdom to share.

His 2018 book, The Boy Crisis, showcases his extensive knowledge of parenting and the needs of children. However, there’s no substitute for first-hand experience, and as a stepfather of two daughters, Dr. Farrell has plenty of it.

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The Boy Crisis: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948836130/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_CCZJ2MPNCW8Q4XC6RS7Y

Warren’s Website: https://warrenfarrell.com/

Warren’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/drwarrenfarrell

Warren’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drwarrenfarrell/

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Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/oY6_6nasdug

Make a tax-deductible donation to Dad Saves America: https://secure.anedot.com/emergent-order-foundation/dad-website?

Visit our website: https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/

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Dad Saves America is a channel dedicated to celebrating heroic fatherhood while teaching the next generation of fathers strategies they can utilize in parenting their children. We believe strong children come from a strong family. We’ve had many experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Mike Yates, Lenore Skenazy, Warren Farrell, Matt Ridley, Martin Gurri, and Michael Strong.