Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

While on the Australian portion of the Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern LIVE! tour, Stefan and Lauren sat down with New Zealand's Sunday TVNZ program for an interview. While Sunday TVNZ only published laughingly brief snippets of the long-form discussion - you now have the opportunity to watch the entire interview that they really don't want you to see!

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After completing five events in Australia, Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern went to New Zealand for an August 3rd event in Auckland - but due to circumstances beyond their control, things went terribly awry and the event was canceled.

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"Tracing postmodernism from its roots in Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant to their development in thinkers such as Michel Foucault and Richard Rorty, philosopher Stephen Hicks provides a provocative account of why postmodernism has been the most vigorous intellectual movement of the late 20th century. Why do skeptical and relativistic arguments have such power in the contemporary intellectual world? Why do they have that power in the humanities but not in the sciences? Why has a significant portion of the political Left - the same Left that traditionally promoted reason, science, equality for all, and optimism - now switched to themes of anti-reason, anti-science, double standards, and cynicism? Explaining Postmodernism is intellectual history with a polemical twist, providing fresh insights into the debates underlying the furor over political correctness, multiculturalism, and the future of liberal democracy."

Stephen Hicks is the Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University and the Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. He is the author of several books on philosophy, entrepreneurship, ethics and postmodernism including “Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault.”

Website: http://www.stephenhicks.org
Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship: http://www.ethicsandentrepreneurship.org
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Question 1: [1:22] – “I have been with my ‘husband’ for a little over 8 years. He had property before we met and brought me in to develop and build a house. He owns everything, paid cash as we went. My name isn't on anything and we are not married even though I changed my last name. I am now the only income earner. He refuses to marry me because I don't have the same interests he does and has made this imaginary mark I must achieve before he feels safe to take the leap. What he wants is for me to go back into an infatuation state and treat him like I can't get enough sex from him. He has always wanted other women and we have had threesomes, I like girls too but not as much as he does. This began most of the issues. How do I reconcile the inadequacy he makes me feel to fulfill his wishes?”

Question 2: [1:56:41] – “What are the parameters of an appropriate and/or healthy relationship between employer and employee? I've recently experienced a traumatic event--a fire in the workplace. I was the only one working at this time, so none of my coworkers were around to experience what I experienced. Nonetheless, I'm pretty sure my coworkers and my boss could imagine the emotional roller-coaster of dealing with the fire itself, and the guilt that comes with nearly destroying an entire building. I believe that the other employees, my boss included, have the capacity to feel and exhibit empathy. However, they did not exhibit empathy. Although I've gotten plenty of moral support from family and friends (for which I'm very grateful), I'm appalled at the complete and utter lack of empathy exhibited by my boss and coworkers. Should I be appalled? Should I have expected empathy, or the behavior thereof, in the first place?”

Question 3: [2:45:51] – "’A Streetcar Named Desire’ and ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ are two stories that are often looked at as being sexist or as exposing the patriarchy that has kept women down these many years. I have a different take on these stories that I would like Stefan's thoughts on. I think a facet of these stories, is that they are a warning to women. Not so much about patriarchy, but about toxic femininity and what realities might await those women that revel in it. Why are these stories predominantly framed as sexist, while a story like ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ is seen as sexy?”

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While he is often referred to as a "conservative," Stefan Molyneux constantly pushed back against the application of incorrect labels to "define" his political perspective and philosophical understandings.

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Owen Benjamin is a popular stand-up comedian and his new comedy special "Reluctant Warlord" is now available on Vimeo.

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Many religions have accepted the separation of church and state, but others like Islam, contain political elements in addition to religious teachings.

Dr. Bill Warner is the founder and director of the Center for the Study of Political Islam. He has produced a dozen books and the first self-study course on Political Islam. For more from Dr. Warner, please go to: https://www.politicalislam.com Your support is essential to Freedomain Radio, which is 100% funded by viewers like you.

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Question 1: [1:01] – “I'm a white Canadian male who recently married into a black family and I'm experiencing some racial backlash. I have a very independent view of the world and this conflicts a lot with my in-laws’ views on race/racism and how it affects black people. I'm wondering if you have any advice for dealing with this and/or help me work through how I should handle it.”

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Recently Stefan Molyneux was asked if philosophy could really be understood by the average person - and it unleashed a flurry of passion and enthusiasm which is on display for his answer.

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