Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

In the last hundred years, the American family has been attacked, debased, maligned, slandered, and vilified by every facet of society. No family is safe from the official busybodies. 'Who Killed the American Family' reveals the concerted assault on the American nuclear family by many forces - feminists, judges, lawmakers, psychologists, school districts, college professors, politicians offering incentives and seeking votes, and more - opposed to the traditional American nuclear family, each with its own raison d'etre for wanting to abolish it. The wreckage of the American family leaves us with the inability to have limited government because government steps in to perform tasks formerly done by the nuclear family. Veteran conservative activist and thought leader Phyllis Schlafly explains how changes in the law, in court decisions, in the culture, in education, and in entertainment have eroded the once-precious institution. | Get "Who Killed the American Family?" by Phyllis Schlafly now at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1938067525/?tag=freedradio-20

All living organisms depend upon their accurate perception of reality to survive and reproduce. If a gazelle fails to identify a predator, it will get eaten. For a lion, a mistimed lunge may be the difference between a full belly and death through starvation, or even broken bones from a zebra’s kick. Human beings lack the sharp nails and teeth of lions or the speed of gazelles, yet we posses the most powerful – and dangerous – tool within the animal kingdom – our minds. We would therefore expect the human brain to be highly capable of accurately analyzing and conceptualizing the world around us. The process of reasoning invariably involves the use of logic, and logic itself is derived from the immutable properties of the physical world. Empiricism is another component of reason that depends upon the accurate perception of reality. Reason is thus incredibly valuable to us, but what if reason itself gets in the way of our survival and reproductive success? | Sources: http://www.fdrurl.com/death-of-reason

Call 1: Do you think we contribute or are complicit in violence or the initiation of force when we consume media with violent content - such as i.e. watching an episode of Netflix Daredevil or a similar show which is itself incredibly violent?

Call 2: For an atheist you use a lot of religious phrases and allusions: i.e. "wages of sin are death", "let he who is without sin cast the first stone", "original sin" itself, etc. Can you make the descriptions and arguments for Universally Preferable Behavior and the Non-Aggression Principle without using the religious terms and references?

Call 3: An really inspiring update from the caller on ‘Surviving The Horrific Violence In South Africa’ video and the July 26th, 2015 show about how his life has changed since appearing on the show.

Stefan addresses some of the responses to his recent "The Truth About Bernie Sanders" video - and the important facts many Sanders supporters seem to be missing. Bernie Sanders is a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. Sanders spent 16 years as Vermont’s sole congressman in the House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006. Sanders has amassed considerable grassroots support relative to democratic frontrunner Hilary Clinton and is incredibly popular for his opposition to income inequality.

Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump recently released his official immigration plan - and both Republicans and Democrats alike have very strong opinions about the proposal. Based around three core ideas, Trumps plan says: 1. A nation without borders is not a nation. 2. A nation without laws is not a nation. 3. A nation that does not serve its own citizens is not a nation. | Stefan Molyneux and the Freedomain Radio team discuss the origin of the immigration issue, what is really at stake for Republicans, number of illegal immigrants in the country, the big business opposition to immigration reform, the 1965 Hart-Celler Act sponsored by Senator Edward Kennedy, immigrant crime statistics, the mainstream media reaction, H-1B visas, birthright citizenship, cultural voting patterns and much much more!

If you have enjoyed the Gene Wars series so far – this is the show for you!

Question 1: How can we raise the next generation to respect the body, health and mind, in order to reduce the future financial burdens placed on our society through socialized medicine?

Question 2: In the spirit conjured through your podcast "An Atheist Apologizes to Christians", I have asked myself to evaluate the value of specific institutions that have evolved throughout Western history and have concluded that humanity has a bad habit of throwing the "baby out with the bathwater." Those qualities of Western culture, the institutions that grew, the wealth that we enjoy today relative to the past, evolved from Enlightenment ideals and a protestant work ethic. Today's Conservative party holds late 19th century capitalism and 1950's home life as the gold standard and pinnacle from which we have descended. Assuming of course that a politician actually aspires to do what they say they are going to do. Why not ride a political wave back to the previous state of affairs that marked those times, and then work towards positive moral change going from there. It would seem to be a much easier task than trying to convince an ever growing "r" selected population to think logically. After all, Martin Luther was able to change Christianity for the good without destroying the institution, why can't we? It sounds crazy, but let's vote Republican!

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America” - not simply to “relieve the symptom of poverty, but to cure it and, above all, to prevent it.” How has that worked out? Today there are over 126 Federal antipoverty programs and in constant dollars, Federal spending has risen from $107 billion to $688 billion – or 640%. Total government spending has ballooned to $21,000 for every person below the poverty level in America, or $63,339 for a family of three. Since the war on poverty began, $19 trillion dollars have been spent ending poverty, but the poverty rate has increased. What is the Truth About Welfare?

Call 1: Dream Analysis: Somehow my older brother managed to scrape off nearly all of his skin. Looking at him, most of what I could see was raw, exposed meat of his muscles. My brother himself seemed to be feeling okay. I came up to him and started helping by taking a razor and slicing off remaining shreds of skin from his chest so that he would look more uniformly skinless. He decided to have a skin graft from a remaining patch of skin on his back to the rest of his body. As soon as the process of skin grafting was about to begin, the roles switched. Now, I was the one without any skin…

Call 2: Does socialized health care create a moral hazard where individuals do not prioritize health, nutrition and fitness because they are financially penalized for doing so? If I have guaranteed subsidized insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, what is the extent of my responsibility for my future wellness?

One year after the shooting death of Michael Brown by the hands of Police Officer Darren Wilson and the rise of the Black Lives Matter activist group, Ferguson has once again erupted in protests. With Ferguson, Missouri once again under a state of emergency, Stefan Molyneux looks at the underlying social, economic and governmental factors that have led to the escalating violence in Ferguson and the surrounding St. Louis area. | Source: http://www.fdrurl.com/fall-of-ferguson

Introduction: Discussion of the accusations levied against Donald Trump by Megan Kelly in the Republican Presidential Debate.

Question 1: You recently talked about the role of Donald Trump in the presidential campaign and I thought some comments were inconsistent with what I understood you stand for on political action as a method for achieving a free society. Don't you think we should pursue any type of activity that could get people closer to rational and philosophical thinking and that political action is one of those activities?

Question 2: Discussion of God featuring the caller from the “The Challenge of Incomprehensible Bravery” show.