GodArchy Podcast

Continuing my fireside chat series, I talk with Kim Schjang. Kim is a Christian and a libertarian anarchist. She also happens to be a black lesbian. We chat about a wide range of topics including the impacts of the government coronavirus shutdowns, Kim's journey from the left to libertarian anarchism, her Christian faith and her sexuality, identity politics, the intersection between libertarian philosophy and Christian theology and a lot more.

The coronavirus-induced government shutdowns have had devastating economic impacts. But a lot of people seem the think once we get the pandemic under control and restart the economy, everything will snap back to normal. In this episode of the GodArchy podcast, I explain why this won't happen. In fact, the economy was already in trouble before COVID-19. And the actions taken by the federal government and the central banks will ultimately make the meltdown worse. I open the show talking a little bit about the spiritual and emotional impacts of the coronavirus shutdowns.

How would a free society deal with a pandemic? I freely admit, I don't know the answer to the question. But I suspect it would be better than the response we're getting from government. In this episode of the GodArchy podcast, I touch on a number of issues raised by the pandemic including central planning, economics, the myth of the "non-essential" business, getting arrested for holding church and the one thing I know won't fail us.

The coronavirus outbreak showed us just how fast society can go from all systems normal to full-blown panic. Within a matter of days, store shelves emptied, people found themselves on lockdown and fear gripped the entire country. It was a wakeup call for me because I wasn't ready.

Were you?

People tend to make fun of "preppers." They're typically viewed as paranoid and a lot of people make fun of them. But who's laughing now?

Suzanne Sherman has been actively involved in preparedness for more than a decade. She joins me on this episode to talk about emergency preparedness and where to start even if you are a square zero.

You don't have to look very deeply to figure out America's education system is a mess. The typical solution involves throwing more money at the system. But what if the system is the problem? What if the whole model of compulsory, government schooling is creating exactly the results we should expect? In this episode of the GodArchy podcast, I talk with teacher and author Justin Spears about the failure of the educational system and how we can go about fixing it - or at least protecting our own kids from it.

In this episode, I talk with pastor and author Mark West. Mark is a regular contributor to the GodArchy website. To kick off the conversation, Mark shares a little about his spiritual and political journey. From there we delve into a discussion on the Sermon on the Mount. What does it mean for us today? Are we really supposed to live out the ethic Jesus taught? If so, how would it affect the way we interact with others? How would it impact our politics?

You can visit the website at https://godarchy.org

In this episode, I share some things I learned about life and humanity during a trip to New York City. I touch on the amazing world of material abundance we live in, the growing surveillance/police state, the beauty of humanity, and the ugliness of identity politics.

Which side are you on?

Few issues are as binary and divisive as abortion. But the standard "pro-life" and "pro-choice" positions in American politics have utterly failed to adequately deal with the issue. Kerry Baldwin has developed a  philosophical framework that can overcome some of the shortcomings inherent in the polarized mainstream positions. She's fundamentally pro-life, but she comes at it in a different way that respects both mother and baby.

Kerry debated Walter Block, another great libertarian thinking, taking on his theory of "evictionism." in this episode of the GodArchy podcast, I talk with Kerry about the debate and abortion more generally.

You can visit the GodArchy website at https://godarchy.org

Open borders would destroy the American way. Or would it? As it turns out, a lot of the conventional wisdom when it comes to immigration is actually at odds with reality. Economist Bryan Caplan looked at the research and distilled it in his most recent book, "Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration." In this episode of the GodArchy podcast, we talk about it.

You can visit the website at https://godarchy.org

A killer in a church killed. Was this an incident to celebrate or mourn?

In this bonus episode of the GodArchy podcast, I talk about the recent events inside a Texas church. How should we view them? Was the killing of the shooter justified ethically? Morally? How does the teaching of Jesus inform our opinion? I don't think there are any easy answers, but I do think we need to wrestle with the questions.