The Secular Foxhole

Episode 24 brings us Andrew Seidel of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. He is here to discuss his book, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is Un-American. We will include some relevant links in the show notes.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Andrew Seidel's pinned tweet on Pastor Greg Locke.
• Tennessee pastor posts video burning book that critiques Christian nationalism - Religion News Service
• Streisand effect
• 2021 United States Capitol attack (January 6)
• Deism
• Congressional Freethought Caucus
• Thomas Paine Memorial Association
• Church-State Separation: A Principle, Not a “Wall” (Part 1)
• Church-State Separation: A Principle, Not a “Wall” (Part 2)

Episode 24 (50 minutes) was recorded at 10 PM CET, on July 1, 2021, with Ringr app.. Editing and post-production was done with the podcast maker, Alitu.

Our guest was Doug. Doug is the sidekick for Sunny on the House of Sunny podcast. He also has his own podcast called The Rat Cap, which stands for The Rational Capitalist. We talked about his show, America 4.0 and what that means. How he divided America into four distinct periods of roughly 80 years, and that we are now in the fourth period.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Anti-Federalist Papers
• "It will wait upon the ladies at their toilett..."
• Frankfurt School
• Herbert Marcuse and the New Left
• The Closing of the American Mind
• The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
• Tenth Amendment Center
• The Convention of States Project

Episode 23 (46 minutes) was recorded at 10 PM CET, on June 11, 2021, with Backpack Studio app. Editing and post-production was done with the podcast maker, Alitu.

Today we bring back one of our favorites, James Valliant, an Ayn Rand scholar, whom along with Martin and I, discuss Miss Rand’s seminal essay, "Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World." Don’t Miss It!

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World
• What You Can Do
• Auguste Comte
• Deontological ethics
• Collectivism
• Ominous Parallels
• "Pure reason"
• Racism
• Personal Destinies: A Philosophy of Ethical Individualism
• John Herman Randall Jr.
• The Ayn Rand Society
• Age of Envy

Episode 22 (40 minutes) was recorded at 10 PM CET, on May 14, 2021, with Ringr app.

Martin and I again greet Margaret Downey from The Freethought Society and Andrew Seidel from the Freedom From Religion Foundation to discuss their Thomas Paine celebration on Tuesday, June 8th, at 6:45 pm EST. Details in the interview and show notes!

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Interview with Margaret Downey and Andrew Seidel (January 29, 2021)
• The 2021 Thomas Paine Day Event
• FFRF co-sponsors online Thomas Paine Day celebration on Tuesday, June 8
• Thomas Paine Memorial Association

Episode 21 (23 minutes) was recorded at 9 PM CET, on May 21, 2021, with Alitu.

This episode features return guest Andy Clarkson who will discuss his research into how philosophically corrupt Jordan Peterson actually is. Regardless of what I (Blair) call, “spasms of clarity.” This episode is a warning to serious Objectivists, and/or students of Objectivism to tread lightly around Peterson.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Andy Clarkson on Twitter
• 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
• Toronto professor Jordan Peterson takes on gender-neutral pronouns
• The Gulag Archipelago: A New Foreword by Jordan B Peterson
• Jordan Peterson explains his Big Difference with Ayn Rand
• Live from OCON: Jordan Peterson, Dave Rubin, Yaron Brook, Greg Salmieri - Rubin Report
• On facts, values, rationality and stories: Part III of Response to Harris
• Fact and Value by Leonard Peikoff, Ph.D.
• Jordan Peterson cries talking about Jesus Christ (short clip)
• Straw man

Episode 20 (67 minutes) was recorded at 4 PM CET, on April 17, 2021, with Ringr app.

Today, we interviewed Don Watkins, author of RooseveltCare: How Social Security is Sabotaging the Land of Self-Reliance about his book and forthcoming projects.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Chocolat
• Elks Lodge
• Vasa order of America
• Alex Epstein
• Tax Freedom Day
• Overton window

Episode 19 (51 minutes) was recorded at 9 PM CET, on April 2, 2021, with Ringr app.

Today we interviewed Ayn Rand Institute Senior Fellow, Elan Journo about his book, What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Israel/Palestine: Unpacking the Problems (New Ideal Q&A)
• Tackling Top 5 Objections to What Justice Demands

Episode 18 (66 minutes) was recorded at 10 PM CET, on April 30, 2021, with Ringr app.

In this episode, we have a returning guest. Ben Bayer of the Ayn Rand Institute is here to discuss Ayn Rand's essay, Selfishness Without A Self.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• “Anti-Conceptual Mentality”
• Kardashian Culture: ‘Selfishness’ Without a Self by Robert Tracinski
• Selfishness Without a Self: Trump’s True Colors Revealed by Harry Binswanger
• Peter Keating - CliffNotes book by Andrew Bernstein
• The Making of an American Nazi, by Luke O’Brien - The Atlantic
• Steven Pinker
• Intellectual dark web
• Rationalist movement
• Progress studies
• Trump Isn’t Selfish — That’s the Problem by Ben Bayer
• Why Ayn Rand Would Have Despised a President Trump by Onkar Ghate
• The Virulent Pull of Tribalism by Elan Journo
• AynRandCon Europe 2019

Episode 16 is a short quarterly report, with download statistics, announcement of our app for The Secular Foxhole, commentary on an article in The Economist, and word-of-mouth marketing according to Martin, as a new media evangelist.

Call to Action to fellow podcasters: If you want your own stand-alone app, check out John Lee’s site, Custom Mobile App.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Evangelicals are divided over the movement’s support for Donald Trump - The Economist (March 6th, 2021 edition)
• Tweet to Tom Standage, Head of Digital Strategy, The Economist
• Custom Mobile App
• Podcatchers
• Overcast
• Tea Party Media merchandise - TeePublic store
• Hot and Spicy Review podcast
• Human billboard
• Spotify
• How many podcasts exist, right now?
• Are We All in the Same (Life)Boat? by Ben Bayer
• Religious right throws its weight behind Reagan reelection effort - The Christian Monitor (October 3, 1984)
• Creationism
• White Evangelicals Are More Likely to Believe in QAnon Than Any Other Faith Group, Poll Finds
• QAnon goes to Washington: two supporters win seats in Congress
• Josh Hawley's Toxic Populism
• Pat Buchanan
• Novels and works of Ayn Rand

For this episode of The Secular Foxhole, we had the chance to interview Aaron Briley, a fellow and research associate with The Objective Standard Institute. We covered many topics, including his living in Denmark, his college major, and his interest in spreading Ayn Rand's ideas in the inner-city.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Bruce Lee
• Brazilian jiu-jitsu
• Jiu-jitsu according to Kurt Durewall
• Culture and Causation podcast
• The Secular Foxhole podcast app - Google Play
• The Secular Foxhole podcast app - Apple App Store
• The Law of Jante
• Tall poppy syndrome
• Atlas Shrugged
• The Fountainhead
• Aristotle
• The Normative Justifications of Regret
• Jonathan Haidt
• Weakness of Will
• Objective Standard Institute
• Aaron Briley's articles - The Objective Standard
• The Prometheus Foundation
• Walter Williams on Black Families and BLM
• Uncle Tom (film)
• Richard Sander on Affirmative Action and Neighborhood Integration
• Black Culture Matters: Briley Interview with Nick Pilgrim
• Alex Epstein
• Ford Hall Forum
• Introduction to Broadcasting on Happs
• Aaron Briley on Twitter