The Secular Foxhole

We do a bit of housecleaning in this episode. Martin and I discuss the meaning of the name of the podcast and cover the meanings of each symbol. We talk about getting some music made for the show and future episodes and guests.

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

• Why The Name Secular Foxhole?
• The symbol for science
• The dollar sign
• Capitalism
• How to Make Great Podcast Cover Art (aka. Your Podcast Logo) - The Podcast Host
• Atom symbol emoji - Emojipedia
• Atheist symbols
• Light bulb
• Reason
• The Ayn Rand Dollar
• The Sign of the Dollar - SparkNotes
• Freedom of conscience
• Joe Rogan and "freethinkers" - Slate
• Free thought - Wikipedia
• Jingle - Wiktionary
• Jim Jonsson, JTunesProductions
• Mike Oldfield
• Tangerine Dream - Wikipedia
• Dear God by XTC
• Capitalism by Oingo Boingo
• There ain't no such thing as a free lunch (TANSTAAFL) - Wikipedia

Blair’s disclaimer:

I'm not a professional philosopher, just a dedicated layman, fascinated by her ideas. I don't speak for her, her philosophy, or the Ayn Rand Institute. I speak only for myself.

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Blair and Martin are talking with the author and philosopher, Andrew Bernstein. From his bio.:

Andrew Bernstein holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the City University of New York. He is the author of numerous books, including “The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire,” and his most recent, “Heroes, Legends, Champions: Why Heroism Matters.” He lectures all over the world on myriad topics. And he is a mean-spirited SOB feared by nuns, puppies, and small children, who habitually cross to the other side of the street when they see him coming. 

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

• Heart of a Pagan
• The Capitalist Manifesto
• The American Capitalist Party
• Mark Pellegrino
• Joe Sanders
• Heroes, Legends, Champions: Why Heroism Matters
• The Hero Show podcast
• Maria Montessori (TV movie, 2007)
• Darkest Hour
• Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl
• Real Heroes by Lawrence W. Reed
• Sherlock Holmes
• Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
• Founding Brothers
• Andrew Bernstein's page on Patreon
• Aaron Briley

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In this episode, Martin and I discuss a few of our favorite fiction and non-fiction works that we think deserve even wider attention. We also mention an interesting website called Writ Large about books that have changed the world. Enjoy and let us know what you think.

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

• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
• Books That Shaped America - Atlas Shrugged
• "Bible Ranks 1 of Books That Changed Lives" - Los Angeles Times
• From Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed. HC) Reader’s Guide;: "...add a religious element to it..." - Penguin Random House
• Atlas Shrugged (film series) - Wikipedia
• We The Living movie
• The Dramatic Story of Making The Fountainhead Movie - New Ideal, AynRand.org
• My Journey to Reason - The Secular Foxhole blog
• The Life and Passion of William of Norwich - Writ Large podcast
• The Protocols of the Elders of Zion - Wikipedia
• Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None - Wikipedia
• The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America by Leonard Peikoff
• The School of Athens
• Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff
• The Aristotle Adventure: A Guide to the Greek, Arabic, & Latin Scholars Who Transmitted Aristotle's Logic to the Renaissance by Burgess Laughlin
• The DIM Hypothesis: Why the Lights of the West Are Going Out by Leonard Peikoff

Blair’s disclaimer:

I'm not a professional philosopher, just a dedicated layman, fascinated by her ideas. I don't speak for her, her philosophy, or the Ayn Rand Institute. I speak only for myself.

This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:

OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

This is the trailer for our podcast, The Secular Foxhole. Blair tells about the background for the name of the podcast, and we talk about the different symbols in the show artwork. 

As a freethinker, are you looking through binoculars out at the world in the safety of a foxhole? Get fuel for your soul and intellectual ammunition by listening to The Secular Foxhole podcast, in order to fight for the separation of religion and state.

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

• Why The Name Secular Foxhole?
• The symbol for science
• The dollar sign
• Capitalism
• The Statue of Liberty
• Separation of church and state
• Freedom of conscience
• American exceptionalism
• Secular Foxhole on Twitter
• The Secular Foxhole on Instagram
• Martin Lindeskog's podcast, EGO NetCast, on Locals
• Martin Lindeskog (Lyceum) on Parler

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