Episodios

  • Redefining the Enlightenment: Namık Kemal (with Mustafa Akyol)

    Redefining the Enlightenment: Namık Kemal (with Mustafa Akyol)
    Aug 13 2024
    An episode interviewing senior fellow Mustafa Akyol about the life and legacy of Namık Kemal, the Ottoman journalist and author. Born into the Ottoman Empire during the 19th century, Namık Kemal became a prolific journalist and reformer who advocated for constitutional government within the Ottoman Empire. His outlook was defined by his commitment to individual rights that are applied equally to everyone. Though exiled by the Ottoman state numerous times, Namık Kemal helped pave the way for constitutional government to take hold.

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    46 m
  • Liberty Further Extended: Lemuel Haynes

    Liberty Further Extended: Lemuel Haynes
    Jul 4 2024
    Born into poverty and indentured servitude, Lemuel Haynes became the most prominent black preacher of 18th-century America. He combined his experiences as a soldier of the American Revolution and a devout Calvinist to expound the philosophical principles of liberty. From the pulpit, he condemned slavery and upheld the principles of the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence, that all men are created equal.

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    21 m
  • The Violent Genesis of the State: Franz Oppenheimer

    The Violent Genesis of the State: Franz Oppenheimer
    Jun 18 2024
    Though obscure today, the German sociologist Franz Oppenheimer crafted a radical theory of the state. In his book The State, he argued that the state's origins were not in public justice or establishing laws but in the reign of a conquering group over their defeated foes. His work influenced libertarian theorists such as Albert Jay Nock, Walter Block, and Murray Rothbard.

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    17 m
  • The Medieval Case Against Taxes: William of Pagula

    The Medieval Case Against Taxes: William of Pagula
    May 14 2024
    Despite its reputation as a dark age, the Medieval period was not devoid of intellectual substance. An example of this is William of Pagula, a 14th-century English priest and scholar who wrote The Mirror of King Edward III, a political treatise condemning the king's practice of purveyance and excessive taxation. Using a mixture of Biblical and Classical authorities, William made the moral case against interfering with property rights.

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    16 m
  • No Superior and Few Equals: Elizabeth Freeman

    No Superior and Few Equals: Elizabeth Freeman
    Apr 16 2024
    Born into slavery, Elizabeth Freeman gained her freedom in 1781, eighty years before the American Civil War. Freeman did not escape to Pennsylvania as was common at the time. She gained her freedom through the courts. Upon winning her case, she changed her name to Elizabeth Freeman to celebrate her new life.

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    14 m
  • The Soldier Philosopher: Adam Ferguson

    The Soldier Philosopher: Adam Ferguson
    Mar 28 2024
    Born between the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands, Ferguson made a name for himself writing philosophical history, an early precursor to sociology. In his famous work, An Essay on The History of Civil Society, Ferguson explained how civilization is refined over many generations as society evolves to deal with ever-increasing complexity.

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    16 m
  • The Forgotten Abolitionist: The Black Revolutionary, Industrialist, and Abolitionist James Forten

    The Forgotten Abolitionist: The Black Revolutionary, Industrialist, and Abolitionist James Forten
    Feb 27 2024
    Despite his upbringing in poverty and vicious racial discrimination, the black freeman James Forten rose to become one of the foremost sailmakers in Philadelphia and a crucial voice in the abolition of slavery. Though largely forgotten today, Forten defied the racial stereotypes of his day and became a symbol of black achievement in the new nation of America.

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    23 m
  • Liberty's Forgotten Man: William Graham Sumner

    Liberty's Forgotten Man: William Graham Sumner
    Jan 30 2024
    This month, we examine the often-overlooked legacy of William Graham Sumner, a 19th-century sociologist, economist, and political thinker. Despite his pivotal role in establishing sociology as a discipline at Yale, Sumner's contributions have been overshadowed, partly due to his association with Herbert Spencer, who has been incorrectly labeled a social Darwinist. The episode delves into Sumner's life ideas, covering his critique of imperialism, the Forgotten Man, and the phenomenon of concentrated benefits and diffuse costs.

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    22 m