June 28

Ep. 0163: Avoiding Intellectual Inbreeding

Here is the audio of CJ’s presentation delivered on Sunday, June 24th, 2018, at the 6th Midwest Peace & Liberty Fest in Michigan.

Join CJ as he discusses:

  • A little bit about his own personality and educational background that have led him to be more resistant to intellectual inbreeding than most people (but still prone to it to some extent, because all people are)
  • One of the main problems with conventional academia, and how, if you insulate yourself too much from ideas that contradict your own, you are in danger of becoming like academia in terms of being insulated & isolated from diverse ideas
  • Some of the problems that come from becoming intellectually inbred, including excessive confirmation bias
  • Some of the benefits gained from being eclectic & omnivorous in the intellectual content that you consume
  • Suggestions for ways to try to minimize confirmation bias & avoid intellectual inbreeding
  • Some very interesting Q&A

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June 19

Ep. 0162: A Modern-Day Grunt’s Perspective, Part 4

This is the final conversation between CJ & US Army Veteran BT about BT’s military service and his ordeals since getting out. (Please excuse a little bit of minor audio issues. As you’ll hear, we had some sporadic  Skype hiccups, as well as a slightly-longer-than-usual delay, probably because BT has moved since our last conversation, and is now living a little more in the boonies than previously.)

Join CJ & BT as they discuss:

  • BT’s physical & mental health issues since leaving the Army, and the problems he’s had in trying to get adequate help from the Department of Veterans Affairs (or VA)
  • PTSD
  • Head trauma
  • Burn pits & Gulf War illness
  • How BT’s experience in the Army and dealing with the VA have changed his views on many things, and his overall take on his military experience

Wanna meet CJ and ? Come out to the 2018 Midwest Peace & Liberty Fest in Delton, Michigan! CJ will be there from Friday, June 22nd through Monday, June 25th, and will be speaking on Sunday, June 24th. Hope to see you there!

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June 12

Ep. 0161: “Disregarding the Laws of God and Man”: The Not-So-Civil War, Part 11

The end (of this non-consecutive series) is starting to come into sight, as the Union increasingly relies on ‘total war’ to completely crush the spirit of resistance among Southern civilians, regardless of any moral considerations.

Join CJ as he discusses:

  • Confederate General Jubal Early’s raid into Union territory, which reached the outer defenses of Washington D.C. before being fought off and chased back into the Shenandoah Valley
  • Philip Sheridan’s decisive defeat of Early’s forces, and Sheridan’s subsequent destruction of the farms, food, and infrastructure of the valley
  • The Atlanta campaign, which saw Union General William T. Sherman facing off against the Army of Tennessee, initially commanded by Confederate General Joseph Johnston
  • Jefferson Davis’s replacement of Johnston with John Bell Hood, and the disastrously costly offensives Hood launched Union forces that outnumbered his by over 2:1
  • Sherman’s shelling of Atlanta & ultimate seizure of the city, followed by the removal of remaining civilian residents
  • Sherman’s increasingly large-scale, deliberate targeting of civilians’ shelter & means of subsistence in “total war”
  • The 1864 presidential election, in which Lincoln was reelected, ensuring that the war would continue
  • Sherman’s burning of the remnants of Atlanta and “March to the Sea” across Georgia

Wanna meet CJ and ? Come out to the 2018 Midwest Peace & Liberty Fest in Delton, Michigan! CJ will be there from Friday, June 22nd through Monday, June 25th, and will be speaking on Sunday, June 24th. Hope to see you there!

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