Prometheus Unbound
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PUP003 | Interview with Jeffrey Tucker
In episode three of the Prometheus Unbound Podcast, Matthew and I have a fantastic interview with the wonderful Jeffrey Tucker, editor of Laissez Faire Books. It's a long one, about an hour and fifteen minutes, and we knew you'd be eager to listen to Jeffrey, so we wasted no time with chit-chat and got right down to business. We covered a number of topics ranging from LFB, intellectual property, and Jeffrey's favorite fiction. We started off by asking Jeffrey Tucker what it's been like...
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PUP002 | Libertarian Speculative Fiction
In episode two of the Prometheus Unbound Podcast, Matthew and Geoffrey discuss libertarian speculative fiction and introduce the Book of the Month, Today's Tomorrows Writing Prompt, and Fiction Forecasts segments of the show. We break the ice with some brief chit-chat about what we've been reading before seguing into our discussion of libertarian spec fic. The Book of the Month is Coyote by Allen Steele. In Today's Tomorrows Writing Prompt, we turn a speculative eye on the very real...
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PUP001 | Interview with Stephan Kinsella
For those who don’t already know him, Stephan Kinsella is a patent attorney and prominent libertarian legal scholar. He is best known for his opposition to intellectual property. We invited Stephan on the show to discuss the problems of intellectual property and piracy in the Digital Age. But first we had to ask him about his love of science fiction and fantasy. We got him to mention some of his favorite authors and books (see below for a list), and we even talked about the Hobbit movie for...
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PUP000 | The Prometheus Unbound Podcast Promo
Matthew and I recorded a brief promotional spot for the Prometheus Unbound Podcast. It includes part of the intro and outro that you will soon become familiar with as well as information about what listeners can expect from the podcast.
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THE LIBERTARIAN TRADITION PODCAST | Ayn Rand and the...
In this January 12, 2010 episode of the Libertarian Tradition podcast series, part of the Mises Institute's online media library, Jeff Riggenbach discusses the important role played by novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand in the early libertarian movement. In light of then recently released books on Ayn Rand — Jennifer Burns's Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right and Anne C. Heller's Ayn Rand and the World She Made — Riggenbach discusses Rand's role in the early libertarian...
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THE LIBERTARIAN TRADITION PODCAST | A History of Ayn Rand
In this January 6, 2010 episode of the Libertarian Tradition podcast series, part of the Mises Institute's online media library, Jeff Riggenbach takes us on a biographical tour of the life of libertarian novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand. In light of then recently released books on Ayn Rand — Jennifer Burns's Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right and Anne C. Heller's Ayn Rand and the World She Made — Riggenbach goes on to chronicle Rand's early life in Soviet Russia, how she...
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THE LIBERTARIAN TRADITION PODCAST | Yevgeny Zamyatin:...
Yevgeny Zamyatin was born in rural Russia on February 20, 1884. He died just a little more than 53 years later, in exile, in Paris, on March 10, 1937. His only novel was not widely read during his brief life, nor is it widely read today. It’s become one of those classics people would rather acknowledge as classics than actually sit down to read. But it has exercised an immense influence, especially in the English-speaking world, thanks to writers like George Orwell, who did read it, and...
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THE LIBERTARIAN TRADITION PODCAST | J.R.R. Tolkien as...
In this episode of the Libertarian Tradition podcast series, part of the Mises Institute's online media library, Jeff Riggenbach makes the case that the author of The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, can be counted as a libertarian. Riggenbach argues that The Lord of the Rings is "both an allegory of the inevitable fate that waits for all attempts to defeat evil power by power and an allegory of power exerted for domination." The story is a dramatization of Lord Acton's famous dictum that...
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THE LIBERTARIAN TRADITION PODCAST | Robert A. Heinlein
In this episode of the Libertarian Tradition podcast series, part of the Mises Institute's online media library, Jeff Riggenbach discusses the life of Robert Anson Heinlein (1907–1988), author of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and many other wonderful novels and short stories, and addresses the question of whether Heinlein was a libertarian.
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THE LIBERTARIAN TRADITION PODCAST | Revisit Ray...
In light of Ray Bradbury's recent passing, it may be apropos to revisit an old episode of Jeff Riggenbach's Libertarian Tradition podcast from 2010 in which he discusses why we should revisit Bradbury's Fahrenheit 45. You can also read the transcript below: Ray Bradbury celebrated his 90th birthday this past Sunday. He was born August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois, a medium-sized town of around 20,000 people about midway between Chicago and Milwaukee on the western shore of Lake Michigan.
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THE LIBERTARIAN TRADITION PODCAST | Robert Bidinotto’s...
In a recent addition to the Libertarian Traditionpodcast series, part ofthe Mises Institute's online media library,Jeff Riggenbachuses Objectivist as a launchpad to discuss Objectivist subculture and fear. You can also read the transcript below: In a recent conversation with a younger libertarian, I heard something that I found somewhat surprising and somewhat disturbing at the same time. But later, on reflection, I realized that what I had heard should not have surprised me, however much it...
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THE LIBERTARIAN TRADITION PODCAST | Robert Anton Wilson
In a recent addition to the Libertarian Traditionpodcast series, part ofthe Mises Institute's online media library,Jeff Riggenbach discussesthe life of Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007), author of the Illuminatus! trilogy. You can also read the transcript below: Robert Anton Wilson was born January 18, 1932 in Brooklyn.
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THE LIBERTARIAN TRADITION PODCAST | C.M. Kornbluth and...
In a recent addition to The Libertarian Traditionpodcast series, part ofthe Mises Institute's online media library,Jeff Riggenbach discussesthe brief life of C.M. Kornbluth (1923–1958) and his novel The Syndic.
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THE LIBERTARIAN TRADITION PODCAST | The Ambiguous...
In a recent addition to The Libertarian Tradition podcastseries, part ofthe Mises Institute's online media library,Jeff Riggenbach discussesThe Ambiguous Utopias of Ursula K. Le Guin and Samuel R. Delany.
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THE LIBERTARIAN TRADITION PODCAST | Friedrich Hayek and...
In a recent addition to The Libertarian Tradition podcastseries, part ofthe Mises Institute's online media library,Jeff Riggenbach discussesFriedrich Hayek and American Science Fiction. You can also read the transcript, which was later published as aMises Daily article. In the podcast, Riggenbach discusses the dramatization of Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek's ideas in William Gibson's novel Pattern Recognition and Alfred Bester's short story "Time is the Traitor.
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THE LIBERTARIAN TRADITION PODCAST | Libertarian Science...
When I wasn't paying attention Jeff Riggenbach did two more audio podcasts on libertarianism and science fiction in his series for the Mises Institute, The Libertarian Tradition. Here is one, afollowup on the previous podcast onlibertarian science fiction. You can also read the transcript, which was later published as a Mises Daily article: "Some Further Notes on Libertarian Science Fiction.
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THE LIBERTARIAN TRADITION PODCAST | Libertarian Science...
In a new addition to the Mises Institute's online media library today, part ofThe Libertarian Tradition podcastseries,Jeff Riggenbach discusses libertarian science fiction. Riggenbach discusses the role of science fiction in keeping individualism alive, the phenomenon of all the best known libertarian novels being science fiction novels, Eric S. Raymond's "A Political History of SF" in which Raymond argues that science fiction has a natural affinity with libertarianism, andthe importance of...
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