Interview with Scott Powell

Happy New Year everyone! Our first guest of the year is Scott Powell. Homeschooler, historian and self-described, "nomad capitalist."He is the author of three books, most notably, The History of Now, and The History of Tomorrow. We cover these topics and more. Give it a listen!Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free) The Secular Foxhole Town Hall. Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new place in cyberspace!Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:Anchor facts of American history - Knowable World dot comJohann Gustav Droysen - BritannicaThe Early Ayn Rand: A Selection from Her Unpublished Fiction - WikipediaIdeas and Revolution Locke and America; Rousseau and France by Scott McConnell, John Ridpath. Presented at: Lyceum, August 9, 1997. - Objectivist Media dot comJohn Ridpath - York University VanDamme Academy4 Benefits of Teaching History Present-CentricallyThe 4-Hour Historian: An Anti-Textbook Volume 1: The World We Live In 1.0 - The Roots of Progress blogHistory DetectivesLuc Travers - History At Our HouseBooks by Scott PowellPresident Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points (1918) - The U.S. National Archives and Records AdministrationHari Seldon - WikipediaThe Fourteen Points reading groupThe Fourteen Points on YouTubeInterview with Warren Fahy - Episode 45 of The Secular Foxhole podcastJack Vance - WikipediaTo Live Forever (Clarges)Scott Powell on Twitter (X)Episode 93 (55 minutes) was recorded at 1700 Central European Time, on January 2, 2025, with Alitu's recording feature. Martin did the editing and post-production with the podcast maker, Alitu. The transcript is generated by Alitu.Easy listen to The Secular Foxhole podcast in your podcast (podcatcher) app of choice, e.g. Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Listen Notes.Even better is to use one of the new podcast apps, on Podcast Index, supporting the Podcasting 2.0 initiative, and Value for Value model, by streaming Satoshis (bits of Bitcoin), and sending a Boostagram (digital telegram with a donation of sats). Check out the Sam Sethi's new service called, TrueFans. Become a fan of our podcast there. Listen to The Secular Foxhole podcast, "and pay the price you want for the value you hear."This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy