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The Voluntary Life — 397 episodes
Justifying Parental Authority Without Ownership
Interview: A Libertarian Theory of Parental Obligations
What Is the Libertarian Theory of Parental Obligations?
Financial Independence: The Most Important Kind Of Freedom (And How To Achieve It)
Job Free by Jake Desyllas (Full Audiobook Unabridged)
Becoming An Entrepreneur by Jake Desyllas (Full Audiobook Unabridged)
Bonus Episode 17: Communication And Mindfulness
Bonus Episode 16: Tax Strategies And My Experience As An Entrepreneur
Bonus Episode 13: Making A Big Change In Life
Bonus Episode 11: Being An Individual Vs Finding Community
Bonus Episode 9: What I Learned Growing Up In A Communist Squat
Bonus Episode 5: Ending Friendships
Bonus Episode 4: Should I Go Into Business With This Person?
Bonus Episode 3: More On Cash In Investing
Bonus Episode 2: How To Do A Daily Review
Bonus Episode 1: How To Sort Your Life Out Part 2
404 Endings And Beginnings
403 Travel, Minimalism, And Parenting: World Wanderers Interview
402 Finding Your Own Path To A Job-Free Life
401 Negotiate For Mutual Profit Audiobook Part 2
400 What The Voluntary Life Is About
399 What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars
398 A Review of The Battle Hymn of The Tiger Mother
397 How Do You Know If You Can Live From Your Investments?
396 A Review Of Ray Dalio's Principles
395 Job Free: The Psychological Challenges
394 How Much Risk Should You Take When Investing?
393 My Experience Visiting An Objectivist Meetup
392 Four More Life-Changing Ideas
391 Startups As A Path To A Job-Free Life
390 Productivity Outside Work
389 The Challenges Of Living With Purpose
388 Make Yourself Redundant
387 Answering Listener Questions About The Permanent Portfolio
386 Do You Have To Choose Between Financial Independence And Kids?
385 Lifestyle Businesses
384 Why Self Improvement Disrupts Your Relationship
383 The Appeal of Stoicism
382 The Best Funding there Is
381 Four Ideas That Changed My Life
380 Breaking The Rules Of GTD
379 The Variable Portfolio
378 How To Live From Investments
377 The Best Journalling Techniques For Productivity
376 Planning Vs Doing In Productivity
375 It's OK Not To Share
374 Introduction to Unjobbing
373 A Secular Look At The Bible Part 2
372 Leaving A Career And Redesigning Your Life
371 Negotiate For Mutual Profit Audiobook Part 1
370 Free To Learn
369 Breaking Out Of Your Cultural Bubble
368 Learn By Selling
366 Three Alternatives To School
365 Good Ideas Are Better Than Heroes
364 An Update About Patreon And Thoughts On The Future Of The Internet
363 Extreme Saving
362 Are You Spiritual?
361 A Secular Look At The Bible
359 Crisis Investing
358 Your Purpose In Life Can Change
357 You Provide The Purpose
356 The Subversive Family
355 Why I Am Passionate About Financial Independence
354 The True Believer
353 Something People Want
352 Value Investing
351 Travel, Parenting, And The Challenges Of Choosing A Different Lifestyle
350 Why Predicting Doom Always Sounds Clever
349 Free-Range Kids Reviewed By a Former Free-Range Kid
348 Breaking Free
347 Why I Am Passionate About Productivity
346 Nomadic Travel Vs Having A Base
345 Emotional Challenges in Investing
344 Voluntary Servitude
343 Listener Feedback on Questioning Education
342 Review of The Paradox of Choice
341 Peaceful Parenting, Unschooling, and Self-Directed Education
340 Review of The Case Against Education
339 Questioning Education
338 Leadership and Parenting
337 Tracking Your Investments
336 A Review Of Jordan Peterson's Parenting Principles
335 Freedom from Pretence
334 How Free Are You? The Tale of The Slave By Robert Nozick
333 Residency in Portugal And Spain
332 Nietzsche's Idea of Individual Freedom
331 Review of Think and Grow Rich
330 Are You Ready To Have Children?
329 Punished By Rewards Part 2: Incentives in Business
328 Punished By Rewards Part 1: Parenting and Schooling
327 What Entrepreneurs Need To Know About Venture Capital
326 Jim Rohn's Philosophy for Successful Living
325 Dealing With Manipulative People Part 2
324 Dealing With Manipulative People Part 1
323 A Review Of Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner
322 Destroy Bad Ideas by Embracing Them
321 Barcelona: Our Adventure Continues
320 Investing in Gold
319 Inheritance
318 Mind Mapping
317 Investing In Bonds
316 80/20 Parenting and the ACE Study
315 Nonviolent Communication
314 The Best TV Show For Entrepreneurs
312 The Unjobbing Way
311 What Is The Point Of Getting Married?
310 How I Became An Estonian E-Resident
308 Building A Tiny House
307 Five Ways To Live The Voluntary Life
305 What Is Forgiveness?
304 Passive Investing with Index Funds
303 The Weekly Review For Productivity
302 Against Therapy
301 How Old Are Entrepreneurs?
300 The Different Principles Of Peaceful And Non-Peaceful Parenting
299 What Is Selfishness?
298 Your Life Is Not On Loan
297 The Role Of Cash In Investing
296 No One Is Coming To Save You
295 How To Sort Your Life Out Part 1 (and Patreon!)
294 The Five Laws Of Stupidity
293 Girona: Our Adventure Continues
292 The Decision To Have Kids
290 Escaping The Identity Trap
289 Managing Your Productivity System
288 Working Hard And Missing Out On Life Experiences
287 Freedom Surfer Interview
286 Wireless Life Interview
285 Making It All Work
284 What The Founder Shows About Entrepreneurship
283 Minimalism and Parenting
282 The Fear That Motivates Me
281 Listener Feedback on Peaceful Parenting
280 How To Disagree
279 Designing A Life Without Regrets
278 Three Principles Of Philosophy Applied To Parenting
277 Why It Is Worth Striving To Achieve A Job Free Life
276 Society Is Your Relationships
275 The Best Books On Productivity
274 Imaginary Teams
273 The Best Books On Entrepreneurship
272 Why I Choose Peaceful Parenting
271 The Best Books To Start Learning About Financial Independence
270 Harry Browne's Article "A Gift for My Daughter"
269 Review of A Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine
268 Family Pressure, Expensive Weddings, And Kids
267 Consumerism Vs Saving: Four Theories
266 Self-Sufficiency And DIY: Good For Financial Independence?
265 A Review Of Escape From Childhood By John Holt
264 Thomas Stanley's Wealth Index
263 Thinking Rationally Part 9: Rational Ethics
262 Thinking Rationally Part 8: Popular Irrational Biases
261 Thinking Rationally Part 7: The Irrationality Of Politics
260 Overcoming Negative Emotions
259 Breaking Limits In Business And Life
258 Getting Started With Productivity Systems
257 How To Rock The Someday Maybe List
256 Perpetual Travel With Kids Part 2: Interview With Mike And Lauren
255 The Path to Permanent Travel And Minimalism
254 Perpetual Travel With Kids Part 1: Interview With Go Curry Cracker
253 A Review Of The Power Of Less
252 Adapting To Big Changes
251 Entrepreneurship And Personal Development
250 Job Free: Introduction
249 How I Carry My 600-Book Library In Hand Luggage
248 Thinking Rationally Part 6: Your Superpower For Self-Determination
247 Thinking Rationally Part 5: Reason And Emotions
246 Thinking Rationally Part 4: Listener Feedback On Faith Versus Reason
245 Thinking Rationally Part 3: Anti-Rational Ideas
244 Thinking Rationally Part 2: Imaginary Creatures and Machines
243 Thinking Rationally Part 1: Faith Versus Reason
242 Financial Pros And Cons Of Home Ownership
241 Selling Our Home To Travel The World
240 Freedom Lovin' Interview— Job Free
239 Minimalism And Clothes
238 Zero Data
237 The Tech Of Permanent Travel
236 The Free State Project
235 A Better World Starts With A Clean Bedroom
234 Radical Personal Finance Interview— Job Free
233 The Next Level — Horizons of Focus Part 2
232 The Next Level — Horizons of Focus Part 1
231 Financial Freedom and Exiting the Rat Race
230 How I Crowdsourced Feedback on my New Book, "Job Free"
229 Travel and Life on Bitcoin
228 Making Sense Of Civilization
227 Review Of The Better Angels Of Our Nature By Steven Pinker
226 The Mindset For Financial Independence
225 Comparative Advantage Is Mind-blowing
224 Ancient Vs Modern Ideas Of Liberty
223 A Guide To Passive Investment Portfolios
222 Early Retirement Lifestyle Part 2
221 Early Retirement Lifestyle Part 1
220 What To Expect From Investing
219 How To Do A Monthly Financial Review
218 Choosing A Job-Free Lifestyle
217 Panama: Our Adventure Begins
216 Financial Independence Strengthens Your Moral Backbone
215 Extreme Decluttering
214 From Drama To Empowerment
213 Logic And The Courage To Follow It
212 Science And Rationality
211 Introduction To Truth And Certainty
210 Tax Strategies And Financial Freedom Part 2
209 Tax Strategies And Financial Freedom Part 1
208 Creating Purpose, Structure, And Community Outside A Job
207 Who Will Buy Your Business?
206 Luck In Business
205 The Most Powerful Planning Tool I Know
204 Making Sense of Frugality and Minimalism
203 Early Retirement and Housesitting
202 Self-Deception
201 Tools And Systems for Independent Learning
200 Quantified Self
199 Car Free
198 Removing Trivial Decisions From Life
197 Resisting Conformity
196 Self Knowledge and Entrepreneurship
195 Technomadia Interview
194 Your Money Or Your Life by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez
193 Cashing In On The American Dream By Paul Terhorst
192 TV Is Obsolete: How To Upgrade Your Media Diet
191 Task Management
190 Out Of The Box Interview: Minimalism, Financial Freedom, And More! With Rosie Tran
189 Envy: A Theory Of Social Behaviour By Helmut Schoek
188 Financial Independence Part 4: Relationships
187 How To Read More Than 50 Books A Year
186 Natural Project Planning
185 How To Set Meaningful Goals For The Year Ahead
184 Becoming An Entrepreneur: Introduction
183 Financial Independence Part 3: Buy Status Symbols or Buy Your Freedom
182 Financial Independence Part 2: Make, Save, Invest
181 Financial Independence Part 1: What You Need To Know About Your Money
180 A Fearless Inventory Of Your Stuff
179 Automation FTW
178 Upgrading Habits
177 The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality by Ludwig Von Mises Part 2
176 The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality by Ludwig Von Mises Part 1
175 The Culture of Entrepreneurship
174 Fail-Safe Investing Part 2
173 Fail-Safe Investing Part 1
172 Personal Finances Vs Other Personal Development Goals
171 From Million Dollar House To Tiny Home
170 Asset Protection and Internationalization
169 Two Crucial Questions
168 Win-Win Negotiation Part 3: Resolving Disputes
167 The Permanent Portfolio
166 Retired at 33: Interview with Justin from Root of Good
165 The Positive Power of Entrepreneurship
164 We Plan To Retire At 30
163 Thinking Like An Entrepreneur: Discussion With Jeffrey Tucker
162 Spend Little, Save More, Travel the World
161 Review of Built To Sell by John Warrillow
160 Choice Conversations Interview: Financial Freedom and More
159 Life Without Politics
158 Entrepreneurship is Embarrassing And That's OK
157 How To Go Paperless Part 2
156 How To Unleash Your Creative Thinking
155 Review of A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel
154 How To Stay On Top With A Weekly Review
153 Your Own Moral Compass Part 3
152 Your Own Moral Compass Part 2
151 Your Own Moral Compass
150 Becoming an Entrepreneur
149 Career Breaks and Travel
148 Mental Decluttering
147 Financial Freedom and Personal Development
146 Living In Mexico
145 Win-Win Negotiation Part 2: Strength and Value
144 Win-Win Negotiation Part 1: Communication
143 Breaking From Your Parents: Interview With Daniel Mackler
142 Extraordinary Time
141 No More Waiting For The Epic Fairy
140 A World Of Entrepreneurs
139 How To Build Your Network
136 Your Purpose In Life
135 How Much Is Enough?
134 Employee Conditioning
133 Going Minimalist
132 Perpetual Travellers Part 4: Interview With Andrew Henderson
131 Perpetual Travellers Part 3: Interview with David Kahn
130 Perpetual Travellers Part 2: Interview With Pete Sisco
129 Perpetual Travellers Part 1: An Interview With Kevin Koskella
128 Be More Expansive Than Your Expertise: Interview With Elliott Hulse
127 Porc Therapy Interview: Quitting The Rat Race- In Depth!
126 School Sucks Interview: Tools For A Freed Mind and A Voluntary Life
125 Q&A on Four Ways To Quit The Rat Race
124 Four Ways To Quit The Rat Race
123 Work Ethic: Good or Bad?
122 Conscious Entrepreneurship
121 The Big Decisions for Entrepreneurs
120 Eight Tools That Will Free Your Mind
119 How To Develop Your Wealth Plan
118 Decluttering And Community Selling
117 Freedom Lovin' Interview: Living The Voluntary Life
116 Why Your Gym Membership Is 300 Times More Expensive Than You Think
115 How To Go Paperless
114 Nomad Capitalist Report Interview
113 Freedom From Your Stuff
112 What Business Should I Start? Part 2: Finding Purpose
111 Money, Risk and Motivation in Entrepreneurship
110 Who To Start A Business With
108 Three Ways To Delegate
107 What Kind of Business Should I Start?
106 Self-Employed Vs Business Owner
104 How To Diversify Your Investments
103 Everything You Need To Make Long Term Travel Easy
101 How To Dream Big
100 Entrepreneurship Part 16: Limited Liability Is Not A Magic Shield
99 Taking Risks With Money And Business
98 Entrepreneurship Part 15: Scaling Your Business
97 Entrepreneurship Part 14: Employing People
96 Entrepreneurship Part 13: IP Is Bad For Business
95 Judd Weiss on Business Relationships Part 2
94 Judd Weiss On Business Relationships Part 1
93 About The Voluntary Life Part 2: Empowerment
92 About The Voluntary Life Part 1: More Free Is More Alive
91 Entrepreneurship Part 12: JFDI
90 Rational Optimism Vs Doom Porn
88 Why I Feared The Free Market
87 An Expat Entrepreneur In Chile
86 Teaching Entrepreneurship to Kids: An Interview with Eduardo Marty
85 Freedom From Intellectual Heroes
84 Interview With Joel Bowman
83 Introduction to Investing
82 Savings Vs Wage Slavery
81 Freedom From Debt
80 Financial Freedom Milestones
79 Entrepreneurship Part 11: Free Your Ass And Your Mind Will Follow
78 Entrepreneurship Part 10: Going Into Business With Others
76 The Permanent Portfolio: Author Interview With Craig Rowland
77 Internationalising Yourself
75 The Most Advanced Democracy On Earth (Probably Not What You Think)
74 City Air Makes You Free
73 A Review of The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss
72 How You Can Help End Poverty
71 Computer Security and Privacy For Everyone
70 Becoming Who You Are Interview Part 2
69 Inflation: The Hidden Tax
68 Becoming Who You Are Interview Part 1
67 Success Is The Best Revenge
66 Living Free Now: Porc Therapy Show
65 A Review of The Virtue Of Selfishness By Ayn Rand
64 What They Don't Teach at School Part 2
63 What They Don't Teach at School: Discussion With Brett Veinotte of School Sucks
62 What You Can Do To Live Free: Porc Therapy Interview
61 Entrepreneurship Makes the World a Better Place: Free Talk Live Interview
60 Unschooling Year 1
58 Emigrating in Europe
57 Chris Guillebeau on "The $100 Startup"
56 The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg
55 Entrepreneurship Part 9: Financing Your Startup
54 Entrepreneurship Part 8: Selling Your Business
53 Freedom From School: An Interview With Laurette Lynn
52 Entrepreneurship Part 7: Negotiation
50 Financial Preparedness: An Interview With Medium Tex
49 Author Interview: Jeffrey Tucker on "It's A Jetsons World"
48 Entrepreneurship Part 6: Getting Things Done
47 Investing In Friendships
45 Entrepreneurship Part 5: The Unexamined Business Is Not Worth Building
44 Living And Parenting Free Of Religion: An Interview With Carisa Brewster
43 Investing In Europe: An Interview With Marc De Mesel
42 Author Interview: Paul Rosenberg on A Lodging of Wayfaring Men Part 2
41 Author Interview: Paul Rosenberg on A Lodging of Wayfaring Men Part 1
40 Financial Independence from Parents
39 Entrepreneurship Part 4: Profit is Sanity
38 Entrepreneurship Part 3: In Praise Of Selling
37 Psychological Freedom: An Interview With Daniel Mackler
36 Freedom From Politics Part 2
35 Freedom From Politics Part 1
34 Unjobbing: Author Interview with Michael Fogler
33 Parent-Free By Choice: An Interview with Vickie Bergman
32 Uncollege: An Interview with Dale Stephens
30 The Fear of Freedom by Eric Fromm
29 Successful Entrepreneurship: An Interview With Judd Weiss
28 How To Get Financial Freedom
27 Getting More Freedom In Your Job
26 Entrepreneurship Part 2: The Art of The Start
25 Entrepreneurship Part 1: The Real Revolutionaries
24 The Voluntary City Part 3: The Future
23 The Voluntary City Part 2: Voluntary Land Use Planning
22 The Voluntary City Part 1: Introduction
21 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
20 We the Living by Ayn Rand
19 Unschooling Part 3: Putting Unschooling Into Practice
18 Unschooling Part 2: The Compulsory Education System
17 Unschooling Part 1: Instead of Education
16 Unjobbing Part 2: Experiences
15 Unjobbing Part 1: Introduction
14 Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
13 No Treason by Lysander Spooner
12 Investing for Financial Freedom: Two Approaches
11 The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Part 2
10 The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Part 1
2 How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World by Harry Browne Part 2
1 How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World by Harry Browne Part 1