Porc Therapy

Porc Therapy 2012-02-03

Stephanie — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:53:30 +0000

Topics: Scientific censorship of new bird flu findings; Bronies, gender roles, and nature vs. nurture; Delusions of Gender; More on scientific censorship; Questionable business practices for charities; Komen foundation and “intellectual property;” birth control; Komen foundation vs. Planned Parenthood; Teenagers not interested in sex or relationships?

Porc Therapy 2012-02-02 BONUS

Stephanie — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:08:20 +0000

He’s ba-ack! Guess who joins me for a BONUS Porc Therapy reunion show? It’s Mike, my former cohost for Porc Therapy 1.0, the podcast-only version! The conversation went from silly to serious and we covered a lot in this 2 hour show.

Topics: an update on Mike since he left the show; depression; should one put aside conflicts with others in order to get along in social life?; ostracism, shaming and punishment vs. separation or remediation; interpersonal conflicts among libertarians; conflict resolution; Mike & I roleplay about a broken contract; holding grudges; and finally, if you hang with us until the end of the show, you’ll get to hear the 10 year saga of Stephanie’s bisexual college date gone horribly wrong (and it actually relates to the show topics!).

Thanks, Mike, for being on the show with me.

By the way, at the beginning of this show, we referenced our last show together from July 2011, which can be heard here.

Also, as I mentioned, I will split any donations received from this show with Mike (just email me to let me know it’s from this show).

Porc Therapy 2012-01-27

Stephanie — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:54:20 +0000

Topics: School gives gold stars or punishments for 5th graders’ bathroom habits; My Little Pony!; Gender roles and nature vs. nurture; Gay parents better than straight parents?; Suicide and how to help; Government mandated sterilizations for trans people in Sweden; Epidemic of PTSD and violent crimes on the rise in US Military; Oral HPV, ethics, and fear.

Porc Therapy 2012-01-20

Stephanie — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:20:46 +0000

Topics: Five years later, parents finally reveal child’s gender; Malawi women attacked for wearing trousers; horizontal enforcement; addiction and how it relates to liberty; addictive personality?; the rat park experiments; listener email about addiction, forced rehab, and personal empowerment; attacked by mob and threatened with jail for posting about atheism on Facebook.

Porc Therapy 2012-01-13

Stephanie — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:59:43 +0000

Brett from School Sucks Podcast joins me!; What is unschooling?; things you can do with legos; kids, school, and feelings; Connie, a radical homeschooling mom, shares her experiences about parenting and liberty; the atrocities of war and people’s reactions to them.

Porc Therapy 2012-01-06

Stephanie — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:02:31 +0000

Topics: Mox’s frat hazing story; Michael Dean’s boarding school hazing story; Dale from Flaming Freedom joins me!; hazing parallels in medicine; hazing and domination culture, parallels with the state; Ron Paul mania and politics in general; names and pseudonyms; persuasive language; “capitalism”; online persona and how it affects employers decisions to hire or interview; hazing followup from Mox… plus, a special BONUS aftershow: Dale and I discuss BDSM and freedom (not very explicit but still mature subject matter).

Porc Therapy 2011-12-30

Stephanie — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:07:28 +0000

Topics: Military hazing (article 1 and article 2); being nice vs. being genuine; the non-aggression principle – time to expand the definition?; personal grooming and body hair

Wishing all of the listeners a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2012!

Porc Therapy 2011-12-23

Stephanie — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:05:18 +0000

Internet debates; paleo diet; how to respond when people make claims that are not evidence-based?; butter shortage in Norway; how government distorts food markets; Danish government taxes saturated fat; “creepers” and safety

Porc Therapy 2011-12-21 BONUS

Stephanie — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:40:49 +0000

Bonus podcast-only show!

Here’s a conversation about life and liberty with Joseph O’Donnell, who blogs at instantcallout.com. Thanks to Joe for the wonderful conversation, which I enjoyed very much!

Porc Therapy 2011-12-16

Stephanie — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:11:58 +0000

Topics: Kallen joins me for hour 1; discussion about race and the liberty movement; systemic racism on the part of the state; Christopher Hitchens story; recent freedom-crushing federal government stuff; paying attention to the news; cultural memes condoning or normalizing rape; PA liquor commission ad; frat survey allegedly asks “who would you rape?”; study participants unable to distinguish between quotes from convicted rapists and men’s magazines.

Porc Therapy 2011-12-09

Stephanie — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:55:06 +0000

Rats display signs of empathy; amazing animals; Kitzmiller vs. Dover School District case; The Autistic Reporter from The Onion; Listener email – is love the answer?; Empathy as a way to promote liberty; The false notion that women are emotional while men are rational and how it relates to libertarian demographics.

Porc Therapy 2011-12-02

Stephanie — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:29:52 +0000

Topics: Introducing Buzz of Buzz’s Big Gay Dance Party fame; are some people underrepresented in the liberty movement?; lots of fascinating discussion about women and the liberty movement; corporate culture and gender in the workplace; special BONUS podcast-only segment! “Why are there fewer women in the liberty movement?”

Mentioned in the bonus segment was Buzz’s blog post, “One Can of Worms the NH State Legislature Might Not Want to Open.”

Porc Therapy 2011-11-25

Stephanie — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:47:58 +0000

Topics: Basket Brigade, Thanksgiving and mutual aid; Spending money on the things you actually use; Black Friday and gifts; how to have wonderful conversations; Nonviolent communication; listener email about nonviolent communication and police; listener email about discrimination against men.

Porc Therapy 2011-11-18

Stephanie — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:51:29 +0000

Topics: Response to a listener email about how to find the perfect activism project; My story of finding activism projects; Tips on direct and indirect ways to make money from your blog (or activism project) from ProBlogger; listener comment on “slut shaming” and the non-aggression principle; listener email about age of consent and the military; 5 reasons Americans are moving away from religion from AlterNet.

Also mentioned on the show was The Voluntary Life podcast – check it out!

Porc Therapy 2011-11-11

Stephanie — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 06:02:36 +0000

Topics: “Before You Enlist,” a compelling counter recruitment video from AFSC and Veterans For Peace; listener email about alcoholism; NVC + AA (Nonviolent comunication + Alcoholics Anonymous); addiction and liberty; audiobook on the way; government school non-history lessons; the repercussions of government eugenics programs in the US; and how to be attractive (hint: be healthy!).