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Nick and Taylor discuss their experiences with coaching youth soccer in small town USA. Are sports a potential replacement for the so called "socialization" you'd typically get in public school? What makes a great athlete, and what's the role of the parent in this? What can kids hope to achieve playing sports?

Nick and Taylor discuss the pros and cons of an AI-driven education. What do we lose? What do we gain? Can AI get everyone back on the same page after years of political turmoil? Can it be the new standard of knowledge? 

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We're back from Costa Rica! We share our thoughts on the communal-living food-forested community we visited, their alternative school, and how nature brings the family together while on vacation. 

Nick and Taylor discuss climate change, Trump's round table discussion with Mayor Bass and LA residents, the accuracy of consensus, and the proper spirit of scientific inquiry.

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Nick and Taylor discuss the recent fires in LA: what are the consequences to failed idealogical stances? How do emotions tie into what should be rational deliberation? How people should respond to these events?

Nick and Taylor cover flat Earth, the biblical timeline for Earth, and also dive into more illumination from Jordan Peterson's new book We Who Wrestle With God. 

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We cover our first impressions of Jordan Peterson's new book, We Who Wrestle With God, and Taylor shares the story of the night she had her own conversation with God.


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What's the point of working? How could work change? Is there "good" work and "bad" work?

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How did property come to be? What's our relationship to it? What's the best way to use property?

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What is health, what is it for, who do you trust with it? 

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What is food, what is it for, what is our relationship to it? Do we have a moral duty to feed our children healthy food? We explore this philosophy topic and also share what our family eats in a day.

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We discuss government: what is it for? What role are citizens supposed to play in it? 

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In this episode, we discuss EDUCATION: what’s it for? What should it look like, and what is the end goal? 

What do children *actually* need to learn, and what’s the best way to approach teaching? 

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We discuss nature & divinity: what are humans made of? And why does it matter? If we are part divine, how does that impact how we should/shouldn't live our lives?

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In this episode we discuss the ethical topics that face us today on how people should act. Are there a million different ways to live a good life or are there some absolutes that are built into the human experience? Here's what we hit on: nutrition, marriage, having kids, duty, and more. 

Trigger warning: infant loss — towards the end of our conversation we talk about Baby Fin and the future we are facing with his birth & short (but precious) life. 

We discuss generalization vs specialization: is it better to be good at lots of things, or GREAT at one thing? Is there a moral implication either way? Which one are we and is that for the best? Which would we encourage in our homeschool and in how we raise our children?

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What should be censored and why? Should anything be kept hidden? Who's in charge of hiding things from us? Are you doing the same thing when it comes to your kids? Is that a good thing? We use Plato's Republic as a launching point to dive in to the hot topic of censorship.

Starting with government censorship and media censorship, we then explore  censorship surrounding kids. Is there a difference? Who is allowed to influence our children and how much control over this should parents have?

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Humans are “social creatures” — but are there times when socialization can be a bad thing? How much socialization do we *actually* need, and how much (and what type) should our children be exposed to?

We start off by looking at two opposing philosophical viewpoints on this subject from Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes. Then we get into politics, public education, how "de-socializing" changed our own worldviews, overbearing high school administrators, inappropriate spankings, & our thoughts on parenting in today’s world.

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