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The healing journey of a widowed, unschooling badass in Delaware.
I meant to include this podcast episode in yesterday’s Radicalized.
A Facebook friend was bemoaning how people who have been let down, lied to, and downright abused by the medical industrial complex have become radicalized.
I say hurrah. We should be radicalized against an industry that has led Americans into becoming the least healthy population on the planet.
I haven’t finished either of these podcast episodes, but they each offer radical narratives in contrast to mainstream medical assumptions.
The fun part is that they take wildly different approaches. The first, with Bret Weinstein and Jessica Rose, assumes germ theory is correct and analyzes the specific make-up and origin of the Covid-19 pathogen.
This second episode examines modern diagnoses from a terrain theory point-of-view. It’s a broader discussion the covers Lymes, Covid, HIV and AIDS, raw milk, and a host of other medical topics from a decidedly radical perspective.
I try to unschool and follow my children’s interests as much as I am able.
However, philosophy and history are intensely important to me. I want my boys to have perspective on current events and be able to think clearly.
Mostly, my own passion for these subjects creates opportunites to discuss (my older and I are listening to a podcast series on Jim Jones and the People’s Temple tragedy that is a deep dive on domestic race relations in the 20th century).
The only thing I “push” on them (and myself) is Tom Woods’ history courses. They provide a wide approach to history and the background knowledge that I want my sons to have.
Martyr Made on Jim Jones:
Tom Woods: The Liberty Homeschooler
Today was all distraction. I had a lot of driving to do and I must have missed four or five turns during my travels.
During my last kid pick-up, I don’t have the mental capacity to dig into anything heavy.
Thankfully, one of my favorites, Dave Smith, is on with Joe Rogan:
I think I’m hooked.
Dave Smith has been recommending Darryl Cooper’s Martyr Made podcast for a long time.
After listening to several recent interviews, I decided to look at the episode list.
My sons have an interest in cults, so I saw Cooper’s series on Jim Jones as an opportunity to listen to something together. As they grow, it is becoming more challenging to find common subject matter.
The introduction episode started in an unexpected way. It is a cursory review of black persecution in America, told in reverse, tracing a thread of violence backward in time.
Cooper relates powerful stories and focuses on empathizing with the subjects of his study. He’s given my sons a lot to ponder.