Freedomain Radio - Stefan Molyneux - 2037 Stefan Molyneux Interviewed on Mental Self Defense Radio
Aired: 2011-11-19
Duration: 02:27


=== Stephane Molyneux: Libertarian Thinker (02:26) ===

[00:00:00]  Before all of that, we're going to have a guy.
[00:00:03]  A guy that I've wanted to talk to for some time.
[00:00:05]  I've followed his work.
[00:00:07]  Stéphane Molyneux. He is a libertarian philosopher, writer, blogger.
[00:00:18]  Maybe you've seen his YouTube channel.
[00:00:21]  It is literally one of the most popular channels out there.
[00:00:26]  What I like about him...
[00:00:29]  And it's funny because this is kind of what I got involved in over the weekend was talking to some people on Facebook that one of the challenges for libertarians that I find is that libertarians tend to be exceptionally logical thinkers but that can also be a double-edged sword because You know,
[00:00:56]  what that means is it tends to attract people that are mathematicians, computer programmers, what you might call nerds.
[00:01:05]  Not all of them, but a great many of them.
[00:01:08]  And so sometimes communicating persuasively is not, or winning people over to a popular cause, is not one of the strengths.
[00:01:16]  Clear logical thinking, sure, but persuasion maybe not so much.
[00:01:20]  And that is what I really like about Stéphane Molyneux.
[00:01:25]  You can check out his website, freedomainradio.com.
[00:01:30]  I think that's it. I'll have to double check.
[00:01:32]  But he's really a sharp thinker.
[00:01:36]  I don't agree with anybody 100%, but he's really a sharp thinker and raises great arguments and somewhat controversial at times, but he's able to communicate in such an effective manner.
[00:01:52]  I mean, he really speaks well, but he's not kind of hoity-toity or ivory tower in his approach.
[00:02:00]  He's just a really interesting guy.
[00:02:03]  I'm really looking forward to having him on the show here shortly.
[00:02:07]  Oh, well, without further ado, looks like we've got Mr. Molyneux on the line.
[00:02:12]  Let's bring him on.
[00:02:14]  Welcome, Stefan Molyneux, to the show.
[00:02:17]  How are you?
[00:02:19]  Thank you so much for the invitation.
[00:02:21]  Yeah, so I've always...
[00:02:22]  I've been very impressed...
[00:02:25]  By your work.