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JK Podcast
Follow along as Jad and Kevin explore the grand ideas of liberty, humanity, and equality.
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Ep105 : Destroying Education with a Lack of Common Sense
In this episode Jad and Kevin discuss an article Kevin found about a kid getting expelled from his school for having a weapon in his car. Well maybe i...
Ep104 : Blurred Misogyny Part 5/5 – Gender Neutrality
At last we reach the end of a five part series focused on the objectification of women. We’ve been joined for this entire conversation with local Aust...
Ep103 : Blurred Misogyny Part 4/5 – Leading Through Education
For our forth installment of Blurred Misogyny, we are joined again by local Austin artist, Adrienne Parker. In this episode we turn our attention away...
Ep102 : Blurred Misogyny Part 3/5 – Cultural Norms
We are joined once again by local Austin artist, Adrienne Parker as she discusses a controversial music video with us called Blurred Lines by Robin Th...
Ep101 : Blurred Misogyny Part 2/5 – Objectification
This week we continue our discussion with local Austin artist, Adrienne Parker on the topic of Robin Thicke’s controversial music video Blurred Lines....
Ep100 : Blurred Misogyny Part 1/5 – Acknowledging the Problem
Today we hit an amazing milestone in the history of the JKPodcast. From small and humble beginnings, we now stand in front of our our 100th episode! T...
Ep98 : Considering a Stateless Position on Environmentalism
In a fun twist of roles, one of the editors of the JKPodcast (Lee) asked if we could do an episode discussing libertarian and anarchist positions of e...
Ep97 : Experiences with the Travel Security Administration
This week we follow up with a recent trip Kevin took to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Jad and Kevin discuss some of the experiences their respective coworke...
Ep96 : Libertarian Party of Texas State Convention Part III
In this final part detailing the Libertarian Party of Texas’s 2014 state convention, Jad and Kevin talk about the three to four hour long discussion t...
Ep95 : Putin Looks to Syria, Obama Looks to Al-Qaeda
In this episode Jad and Kevin look at the world for what it is, a giant chess board with maniacal, sociopathic, dictatorial people moving the pieces a...
Ep94 : Dread Pirate Roberts and the Beginning of the End
Jad and Kevin branch out from the usual political conversations and delve a bit deeper into the technical details of Bitcoin this week. Bearing in min...
Ep93 : Jumpstarting the Campaign with Reddit
As Kevin’s campaign for the 2014 Texas State House of Representatives ticks on, Jad and Kevin discuss the first major breakthrough the campaign has se...
Ep92 : Thoughts on Bill Nye vs. Ken Hamm
As many people across the United States may have seen on television, a pseudo-debate was hosted between Bill Nye and Ken Hamm. We won’t go into detail...
Ep91 : The Freedom of Association
Recently one of the country’s most famous idiots, Sarah Palin, made some some off-colored remarks about the NRA. Around the same time a man few had ev...
Ep90 : Libertarian Party of Texas State Convention Part II
In this second of three parts detailing the Libertarian Party of Texas’s 2014 state convention, Jad and Kevin discuss the gubernatorial race. The race...
Ep89 : Reflecting the Perfect Model of Human Communication Part II
In the second part of our talk on human communication, Jad and Kevin discuss being comfortable while trying new things. It seems this is a pretty comm...
Ep88 : Reflecting the Perfect Model of Human Communication Part I
After Kevin experienced the emotions that came with a failed relationship, Jad and Kevin decide to spend a few episodes discussing human communication...
Ep87 : Libertarian Party of Texas State Convention Part I
With Kevin currently running for the Texas House of Representatives, he definitely felt he should attend his own party’s 2014 state convention. Over t...
Ep86 : Egypt, Ukraine, and Subverting the Peace Process
This week Jad and Kevin spend a little less time debating political theories and a little more time discussing current world events. In the past few m...
Ep85 : Asserting Your Personhood
This week Jad and Kevin revisit an older topic of conversation and one that has come up in the podcast several times. The gist of that conversation is...
Ep84 : Travis County Libertarian Conventions Recap
As part of our ongoing Monday Morning Campaign Update series, Jad and Kevin talk about Kevin’s run on the campaign trail over the past two weeks. Sinc...
Ep83 : The Misrepresentation of Anarchist Principles
This week we examine the problem of citing individual cases to represent collective problems. Our primary focus tends towards the misrepresentation of...
Ep82 : Turkish Protests, Riots, and Revolutions
On May 28th of 2013, plans to replace an Istanbul park with a modern mall sparked a small sit-in-style protest in Turkey. The peaceful protestors were...
Ep81 : The Joke of Running a Citizen Campaign
As part of our ongoing Monday Morning Campaign Update series, Jad and Kevin talk about the financial information gathering process Texas candidates ar...
Ep80 : Internships and Imposing Laws on the Masses
Last June an interesting story broke regarding unpaid internships. The short is that two people who interned on the set of Black Swan (a major Hollywo...
Ep79 : Do People’s Ideals Change When they have Children?
In this week’s episode, Jad and Kevin discuss how state bodies are able to use people’s children as a mechanism of control. You’ve undoubtedly seen th...
Ep78 : Kevin’s Campaign Trail Questionnaires
As a continuation of our Monday Morning Campaign Update series, Kevin and Jad talk about some of the interesting candidate questionnaires Kevin has be...
Ep77 : Objectivity of the Law and a Just Society Part III
In this final part of a three part series, we conclude our discussion regarding justice within a society. Our friend, Tom de Lorenzo, is back to help...
Ep76 : Objectivity of the Law and a Just Society Part II
In the second episode of a three part series, we continue discussing the idea of justice with our friend and local author, Tom de Lorenzo. After follo...
Ep75 : Working with the Texas Ethics Commission
Welcome to our first Monday Morning Campaign Update. Like our “Throwback Thursday” series, this will be another sub-series of our podcast. This partic...
Ep74 : Objectivity of the Law and a Just Society Part I
In this first episode of a three part series, our friend and local Austin author, Tom de Lorenzo, takes Jad and Kevin on a journey into the word justi...
Ep73 : Austin Land Use and the Great Wal-Mart Debate Part II
This week Jad and Kevin pick back up where they left off last week with a discussion of local governments spending taxpayer money on citywide projects...
Ep72 : Austin Land Use and the Great Wal-Mart Debate Part I
In November of 2006 a small group of people in North Austin formed a coalition in an effort to block Wal-Mart from building a 225,000 sq ft “Super Cen...
Ep71 : Firsthand Colorado Pot Shop Experience
On a recent winter vacation into the Colorado mountains, Kevin had the pleasure of stopping by one of their new signature marijuana stores. If you’re...
Ep70 : Kevin’s Candidacy for TX46
After discussing the possibility of this for quite some time, Kevin officially announces his candidacy for the Texas House of Representatives in Texas...
Ep69 : Colorado Pot Shops
As of January 1st, 2014, the State of Colorado has deemed it 100% legal for any adult in the state to purchase and consume marijuana. Kevin and his gi...
Ep68 : Morality and Ethics Part III – Ethical Symmetry
And a happy 2014 to everyone out there in JKPodcast-land! In this final episode of a three part series, we are once again joined by our friend Tom de...
Ep67 : Morality and Ethics Part II – Survivalism
Happy holidays to all of our faithful JKPodcast listeners (if you’re into the whole Santa thing). In this second part of a three part episode we’re jo...
Ep66 : Morality and Ethics Part I – Objectivism vs. Subjectivism
What is objective morality? What is subjective morality? This week we’re joined by our old friend Tom de Lorenzo for the first of three parts discussi...
Ep65 : Permitting Expiration in Austin and Other Local Control
If you’ve never thought about how development regulations get handed down from the Federal government to the states and then to local municipalities,...