Radio and PodcastRadio and PodcastLive Radio & Podcasts
The Voluntary Life cover
Business

The Voluntary Life

Jake Desyllas

A podcast about living a life of your choosing. Topics covered include entrepreneurship, financial independence, freedom, perpetual travel, productivity, and rational thinking.

Episodes

20 of 461 episodes

Opposing Parental Authority As A Strategy To Increase State Control Of Children

An AI narration of the article 'Opposing Parental Authority As A Strategy To Increase State Control Of Children' by Jake Desyllas. Parents c...

05:06Nov 1, 2026

A Critique of Roderick Long's Comments on Circumcision

An AI narration of the article 'A Critique of Roderick Long's Comments on Circumcision' by Jake Desyllas. Libertarians hold every institutio...

05:45Oct 25, 2026

A Response To Michael Huemer on Abortion

An AI narration of the article 'A Response To Michael Huemer on Abortion' by Jake Desyllas. Michael Huemer opens his article on abortion by...

08:55Oct 18, 2026

The Boomer Contradiction on Children's Rights

An AI narration of the article 'The Boomer Contradiction on Children's Rights' by Jake Desyllas. Since the 1960s the West has settled on a c...

03:27Oct 11, 2026

The Theory of State Ownership of Children

An AI narration of the article 'The Theory of State Ownership of Children' by Jake Desyllas. Who owns a child? One long-running answer, olde...

05:02Oct 4, 2026

Argumentation Ethics Entails Self Ownership From the Beginning of Life

An AI narration of the article 'Argumentation Ethics Entails Self Ownership From the Beginning of Life' by Jake Desyllas. A reply to Stephan...

08:40Sep 27, 2026

A Critique of Stephan Kinsella's Approach To Rights Theory

An AI narration of the article 'A Critique of Stephan Kinsella's Approach To Rights Theory' by Jake Desyllas. Stephan Kinsella famously over...

04:31Sep 20, 2026

Three Views of the Relationship Between Parents and Political Authority

An AI narration of the article 'Three Views of the Relationship Between Parents and Political Authority' by Jake Desyllas. Philosophy of the...

03:25Sep 13, 2026

What Is The Libertarian Theory of Parental Obligations? JLS Article With Footnotes

An AI narration of the article 'What Is The Libertarian Theory of Parental Obligations?' by Jake Desyllas. This article examines four compet...

01:02:06Sep 9, 2026

When do Parental Obligations Not Apply?

An AI narration of the article 'When do Parental Obligations Not Apply?' by Jake Desyllas. The causal theory of parental responsibility grou...

03:53Sep 6, 2026

Objections Against The State-Of-Peril Argument For Parental Obligations

An AI narration of the article 'Objections Against The State-Of-Peril Argument For Parental Obligations' by Jake Desyllas. Critics of the st...

22:45Aug 30, 2026

Support for Abortion Has Corrupted Libertarian Theory

An AI narration of the article 'Support for Abortion Has Corrupted Libertarian Theory' by Jake Desyllas. Libertarian philosophy ought to off...

09:09Aug 23, 2026

Opponents of Parental Responsibility Cannot Help Conceding The Argument

An AI narration of the article 'Opponents of Parental Responsibility Cannot Help Conceding The Argument' by Jake Desyllas. The principle tha...

11:10Aug 16, 2026

Abortion is Incompatible With Parental Obligations

An AI narration of the article 'Abortion is Incompatible With Parental Obligations' by Jake Desyllas. If parents are causally responsible fo...

10:59Aug 9, 2026

The Only Ideal of Libertarianism is Peace

An AI narration of the article 'The Only Ideal of Libertarianism is Peace' by Jake Desyllas. Libertarianism is usually defended on the groun...

03:35Aug 2, 2026

A Critique of George H. Smith's Theory of Parental Obligations

An AI narration of the article 'A Critique of George H. Smith's Theory of Parental Obligations' by Jake Desyllas. George H. Smith wrote more...

07:07Jul 26, 2026

The First Extreme Saver

An AI narration of the article 'The First Extreme Saver' by Jake Desyllas. Extreme saving — putting away fifty percent or more of your incom...

04:31Jul 19, 2026

A Critique of Roderick Long's Theory Of Parental Obligations

An AI narration of the article 'A Critique of Roderick Long's Theory Of Parental Obligations' by Jake Desyllas. Roderick Long sets out a cle...

13:53Jul 12, 2026

What The Declaration of Independence Should Have Said

An AI narration of the article 'What The Declaration of Independence Should Have Said' by Jake Desyllas. The preamble of the US Declaration...

02:25Jul 4, 2026

Children Do Not Have Obligations to Their Parents

An AI narration of the article 'Children Do Not Have Obligations to Their Parents' by Jake Desyllas. In a libertarian legal order, parents o...

05:41Jun 28, 2026