The Isaac Morehouse Podcast

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**The Isaac Morehouse Podcast**

Podcast by Isaac Morehouse

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Ask Isaac: The Most Embarrassing Story Jul 30, 2015

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Asked about my most embarrassing moment, I finally come clean.

23 - Sam Patterson on OpenBazaar, OB1, and the Decentralization of Everything Jul 27, 2015

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Sam Patterson works on the OpenBazaar project, building a distributed, peer-to-peer marketplace for the world. His team recently received media attention for landing a $1m investment from prominent VC firms Union Square Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz. We discuss what OpenBazaar is, how it differs from traditional online marketplaces like eBay and Amazon, and from others like Silk Road. We also touch on his unique personal and professional journey and his decision to unschool his kids.

22 - Blake Boles on Unschool Adventures and Self-Directed Learning Jul 20, 2015

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Blake Boles is an author, entrepreneur, and self-directed learning advocate. He's written several books on education beyond school and runs a program to help unschoolers to travel the world. He joins me to discuss his own education and career journey and what he's learned along the way.

21 - Should You Follow Your Passion or Not? with TK Coleman Jul 13, 2015

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Joseph Cambell is famous for saying, "Follow your bliss". It's common to hear people say things like, "Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life." Yet lately the most popular advice seems to be, "Follow your passion is terrible advice", or, "Just work hard and get good at something and you'll learn to love it". Who's right? TK joins me to discuss in what ways both sides are right and wrong. I think both pick the wrong thing - passion - to focus on. TK thinks there are some definition issues and lack of charitable interpretation.

Ask Isaac: Grab Bag - Parental Pressure, Social Media, Macroeconomics, and College Jul 09, 2015

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Today I take a crack at the following questions: -What do you say to a young person who wants to forge their own path but is butting heads with their parents? E.g., a young person wants to go work and eventually start their own company, but their parents are adamant about them going to college. -Future of social networks: How to ride the wave and use it rather than get swept up underneath it. And how NOT to use it. -Do you think the ad supported model will continue to work, or will you need to find another way to monetize news? -What do you think of the idea of intrapreneurs? -Why should some people go to college? -Do you think macro- and microeconomics require different mechanisms?

20 - Jerry Brito on Regulating Bitcoin Jul 06, 2015

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Jerry Brito is the Executive Director of Coin Center, a cryptocurrency research and advocacy organization. He talks about how he found himself at the intersection of policy and tech, the regulatory challenges facing Bitcoin, and whether or not it's a bad idea to have a "seat at the table" in Washington.

19 - Michael Malice on Writing, Batman, and North Korea Jun 28, 2015

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Author, TV personality, and rabble-rouser Michael Malice joins me to discuss what it was like to have award winning graphic novelist Harvey Pekar write a book about him, why he quit a lucrative career to be a writer (even though he doesn't love writing), the experience of self-publishing a "true" unauthorized autobiography of Kim Jong Il, and why he's like Batman. You can find Michael's work at michaelmalice.com.

18 - Peter Leeson on the Economic Explanation of Everything Jun 22, 2015

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Economist Pete Leeson believes everything can be explained using the economic assumption of rational behavior. He is a prolific academic and his work covers a wide variety of fascinating and sometimes bizarre phenomena - from insect trials to witch burning, piracy, and everything in between - and provides rational explanations for seemingly irrational behavior. We discuss what inspired him to become an economist, the major themes of his work, whether everything can be explained with economic analysis, and what he thinks of different economic schools of thought. You can find him online at peterleeson.com.

Ask Isaac: Grab Bag - Kids Beliefs, Social Movements, Helplessness, Apathy, and the Future Jun 18, 2015

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I take questions on: -What I'd do if my kids adopted radically different beliefs -Whether social change is due to movements or outside forces -What's up with learned helplessness -Is physical health important to mental health -How to combat apathy -What jobs will be important in the future

17 - What It's Like to Be An Unschooled 10 Year Old with NL Morehouse Jun 15, 2015

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My 10 year old son asked to join me on an episode and talk about his experience as an unschooler. We chat about the pros and cons, a typical day, and whether he worries about not knowing things he'll need to succeed.

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