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15 episodes about parenting

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Key Insights on Parenting

Vaccine misinformation represents the most dangerous form of scientific ignorance because it directly kills children - Charles

  • Michael Dell and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion to give $250 to 25 million children through the Invest America Act
  • Social media executives don't let their own children use the platforms they design to be addictive for millions of kids
  • Children are born as natural knowers with direct spiritual cognition until socialized out of it
  • "We're losing our sons to culture... We're losing them to degenerates. Music, entertainers, the school system, teachers, friends. Social media" - Ryan on fatherhood challenges
  • Parallel Lives reveals Cato's extreme conservatism: he refused Greek doctors even as his wife and children died, preferring death to foreign influence
  • Melatonin interacts with SSRI medications, birth control, blood pressure, and diabetes medications - most people use it incorrectly and children shouldn't take it
  • Punishment fails to reduce unwanted behavior in rats, children, and prisoners - "increasing the harshness of criminal penalties doesn't predict a decline in crime" - Catherine

Episodes

You Need An Ethical Will | Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling

You Need An Ethical Will | Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling

What Our Fathers Teach Us, For Better Or Worse | Tom Junod

What Our Fathers Teach Us, For Better Or Worse | Tom Junod

The Terror of Knowing What The World Is About | Try The Other Handle

The Terror of Knowing What The World Is About | Try The Other Handle

Rock Bottom, Recovery, and Starting Over at 40 | Jon Gustin

Rock Bottom, Recovery, and Starting Over at 40 | Jon Gustin

You Think You Want Autonomy. You Don’t. | David Epstein

You Think You Want Autonomy. You Don’t. | David Epstein

40 Hidden Lessons From Marcus Aurelius' Meditations

40 Hidden Lessons From Marcus Aurelius' Meditations

The Choice That Kept Dr. Edith Eger Alive In Auschwitz

The Choice That Kept Dr. Edith Eger Alive In Auschwitz

Prison Took His Freedom. Stoicism Gave It Back.

Prison Took His Freedom. Stoicism Gave It Back.

You Think You Have Time. You Don’t.

You Think You Have Time. You Don’t.

Break Through While You Still Can | Ask Ryan Holiday

Break Through While You Still Can | Ask Ryan Holiday

You Can Get Rid of It | The Present Is All We Possess

You Can Get Rid of It | The Present Is All We Possess

Stoic Advice for the Problems We All Face

Stoic Advice for the Problems We All Face

Jordan Klepper's Reading List (From Ryan Holiday)

Jordan Klepper's Reading List (From Ryan Holiday)

Jordan Klepper: How Mob Thinking Takes Over | PT. 2

Jordan Klepper: How Mob Thinking Takes Over | PT. 2

Who Would Ever Want to Be King? | Stop Letting Yourself Off the Hook

Who Would Ever Want to Be King? | Stop Letting Yourself Off the Hook

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