Category: Podcast

C.S. Lewis is most well known as the author of the Chronicles of Narnia, but with 74 books and numerous essays, he has covered a massive spectrum of topics. His influence extends through a number of disciplines including political philosophy.

Isaac recently joined Anthony Caprio on the Free Cities Podcast to discuss Lewis and how his ideas fit with classical liberalism.

The conversation covers C.S. Lewis’ background, his major intellectual influences, how his ideas fit well into classical liberal thought, and a lot more.

Topics Covered:

• C.S. Lewis’ biography
• Why Lewis’ ideas fit into the liberty movement
• How C.S. Lewis can prime you for the ideas of Ludwig Von Mises
• Lewis’ intellectual influences
• How Lewis showed a skepticism of power and central planning
• “If Ayn Rand were a Christian she would be C.S. Lewis.”
• How Lewis unknowingly practiced Rational Choice Theory
• The connection between Murray Rothbard and C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis Books Recommendations:

• The Great Divorce
• Screwtape Proposes a Toast
• Till We Have Faces
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Space Trilogy – That Hideous Strength

Links:

• Free Cities Podcast
• C.S. Lewis biography

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All episodes of the Isaac Morehouse Podcast are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.

Derek Carter was racing along the path to partnership at a large accounting firm. He had an accounting degree and years of experience busting his ass, taking on more responsibility and leading within the organization. He was managing people and working with autonomy in a large organization.

But his former colleague, Levi Morehouse, kept trying to sell him on leaving. They had worked together before Levi started Ceterus and had been pushing for Derek to join ever since. Eventually, Derek decided to make the leap into the startup world.

He’s now the COO of Ceterus, one of the most innovative and fastest growing accounting startups in the country.

Derek shares his backstory, from how he chose to pursue accounting, to deciding to leave his good job at a big firm to join a startup.

Derek is an outstanding example of an implementer joining with a visionary to make big things happen. If you’re working in a traditional role and excited by the possibility of working with a startup, there’s a ton of wisdom for you in this episode.

Covered in this episode:

• Learning competitiveness from baseball
• Deciding to pursue an accounting degree
• What made Northwood University great
• What are the common characteristics of accountants
• Why sales skills are necessary to progress as a public firm accountant
• Derek’s experience starting his career at a large public accounting firm
• The disconnect between auditing classes in college and auditing reality
• How did Derek become convinced to leave his stable job to join Ceterus
• Making the switch from a large established company to a startup
• What does Derek look for when hiring for Ceterus
• The decision-making process behind seeking outside investment for Ceterus
• Advice for implementers who want to work in cool fields, but don’t want to be visionaries
• Current Opportunities at Ceterus

Links:

• Current job openings at Ceterus
• Ceterus.com
• Connect with Derek on Linkedin

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All episodes of the Isaac Morehouse Podcast are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.

Today we’re back at it and things get a little weird at first.  We cover lots of stuff, and end with a deep dive on deep dives.

Also we unveil a cool new totally free resource by Praxis!  Philosophy in 30 Days.

Mentioned in the episode: Subway, ‘as if it’s true’, Brian Brenberg, Stanislavsky, barber shops, baristas, labels, Jewish meditation, Dallas Willard, social justice warriors, Sudbury Valley School, soccer, Why Haven’t You Read this Book?  Whitney Houston would have failed to mae it on American Idol, deep learning, philosophy in 30 days, Gregory Cokle, balance is boring.

Recommendations: Punished by Reward, and Insult to Intelligence.

If you are a fan of the show, make sure to leave a review on iTunes.

All episodes of the Isaac Morehouse Podcast are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.

Joseph Coker is a true renaissance man. He is a comedian and podcast/radio host based in Charleston, SC. He’s also a musician, jiu-jitsu instructor, and entrepreneur.

In his early twenties, Joseph was married, living in Europe, and working for a church. Life felt stable, but it soon turned chaotic. After losing his brother and going through a divorce in the span of six months Joseph realized he needed to make some big life changes. He sat down, evaluated his life, and set goals for what he wanted to accomplish.

Now, he’s built a successful jiu-jitsu business, is headlining comedy shows, will soon be releasing a music EP, and hosts a podcast.

Find out how Joseph bounced back from adversity, become an efficient learner in so many different disciplines.

Covered in this episode:

• Joseph’s early career plans
• The impact of the renaissance man ideal
• Anxiety about becoming a jack of all trades, but master of none
• Moving to Europe, and then returning after a series of challenging events
• How he built his jiu-jitsu teaching business from cold calling schools to find students a few years ago to turning away kids today
• How he started doing stand-up comedy
• Joseph’s comedy writing process
• How to engage the crowd at a comedy show
• The process of writing music
• The cliche of the suffering artist
• Good songwriting is about empathy
• How he found a great producer for his new EP
• Two songs from Joseph’s upcoming EP: Red Flag and Pompei

Links:

• josephcokercomedy.com
• The Joseph Coker Podcast
• Follow Joseph on Facebook

Today we squeezed in an episode before some weekend travel.  We talk about conflicting moral intuitions on violence and just deserts, how the market empowers small groups without disempowering anyone else, why good ideas don’t need subsidies, and how entertaining self-serious Facebookers can be.

Mentioned in the episode: Kevin Johnson, Boogie Cousins, Lady Gaga, How Anonymity Enhances Civility, Qdoba, Heidegger, and more I’m forgetting.

Recommendations: Five Characters in Search of Exit Twilight Zone episode, and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

If you are a fan of the show, make sure to leave a review on iTunes.

All episodes of the Isaac Morehouse Podcast are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.

Lenny Magill is the founder and CEO of Glockstore, the largest retailer of Glock weapons, accessories, and parts in the world. The online store at Glockstore.com alone serves over 250,000 customers around the globe. Lenny is also very well known in the shooting community for his videos on shooting and self-defense.

Lenny shares the story of his career, from growing up in Pennsylvania, and along all sorts of twists and turns from working in restaurants, radio DJing, selling advertising, producing TV shows, selling gun videos to now, running the largest Glock retailer in the world.

This episode is two hours jam packed with amazing stories and powerful insights. You won’t want to miss a minute.

Covered in this episode: 

• Lenny’s upbringing in Pennsylvania
• Leaving the path to medical school, dropping out, and moving to California
• Working in restaurants
• How waiting tables opened an opportunity in radio
• Lenny’s journey in the radio business
• How radio news led to selling radio ads
• Becoming a student when you have an incentive
• Transition into cable TV
• How crucial relationships are to success
• How he entered the gun business
• Handing a rapidly changing video environment in the 90’s
• Why you need to do great work no matter what job you have
• The importance of time for concentrated thought about life, business, and who you want to be
• What habits, tools, and techniques Lenny has used to create a happy, healthy, and successful life

Links:

• Glockstore.com
• Undertechundercover.com
• Sales book recommendations:
  • Denis Waitly
  • Og Madindo
• Lenny Magill shooting video highlights

If you are a fan of the show, make sure to leave a review on iTunes.

All episodes of the Isaac Morehouse Podcast are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.

 

Today TK’s new mic got us a little distracted and caused some racially uncomfortable moments.  We got over it.

We dove into how weird it is that TK doesn’t care to check tasks off his list after he’s done them and how obsessed I am with list-checking.  We discussed the danger of believing you are owed anything.  We touched on positive rights (terrible) and negative rights (wonderful but still sometimes a trap), the weirdness of doing things you hate because they are “cheap” or “free”, how not to build social capital, why learning to use Google beats everything else, and, most exciting to me, how to gain an edge by seeing the future as already here.

“It’s dead alright.  I didn’t kill it.  It was dead when I got here.” – Larry the Liquidator

Mentioned in the episode: Wayne Dyer, Danny DeVito, Other People’s Money, Breaking Smart, Taylor Pearson, TK’s nephew schooling him in basketball, The Great Divorce, Michael Huemer, the ATR 2100, and lots more I’m forgetting.

Recommendations: “Going All In” by Taylor Pearson, and The Problem of Political Authority by Michael Huemer.

If you are a fan of the show, make sure to leave a review on iTunes.

All episodes of the Isaac Morehouse Podcast are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.

This episode is all about football. Cameron Sorsby, Levi Morehouse, and Ian Vanhover join the show to break down everything from the start of the NFL season. From week one results to Tom Brady’s suspension, and how to create winning cultures.

Also covered in this episode:

• Is it weird to share a fantasy football team?
• Why is deflate-gate still a thing?
• Roger Goodell’s reputation and negative impact on the NFL
• Notable moments and results from week one
• The importance of a winning culture
• How can you turn a losing culture into a winning culture
• Why aren’t there better head coaches in the NFL?
• When should teams fire coaches?
• What are the incentives for franchises
• Where are the next great quarterbacks?
• Is football a dying sport?
• What quarterbacks and teams will surprise people this year?

 

Check out these previous episodes with Levi and Cameron:

• Smart People Say Stuff About… Backup Plans w/ Cameron Sorsby and Levi Morehouse
• Episode # 12 – Levi Morehouse on Ambition, Advice, and Enterprise
• Episode # 53 – Beginner’s Guide to Startups Part 3
• Episode # 95 – Friday with Levi Unsung Entrepreneurs, Uber Class, 150 Year Lifespans, and More

If you are a fan of the show, make sure to leave a review on iTunes.

All episodes of the Isaac Morehouse Podcast are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.

Kylon Gienger is a serial entrepreneur and the creator of The Successful Dropout Podcast. Since dropping out of college during freshman year, Kylon has founded and co-founded companies in the construction, fitness, food, and online education industries.

Seeing the ineffectiveness of traditional education and the rise of amazing alternatives, Kylon set out to create the ultimate resource for young people considering leaving college, or skipping it altogether, and so The Successful Dropout was born.  

Covered in this episode:

• Kylon’s morning routine
• How homeschool pushed Kylon towards entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurship lessons from youth ministry
• Is kidnapping a wedding tradition?
• How leaving the Navy launched Kylon’s entrepreneurial journey
• Starting and growing a painting company, a hot yoga studio, and a juice bar
• Systems and risks for hiring employees
• Deciding to branch out from one business into other businesses
• Why Kylon started The Successful Dropout
• Just in time learning vs. just in case learning
• What’s next for The Successful Dropout

Links and Recommendations:

• The Successful Dropout Podcast
• Follow Kylon on Snapchat
• How to convince your parents to support you dropping out of school
• As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
• Listen to Praxis Director of Marketing Derek Magill on The Successful Dropout Podcast

If you are a fan of the show, make sure to leave a review on iTunes.

All episodes of the Isaac Morehouse Podcast are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.

TK is back this week as we explore whether or not beauty is objective, the difference between morality and justice, why the least applicable advice is the best, and what legendary rap producer Suge Knight had to say about Praxis.

Recommendations: On the Origins of Money by Carl Menger, Toward an Empirical Theory of Natural Rights by John Hasnas, and fisheconomics.org.

This and all episodes are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, and Stitcher.