The Don Watkins Show
By Don Watkins
The Don Watkins ShowMar 18, 2022
Building the builders with Gena Gorlin
Gena Gorlin is a licensed psychologist, podcaster, and publisher of the newsletter "Building the Builders."
Subscribe to "Building the Builders": https://genagorlin.substack.com/
Subscribe to the "Founders Mindset Podcast": https://www.joinef.com/stories/podcast-series/the-founders-mindset/
How to Make a Living as a Writer with Joanna Penn
Joanna Penn is a New York Times bestselling author with over 30 books, including How to Make a Living with Your Writing. She's also the host of The Creative Penn podcast.
Joanna's website - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/
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Story Grid with Shawn Coyne
My debut novel I AM JUSTICE is now available for purchase. https://www.amazon.com/Am-Justice-D-P-Watkins/dp/1645010759/
Shawn Coyne is a thirty year book-publishing veteran. He's acquired, edited, published or represented works from everyone from Michael Connelly and David Mamet to Don Winslow and Betty White. During his years as an editor at the Big Five publishing houses, as an independent publisher, as a literary agent both at a major Hollywood talent agency and as head of Genre Management Inc., and as a bestselling co-writer and ghostwriter, Coyne created a methodology called The Story Grid to teach the editing craft.
Story Grid - https://storygrid.com/
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The Art of Art with Sandra J. Shaw
My debut novel I AM JUSTICE is now available for purchase. https://www.amazon.com/Am-Justice-D-P-Watkins/dp/1645010759/
Sandra J. Shaw is a sculptor, art historian, and lecturer, who has studied art and its history for over thirty years. She is the author of "Windows on Humanity: A History of How Art Reflects Our Ideas About Our Lives & World."
Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Windows-Humanity-History-Reflects-Ideas/dp/B098WBJ77L/
Sandra's website: https://www.sandrajshaw.com/
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Inside Baseball with Jack Fritz
My debut novel I AM JUSTICE is now available for purchase. https://www.amazon.com/Am-Justice-D-P-Watkins/dp/1645010759/
Jack Fritz is a sports broadcaster and co-host of the Philadelphia Phillies podcast High Hopes.
Listen to High Hopes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/high-hopes-a-phillies-podcast/id1304311183
Follow Jack Fritz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackFritzWIP
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Stories in Paint with Luc Travers
My debut novel I AM JUSTICE is now available for purchase. https://www.amazon.com/Am-Justice-D-P-Watkins/dp/1645010759/
Luc Travers is the author of "Touching the Art" and an art guide.
On the Eve of her Wedding, by Antonio Mancini. https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/on-the-eve-of-her-wedding-antonio-mancini/3wEUJ4U2QKVAOA?hl=en
Kickstarter for Luc's book "Stories in Paint" https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/luctravers/stories-in-paint?ref=project_build
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How to write a novel (that rocks)
My debut novel I AM JUSTICE is now available for purchase.
In this episode, I talk the novel's editor, Randy Surles, about how we took a promising draft and turned it into the best thriller you'll read this year. We delve deep into the Story Grid methodology we used to write and edit the book, and share just a ton of great insights about what goes in to taking a book from bad to good and good to great.
You can find more about Randy's work at randysurles.com.
You can learn more about Story Grid at storygrid.com.
So you want to be a screenwriter?
Don Watkins talks to aspiring screenwriter Clytze about what it takes to launch a successful writing career.
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The Self-Made Manifesto
Don Watkins discusses his book in progress, "The Self-Made Manifesto."
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From Crime Fighter to Crime Writer with Jeffrey James Higgins
Jeffrey James Higgins is a former reporter, retired supervisory special agent with the DEA, and author of the thriller, "Furious."
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The Value of Philosophy with Aaron Smith
Aaron Smith is an Instructor at the Ayn Rand Institute's Objectivist Academic Center
The Objectivist Academic Center - https://courses.aynrand.org/objectivist-academic-center/
Aaron Smith on Twitter - https://twitter.com/PhilosophySmith
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My first writing teacher
Brooke Nelson was my high school journalism teacher, and my first major writing influence.
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The Art of Learning with Paul Taske
Paul Taske is an attorney. You can follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Paul_Taske
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Education and Learning with Matt Bateman
Matt Bateman is Vice President of Pedagogy at Higher Ground, which is "dedicated to mainstreaming and modernizing Montessori education."
Higher Ground - https://www.tohigherground.com/
Matt Bateman on Twitter - @mbateman
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The Art of Writing with Keith Lockitch
Keith Lockitch is Vice President of Education and a Senior Fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute.
Keith's bio - https://ari.aynrand.org/experts/keith-lockitch/
The Objectivist Academic Center - https://courses.aynrand.org/objectivist-academic-center/
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The Art of Speaking with Bob Ewing
Bob Ewing is a communications coach and founder of the Ewing School.
The Ewing School - https://www.theewingschool.com/
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Judging Art - Commentaries on OPAR 52
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "Esthetic Values as Objective" from Chapter 12.
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Romanticism - Commentaries on OPAR 51
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "Romantic Literature as Illustrating the Role of Philosophy and Art" from Chapter 12.
Ayn Rand - Romantic Literature - https://youtu.be/kQmpbmjsF8A
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Philosophy and Art - Commentaries on OPAR 50
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "Art as a Concretization of Metaphysics" from Chapter 12.
Highlights from The Romantic Manifesto with Onkar Ghate and Yaron Brook - https://youtu.be/yKXoB9Dg480
Harry Binswanger on Ayn Rand's philosophy of art - https://soundcloud.com/aynrandinstitute/inside-a-companion-to-ayn-rand-harry-binswanger
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The Anticapitalist Mentality - Commentaries on OPAR 49
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "Opposition to Capitalism as Dependent on Bad Epistemology" from Chapter 11.
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Capitalism and Objectivity - Commentaries on OPAR 48
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "Capitalism as the System of Objectivity" from Chapter 11.
The Objectivity of the Free Market - https://youtu.be/KOg7o8r-jCE
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The Moral Case for Capitalism - Commentaries on OPAR 47
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "Capitalism as the Only Moral Social System" from Chapter 11.
"Free Market Revolution" by Yaron Brook and Don Watkins - https://www.amazon.com/Free-Market-Revolution-Rands-Government/dp/B009CMOAC6/
Don Watkins on Capitalism - https://youtu.be/2zaEplLseRs
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Harry Binswanger on the Art of Thinking
Harry Binswanger is the author of "How We Know."
Harry Binswanger Letter - https://www.hbletter.com/
"How We Know" by Harry Binswanger - https://www.amazon.com/How-Know-Epistemology-Objectivist-Foundation/dp/1493753142/
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Storytelling with Corey Mandell
Corey Mandell is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter, and one of the most influential screenwriting teachers in the world.
Corey's Professional Screenwriting and Television Writing Workshop - https://coreymandell.net/professional-screenwriting-and-television-writing/
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Government - Commentaries on OPAR 46
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time. Except this episode where we do two sections.
This episode covers "Government as an Agency to Protect Rights" and "Statism as the Politics of Unreason" from Chapter 10.
"What is Liberty?" by Onkar Ghate and Greg Salmieri - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqsoWxJ-qmMusQPtWeOIXnWMYaOegGCOJ
"Government: Who Needs It" by Gregory Salmieri - https://youtu.be/_78JtNzVi64
"The Structure of Government" by Ayn Rand - https://youtu.be/5mQmP-JG8o4
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out with Steffen Henne
Steffen Henne is Head of Research at the Center for Industrial Progress.
"How bad are solar and wind?" - https://youtu.be/bcdsiHT0iOo
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Individual Rights - Commentaries on OPAR 45
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "Individual Rights as Absolutes" from Chapter 10.
"What is Liberty?" by Onkar Ghate and Greg Salmieri - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqsoWxJ-qmMusQPtWeOIXnWMYaOegGCOJ
"The Morality of Freedom" by Onkar Ghate - https://youtu.be/3rTsHAXZIjY
"Religion vs. America" by Leonard Peikoff - https://youtu.be/GAzDNaRrS4I
"Religion vs. Freedom" by Onkar Ghate - https://youtu.be/IJjD-a0qMFo
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Sex as Metaphysical - Commentaries on OPAR 44
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "Sex as Metaphysical" from Chapter 9.
Objectivism Through Induction on Sex by Leonard Peikoff - https://youtu.be/-jDCItWY5a8
Yaron Brook vs. Jordan Peterson on love and romance - https://youtu.be/lAKjvpvH53I
Analysis of Atlas Shrugged:—Supplement on Love and Sex - https://youtu.be/mF15DkucDog
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Happiness - Commentaries OPAR 43
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "Happiness as the Normal Condition of Man" from Chapter 9.
Taking Your Happiness Seriously (Dave Rubin Interview with Tara Smith) - https://youtu.be/dCp8i90Pr4c
Taking Responsibility for Your Happiness: Insights from Ayn Rand's Ethics (Greg Salmieri) - https://youtu.be/bVZJMdMpib8
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The psychology of the super-rich with Rainer Zitelmann
Rainer Zitelmann is the author of "The Wealth Elite: A groundbreaking study of the psychology of the super rich."
Website: https://www.rainer-zitelmann.com/
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Virtue as Practical - Commentaries on OPAR 42
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "Virtue as Practical" from Chapter 9.
"The Moral and the Practical" by Onkar Ghate - https://youtu.be/y29T0ETrmns
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The Evil of Force - Commentaries on OPAR 41
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "'The Initiation of Physical Force as Evil" from Chapter 8.
"Individual Rights: The Bridge Between Morality and Politics" by Onkar Ghate - https://youtu.be/YuFzTM0odqQ
"Objectivism Through Induction: The Evil of Initiating Physical Force" by Leonard Peikoff - https://youtu.be/yYmMA91PTmg
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Jeff Britting on the Joy of Creating
Jeff Britting is an writer, artist, musician, and an archivist at the Ayn Rand Archives. He is author of the 2004 short biography "Ayn Rand."
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The Virtue of Pride - Commentaries on OPAR 40
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "'Pride as Moral Ambitiousness" from Chapter 8.
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The Virtue of Productiveness - Commentaries on OPAR 39
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "'Productiveness as the Adjustment of Nature to Man" from Chapter 8.
Productive Achievement: Man's "Noblest Activity" - https://youtu.be/0HLe7jonMGI
Creating Your Hierarchy of Values - https://donswriting.medium.com/creating-your-hierarchy-of-values-4d30f40349f0
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Relishing Romanticism with Kirk Barbera
Kirk Barbera is the co-host of Surprised by Art and Founder of Troubadour Magazine.
Troubadour Magazine - https://www.troubadourmag.com/
Surprised by Art #10 "Struggle" W/Guest Don Watkins - https://www.troubadourmag.com/post/surprised-by-art-10-struggle-w-guest-don-watkins
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The Virtue of Justice - Commentaries on OPAR 38
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "'Justice as Rationality in the Evaluation of Men" from Chapter 8.
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Onkar Ghate on Learning and Living Objectivism
Onkar Ghate is Chief Philosophy Officer at the Ayn Rand Institute.
"The Moral and the Practical" - https://youtu.be/y29T0ETrmns
"Morality is about Choosing a Kind of Life" - https://youtu.be/PE8IwDimAkM
"Religion and Morality" - https://youtu.be/zK9o-aG5hnQ
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The Virtue of Honesty - Commentaries on OPAR 37
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "'Honesty as the Rejection of Unreality" from Chapter 8.
Earning Your Own Trust: The Psychology of Honesty by Gena Gorlin - https://youtu.be/9S-gXf1x-YU
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The Virtue of Integrity - Commentaries on OPAR 36
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "'Integrity as Loyalty to Rational Principles" from Chapter 8.
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The Virtue of Independence - Commentaries on OPAR 35
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "'Independence as a Primary Orientation to Reality, Not to Other Men" from Chapter 8.
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Values as Objective - Commentaries on OPAR 34
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "'Values as Objective" from Chapter 7.
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NEW NAME: The Don Watkins Show
I've changed the name of the podcast to reflect the wider scope of issues I want to cover. Listen in for a bit about my plans for 2021, what will change, and what won't.
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The Morality of Sacrifice - Commentaries on OPAR 33
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers Ayn Rand's analysis of the morality of self-sacrifice.
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The Virtue of Selfishness - Commentaries on OPAR 32
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "'The Individual as the Proper Beneficiary of His Own Moral Action " from Chapter 7.
"Creating Your Hierarchy of Values" - https://donswriting.medium.com/creating-your-hierarchy-of-values-4d30f40349f0
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Peter Schwartz on the Tyranny of Need
Peter Schwartz is the author of “In Defense of Selfishness: Why the Code of Self-Sacrifice is Unjust and Destructive.” In this episode, we discuss the clash between altruism and freedom, how “the public interest” whitewashes sacrifice, and how to become a better thinker and writer.
In Defense of Selfishness - https://www.amazon.com/Defense-Selfishness-Self-Sacrifice-Unjust-Destructive-ebook/dp/B00PF7820S/
Peter Schwartz's website - http://peterschwartz.com/
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Reason and Rationality, Evasion and Evil - Commentaries on OPAR 31
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "'Rationality as the Primary Virtue" from Chapter 7.
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Man's Life as the Standard of Value - Commentaries on OPAR 30
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "'Man's Life as the Standard of Moral Value" from Chapter 7.
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Values and Life - Commentaries on OPAR 29
Diving deep into Leonard Peikoff's book, "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand," one section at a time.
This episode covers "'Life' as the Essential Root of 'Value'" from Chapter 7.
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Alex Epstein on the Art of Communication
Alex Epstein is the author of "The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels." In this episode, we discuss the pleasure of reading and producing good writing, the value of focusing on a single issue for over a decade, and how to leverage others' expertise.
The Center for Industrial Progress - http://industrialprogress.com/
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