Matt Sweeny Show #4 – Richard Miller (Educator)

Matt Sweeny talks with Richard Miller about his journey as an educator: Growing up, reading and individualism, visiting the Soviet Union in 1987, Yuri Bezmenov, The Great Books of Western Civilization, teaching the morality of Capitalism and American Government, homeschooling, the Freedom Scholars program, and the future of higher education.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:37 - Prayer
02:41 - Childhood
05:47 - Reading and Individualism
09:57 - Becoming a Christian
17:04 - First-generation college student
23:30 - Trip to the Soviet Union in 1987
31:28 - Yuri Bezmenov
41:09 - Free market graduate studies
44:58 - The Great Books of Western Civilization
52:00 - The morality of Capitalism
54:21 - Teaching American Government
57:15 - How university accreditation works
1:04:33 - Homeschooling
1:12:31 - Colleges need backbones of Freedom and Liberty
1:17:12 - Benjamin Franklin numismatics
1:18:47 - Freedom Scholars program
1:27:53 - Future of higher education
1:33:44 - Living overseas

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