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Stefan Molyneux (born 24 September 1966)^[1] is a blogger, essayist, author, and host of the Freedomain Radio^[2] series of podcasts, living in Mississauga, Canada. He has written numerous articles and smaller essays which have been published on liberty oriented websites such as LewRockwell.com, antiwar.com and Strike The Root, recorded over a 1300 podcasts and written numerous books which all are self-published except for his first which was published by Publish America. In 2006 Stefan Molyneux quit his previous job in the field of computer software to be able to work full-time on Freedomain Radio, a philosophical community website which is completely funded by followers of his work through donations and subscriptions of extra media and forum sections.

Molyneux was the closing speaker for the 2009 New Hampshire Liberty Forum on the 8th of March. The position was taken by Ron Paul in 2008 and John Stossel in 2007. ^[3]

Criticism and Controversy

The community website and Stefan Molyneux received media coverage after several parents of Stefan Molyneux's fans claimed that Freedomain Radio is a therapeutic cult.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

The topic of the articles is Molyneux's alleged role in encouraging members of Freedomain Radio to break ties with their families. Some claim that Molyneux manipulates vulnerable people into thinking their family relationships are abusive. Molyneux answers that adult relations are in fact voluntary, and that he simply reminds people of that. In the SkyNews article, Ian Haworth of the Cult Information Centre, is reported to have said that the success of Freedomain Radio is "a worrying development".^[8]^[10]

The young man referenced in the articles was interviewed extensively by Tom Whipple of The Times on Jan 6 2009, and reported that Stefan Molyneux never told him to leave his family, that he was under the care and guidance of a professional therapist before, during and after his decision to take a break, and that his therapist fully supported his decision. The full interview is available online.^[11]

External links

References

^ About Stefan Molyneux
^ Freedomain Radio accessed January 7, 2009
^ New Hampshire Liberty Forum
^ BBC Outlook on iPlayer accessed at January 7, 2009
^ Jeremy Vine on BBC radio accessed at January 7, 2009
^ You will never see me again in The Guardian accessed at January 7, 2009
^ How a cyberphilosopher convinced followers to cut off family in The Globe and Mail accessed at January 7, 2009
^ ^a ^b Website Led Teen To Quit Family in SkyNews accessed at January 7, 2009
^ Growing Concern For Online Cults on SkyNews Video accessed at January 7, 2009
^ The mother and son torn apart by web 'cult' that destroys families on Times online accessed at January 10 2009
^ Full Interview

[bio-1] About Stefan Molyneux

[2] Freedomain Radio accessed January 7, 2009

[3] New Hampshire Liberty Forum

[4] BBC Outlook on iPlayer accessed at January 7, 2009

[5] Jeremy Vine on BBC radio accessed at January 7, 2009

[6] You will never see me again in The Guardian accessed at January 7, 2009

[7] How a cyberphilosopher convinced followers to cut off family in The Globe and Mail accessed at January 7, 2009

[sky-8] Website Led Teen To Quit Family in SkyNews accessed at January 7, 2009

[9] Growing Concern For Online Cults on SkyNews Video accessed at January 7, 2009

[10] The mother and son torn apart by web 'cult' that destroys families on Times online accessed at January 10 2009

[11] Full Interview

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