Welcome to the Free Speech Forward Podcast! Co-hosts Chris and Joia introduce the unique format of the show and tease our first episodes. Join us on this journey exploring the different stories, perspectives, and communication advice of various free speech activists.
You can also watch the first two episodes with co-hosts Chris and Joia below and on the ILV Youtube page, or follow along on your favorite podcast platform.
Episode 1 | “Having Fundamental Inner Confidence in Your Worthiness and Goodness to Stand Up and Speak Out” | Chris Bush
In this introductory episode, co-host Joia interviews co-host Chris. In addition to being one of the co-founders of 1776 Forward, Chris is a real estate investment and development executive and entrepreneur who is currently focused on a mission to bring greater beauty, efficiency, and new modes of living and working to the built environment. His philosophical approach includes a dedication to promoting the cause of philosophical liberalism.
Episode 2 | “5 Core Principles (and 1 Pet Peeve) for Effective Writing” | K. Joia Houheneka
In this second introductory episode, co-host Chris interviews co-host Joia. Joia is not only one of the co-founders of 1776 Forward, she is also an Excellence Coach and a leader in luxury entrepreneurship with a background in luxury travel and luxury retreats. She is on a mission to elevate luxury to make it synonymous with excellence, human greatness, and human flourishing. In her view, philosophical liberalism is all about grounding the proper approach to politics in a wider philosophy of human flourishing.
About 1776 Forward
1776 Forward is a new kind of grassroots movement, one dedicated to organizing and uniting all people across the political spectrum who value the philosophically liberal tradition that took root and has evolved since the founding of the United States of America in 1776.
In the Spirit of Liberty with which the American Founders embarked on their revolutionary project to bring freedom and equal rights for all people, grounded in the enlightenment philosophy of rationality and science that served as the source of their unique moral insights about humankind’s nature and higher potential – 1776 Forward seeks to defend and expand upon those aims by calling upon citizens everywhere to stand up, speak out, and proudly live those values, demonstrating the unique and creative ways it's possible to live a life explicitly committed to liberal values.
We believe this is an essential task in this moment of national crisis where these values are under unprecedented attacks from all sides in the 2020's.
While standing up for the values of Reason and Freedom in today’s cultural climate can seem daunting, 1776 Forward seeks to take inspiration from the brave men and women of our past who fought to defend and advance the worthy philosophically liberal tradition, also often against formidable odds.
1776 Forward also seeks to bring a sense of awareness and community for like-minded, like-valued citizens to join together and collaborate in supporting these cherished principles. Ours is a movement of joyous celebration for the liberties and equal rights already won; of a resolute commitment to advancing that heritage still further, to better fulfill the original promise of freedom for all; and of a platform for creative engagement on new ways to advance the cause in the modern age.
Join us, and help carry the liberal spirit of 1776 Forward for the next generations of Americans!!!
