On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, we continue our miniseries on van nomadism and what better place to start the self-liberational media than by discussing how to choose a vehicle for living aboard. You should begin by asking yourself these three questions: What is the purpose? Are you moving…
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On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, we begin a new miniseries on van nomadism, the first vonu strategy Rayo pursued back in the 1960s. To cover the philosophy behind it and case studies of practitioners in one shot, we decided to introduce this miniseries by playing the audio from…
Hey ya’ll, Shane here. I’ve got some pretty big news for you. As regular listeners will know, my preferred vonu strategy was and is minimalist sailboating — in other words, I want to sell all of my shit, buy a boat, and traverse the high seas. The only problem? I…
Below, you will find the shortest, and I believe to be, final publication from the batch we’ve been busy getting digitized–this one is called Dwelling Portably [sic], published by Bert and Holly Davis. To provide some background information, Bert and Holly pursued an interesting, and quite radical vonu lifestyle–for many…
On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, Jason Boothe and Shane return back to reality after episodes on pursuing vonuence in South Chile/Antarctica to discuss an article series by Kerry Thornley (associate of Lee Harvey Oswald; seriously) sharing the same title as above. It was originally published in 1966 editions…
Below, you will find another publication from the big batch we recently acquired–this one being Ocean Freedom Notes, a terrific collection of articles for anyone seeking freedom on the open ocean or on an uninhabited ocean island somewhere. There are plenty others like this to follow, only on different strategies…
Editor’s Note: The following is an article from Going Mobile, a libertarian publication that was put out in the 1960s-1970s. It was published/edited by Rayo & Roberta, and the focus of the articles is nomadic lifestyles. In the below piece, Rayo discusses the psychological aspects of living as a van…
As was discussed in the last episode of The Vonu Podcast, a whole new batch of vonu/libertarian publications from the 1960s-1990s came into our possession. In this episode, I’m joined by guest co-host, Jeremy Henggeler to discuss one article from said new batch, which is another firsthand experience of someone…
The following is supplemental material for the 9/12/17 episode of the podcast, wherein Jeremy Henggeler and I discuss Jim Stumm’s “Trip to Vonu-Land” in 1971. Specifically, the following is: 1) a letter from Rayo, wherein he mentions Jim specifically, and 2) comments from Jim regarding the letter. Please enjoy and…
Van nomadism (a.k.a van dwelling) was a popular strategy for vonuans early on and is even quite popular today among folks from different ideological persuasions–a quick YouTube search will garner hundreds if not thousands of results. That is the subject of today’s episode of The Vonu Podcast. Herein, Shane and…
Recently, I began reading Erwin Strauss’, How to Start Your Own Country; Strauss was a long-time editor of Libertarian Connection and was well apprised of the attempts at founding new libertarian nations, whether they were sesteads or otherwise. That said, one of the approaches he presents is vonu, so of…
“If your State of anchorage becomes intolerable, don’t waste energy in extended public criticism or conflict; apply your free market principles by setting sail for sunnier waters.” -Rayo In this miniseries, the majority of the focus has been on strategically relocating to places on land, whether within the tax farm…
“How can you realize the most personal freedom right now? Become internationally mobile. Stop being a ‘captive audience’ for the real life black comedies of a particular gang of clowns-turned-goons and begin making real market choices between states.” -Rayo As has been expressed many times on The Vonu Podcast, mobility…