When you register for the Master Course of the Liberty Seminar, you’ll be a joining a cohort. A cohort is a group of 7-15 other learners like you. 

Cohorts can also be groups of 7-15 individuals who want to register together as group. This option allows for flexibility in what the Live Socratic Sessions will discuss. These cohorts can be local (in the greater Albuquerque area), or they may be online. 

If you have a group of 7-15 individuals who want to start their own cohort with me, please fill out the application below.

The Liberty Seminar is for ages 14 and older. This does mean there is a potential that individuals are joining have a mixture of adults and teenagers. While the content of live sessions is appropriate for teenagers, parents are encouraged to take this into consideration when registering their teens. If you’d rather have a cohort of just teenagers, or just adults, please gather your own group of 7-15 people who would like to apply as a cohort.

While the Socratic method can be used to learn and think through any topic, the topics for the Seminar will rotate between: foundations of a free society, principles of entrepreneurship, and principles of education. I do plan to have a “potpourri” option every summer where we discuss a topic of my choosing. 

If you would prefer a particular topic of discussion not listed, please consider applying with your own cohort and making a proposal.  

Generally, I will not be offering discounts except for the following conditions:

• you have a full cohort (15 people) who wish to register. 
• you have a cohort (7-15 people) who wish to pay in cash, silver, or Bitcoin.

If you’d like to take advantage of this discount, please apply as a cohort.

Why don’t I offer more discounts?

I have two options for registering for this course: one is self-paced and the other includes live sessions with me as your guide. Comparable courses are marked much higher from $500-$1000 depending on where you go.

I understand that we’re all hurting economically and I want to make my class accessible to as many as who desire to take it. But since I’m already offering what is essentially a built-in discount, I cannot mark it down further except for the conditions I mention above. 

For courses that include a Live Session benefit: Requests for refund may be made at least 15 days prior to the registered seminar start date.

Refunds for courses without a Live Session benefit may be issued if request is made within 5 days of initial purchase.   

No refunds will be issued after a live seminar start date.

All sales final for Individual Lessons.

A new feature of the Liberty Seminar is commenting feature that allows students to interact with each other and the Socratic guide (Kerry Baldwin) about the content of lessons and seminar sessions. 

This feature is password protected, only accessible by currently registered students. This forum is strictly limited to the content of the course. 

Online courses have become one means of contemporary education. They are often very specific to subject matter, and are not necessarily offered by the old academic institution system. 

When you enroll in the Liberty Seminar, you will be given a user account to this website to get access to the audio lessons. You’ll also be added to an email list for the purpose of receiving information relevant to the Liberty Seminar. (Your information is never sold to third parties! I care about all my subscribers, students, and monthly members). 

You will do the weekly audio lessons on your own time, and then (if you’re registering for the Master Seminar) will join a Live Socratic Seminar via Zoom with upto 14 other students who enrolled with you. These are live! They are not recorded webinars (as some online courses will do). This live discussion provides you an opportunity to put into practice the lessons in critical thinking you’ve learned during the week, with the aid of a Socratic Guide (Kerry Baldwin). 

The length of the sessions for Spring and Fall are 10-weeks. The length of Summer Intensives are 3 weeks, meeting 3 times a week. (It’s intensive. ;)) 

Upon completion of the Master Seminar, with a minimum of 8 out of 10 Live Sessions attended and participated in, students will receive a certificate of achievement. 

How to Read a Book

by Mortimer Adler

“With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material.”

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The Habit of Thought

by Michael Strong

“Teach students to think for themselves. The Habit of Thought describes the theory, practice, and vision of Socratic Practice, a novel and increasingly widespread approach to classroom instruction.”

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