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Stefan Molyneux in 2014
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Born |
Stefan Basil Molyneux September 24, 1966 Athlone, Ireland |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | B.A., McGill University M.A., University of Toronto |
Occupation | Public speaker, host of Freedomain Radio, Podcast |
Website | freedomainradio |
Stefan Basil Molyneux (/stəˈfæn ˈmɒlᵻnjuː/; born September 24, 1966) is an Irish-born Canadian blogger/vlogger. Molyneux usually speaks on topics including anarcho-capitalism, race and intelligence, atheism, politics, secular ethics, right-libertarianism, , and familial relationships. He is a self-published author and podcaster, and has spoken at libertarian conferences. Molyneux formerly worked in the software industry. The Freedomain Radio internet community which he leads has frequently been described as a cult.
Molyneux was born in Ireland and raised mainly in London before moving to Canada at age 11. Molyneux attended the Glendon College of York University, where he was an actor at Theatre Glendon and a member of the Debating Society. He then attended the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal. Molyneux received a B.A. in History from McGill University in 1991 and an M.A. in History from University of Toronto in 1993. In one of his Youtube videos entitled "The True Costs of War", Molyneux stated that his mother was born "in Berlin in 1937 to a pretty Jewish clan" and lived there with her family until the Allied fire-bombing of Dresden in 1944.