Stefan Molyneux (born 24 September 1966) is a blogger, essayist, author, and host of the Freedomain Radio series of podcasts, living in Mississauga, Canada. He has written numerous articles and smaller essays which have been published on libertarian websites such as LewRockwell.com, antiwar.com and Strike The Root, recorded over 1400 podcasts and written numerous books which are all 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 and works full-time on Freedomain Radio, a philosophical community website which is completely funded through donations.
Stefan Molyneux was the opening speaker for PorcFest 2010, the annual liberty festival organized by the Free State Project.
Stefan 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.
The community website and Stefan Molyneux received media coverage after several newspapers published a story about the parent of a member claiming that Freedomain Radio is a therapeutic cult.
The topic of the articles is Molyneux's alleged role in encouraging members of Freedomain Radio to break ties with their families. Some people such as cult experts, former members of Freedomain Radio, and friends and family members of Freedomain Radio members 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".