Beste Ayn podcaster (2025)

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Racism: What It Is and Why It Persists | Gregory Salmieri 1:27:16

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https://youtu.be/RclwB5luKekPodcast audio:Ayn Rand denounced racism as “the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.” She also rejected as collectivist many of the measures being advocated to combat this evil, including what became the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On the sixtieth anniversary of that law, Dr. Greg Salmieri revisited the the…

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Why Objectivity Demands a First-Handed Foreign Policy | Scott McDonald 59:06

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https://youtu.be/2yQWRvrbVUIPodcast audio:Foreign policy is both a political activity and a field of applied ethics. However, the metaphysical and epistemological premises held by theorists and practitioners shape their view of ethics. The lack of an objective view of the world has led to theories and policies that do not support, and are often har…

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The ARI Bookshelf Explores Abundance 1:23:52

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https://youtu.be/LVNSnbdEo0oPodcast audio:In this episode of The ARI Bookshelf, Onkar Ghate, Tristan de Liège, and Robertas Bakula discuss Abundance, the recent best-selling book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson that has gained traction in liberal circles.Klein and Thompson acknowledge the failings of past liberal policies and present what they cal…

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How Capitalists Are Exploited 54:32

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https://youtu.be/0R_RjyOJeI4Podcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer, Robertas Bakula, and Tristan de Liège explore how the mixed economy enables the unjust exploitation of society’s most productive individuals.Among the topics covered:Why, contrary to Marxist claims, businesspeople are the most exploited group in …

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Aristotle and Darwin: Antagonists or Kindred Spirits? | James Lennox 1:29:12

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https://youtu.be/7Wjrmh8CjAkPodcast audio:As a historian and philosopher of biology, much of Dr. James Lennox’s research has focused on the philosophical foundations of history’s two greatest biologists: Aristotle and Charles Darwin. Historians and philosophers often portray these two giants as diametrically opposed in their approach to the study o…

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How to Recognize “Package-Deals” 59:25

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https://youtu.be/sNtIs4UmXnsPodcast audio:The most pernicious ideas are often injected into the culture by the method of “package-dealing” — the attempt to integrate the unintegratable. Expanding on previous material he has presented on this subject, Mr. Peter Schwartz offers a more advanced analysis of the mechanics of the package-deal. He address…

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The New Iran Deal: Trump Recycles Obama Amoralism 50:45

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https://youtu.be/S53avG169mwPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Elan Journo and Ben Bayer discuss the Trump administration’s move to restart nuclear talks with Iran by rehashing Obama’s failed deal.Among the topics covered:How the Trump administration’s new Iran deal essentially recycles Obama’s failed policy;Why hopes …

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An Introduction to Psychology | Gena Gorlin 1:28:35

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https://youtu.be/Ff78OyGNA40Podcast audio:This sample class by Gena Gorlin is based on the full-length ARU course of the same name. The full course explores the major schools of thought, methods of inquiry, and empirical findings taught in a typical introduction to psychology course. But it explores how to understand and evaluate these theories, me…

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21st-Century Revolutions in Medicine, Health Sciences, and Biotechnology | Amesh Adalja 1:00:34

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https://youtu.be/oMFbMFvDJ50Podcast audio:In this talk, Dr. Amesh Adalja details innovative new developments in science that will enhance the lives of individuals. Topics include transplantation of pig hearts and kidneys into humans, cell-based therapies for cancer, genetically modified mosquitoes, new vaccines and vaccine technologies, AI-discover…

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Private Space Entrepreneurs vs. NASA: How Freedom Fuels Rockets 44:38

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https://youtu.be/pWpAiAioZTEPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Robertas Bakula and Mike Mazza explore the themes from Mazza’s upcoming essay, which argues that freedom, not government control, is the true engine of progress in the space industry.Among the topics covered:How NASA’s monopoly led to decades of stagnation …

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The Revolutionary, Secular Concept of Individual Rights | Ben Bayer 59:17

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https://youtu.be/79fT9VIDkVsPodcast audio:As Ayn Rand wrote, “The concept of individual rights is so prodigious a feat of political thinking that few men grasp it fully—and two hundred years have not been enough for other countries to understand it.” We can see this failure of understanding in the view, advanced by many conservatives and libertaria…

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Philosophy of Math | Harry Binswanger 57:57

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https://youtu.be/UaRhK2N8m6YPodcast audio:A continuation of Dr. Harry Binswanger’s Saving Math from Plato (OCON 2023): how the Aristotelian, perception-based approach to mathematics refutes or re-interprets wrong ideas advanced by figures such as Russell and Cantor. Topics include number, infinity, limits, and the axiomatic concepts of mathematics.…

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Does Targeting Columbia University Target Intellectual Freedom? 58:48

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https://youtu.be/qctS25KQzrsPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Sam Weaver and Ben Bayer discuss the Trump administration's decision to cut federal funding to Columbia University in response to its handling of pro-Hamas protests. They argue that government involvement in universities makes such coercion possible and thr…

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Why Ta-Nehisi Coates’s The Message Is So Wrong on Palestine | ARI Bookshelf 1:25:27

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https://youtu.be/VaNHaT-xlOUPodcast audio:The new ARI Bookshelf podcast series gives you a window into ARI’s educational programs by showcasing our faculty as they discuss books of recent interest. This episode discusses Ta-Nehisi Coates's book on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, The Message. Panelists included Elan Journo, Greg Salmieri, Ibis Sla…

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Socratic Wisdom | Jason Rheins 1:00:32

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https://youtu.be/RKtLU6ntECUPodcast audio:“Socratic Wisdom” — knowing our own ignorance — is the ability to differentiate what we do not know from what we do. This is a key component of objectivity, vital for properly weighing and implementing the knowledge we possess and directing ongoing investigation and inquiry. In this talk, Jason Rheins discu…

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Trump’s Authoritarian War on Trade 1:08:30

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https://youtu.be/vFaDm6eo-mkPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer examine the Trump administration’s recent tariff policy and the legal, economic, and political disruptions they create.Among the topics covered:Why tariffs are not a proper foreign policy instrument to deter the threat from China;W…

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Marx vs. the Individual | Nikos Sotirakopoulos 1:00:32

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https://youtu.be/-c6W8JuZsVoPodcast audio:Oppression and authoritarianism have been constant themes in regimes that ruled in the name of Marxism. From the Soviet Union to Cuba and from Yugoslavia to China, individual rights were ignored and violently suppressed. Is such anti-individualism a feature or a bug in Marxism? What about Marx himself? How …

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Objectivity in One-to-One Conversations | Jean Moroney 1:01:21

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https://youtu.be/093vQKWPwvsPodcast audio:Objectivity is the key to avoiding misunderstandings and making one-to-one conversations productive. There are two contexts of knowledge, two value hierarchies, and two “crows” to consider to communicate effectively. In this talk from OCON 2024, Jean Moroney covers the topics: what constitutes subjective vs…

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Debunking the ‘Not Real Socialism’ Myth 46:04

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https://youtu.be/a3bgumyKdAAPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos dismantle the claim that “real socialism” has never been attempted.Among the topics covered:Why many young Americans support socialism;How Soviet leaders were driven by Marxist ideology;Why Joseph Stalin epitomized Marxist…

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‘From Heaven Through the World to Hell’: Goethe’s Faust as Romantic Hero | Nicolas Krusek 57:51

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https://youtu.be/8wKAKmydUlgPodcast audio:Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s dramatic poem Faust is a monumental work of Romantic literature that presents one man’s ceaseless striving to transcend the limitations of human knowledge and experience. By exploring some of the most profound and moving passages from the poem, this talk by Nicolas Krusek provides a…

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Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes | ARI Bookshelf 1:34:55

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https://youtu.be/HtOmp-fh-PkPodcast audio:This episode of ARI Bookshelf features Naomi Oreskes’s bookWhy Trust Science? Panelists include Ben Bayer, Jason Rheins, Mike Mazza, and Daniel Schwartz.Why Trust Science? asks when and why non-experts can trust science. It argues that it is the social character of science that makes it trustworthy.Our pane…

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Why Business Leaders Won’t Object to Trump’s Tariffs 56:28

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https://youtu.be/S1DL9777gfkPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Onkar Ghate challenge the myth that America is ruled by plutocrats, exposing how fear of governmental threats drives business decisions.Among the topics covered:How CEOs’ silence in the face of Trump’s destructive tariff policies debunks the m…

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How to Value Friendship | Tristan de Liège 1:00:56

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https://youtu.be/qBTy_9VVhuEPodcast audio:Often, people make the mistake of being too passive about friendship, treating it as something that just happens automatically in life—for instance, maintaining friendships with people one just happened to know growing up, or using shortcuts, such as a shared philosophy, in choosing friends. In this talk, T…

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America’s History of Immigration Restrictions | Agustina Vergara Cid 38:06

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https://youtu.be/9lMQ3idE9bwPodcast audio:Immigration is one of the most contentious topics on today's political landscape. But that has always been true throughout America history. Why have immigration restrictions taken hold in America since the nineteenth century? What ideas animate immigration restrictionists, and what explains their success in…

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USAID Corruption: Deeper Than You Think 43:58

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https://youtu.be/3XFiAQbxtgQPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Agustina Vergara Cid examine the current controversy over USAID and discuss Ayn Rand’s distinctive critique of the morality behind America’s foreign aid.Among the topics covered:How recent revelations about USAID expose the agency’s absurd, if…

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Egoism Without Permission – It Begins with Desire | Tara Smith 1:28:05

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https://youtu.be/DI1xqqIcj7kPodcast audio:How can we live more egoistically? What makes us want to live more egoistically? Not everyone does. In her talk “Egoism Without Permission – It Begins with Desire” at Objectivist Summer Conference 2024 in Anaheim, Tara Smith explored the connection between these questions, drawing material from her new book…

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Freely Determined by Kennon M. Sheldon | ARI Bookshelf 1:27:44

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https://youtu.be/ZhqJzc75qeIPodcast audio:A new ARI podcast series, ARI Bookshelf, gives you a window into ARI’s educational programs by showcasing our faculty as they discuss books of recent interest. This episode discusses Kennon M. Sheldon’s book Freely Determined. Panelists include Ben Bayer, Jason Rheins, Greg Salmieri, and Gena Gorlin.Freely …

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Why the Ayn Rand Institute Comments on Current Events

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https://youtu.be/QT4O5p3oSAAPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer discuss why ARI comments on current events and why applying Objectivism to cultural issues is central to its essence as a philosophy for living on earth.Among the topics covered:How ARI’s commentary fits its mission;Why applying Ob…

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The ARI Bookshelf Explores Three Books on the Influence of Christianity on Western Culture 1:22:08

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https://youtu.be/YjhHIgZzO3kPodcast audio:In this episode of The ARI Bookshelf, Jason Rheins, Ben Bayer, Don Watkins, and Alex Silverman examine two contrasting perspectives on the influence of Christianity: Tom Holland’s Dominion and Charles Freeman’s The Closing of the Western Mind and The Reopening of the Western Mind.While Holland’s widely disc…

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Behind the Scenes: Ayn Rand’s West Point Lecture (1974–2024) 1:26:24

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https://youtu.be/V8yIcXmoAnQPodcast audio:Fifty years ago, Ayn Rand journeyed to West Point to speak to a new senior-level course offered by the Department of English. She told the cadets — and the world — who needed philosophy, and why. Now, from Shoshana Milgram, you can learn from archival documents and new interviews why and when she was invite…

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Trump’s Betrayal of Ukraine 43:34

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https://youtu.be/h1tIDRzi9HoPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast Ziemowit Gowin interviews Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate on Trump’s stance on the Ukraine-Russia war, which led him to call President Zelensky a dictator and publicly berate him in the Oval Office.Among the topics covered:What America’s approach to the Ukraine-…

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Karl Popper’s Rejection of Induction 59:23

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https://youtu.be/ad5KEuKz1a8Podcast audio:How does science work, and how does it differ from religion or pseudo-science? According to Karl Popper’s “falsificationism,” science, unlike religion and pseudo-science, doesn’t claim certainty; it aims only to disprove its hypotheses, and this is the source of its rationality. Popper proposed his theory a…

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Will Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post Defend “Personal Liberties and Free Markets”? 48:14

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https://youtu.be/gFXDYaKnCVwPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo examine Jeff Bezos' decision to reorient The Washington Post's opinion section toward issues of personal and economic freedom.Among the topics covered:How Bezos' move reflects a genuine appreciation for the American ideals that e…

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Cashing In on Objectivism 1:29:13

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https://youtu.be/1fLxvFQCScAPodcast audio:Philosophy is for living. But how do you get the most value out of your philosophy? This is a question the panelists have been exploring from a variety of perspectives, ranging from psychology to moral philosophy to personal development. Gena Gorlin, Tara Smith, Tal Tsfany, and Don Watkins, shared their tho…

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The Marxists’ Exploitation Myth 50:38

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https://youtu.be/UVujQHg1kZoPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos challenge the exploitation theory of value at the root of many attacks on capitalists by both the political left and right.Among the topics covered:How the exploitation theory is entrenched in mainstream political thought;…

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The Visionaries by Wolfram Eilenberger: ARI Bookshelf Discussion 1:32:18

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https://youtu.be/0SSL_XThHdQPodcast audio:A new ARI podcast series gives you a window into ARI’s educational programs by showcasing our faculty as they discuss books of recent interest. The series, the ARI Bookshelf, premiered on August 6 with an episode discussing Wolfram Eilenberger’s book The Visionaries. Panelists included Ben Bayer, Jason Rhei…

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Does Forgiveness Heal — or Whitewash Evil? 56:17

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https://youtu.be/y-WB-fhVJlsPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Tristan de Liège discuss why the traditional conception of forgiveness is evil and indicate how to think of it from an Objectivist perspective.Among the topics covered:How forgiveness is conventionally understood;Why the idea of “forgive and…

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War, Politics, Ideas: A Panel on Foreign Policy 1:33:58

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https://youtu.be/yOx0pcktQtIPodcast audio:What is at stake in the Russia/Ukraine and the Israel/Hamas conflicts? What are America’s interests in the chaotic Middle East? How do we evaluate China’s global ambitions and its claims on Taiwan? What’s the impact of foreign policy on the 2024 campaign trail? How does Objectivism help us unpack these and …

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How to Think About Current Events 1:29:45

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https://youtu.be/9GjD66edA0gJoin one of ARI's many online educational courses. Our new "Flex" option allows you to take these courses at your own pace, whenever you have the time, while also still retaining the benefit of having your questions answered and your assignments graded by a real instructor. Browse our catalog now: https://aru.aynrand.org…

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Israel and Trump’s Humiliating Gaza Deals 44:15

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https://youtu.be/a-SwX91pj2QPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Elan Journo and Ben Bayer discuss the moral travesty of the Gaza deal and the intellectual bankruptcy it reveals in foreign policy thinking.Among the topics covered:Why the Gaza deal will not bring peace but ensure further aggression by Hamas;How the lopsid…

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Philosophy, Work, and Business | Don Watkins and Tal Tsfany 1:30:16

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https://youtu.be/Oly3eYzZiTgPodcast audio:Accelerate your understanding of Objectivism today by joining one of our many online educational courses. Our new "Flex" option allows you to take these courses at your own pace, whenever you have the time, while also still retaining the benefit of having your questions answered and your assignments graded …

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Google’s Real Crime? Being Too Good. The Antitrust War Exposed 41:01

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https://youtu.be/wmo0zqU_dIQPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Robertas Bakula discuss the latest developments of the Department of Justice’s vicious antitrust persecution of Google.Among the topics covered:How the antitrust attack on Google is driven by hatred of its productive virtues;How the DOJ's reme…

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Interview with Energy Entrepreneur Bud Brigham: ARI Donor Roundtable 58:20

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https://youtu.be/hPO8IQvENTYPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Elan Journo interviews, Bud Brigham, a lifelong entrepreneur and the founder of multiple successful companies, most notably Atlas Energy Solutions. Mr. Brigham built his career on a vision of innovation and an uncompromising commitment to individualism, val…

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The Dramatic Injustice of the January 6 Pardons 55:43

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https://youtu.be/fEOGBX9R05wPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss Trump’s blanket pardon of all the people involved in the January 6 attack on the Capitol.Among the topics covered:How Trump’s blanket pardon lets outrageous evil off the hook;How Trump’s claims about the 2020 elections and …

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Facebook’s Reversal on Content-Moderation and ‘Free Speech’ 44:49

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https://youtu.be/87jSEwTQLgkPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer analyze Mark Zuckerberg's recent comments on Facebook’s policy changes and whether they truly represent a victory for free speech.Among the topics covered:How Facebook’s content moderation is not a violation of free speech;How the …

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David Goggins, Suffering, and the Pursuit of Values 42:53

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https://youtu.be/HYUiFLJ3_YgPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Tristan de Liège and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss David Goggins’ idea that suffering is central to the pursuit of values.Among the topics covered:The popular idea that embracing suffering is essential to a successful life;David Goggins’ incredible life and …

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Jordan Peterson vs Ayn Rand on Finding Purpose in Life 29:49

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https://youtu.be/duUDf-WuSVkPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss how to make one’s life purposeful, without falling for the sacrificial tropes popular in our culture.Among the topics covered:Why aiming at a challenging, effortful life should not be equated with suffering;How t…

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Christmas Is About Joy, Not Guilt 36:13

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https://youtu.be/0hJO4ofx6VUPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Agustina Vergara Cid explore the true meaning of Christmas by examining the history and philosophical significance of our holiday practices.Among the topics covered:The secular meaning of Christmas;A proper view of Christmas’s commercial aspec…

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Syria’s Collapse: Jihadists Replace Assad 43:22

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https://youtu.be/2sZU9hJLFWgPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo analyze the moral significance of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria and its replacement by jihadists.Among the topics covered:Why authoritarian regimes, like Assad’s, are fundamentally weak and unstable;How the future of the …

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The UnitedHealthCare CEO Shooting: America’s Persecuted Minority, Targeted Again 35:23

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https://youtu.be/jSUq16CPQwcPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the reaction to the assassination of the UnitedHealthcare CEO and the hatred towards businessmen in America.Among the topics covered:Examples of the culture treating businessmen as a persecuted minority;How CEOs …

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