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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Zack Snyder on The Fountainhead
Description: https://youtu.be/s4xpmys7ejo
Podcast audio:
In this special episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo comments on Zack Snyder’s recent conversation with Joe Rogan about his admiration for Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead and why his film adaptation was rejected by Netflix. Journo discusses why so many creators like Snyder find Rand’s novels so compelling yet she is still considered “taboo,” the philosophical motives behind the hostility towards Rand, and the immense value readers can get from her heroes.
Among the topics covered:
Snyder's account of how the entertainment industry sees Rand as taboo;
Why The Founta...