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The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism.
The Morality of Self-Defense and Innocent Deaths in War
32 mins; November 12, 2023
Why Iran Fuels the Mideast War
30 mins; November 10, 2023
The Unstable Foundation of Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimism
60 hours 6 mins; November 06, 2023
Global Protests: Anti-war, or Pro-Hamas?
31 mins; November 04, 2023
Did Israel Steal Palestinian Land?
35 mins; October 30, 2023
The Absurdity of Calling the U.S.-Mexico Border Crisis an ‘Invasion’
74 hours 28 mins; October 29, 2023
How to Think about the Death of Innocents in War
57 mins; October 23, 2023
Rand and Oppenheimer: The Atomic Bomb Movie that Wasn’t
9 mins; October 21, 2023
The Suffering of Moral Saints
19 mins; October 21, 2023
Civilization vs. Barbarism: Ongoing Analysis of the Hamas War on Israel
72 hours 17 mins; October 16, 2023
The Hamas War on Israel
50 mins; October 09, 2023
Cristiano Ronaldo and Joe Biden Whitewash Saudi Arabia
63 hours 21 mins; October 09, 2023
Libertarianism: Big Tent or Big Mess?
63 hours 56 mins; October 02, 2023
Independence in an ‘Interdependent’ World
64 hours 44 mins; September 25, 2023
Q&A on Ayn Rand’s Ethics with Dan Schwartz and Ziemowit Gowin
55 mins; September 18, 2023
Ayn Rand’s Distinctive View of Romantic Art
73 hours 37 mins; September 12, 2023
Ayn Rand’s Repudiation of Original Sin
71 hours 57 mins; September 11, 2023
The U.S.-Iran Prisoner Swap: Biden’s Policy of Delusion
63 hours 30 mins; September 03, 2023
The Moral Justification of the Atomic Bomb
71 hours 32 mins; August 28, 2023
Chinese Foreign Policy Toward Taiwan: With Scott McDonald
71 hours 14 mins; August 21, 2023
Ayn Rand on Watergate
73 hours 16 mins; August 13, 2023
The Knowledge Gap Highlights a Failing of America’s Schools
12 mins; August 12, 2023
Will Europe’s Immigration Problems Happen in the U.S.?
68 hours 12 mins; August 04, 2023
In Defense of Life Extension
58 mins; July 30, 2023
Religious Skeptics Should Question Their Moral Theology
23 mins; July 29, 2023
Special Announcement: We’re Releasing a Huge Trove of Essays on Rand’s Fiction and Philosophy
28 mins; July 29, 2023
Philip Kitcher’s Critique of Today’s Useless Philosophy
69 hours 44 mins; July 25, 2023
‘What is a Woman?’ and Gender War Tribalism
75 hours 57 mins; July 17, 2023
In Defense of Self-Esteem
67 hours 8 mins; July 10, 2023
The Dishonest Debate on Immigration and National Security
66 hours 32 mins; June 28, 2023
OCON 2023: The Pre-Game Show
57 mins; June 23, 2023
The ‘Social Justice’ War on Science
84 hours 9 mins; June 19, 2023
The Perpetual War on Israel: 1948-2023
62 hours 23 mins; June 12, 2023
Ayn Rand’s Devastating Critique of ‘Liberals’
17 mins; June 04, 2023
‘Intellectual Humility’ vs. Intellectual Ambitiousness
53 mins; May 29, 2023
Conservatives for Stagnation
64 hours 9 mins; May 22, 2023
Threats to Regulate Artificial Intelligence
76 hours 48 mins; May 13, 2023
The Meaning of the Iraq War
81 hours 44 mins; May 08, 2023
Effective Altruism’s Faith-Based Sacrifice for the Future
18 mins; May 05, 2023
Libertarian Apologists for Putin
58 mins; May 01, 2023
Ayn Rand vs. ‘Liberals’
73 hours 54 mins; April 21, 2023
Robert Reich’s Unjust Crusade against Billionaire Producers
58 mins; April 17, 2023
Exciting New Courses at the Ayn Rand University
83 hours 47 mins; April 07, 2023
Why Nationalism Is Hostile to America
26 mins; April 05, 2023
‘Heckler’s Veto’ at Stanford Law School
83 hours 51 mins; April 03, 2023
Q&A on the Best Objections to Objectivism
75 hours 43 mins; March 27, 2023
The Debate Over the Right to Immigrate
85 hours 0 mins; March 20, 2023
The Anti-Individualism of Affirmative Action
88 hours 49 mins; March 13, 2023
Systemic Altruism
78 hours 41 mins; March 06, 2023
Finding Morality and Happiness Without God
34 mins; March 04, 2023
One Year of War in Ukraine: The View from Europe
54 mins; February 28, 2023
DeSantis’ Push to Ideologically Transform Florida Colleges
64 hours 28 mins; February 20, 2023
Natalie Wexler’s Critique of the ‘Knowledge Gap’ in Schools
67 hours 9 mins; February 13, 2023
Ayn Rand, the Valuer
64 hours 20 mins; February 06, 2023
The Old Morality of the New Religions
19 mins; February 02, 2023
How to Deal with Arbitrary Claims: Lessons from the Pandemic
51 mins; January 26, 2023
Hamline University’s Shameful Attack on Education
60 hours 33 mins; January 23, 2023
Q&A on God and Religion with Aaron Smith and Mike Mazza
64 hours 53 mins; January 16, 2023
From Russia with Evil: The Philosophy of Alexander Dugin
47 mins; January 07, 2023
The Illustrated Fountainhead: Serializing a Classic Novel
13 mins; January 04, 2023
Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail
45 mins; January 02, 2023
Musk, Twitter, and Free Speech; Ransoming Brittney Griner
63 hours 53 mins; December 23, 2022
The Philosophical Bankruptcy of ‘Effective Altruism’
71 hours 29 mins; December 19, 2022
How the Qatar World Cup Abets Authoritarian ‘Sportswashing’
56 mins; December 12, 2022
The Toxic Ideas Behind the Quest for ‘Zero Covid’
55 mins; December 04, 2022
‘Practicing Gratitude’ Evaluated: A Chat with Gena Gorlin
56 mins; November 28, 2022
Discussing Ayn Rand on World Philosophy Day 2022
66 hours 2 mins; November 18, 2022
Why John Mearsheimer Gets Ukraine Wrong
14 mins; November 17, 2022
The Midterm Elections: A Philosophical Postmortem
72 hours 27 mins; November 14, 2022
What Does Xi Jinping’s China Want?
53 mins; November 09, 2022
Inviting in the Vandals: The Just Stop Oil Protests
54 mins; November 07, 2022
Dismantling the ‘Neoliberalism’ Straw Man
53 mins; October 31, 2022
Q&A on Free Will vs. Determinism with Ben Bayer and Mike Mazza
72 hours 30 mins; October 24, 2022
What Students Need to Find Literature Fascinating
12 mins; October 20, 2022
What Liberalism and Its Discontents Gets So Wrong
56 mins; October 17, 2022
The Protests in Russia and Iran
62 hours 43 mins; October 08, 2022
Why MacAskill Is Wrong about What We Owe the Future
67 hours 26 mins; October 04, 2022
Political Battles Over Education
69 hours 16 mins; September 25, 2022
The Banality of Putin and Xi
12 mins; September 23, 2022
The Attacks on ‘Hustle Culture’
62 hours 47 mins; September 19, 2022
How America’s 9/11 Response Destroyed Trust in Institutions
68 hours 50 mins; September 11, 2022
Modernized Stoicism Critiqued
70 hours 39 mins; September 03, 2022
National Conservatism vs. Americanism
55 mins; August 25, 2022
The Sorry Legacy of Our Policy Toward Iran
67 hours 41 mins; August 20, 2022
Not Everyone Who Is Mistaken Is Evil — But Some Are
72 hours 51 mins; August 15, 2022
New ARU Course: Foundations of Physical Science
66 hours 41 mins; August 05, 2022
Objectivism Q&A with Ben Bayer and Dan Schwartz
63 hours 50 mins; August 01, 2022
Ayn Rand’s Radical View of the United Nations
7 mins; July 27, 2022
Engaging Honestly with Critical Race Theory’s Irrationality
68 hours 59 mins; July 24, 2022
Whitewashing a ‘Pariah’ State: Biden’s Visit to Saudi Arabia
51 mins; July 17, 2022
Panel on America’s Culture: Live from OCON 2022
75 hours 46 mins; July 11, 2022
The Death of Abortion Rights in America: A Postmortem
95 hours 25 mins; June 30, 2022
Roe Is Overturned: ARI’s Response
26 mins; June 26, 2022
Ayn Rand on the Necessity of Moral Judgment
74 hours 1 min; June 26, 2022
The Virulent Pull of Tribalism
34 mins; June 19, 2022
The January 6 Hearings
85 hours 9 mins; June 15, 2022
Kathleen Stock’s Reasoned Critique of Gender Ideology
70 hours 40 mins; June 11, 2022
Alex Epstein’s Powerful Case for More Fossil Fuel Energy
65 hours 9 mins; June 05, 2022
Philosophers’ Unprofessional Treatment of Ayn Rand
68 hours 0 mins; May 30, 2022
The Possible Dream
31 mins; May 19, 2022
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