The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episodes
Panel on America’s Culture: Live from OCON 2022
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, broadcast live from OCON 2022, Onkar Ghate, Gregory Salmieri, Tara Smith and Yaron Brook discuss the tumultuous eve...
The Death of Abortion Rights in America: A Postmortem
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate, Ben Bayer and Yaron Brook discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Or...
Roe Is Overturned: ARI’s Response
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer, Agustina Vergara Cid and Don Watkins discuss their initial reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision i...
Ayn Rand on the Necessity of Moral Judgment
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer discuss Ayn Rand’s provocative view of the meaning and importance of moral judgment as ...
The Virulent Pull of Tribalism
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tribalism is resurging, most obviously in politics. But it is also rampant on college campuses. Tribalism has moved from the fringes of society to the...
The January 6 Hearings
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate discuss the public hearings of the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, a...
Kathleen Stock’s Reasoned Critique of Gender Ideology
11 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate, Dan Schwartz and Ben Bayer discuss British philosopher Kathleen Stock’s book Material Girls, in whic...
Alex Epstein’s Powerful Case for More Fossil Fuel Energy
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Keith Lockitch and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss Fossil Future, a powerful new book on energy and climate change wri...
Philosophers’ Unprofessional Treatment of Ayn Rand
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Mike Mazza discuss academic philosophers’ dismissals of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, and some of the ...
The Possible Dream
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, philosopher Harry Binswanger argues that moral perfection is both possible and desirable. "We hear from all sides t...
Understanding the Principles of Montessori Education
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Sam Weaver interviews Matt Bateman, vice president of pedagogy at Higher Ground Education, about the educator Maria...
Why ‘Realists’ Get Ukraine So Wrong
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the claim by University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer, that th...
The Supreme Court Abortion Leak vs. the Rule of Law
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer discuss the leak of an opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that appears to be the draft of a ...
Objectivism Q&A: Aaron Smith, Mike Mazza (April 2022)
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Aaron Smith, Mike Mazza and Sam Weaver address questions on Objectivism submitted by the podcast’s audience. A...
Environmentalism vs. Human Life
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Keith Lockitch discuss the philosophic meaning of environmentalism, ranging from its quasi-religiou...
How Shale Revolutionized U.S. Energy: With Nick Deiuliis
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo interviews Nick Deiuliis, president and CEO of CNX Resources, about the shale revolution. From his insi...
Environmentalism’s Dark History
23 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the historical roots of environmentalism, how it became perhaps the most...
Justice Holmes and the Empty Constitution
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ayn Rand once observed that Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. “has had the worst philosophical influence on American law." In this New Ideal article...
The Attempted Character Assassination of Alex Epstein
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate, Keith Lockitch and Alex Epstein discuss recent hit pieces by the Washington Post and DeSmog.com that a...
Ukraine and the Power of Moral Judgment
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Agustina Vergara Cid and Ben Bayer discuss the reaction to President Biden’s off-script declaration that Vladimir...
Understanding the Roots of the New Inflation: With Rob Tarr
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer interviews Rob Tarr, an expert on economics, about how Ayn Rand’s philosophical approach to economics c...
What Was Ayn Rand’s View of ‘Conservatism’?
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
By many of her fans and critics, Ayn Rand was often seen as belonging within the “conservative” movement. But Rand was not simply critical of “c...
Why Perfection Is Possible
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer interviews Harry Binswanger about his article “The Possible Dream” (recently republished in New Ideal...
Nationalism and Russia’s War on Ukraine
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Ben Bayer analyze the concept of “nationalism,” apply it to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and...
Navigating Schisms in the Objectivist Movement
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Harry Binswanger, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo discuss why schisms occur within intellectual movements, and the prin...
The Meaning of Russia’s War on Ukraine
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Aaron Smith, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo discuss the philosophic meaning of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the global r...
Taking ‘Climate Anxiety’ to a Whole New Level
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Keith Lockitch and Elan Journo discuss how the film Don’t Look Up fuels “climate anxiety.” Among the topic...
A Companion to Ayn Rand: Jason Rheins Interview
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter contributor Jason Rheins discusses A Companion to Ayn Rand, part of the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series.
A Companion to Ayn Rand: Adam Mossoff Interview
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter contributor Adam Mossoff discusses A Companion to Ayn Rand, part of the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series.
A Companion to Ayn Rand: Harry Binswanger Interview
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter contributor Harry Binswanger discusses A Companion to Ayn Rand, part of the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series.
A Companion to Ayn Rand: Tara Smith Interview
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter contributor Tara Smith discusses A Companion to Ayn Rand, part of the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series.
A Companion to Ayn Rand: Gregory Salmieri Interview
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Coeditor Gregory Salmieri discusses A Companion to Ayn Rand, part of the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series.
Conservatives, Libertarians, Anarchists vs. Rand on Politics
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One virtue of Foundations of a Free Society is that it offers an in-depth look at Rand’s political thought. And the book helps us understand how her...
Ayn Rand on Economics: How Capitalism Hinges on Philosophy
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ayn Rand’s nonfiction book Capitalism has a subtitle that is truly startling. Rand held that capitalism is “The Unknown Ideal.” Capitalism is...
Ayn Rand on Free Speech and Church-State Separation
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is the principle of freedom of speech? How does it relate to the separation of church and state? What is the justification for such a separation?...
The Russia-Ukraine Crisis and U.S. Foreign Policy
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Agustina Vergara Cid discuss Russia’s possible imminent invasion of Ukraine, America’s stake in...
Objectivism Q&A with Ben Bayer and Mike Mazza
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer, Mike Mazza and Agustina Vergara Cid address questions about Objectivism submitted by the podcast’s aud...