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Back to SearchHow NOT to Explain Mamdani’s Socialist Revival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6vA9ensrzw Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos critique a recent Wall Street Journal article that tri…
Published on 11 hours ago
Immigration Enforcement and the Betrayal of Due Process
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkOadbwUP5s Podcast audio: America is a country that prizes freedom and the rule of law. Yet every day, we hear news of ICE raids on construction sites, Venezuelans sh…
Published on 3 days, 10 hours ago
The Palestinians’ Most Deadly Weapon Against Israel: Altruism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wig7ja6GLlU Podcast audio In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Elan Journo, Nikos Sotirakopoulos, and Tristan De Liège explore how altruism clouds moral …
Published on 1 week ago
Was Ayn Rand Anti-Family?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwT-unSQu_8 Podcast audio: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Samantha Watkins and Ben Bayer tackle the common criticism that Ayn Rand is "anti-family"…
Published on 2 weeks ago
What Went Wrong With Capitalism — A Review of Ruchir Sharma’s Book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky3VGO4AI-g Podcast audio: In this episode of The ARI Bookshelf, Tristan de Liège, Ben Bayer, Don Watkins, and Robertas Bakula discuss What Went Wrong with Capitalism …
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Abortion Bans vs. Women’s Lives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm7PICSLkhc Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Agustina Vergara Cid take a wide-ranging look at abortion bans since the ov…
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Trump vs. CBS: How Government Pressures Companies to Self-Censor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33MpmtvMKs0 Podcast audio: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Marek Michulka and Onkar Ghate examine the Trump administration's actions against CBS — i…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Profit Without Apology: The Moral Case for Business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDVOG6tX8b8 Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Don Watkins unveil their new book, Profit Without Apology: The Need to St…
Published on 1 month ago
Highlights from the 2025 Objectivist Summer Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGvQj376Uw Podcast audio: The 2025 Objectivist Summer Conference, held in Boston, Massachusetts, wrapped up two weeks ago, and now you can get a taste of the wide ran…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Tal Tsfany Unveils ARI’s Ambitions for Mainstreaming Objectivism
https://youtu.be/9PCQRzAMohQ Podcast audio: As the Ayn Rand Institute marks its 40th anniversary, its mission to spread Objectivism through education has never been more urgent. In his 2025 Objectivi…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago