Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBen Bayer on America’s Need to Declare Independence from Altruism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e-3oeMO-0w&t=4s Podcast audio: Ayn Rand viewed the American founding’s enshrinement of individuals rights as the greatest political achievement in human history. Yet …
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
How Immigration Restrictions Cripple American Businesses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtW5q-7XaTw Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Agustina Vergara Cid discuss how arbitrary immigration laws strangle Americ…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
School Choice: Matt Bateman on Understanding Education Freedom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5csuEpTn69o Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Samantha Watkins interviews Dr. Matt Bateman, philosopher at GT School, co-founder of Hig…
Published on 2 months ago
News Roundup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDj_LhwM0Vw Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo discuss two major recent events: Israel’s war against Iran an…
Published on 2 months ago
Preview of the Objectivist Conference 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMepGP0ehPo Podcast Audio In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Elan Journo interviews ARI intellectuals about their upcoming talks at the Objectivist Sum…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
The L.A. Riots and Mass Deportation: Both Evil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YchKm3DnUFo Podcast Audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer discuss the ongoing mass protests in Los Angeles and how the Tr…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
A Central Planner’s Trojan Horse: The Technological Republic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A28R9JnfNro Podcast audio: In this episode of The ARI Bookshelf, Elan Journo, Mike Mazza, Nikos Sotirakopoulos and Robertas Bakula discuss The Technological Republic, …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Joe Rogan vs. Douglas Murray: Who’s Right About Trusting Experts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY3NY7gFYtw Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Tristan de Liège examine Douglas Murray’s recent critique of Joe Rogan and …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Reading Reform Beyond Phonics | Sam Weaver
https://youtu.be/iVJOTxv-tWk Podcast audio: American schools have long performed dismally at providing the education children need to read well. A movement in favor of systematic phonics instruction …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Making of the Atom Bomb | Evan Picoult
https://youtu.be/o615h8druDE Podcast audio: The creation of the atom bomb during WWII was an extraordinary achievement, dramatized in part in the movie Oppenheimer. What were the three greatest chall…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago