Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRand and Oppenheimer: The Atomic Bomb Movie that Wasn’t
In this episode, Brandon Lisi reads aloud his article, “Rand and Oppenheimer: The Atomic Bomb Movie that Wasn't.” In that essay, he tells the story o…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Suffering of Moral Saints
In this episode, Aaron Smith reads aloud his article, “The Suffering of Moral Saints.” In that essay, he analyzes Larissa MacFarquhar's book, Strange…
2 years, 4 months ago
Civilization vs. Barbarism: Ongoing Analysis of the Hamas War on Israel
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo, Onkar Ghate, Nikos Sotirakopoulos, and Tal Tsfany discuss the recent developments in the ongoing conf…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Hamas War on Israel
In this special episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate, Elan Journo, and Boaz Arad offer the Ayn Rand Institute’s response to the invasion of Israel …
2 years, 4 months ago
Cristiano Ronaldo and Joe Biden Whitewash Saudi Arabia
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss Saudi Arabia’s lavish spending on sports celebrities, the recent Amer…
2 years, 4 months ago
Libertarianism: Big Tent or Big Mess?
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos review Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi’s new book The Individualists: Radicals, …
2 years, 4 months ago
Independence in an ‘Interdependent’ World
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Aaron Smith discuss the idea that our complex, division of labor society precludes real independen…
2 years, 5 months ago
Q&A on Ayn Rand’s Ethics with Dan Schwartz and Ziemowit Gowin
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Dan Schwartz and Ziemowit Gowin answer reader-submitted questions about Ayn Rand’s Objectivist ethics. Among the t…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ayn Rand’s Distinctive View of Romantic Art
In this episode of New Ideal, Sam Weaver interviews Harry Binswanger and Shoshana Milgram about the Romantic movement in art and Ayn Rand’s unique ac…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ayn Rand’s Repudiation of Original Sin
In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Ricardo Pinto discuss Ayn Rand’s devastating critique of the idea of original sin. They explore how …
2 years, 5 months ago