Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSaving the Enlightenment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4zPY_XnfS8 Podcast audio: The Enlightenment’s commitment to reason, individualism, and the power of knowledge sparke…
3 months, 1 week ago
Mamdani’s Socialist War on Gifted Kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1sggf9exTQ Podcast audio: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Samantha Watkins challeng…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Origin of Life, Agency & Purpose: Terrence Deacon’s Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnyS0vpTh_k Podcast audio: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer, Tristan de Liege, and Mike M…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
When It’s Rational to Blame “Both Sides”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id3kFduLXVg Podcast audio: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Onkar Ghate discuss both …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Do Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Get Why Nations Fail?
Podcast audio: This talk by Robertas Bakula was recorded live on July 2nd in Boston, MA as part of the 2025 Objectivist Summer Conference and is avai…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How Friendship Can Be Selfish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMJR3ja3s5s Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Tristan de Liège and Gregory Salmieri d…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Integrating Science and Free Will
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuyhO8xssYY Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Tristan de Liège, Mike Mazza, Gregory S…
4 months ago
Defending Embryo Screening from Irrational Opposition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-L271Y9HPA Podcast audio: In this Ayn Rand Institute Podcast episode, Mike Mazza and Samantha Watkins analyze object…
4 months ago
Principles of a Proper Foreign Policy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zg_ANzngT0 Podcast audio: The American attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities was met with intense public debate about …
4 months ago
The Injustice of the New Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi8sRxe21qo Podcast audio: In this Ayn Rand Institute Podcast episode, Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate discuss the recent…
4 months, 1 week ago