The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast

Recent Episodes

After Omicron, Should We Be Aiming at ‘Zero Covid’?

Posted January 10, 2022 • 00:55:46

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Agustina Vergara Cid interviews Amesh Adalja, a well-known expert on pandemic preparedness, about the Omicron variant,...

Impacting Minds, Advancing Objectivism

Posted January 3, 2022 • 00:33:02

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Aaron Smith and Sam Weaver share with the audience how the Ayn Rand Institute is advancing its mission to spread...

What ‘9 Life Lessons from Ayn Rand’ Gets Right (and Wrong)

Posted December 27, 2021 • 01:06:26

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate discuss the successes and errors of the video “9 Life Lessons from Ayn Rand,” which...

Ayn Rand on the Welfare State’s Real Villains

Posted December 27, 2021 • 00:12:13

The most contemptible parasites are the power-lusters who relentlessly expand the system, argues Ben Bayer in this podcast of his article in New Ideal,...

<em>Quillette's</em> Anti-Intellectual Treatment of Ayn Rand

Posted December 20, 2021 • 00:52:35

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo, Robert Mayhew and Keith Lockitch discuss the philosophic significance of the anti-intellectual treatment...