The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast

Recent Episodes

How Can Humanity Make Moral Progress?

Posted February 16, 2021 • 01:06:00

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Mike Mazza discuss why progress in the realm of human values has stalled in comparison to scientific...

Ayn Rand's <em>We the Living</em> and What It Means to Truly Live

Posted February 8, 2021 • 01:10:29

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo are joined by Robert Mayhew, professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University and ARI...

Does Social Media Censor? A Discussion with Steve Simpson

Posted January 29, 2021 • 01:05:39

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer sits down with Steve Simpson, senior attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, to discuss whether “deplatforming”...

Nadine Strossen on ‘Hate Speech’ Laws vs. Free Speech

Posted January 29, 2021 • 00:34:18

Every so often, the debate over “hate speech” moves to the foreground, and we hear urgent calls for the United States to enact laws banning it....

Racism, ‘Color Blindness,’ and Tribalism

Posted January 21, 2021 • 01:17:42

In this episode of New Ideal Live, on the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate discuss the ideal of “color blindness”...