The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast

The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast

The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism.

Episodes

Trump’s Anti-Capitalist Control Over Businesses

September 22, 2025 • 67 mins
Business leaders need to stand up for themselves before it's too late.
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Charlie Kirk’s Murder: Who Normalized Political Violence?

September 15, 2025 • 39 mins
Distinguishing speech from force is essential to eradicating violence in America.
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The Road to Fascism (and Are We on It?)

September 10, 2025 • 57 mins
Rising authoritarian currents in America make truth and reason more urgent than ever.
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Why Trump’s Antitrust Has No “Monopoly” on Moral Corruption

September 8, 2025 • 60 mins
Forcing business to bow to non-objective laws violates America’s individualist ideals.
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“Is Atlas Shrugging?” by Ayn Rand

September 8, 2025 • 52 mins
In a newly uncovered recording, Ayn Rand explains why Atlas Shrugged is not a prophecy.
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How NOT to Explain Mamdani’s Socialist Revival

August 28, 2025 • 56 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6vA9ensrzw Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos critique a recent Wall Street Journal article that tries to explain Zohran Mamdani’s rise and the persistence of socialism in American politics. Among the topics covered: Why socialism is not an innate impulse or the product of ignorance of history; Why idealism alone ...
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Immigration Enforcement and the Betrayal of Due Process

August 25, 2025 • 27 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkOadbwUP5s Podcast audio: America is a country that prizes freedom and the rule of law. Yet every day, we hear news of ICE raids on construction sites, Venezuelans shipped to foreign prisons without hearings, and sports tattoos treated as proof of criminality. As Agustina Vergara Cid warns in “Immigration Enforcement and the Betrayal of Due Process,” Americans have been turning a blind ey...
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The Palestinians’ Most Deadly Weapon Against Israel: Altruism

August 21, 2025 • 53 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wig7ja6GLlU Podcast audio In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Elan Journo, Nikos Sotirakopoulos, and Tristan De Liège explore how altruism clouds moral clarity about the Israel-Hamas war, undermining Israel’s righteous cause and whitewashing Hamas’ evil.  Among the topics covered: How the media coverage of the war has become egregiously deferential to Hamas and Hezbol...
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Was Ayn Rand Anti-Family?

August 14, 2025 • 45 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwT-unSQu_8 Podcast audio: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Samantha Watkins and Ben Bayer tackle the common criticism that Ayn Rand is "anti-family" and analyze its philosophical roots. They examine claims that Rand's novels omit discussions of having children and explore what her actual views on parenting reveal about living a rational, selfish life. Among the topics...
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What Went Wrong With Capitalism — A Review of Ruchir Sharma’s Book

August 11, 2025 • 81 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky3VGO4AI-g Podcast audio: In this episode of The ARI Bookshelf, Tristan de Liège, Ben Bayer, Don Watkins, and Robertas Bakula discuss What Went Wrong with Capitalism by Ruchir Sharma. The book examines the history of government bailouts, Federal Reserve policy, and the growing reach of the regulatory state. Contrary to popular belief, Sharma argues, government intervention in America d...
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Abortion Bans vs. Women’s Lives

August 8, 2025 • 59 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm7PICSLkhc Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Agustina Vergara Cid take a wide-ranging look at abortion bans since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, examining their destructive effects on the lives and freedoms of women and medical professionals. Among the topics covered: Ayn Rand’s distinctive defense of abortion rights; How abortion b...
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Trump vs. CBS: How Government Pressures Companies to Self-Censor

August 4, 2025 • 71 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33MpmtvMKs0 Podcast audio: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Marek Michulka and Onkar Ghate examine the Trump administration's actions against CBS — including a billion-dollar lawsuit and FCC investigation — and argue that the FCC’s regulatory power is incompatible with free speech.  Among the topics covered: How Trump's actions against CBS are targeting them for th...
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Profit Without Apology: The Moral Case for Business

July 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDVOG6tX8b8 Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Don Watkins unveil their new book, Profit Without Apology: The Need to Stand Up for Business. This book is the latest publication of ARI’s new initiative, Atlas Circle, an intellectual project aimed at standing up for business and helping business stand up for itself. Among the topics covered: ...
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Highlights from the 2025 Objectivist Summer Conference

July 21, 2025 • 15 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGvQj376Uw Podcast audio: The 2025 Objectivist Summer Conference, held in Boston, Massachusetts, wrapped up two weeks ago, and now you can get a taste of the wide range of topics and speakers featured at the event in a new highlights video. The compilation includes clips from the following talks: “What is Western Civilization?” by Yaron Brook; “Revolutionary Constitutionalism” b...
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Tal Tsfany Unveils ARI’s Ambitions for Mainstreaming Objectivism

July 14, 2025 • 67 mins
https://youtu.be/9PCQRzAMohQ Podcast audio: As the Ayn Rand Institute marks its 40th anniversary, its mission to spread Objectivism through education has never been more urgent. In his 2025 Objectivist Summer Conference presentation, "Spreading Objectivism: A Vision for ARI's Future," President and CEO Tal Tsfany laid out a bold vision of the “big swings” ARI is taking to bring Objectivism into the cultural mainstream. ...
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Ben Bayer on America’s Need to Declare Independence from Altruism

July 14, 2025 • 89 mins
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 the rising statism of the twentieth century dramatically undermined those ideals. In Rand’s view, America needed a moral revolution: one that renounced the ethics of altruism and embraced the morality of self-interest. Wha...
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How Immigration Restrictions Cripple American Businesses

July 6, 2025 • 59 mins
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 American business. Among the topics covered: How immigration restrictions impose a form of economic central planning; The role of the mixed economy in fueling the interest-group battle for legal carve-outs; How ICE rai...
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School Choice: Matt Bateman on Understanding Education Freedom

June 27, 2025 • 64 mins
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 Higher Ground Education, and ARU instructor, about the school choice movement and the philosophical case for education freedom. Among the topics covered: What the expanding reach of school choice programs means for parent...
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News Roundup

June 23, 2025 • 32 mins
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 and the political assassinations in Minnesota. Among the topics covered: The Israel-Iran War Why Israel's war against Iran is a positive development; Why a self-interested American foreign policy must break from th...
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Preview of the Objectivist Conference 2025

June 18, 2025 • 24 mins
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 Summer Conference, taking place July 1-5 in Boston, Massachusetts. Among the topics covered: Audra Hilse’s talk, “Revised Blueprints: Early Versions of Part II of The Fountainhead,” which will draw on archival material to...
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