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The L.A. Riots and Mass Deportation: Both Evil

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YchKm3DnUFo Podcast Audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer discuss the...

A Central Planner’s Trojan Horse: The Technological Republic

Posted June 9, 202500:54:48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A28R9JnfNro Podcast audio: In this episode of The ARI Bookshelf, Elan Journo, Mike Mazza, Nikos Sotirakopoulos and Robertas...

Joe Rogan vs. Douglas Murray: Who’s Right About Trusting Experts?

Posted June 2, 202501:09:12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY3NY7gFYtw Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Tristan de Liège examine...

Reading Reform Beyond Phonics | Sam Weaver

Posted June 1, 202501:00:36

https://youtu.be/iVJOTxv-tWk Podcast audio: American schools have long performed dismally at providing the education children need to read well. A movement...

The Making of the Atom Bomb | Evan Picoult

Posted May 30, 202501:35:54

https://youtu.be/o615h8druDE Podcast audio: The creation of the atom bomb during WWII was an extraordinary achievement, dramatized in part in the movie...