The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast

Recent Episodes

Contrarians of the New Right

Posted September 14, 2024 • 00:08:11

The new Right’s absurd positions cannot be explained by their adherence to any coherent ideology, but only by their tribal view of the world.

Free Speech as a Right and a Way of Life

Posted September 11, 2024 • 01:40:05

We must understand the philosophical foundations of the right to free speech to apply it to contemporary controversies.

Was Ayn Rand a Jewish Thinker?

Posted September 10, 2024 • 00:59:24

https://youtu.be/sdNoDhkU_eA Podcast audio: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Harry Binswanger analyze Alexandra Popoff’s new biography,...

We Ignore the Unconditional Right to Self-Defense at Our Peril

Posted September 8, 2024 • 00:07:41

The West is free today because it didn’t allow even the death of innocents to impede its right to self-defense.

Neglected Victims, Empowered Cartels

Posted September 4, 2024 • 00:05:57

Cartels thrive on the criminalization of immigration that allows them to prey on migrants at the border.