The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast

Recent Episodes

The Suffering of Moral Saints

Posted October 21, 2023 • 00:19:27

In this episode, Aaron Smith reads aloud his article, “The Suffering of Moral Saints.” In that essay, he analyzes Larissa MacFarquhar's book, Strangers...

Civilization vs. Barbarism: Ongoing Analysis of the Hamas War on Israel

Posted October 16, 2023 • 01:12:17

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo, Onkar Ghate, Nikos Sotirakopoulos, and Tal Tsfany discuss the recent developments in the ongoing conflict...

The Hamas War on Israel

Posted October 9, 2023 • 00:50:29

In this special episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate, Elan Journo, and Boaz Arad offer the Ayn Rand Institute’s response to the invasion of Israel...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Joe Biden Whitewash Saudi Arabia

Posted October 9, 2023 • 01:03:21

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss Saudi Arabia’s lavish spending on sports celebrities, the recent American...

Libertarianism: Big Tent or Big Mess?

Posted October 2, 2023 • 01:03:56

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos review Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi’s new book The Individualists: Radicals,...