The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast

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

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Why Nationalism Is Hostile to America

Posted April 5, 202300:26:35

In this episode, we read aloud “Why Nationalism Is Hostile to America,” an article written by Yaron Brook and Elan Journo. In that essay, they examine...

'Heckler’s Veto' at Stanford Law School

Posted April 2, 202301:23:51

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo discuss the heckling and public shaming of Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan by Stanford Law School...

Q&A on the Best Objections to Objectivism

Posted March 27, 202301:15:43

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Mike Mazza respond to several common and plausible philosophic objections to Objectivism that were...

The Debate Over the Right to Immigrate

Posted March 20, 202301:25:00

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Agustina Vergara Cid discuss the immigration debate from a philosophical perspective. They address...

The Anti-Individualism of Affirmative Action

Posted March 13, 202301:28:49

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo discuss two landmark cases before the Supreme Court of the United States on the legality...