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How Drug Boats Could Be Used to Rationalize an Unjust War with Venezuela
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBSu1A2_BSgPodcast audio:In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss the recent American attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and scrutinize pretexts for war w
Spinoza: A Hero of the Enlightenment
Podcast audio:This talk by Alex Silverman was recorded live on July 2nd in Boston, MA as part of the 2025 Objectivist Summer Conference and is available on the Ayn Rand Institute Podcast stream. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
ICE Raids vs. Rule of Law: Interviewing Institute for Justice’s Josh Windham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KEOmlA-YRoPodcast audio:In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Agustina Vergara Cid interviews Josh Windham, a senior attorney with the Institute for Justice, about the Trump administrations immigr
Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Heritage, and Conservatism’s Moral Decay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgur8cEOpnkPodcast audio:In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Nikos Sotirakopoulos and ARIs senior intellectuals make a deep dive into the moral crisis of the conservative movement.Topics inc
Mamdani’s Victory: How Bad is it For America?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uCwg6ADk4sPodcast audio:In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Nikos Sotirakopoulos and Onkar Ghate discuss the implications of Zohran Mamdanis victory in New York. As the country takes another st
Trump’s Un-American, Unconstitutional Tariff Scheme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgeCG_fGFrkPodcast audio:In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Robertas Bakula examine the key arguments supporting the Presidents tariffs before the Supreme Court and expose their u
Saving the Enlightenment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4zPY_XnfS8Podcast audio:The Enlightenments commitment to reason, individualism, and the power of knowledge sparked unprecedented progress in human life. Yet, despite this achievement, contemporary Western soc
Mamdani’s Socialist War on Gifted Kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1sggf9exTQPodcast audio:In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Samantha Watkins challenge Zohran Mamdanis plan to phase out NYCs Gifted & Talented program a move that would hold b
The Origin of Life, Agency & Purpose: Terrence Deacon’s Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnyS0vpTh_kPodcast audio:In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer, Tristan de Liege, and Mike Mazza discuss Jeremy Shermans book, Neither Ghost Nor Machine: The Emergence and Nature of Selv
When It’s Rational to Blame “Both Sides”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id3kFduLXVg Podcast audio: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Onkar Ghate discuss both invalid and valid attempts to blame bot





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