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Mamdani’s Socialist War on Gifted Kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1sggf9exTQ Podcast audio: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Samantha Watkins challenge Zohran Mamdanis plan to phase out NYC
The Origin of Life, Agency & Purpose: Terrence Deacon’s Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnyS0vpTh_k Podcast audio: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer, Tristan de Liege, and Mike Mazza discuss Jeremy Shermans book, Neit
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
Do Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Get Why Nations Fail?
Podcast audio: This talk by Robertas Bakula 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 stre
How Friendship Can Be Selfish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMJR3ja3s5s Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Tristan de Lige and Gregory Salmieri discuss friendship as a moral and philoso
Integrating Science and Free Will
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuyhO8xssYY Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Tristan de Lige, Mike Mazza, Gregory Salmieri and Ben Bayer discuss Kevin Mitc
Defending Embryo Screening from Irrational Opposition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-L271Y9HPA Podcast audio: In this Ayn Rand Institute Podcast episode, Mike Mazza and Samantha Watkins analyze objections to new embryo screening technology.
Principles of a Proper Foreign Policy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zg_ANzngT0 Podcast audio: The American attack on Irans nuclear facilities was met with intense public debate about the proper course of U.S. foreign policy
The Injustice of the New Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi8sRxe21qo Podcast audio: In this Ayn Rand Institute Podcast episode, Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate discuss the recent ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas
Understanding “Woke” Ideology: Books by Yascha Mounk and Chris Rufo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZCJXTdch2E Podcast audio: In this episode of ARI Bookshelf, Sam Weaver, Ben Bayer, Nikos Sotirakopoulos and Ibis Slade critically examine Americas Cultural





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