The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast

The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast


Latest Episodes

Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Heritage, and Conservatism’s Moral Decay
November 22, 2025

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?
November 21, 2025

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
November 19, 2025

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
November 18, 2025

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
November 13, 2025

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
November 11, 2025

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”
November 06, 2025

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?
November 03, 2025

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 stream. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podc

How Friendship Can Be Selfish
October 30, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMJR3ja3s5sPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Tristan de Lige and Gregory Salmieri discuss friendship as a moral and philosophical value and explore the relationship between frien

Integrating Science and Free Will
October 24, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuyhO8xssYYPodcast audio:In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Tristan de Lige, Mike Mazza, Gregory Salmieri and Ben Bayer discuss Kevin Mitchells book, Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Wi