The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast

The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast


Latest Episodes

How to Value Friendship | Tristan de Liège
March 27, 2025

https://youtu.be/qBTy_9VVhuE Podcast audio: Often, people make the mistake of being too passive about friendship, treating it as something that just happens automatically in lifefor instan

America’s History of Immigration Restrictions | Agustina Vergara Cid
March 25, 2025

https://youtu.be/9lMQ3idE9bw Podcast audio: Immigration is one of the most contentious topics on today's political landscape. But that has always been true throughout America history. Why h

USAID Corruption: Deeper Than You Think
March 24, 2025

https://youtu.be/3XFiAQbxtgQ Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Ben Bayer and Agustina Vergara Cid examine the current controversy over USAID and discuss Ayn

Egoism Without Permission – It Begins with Desire | Tara Smith
March 20, 2025

https://youtu.be/DI1xqqIcj7k Podcast audio: How can we live more egoistically? What makes uswantto live more egoistically? Not everyone does. In her talk Egoism Without Permission It B

Freely Determined by Kennon M. Sheldon | ARI Bookshelf
March 18, 2025

https://youtu.be/ZhqJzc75qeI Podcast audio: A new ARI podcast series, ARI Bookshelf, gives you a window into ARIs educational programs by showcasing our faculty as they discuss books of re

Why the Ayn Rand Institute Comments on Current Events
March 17, 2025

https://youtu.be/QT4O5p3oSAA Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer discuss why ARI comments on current events and why applying Objectiv

The ARI Bookshelf Explores Three Books on the Influence of Christianity on Western Culture
March 14, 2025

https://youtu.be/YjhHIgZzO3k Podcast audio: In this episode of The ARI Bookshelf, Jason Rheins, Ben Bayer, Don Watkins, and Alex Silverman examine two contrasting perspectives on the influe

Behind the Scenes: Ayn Rand’s West Point Lecture (1974–2024)
March 11, 2025

https://youtu.be/V8yIcXmoAnQ Podcast audio: Fifty years ago, Ayn Rand journeyed to West Point to speak to a new senior-level course offered by the Department of English. She told the cadets

Trump’s Betrayal of Ukraine
March 10, 2025

https://youtu.be/h1tIDRzi9Ho Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast Ziemowit Gowin interviews Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate on Trumps stance on the Ukraine-Russia w

Karl Popper’s Rejection of Induction
March 06, 2025

https://youtu.be/ad5KEuKz1a8 Podcast audio: How does science work, and how does it differ from religion or pseudo-science? According to Karl Poppers falsificationism, science, unlike rel