In this episode, Brandon Lisi reads aloud his article, Rand and Oppenheimer: The Atomic Bomb Movie that Wasn't. In that essay, he tells the story of Rand's work on "Top Secret," a movie about the in

In this episode, Aaron Smith reads aloud his article, The Suffering of Moral Saints. In that essay, he analyzes Larissa MacFarquhar's book, Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Dr

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo, Onkar Ghate, Nikos Sotirakopoulos, and Tal Tsfany discuss the recent developments in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. They assess the cult

In this special episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate, Elan Journo, and Boaz Arad offer the Ayn Rand Institutes response to the invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023 by Hamas, the Palestinian Islami

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss Saudi Arabias lavish spending on sports celebrities, the recent American diplomatic overtures to Saudi Arabia, and the

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos review Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasis new book The Individualists:Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Lib

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Aaron Smith discuss the idea that our complex, division of labor society precludes real independence, and they examine what is wrong with thinking of

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Dan Schwartz and Ziemowit Gowin answer reader-submitted questions about Ayn Rands Objectivist ethics. Among the topics covered: What are Ayn Rands thoughts

In this episode of New Ideal, Sam Weaver interviews Harry Binswanger and Shoshana Milgram about the Romantic movement in art and Ayn Rands unique account of it. They also discuss an upcoming conferen

In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Ricardo Pinto discuss Ayn Rands devastating critique of the idea of original sin. They explore how the notion has been understood historically, the ph