Archive for “Culture”


4 min. Obama is the President of Equality, Not Individual Rights, says Ayn Rand Institute Head

Yaron Brook discusses the speech recently given in Kansas by President Obama, and what it means. This interview with The Street was recorded December 29, 2011.

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15 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #197

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: whether bad people really believe in their destructive ideas; the nature of second-handedness; and how some speakers are able to answer questions so quickly and easily.

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6 min. Religion and Government

Yaron Brook discusses whether America was founded on religious ideals. This is an excerpt from the Q&A at a talk delivered at George Mason University on November 3, 2011. The talk was titled “Wall Street or Washington: Who’s to Blame?”

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14 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #196

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: Nobel Prizes; short selling in the stock market; and public displays of affection.

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47 min. Why Atlas Shrugged Matters

Yaron Brook is a guest on Sounds of Film to discuss the Atlas Shrugged movie. Recorded November 17, 2011.

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14 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #195

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: Steven Mallory’s character and actions in The Fountainhead; why many people resist explicit, systematic philosophies; and jazz music.

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15 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #194

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: why Ayn Rand was a slow reader; the meaning of the statement “not everything is black or white”; how to cope with unrequited love; and why morality does not require religion.

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17 min. How Did Atlas Shrugged Predict an America Spinning Out of Control?

Onkar Ghate appears on Brian Wilson and the Afternoon Drive on WSPD (Toledo) to discuss the prescience of Atlas Shrugged. Recorded November 14, 2011.

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15 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #193

Topics in Leonard Peikoff’s latest podcast of philosophical Q&As include: the Occupy Wall Street protests; secular humanism; and questions about parenting.

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48 min. Leonard Peikoff Podcast #192

This edition of Leonard Peikoff’s weekly podcast is an episode of Dr. Peikoff’s radio program, The Leonard Peikoff Show, which ran from 1995 to 1999. The episode is a Tie-In Contest, in which the audience is challenged to identify the philosophic principle that several different examples have in common. Recorded March 21, 1996.

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