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  • The Injustice of the New Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal

    The Injustice of the New Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal
    Oct 17 2025
    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 in Gaza. Overall evaluation of the deal; Evading Hamas’s evil goals; The injustice of the deal; Altruism enables the injustice; Enemies of freedom must be defeated. This podcast was recorded on October 15, 2025.
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    34 min
  • Understanding “Woke” Ideology: Books by Yascha Mounk and Chris Rufo

    Understanding “Woke” Ideology: Books by Yascha Mounk and Chris Rufo
    Oct 14 2025
    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 America’s Cultural Revolution by Christopher Rufo and The Identity Trap by Yascha Mounk. Among the topics covered: Nature of “woke” ideology; “Domino” view of ideological influence; Influence of right-wing ideas; Rufo’s authoritarianism; Mounk’s egalitarianism and collectivism; Books’ perspectives on real injustices; Merits of Mounk’s book; Weakness of Rufo’s critiques; Rufo’s un-American tribalism; Influence of postmodern epistemology; Why “woke” ideology isn’t Marxism Recommended in this podcast are Ayn Rand's essay “The Left: Old and New”, Rand’s book Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, and Leonard Peikoff’s book The DIM Hypothesis. This episode was recorded on October 3, 2025, and posted on October 10, 2025.
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    1 h et 42 min
  • It’s Up to You: Making Choices

    It’s Up to You: Making Choices
    Oct 14 2025
    This talk by Steven Warden was recorded live on July 3rd 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 podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here.
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    15 min
  • Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza?

    Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza?
    Oct 13 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V6c-9O3UHk Podcast audio: In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Tristan de Liège and Ben Bayer discuss the widespread claim that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Among the topics covered: Decoupling from the confusion of “international law” Validating the concept of “genocide”; The invalid collectivist elements of the concept; The absurd UN definition of “genocide”; Why the valid concept does not apply to Israel; Sidebar on the issue of just and unjust war; The genocidal intent of Hamas Recommended in this podcast is Elan Journo’s book What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ben Bayer's essay "We Ignore the Unconditional Right to Self-Defense at Our Peril", and the podcast with Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopolous, "Did Israel Steal Palestinian Land?" The podcast was recorded on October 3, 2025, and posted on October 7, 2025. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here.
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    1 h et 1 min
  • Patrick Deneen and the Right’s War on Freedom

    Patrick Deneen and the Right’s War on Freedom
    Oct 6 2025
    The Post-Liberal Right threatens to roll back American liberty.
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    56 min
  • What Is Western Civilization?

    What Is Western Civilization?
    Sep 29 2025
    The Enlightenment, not Christianity, is the key to the West.
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    1 h et 7 min
  • The Injustice of Recognizing a Palestinian State

    The Injustice of Recognizing a Palestinian State
    Sep 29 2025
    The recognition of a Palestinian state betrays good and rewards evil.
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    29 min
  • Trump vs. Kimmel: The Tribal Weaponization of the FCC against Free Speech

    Trump vs. Kimmel: The Tribal Weaponization of the FCC against Free Speech
    Sep 29 2025
    Intimidating broadcasters with the “public interest” standard is a worse abridgement of free speech than censorship.
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    57 min