New Ideal, from the Ayn Rand Institute

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  • The New Ideal Podcast features a curated selection of content from the pages of New Ideal, the journal of the Ayn Rand Institute. At New Ideal, we explore pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Rand’s philosophy: Objectivism, which upholds the ideals of reason, individualism and Capitalism.
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  • Why Socialists Fear the Republican Party Platform

    Why Socialists Fear the Republican Party Platform
    Jul 29 2024
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHXGamIEZ6g Podcast audio: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss how the Republican National Convention’s platform has turned away from its traditional appeal to small government and turned instead towards adopting many of the big government policies that socialists envy. Among the topics covered: The RNC platform on energy policy, regulations, and Israel; The RNC platform on entitlement programs, industrial policy, and tariffs; The Republican Party’s unprincipled view of political and economic freedom; JD Vance as a symbol of the Republican Party’s turn away from freedom; How much the Republican Party has turned away from freedom in twelve years; The new Republican Party’s turn to collectivism and central planning. Mentioned in this podcast is the New Ideal article, “Meet the Conservative Authoritarians” by Elan Journo. The podcast premiered on July 25, 2024. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Watch archived podcasts here.
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    48 mins
  • The Trump Assasination Attempt and the Violent Climate of Tribalism

    The Trump Assasination Attempt and the Violent Climate of Tribalism
    Jul 22 2024
    https://youtu.be/4ivJl__LyWw Podcast audio: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate, Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss the Trump assassination attempt and the violent climate of tribalism in our culture. Among the topics covered: The evil of using physical force to settle political disagreements; Why it’s important to comment on this event; The increasing normalization of political violence in our culture; Why it is important to discuss Trump’s failure to discourage political violence; The philosophical root of today’s climate – tribalism; How tribalism is fueled by the mixed economy and attacks on reason; Manifestations of political tribalism in responses to the assassination attempt; How tribal thinking differs from the rational pursuit of truth; The role of emotions and conspiracies in tribal thinking; How to be objective in one’s thinking about political events; Why the cause of rising tribalism is philosophical, not political; The advantages of one-on-one conversations compared to group conversations. Mentioned in the discussion are Ayn Rand’s essay “The Missing Link,” and her Ford Hall Forum lectures “Global Balkanization” and “A Nation’s Unity.” This episode was recorded on July 17, 2024. Listen to the discussion below. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Watch previous episodes here.
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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Are We the Soviets? A Reply to Niall Ferguson

    Are We the Soviets? A Reply to Niall Ferguson
    Jul 15 2024
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPEzaQP0SyU&t=1s Podcast audio: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss historian Niall Ferguson’s “We’re All Soviets Now,” a viral essay about American economic and cultural decline. Among the topics covered: Ferguson’s argument that America is following the path of the late USSR; The disanalogies between America and the Soviet Union; Ferguson’s blindness to the role of ideas in his comparative analysis; How Ferguson’s doomsaying prepares the grounds for authoritarianism; How some of Ferguson’s valid criticisms misidentify root causes of American decline. The podcast premiered on July 11, 2024. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Watch archived podcasts here.
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    44 mins
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I am so glad those are available…

Thank you ARI, for making available, to us. This is so great to have quality content…. Anyone who wants to know more about objectivism should listen to that. I highly recommend….

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