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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. https://newideal.aynrand.org

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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. https://newideal.aynrand.org

    Biden’s Price Control ‘Strike Force’

    Biden’s Price Control ‘Strike Force’

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    In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos examine President Biden’s State of the Union address and what it reveals about the goals of today’s political leadership. They discuss the anti-mind premise driving both political tribes and how it leads to statist policies that destroy wealth and create economic hardship.







    Among the topics covered:









    * Understanding the values of the current political leadership;







    * Biden’s antipathy to the mind’s role in economic value creation;







    * How contempt for the mind restricts and destroys the pharmaceutical industry;







    * “Shrinkflation” as a distraction from the damage caused by anti-profit state policies;







    * Statist policy effects on supply and demand as the cause of rising prices;







    * How to think about “junk” fees and what underlies attacks on them;







    * The true objective of Biden’s “Strike Force” as rule by fear and force;







    * The anti-producer and anti-consumer motivations of Biden’s “Strike Force”;







    * Why Republicans’ only response is to change the subject to the border crisis.









    Mentioned in this podcast are the interview “Understanding the Roots of the New Inflation: With Rob Tarr,” Onkar Ghate and Ben Bayer’s New Ideal Live episode “The Pure Hatred of the New Antitrust,” and Ayn Rand’s lecture “Egalitarianism and Inflation.”







    The podcast was recorded on March 13, 2024. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Watch archived podcasts here.

    • 51 min
    Does Fear of God Ground Morality?

    Does Fear of God Ground Morality?

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    In this special episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer responds to a PragerU video which argues that moral wisdom requires a “fear of God.” Bayer argues that a fear of God undercuts moral wisdom and is driven by a fear of the intellectual independence that moral wisdom requires.







    Among the topics covered:









    * The proposal that a fear of God provides the basis for an objective morality;







    * How the fear of God makes objective moral guidance impossible;







    * Why being motivated by fear undercuts our love of moral wisdom and virtue;







    * How faith is driven by a fear of the independence that moral wisdom requires.









    Mentioned in this podcast is Onkar Ghate’s article “Finding Morality and Happiness Without God.”







    The podcast was recorded on March 5, 2024. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Watch archived podcasts here







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    • 18 min
    Zack Snyder on The Fountainhead

    Zack Snyder on The Fountainhead

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    In this special episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo comments on Zack Snyder’s recent conversation with Joe Rogan about his admiration for Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead and why his film adaptation was rejected by Netflix. Journo discusses why so many creators like Snyder find Rand’s novels so compelling yet she is still considered “taboo,” the philosophical motives behind the hostility towards Rand, and the immense value readers can get from her heroes.







    Among the topics covered:









    * Snyder's account of how the entertainment industry sees Rand as taboo;







    * Why The Fountainhead resonates so much with active-minded audiences;







    * What Snyder gets wrong about The Fountainhead’s origin story;







    * Why intellectuals regard Rand as taboo;







    * How Rand's heroes challenge our culture's deepest philosophical assumptions;







    * The value readers can gain from Rand’s works.









    Recommended in this podcast are the previous New Ideal Live episodes “The Dramatic Story Behind The Fountainhead Movie” and “What Jonah Goldberg’s Rejection of Ayn Rand Reveals,” and Journo’s articles “When Tribal Journalists Try to ‘Cancel’ Ayn Rand,” and “Ayn Rand’s Devastating Critique of ‘Liberals.’”







    The podcast was recorded on March 8, 2024. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Watch archived podcasts here.

    • 24 min
    How Biden Subverts Israel’s War on Hamas

    How Biden Subverts Israel’s War on Hamas

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    In this episode of New Ideal Live, Elan Journo and Ziemowit Gowin discuss how the Biden administration’s altruistic foreign policy undermines Israel’s war of self-defense against Hamas.







    Among the topics covered:









    * How America’s inconsistent support of Israel subverts its war of self-defense;







    * How the morality of altruism leads people to unjustly blame Israel for the fallout of Hamas’ attack;







    * Why the altruistic decision to airdrop aid into Gaza amounts to enabling the enemy;







    * Why calls for an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire are delusional and immoral;







    * Why attempts at a “two-state solution” are among the causes of the current conflict;







    * Why the conflict will continue if Israel does not decisively defeat Hamas.









    Mentioned in this podcast are three books: Winning the Unwinnable War (edited by Journo), Failing to Confront Islamic Totalitarianism (edited by Journo and Onkar Ghate), and What Justice Demands (written by Journo). For more of ARI’s resources on America’s middle eastern foreign policy, go to https://bit.ly/arimideastresources.







    The podcast was recorded on March 6, 2024. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Watch archived podcasts here.

    • 38 min
    The Alabama IVF Ruling: The Dead End of Anti-Abortion Logic

    The Alabama IVF Ruling: The Dead End of Anti-Abortion Logic

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    In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Agustina Vergara Cid discuss the philosophical and legal implications of the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) should be considered children.







    Among the topics covered:









    * The facts and reasoning behind the Alabama Supreme Court case;







    * How the court’s decision is a logical result of anti-abortion reasoning;







    * Why conception or human DNA is insufficient for individual rights;







    * Why it would be inconsistent to make a legal exception for embryos;







    * Whether this case is a violation of the separation of Church and State;







    * The negative consequences of this case on reproductive rights.









    Mentioned in the episode are the Ayn Rand Lexicon entry on abortion, Ben Bayer’s book Why the Right to Abortion is Sacrosanct, and Ben Bayer’s essay “Science Without Philosophy Can’t Resolve Abortion Debate.”







    This episode was broadcast live on February 28, 2024. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Watch archived podcasts here.

    • 58 min
    Tucker Carlson’s Glorification of the Putin Regime

    Tucker Carlson’s Glorification of the Putin Regime

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    In this episode of New Ideal Live, Mike Mazza and Ziemowit Gowin discuss Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Vladimir Putin, and Carlson’s attempt to undercut America by whitewashing life in Russia.







    Among the topics covered:









    * Mainstream media’s reaction to Carlson’s interview;







    * How interviewing dictators gives them an undeserved sense of moral legitimacy;







    * How the interview only repeated Putin’s stale propaganda;







    * Why it’s absurd to think that the only way to be informed about events in Russia and Ukraine is to interview a dictator;







    * That Carlson’s motive is to discredit America by whitewashing life in Russia;







    * Carlson’s shocking equivocation of governments that murder journalists and political opponents with free nations using deadly force in self-defence;







    * The conservative rejection of abstract principles;







    * The descent of the new generation of conservative influencers into religion and authoritarianism.









    Mentioned in the episode are “One Small Step Toward Dictatorship” by Onkar Ghate and “Putin’s War Embodies National Conservatism’s Ideology” by Ben Bayer and Elan Journo.







    This episode was broadcast live on February 22, 2024. Listen and subscribe from your mobile device on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or Stitcher. Watch archived podcasts here.

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Rich exchange of relevant ideas

I look forward to these podcasts every week. They always offer a highly professional analysis, discussion, and application of rational ideas to many of today’s ethical and political issues. The intellectuals who appear on this program are well schooled in philosophical thought at large and in Ayn Rand’s radical philosophy of Objectivism in particular. I know. I’ve been studying these ideas for thirty years and yet I get so much out of these sessions. They also allow time for questions on YouTube. Anyone can learn something new from this experience. The discussion leads always offer references for further study at the end of the show.

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I was a part of the Objectivist Academic Center (OAC) while in college a while ago. Since then I had felt somewhat cut off from ARI, but then I found these new and improved podcasts. It’s like being right back in the classroom hearing the familiar and current intellectual voices of Onkar, Elan, Aaron, Ben, Keith, Yaron, Tara, Greg, and so many more. Even if you are like me and have read everything you could get your hands on that was written by Ayn Rand, continuously hearing about how current events are interpreted and understanding what these intellectuals are focusing on now is extremely important to better yourself as an Objectivist thinker. I found myself already knowing the basic “answer” to a question in a podcast, but then I learned some more subtle ways of approaching the problem or a different way of executing the solution through an Objectivist lens.

I can tell that a lot of effort goes into each podcast and I just want to express my gratitude. I always come away from each episode inspired.

When I first heard Tal discuss the plan of creating Ayn Rand University, I got so excited that I stayed uncomfortably jittery for the rest of the day. I truly hope that someday students can learn what to do and believe in as opposed to what not to do and believe in as myself and so many others have gone through in our schooling. I want a moral education for myself and anyone else that desires a path forward to truly live a happier life on earth.

Please keep these podcasts up ARI and I look forward to enjoying 2022 with you as one of your dedicated listeners.

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