Podcasts

Join our Senior Scholar, Dr. Jason Hill for Part 2 of his special Clubhouse series on Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Sex.

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski where he will discuss a key conservative objection to Objectivism stating that it is impossible to have morality without a religious foundation. Join us as Tracinski answers: Can we be good without God? and What is Ayn Rand’s argument for secular morality?

Join our founder, Dr. David Kelley where he will discuss how Objectivity is fundamental to Objectivism but it seems to be an increasingly scarce commodity. What are threats to objectivity and how can individuals improve the objectivity with which they approach contentious topics?

"Increased global reliance on increasingly expensive oil and gas from Russia has fueled its foreign aggressions. As was true of the oil-rich Middle East despots in the 1970s, Russia’s biggest ally has been environmentalists who, being anti-capitalist, oppose precisely the energies that best power capital infrastructure: fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Instead of advanced economies using these abundant, cheap, safe, and reliable energy forms, environmentalists prefer reliance on medieval, pre-industrial forms – wind, water, sun – knowing that capitalism would perish by their widespread use."

Join our CEO, Jennifer Grossman, and Professor Dorian Abbot on the 97th episode of The Atlas Society Asks. Listen as two discuss his experience of being canceled for expressing views at odds within "woke" academia, the status of open inquiry on campus, and his work to dismantle "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion."

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski where he will discuss the threat of “woke” conformity, causing some to want to bring in politicians to have someone “on our side.” Why shouldn’t we bring government into the culture wars?

Join our Senior Scholar and Professor of economics at Duke, Dr. Richard Salsman for "Distinguishing Four Types of Equality" where he will tackle the question of "What is Equality?" and four schools of thought on the matter.

Join our CEO, Jennifer Grossman, and the founder of the XPRIZE Foundation, Peter Diamandis, on the 96th episode of The Atlas Society Asks. Listen as they explore the power of a positive mindset, the future of exponential technologies, and why "Atlas Shrugged" became Diamandis' "bible" in his entrepreneurial journey.

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for "The Problem of Expertise" where he will ask: How does a non-expert figure out how to rely on the advice of experts? How do we figure out who is a "real" expert and who isn't? How can we be "independent thinkers" if we have to rely on the knowledge of others?

Join The Atlas Society's CEO Jennifer Grossman, for a conversation with the president of Color Us United, Kenny Xu on combating identity politics and race-conscious admissions in colleges like Harvard, which discriminates against high-achieving kids. As the president of Color Us United, Xu works to counter government, corporate, and media claims that America is a racially divided and hateful country.

Join Senior Scholar Jason Hill for Part 1 of a special 2-Part Clubhouse series exploring Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Sex.

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a special "Ask Me Anything" where Tracinski takes questions from our audience and over 63K Instagram followers on Objectivism, foreign policy, politics, culture, and music.

Join Senior Scholar and Professor of economics at Duke, Dr. Richard Salsman for a special "Ask Me Anything" event where Dr. Salsman answers your questions on Objectivism, monetary policy, politics, and more.

Join The Atlas Society Senior Scholar Dr. Stephen Hicks and Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski with host and Student Programs Manager Abbie Berringer for an Objectivist perspective on the war between Russia and Ukraine on the 94th episode of The Atlas Society Asks.

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for his topic "The Ethics of Protest" where he will discuss: When is political power justified, and what kind of protest is justified in response to what kind of grievance? Is there a principled answer, and what are the principles behind it?

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman and Senior Scholar Dr. Jason Hill for a special "Ask Me Anything" discussion where Professor Hill will be fielding questions from the audience and choosing a few questions submitted every week by our over 63,000 followers on Instagram.

Join our founder, Dr. David Kelley for a special "Ask Me Anything" discussion where David Kelley will be taking questions from YOU and our 63K Instagram followers on philosophy, politics, Objectivism, and more.

Central banks, as monopolist issuers of state-based fiat (mandatory) money, operate not to help economies but to assist fiscally profligate governments in funding themselves cheaply and surreptitiously. Lately, in response to the spread (and threat) of cryptocurrencies, central banks have pursued plans to issue their fiat monies in digital form. Per the BIS, 86% of them are actively researching central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), 60% are experimenting with it, and 14% have pilot projects. Fans claim CBDCs will help central banks better manage the payments system, inflation, and the economy. But nefarious motives are also likely, having to do with “Modern Monetary Theory” and more direct means of financing profligate governments.

Join The Atlas Society's CEO, Jennifer Grossman, for a conversation with the co-founder of the Reason Foundation, Robert "Bob" Poole. Listen as the two discuss Biden’s infrastructure plan, innovations in transportation, the future of privatization, and of course their shared love of Ayn Rand -- and Robert Heinlein. All this and more on the 93rd episode of The Atlas Society Asks.

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski as he presents “The Pandemic: Is There Any End in Sight?” where he will talk about the receding Omicron wave and ask: Is the COVID pandemic finally ending? What does an end to the pandemic even look like? What should be dismantled, and what should we have done better?

Join our Senior Scholar and Professor of economics at Duke, Dr. Richard Salsman for "Is Objectivism a religion" where he will discuss faith vs reason, dogmatism vs skepticism, and closed vs open Objectivism. Be sure to join in with your questions and thoughts as Salsman also discusses Ayn Rand on atheism and religion as a "primitive form of philosophy."