Podcasts

After presenting “The Case For Democracy” previously, join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for an examination of the downside of unfettered democracy and explore the difference between majoritarianism and political freedom.

Join Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy Richard Salsman, Ph.D. for a discussion and Q&A on the nature of inflation, its causes, and the proper cure.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 119th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews actor and objectivist Mark Pellegrino. Listen as the two discuss how Mark was introduced to Ayn Rand and her "sense of life" philosophy, his capitalist vision, and his critique of today's political parties. Mark Ross Pellegrino is an actor well known for his roles in series like Dexter, Lost, Supernatural, Quantico, and many other shows. But besides his acting and film career, Mark is also an intellectual activist and Objectivist who co-founded the American Capitalist Party to provide an alternative platform to the current political duopoly in government.

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a discussion on what is the proper justification for representative government and the “consent of the governed” and if “democracy” is the right word for it.

Join Senior Scholar Jason Hill as he discusses the Falsification Principle proposed by Karl Popper and how it compares to nihilism in America today.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 118th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews Professor Charles Negy about his work in psychology and the study of race in his book "White Shaming: Bullying Based on Prejudice, Virtue-Signaling, and Ignorance."

Join David Kelley, Ph.D for a special “Ask Me Anything” discussion where our founder answers questions on immigration and border policy, ethics, the acquisition of knowledge, and other questions on philosophy, politics, Objectivism, etc.

It’s now commonplace to hear it said that markets “corrupt our morals.” This sentiment derives from the false premise that the selfish pursuit of our interests, values, possessions, and happiness is low, crude, vulgar, and immoral. The supposed “higher” and “nobler” things lie beyond our selves and beyond this earth. In fact, markets – whether the construed as the exchange of material or intangible values – count on and reward civilized attitudes and behaviors. Markets are humanizing; they embody rationality and objective values; they enshrine justice; they entail reciprocity; they invite us to present the best within us; they teach us lessons; they also ostracize and penalize those who try to practice the main vices (lying, cheating, mooching, and looting).

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a special “Ask Me Anything” where he answers questions relating to immigration and borders, the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid, and more on Objectivism, foreign policy, politics, culture, and music.

Join Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy at Duke, Richard Salsman, Ph.D for a discussion on the conflict between regulations and rights, and the challenge posed by regulations to the value of a presumption of innocence.

Join The Atlas Society for an Objectivist perspective on current events. This time our founder, Dr. David Kelley, along with Senior Fellow and Objectivist writer Robert Tracinski will discuss the recent Supreme Court Decision regarding Executive power as well as President Biden's "Inflation Reduction" Bill.

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski when he discusses the question: “Has everything become defined by victimhood and ‘trauma’ and why?”

Join Senior Scholar Professor Jason Hill for a discussion on the nature of political happiness.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 116th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews Engineering Professor Barbara Oakley about her work in the field of cognition and learning. Oakley's rather distinguished academic career belies a life of adventure in which she has worked as a translator on Soviet trawlers, a radio operator at the South Pole Station in Antarctica, a teacher in China, and an Army officer in Germany. She has written books like "Uncommon Sense Teaching" and "Mindshift," but has also explored spheres of ethics with her books "Pathological Altruism" and "Evil Genes." Listen as Barbara Oakley explains a controversial perspective on Ayn Rand's genius that is worth debating.

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski as he explores the questions: What is “futurism,” and what does philosophy have to tell us about what kind of future is possible?

Join Dr. Salsman for a special “Ask Me Anything” where he takes questions on Objectivism, monetary policy, politics, etc.

Join our CEO, Jennifer Grossman, as she talks with Professor Jeremy S. Adams about his new book "Hollowed Out: A Warning about America's Next Generation" and its warning about the current rejection of wisdom, culture, and institutions of Western Civilization by students, along with what we can do to win them back.

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a discussion on the events in Sri Lanka and what can be learned from it: "The economic collapse and political upheaval in Sri Lanka offers lessons about the dangers of both utopian environmentalism and populist authoritarianism."

Join Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy at Duke, Richard Salsman, Ph.D for a special “Ask Me Anything” where he will be taking your questions on Objectivism.

It’s widely but falsely assumed that financial-economic capitalists are necessarily pro-capitalist ideologically. Why is this so? By now, “woke” CEOs are widely recognized (and hailed) for being anti-capitalist, including by violating their fiduciary duties to shareholders. The graduate degree of “master’s in business administration” (MBA), which is on the resume of one-third of Fortune 500 CEOs, is a main cause of the woke CEO trend. In prior sessions we’ve discussed the fascistic nature of the “stakeholder” model of corporate governance; in this session we discuss how and why MBA programs preach this and other ideas that erode capitalism.

Join our founder, David Kelley, Ph.D for a special discussion in which Dr. Kelley defines Open Objectivism and how it differs from Closed Objectivism in several important respects.