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Elan Journo interviews Tal Tsfany, CEO of the Ayn Rand Institute, about his new book, in which he lays out his practical advice for reclaiming one's passion and "engineering a life of authentic happiness."
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Elan Journo interviews Tal Tsfany, CEO of the Ayn Rand Institute, about his new book, in which he lays out his practical advice for reclaiming one's passion and "engineering a life of authentic happiness."
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![The Injustice of the New Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal
In this Ayn Rand Institute Podcast episode, Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate discuss the recent ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
• 00:30 Introduction;
• [1:32] Overall evaluation of the deal;
• [4:29] Evading Hamas’s evil goals;
• [12:57] The injustice of the deal;
• [19:58] Altruism enables the injustice;
• [27:03] Enemies of freedom must be defeated.
This podcast was recorded on October 15, 2025.
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![The Humiliating Iran Ceasefire Deal
In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Elan Journo and Ben Bayer discuss President Trump’s new ceasefire deal with Iran.
• [0:00] Introduction
• [0:51] Evaluation of the ceasefire
• [7:22] A war defying reality
• [13:17] Delusional dealmaking
• [17:53] Results and prospects
• [21:08] Missing moral certainty
Resources:
• Elan Journo and Ben Bayer, “Iran is not Venezuela,” New Ideal, March 13, 2026 [https://new-ideal.aynrand.org/p/iran-is-not-venezuela]
• ARI Resources on the American Conflict with Iran, New Ideal, March 2, 2026 [https://new-ideal.aynrand.org/p/ari-resources-on-the-american-conflict]
This episode was recorded on April 8, 2026.
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![Private Space Entrepreneurs vs. NASA: How Freedom Fuels Rockets
In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Robertas Bakula and Mike Mazza explore the themes from Mazza’s upcoming essay, which argues that freedom, not government control, is the true engine of progress in the space industry.
Among the topics covered:
• How NASA’s monopoly led to decades of stagnation in space innovation;
• How economic freedom has fueled the recent progress in the space industry;
• Why NASA’s role as a scientific research agency lies outside the proper scope of government;
• How to answer critics who claim that private space ventures are just billionaire “playgrounds”;
• The importance of entrepreneurial thinking in driving progress in the space industry.
Mentioned and recommended in this podcast are Ayn Rand’s essay “Apollo 11” [https://courses.aynrand.org/works/apollo-11/?nab=1] from her The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought [https://aynrand.org/novels/the-voice-of-reason-essays-in-objectivist-thought/], Mazza’s and Tristan de Liège’s podcast episode “Space: The New Commercial Frontier [http://bit.ly/newcommercialfrontier], and Mazza’s forthcoming essay, which will appear in New Ideal.
This podcast was recorded on April 21, 2025 and posted on April 23, 2025.
0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:43 NASA’s monopoly causing stagnation
0:13:32 Economic freedom and progress in space industry
0:21:10 NASA and the proper scope of government
0:29:21 “Objection” that private space ventures are “playgrounds”
0:35:30 Entrepreneurial thinking as crucial in the space industry
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![OCON 2026: A Preview of 6 Talks
In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Elan Journo talks with Ben Bayer, Robertas Bakula, Alex Silvermen, Audra Hilse, Sam Weaver, and Keith Lockitch about their upcoming talks at OCON 2026 in New Orleans.
● [0:45] Introduction
● [0:45] Bayer: Ayn Rand on progress
● [6:27] Bakula: antitrust is anti-production
● [12:18] Silverman: metaphysics of productiveness
● [17:33] Hilse: publishing We the Living
● [23:14] Weaver: Milton’s Paradise Lost
● [29:27] Lockitch: Descartes and Newton on the rainbow
● [35:24] Outro
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![Does Targeting Columbia University Target Intellectual Freedom?
In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Sam Weaver and Ben Bayer discuss the Trump administrations decision to cut federal funding to Columbia University in response to its handling of pro-Hamas protests. They argue that government involvement in universities makes such coercion possible and threatens intellectual freedom.
Among the topics covered:
● How to think about the pro-Hamas protests at Columbia;
● The nature of Trump’s actions against Columbia;
● How federal funding threatens intellectual freedom;
● How Trump’s actions violate intellectual freedom;
● Why Trump’s measures are uniquely destructive;
● How the concept of “academic freedom” confuses the issue;
● How to remove force from educational institutions.
Mentioned in this podcast are Ayn Rand’s essays “The Establishing of an Establishment” [https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Needs-Rand-Library-Vol/dp/0451138937?tag=aynrandorgcampus-20] and “Fairness Doctrine for Education” [https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Needs-Rand-Library-Vol/dp/0451138937?tag=aynrandorgcampus-20], the article “More University Donors Should Go Galt [https://newideal.aynrand.org/more-university-donors-should-go-galt/], and the podcast episode “DeSantis’s Push to Ideologically Transform Florida Colleges” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qMsLQlG9Fs].
This podcast was recorded on April 8, 2025 and posted on April 16, 2025.
0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:35 Pro-Hamas protests at Columbia
0:9:39 Trump’s actions against Columbia
0:17:57 Federal funding and intellectual freedom
0:27:57 Trump violating intellectual freedom
0:38:47 Trump’s measures as uniquely destructive
0:44:34 The concept of “academic freedom”
0:50:24 Removing force from educational institutions
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