Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss recent conspiracism about Israel’s role in the Iran war.
• [0:00] Introduction
• [1:30] Facts conspiracists distort
• [4:37] Facts conspiracists evade
• [10:40] The conspiracist mentality
• [18:27] An anti-conceptual culture
• [29:45] Decades of unprincipled foreign policy
• [34:31] Tribalism and conspiracism
• [40:59] Evading America’s deadly morality
Resources:
• Ayn Rand Lexicon entries on the anti-conceptual mentality, the arbitrary, and tribalism
[courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/anti-conceptual-mentality/]
[courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/arbitrary/]
[courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/tribalism/]
• Ayn Rand, “For the New Intellectual” in For the New Intellectual
[amazon.com/New-Intellectual-Philosophy-Rand-Anniversary/dp/0451163087]
This episode was recorded on April 8, 2026
Image Credit: Alex Wong / Getty Images News / via Getty Images
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In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss recent conspiracism about Israel’s role in the Iran war.
• [0:00] Introduction
• [1:30] Facts conspiracists distort
• [4:37] Facts conspiracists evade
• [10:40] The conspiracist mentality
• [18:27] An anti-conceptual culture
• [29:45] Decades of unprincipled foreign policy
• [34:31] Tribalism and conspiracism
• [40:59] Evading America’s deadly morality
Resources:
• Ayn Rand Lexicon entries on the anti-conceptual mentality, the arbitrary, and tribalism
[courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/anti-conceptual-mentality/]
[courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/arbitrary/]
[courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/tribalism/]
• Ayn Rand, “For the New Intellectual” in For the New Intellectual
[amazon.com/New-Intellectual-Philosophy-Rand-Anniversary/dp/0451163087]
This episode was recorded on April 8, 2026
Image Credit: Alex Wong / Getty Images News / via Getty Images
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– Google Play play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aynrandu
ARI is funded by donor contributions. You can support our work by becoming an ARI Member or making a one-time contribution: ari.aynrand.org/donate
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org
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