Podcasts

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.

Los bancos centrales, como emisores monopolistas de dinero fiduciario (obligatorio) basado en el Estado, no operan para ayudar a las economías, sino para ayudar a los gobiernos fiscalmente despilfarradores a financiarse de forma barata y subrepticia. Últimamente, en respuesta a la propagación (y amenaza) de las criptomonedas, los bancos centrales han puesto en marcha planes para emitir su dinero fiduciario en forma digital. Según el BPI, el 86% de ellos está investigando activamente las monedas digitales de banco central (CBDC), el 60% está experimentando con ellas y el 14% tiene proyectos piloto. Sus partidarios afirman que las CBDC ayudarán a los bancos centrales a gestionar mejor el sistema de pagos, la inflación y la economía. Pero también es probable que haya motivos nefastos, relacionados con la "Teoría Monetaria Moderna" y medios más directos de financiar a gobiernos despilfarradores.

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."

The Atlas Society Current Events Panel: Join The Atlas Society Founder, Dr. David Kelley, and Senior Scholar, Dr. Richard Salsman, with host Abbie Berringer to discuss the Canadian Trucker protests and the threat of war between Russia and Ukraine. All this on the 92nd episode of The Atlas Society Asks.

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for "The Road to Etchasketchistan" where he asks the question: With the specter of war haunting Europe again, what should be America's current versions of "containment" or "détente" when dealing with authoritarian powers?

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 The Atlas Society's CEO, Jennifer Grossman, for a conversation with journalist and senior editor for Reason Magazine Robby Soave, on the 91st episode of The Atlas Society Asks. Listen as they discuss Soave's books "Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn’t Fear Facebook and the Future" and "Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump." With the debate around whether the government should "smash" big tech platforms with regulations and anti-trust busts, listen as these two discuss why ultimately the government should just leave tech platforms alone.

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski as he presents “Is ‘Wokeness’ Overblown?” and discusses how some who acknowledge the problems with "wokeness" also argue that its threat has been overblown and that it is not as common or dominant as its critics claim. Listen as Tracinski explores this perspective and whether or not that seems to be the case.

Join The Atlas Society's CEO, Jennifer Grossman, for a conversation with author, essayist, and journalist Ashley Rindsberg on the 90th episode of The Atlas Society Asks. Listen as they discuss his book "The Gray Lady Winked," which presents historical examples of how the New York Times radically altered people's perception of history through the use of misreporting facts.

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski as he presents "What is Human Nature?" and covers the questions: What is "human nature"? Is it the opposite of having a "blank slate"? Does it doom us to barbarism or irrationality? Is it something that has to be, or can be, overcome? And why does it matter?

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman and our founder, David Kelley, Ph.D. as they discuss the distinction between “Facts vs. Opinion” at an epistemological level.

En esta sesión especial del seminario mensual Moral y Mercado del Dr. Richard Salsman, coanfitrión del Atlas Society Senior Scholar, se debate sobre: ¿Son las criptomonedas auténticas o, por el contrario, fraudulentas como dinero? ¿Qué papel han desempeñado hasta ahora en la economía y cómo podrían influir en el futuro? ¿Qué explica su atractivo? ¿Cuáles son sus principales riesgos y podrían propagarse como un contagio a escala mundial? ¿Se diferencian materialmente las criptodivisas (Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, USD Coin) y, en caso afirmativo, por qué podría ser importante? El Salvador ha designado Bitcoin como moneda de curso legal, mientras que otros estados (China) son hostiles a las criptodivisas. ¿Son una alternativa a las monedas fiduciarias de los gobiernos o, por el contrario, un posible modelo de moneda digital pública bien gestionada? con Jack Kriesel, estudiante de Economía de Duke y escritor de Bitcoin Magazine. Jack, antiguo detractor de Bitcoin, se ha convertido en uno de sus jóvenes defensores. Escuche su punto de vista mientras habla con el Dr. Salsman y los participantes en la sesión.

Join The Atlas Society's CEO, Jennifer Grossman, for a conversation with Replit CEO Amjad Masad on the 89th episode of The Atlas Society Asks. Listen as the two discuss Amjad's early fascination for computers while living in Jordan and about his recently viral Twitter thread crediting his success to ten things about the American entrepreneurial experience, as covered by Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal.