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The Atlas Project is an eight-month chapter-by-chapter online discussion of Atlas Shrugged. To facilitate the discussion, the Ayn Rand Institute will host a weekly interactive broadcast on Facebook Live led by Gregory Salmieri and Ben Bayer, to help reade


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    Supplement to the Capstone Episodes–The Final Broadcast

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018


    Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer wrap up the Atlas Project, tying up some loose ends from the capstone episodes.

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    Episode 34: Capstone Broadcast #3, Galt’s Moral Philosophy in Atlas Shrugged

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018


    Episode 34 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 33: Capstone Broadcast #2, Social and Political Themes in Atlas Shrugged

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018


    Episode 33 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 32: Capstone Broadcast #1, Atlas Shrugged as Literature and Philosophy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018


    Episode 32 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 31: Part III, Chapter 10 of Atlas Shrugged: “In the Name of the Best Within Us”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2018


    Episode 31 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 30: Part III, Chapter 9 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Generator”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2018


    Episode 30 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 29: Part III, Chapter 8 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Egoist”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2018


    Episode 29 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 28: Part III, Chapter 7 of Atlas Shrugged: “’This is John Galt Speaking'” (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2018


    Episode 28 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Supplement to Episode 27

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2018


    Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer host a special episode of the Atlas Project broadcast, live from Jersey City, NJ, discussing further details of the first half of Galt's speech.”

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    Episode 27: Part III, Chapter 7 of Atlas Shrugged: “’This is John Galt Speaking'” (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2018


    Episode 27 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Supplement to Episode 26

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2018


    Greg Salmieri hosts a special episode of the Atlas Project broadcast, live from Boston, MA.

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    Episode 26: Part III, Chapter 6 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Concerto of Deliverance”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2018


    Episode 26 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 25: Part III, Chapter 5 of Atlas Shrugged: “Their Brothers’ Keepers”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2018


    Episode 25 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 24: Part III, Chapter 4 of Atlas Shrugged: “Anti-Life”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2018


    Episode 24 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Supplement to Episode 23

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018


    Greg Salmieri hosts a special episode of the Atlas Project broadcast, live from Austin, Texas.

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    Episode 23: Part III, Chapter 3 of Atlas Shrugged: “Anti-Greed”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2018


    Episode 23 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Supplement to Episode 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018


    Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer host a special episode of the Atlas Project broadcast, focused on Part III, Chapter 2, “The Utopia of Greed,” discussing the philosophical themes of the chapter: the importance of not faking reality, the question of whether there are conflicts of interest among rational men, and benevolent universe premise.

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    Episode 22: Part III, Chapter 2 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Utopia of Greed”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2018


    Episode 22 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 21: Part III, Chapter 1 of Atlas Shrugged: “Atlantis”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018


    Episode 21 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 20: Part II, Chapter 10 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Sign of the Dollar”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018


    Episode 20 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 19: Part II, Chapter 9 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Face without Pain or Fear or Guilt”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2018


    Episode 19 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 18: Part II, Chapter 8 of Atlas Shrugged: “By Our Love”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2018


    Episode 18 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 17: Part II, Chapter 7 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Moratorium on Brains”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2018


    Episode 17 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 16: Part II, Chapter 6 of Atlas Shrugged: “Miracle Metal”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2018


    Episode 16 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Supplement on Love and Sex

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2017


    Greg Salmieri hosts a special episode of The Atlas Project from his home in Jersey City. The topic is love and sex in the first half of Atlas Shrugged (including in Francisco's speech on the meaning of sex).

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    Episode 15: Part II, Chapter 5 of Atlas Shrugged: “Account Overdrawn”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2017


    Episode 15 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 14: Part II, Chapter 4 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Sanction of the Victim”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2017


    Episode 14 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 13: Part II, Chapter 3 of Atlas Shrugged: “White Blackmail”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2017


    Episode 13 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 12: Part II, Chapter 2 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Aristocracy of Pull”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2017


    Episode 12 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Preliminary Supplement to Episode 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2017


    Greg Salmieri hosts a special episode of the Atlas Project broadcast, focused on Francisco's speech on the meaning of money, live from a London pub with the local Ayn Rand Meetup group.

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    Episode 11: Part II, Chapter 1 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Man Who Belonged on Earth”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2017


    Episode 11 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 10: Part I, Chapter 10 of Atlas Shrugged: “Wyatt’s Torch”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2017


    Episode 10 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Supplement to Episode 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2017


    Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer host a special episode of the Atlas Project broadcast, live from Atlanta with an audience of attendees of the Ayn Rand Student Conference. They discuss the theme of the conference, Ayn Rand's concept of liberty, in relation to the events of the first third of Atlas Shrugged.

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    Episode 9: Part I, Chapter 9 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Sacred and the Profane”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2017


    Episode 9 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 8: Part I, Chapter 8 of Atlas Shrugged: “The John Galt Line”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2017


    Episode 8 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 7: Part I, Chapter 7 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Exploiters and the Exploited”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2017


    Episode 7 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Supplement to Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017


    Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer review the discussion from Episode 6 on October 10th, especially questions about the title of the chapter (“The Non-Commercial”), Rearden's view of nature compared to the traditional doctrine of “the sublime,” and other miscellaneous questions about the chapter.

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    Episode 6: Part I, Chapter 6 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Non-Commercial”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2017


    Episode 6 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 5: Part I, Chapter 5 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Climax of the d’Anconias”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2017


    Episode 5 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 4: Part I, Chapter 4 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Immovable Movers”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2017


    Episode 4 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 3: Part I, Chapter 3 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Top and the Bottom”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2017


    Episode 3 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Episode 2: Part I, Chapter 2 of Atlas Shrugged: “The Chain”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2017 92:04


    Episode 2 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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    Supplement to Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2017 47:52


    Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer review the discussion from Episode 1 on September 2, especially questions about Eddie's and Dagny's reflectiveness, and Jim's and Dagny's emotional profiles.

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