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https://youtu.be/9PCQRzAMohQ Podcast audio: As the Ayn Rand Institute marks its 40th anniversary, its mission to spread Objectivism through education has never been more urgent. In his 2025 Objectivist Summer Conference presentation, "Spreading Objectivism: A Vision for ARI's Future," President and CEO Tal Tsfany laid out a bold vision of the “big swings” ARI is taking to bring Objectivism into the cultural mainstream. At the heart of this expansion are major advances in ARI's educational offerings. Tsfany announced that ARI is ahead of schedule in pursuing accreditation for a Master of Arts in Objectivist Studies, aiming to become an accredited university by 2028. Meanwhile, the new ARI Live Courses program will offer quarterly classes at dramatically reduced prices. And a newly launched Intellectual Incubator will help students develop as intellectual entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, ARI is scaling its cultural outreach. The Books for Teachers program aims to distribute 500,000 books annually by 2026 utilizing a streamlined ordering system. Supporting this outreach is a new AI-enabled Institute website launching this fall, which will provide personalized learning tracks for 750,000 annual visitors. To further Rand's vision of an alliance between businessmen and intellectuals, ARI launched the Atlas Circle, invitation-only intellectual retreats bringing together leading businessmen and Objectivist thinkers. The Circle's first publication, Profit Without Apology: The Need to Stand Up for Business, calls on productive businessmen to push back against moral vilification. ARI's crowning project will be the Ayn Rand Center in Austin, TX, opening September 2, 2028. In addition to improved archival storage for the Ayn Rand Archives, the center will feature a cutting-edge interactive introduction to Rand's novels, the Ayn Rand Immersive Experience. As Tsfany emphasized, these bold initiatives represent the unity of thought and action that Rand envisioned, scaled for our time. To learn more about ARI's efforts to fight for your values, watch Tal Tsfany's 2025 OCON talk.
February 9, 2025 episode חוגגים את בעברית — תוכניתו של ירון ברוק, עם בועז ארדCelebrating Hebrew - Yaron Brook with Boaz AradTo support the activities of The Ayn Rand Center in Israel -- https://tinyurl.com/AYNRANDILJust War Theory vs America in Hebrew: https://anochi.com/justwar/https://youtube.com/live/8ap4sC3jze0Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yaron-brook-show--3276901/support.
Yana Matviychuk: Businesswoman since 2004, investor, initiator of several social projects, christian. Mother of two daughters, wife. Lives in Kyiv, Ukraine. Founder of the Women's Aid International Foundation. Yana realizes her mission to develop entrepreneurship in Ukraine as a Board Member of a strong business community. Gives lectures on free economics at Ayn Rand Center, Students for Freedom.Education:1999-2004 - Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Master of History, Specialization - European History.2015 - 2017 - Executive MBA at International Institute of Business (IIB).https://www.yanamatviychuk.com/ Follow Jason on Locals: https://jasonjones.locals.com/and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/osu4491Visit Movie to Movement @ www.MovieToMovement.comAnd the Vulnerable People Project: www.TheGreatCampaign.org
This debate was recorded on March 28, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois, as part of the ARC Speaker Series.This debate on the size and scope of government features Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights, versus David Callahan, senior fellow, Demos, and editor of PolicyShop.net.The size and scope of government has become one of the most contested issues in American politics—and a focus of the 2012 election. What is government's proper role? Should it focus on protecting individual rights and free markets? Or on promoting equality and solving society's problems? This debate between Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institute and David Callahan of Demos was recorded in Los Angeles on October 24, 2012. The moderator is Mickey Kaus, author of the blog KausFiles.This video is also published on the Ayn Rand Institute Channel, for more see https://www.youtube.com/AynRandInstituteLike what you hear? Become a Patreon member, get exclusive content and support the creation of more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/YaronBrookShow or support the show direct through PayPal: paypal.me/YaronBrookShow.Want more? Tune in to the Yaron Brook Show on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/ybrook). Continue the discussions anywhere on-line after show time using #YaronBrookShow. Connect with Yaron via Tweet @YaronBrook or follow him on Facebook @ybrook and YouTube (/YaronBrook).Want to learn more about Objectivism? Check out ARI at https://ari.aynrand.org.
This debate on the size and scope of government features Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights, versus David Callahan, senior fellow, Demos, and editor of PolicyShop.net.The size and scope of government has become one of the most contested issues in American politics—and is emerging as a focus of the 2012 election. What is government's proper role? Should it focus on protecting individual rights and free markets? Or on promoting equality and solving society's problems?This debate was recorded on March 28, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois, as part of the ARC Speaker Series.This video is also published on the Ayn Rand Institute Channel, for more see https://www.youtube.com/AynRandInstituteLike what you hear? Become a Patreon member, get exclusive content and support the creation of more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/YaronBrookShow or support the show direct through PayPal: paypal.me/YaronBrookShow.Want more? Tune in to the Yaron Brook Show on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/ybrook). Continue the discussions anywhere on-line after show time using #YaronBrookShow. Connect with Yaron via Tweet @YaronBrook or follow him on Facebook @ybrook and YouTube (/YaronBrook).Want to learn more about Objectivism? Check out ARI at https://ari.aynrand.org.
Weekly live webcast/podcast devoted to discussion of current events and politics from the perspective of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand. Hosted by Amy Peikoff. TOPICS FOR TODAY: Seclusion, Sequestration, Statuettes and Superheroes First, Southwestern Law's first annual online privacy symposium. Hear what I asked Facebook's chief officer of privacy policy and an FTC commissioner. Then: There's increasing antagonism towards the GOP establishment, and people want an alternative. How can we help ensure that someone with the right ideas is part of the alternative? I'll ask Yaron Brook, head of the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights and co-author of FREE MARKET REVOLUTION. We'll also discuss the impending sequestration cuts. The decision to replace models with film students as statuette presenters at the Oscars. Bosch Fawstin on a recent Iwo Jima "homage" comic book cover featuring a muslim "superhero" front & center And then at least one item of good news!
From AynRand.org: Don Watkins is an analyst at the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights. He is a columnist at Forbes.com and his op-eds have appeared in such venues as Investor's Business Daily, The Christian Science Monitor, and CNBC.com. He has appeared on nationally syndicated radio programs including The G. Gordon Liddy Show and The Thom Hartmann Program, and is a regular guest on PJTV's Front Page with Allen Barton.
As part of the First Principles series presented by Demos, the Ayn Rand Center, and It'sAFreeCountry.Org, Brian Lehrer moderates a debate on the true meaning of freedom, and government's role in protecting it. Tonight at 7:30.