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Podcast Roundup – October 7

Here are this week’s episodes from the Objectivism related podcasts I try to listen to.  They are all great sources of information and insight on applying objectivist principles to everyday life.

The Objectivism Seminar

  • Free Market Revolution: The Regulatory State and Its Victims (Part 2)

Philosophy in Action Radio with Dr. Diana Hsieh

  • Timothy Sandefur on Occupational Licensing Versus the Right to Earn a Living

Philosophy in Action with Dr. Diana Hsieh

  • Do corporations have rights?
  • Psychological egoism vs Ethical egoism
  • Dealing with a professor’s objectionable views
  • Deduction from Axioms

Dr. Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 290

  • Part 1 of a debate between Dr. Peikoff and Yaron Brook on immigration.  Can hardly wait for part 2 next week.

I have also been listening to a variety of lectures available from the Ayn Rand estore. read more

Podcast Round Up – September 30

Here are this week’s episodes from the Objectivism related podcasts I try to listen to.  They are all great sources of information and insight on applying objectivist principles to everyday life.

The Objectivism Seminar

  • Free Market Revolution: The Regulatory State and Its Victims

Philosophy in Action with Dr. DIana Hsieh

  •  Keeping secrets
  • Choosing an ultimate end
  • Studying history
  • Moral blacks and whites
  • Rapid fire question on the government shutdown

Dr. Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 289

  •  Giving an unearned passing grade because of pressure from university administration due to donations of the student’s parents
  • Why is Iago an excellent example of a nihilist instead of someone like a James Taggart in Atlas Shrugged?
  • Who is more despicable, criminals who initiate acts of aggression or the pacifists who condemn retaliatory violence?
  • Should the act of cutting off a man’s penis be a capital offense?
  • I am no longer in love with my wife and want to get a divorce but I am worried fear she will be become violent an harm herself or me if I do so.

If this is not enough for you to listen to, I’d also suggest checking out the Ayn Rand Institute eStore.  They have a pretty large selection of lectures available for purchase read more

Podcast Roundup – September 23

Here are this past week’s episodes of the podcasts I try to listen to in order further my understanding of the principles of Objectivism and how to apply them to everyday life.

Objectivism Seminar

  • Free Market Revolution: The Dynamism of the Market, Part 2

Philosophy in Action with Dr. Diana Hsieh

  • Fair use of intellectual property
  • Teaching children to share
  • Accepting risks in relationships

Yaron Brook on Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 288

  • Does a manufacturer of weapons
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Podcast Roundup for September 16

Here are links to this week’s podcasts that I find to be interesting and informative.

Philosophy in Action with Dr. Diana Hsieh

  • Identifying central purpose
  • Immanuel Kant on sex
  • Becoming an educated voter
  • Atheists patronizing religious businesses

The Objectivism Seminar

  • Continuing discussion on “Free Market Revolution”
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Podcast Roundup for September 9th

There are a number of great podcasts that come out weekly that I get a lot of value out of.  Here are the links for the broadcasts from the past week.

Yaron Brook on Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast:

  • Does Israel have a right to exist?
  • The United Nations
  • Should you ever compromise principles for “the greater good”?
  • NSA
  • A person’s right to his body after death

Philosophy in Action with Dr. Diana Hsieh

  • The Value of a central
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