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Podcast Roundup – November 19

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.

Philosophy in Action with Dr. Diana Hsieh

  • Free will and moral responsibility
  • Values destroyed by statism
  • Leaving an inmate boyfriend
  • Privacy in marriage
  • Rapid fire questions

Yaron Brook on Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 296

  • Do you think that freedom of speech already has been lost such that revolution is necessary?
  • What should the government’s role be regarding pollution?
  • Should one accept unearned guilt?
  • Are naked credit default swaps ethical?
  • Is it immoral to work for organizations that advocate for statist ideas?

There are tons of great lectures and presentations available from the Ayn Rand estore.  This week I have been listening to:

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Podcast Roundup – November 4

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.

Philosophy in Action with Dr. Diana Hsieh

  • The speed of free market reforms
  • The role of empathy in morality
  • Rapid fire questions

Yaron Brook on Dr. Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 294

  • Should we all be entrepreneurs?
  • Is there any real hope that America will embark on a better path after Obama?
  • Isn’t it the case that people hate Wal-Mart because it engages in cronyism?
  • Sex-offenders
  • Should we encourage encryption technologies to resist government intrusion?
  • Are metropolitan bankruptcies a manifestation of Atlas Shurgged?

I have also been listening to recorded lectures available from the Ayn Rand estore.  This week I have been listening to:

I can’t recommend Eric Daniels lecture series enough.  They read more

Podcast Roundup – October 21

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.

Philosophy in Action with Dr. Diana Hsieh

  • Social effect of income inequality
  • Favoritism among the genetically engineered
  • The value of the ten commandments as guidance to an atheist
  • Rapid fire questions

Yaron Brook on Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 292 – More Foreign Policy Questions

  • Difference between Israel reaching a peace accord with Egypt and being unable to do so with the Palestinians.
  • What was the motivation for the 9/11 attacks? 

I have also been listening to recorded lectures available from the Ayn Rand estore.  This week I have been listening to:

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Podcast Roundup – October 14

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 Immoral Entitlement State

Philosophy in Action with Dr. Diana Hsieh – A Rapid Fire Q&A Extravaganza

  • Psychological egoism and determinism
  • Current situation in Washington, D.C.
  • Having online-only friends
  • Favorite character from an Ayn Rand novel
  • Standing up to a snide remark from your boss
  • Preppers
  • When would you (Diana) immigrate to another country?
  • Are parents overprotective today?
  • Should children be forced to socialize with others if they don’t want to?
  • Reality TV show between libertarians and socialists
  • Is the force in fraud the withholding another’s property?
  • and more!

Dr. Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 291

  • Part 2 of a debate between Dr. Peikoff and Yaron Brook on immigration.  You can find the first episode here.

I have also been listening to recorded lectures available from the Ayn Rand estore.  This week I have been listening to:

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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.

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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 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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