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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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Money and Power: A Debate

Video is at the bottom of the post.

Last night my brother and I had the good fortune to attend the debate on money and power between Yaron Brook and Hederick Smith at the Modern Theater of Suffolk University in Boston, MA.

When we first arrived, over an hour before the event was scheduled to start, the line was already forming.  Judging from the literature being handed out to those in line opposing the Citizens United decision, I felt we were going to be somewhat outnumbered and, as my brother read more

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 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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Yaron Brook on What True Selfishness Is

I wish this video had come out, or that I had seen it, a few days ago.  I wrote a somewhat lengthy post on the difference between Objectivism and “raw greed.”  In this video Yaron Brook explains essentially the same thing, selfish as opposed to self-destructive, but in much more detail, and likely making much more sense.

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Yaron Brook on Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Foreign Policy

I really enjoy listening to Leonard Peikoff’s podcasts,  both when Dr Peikoff covers philosophy and morality and when Dr Brook covers polics, economics, and foreign polocy.

This week Yaron Brook answers more questions on foreign policy on episode 285 of Leonard Peikoff’s podcast. Topics include:

Why does the United States not allow India to do what is necessary to protect itself from terrorists who gain support from Pakistan?
Muslims in the US and UK
Guantanamo Bay

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Yaron Brook’s Presentation at the 2013 Steamboat Institute Freedom Conference

This is one of the best presentations I have watched from Yaron Brook.  As he himself described it on Twitter, he was on fire.

One great quote from the presentation:

Do you know the problem with the $80 billion sequester?  It was missing a 0.

http://www.youtube.com/v/tuLQjhDZNLc?autoplay=0

Yaron Brook on Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 278

Yaron Brook appears on alternate weeks on Leonard Peikoff’s podcast.  This week he covers questions on:

  • Inheritance in the absence of a will
  • Margaret Thatcher, was she good or just another cronyist?
  • Sex offender registry
  • Decline of the American sense of life
  • Demanding taxes when facing a dire threat
  • Establishing diplomatic relationship with North Korea

Episode 278 « Itunes Podcast « Peikoff.