Ayn Rand Fan Club

Scott & William analyze Ayaan Hirsi Ali's recent "conversion" to Christianity, including her essay and interview, and even include some commentary from Ayn Rand Institute Chairman Yaron Brook who also commented on her conversion. The two have some different views on why she did it, so the conversation was quite lively! Ayaan Hirsi Ali's essay, "Why I am Now a Christian" https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/ Ayaan Hirsi Ali's interview with UnHerd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B6oLMrHQhs Yaron Brook on Ayaan's conversion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ4PrFTjKhU

Prof Richard Salsman returns to the Fan Club to talk about Ukraine, Israel vs Hamas, and trying to analyze whether the left or right is the bigger threat to freedom in today's context, and includes an Objectivist perspective as we play clips of Ayn Rand Institute Chairman Yaron Brook on why he sees the Republicans as a greater threat than the Democrats. and we question how credible those claims are in reality.

Scott & WIlliam analyze a question to Ayn Rand Institute Chairman Yaron Brook on his show, about the growth of the Objectivist movement, and how he's not interested in defining what the movement is. Aren't definitions important to Objectivists? Yaron Brook show 7/25/23 question about measuring growth in the movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zmIG9q9Wt8&t=2800s YBS June 2022 clip: Where is the Objectivist movement? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z85onBAW0s8 YBS 8/1/23: Is it worth defining the Objectivist movement? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-K_DihuRyw&t=2596s YBS 2/4/24: Has the Objectivist movement reached a new level? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fN-aA1uw84&t=6520s Wikipedia entry for Objectivist Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivist_movement Definitions: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/definitions.html

Scott & William analyze Vivek Ramaswamy. based on statements he's made to Ayn Rand fan Alex Epstein, and An0maly, as well as Ayn Rand Institute Chairman Yaron Brook's comments on him. Vivek on with Alex Epstein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Di-9o757Dw Vivek on with An0maly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Kj_73K5ps

The Atlas Society's student programs manager Abbie Berringer joins Scott & William to discuss her background in the liberty movement, her religious background, thoughts on how to have better relations between religious and non-religious Ayn Rand fans, and what she's been seeing among young liberty movement attendees at various conferences. Great conversation! The Atlas Society Website: https://www.atlassociety.org/