New Ideal, from the Ayn Rand Institute
Hosted by Ben Bayer and Bradley Swail and Onkar Ghate and Sam Weaver and Tristan de Liège · Ayn Rand Institute
4.7from 123 ratings
- 398
- Episodes
- 31
- Transcribed
- 123
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 66K
- YouTube views
About New Ideal, from the Ayn Rand Institute
The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism.
- Publisher
- Ayn Rand Institute
- Category
- news · religion & spirituality · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Aug 2021
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
31 of 398 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Interview with Don Watkins on Texas Talks Podcast
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Interview with Ben Bayer on Texas Talks Podcast
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Human Values and the Desire to Matter: Discussing “The Mattering Instinct”
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Interview with Don Watkins on Texas Talks Podcast
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Her first breakthrough novel was in The Fountainhead in 1943. And ever since, she's been part of the cultural conversation. And the answer, the way that I think about why she has such an appeal is that she's an earthly idealist. That is, she presents a moral ideal. That was her whole goal in writing fiction was present her vision of the morally ideal person. What kind of person is that? What kind of life do they lead? And it's something that's really inspiring. And her view of the ideal was radically different than what we've traditionally been presented with as the person who works in soup kitchens or something like that. […]
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- Don Watkins
- Greg Salmieri
- Tal Tsfany
- Elan Journo
- Robertas Bakula
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- YouTube views
- 65,788
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 80 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 43 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
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- 91
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 93
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Who hosts New Ideal, from the Ayn Rand Institute?
Ben Bayer and Bradley Swail and Onkar Ghate and Sam Weaver and Tristan de Liège host the show. Published by Ayn Rand Institute.
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