Podcasts

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for his topic "The Ethics of Protest" where he will discuss: When is political power justified, and what kind of protest is justified in response to what kind of grievance? Is there a principled answer, and what are the principles behind it?

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman and Senior Scholar Dr. Jason Hill for a special "Ask Me Anything" discussion where Professor Hill will be fielding questions from the audience and choosing a few questions submitted every week by our over 63,000 followers on Instagram.

Join our founder, Dr. David Kelley for a special "Ask Me Anything" discussion where David Kelley will be taking questions from YOU and our 63K Instagram followers on philosophy, politics, Objectivism, and more.

Os bancos centrais, como emissores monopolistas de fiat (obrigatório) de dinheiro estatal, operam não para ajudar as economias, mas para ajudar os governos fiscalmente pró-fligentes a financiarem-se a baixo custo e de forma sub-reptícia. Ultimamente, em resposta à disseminação (e ameaça) de moedas criptográficas, os bancos centrais têm prosseguido planos para emitir os seus fiat mone em formato digital. Segundo o BIS, 86% deles estão a investigar activamente as moedas digitais do banco central (CBDC), 60% estão a fazer experiências com elas, e 14% têm projectos-piloto. Os fãs afirmam que os CBDCs ajudarão os bancos centrais a gerir melhor o sistema de pagamentos, a inflação, e a economia. Mas os motivos nefastos também são prováveis, tendo a ver com a "Teoria Monetária Moderna" e meios mais directos de financiamento de governos pró-fligentes.

Join The Atlas Society's CEO, Jennifer Grossman, for a conversation with the co-founder of the Reason Foundation, Robert "Bob" Poole. Listen as the two discuss Biden’s infrastructure plan, innovations in transportation, the future of privatization, and of course their shared love of Ayn Rand -- and Robert Heinlein. All this and more on the 93rd episode of The Atlas Society Asks.

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski as he presents “The Pandemic: Is There Any End in Sight?” where he will talk about the receding Omicron wave and ask: Is the COVID pandemic finally ending? What does an end to the pandemic even look like? What should be dismantled, and what should we have done better?

Join our Senior Scholar and Professor of economics at Duke, Dr. Richard Salsman for "Is Objectivism a religion" where he will discuss faith vs reason, dogmatism vs skepticism, and closed vs open Objectivism. Be sure to join in with your questions and thoughts as Salsman also discusses Ayn Rand on atheism and religion as a "primitive form of philosophy."

The Atlas Society Current Events Panel: Join The Atlas Society Founder, Dr. David Kelley, and Senior Scholar, Dr. Richard Salsman, with host Abbie Berringer to discuss the Canadian Trucker protests and the threat of war between Russia and Ukraine. All this on the 92nd episode of The Atlas Society Asks.

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for "The Road to Etchasketchistan" where he asks the question: With the specter of war haunting Europe again, what should be America's current versions of "containment" or "détente" when dealing with authoritarian powers?

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman and Senior Scholar Dr. Jason Hill for a special "Ask Me Anything" discussion where Professor Hill will be fielding questions from the audience and choosing a few questions submitted every week by our over 63,000 followers on Instagram.

Join The Atlas Society's CEO, Jennifer Grossman, for a conversation with journalist and senior editor for Reason Magazine Robby Soave, on the 91st episode of The Atlas Society Asks. Listen as they discuss Soave's books "Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn’t Fear Facebook and the Future" and "Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump." With the debate around whether the government should "smash" big tech platforms with regulations and anti-trust busts, listen as these two discuss why ultimately the government should just leave tech platforms alone.

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski as he presents “Is ‘Wokeness’ Overblown?” and discusses how some who acknowledge the problems with "wokeness" also argue that its threat has been overblown and that it is not as common or dominant as its critics claim. Listen as Tracinski explores this perspective and whether or not that seems to be the case.

Join The Atlas Society's CEO, Jennifer Grossman, for a conversation with author, essayist, and journalist Ashley Rindsberg on the 90th episode of The Atlas Society Asks. Listen as they discuss his book "The Gray Lady Winked," which presents historical examples of how the New York Times radically altered people's perception of history through the use of misreporting facts.

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski as he presents "What is Human Nature?" and covers the questions: What is "human nature"? Is it the opposite of having a "blank slate"? Does it doom us to barbarism or irrationality? Is it something that has to be, or can be, overcome? And why does it matter?

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman and our founder, David Kelley, Ph.D. as they discuss the distinction between “Facts vs. Opinion” at an epistemological level.

Nesta sessão especial de co-apresentador da Atlas Society Senior Scholar, o seminário mensal Morals & Markets do Dr. Richard Salsman, ele discute: As moedas criptográficas são genuínas ou, em vez disso, fraudulentas como dinheiro? Que papel têm desempenhado na economia até agora, e como poderão influenciar o futuro? O que explica a sua atracção? Quais são os seus principais riscos e poderão propagar-se como uma contágio a nível global? As moedas criptográficas diferem materialmente (Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, USD Coin) e, em caso afirmativo, porque é que isso poderia importar? El Salvador designou o Bitcoin como moeda com curso legal, enquanto outros estados (China) são hostis às moedas criptográficas. São uma alternativa ao dinheiro do governo ou, em vez disso, um possível modelo para moedas digitais públicas bem geridas? com Duke Economics Student e escritor para a revista Bitcoin, Jack Kriesel. Jack, um antigo não-dissidente de Bitcoin, tornou-se um dos seus mais fortes jovens defensores! Ouça a sua perspectiva enquanto vai e vem com o Dr. Salsman e os participantes da sessão.

Join The Atlas Society's CEO, Jennifer Grossman, for a conversation with Replit CEO Amjad Masad on the 89th episode of The Atlas Society Asks. Listen as the two discuss Amjad's early fascination for computers while living in Jordan and about his recently viral Twitter thread crediting his success to ten things about the American entrepreneurial experience, as covered by Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal.

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski presents for “Enlightened Self-Interest,” where he will define “enlightened self-interest” and why we should defend it.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman and Senior Scholar Richard Salsman, Ph.D. to ponder: “Are Price Controls Coming?” Don’t miss Dr. Salsman’s account of how the government resorted to price controls in the 1970s and his estimate of whether it will do so again.

The Atlas Society Current Events Panel: Join The Atlas Society's Senior Scholars, Dr. Stephen Hicks and Dr. Richard Salsman with host Abbie Berringer to discuss a recent New York Times free speech survey on College Campuses, the over 7% inflation of the US dollar, and the first-ever pig-to-man heart transplant. All of this and more on the 88th episode of The Atlas Society Asks.

Join our Senior Fellow, Robert Tracinski, for “A European Solution to Our School Wars,” where he proposes how a European model of school choice could address the intensifying battle over political “indoctrination” in our schools.