The Yaron Brook Show
📺 Live January 10, 2026
Season 12, Episode 8
Iran; The Meaning of Life; Review - Ride The Tiger by Evola | Yaron Brook Show
Episode URL: https://youtube.com/live/Pci4oor-Ty0

Iran on the Brink, Life Without Meaning, and the Temptation of Collapse — Why the Modern World Is Failing

Is Iran closer to collapse than the West realizes?

Does the modern world still have a meaning of life worth living for—or are we drifting toward nihilism, faith, and tribalism?

In this wide-ranging and provocative episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron tackles three explosive themes:
• The real state of Iran, its regime, and prospects for freedom
• A philosophical takedown and critical review of Julius Evola’s Ride the Tiger
• A hard-hitting discussion on the meaning of life, reason vs. faith, beauty vs. abstraction, and why so many people feel lost in the modern world

The live Q&A goes even further—covering Christianity vs. reason, MAGA vs. Nazism, Trump as mafia boss or fascist, sexual desire, mental health, chaos theory, and whether reason can truly defeat faith.
This episode is raw, unscripted, and intellectually fearless.

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⏱️ TOPIC TIMESTAMPS
01:25 – Iran: Regime stability, repression, and prospects for collapse
25:15 – Book Review: Ride the Tiger by Julius Evola
58:00 – The Meaning of Life in a disintegrating culture
1:10:35 – Iran revisited: geopolitics and moral clarity

💬 LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
1:20:46 – Christianity vs. Nietzsche: What did each get right—and disastrously wrong?
1:25:15 – Does science make us miss the beauty of life?
1:30:30 – Would Iran be collapsing now if Harris had won?
1:31:54 – Is reason stronger than faith—and how does this relate to mental health?
1:35:54 – Chaos theory, abstraction, and the limits of mathematical models
1:42:48 – Sexual desire: healthy rationality vs. MGTOW, domination, and Christian guilt
1:48:48 – ICE, civil unrest, and escalating political violence
1:51:32 – MAGA vs. Nazism: thugs, ideology, or something worse?
1:55:50 – Is life about struggle? Jason Goggins vs. Ayn Rand
1:58:39 – Trump: fascist or mafia boss—and does corruption fuel growth short-term?
2:01:25 – Acting on emotion vs. valid emotional responses
2:03:26 – Why Ayn Rand made philosophy finally make sense
2:05:48 – Do Christian principles logically lead to a malevolent universe premise?
2:09:20 – A future trip to a free Iran
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