The Atlas Society Presents - Objectively Speaking
The Atlas Society
We promote open Objectivism: the philosophy of reason, achievement, individualism, and freedom.
Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism was set forth in such works as her epic novel Atlas Shrugged, and in her brilliant non-fiction essays. Objectivism is designed as a guide to life, and celebrates the remarkable potential and power of the individual. Objectivism also challenges the doctrines of irrationalism, self-sacrifice, brute force, and collectivism that have brought centuries of chaos and misery into the lives of millions of individuals. It provides fascinating insights into the world of politics, art, education, foreign policy, science, and more, rewarding you with a rich understanding of how ideas shape your world. Those who discover Objectivism often describe the experience as life-changing and liberating.
Ayn Rand's philosophical works have been praised as presenting historic breakthroughs in thinking. At the Atlas Society, our scholars work to further develop this philosophy born in the mid-twentieth century. We present the empowering principles of Objectivism to a global audience, and offer those principles as a rational and moral alternative in the marketplace of philosophical ideas.
Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism was set forth in such works as her epic novel Atlas Shrugged, and in her brilliant non-fiction essays. Objectivism is designed as a guide to life, and celebrates the remarkable potential and power of the individual. Objectivism also challenges the doctrines of irrationalism, self-sacrifice, brute force, and collectivism that have brought centuries of chaos and misery into the lives of millions of individuals. It provides fascinating insights into the world of politics, art, education, foreign policy, science, and more, rewarding you with a rich understanding of how ideas shape your world. Those who discover Objectivism often describe the experience as life-changing and liberating.
Ayn Rand's philosophical works have been praised as presenting historic breakthroughs in thinking. At the Atlas Society, our scholars work to further develop this philosophy born in the mid-twentieth century. We present the empowering principles of Objectivism to a global audience, and offer those principles as a rational and moral alternative in the marketplace of philosophical ideas.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Oct 28, 2021 • 1h 3min
The Atlas Society Asks Steve Hanke
Join Senior Scholar Richard Salsman and special guest Steve Hanke as these two economists discuss monetary policy from an Objectivist perspective. Steve Hanke is the founder of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at John Hopkins University, and director of the Troubled Currencies Project at the Cato Institute.
Oct 21, 2021 • 1h 2min
Biden's "Human" Infrastructure Bill - Current Events with Kelley & Salsman
Join The Atlas Society for our monthly webinar series - Current Events with Kelley and Salsman. The Atlas Society founder Dr. David Kelley, and Senior Scholar, Dr. Richard Salsman join host Jennifer Grossman to discuss the Biden Administration's "Human" Infrastructure Bill, The Constitution of Knowledge by Jonathan Rauch, and AG Merrick Garland's "terrorism investigation" into parents "interfering" with school boards.
Oct 14, 2021 • 60min
The Atlas Society Asks Blake J. Harris
Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus, is speaking at The Atlas Society Gala -- just THREE weeks away! In anticipation, we’re reading The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality -- the dramatic, larger-than-life true story of Palmer Luckey’s founding of Oculus, and his contentious battle for political freedom against Facebook. In this special webinar, we’ll talk to author Blake J. Harris, also author of Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation -- about Palmer Luckey’s entrepreneurial journey, and quest for virtual reality. Register HERE.
Oct 7, 2021 • 1h 1min
The Atlas Society Asks Carrie-Ann Biondi
Dr. Carrie-Ann Biondi was a professor of philosophy for over 25 years, most recently at Marymount Manhattan College. She is the Book Review Editor for the journal Reason Papers and an advisor to The Great Connections.
Sep 30, 2021 • 1h 11min
The Atlas Society Asks Wilfred Reilly
Dr. Wilfred Reilly is a political science professor at Kentucky State University -- a top-30 historically black college. He's the author of several books including The $50,000,000 Question, a book dealing with how people value identity. In 2019 he published Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left is Selling a Fake Race War and just last year published Taboo: 10 Facts You Can’t Talk About.
Sep 23, 2021 • 1h 1min
The Atlas Society Asks Scott Atlas
Dr. Scott Atlas, a radiologist and political commentator, served as an advisor on the Trump White House Coronavirus Task Force. He is the author of the upcoming book, A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America, which comes out in November, as well as the 2020 book Restoring Quality Health Care: A Six-Point Plan for Comprehensive Reform at Lower Cost. He is also the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health care policy at Stanford University’s Hoover Institute.
Sep 16, 2021 • 59min
Current Events with Hicks and Salsman
The Atlas Society Senior Scholars Stephen Hicks and Richard Salsman join host Jennifer Grossman for an Objectivist perspective on a recent Media Bias study, President Biden's Vaccine Mandate, and a rise of secularism in Harvard chaplains. Be sure to tune in for what will prove to be a thought-provoking discussion!
Sep 9, 2021 • 1h 1min
The Atlas Society Asks Jonathan Emord
One of our nation’s top constitutional lawyers, Jonathan Emord is the author of The Authoritarians: Their Assault on Individual Liberty, the Constitution, and Free Enterprise from the 19th Century to the Present, which traces the historical roots of America’s accelerating race towards authoritarianism. Throughout his career, he has been committed to achieving full First Amendment protection for speech and for the press, and he has defeated the FDA eight times in federal court, more times than any other attorney in America.
Sep 2, 2021 • 1h 3min
The Atlas Society Asks Robert Tracinski
Robert Tracinski is the author of the "Tracinski Letter," a newsletter that covers culture and politics from an individualist perspective, and "So Who Is John Galt, Anyway?: A Reader's Guide to Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged," a guide to the literary, historical, and philosophical significance of "Atlas Shrugged." He has been a writer, lecturer, and commentator for over twenty years, having edited and published "The Intellectual Activist: An Objectivist Review," served as editor for RealClearPolitics, writing for "The Federalist," and hosting the podcast "Salon for the Refused."
Aug 26, 2021 • 59min
The Atlas Society Asks Antonella Marty
CEO of La Sociedad Atlas and Senior Fellow at The Atlas Society, Antonella Marty is the Associate Director of the Center for Latin America at Atlas Network, the Director of the Center for American Studies at Fundación Libertad (Argentina) and Senior Fellow at Fundación Internacional para la Libertad (Spain) thinktank led by Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa. She is also a Latin American Policy Fellow at the Consumer Choice Center and the host of the podcast Hablemos Libertad and author of the Spanish-language books The Intellectual Populist Dictatorship (2015), What Every Revolutionary of the 21st Century Should Know (2018), The Libertarian Handbook (2021), and the recent English publication of Capitalism: Antidote to Poverty (2021).
