The Atlas Society Presents - Objectively Speaking

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Jan 2, 2025 • 1h 2min

2024 In Review with Abbie Perry and Robert Tracinski

Join Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski along with Atlas Society Student Programs Manager Abbie Perry for a discussion of the biggest events of 2024, ranging from the election of Donald Trump, foreign policy, immigration, and more.
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Dec 23, 2024 • 41min

What is Populism? with Antonella Marty & Richard Salsman

Join Atlas Society Senior Scholar Richard Salsman, Ph.D., alongside Senior Fellow Antonella Marty for the 233rd episode of The Atlas Society Asks, in which they explore populism: what it is, why it gains followers, and how it can appear in collectivist movements on both sides of the political spectrum. The duo also discuss Antonella Marty's latest book, How to Spot a Populist: Understanding the Appeal and Dangers of Demagoguery. 
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Dec 18, 2024 • 56min

The Disappearing American Farmer? with Brian Reisinger

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 232nd episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews journalist, rural policy expert, and award-winning writer Brian Reisinger about his new book "Land Rich, Cash Poor" and the story of the disappearing American farmer. Growing up on a family farm in Sauk County, Wisconsin, Reisinger worked with his dad on the farm as soon as he was able to walk. He shares the hidden stories of rural America in his new book Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family’s Hope and the Untold History of America’s Disappearing Farmer. 
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Dec 11, 2024 • 32min

When Big Pharma and Big Government Collide with Naomi Wolf

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 231st episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews returning guest, Dr. Naomi Wolf about her latest book, The Pfizer Papers: Pfizer’s Crimes Against Humanity. As a New York Times bestselling author, columnist, and political activist, Dr. Wolf has been a staunch critic of establishment views on gender, foreign policy, economics, and journalism, publishing numerous books in the field, including The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot and Outrages: Sex, Censorship, and the Criminalization of Love.
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Dec 4, 2024 • 57min

How to Live an Extraordinary Life? with Anthony Pompliano

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 230th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews Anthony Pompliano about his book "How To Live An Extraordinary Life," a compilation of 65 letters drawing on his experience as a soldier, entrepreneur, investor, and founder & CEO of Professional Capital Management, to share the lessons he’s learned along the way. A regularly featured financial commentator on CNBC and Fox News, Anthony Pompliano is the author of How To Live An Extraordinary Life, a compilation of 65 letters to his two young children (with his wife Polina, Pompliano, a previous guest on The Atlas Society Asks). Popliano draws on his experience as a soldier, entrepreneur, investor, and founder & CEO of Professional Capital Management, to share the lessons he’s learned along the way.
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Nov 26, 2024 • 56min

What is Freedom of Speech? with David Kelley & Robert Tracinski

Hot off the heels of The Atlas Society’s newest publication, The Pocket Guide to Free of Speech, we invite you to join David Kelley, Ph.D., and Rob Tracinski for a special webinar discussing freedom of speech, its basic principles, its implementation in the U.S. Constitution, and how it is perceived today. Grab your copy of the Pocket Guide to Free Speech on Amazon in both print and Kindle: https://amzn.to/4fwpzDt
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Nov 21, 2024 • 56min

What's Up with Wikipedia? with Ashley Rindsberg

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 228th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she interviews author, essayist, and journalist Ashley Rindsberg about his recent article in "The Free Press" concerning how Wikipedia became a propaganda project. We were so impressed by Ashley Rindsberg when he joined us back in 2022 to discuss his book The Gray Lady Winked: How The New York Times’s Misreporting, Distortions, and Fabrications Radically Alter History that we’re excited to have him back to discuss his analysis of what’s happened to Wikipedia, as explored in his recent article in The Free Press about how Wikipedia devolved from a formerly objective online encyclopedia to what he describes as a partisan project, where a handful of editors are reshaping history before our eyes.
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Nov 13, 2024 • 58min

Does Envy Fuel Anti-Zionism? with George Gilder

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 227th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she interviews author George Gilder about his recent book "The Israel Test: How Israel's Genius Enriches and Challenges the World," exploring Israel’s stunning rise as a world capitalist and technological power and makes the case that widespread antagonism toward the current state of Israel springs from, like anti-Semitism everywhere, envy of superior accomplishment. George Gilder is the Chairman of Gilder Publishing LLC and a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, where he directs the Technology and Democracy project. A leading thinker in economics and technology, Gilder has authored nineteen books, including Wealth and Poverty, Microcosm, The Scandal of Money, and Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy.
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Oct 30, 2024 • 59min

What Makes for Great Mysteries? with Otto Penzler

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 226 episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she interviews Otto Penzler, proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and regarded as one of the world's foremost authorities on crime, mystery, and suspense fiction. Otto Penzler is the president and CEO of MysteriousPress.com and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop. Regarded as one of the world’s foremost authorities on crime, mystery, and suspence fiction, Penzler has won two Edgar Awards for Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection in 1977 and The Lineup in 2010. As a prolific editor, his most recent anthologies include The Big Book of Espionage Stories, The Big Book of Reel Murders, The Big Book of Female Detectives, The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories, and The Best American Noir of the Century with James Ellroy. The Mystery Writers of America has also awarded Penzler the prestigious Ellery Queen Award in 1994 and the Raven--the group's highest non-writing award--in 2003.
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Oct 23, 2024 • 60min

Why Are Girls Going Woke? with Elaine Kamarck

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 225 episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews Elaine Kamarck. Senior fellow in Governance Studies and the director of the Center for Effective Public Management at Brookings, Kamarck joins JAG for a talk about her work in electoral politics and her recent paper on the growing gender gap among young people, exploring what impact this will have on politics, relationships, and culture. Elaine Kamarck is an expert on American electoral politics, having worked in many American presidential campaigns and is the author of “Primary Politics: Everything You Need to Know about How America Nominates Its Presidential Candidates” and “Why Presidents Fail And How They Can Succeed Again.” She is also the author of “How Change Happens—or Doesn’t: The Politics of US Public Policy” and “The End of Government-As We Know It: Making Public Policy Work.”

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