The Atlas Society Presents - Objectively Speaking

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 210th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she interviews former senior Pentagon official and bestselling author Amber Smith about her new book "Unfit to Fight: How Woke Policies Are Destroying Our Military," which shows how the U.S. military has become a woke, dysfunctional bureaucracy focused not on winning wars but on identity politics, gender ideology, and climate change. A former combat helicopter pilot and Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Amber is a frequent guest on radio and television, including Fox News and Newsmax, and has written for Forbes, the Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, and The Blaze among other outlets on topics related to military affairs.

Join Atlas Society Senior Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University Stephen Hicks, Ph.D., for a special Current Events webinar analyzing the first six months of Javier Milei's presidency in Argentina.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 208th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she interviews immunologist and author Steve Templeton about his new book "Fear of a Microbial Planet: How a Germophobic Safety Culture Makes Us Less Safe," which offers desperately needed clarity and science on the organization and management of individual social life in the presence of pathogenic infection. A Senior Scholar at Brownstone Institute and Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Indiana University School of Medicine - Terre Haute, Steven served on Gov. Ron DeSantis's Public Health Integrity Committee and was a co-author of "Questions for a COVID-19 commission," a document provided to members of a pandemic response-focused congressional committee. Alongside his book "Fear of a Microbial Planet," he is also the author of a Substack by the same name.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 207th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she interviews former professor and food psychologist Brian Wansink about his book "Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think" As an Objectivist you want to be rational in all aspects of life—from what you put into your head, to what you put into your mouth. Brian Wansink can help, his book Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, which revolutionizes our awareness of how much, what, and why we’re eating—often without realizing it. A former professor and food psychologist, Brian is described as a “pracademic,” focusing on discovering new ways for people to live happier, healthier lives, through consumer behavior and marketing research.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 206th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she interviews journalist Nellie Bowles about her book "Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History," a hilariously irreverent romp through all the sacred spaces of the New Left, of which she was a part, at least until she began questioning whether the progressive movement she knew and loved was actually helping people. Nellie Bowles writes the TGIF column for The Free Press, a news media company she’s building with her wife, Bari Weiss, that embraces the journalistic ideals of objectivity and independence. Nellie previously worked as a correspondent for the New York Times, where, as part of a team, she won the Gerald Loeb Award in Investigations and the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism Award.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 205th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she interviews Batya Ungar-Sargon about her latest book Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women, which combines deep reporting with a look at the data and expert opinion on America’s emergent class divide. Batya Ungar-Sargon is the opinion editor of Newsweek. Before that, she was the opinion editor of the Forward, the largest Jewish media outlet in America. She is the author of Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy and holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and has written for outlets like the New York Times, the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Newsweek, the New York Review of Books Daily.

In the US, anxiety and depression in young people have increased by 63% since 2005, with increased feelings of fragility and fear complicating the transition to becoming productive, resilient adults. Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 204th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she interviews clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Chloe Carmichael about this rising trend in young people as well as Dr. Carmichael's book "Nervous Energy: Harness the Power of Your Anxiety," where she shares advice for parents and young people wanting to avoid self-sabotaging mindsets and debilitating neuroses. Dr. Carmichael is a featured expert for Psychology Today, a frequent guest on Inside Edition, ABC Nightline, and Fox News; she’s been quoted in the New York Times, Forbes, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, and Rolling Stone.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 203rd episode of The Atlas Society Asks, in which she interviews author Paul Tice about his book "The Race to Zero: How ESG Investing Will Crater the Global Financial System." Now an Adjunct Professor of Finance at New York University, Paul Tice has spent the past 40 years working on Wall Street at some of the industry’s most iconic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Lehman Brothers, and BlackRock. His professional specialization in the energy sector has afforded him a unique perch from which to study the growth of the ESG and sustainable investment movement, and its destructive influence on corporate governance.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 202nd episode of The Atlas Society Asks, in which she interviews Nuala Walsh about her book "TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions in a Noisy World." Nuala Walsh is an adjunct professor of behavioral science at Trinity College Dublin, an independent non-executive director, bestselling author, TEDx speaker and visiting fellow at the London School of Economics. She joins us to talk about her new book, TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions in a Noisy World, which helps readers avoid misjudgement and maintain objectivity.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 201st episode of The Atlas Society Asks, in which she interviews Professor John Agresto about his book "The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do About It." Author of several books, including "Rediscovering America," "Mugged By Reality," and his latest, "The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do About It," John Agresto is the former President of St. John’s College. Professor Agresto formerly served as a senior adviser to the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Coalition Provisional Authority.