Media

Jennifer Burns is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia.

Television Appearances

The Daily Show: Professor Burns interviewed by Jon Stewart

Book TV: A Cato Institute Book Forum

Reason TV: Jennifer Burns interviewed by Katherine Mangu-Ward of Reason Magazine

Magazines and Website Coverage

Ayn Rand Goes Mainstream, Politico: Ayn Rand is a hot topic to everybody from celebrities to pols

Is Ayn Rand Bad for the Market? Wall Street Journal: an editorial arguing against Rand's approach to free markets

UVA Today: Historian Jennifer Burns Examines Rand's Life, Philosophy

New Canaan Advertiser: Author Returns to New Canaan

Selected Radio Interviews and Podcasts

American FreeThought: A wide ranging 45 minute conversation that covers topics both personal and intellectual, from what it's like to appear on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the “two body” problem in academic life, to the Ayn Rand Archives and how Ayn Rand’s views on women’s rights, gay rights, and government helped form a secular right in America. (Note: interview begins at 27:55 on the podcast)

Cato Institute: What is Ayn Rand’s place in American political history? This short podcast covers Rand’s fiery clashes with major libertarians like the economist Milton Friedman, and explains why Rand should be considered a libertarian, even though she insisted she was not.

Jeff Schechtman KVON, Napa, CA

Dan Rodricks Mid-Day WYPR

Michelangelo Signorile Sirius/XM

NPR's Here and Now: Ayn Rand and Economic Collapse