HISTORY PODCASTS




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.



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.