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The Peikoff Podcasts

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Dr. Peikoff answers questions about Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism. His podcasts focus on human relationships, career, moral issues – not technical philosophy or practical politics.

The podcasts are available by single questions or as full episodes.

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When writing fiction, is there a proper way to choose the race of a character?
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Date: July 19th, 2012
Duration: 02:04
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Ayn Rand said that in any conflict between two groups who hold the same basic principles it is the more consistent one who will win. But the Communists in Soviet Russia were more consistent than the West in regard to altruism and statism, so why didn’t they win the Cold War?
8 votes, average: 4.75 out of 58 votes, average: 4.75 out of 58 votes, average: 4.75 out of 58 votes, average: 4.75 out of 58 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5 (8 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5, rated)
Date: July 16th, 2012
Duration: 01:40
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Why does your new book study the effects of integration on cultures as a whole, whereas your podcasts focus on the problems of individuals, not of cultures?
10 votes, average: 4.70 out of 510 votes, average: 4.70 out of 510 votes, average: 4.70 out of 510 votes, average: 4.70 out of 510 votes, average: 4.70 out of 5 (10 votes, average: 4.70 out of 5, rated)
Date: July 16th, 2012
Duration: 01:44
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If a person doesn’t like oral sex, is this a form of nihilism or just an arbitrary sexual preference?
10 votes, average: 4.90 out of 510 votes, average: 4.90 out of 510 votes, average: 4.90 out of 510 votes, average: 4.90 out of 510 votes, average: 4.90 out of 5 (10 votes, average: 4.90 out of 5, rated)
Date: July 16th, 2012
Duration: 03:10
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I was in a relationship with a man who says he loves me for those values which I regard as my highest. When I first met him, I saw nothing of value in him, and I still don’t, but he loves me. How can he love a person who embodies a set of values which are in opposition to his own?
5 votes, average: 5.00 out of 55 votes, average: 5.00 out of 55 votes, average: 5.00 out of 55 votes, average: 5.00 out of 55 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5 (5 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated)
Date: July 16th, 2012
Duration: 03:27
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