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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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Ayn Rand said that we live in a benevolent universe. If that is true how do you explain suffering, negatives, bad things such as torture or even death?
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Date: January 24th, 2011
Duration: 03:41
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In Atlas Shrugged, do you think that Francisco d’Anconia was sexually abstinent while he waited to be reunited with Dagny? If so was this a moral choice?
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Date: January 24th, 2011
Duration: 02:38
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If some imaginary development show us that it is impossible to save the United States from totalitarianism, what would you do?
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Date: January 17th, 2011
Duration: 02:51
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I understand that Ayn Rand wrote her fiction in long hand. Would she have used a word processor to write if she were alive when the technology existed?
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Date: January 17th, 2011
Duration: 02:52
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Is it inappropriate to approach celebrities for autographs or pictures? How would Ayn Rand have reacted to such a request?
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Date: January 17th, 2011
Duration: 02:18
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