Elan Journo

The Banality of Putin and Xi

By Yaron Brook and Elan Journo No death toll can truly capture the devastation that Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot, and their ilk inflicted upon the world. Think of the engineered Great Famine in Ukraine (Holodomor), the Holocaust, the Cultural Revolution, the Killing Fields of Cambodia. Though today we recognize these leaders as monsters, we … Continue reading The Banality of Putin and Xi

Podcasts

The January 6 Hearings

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol has begun a series of public hearings, which have included previously unreleased footage of the rioters and testimony from White House officials. Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo analyze the philosophic significance of the attack, the investigation into it, and the cultural reactions. Recorded … Continue reading The January 6 Hearings

Essays

Jonah Goldberg, Ayn Rand and Conservative Religiosity

“I was seconds from turning my car keys into some sort of fist weapon and gouging out his Adam’s apple for the accusation,“ said Jonah Goldberg on his podcast. What low, unsavory, insulting accusation could have driven Goldberg, a leading conservative intellectual, to such violent indignation: Dishonesty? Theft? Murder? No, it was the merest suggestion that … Continue reading Jonah Goldberg, Ayn Rand and Conservative Religiosity

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Behind the Scenes: Ayn Rand on the Tonight Show

In 1967 Ayn Rand was interviewed on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson three times, in the span of four months. Those interviews were beamed into millions of homes across America. The audience reaction was extraordinary. Going behind the scenes of those interviews, Elan Journo interviews Tom Bowden. Streamed June 6, 2022. https://youtu.be/OCqo_tQCJCg

Essays

ARI’s New Broadside in Defense of Abortion Rights

Where did defenders of Roe v. Wade go wrong? Why did they lose the moral high ground? What does it take to defend abortion rights in the United States? To defend abortion as an inviolable right, it has to be understood as a claim of uncompromising justice. That’s the case my colleague Ben Bayer lays out in … Continue reading ARI’s New Broadside in Defense of Abortion Rights

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How Shale Revolutionized U.S. Energy: Interview with Nick Deiuliis

Decades ago, conventional wisdom held that the U.S. was about to run out of domestic oil and gas -- and doomed to be dependent on foreign countries for its supply. But since then something astonishing happened. Domestic output of oil in the US has increased dramatically, while net petroleum imports have plunged to the lowest … Continue reading How Shale Revolutionized U.S. Energy: Interview with Nick Deiuliis

Essays

The Anti-Industrial Crusade: A Special Earth Day Podcast Series

Imagine a newborn fringe movement preaching that what diminishes and undermines life must be embraced; that what makes human life safer, longer, richer must be renounced; and that however much you sacrifice, it is never enough. Imagine that this movement’s leaders crusade to transform the world — from our laws and economic system, down to … Continue reading The Anti-Industrial Crusade: A Special Earth Day Podcast Series

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Nationalism and Russia’s War on Ukraine

Elan Journo and Ben Bayer to analyze the concept of "nationalism" in the context of the Russia/Ukraine conflict, and draw lessons for understanding the rise of nationalism in the United States. Recorded March 16, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7E1PEvVFdE

The New Religion of “Woke”

ARI’s Uncompromising Voice for Reason Since 9/11

What Was Ayn Rand’s View of ‘Conservatism’?

Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic: Scientists

Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic: Creators of Our Digital Age

Unsung Heroes of the Pandemic

The Banality of Putin and Xi

The January 6 Hearings

Jonah Goldberg, Ayn Rand and Conservative Religiosity

Behind the Scenes: Ayn Rand on the Tonight Show

ARI’s New Broadside in Defense of Abortion Rights

How Shale Revolutionized U.S. Energy: Interview with Nick Deiuliis

The Anti-Industrial Crusade: A Special Earth Day Podcast Series

Nationalism and Russia’s War on Ukraine