https://youtu.be/S53avG169mw?si=5wH18Yo8ONpjhgB7 Elan Journo and Ben Bayer analyze the Trump administration's attempt to engage Iran. They focus on a diplomatic deal over its nuclear program. Released April 30 2025.
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https://youtu.be/h1tIDRzi9Ho?si=KCzl6iC8MZdS8QZw Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate analyze the shift in American policy toward Ukraine/Russia, its moral significance, and its consequences. Recorded March 5, 2025.
https://youtu.be/gFXDYaKnCVw?si=LCfshYibFya5PmJL Jeff Bezos, owner of the Washington Post, has instructed the paper’s opinion pages to defend “two pillars: personal liberties and free markets,” prompting the editor’s exit and a major backlash. Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo analyze the meaning of this shift, amid the controversy over the ties of Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk … Continue reading Will Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post defend “free markets”?
https://youtu.be/a-SwX91pj2Q?si=1AXRsqnbN8_ZhMAk Elan Journo and Ben Bayer analyze the philosophic significance of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal and Trump's proposed redevelopment of Gaza. Recorded Feb. 12, 2025.
https://youtu.be/fEOGBX9R05w?si=X2xmi0nnVAphvlXg Elan Journo and Ben Bayer talk about the ethics of pardoning those involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. Recorded Jan. 22, 2025.
https://youtu.be/2sZU9hJLFWg?si=qh06IZDsQKaWQH8k Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo analyze the moral significance of Assad’s fall and the rise of jihadists in Syria. December 21, 2024.
https://youtu.be/rPsgR0WCqxw?si=8SiIuvVu_HC71h9S Elan Journo talks with Ben Bayer about the debate on abortion and the Objectivist defense of abortion rights. October 30, 2024
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