https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmx51yLZDDY Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss the skepticism toward scientific expertise, especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. August 26, 2020.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLs0paiK4cQ Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss the phenomenon of "cancel culture," in connection with the controversy surrounding a letter published in Harper’s magazine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbNQm-eMr9c Elan Journo talks with Amesh Adalja, expert on pandemic preparedness and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, about the latest developments in the Covid-19 pandemic. July 20, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHjjlwJod9k Elan Journo and Onkar Ghate discuss the controversy surrounding ARI’s acceptance of a Paycheck Protection Program loan. July 8, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nkcltIt5Hg Elan Journo and Keith Lockitch discuss Journo’s recent article When Tribal Journalists Try to ‘Cancel’ Ayn Rand. July 1, 2020.
The New Republic article about Rand, which we looked at in Part 1, stood out not primarily because of what it said about her, but in how it conveyed its message. The article put a tribal prejudice toward Rand above facts and logic. That same mindset is on display, even more starkly, in Amanda Marcotte’s Salon article, “Right-wingers finally got their Ayn Rand hero … Continue reading When Tribal Journalists Try to ‘Cancel’ Ayn Rand (Part 2)
Inaccurate, misrepresented, and even willfully distorted reporting on Ayn Rand’s ideas has been common in the media since she first gained public prominence. That fact came up in a conversation she had with the editor of The Ayn Rand Lexicon, a kind of mini encyclopedia of her philosophy, Objectivism. The editor, Harry Binswanger, relates that Rand … Continue reading When Tribal Journalists Try to “Cancel” Ayn Rand (Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN9UNG2G8zc Elan Journo talks with Steve Simpson and Anastasia Boden, senior attorneys at the Pacific Legal Foundation, to discuss legal challenges to pandemic lockdowns.
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