Podcasts

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 259th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews author Robert Bidinotto about his new book "A Rebel In Eden: The War Between Individualism and Environmentalism," which takes a deep dive into the movement’s mythological roots and highlights its scientifically bogus environmental scare campaigns.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 258th episode of Objectively Speaking, where she interviews historian Jonathan W. White about his vast knowledge of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era as written in his more than 20 books on the topic.

Join Atlas CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 258th episode of Objectively Speaking, where she interviews Laura Delano about her book "Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance," which tells the story of Delano’s 14-year relationship to the American mental health industry and questions the dominant, rarely critiqued role that the American mental health industry, and the pharmaceutical industry in particular, plays in shaping what it means to be human.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 257th episode of Objectively Speaking where she interviews Brian Doherty about his new book "Modern Libertarianism: A Brief History of Classical Liberalism in the United States," which provides a concise, thorough account of the intellectual roots of the American libertarian movement, with helpful summaries of key figures, institutions, and events.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 256th episode of Objectively Speaking, where she interviews award-winning author Jimmy Soni about his 2022 book "The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley," which explores PayPal’s turbulent early days and the stories of countless individuals who were left out of the front-page features and banner headlines but who were central to PayPal’s success.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 255th episode of Objectively Speaking (formerly The Atlas Society Asks), where she interviews Extropic founder Guillaume Verdon.

Join Atlas Society founder and Senior Scholar David Kelley, Ph.D., along with Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy at Duke, Richard Salsman, Ph.D., for a special webinar exploring how influential ideas often fail to persuade when their terms are misunderstood, emotionally charged, or used unequivocally.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 253rd episode of Objectively Speaking (formerly The Atlas Society Asks), where she interviews the CEO of the American Culture Project, John Tillman, about his work with the American Culture Project and Illinois Policy Institute, along with the moral case for celebrating entrepreneurial heroes.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 252nd episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she speaks with Topher Field, one of Australia’s leading and most recognized Libertarian political commentators and human rights activists, about his book "Good People Break Bad Laws: Civil Disobedience in the Modern Age."

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 251st episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews author, filmmaker, business executive, and retired National Champion gymnast, Jennifer Sey. Listen as the duo explore Sey's journey from elite gymnastics to corporate leadership and outspoken activism, exposing abuse in gymnastics (Chalked Up, Athlete A), fighting COVID lockdowns (Levi’s Unbuttoned), and her latest work on women’s sports.

Join Atlas Society Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks and Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski Wednesday for a special webinar exploring academic freedom and how the government uses federal/state funding to exert control over higher education.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 249th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews former Anheuser-Busch executive Anson Frericks about his book Last Call for Bud Light: The Fall and Future of America's Favorite Beer, in which he tells the inside story of how Anheuser-Busch suddenly became enamored with stakeholder capitalism, DEI and ESG.

Join Atlas Society International Strategy Director Isidora Kolar for the 248th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she interviews Stephen R. Soukup about his book "The Dictatorship of Woke Capital: How Political Correctness Captured Big Business," exploring the Left’s long march through American Institutions, culminating in its capture of Big Business, and a strategy to prevent corporate America from becoming an economically powerful extension of the “woke” college campus.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 247th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she sits down with author and health policy scholar Sally Pipes to talk about her latest book "The World's Medicine Chest: How America Achieved Pharmaceutical Supremacy--and How to Keep it," which details how America became the world’s leader in biopharmaceutical innovation and argues how efforts by Democrats and Republicans to impose price controls on prescription drugs will have disastrous consequences.

In preparation for the release of The Atlas Society’s newest publication, "The Pocket Guide to Free Trade," later this year, we invite you to join Atlas Society Founder and Senior Scholar David Kelley, Ph.D., and Senior Fellow Rob Tracinski for a discussion about how trade is a vital necessity of prosperity and essential to economic freedom, and why barriers to international trade are mostly arbitrary and destructive.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 245th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she interviews Joshua Mitchell, professor of political theory at Georgetown University, about his book "American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time," which explores how America’s founding ideal of civic engagement is being eroded by identity politics, social media-induced bipolarity, cultural addition to convenience–and how these challenges can be overcome.

Join Atlas Soceity CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 244th episode of The Atlas Society Asks where she sits down with investigative journalist Geoffrey Cain to talk about his book "The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China’s Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future," which reveals the extraordinary intrusiveness and power of the tech surveillance giants and the chilling implications for all our futures.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 243rd episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she sits down with author, political historian, attorney, and politician Christopher Cox to discuss his new book, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn. The book explores Wilson’s opposition to racial equality and women’s suffrage, highlighting his role in segregating the federal government, resisting the 19th Amendment, and ultimately attempting to preserve Jim Crow restrictions even as women secured the right to vote.

Join Atlas Society Senior Scholars Stephen Hicks, Ph.D., and Richard Salsman, Ph.D. for a special webinar discussing the "Capitalist Peace" thesis, where the duo will examine the claim that capitalist societies tend towards peace while authoritarian ones tend towards it, pulling from historical examples and data.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 241st episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she speaks with Gregg Hill, Co-Founder and General Partner of Parkway VC, about his entrepreneurial journey, his views on the future of AI and robotics, and how investment will contribute to developing these emerging technologies.

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 240th episode of The Atlas Society Asks, where she speaks with psychologist and behavioral finance expert Dr. Daniel Crosby about his new book "The Soul of Wealth: 50 Reflections on Money and Meaning."