The Atlas Society Chats

Stephen Hicks & David Kelley - Ask Us Anything About Philosophy - January 2023

January 4, 2023
Join Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks, Ph.D, and Atlas Society founder David Kelley, Ph.D, for a special 90-minute “Ask Us Anything About Philosophy” event where the duo answer the audience's most pressing philosophical questions.

Richard Salsman "'Effective Altruism' as a Cover for the FTX Scam"

December 15, 2022
Join Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy at Duke Richard Salsman, Ph.D. for a discussion on the FTX cryptocurrency scam and what role “effective altruism” had as a cover. Previous Episode

Stephen Hicks & David Kelley - Ask Us Anything About Philosophy - December 2022

December 7, 2022
Join Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks, Ph.D, and Atlas Society founder David Kelley, Ph.D, for a special 90-minute “Ask Us Anything About Philosophy” event where the duo answer the audience's most pressing philosophical questions.

Richard Salsman "The Seven Most Common Smears Against Self-Interest

November 17, 2022
Join Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy at Duke Richard Salsman, Ph.D. for a conversation on the definition of self-interest and seven of the most common smears against it.

An Objectivist Perspective on the Election with Richard Salsman & Robert Tracinski

November 10, 2022
Join Senior Scholar Richard Salsman, Ph.D. and Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a special 90-minute discussion on the U.S. midterm election results and their ramifications.

Stephen Hicks & David Kelley - Ask Us Anything About Philosophy - November 2022

November 2, 2022
Join Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks, Ph.D, and Atlas Society founder David Kelley, Ph.D, for a special 90-minute “Ask Us Anything About Philosophy” event where the duo answer the audience's most pressing philosophical questions.

Richard Salsman - "Quiet Quitting" vs Going Galt

October 20, 2022
Join Atlas Society Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy at Duke, Richard Salsman, Ph.D, for a discussion that contrasts the passive-aggressive practice of doing the minimum to keep your job with the proactive withdrawal of the “sanction of the victim” as dramatized in Atlas Shrugged.

Richard Salsman & Robert Tracinski - What Made Britain Great, Then Not-So-Great

October 11, 2022
Join Senior Scholar Richard Salsman, Ph.D, and Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a special 90-minute discussion on Great Britain and the rise of revolutionary socialism and democratic socialism.

Stephen Hicks & David Kelley - Ask Us Anything About Philosophy

October 5, 2022
Join Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks, Ph.D, and Atlas Society founder David Kelley, Ph.D, for a special 90-minute “Ask Us Anything About Philosophy” event where the duo answer the audience's most pressing philosophical questions.

The Atlas Society Chats with Larry Abrams

September 29, 2022
Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for a special Clubhouse interview with former chess master and longtime Objectivist Larry Abrams. Listen as the two discuss Larry’s book The Philosophical Practitioner, experience teaching Ayn Rand chess, and more.

Robert Tracinski - The Objectivist Theory of the Family

September 27, 2022
Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski on for a discussion on what Objectivism has to say about the family.

Jason Hill - Ayn Rand vs. Nietzsche

September 23, 2022
Join Senior Scholar Jason Hill, Ph.D, for a discussion between the philosophies of Ayn Rand and Friedrich Nietzsche and whether we are currently living in an age of moral nihilism.

David Kelley - Cardinal Values

September 22, 2022
Join our founder, David Kelley Ph.D, for a discussion about the cardinal values in Objectivist ethics.

Robert Tracinski - Ask Me Anything - September 2022

September 20, 2022
Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a special “Ask Me Anything” where he will field your questions on Objectivism, foreign policy, politics, culture, and music.

Richard Salsman - Recession: Essence, Cause & Cure

September 15, 2022
Following up on his previous Clubhouse on Inflation, join Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy Richard Salsman for a discussion on the topic of recessions.

Jason Hill - An Objectivist Inquiry into Colonialism

September 14, 2022
Join Senior Scholar Dr. Jason Hill for an Objectivist inquiry into Colonialism.

Robert Tracinski - What We Need For A New Enlightenment

September 13, 2022
Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a conversation on what is needed to preserve, reclaim, and expand the legacy of The Enlightenment.

Robert Tracinski - The Case Against Democracy

September 6, 2022
After presenting “The Case For Democracy” previously, join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for an examination of the downside of unfettered democracy and explore the difference between majoritarianism and political freedom.

Richard Salsman - Inflation: Essence, Cause & Cure

September 1, 2022
Join Senior Scholar and Professor of Political Economy Richard Salsman, Ph.D. for a discussion and Q&A on the nature of inflation, its causes, and the proper cure.

Robert Tracinski - The Objectivist Case for "Democracy"

August 30, 2022
Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a discussion on what is the proper justification for representative government and the “consent of the governed” and if “democracy” is the right word for it.

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