This page features a selection of video and audio recordings featuring Ayn Rand Center speakers and affiliated authors. These presentations apply Ayn Rand’s philosophical ideas to a variety of current topics. For video and audio discussions of Ayn Rand’s books and ideas, including presentations by Ayn Rand herself, please visit the Ayn Rand Institute’s Video & Audio section. For more recordings on dozens of topics, visitors may browse the Ayn Rand Bookstore.

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Yaron Brook on Fox Business Network

ARC’s executive director Yaron Brook is frequently invited to participate in discussions on Fox Business Network. Video of these appearances will be hosted here.

Video Commentary

Video presentations of selected media releases.

Radio Interviews

ARC’s media department promotes Ayn Rand’s ideas to the general public through the news media. Listen to interviews with our writers and speakers from syndicated radio and television programs.

Q-&-A Highlights from Public Events

See selected excerpts from the Q-&-A sessions of public events.

The ARC Speaker Series

ARC speakers deliver about six free public talks per year on topics ranging from ethics to foreign policy to history.

Other Events

Recordings of public events that were not part of the ARC Speaker Series, but that feature ARC speakers and writers.

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ARC on Pajamas TV

ARC’s Yaron Brook is a regular guest on Pajamas TV.

Yaron Brook Lecture at the Adam Smith Institute in London

Yaron Brook advocates rational selfishness as the moral base for capitalism and the importance of philosophy in the defense of freedom.

» Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Yaron Brook UK Interview

The Ayn Rand Forum’s Chairman, Andrew Medworth, and Yaron Brook discuss morality, capitalism and economic crises.

» Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Yaron Brook’s Call to Action—May 2009

Yaron Brook discusses man-made climate change, and related litigation’s effect on the economy.

» Part 1, Part 2

Interview with Yaron Brook

Luis Figueroa of Guatemala’s Universidad Francisco Marroquin interviews Yaron Brook on the nature of capitalism. Hosted by YouTube.

“Atlas Shrugged: Its Influence after Fifty Years”

A talk delivered by Yaron Brook on October 11, 2007, at the Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Atlas Shrugged.

“Ayn Rand: Radical for Capitalism”

This is a talk delivered by Dr. Yaron Brook on October 11, 2007, at the Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Atlas Shrugged. It is available on the university’s Web site. Though this video opens in Spanish, Dr. Brook’s portion is in English. To view Dr. Brook, click the link to “Video Indexado - Para conexiones rapidas.” Once the video has opened, you can find Dr. Brook’s portion by clicking “Presentation of Yaron Brook” in the Table of Contents (“Contenido”).

“Corporate Social Responsibility, Executive Pay or Corporate Environmental Responsibility... Is it going too far?”

Dr. Yaron Brook participated in this debate sponsored by The Executive Hour on July 26, 2007. A four-part audio recording is available on the Executive Hour Web site.

“No Substitute for Victory”: The Defeat of Islamic Totalitarianism

This talk by Dr. John Lewis, delivered April 24, 2007, at George Mason University, was sponsored by the George Mason College Republicans, the George Mason Objectivist Club and The Objective Standard. A free audio recording is online at The Objective Standard.

“Just War Theory” vs. American Self-Defense

On April 17, 2007, Dr. Yaron Brook delivered this talk at the Commonwealth Club, the nation’s oldest and largest public affairs forum. An audio recording is hosted on the Commonwealth Club Web site.

Smith Family Foundation Event

On February 13, 2007, Dr. Yaron Brook was a participant in a public policy debate titled “The Time for Talks: Can and should the U.S. make deals with Iran and Syria?” To view this event, visit the Smith Family Foundation Web site.

Ford Hall Lecture

Dr. Yaron Brook’s lecture “Democracy vs. Victory: Why the ‘Forward Strategy of Freedom’ Had to Fail,” delivered at the Ford Hall Forum on October 22, 2006, is available online via the WGBH Forum Network. To access the recording, visit the WGBH Web site.

Eminent Domain: To Preserve or To Abolish

Dr. Yaron Brook participated in this debate at the National Press Club on May 1, 2006, in an event sponsored by The Objective Standard.

“Just War Theory” vs. American Self-Defense

Dr. Yaron Brook delivered this lecture at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on March 14, 2006. The talk was sponsored by The Objective Standard, and an audio recording is available on their Web site.