Ayn Rand Would Have Loathed Elon Musk’s Support of Trump

The New Abnormal

The Daily Beast

News & Politics

4.6 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Would novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand have loathed Elon Musk? Philosopher and writer Wolfram Eilenberger, author of The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times, comes on The New Abnormal to answer that question and another question with an answer that he can’t seem to full grasp: How libertarians can support Donald Trump. Also on this episode: Danielle Campoamor, reporter for TODAY Parents, shares the story of Celeste Burgess, a 19-year-old who is serving a prison sentence for taking abortion pills when she was 17. Plus, co-hosts Andy Levy and Danielle Moodie use the intro of this episode to share some of their favorite things—and which social media platform (Threads, the site formally known as Twitter, and Bluesky) they’d fuck, marry, or kill.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN Guy, and current cable news conscientious
0:05.4	objector.
0:06.4	I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left.
0:09.4	Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist, but today I'm an
0:14.4	unapologetic woke commentator on America's threats to democracy.
0:18.6	And I'm producer Jesse Cannon, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off
0:22.1	the rails.
0:23.1	We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining
0:27.2	people in politics, media, and beyond.
0:29.9	Our goal is to try and make sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and hopefully
0:35.3	even make you laugh through the tears.
0:37.5	We're on vacation this week, but that doesn't mean we didn't already tape you in excellent
0:41.6	show to listen to today.
0:43.1	Walter Wolfram, island burger, will stop by to talk to us about their latest book, The
0:47.3	Visionaries, A Rent, Boviere, Rand, and Wild, and The Power of Philosophy in Dark Times.
0:53.0	Then we'll talk to NBC's Danielle Campo More about the teenager who was just sentenced
0:57.1	in Nebraska for having an abortion.
0:59.8	But first, let's have some fun.
1:01.9	All right, since we're on vacation this week, Shemus and I prepared some questions for
1:06.2	you guys.
1:07.2	And let's start off easy.
1:08.6	So far in 2023, who's the politician that's made you the most angry?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Daily Beast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Daily Beast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.