Don’t Forget About Ayn Rand
The Michele Tafoya Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
2.4 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Ayn Rand was a novelist known for “Atlas Shrugged,” one of Michele’s favorite reads. She was also a philosopher and one of America’s greatest supporters. The Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) continues her work. ARI CEO Tal Tsfany joins Michele.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to sideline sanity with me, Michelle Tofoya, sponsored by Legacy Precious |
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| 0:21.9 | to Legacy Precious Metals for their devoted support of this show. Coming up, Taltisfani is the CEO |
| 0:30.4 | of the Einrand organization or the Einrand Institute, I should say, which maybe some of you have read Einrand. |
| 0:39.1 | Her name is spelled A-Y-N and R-A-N-D. |
| 0:43.0 | She wrote The Fountainhead. |
| 0:44.4 | She wrote Atlas Shrug. |
| 0:45.5 | That is her classic, which is assigned to many people in high school or college, Atlas Shrugged. |
| 0:51.2 | And then there's We the Living. |
| 0:52.9 | And I read that one first. And these books |
| 0:54.8 | really changed my perspective on the world. She operates around a philosophy. She's not only a |
| 1:02.7 | novelist, but she operates around a philosophy called objectivism. And it's fascinating. And it's |
| 1:09.0 | very pro-capitalism. And she might be one of the greatest |
| 1:12.9 | supporters of America ever. And she was born during the Russian Revolution and communism and all |
| 1:20.6 | of that. She's an amazing person. And her legacy lives on. And to talk about it is Taltazvani, |
| 1:27.2 | who came from Israel, has an amazing |
| 1:29.9 | background and now runs the Einrand Institute. He's an interesting guy. This is a fascinating topic. |
| 1:37.6 | We'll get into it next. |
| 1:41.3 | For nearly three decades, she's reported the action from the sidelines. |
| 1:45.9 | She started very young. |
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