Conservative Ben Shapiro Interviews ARI's Yaron Brook

Yaron Brook, chairman of the board of the Ayn Rand Institute, engaged in a spirited and fast-moving conversation with prominent conservative commentator Ben Shapiro on Shapiro’s Sunday Special web series on August 25.

In the wide-ranging, hour-long interview, Shapiro afforded Brook an opportunity to discuss Rand’s philosophy, first in a nutshell and then in more depth, exploring such topics as altruism, rational self-interest, religion, free will, the Enlightenment, Marxism, environmentalism, the role of government, individualism, parenting, and the virtue of honesty.

Although Shapiro frequently disagreed — sometimes explicitly, sometimes implicitly through the wording of his questions — he gave Brook a respectful hearing. The result is an intellectually lively video from which Shapiro’s sizeable audience can get an indication of the sharp contrasts between Objectivism, libertarianism, and particularly conservatism.

[irp posts=”5781″ name=”America Was Founded on Secular Ideals”]After only four days online, the episode had generated more than 61,000 YouTube views and more than 581,000 Soundcloud audio plays. You can watch it here: