The Atlas Project Podcast: Recent Episodes

The Ayn Rand Institute

The Atlas Project is an eight-month chapter-by-chapter online discussion of Atlas Shrugged. To facilitate the discussion, the Ayn Rand Institute will host a weekly interactive broadcast on Facebook Live led by experienced teachers to help readers explore the intricate plot and abstract themes of Rand’s most philosophical novel.

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Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer wrap up the Atlas Project, tying up some loose ends from the capstone episodes.

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Episode 34 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 33 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 32 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 31 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 30 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 29 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 28 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer host a special episode of the Atlas Project broadcast, live from Jersey City, NJ, discussing further details of the first half of Galt’s speech.”

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Episode 27 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Greg Salmieri hosts a special episode of the Atlas Project broadcast, live from Boston, MA.

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Episode 26 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 25 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 24 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Greg Salmieri hosts a special episode of the Atlas Project broadcast, live from Austin, Texas.

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Episode 23 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer host a special episode of the Atlas Project broadcast, focused on Part III, Chapter 2, “The Utopia of Greed,” discussing the philosophical themes of the chapter: the importance of not faking reality, the question of whether there are conflicts of interest among rational men, and benevolent universe premise.

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Episode 22 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 21 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 20 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 19 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 18 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 17 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 16 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Greg Salmieri hosts a special episode of The Atlas Project from his home in Jersey City. The topic is love and sex in the first half of Atlas Shrugged (including in Francisco’s speech on the meaning of sex).

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Episode 15 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 14 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 13 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 12 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Greg Salmieri hosts a special episode of the Atlas Project broadcast, focused on Francisco’s speech on the meaning of money, live from a London pub with the local Ayn Rand Meetup group.

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Episode 11 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 10 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer host a special episode of the Atlas Project broadcast, live from Atlanta with an audience of attendees of the Ayn Rand Student Conference. They discuss the theme of the conference, Ayn Rand’s concept of liberty, in relation to the events of the first third of Atlas Shrugged.

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Episode 9 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 8 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 7 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer review the discussion from Episode 6 on October 10th, especially questions about the title of the chapter (“The Non-Commercial”), Rearden’s view of nature compared to the traditional doctrine of “the sublime,” and other miscellaneous questions about the chapter.

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Episode 6 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 5 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 4 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 3 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Episode 2 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer

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Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer review the discussion from Episode 1 on September 2, especially questions about Eddie’s and Dagny’s reflectiveness, and Jim’s and Dagny’s emotional profiles.

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Episode 1 of The Atlas Project Live, Featuring Greg Salmieri and Ben Bayer