Today we have as our guest, James Valliant, who studied Objectivism with Dr. Lenonard Peikoff, Ayn Rand's legal and intellectual heir, to celebrate Dr. Peikoff's 90th Birthday (October 15, 2023).

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Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Chocolat (2000 film)
• Understanding Objectivism
• Understanding Objectivism (course)
• Understanding Objectivism: A Guide to Learning Ayn Rand's Philosophy (book)
• Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ay Rand
• Kira Peikoff
• Scott Holleran
• Just Deserts: A Philosopher for the Living. Celebrate American Radical Thinker Leonard Peikoff’s 90th Birthday.
• The DIM Hypothesis: Why the Lights of the West Are Going Out
• The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America
• Keeping It Real: Bringing Ideas Down to Earth
• Leonard Peikoff's "Keeping It Real"
• A Sin to Deport Elian Gonzalez
• Sidney Hook
• The Cause of Hitler's Germany
• Celebrating the Nation of the Enlightenment | Keeping It Real with James Valliant & Robert Nasir
• Warren Fahy and James Valliant on Creating Christ (episode 63 of The Secular Foxhole podcast)
• Ideas in Action
• The Passion of Ayn Rand's Critics: The Case Against the Brandens
• My Thirty Years with Ayn Rand: An Intellectual Memoir
• "My 30 Years With Ayn Rand" by Leonard Peikoff
• Leonard Peikoff: ‘Viennese Operetta: My Virtual Reality’
• Leonard Peikoff Presents "Viennese Operetta: My Virtual Reality

Episode 76 (37 minutes) was recorded at 1900 Central European Time, on October 22, 2023, with Ringr app. Martin did the editing and post-production with the podcast maker, Alitu. The transcript is generated by Alitu.

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