Dreamspirit Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 (edited) own talk radio show? It would be hilarious to listen to all the crazies that would call in that think they know everything and actually turn out to be the butt of the argument. Do you think that's something she would be interested in doing or would she be offended by the notion? It think she would probably think it was a drag but hypothetically if she did and you could call in what would you talk about? I would choose one of many topics which include food and drug regulation (ie. who is going to inspect a restaurant to make sure it is sanitary?) and What do you think of the ideals being taught in universities nowadays? Edited August 12, 2011 by Dreamspirit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 "The Ayn Rand Hour" would've been fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minarchist Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Absolutely. I can only listen to her recorded speeches and read her books so many times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamspirit Posted August 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 "The Ayn Rand Hour" would've been fun. Lol, it would have to be "balanced out" with the Karl Marx hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus98876 Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Leonard Peikoff ( her intellectual heir) had a radio show for a number of years, and the Ayn Rand Institute have made some of the recordings available for registered users (http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=index) . These may be the closest thing you could find to what it might have been like if Ayn Rand had have done such a thing. I believe he considered it useful to help get Objectivist ideas "out there" and to further discussion of important issues amongst existing Objectivists, as well as clearing up any possible confusions that they might have had. I am not sure if Ayn Rand would have seen as much value in it ( Peikoff considers himself more of a [ philosophically informed ] "social commentator" than a philosopher, so this may partially explain his former interest in the project), but I think it is conceivable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reason_Being Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 own talk radio show? It would be hilarious to listen to all the crazies that would call in that think they know everything and actually turn out to be the butt of the argument. Do you think that's something she would be interested in doing or would she be offended by the notion? It think she would probably think it was a drag but hypothetically if she did and you could call in what would you talk about? I would choose one of many topics which include food and drug regulation (ie. who is going to inspect a restaurant to make sure it is sanitary?) and What do you think of the ideals being taught in universities nowadays? She definitly had a knack for completely demolishing people in debate. I get a kick out of watching those youtube videos of talk show interviews where she would just stomp on the host's or audience members' arguments without even taking one second to think up her answer. It would be hilarious to see her go up against today's college know-it-alls who can barely string together a coherent sentence but think they have the world figured out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaroq Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 It would be amazing. Reading her work and listening to recordings of her is an amazing, inspiring enough experience already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d'Anconia Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 And if she was still alive and in public it would make it harder for people to strawman her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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