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TODAY WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TWO MAJOR NEW BOOKS ON AYN RAND, AND THE FACT THAT THEY TESTIFY TO... |
| 00:06:26 |
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THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? I HAVE A LAPEL MICROPHONE AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S... |
| 00:34:03 |
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HELLO, EVERYBODY. ON CLIMATE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I AM GOING TO COME AT THE SUBJECT... |
| 00:39:39 |
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I CALL IT THE ROMANTIC LIFE OF AYN RAND AND OTHER ASPECTS OF HER LIFE IN MY MIND. MY LIFE AS A MAN.... |
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OKAY, THE QUESTION AWAY IN THE BACK, A MICROPHONE IS COMING AND ONE OF THE MICROPHONE IS GETTING THERE... |
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THE MANIFESTO OF INDIVIDUALISM WAS SOMETHING THAT RAND WROTE IMMEDIATELY AFTER HER FIRST PERIOD OF... |
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QUESTION IN THE BACK. |
| 00:43:40 |
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I WAS ONE OF THOSE 19-YEAR-OLDS THAT READ THE FOUNTAINHEAD AND THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY RATIONAL PERSON... |
| 00:44:14 |
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HOW DID SHE JUSTIFY THIS? THIS IS ONE REASON FOR THE TITLE OF MY BOOKS WITH PICKING UP ON THIS THEME... |
| 00:46:17 |
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THIS IS FOR JENNIFER BURNS. YOUR BOOK IS ABOUT HER IMPACT ON THE AMERICAN RIGHT. DID SHE HAVE ANY... |
| 00:46:29 |
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THERE'S A GREAT QUOTE FROM JANE ALPERT WHO READ THE FOUNTAINHEAD AND SAID SHE LEARNED FROM THE FOUNTAINHEAD... |
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I UNDERSTAND MOST OF HER PAPERS ARE IN THE AYN RAND ARCHIVES. KHANNA BOTH OF THE AUTHORS SAY SOMETHING... |
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LET ME BEGIN BECAUSE I WAS DENIED ACCESS TO THE AYN RAND PAPERS, SEPARATE FROM THE ARCHIVES AS LIKE... |
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SO I WAS GRANTED ACCESS. I WAS GRANTED ACCESS UNDER THE AGREEMENT AND BY SUNDAY RESEARCHERS AGREEMENT... |
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THOUGH IT WASN'T THE ONLY ONE. |
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GET THERE ARE MANY -- I THINK THE WHOLE THING IS IN MOTION AND IN PLAY AND I WAS HONESTLY VERY ANXIOUS... |
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LET ME SAY ONE MORE WORD ABOUT THAT. IF HE WERE A GRADUATE STUDENT WHEN YOU FIRST ASKED TO LOOK AT... |
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I THINK THAT'S TRUE. |
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A QUESTION ON THE AISLE AND THEN WE WILL TAKE ONE HERE. |
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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY IN THE NEW AMERICA'S FOUNDATION, AND I LIKE THE IMAGE AYN RAND AS A RELIGIOUS... |
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I WILL GIVE YOU ONE ANSWER BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE READ HER AT SUCH A YOUNG AND TENDER AGE I THINK... |
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DREW ME TO THIS PROJECT AM I WAS CONSIDERING IT IS NATHANIEL'S POST RAND CAREER... |
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WE WILL TAKE A QUESTION HERE AND THEN TAKE THE MICROPHONE AWAY IN THE BACK CORNER. |
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INTELLIGENCE FROM THE ATLAS SOCIETY. MY QUESTION FOR BOTH AUTHORS CONCERNS WHAT DO YOU SEE IN TERMS... |
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IT MAY BE A BENEFIT SHE HAS LESS CONTROL OVER THEM NOW AND THAT THE INHERITORS OF HER WORK SEEM TO... |
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MASON UNIVERSITY. WHAT CAN YOU SING ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TWO OTHER GREAT WOMEN OF HER ERA,... |
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THIS IS ACTUALLY A PET PROJECT OF MINE AND I ALMOST STOPPED WRITING ABOUT AYN RAND AND STARTED WRITING... |
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WHAT IS BILL PATERSON I THINK THEY HAD A LONG EPISTOLARY RELATIONSHIP, AND IT CAME DOWN TO THE FACT... |
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LET ME ASK A DOUBLE PRONGED FOLLOW-UP TO THAT QUESTION. FIRST IT'S MY IMPRESSION THAT RAND ISN'T MUCH... |
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FIRST OF ALL FEMINISTS TEND TO BE LIBERALS, AND I THINK THAT FEMINISM AND SOCIALISM SHARE SOME ASSUMPTIONS... |
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YEAH, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT RAND HAS BEEN -- FEMINISTS HAVE ADDRESSED HER. SUSAN BROWN CALLED HER... |
| 01:00:12 |
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ALRIGHT, I WILL TAKE A QUESTION FROM A WELL-KNOWN RANDIAN FEMINIST AROUND THE CORNER. |
| 01:00:21 |
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TWO THINGS. ONE, AS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE MUSEUM IN FACT WE TALKED TODAY ABOUT THE FACT RAND... |
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ONE COULD SAY SHE INSISTED ALL HER LIFE SHE WASN'T A LIBERTARIAN BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP US. [LAUGHTER]... |
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I'M WITH THE U.S. BILL OF RIGHTS FOUNDATION. GOING BACK TO BEING ALLOWED INTO THE ARCHIVES OF AYN... |
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IN FACT THE AYN RAND INSTITUTE WOULDN'T APPROVE OF EITHER OF OUR BOOKS THEY ARE PROBABLY GLAD TO HAVE... |
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I WOULD SAY, SO GREENSPAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE COLLECTIVE, WHICH WAS THE SMALL GROUP THAT GATHERED... |
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ANNE YOU INTERVIEWED A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR YOUR BOOK. YOU BEEN INTERVIEWED ALL THE JEWISH COUSINS IN... |
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THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO INTERVIEW AND COULD NOT. ONE WAS ELLEN GREENSPAN. I CONTACTED... |
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OKAY COME UP THERE AND A PURPLE SHIRT. |
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HI, WILL WILKINSON OF THE CATO INSTITUTE. JENNIFER BURNS, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT ONE POINT IN YOUR... |
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IS BRANDON THE PAULK TO AYN RAND'S JESUS? [LAUGHTER] |
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GOOD. |
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MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT RAND HAD A SYSTEM PRETTY MUCH SET, EVEN BEFORE SHE MET BRANDON. I MEAN THERE... |
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RIGHT THERE. IN THE BACK ROW THERE, AMY, THE BACK ROW OF THIS SECTION. |
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AL MILLIKEN, IT A.M. MEDIA. WHAT DID WHITAKER CHAMBERS CONSIDER THE WICKEDNESS OF ATLAS SHRUG WHEN... |
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DO YOU KNOW THE REAL WICKEDNESS WAS RAND ATHEISM WHICH WAS A HUGE PREOCCUPATION OF CHAMBERS. HE HAD... |
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I WOULD ONLY ADD TO THAT THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE READ "ATLAS SHRUGGED" IN CONFUSE THE TONE OF VOICE,... |
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RIGHT HERE. |
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THIS IS A QUESTION AIMED PRIMARILY FORD JENNIFER BURNS. I READ YOUR BOOK IN THE I FOUND IT EXTREMELY... |
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I DO THINK THAT CAPITALISM COMMITMENT TO MARKETS REMAIN THE FUNDAMENTAL STUMBLING BLOCK. ROTH BART... |
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OKAY I'M GOING TO TAKE THE LAST QUESTION RIGHT HERE. |
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I WAS READING "THE NEW YORK TIMES" BOOK REVIEW AND ONE THING STRUCK ME, WHERE THE WRITER SAYS THAT... |
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WHAT ARE YOUR RECREEPED-- REPEAT THAT QUESTION? |
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THE AUTHOR OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES" BOOK REVIEW ON YOUR BOOK TALKS ABOUT HOW RAND GAVE UP 7 CENTS FOR... |
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I AGREE. IT IS THEY WERE BOOK REVIEWER WHO UNDERSTAND RAND. [LAUGHTER] IN MY EXPERIENCE. SHE WAS... |
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ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO CALL THINGS TO A CLOSE HERE. I WANT TO THANK JENNIFER BURNS, AUTHOR OF GODDESS... |
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JENNIFER BURNS IS A HISTORY PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. ANNE HELLER IS THE FORMER EXECUTIVE... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
