Clubhouse Chats

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski where he will discuss a key conservative objection to Objectivism stating that it is impossible to have morality without a religious foundation. Join us as Tracinski answers: Can we be good without God? and What is Ayn Rand’s argument for secular morality?

Join our founder, Dr. David Kelley where he will discuss how Objectivity is fundamental to Objectivism but it seems to be an increasingly scarce commodity. What are threats to objectivity and how can individuals improve the objectivity with which they approach contentious topics?

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski where he will discuss the threat of “woke” conformity, causing some to want to bring in politicians to have someone “on our side.” Why shouldn’t we bring government into the culture wars?

Join our Senior Scholar and Professor of economics at Duke, Dr. Richard Salsman for "Distinguishing Four Types of Equality" where he will tackle the question of "What is Equality?" and four schools of thought on the matter.

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for "The Problem of Expertise" where he will ask: How does a non-expert figure out how to rely on the advice of experts? How do we figure out who is a "real" expert and who isn't? How can we be "independent thinkers" if we have to rely on the knowledge of others?

Join Senior Scholar Jason Hill for Part 1 of a special 2-Part Clubhouse series exploring Ayn Rand and the Philosophy of Sex.

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for a special "Ask Me Anything" where Tracinski takes questions from our audience and over 63K Instagram followers on Objectivism, foreign policy, politics, culture, and music.

Join Senior Scholar and Professor of economics at Duke, Dr. Richard Salsman for a special "Ask Me Anything" event where Dr. Salsman answers your questions on Objectivism, monetary policy, politics, and more.

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski for his topic "The Ethics of Protest" where he will discuss: When is political power justified, and what kind of protest is justified in response to what kind of grievance? Is there a principled answer, and what are the principles behind it?

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman and Senior Scholar Dr. Jason Hill for a special "Ask Me Anything" discussion where Professor Hill will be fielding questions from the audience and choosing a few questions submitted every week by our over 63,000 followers on Instagram.

Join our founder, Dr. David Kelley for a special "Ask Me Anything" discussion where David Kelley will be taking questions from YOU and our 63K Instagram followers on philosophy, politics, Objectivism, and more.

Join Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski as he presents “The Pandemic: Is There Any End in Sight?” where he will talk about the receding Omicron wave and ask: Is the COVID pandemic finally ending? What does an end to the pandemic even look like? What should be dismantled, and what should we have done better?

Join our Senior Scholar and Professor of economics at Duke, Dr. Richard Salsman for "Is Objectivism a religion" where he will discuss faith vs reason, dogmatism vs skepticism, and closed vs open Objectivism. Be sure to join in with your questions and thoughts as Salsman also discusses Ayn Rand on atheism and religion as a "primitive form of philosophy."

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman and Senior Scholar Dr. Jason Hill for a special "Ask Me Anything" discussion where Professor Hill will be fielding questions from the audience and choosing a few questions submitted every week by our over 63,000 followers on Instagram.

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski as he presents “Is ‘Wokeness’ Overblown?” and discusses how some who acknowledge the problems with "wokeness" also argue that its threat has been overblown and that it is not as common or dominant as its critics claim. Listen as Tracinski explores this perspective and whether or not that seems to be the case.

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski as he presents "What is Human Nature?" and covers the questions: What is "human nature"? Is it the opposite of having a "blank slate"? Does it doom us to barbarism or irrationality? Is it something that has to be, or can be, overcome? And why does it matter?

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman and our founder, David Kelley, Ph.D. as they discuss the distinction between “Facts vs. Opinion” at an epistemological level.

Join our Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski presents for “Enlightened Self-Interest,” where he will define “enlightened self-interest” and why we should defend it.

Join CEO Jennifer Grossman and Senior Scholar Richard Salsman, Ph.D. to ponder: “Are Price Controls Coming?” Don’t miss Dr. Salsman’s account of how the government resorted to price controls in the 1970s and his estimate of whether it will do so again.

Join our Senior Fellow, Robert Tracinski, for “A European Solution to Our School Wars,” where he proposes how a European model of school choice could address the intensifying battle over political “indoctrination” in our schools.