Today we kick off "Rand's Day" with our "resident Philosopher" James Valliant. We discuss Miss Rand's legacy and artistic value as both a novelist and a philosopher.

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

• We The Living
• We The Living (film)
• The Fountainhead
• Romantic realism
• Atlas Shrugged
• For The New Intellectual
• Faith and Force
• The Virtue of Selfishness
• Nietzsche’s Influence on “The Fountainhead”
• Ayn Rand Contra Nietzsche
• Ayn Rand’s Evolving View of Friedrich Nietzsche
• The Passion of Ayn Rand's Critics: The Case Against the Brandens
• Ayn Rand: The Playboy Interview (Singles Classic) (50 Years of the Playboy Interview)
• Randsday
• "Celebrate Randsday, February 2nd. Give yourself a gift." - Ayn Rand Myths dot com

Episode 41 (51 minutes) was recorded at 10 PM CET, on January 13, 2022, with Ringr app.. Editing and post-production was done with the podcast maker, Alitu. Transcript is provided by Veed.io.

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