In this episode of The Yaron Brook Show, originally airing on May 21, 2016, guest host Elan Journo, ARI fellow and author of Winning the Unwinnable War: America’s Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism, discusses:

• The need for new intellectuals

• The Objectivist Academic Center’s role in training new intellectuals

• Why “radicalization” is an improper conceptualization of the cause of terrorism

• The value in recognizing the good in the world and celebrating its root: reason and freedom

• Some highlights of Objectivist Summer Conference 2016

Guest caller is ARI’s vice president of educational programs, Keith Lockitch.

Other resources:

• “Intellectuals” — Ayn Rand Lexicon

• Objectivist Summer Conferences 2016

• The Foundations of Knowledge (OCON 2016)

• Spiritual Fuel: Appreciating Various Forms of Art (OCON 2016)

• “Is Ayn Rand a Writer of Didactic Fiction?” by Onkar Ghate

• The Equal Is Unfair quiz contest