Podcasts that mention 📚 Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

I think this is right out of Atlas Shrugged, where if you've ever read that book that begins with like a train wreck that, in that case, kills a lot of people.

The hosts are discussing a recent train derailment and its lack of media coverage. One of the hosts suggests it's similar to a scene in 'Atlas Shrugged', a book that famously begins with a deadly train wreck.

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But can we stay in the mythic register with "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged?"

Lex Fridman asks about memorable moments from Ayn Rand's novels 'The Fountainhead' and 'Atlas Shrugged'.

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i read it in high school i read the fountainhead in high school and atlas shrugged but that's at this point

Sean Kelly mentions reading Ayn Rand's book "Atlas Shrugged" in high school.

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as a side note let me say that I first read Atlas Shrugged and the Fountain Head early in college along with many other literary and philosophical works from n haiger Kant lock Fuko wienstein and of course all the great existentialists from kard to kamu

The host mentions reading this book by Ayn Rand in college.

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if and if you read atlas shrug before reading the fountain head you're doing yourself an enormous disservice don't you dare do it on the philosophical

The guest mentions 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand, advising listeners to read 'The Fountainhead' first.

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I think back to like my days in college and I was reading my favorite book, which is Atlas Shrugged. And my my favorite character in Atlas Shrugged is this guy Hank Rearen, uh, who is this sort of combination business technology hero.

The guest mentions 'Atlas Shrugged' as his favorite book from college and discusses a character from it.

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back in 2019 a real life character straight out of Atlas Shrugged passed away

The host compares David Koch to a character from the book 'Atlas Shrugged'.

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where in um you know Atlas shrugged the the bad people are all the people who imitate they're the secondhanders

Peter Thiel mentions the book "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand as an example in his discussion about imitation and mimetic theory, contrasting Rand's view with Gerard's.

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I will admit that I've never read "Atlas Shrugged", I've never finished it. I've watched the movies, which I enjoyed (laughing) and I know the basic plot, and I kind of liked the idea of Gulch-Gulch

Nick Gillespie mentions the book "Atlas Shrugged", admitting he hasn't read it but knows the plot from the movies.

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I remember when objectivism was on the rise when I was at Pepperdine. I mentioned everybody read "Atlas Shrugged," right?

The guest mentions this book was widely read when he was in college, associated with the rise of objectivism.

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and then the last decade it's it's in many ways felt you know much more correct it was you know there's a in an Atlas Shrugged there's a the trying to find who you know who is John Galt

The guest references Ayn Rand's book 'Atlas Shrugged' and a specific element ('who is John Galt') to illustrate a point about societal decline.

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so I was reading Atlas Shrugged because he said we got the shrugged not because some political guy did

Larry Sharp mentions reading this book because Robert Ringer recommended it, indicating it was part of his intellectual journey towards libertarianism.

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and of course in that journey that I was telling you about where I had to find my own identity reading Atlas Shrugged was really the pillar of strength and helped me identify my own sense of life

The guest, Rajshree Agarwal, describes reading "Atlas Shrugged" as a significant event in her personal journey of self-discovery and identity formation.

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Well this goes to we've got a little Atlas Shrugged here right

Dave Rubin references the book Atlas Shrugged when discussing the responsibility for infrastructure like roads.

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but I could I could see where the outcome of that's like eff it Atlas Shrugged I'm out

Speaker mentions 'Atlas Shrugged' as a potential outcome or mindset for young people feeling alienated.

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the general idea is um Galt Gulch the powerful Elites basically leave let's let the system rot because it's gone astray and people want stupid things and then the people who are productive dip out

Ian references the concept of Galt's Gulch from Atlas Shrugged to describe productive people leaving a failing system.

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has ian ever read atlas shrugged I feel like a lot of the questions he asks are mirrored by situations in that book

A listener asks if Ian has read the book and notes similarities to his questions.

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you read atlas shrugged and like changed your life oh yeah the fountainhead really changed my life when i first read that And then atlas shrugged it's like that on steroids

Rucka Rucka Ali mentions reading 'Atlas Shrugged' and how it impacted him.

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so there's also atlas shrugged and then you know the the geographical atlas

One of the hosts mentions the book Atlas Shrugged in relation to the name Atlas.

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and now there's even a photo going around with one of the soldiers laying down and reading atlas shrugged inside of the capitol

A photo circulating on social media shows a soldier reading 'Atlas Shrugged' inside the Capitol building.

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what do you think about rand objectivism atlas shrugged

The speaker asks about the book 'Atlas Shrugged' in relation to Ayn Rand's philosophy of objectivism.

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