Live Aug 22, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show
(Season 12, Episode 142)
AMA & Hangout with Contributors (Aug 2026) | Yaron Brook Show
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No topic. No script. No filter. Once a month, Yaron Brook opens the mic to the people who fund the show and lets them ask anything — geopolitics, philosophy, current events, or "Yaron, was I wrong to argue with my brother-in-law about tariffs at dinner." This is that episode.There's no guest, no prepared topic, and no safe question in this one. This is the monthly AMA & Hangout — contributors only get to run the show, and Yaron Brook answers live, unfiltered, on whatever's actually on their minds this week.
Expect the format to jump: a philosophical question about Objectivism one minute, a hot take on that day's headlines the next, then straight into someone's personal dilemma about applying rational self-interest in real life. No teleprompter. No do-overs. Just direct answers from someone who's spent 30 years defending capitalism and doesn't flinch from a hard question.
If you want to see how Yaron thinks in real time — not the polished monologue, the actual reasoning — this is the episode to watch.
Timestamps
00:00 — Cold open: why the AMA format exists and what makes it different from a normal show
05:20 — Housekeeping: contributor shoutouts and how to submit future questions
09:45 — 🎤 "What's the one position you've changed your mind on in the last year, and why?"
18:30 — 🎤 "Is there a moral case for voting third-party, or is that just moral posturing?"
27:10 — 🎤 "How do you defend capitalism to someone who thinks it's already failed them personally?"
36:00 — 🎤 "Where do you draw the line between healthy self-interest and being a jerk?"
45:15 — 🎤 "What's a philosophical idea you think is badly misunderstood even by people who agree with you?"
54:40 — 🎤 "If you were 22 again, what would you actually do differently?"
1:03:20 — 🎤 Rapid-fire: current events lightning round
1:12:00 — 🎤 "What keeps you optimistic about the culture right now, if anything?"
1:20:30 — Closing thoughts and what's coming next on the show
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Yaron is the executive chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute and a world class speaker. He is the coauthor of the national best-seller
Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government,
Equal is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality and
In Pursuit of Wealth: The Moral Case for Finance. He speaks around the world on a variety of topics including the morality of capitalism, Ayn Rand and her philosophy, finance and economics, and the value of inequality.
