In addition to selected recordings of Ayn Rand and her works, this page features a selection of video and audio recordings featuring Ayn Rand Institute speakers and affiliated authors. These presentations apply Ayn Rand’s philosophical ideas to a variety of current topics. For video and audio commentary on current events, please visit the Video & Audio page of the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights. For more recordings on dozens of topics, visitors may browse the Ayn Rand Bookstore.

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Introduction to Objectivism

Dr. Leonard Peikoff gives a brief introduction to the philosophy of Objectivism.

The Ayn Rand Multimedia Library

Recordings presented through the generosity of the Estate of Ayn Rand, hosted in the Registered Users area of this site.

Ayn Rand’s Fiction

Listen to selected excerpts from Ayn Rand’s works of fiction.

Ayn Rand’s Nonfiction

Listen to selected excerpts from Ayn Rand’s nonfiction works.

Celebrating Fifty Years of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged

This discussion was delivered by OAC faculty at the APEE 2007 conference, held in Cancun, Mexico, in April, 2007. See the right-hand menu of our OAC page for the playback link.

Hosted on ARI-related sites

About Ayn Rand

My Thirty Years with Ayn Rand: An Intellectual Memoir, by Leonard Peikoff

Dr. Peikoff offers moving insights into the real Ayn Rand—the thinker, the artist, the teacher, the passionate valuer of the best within man.

Ayn Rand’s Life: Highlights and Sidelights, by Harry Binswanger (excerpt recording)

This lecture excerpt portrays the essence of a world-historical figure who lived life with the passionate intensity and full consciousness of her greatest fictional heroes.

About Facets of Ayn Rand by Mary Ann Sures (with Leonard Peikoff)

A moving presentation by Mary Ann Sures and Leonard Peikoff on Facets of Ayn Rand.

Centenary Reminiscences of Ayn Rand, by Leonard Peikoff

In this delightful presentation Leonard Peikoff recounts a variety of anecdotes, both serious and humorous, from his longtime association with Ayn Rand and her husband, Frank O’Connor. Part monologue, part question period, this presentation was recorded live at a 2005 banquet commemorating the centenary of Ayn Rand’s birth.

New York Centenary Reminiscences of Ayn Rand, by Harry Binswanger and Allan Gotthelf

In an informal talk at ARI’s Ayn Rand Centenary celebration in New York City, Harry Binswanger and Allan Gotthelf reminisce about personal experiences each had with Ayn Rand, focusing on incidents that illustrate her character and personality.

Ayn Rand and the Atlas Shrugged Years: Reminiscences and Recollections, by Mary Ann Sures (with Harry Binswanger)

Mary Ann Sures relates her experiences—from the humorous to the inspiring—as typist of the Atlas Shrugged manuscript, working in Ayn Rand’s apartment. Harry Binswanger presents Ayn Rand’s own fascinating recollections—taken from her biographical interviews—of this period in her life.

About Atlas Shrugged

The Spirit of Francisco, by Shoshana Milgram

Shoshana Milgram discusses the creative process that led to Ayn Rand’s portrayal of Francisco D’Anconia.

A Study of Galt’s Speech, by Onkar Ghate

This lecture course studies Galt’s Speech and integrates it with the rest of the story in Atlas Shrugged. Ghate offers an illuminating breakdown of its component parts and shows why each is essential to the novel. He considers how its abstract philosophical points explain events in the story. Finally, since Galt’s Speech is Ayn Rand’s most carefully crafted statement of Objectivism, Ghate examines her precise formulations on such questions as: why altruism is the morality of death, and why evasion is the root of evil.

Discussion of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged: Chapter by Chapter, by Onkar Ghate

A chapter-by-chapter discussion of Ayn Rand’s masterpiece.

Writing and Re-Writing Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Mind at Work, by Dr. Shoshana Milgram

Audio lecture based on archival research done in the Library of Congress and the Ayn Rand archives.

About The Fountainhead

Video course on The Fountainhead, by Dr. Andrew Bernstein

Hosted at aynrandnovels.com, this six-part video course examines the essential literary and philosophical elements of The Fountainhead.

Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead: Understanding and Teaching a Modern Classic, by Shoshana Milgram

In her course, instructor Shoshana Milgram, Associate Professor of English at Virginia Tech, will present some of what she has learned from many years of teaching The Fountainhead in courses on American Literature, Freshman Writing, and other areas.

Hosted on other sites

Interview with Yaron Brook

Luis Figueroa of Guatemala’s Universidad Francisco Marroquin interviews Yaron Brook on the nature of capitalism. Hosted by YouTube.

“Atlas Shrugged: Its Influence after Fifty Years”

A talk delivered by Yaron Brook on October 11, 2007, at the Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Atlas Shrugged. Hosted on the UFM Web site.

Ayn Rand: Radical for Capitalism

This is a talk delivered by Dr. Yaron Brook on October 11, 2007, at the Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Atlas Shrugged. Hosted on the UFM Web site.