Webinars & Discussions

Live Interviews & Discussions

What started out of necessity, when lockdowns put the brakes on our travel schedule, The Atlas Society

Asks live webinars have continued consistently

every single week. We celebrated the milestone of our 100th episode with a special “Scholars Ask Scholars” interview of our founder, David Kelley, Ph.D by our Senior Scholar, Richard Salsman, Ph.D.

With as many as 180,000 viewers per episode, every week we invite entrepreneurs, economists, philosophers, artists, authors and other great minds to share their insights and take live audience questions. Recent guests include Gad Saad, Alan Dershowitz, Peter Diamandis, Blackwater founder Erik Prince, Dr. Scott Atlas, MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor, Bob Poole, Art Laffer and Steve Forbes.

The Atlas Society Asks is live streamed to viewers across Zoom, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter. The programs are also shared on all major podcast platforms, and we transcribe select episodes for our website.

What Viewers Are Saying:

“Major intellectual discussion, compared to what’s going on in the rest of the country. But not just comparative, these guys are top notch thinkers that I admire greatly. Heroes for our time.” – Mike H.

“Splendid discussion with a passionate advocate for our freedom. Thank you.” – Mark Z.

“We were so impressed with JAG’s command and performance with Kmele Foster. It is such a pleasure to witness ...The Atlas Society’s evolution.” – Jeff D.

“The interview was awesome. Jennifer’s questions were spot on, and Dr. Atlas’ dedication to data and common sense came through loud and clear. I made a (small) donation shortly thereafter, I was so inspired. Thank you for bringing a fresh perspective and a ray of hope that this pandemic insanity may soon end.” – Greg S.

What Guests Are Saying:

“I think investing in The Atlas Society is a great expenditure. We need to use our resources to back principled decisions because civilizations are at stake.” – Jeffrey Tucker

“It was my pleasure to join you for a wonderful conversation with Richard! Thanks again for hosting me and for sending these links for me to share with family and friends who could not attend.”

– Carrie-Ann Biondi

“Thanks for having me on the show. It was really great. You’re a fantastic interviewer.” – Ashley Rindsberg

Monthly Current Events Panels with Our Scholars

Inflation, school shootings, Ukraine, Roe vs. Wade—the events that dominate news headlines are frequently debated from a partisan perspective, but rarely illuminated from a philosophical, much less Objectivist point of view.

That’s where The Atlas Society faculty comes in, as each month they come together to deconstruct false narratives and move beyond the sound bites to provide deeper analysis and discussion. With over 3,000 podcast downloads and 45,000 views across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter, we’re growing a dedicated audience of viewers and listeners who are tuning out the noise and tuning in the signal when it comes to the philosophical principles underlying the stories of the day.

Current Events Testimonial:

“Spectacular! Data-driven, factual, deeply and scrupulously researched. AND wellpresented in the sense of engaging and tightly scripted. Great stuff.” – Michael M. “Richard’s interview with David is an uplifting and substantive reflection on what David founded and what we’re building together.” – Jay Lapeyre

Live Interviews & Discussions (Cont.)

Clubhouse

We’ve joined the club—and you’re invited. Clubhouse is a phone-only social media platform based on voice chat where people around the world come together to talk, listen, and learn from each other in real-time. We joined the Clubhouse platform in the summer of 2021 to give people the opportunity to interact with our faculty on various topics related to philosophy, Objectivism, current events, and more.

An increasingly international audience is flocking to our multiple Clubhouse events each week, thrilled by the opportunity to pose questions to some of the most brilliant philosophical minds today. Recent popular discussions include:

• David Kelley’s “Facts vs. Opinion” • Stephen Hicks’ “Ask Me Anything About Philosophy,” • Jason Hill’s “Ayn Rand and Sex Parts 1 and 2” • Richard Salsman’s “Distinguishing Four Types of Reality” • Robert Tracinski’s “What Drives History?”

Engagement:

These live discussions have been downloaded as a Podcast over 8,000 times and see an average of 70 total visitors during the chats! Testimonials:

“The more wide-open Ask Me Anything Clubhouse discussions have felt like a 21st-century coffeehouse conversation, with participants from all over the world asking the big questions about philosophy and especially Objectivism’s unique answers to them.” – Stephen Hicks, Ph.D

“After a year of frustration on Clubhouse, unable to find not only scholarly, but inclusive philosophy clubs and rooms, I finally found the regularly scheduled, on-time, consistent and fascinating philosophy rooms. Jennifer and her statured panel of captivating A.S. fellows are doing a wonderful thing for humanity in these rooms… that have made me enjoy Clubhouse again.” – Juan Pablo Santis