https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGvQj376Uw

Podcast audio:

The 2025 Objectivist Summer Conference, held in Boston, Massachusetts, wrapped up two weeks ago, and now you can get a taste of the wide range of topics and speakers featured at the event in a new highlights video.

The compilation includes clips from the following talks:

“What is Western Civilization?” by Yaron Brook;

“Revolutionary Constitutionalism” by C. Bradley Thompson;

“Enlightenment on Trial: The Real Lessons of the American and French Revolutions” by Don Watkins;

“Saving the Enlightenment” by Onkar Ghate;

“The Road to Fascism (And Are We on It?)” by Nikos Sotirakopoulos;

“Immigration Enforcement and the Betrayal of Due Process” by Agustina Vergara Cid;

“Principles of a Proper Foreign Policy” by Peter Schwartz;

“America Should Declare Independence from Altruism” by Ben Bayer;

“Conceiving Values” by Greg Salmieri.

In addition, we have published two full-length lectures from the conference: Tal Tsfany’s annual address to ARI supporters, covering the Institute’s progress over the past year and its plans for the future; and Ben Bayer’s Independence Day talk, “America Should Declare Independence from Altruism.”