Yaron Brook Show

Live January 22, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show
Season 12, Episode 17
Zelensky; Board of Peace; Gaza; Iran; Trump's FMs; Jack Smith; Interest Rates | Yaron Brook Show

“Strongmen, Free Speech, and the Road to Tyranny: From Zelensky to Trump”

Is the world drifting toward strongman rule—and cheering it on?

From Zelensky’s moral clarity to Trump’s flirtation with dictatorship, this episode of The Yaron Brook Show dives head-first into the collapse of liberal values, the rise of authoritarian instincts, and the intellectual confusion poisoning global politics.

Yaron takes on the so-called “Board of Peace,” the moral catastrophe in Gaza, Iran’s growing threat, and the dangerous erosion of free speech and free markets—while answering hard-hitting live questions about Trump, intelligence vs. cunning, international law, ICE raids, and whether America could slide into dictatorship or theocracy.

If you care about individual rights, moral clarity, and the future of freedom, this is a must-watch.

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⏱️ TOPIC TIMESTAMPS
03:40 Zelensky: Moral clarity in an immoral world
16:05 The “Board of Peace” & the fantasy of global governance
24:00 Gaza: Moral evasion and the war on reality
35:55 Iran: Appeasement, force, and Western weakness
44:35 Free speech under pressure—Left & Right
54:15 Jack Smith, Trump, and the mob-boss model of power
1:06:50 Emily Schrader on Israel, culture, and moral courage
1:39:30 Trump’s “Free Markets”: Rhetoric vs. reality

💬 LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS 
1:12:40 Is it possible to win two elections without real intelligence—or is it just luck?
1:16:58 China’s quiet takeover of Iceland: coincidence or strategy?
1:18:49 Trump, Hitler, and the danger of popular tyrants. Why people ignore dictators when they tell you exactly who they are 
1:20:44 Ayn Rand, protests, and the morality of blocking public roads
1:22:59 Smart vs. intelligent: what actually matters?
1:26:10 Could Trump use force to stay in power? What are the warning signs?
1:29:04 Could America become a Christian theocracy?
1:34:00 If Yaron were president: how to secure Ukraine’s victory—without nukes
1:46:46 If ICE enters your home without a warrant—what are your moral rights?
1:47:15 How ordinary people rationalize state violence done “in their name”
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📺  Live January 21, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show
Season 12, Episode 16
Davos -- Greenland, EU, European Defense, Ukraine, Iran; Fed & SCOTUS | Yaron Brook Show

Davos Delusions: Greenland Grabs, EU Power Plays, Trump’s Whiplash & the Collapse of Western Resolve

The global elites gathered in Davos—but are they steering the world… or running it straight into the ground?

In this explosive episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron cuts through the Davos fog to expose the real meaning behind Greenland geopolitics, EU centralization, European defense fantasies, Trump’s erratic foreign policy, Iran, Ukraine, and the growing rot at the heart of Western civilization. From the cult of political strongmen to the moral vacuum driving today’s global institutions, this is a no-holds-barred analysis you won’t hear anywhere else.

Is Europe serious about defending itself—or outsourcing responsibility while expanding bureaucracy?
Is Trump a dealmaker… or a bully who folds the moment he’s challenged?
And is Islamism merely a symptom—or the consequence of a civilization that’s lost confidence in its own values?

💥 Add in fiery live audience questions on Trump’s cult following, international law, economic controls, white supremacist rallies, and whether Western civilization is already finished—and this episode becomes essential viewing.

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⏱️ TOPIC TIMESTAMPS
02:00 – Greenland & Global Power Politics
10:12 – EU INC Proposal: When Bureaucrats Borrow Yaron Brook Ideas
11:30 – The EU: Centralization vs. Sovereignty
16:00 – European Defense: Reality or Fantasy?
27:10 – Trump’s Davos Speech: A Masterclass in Whiplash
38:50 – Iran: Appeasement, Confusion, or Strategy?
53:35 – Ukraine & the Moral Failure of the West
55:55 – The Fed, SCOTUS & Economic Manipulation
1:00:20 – Lutnick at Davos
1:09:10 – Why Islamism Is the Problem

💬 LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
1:15:05 – Can love really defeat evil? Where MLK gets it wrong
1:17:42 – Do elites need the Islamist threat to stay in power?
1:20:38 – If Trump flips on Greenland, will Iran be next?
1:23:36 – Sherman or Patton: who had the right moral clarity?
1:25:41 – Should “efficient” EU-style governance be the goal?
1:27:17 – Is Western civilization already over?
1:28:02 – Why does Trump inspire cult-like devotion?
1:31:39 – The real economic damage of Trump’s credit card caps
1:35:05 – Was LBJ a thug—and how does that compare to Trump?
1:37:01 – Should international law override U.S. law?
1:38:49 – White supremacist rallies & moral collapse
1:40:52 – Is insider trading driving Trump-era policy swings?
1:45:42 – Rand vs. the post-WWII world order
1:47:53 – Could Trump invade the wrong island?

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📺  Live January 20, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show
Season 12, Episode 15
A New World Order – Greenland, EU, Russia, China, ME, The Dollar, & Trade | Yaron Brook Show

Global Chaos or Capitalist Order? Trump, Tariffs, and the Fight for the Free World

The world order is cracking—and no one wants to admit why.

From Greenland and NATO to China, Russia, the Middle East, tariffs, AI, and the fate of the U.S. dollar, this episode takes on the geopolitical earthquake reshaping global power. Are we witnessing the collapse of American leadership—or its reckless reinvention?

In this episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron delivers a no-nonsense, philosophically grounded analysis of the emerging “New World Order,” cutting through media hysteria and nationalist fantasies to expose what’s really driving today’s global instability.

🔥 Trump’s tariffs.
🔥 Trade wars and market crashes.
🔥 NATO, Europe, and military responsibility.
🔥 Imperialism vs. Americanism.
🔥 AI growth masking economic damage.
🔥 China, Russia, and the illusion of strength.

The second half features hard-hitting live audience questions—from Enlightenment philosophy and Objectivism to Trump’s psychology, imperial ambition, and whether constitutional government itself is being discredited in real time.

If you care about freedom, capitalism, and Western civilization, this is a must-watch.

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⏱️Timestamps
🌍 Main Topic 
00:50 A New World Order – Greenland, EU, Russia, China, Middle East, the Dollar & Trade

💬 Live Audience Questions
52:29 Does inconsistent show timing hurt SuperChat revenue?
58:10 Can the Enlightenment survive without universities?
59:50 If Trump were a Navy captain, would he be ruled unfit?
1:01:26 Why does Trump treat Russia better than NATO allies?
1:03:22 Do tariff threats directly tank markets—and can courts stop them?
1:04:53 Is Trump miserable—or addicted to chaos and attention?
1:06:35 Will Wall Street rein Trump in to protect markets and Greenland?
1:06:58 Did voters underestimate how radical Trump would be?
1:07:38 Europe should pay more—how can it rebuild American trust?
1:10:16 Does NATO actually make the world safer—and richer?
1:11:51 Is AI growth masking the real damage of tariffs?
1:15:57 Is “wokeness” preferable to imperialism and ICE authoritarianism?
1:16:42 Has Trump discredited constitutional government itself?
1:17:58 How do you morally cope with leaders who cause mass harm?
1:19:17 Trump’s prescription drug plan—real reform or populism?
1:20:51 Why wasn’t Greenland handled through NATO cooperation?
1:21:34 Is Americanism visibly dying?
1:21:59 Trump’s “Greater America” AI image—authoritarian symbolism?
1:23:19 Is Ayn Rand really “for teenagers”?
1:24:56 Is Trump textbook primacy of consciousness?
1:25:21 How do you promote Rand on hostile campuses today?
1:26:38 Bring Scott McDonald back to discuss China?
1:26:58 Crypto memecoins and impeachable offenses?
1:27:39 Does Trump worship strength—or just its appearance?
1:28:16 Rand on intellectual honesty vs. modern politics
1:29:20 Original sin, Judaism, and Christianity explained
1:32:26 See pinned comment for additional questions

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📺  Live January 19, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show
Season 12, Episode 14
Greenland; Board of Peace; Syria & ISIS; Canada; Army-Navy; ICE | Yaron Brook Show

Greenland Grabs, ICE Raids & the Collapse of Sovereignty — The West at a Breaking Point

The world is shifting fast—and not in a good direction.

From Greenland’s strategic importance to the rise of a so-called “Board of Peace,” from Syria and ISIS to ICE raids, Canada’s alliances, and America’s moral collapse, this episode of The Yaron Brook Show takes no prisoners.

Yaron Brook cuts through the propaganda and exposes the ideas driving today’s chaos:
authoritarianism disguised as order, nationalism without individual rights, and a West unsure whether it even wants to survive.

If you’re tired of evasions, tribalism, and moral cowardice—this episode is for you.

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⏱️ TOPIC TIMESTAMPS
02:00 – 🇬🇱 Greenland: Why the Arctic suddenly matters—and what’s really at stake
36:05 – ☮️ The “Board of Peace”: Moral fraud or dangerous fantasy?
48:50 – 💣 Syria & ISIS: What happens when evil is tolerated
1:04:55 – 🇨🇦 Canada: Sovereignty, China, and moral compromise
1:10:10 – ⚔️ Army–Navy: Militaries, masculinity, and national purpose
1:13:50 – 🚨 ICE: Law enforcement or authoritarian theater?

💬 LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS 
1:33:39 – Is the Trump administration losing public support—or doubling down on authoritarianism?
1:35:22 – Rand’s warning: Is America being morally devoured by global altruism?
1:36:31 – From Wozniak to Microsoft: What antitrust really destroys
1:38:00 – Is sovereignty defined by borders—or by individual rights?
1:43:59 – Canada & China: Strategic alliance or national self-betrayal?
1:45:25 – ICE, enchiladas, and the absurdity of power
1:46:43 – Healing after betrayal: Can philosophy guide personal recovery?
1:47:28 – Is the 25th Amendment inevitable?
1:48:35 – Should Objectivists act—or focus purely on ideas?
1:49:35 – Trump, Hitler, and the danger of false comparisons
1:50:07 – When antisemitism explodes, is society already dying?
1:50:57 – Supreme Court delays: Division, pressure, or political fear?
1:52:02 – What replaces masculinity when it’s demonized?
1:53:22 – Jason Rheins vs. Trump: Will it happen?
1:54:50 – Was Hitler more popular than Trump early on?
1:55:19 – Sisu and WWII Finland: Who really stood where?
1:55:55 – Can Republicans survive politically after alienating Hispanics?
1:56:20 – GoFundMe, ICE, and moral inversion
1:56:37 – Goebbels then, Stephen Miller now?
1:57:11 – IDF marching: Does it matter?
1:57:46 – Mark Carney & Qatar: Canada’s next compromise
1:58:10 – Is sovereign immunity morally defensible?
1:59:08 – Do syllogisms still matter in modern thinking?
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📺  Live January 19, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show Interviews
Bonus Episode
Conversation with Jared Rhoads, Reinier Schuur, Colleen Smith - Health Care in US | Yaron Brook Show

“Why U.S. Healthcare Is Broken — and How Freedom, Prices, and Markets Could Fix It”

America spends more on healthcare than any nation on earth—yet patients are frustrated, doctors are trapped, and costs keep exploding. Why?

In this no-holds-barred bonus episode, Yaron Brook sits down with Jared Rhoads, Reinier Schuur, and Colleen Smith to dismantle the biggest myths about U.S. healthcare and expose the real culprits: regulation, distorted incentives, and the absence of real prices.

From price transparency and HSAs to concierge medicine, Medicare reform, and lab-grown organs, this conversation challenges everything you’ve been told about healthcare “solutions.” If you think more government control will fix medicine—this episode will make you think again.

👇 WATCH. SHARE. CHALLENGE THE CONSENSUS.
🔗 Episode Link: https://youtube.com/live/QVh6KomxXmQ

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS – MAIN DISCUSSION
0:00 – Introduction & overview with healthcare reform experts
1:02 – Reinier Schuur on AFCAM, health policy conferences, and reform strategy
1:59 – Meet Colleen Smith & Jared Rhoads: running a think tank against the grain
5:11 – Launching the Center for Modern Health: goals and vision
10:14 – How to engage the public on health policy (and why it’s so hard)
17:33 – Cultural expectations, entitlement, and America’s healthcare mindset
26:17 – Big-picture healthcare reform & the role of HSAs
33:28 – Price transparency myths—and why Americans misunderstand healthcare
41:07 – Free markets vs. regulatory strangulation in medicine
49:47 – Public vs. private healthcare: Medicare, hybrids, and hard tradeoffs
55:19 – Long-term insurance & serious proposals to fix Medicare
1:01:26 – The crisis facing rural & suburban healthcare clinics

🎤 LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
1:03:17 – Why is it so hard for healthcare systems to operate profitably today?
1:17:22 – Is concierge medicine growing—or has it hit a ceiling?
1:22:57 – Without government, what payer model actually works for doctors & hospitals?
1:30:41 – Robotics vs. lab-grown organs: what’s the future of limb & organ replacement?
1:33:57 – Is “free healthcare” just another word for enslaving doctors?
1:35:35 – Do rigid clinical guidelines undermine real medical innovation?
1:39:28 – “Real markets and real prices would fix healthcare”—is that true?
1:39:41 – Are high healthcare costs driven by supply, demand, or both?
1:41:09 – Is Joint Commission accreditation helping—or hurting—medicine?
1:46:24 – Will taking Social Security affect future healthcare coverage?
1:47:10 – Is Trump actually deregulating healthcare?
1:51:45 – Will seniors eventually be forced to pay retail for care?
1:53:18 – Why do Americans think U.S. healthcare is “capitalist”?
1:56:44 – How can patients choose the right concierge or cash-pay doctor?
1:57:53 – Are Certificates of Need finally on the chopping block?
2:01:44 – Healthcare in China: what’s better, what’s worse?
2:03:47 – Why do concierge doctors warn against Medicare Advantage?

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The Yaron Brook Show
📺 Live Jan 17, 2026
Season 12, Episode 13
Constitutional Republic - If You Can Keep It; Iran Tragedy; Review | Yaron Brook Show

“A Republic on the Brink: Can America Survive Tribalism, Tyranny, and Moral Collapse?”

“If you can keep it.”
Benjamin Franklin’s warning has never sounded more urgent.

In this explosive episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron dissects the accelerating collapse of America’s constitutional republic—from creeping authoritarianism and tribal politics to the moral vacuum driving today’s cultural and geopolitical crises.

🔥 Is the U.S. sliding toward dictatorship?
🔥 Has Trump’s foreign policy sealed Iran’s fate?
🔥 Are ICE and federal power becoming instruments of arbitrary rule?
🔥 Why do people love Atlas Shrugged—yet miss its philosophy entirely?

Yaron breaks down what a constitutional republic actually requires to survive, why law and order often masks authoritarian impulses, and how hatred—not ideas—now binds political movements on both left and right.

The episode also features a thoughtful review of Forks in the Road by Larry Radtke, a philosophical reflection on choice, character, and moral direction—precisely what our culture is failing to grasp.

💬 Live audience questions push the conversation even further, confronting:
-- ICE, deportations, and historical parallels to authoritarian regimes
-- Proof-of-citizenship demands and the boundaries of executive power
-- Will, focus, and moral agency in an age of despair
-- Free speech betrayals by today’s “conservatives”
-- The growth of government from constitutional limits to leviathan

This is not partisan commentary.

It’s a moral and philosophical reckoning with the future of freedom.
👇 Watch. Share. Defend the republic—while it can still be kept.

⏱️ TOPIC TIMESTAMPS
04:10 – Constitutional Republic: “If You Can Keep It”
1:06:15 – Iran Tragedy: Trump, Weakness, and Consequences
1:15:50 – Book Review: Forks in the Road – Larry Radtke
🔗 https://www.amazon.com/FORKS-ROAD-LARRY-RADTKE-ebook/dp/B0D1CWY8HD/

💬 LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS 
1:26:42 – Can people live better lives from Rand’s novels without grasping the philosophy?
1:31:19 – “Is there no one who can help us?” — Andor, Ghorman, and moral collapse
1:32:16 – Is tribal hatred replacing ideas as the glue of politics?
1:34:52 – DHS mocking deportations: Authoritarian culture or moral rot?
1:36:36 – Is “law and order” just obedience to power?
1:39:16 – Will, focus, and choosing consciousness
1:41:05 – Mandatory proof of citizenship: Are we nearing dictatorship?
1:42:02 – Auschwitz, ideology, and history repeating
1:43:17 – ICE vs. Gestapo: What stops the slide?
1:45:10 – AI, China, and preemptive imperialism?
1:48:01 – Did Trump lose Iran?
1:48:43 – Free speech frauds on the right
1:49:43 – Members-only shows & OPAR strategy
1:50:29 – Posting ICE locations: Incitement or resistance?
1:51:44 – “Preemptive fascism” to stop the left?
1:52:46 – Objectivism under fire—and standing firm
1:53:15 – How did limited government become massive?
1:53:37 – More questions in pinned comment

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The Yaron Brook Show
📺 Live Jan 15, 2026
Season 12, Episode 12
Iran Betrayed?; Insurrection Act; Gaza; Russia; Germany; Musk; Abortion Pill | Yaron Brook Show

Iran Betrayed? Trump’s Emergency Powers, Gaza’s Future & the Collapse of Moral Clarity

Is America sleepwalking into authoritarianism—while betraying its allies and its own principles?
In this explosive live episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron dissects the moral, political, and philosophical chaos shaping today’s world—from Iran and Gaza to Trump’s flirtation with emergency powers, Europe’s drift, and the collapse of truth in science and politics.

If you’re tired of evasions, moral cowardice, and tribal thinking, this episode pulls no punches. Yaron tackles the Insurrection Act, geopolitical betrayal, Germany’s failures, Russia’s aggression, Elon Musk’s influence, the abortion pill debate—and the absurdities defining modern culture.

💥 Plus: a marathon of hard-hitting live audience questions on dictatorship fears, nihilism on the Right and Left, Iran’s tipping point, tariffs, Greenland, currency collapse, and whether the Objectivist movement is fighting hard enough.

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⏱️ Topic Timestamps
01:05 – Iran Betrayed?
23:25 – Insurrection Act & Trump’s Emergency Powers
37:05 – Gaza: Moral Clarity or Strategic Failure?
46:25 – Russia and the Future of Western Resolve
52:40 – Germany’s Drift and Europe’s Crisis
54:30 – Elon Musk: Hero, Threat, or Symptom?
1:00:05 – The Abortion Pill Debate
1:06:30 – Can Men Get Pregnant? The Collapse of Reality

💬 Live Audience Questions 
1:15:21 – Should OPAR study groups include professional philosophers—or is that unnecessary?
1:18:18 – Can Rand’s aesthetics counter today’s political death spiral?
1:19:39 – Is North Korea “sustainable” without China propping it up?
1:24:03 – Could Trump use the Insurrection Act to impose de facto martial law?
1:24:30 – Is Trump accelerating America toward dictatorship?
1:31:44 – If Iran’s revolution fails, does Trump share the blame?
1:34:41 – Is the Right now more nihilistic—and more dangerous—than the Left?
1:36:49 – Is the Objectivist movement aggressive enough to win long-term?
1:38:00 – 80 years after the Holocaust—why is this ideology resurging?
1:41:30 – Why is Trump eager to use force at home but timid abroad?
1:44:54 – Is ICE a legitimate function of government in a rational society?
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The Yaron Brook Show
📺 Live Jan 14, 2026
Season 12, Episode 11
ICE in Minneapolis; Trump & Iran; Greenland; Trade; Brain Drain: Cancer + | Yaron Brook Show  

ICE Raids, Trump’s Iran Gambit & the Rise of the Police State — Is America Still Free?

America is changing—fast. And not for the better.

From ICE operations in Minneapolis to Trump’s confrontations with Iran, from the Greenland debacle to trade wars, brain drain, and the politicization of science, this episode exposes how authoritarianism is creeping in from all sides—and why both Left and Right are fueling it.

Is the U.S. drifting toward Gestapo-style policing?
Are tariffs, immigration crackdowns, and nationalist theatrics destroying American prosperity?
And what happens to freedom when fear replaces objective law?

In this explosive live episode, Yaron Brook cuts through the hysteria to defend individual rights, capitalism, and reason—while taking on some of the most intense and emotional audience questions of the season.

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⏱️ TOPIC TIMESTAMPS
01:55 ICE in Minneapolis — policing or intimidation?
30:20 Trump & Iran — brinkmanship or strategy?
40:20 Greenland — diplomacy vs. nationalist bluster
45:15 Trade wars — who really pays the price?
51:20 Brain drain — why talent is fleeing bad policy
59:50 Cancer & innovation — what politics gets wrong
1:01:45 Microplastics panic — junk science or real threat?

💬 LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS 
1:14:17 Ending dual citizenship — freedom or nationalism?
1:17:50 Bolton on Greenland — did Trump sabotage diplomacy?
1:19:29 Mental illness & free will — does choice still apply?
1:21:22 Trump flips the finger — “strong leader” or thug?
1:22:02 Objective law vs. presumed guilt — are we losing due process?
1:22:58 ICE fear & racial profiling — unconstitutional by design?
1:23:34 Can a new administration prosecute past abuses?
1:24:10 Asylum seekers detained for months — justice or cruelty?
1:24:47 JD Vance 2028 — worse than Trump?
1:25:54 Sanctuary cities — compassion or incentive?
1:26:53 How do we stop rising authoritarianism?
1:28:01 Fascism vs. communism — which collapses faster?
1:28:43 Ayn Rand on love — is it rare by necessity?
1:31:42 If ICE demands ID, should you refuse?
1:31:51 Supreme Court & tariffs — fear of the “Orange Viking”?
1:33:06 Illegals voting in Michigan — myth or reality?
1:34:12 Will Americans tolerate police-state tactics?
1:35:14 Is the world even savable?
1:35:30 Should government fund science at all?
1:37:27 Cutting off pro-ICE friends — moral clarity or tribalism?
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The Yaron Brook Show
📺 Live Jan 12, 2026
Season 12, Episode 10
Trump The Viking? – Foreign & Economic Policy | Yaron Brook Show

Trump the Viking? America’s Descent into Shame, Tariffs, and Tribalism

Is America drifting toward a Viking-style foreign policy—raid first, think later?
In this explosive episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron dismantles Trump’s foreign and economic policies, from Iran and tariffs to immigration enforcement and the moral collapse of both left and right.
Drawing on Andrew Sullivan’s provocative “Viking foreign policy” framing, Yaron exposes the absence of shame, the rise of tribalism (even inside Objectivism), and the dangerous embrace of power-for-power’s-sake politics. From Gaza and Israel, to ICE raids, to the Supreme Court’s looming tariff ruling—nothing is off-limits.

💥 This episode is raw, wide-ranging, and unsparing.
If you care about moral clarity, individual rights, and the future of the West, you don’t want to miss it.
👉 Watch live, challenge your assumptions, and bring your toughest questions.

⏱️ TOPIC TIMESTAMPS
02:05 – Iran: Regime survival, isolation, and Western denial
13:30 – Trump the Viking? Foreign & Economic Policy
👉 👉 (Inspired by Andrew Sullivan: A Viking Foreign Policy)[https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/a-viking-foreign-policy]

💬 LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS 
1:01:54 – What does “value for value” really mean in practice?
1:04:00 – “Objectivist tribalists”: fake Randians who only regurgitate slogans?
1:05:36 – If Iran survives, what does the long game look like for the regime and the West?
1:10:56 – Will the Supreme Court strike down Trump’s tariffs?
1:13:29 – Is shamelessness the defining trait of the Trump administration?
1:15:29 – When has the U.S. historically harmed Israeli interests—facts vs AIPAC myths
1:20:49 – Gaza: Can Israel be morally right and strategically wrong?
1:24:24 – Is it moral to disobey ICE?
1:26:34 – What should you do if you witness an ICE raid?
1:27:04 – Is ICE becoming an engine of ethnic cleansing?
1:27:39 – Should Yaron debate Destiny, Peter Schiff, or other major YouTubers?
1:29:04 – Would Iran’s fall really cripple radical Islam?
1:32:16 – Would an Objectivist anti-ICE rally ever make sense?
1:32:56 – Voting Democrat to stop socialism—tragic necessity or moral error?
1:33:16 – Why do left and right unite against Israel but not on immigration?
1:34:30 – “Don’t tread on me” → “comply or die”: how did this flip happen?
1:35:03 – Are European welfare states actually more “efficient”?
1:36:04 – Canada: blind spot or future battleground?
1:36:34 – Can Trump still shock us with how bad he gets?
1:36:46 – AI, war economy, and the military’s future
1:38:03 – Feel-good voting: electric taxis and the death of reason
1:39:02 – Rome or Florence? (Yes, even philosophers need vacations)
1:40:59 – Has Trump permanently altered the global order?


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📺  Live January 12, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show Interviews
Conversation with Gena Gorlin -- Defining a Life of Genuine Ambition | Yaron Brook Show

Defining a Life of Genuine Ambition: Why Self-Trust, Not Hustle or Status, Separates the Builders from the Burnouts

What does real ambition look like—when it’s not driven by insecurity, people-pleasing, or hollow status chasing?

In this wide-ranging and intellectually explosive conversation, Yaron Brook sits down with psychologist, entrepreneur-coach, and forthcoming Penguin Random House author Dr. Gena Gorlin to expose the hidden beliefs that sabotage ambitious people, kill great startups, and quietly erode self-trust.

If you’re driven—but often frustrated… successful—but oddly unsatisfied… or building something meaningful while battling self-doubt—this episode is for you.

• We dive deep into:
• -- The psychology of genuine ambition vs. performative striving
• -- Why secondhandedness is ambition’s silent killer
• -- The role of self-trust in entrepreneurship, relationships, and creativity
• -- Whether psychology should aim at human flourishing, not just pathology
• -- Narcissism, sociopathy, Trump, Elon Musk, ketamine, neuroplasticity, pornography, pride, Freud, Jung—and much more

This is not pop psychology.
This is a serious, values-driven examination of what it means to build a life worth wanting.

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About Dr. Gena Gorlin (Ph.D.) :
Dr. Gena Gorlin (Ph.D.) is a clinical associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and a licensed therapist. As a founder/entrepreneur coach, she works with leading innovators in Silicon Valley and globally. She is currently working on a forthcoming book with Penguin Random House about her unique approach to ambition.  For more about Dr. Gorlin, see her website: https://genagorlin.com

⏱️ MAIN TOPIC TIMESTAMPS
01:00 – Who is Dr. Gena Gorlin?
01:45 – The book: ambition redefined
04:55 – What ambitious people actually need
09:50 – Major themes: self-trust, values, agency
15:15 – The hidden belief that kills great startups
22:55 – Who this book is really for
25:10 – Self-trust vs. self-esteem
33:20 – Secondhandedness and borrowed ambition
35:40 – Book release timeline
36:40 – Gena’s Substack: https://builders.genagorlin.com/

💬 LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS 
39:07 – Is the reason/emotion dichotomy rooted in brain hemispheres—or is that a myth?
41:46 – What does “visibility” mean in relationships—and why does it matter?
46:24 – What does it mean when visibility flows only one way?
48:05 – Would Ayn Rand still have used the word selfishness if she’d raised toddlers?
51:52 – Should psychology aim at happiness, not just treating neurosis?
57:12 – Can neuroplasticity really change a mind through persuasion?
1:00:03 – Should a healthy adult with no interest in sex see a therapist?
1:03:14 – Pride vs. mercy: overcoming resistance to moral ambition
1:05:59 – What is “narcissistic supply”?
1:08:23 – Narcissist vs. sociopath: kind or degree?
1:09:04 – Psychological analysis of Donald Trump: genuine ambition or not?
1:09:42 – Is self-doubt the default human setting?
1:12:48 – Will there be an audiobook?
1:12:55 – Is pornography psychologically harmful—what does the evidence say?
1:14:22 – Is “Trump Derangement Syndrome” real psychology?
1:16:08 – Freud vs. Jung: any value left?
1:18:31 – Ketamine and depression: what does science actually show?
1:20:29 – Gena’s PhD research on rumination
1:22:38 – How long-range should ambitious goals be?
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