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Audio Interviews with Leonard Peikoff and Barbara Branden about Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

Who was Ayn Rand? Author of Anthem, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand was both adored and vilified during her life. Her executor, heir, and associate for over thirty years, Leonard Peikoff, talks with Don Swaim in 1982 about Ayn Rand's life and the meaning of objectivity. In a second conversation in 1985, Leonard Peikoff talks about Rand's early career in Hollywood and her development as a writer.


Listen to the Leonard Peikoff interview with Don Swaim, 1982
(20 min. 09 sec.)

Listen to the Leonard Peikoff interview with Don Swaim, 1985
(29 min. 36 sec.)

Listen to the Barbara Branden interview with Don Swaim, 1986
( 41 min. 02 sec.)

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