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Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss conspiracism regarding Israel's role in the Iran war and its implications.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opUGimR5nr0 Podcast audio: In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss recent conspiracism about Israel’s role in the Iran war. Facts conspiracists distort Facts conspiracists evade The conspiracist mentality An anti-conceptual culture Decades of unprincipled foreign policy Tribalism and conspiracism Evading America’s deadly morality Resources: Ayn Rand Lexicon entries on the anti-conceptual mentality, the arbitrary, and tribalism Ayn Rand, “For the New Intellectual” in For the New Intellectual This episode was recorded on April 8, 2026 Image credit: STR / AFP / via Getty Images

People in this episode

Host: Ben Bayer

Guest: Elan Journo

Topics covered

• conspiracism
• foreign policy
• tribalism
• morality
• anti-conceptual culture

Keywords

• Iran
• Israel
• conspiracism
• foreign policy
• tribalism
• morality

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Organizations: Ayn Rand Institute

Places: Iran, Israel

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