Interviews / Q&A’s

Free Radical Interview with Nathaniel Branden

Interview with Nathaniel Branden by C-SPAN

Full Context Interview with Nathaniel Branden

Labor Unions

QA: What were Ayn Rand’s contributions to psychology?

QA: Discussions with Ayn Rand on the subject of children

QA: Publishing “Who Is Ayn Rand”

QA: Ayn Rand documentary, “A Sense of Life?”

QA: Misconceptions concerning what self-esteem is

QA: Drugs such as Prozac or Zoloft used in conjunction with psychotherapy

QA: Jealousy and self-esteem

QA: Reasons for publishing a new revised edition of your memoir

QA: With what should we properly identify ego or self

QA: Happiness and its role

QA: Art, knowledge, invention, raising children, etc. – achieving a kind of ‘immortality’

QA: Eddie Willers is not invited into Galt’s Gulch

QA: How can one draw valid conclusions about Ethics from studying Metaphysics

QA: A couple who have been together for many years and whose lovemaking is no longer “passionate” as it once was

QA: Is there a contradiction between advocating free will and maintaining that there are neurotic disorders

QA: An explosion of interest in Ayn Rand and her work.

QA: What was your motive in writing “Judgment Day”?

QA: Are all high self-esteem individuals libertarians?

QA: Live consciously, especially since reading your book on the subject, but sometimes it’s very difficult to stay aware

QA: Can self-awareness become excessive?

QA: Did Ayn Rand ever indicate whether she agreed with the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms?

QA: Childhood trauma or deep pain must be relived and re-experienced in order to free the individual of its negative impact?

QA: You’ve spoken of having a “mission” in life and also of people “having missions” in life

QA: Treatments for trauma

QA: How can anyone deny that self-esteem is an important cause of behavior?

QA: Is it realistic to hope for a return to the Enlightenment world-view in the 21st Century?

QA: Your writings on self-esteem do not appear to be grounded in empirical studies

QA: Can integrity and self-interest be in conflict, and, if they can, when

QA: What would prevent the formation of powerful monopolies able to gain control over the entire economy?

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