{"podcast":{"title":"Yaron Brook Show","slug":"yaron-brook-show-320763","podcast_index_feed_id":320763,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3276901/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://www.YaronBrookShow.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/05714427c5ec56fdeaef37ed2defdfdd.jpg","author":"Yaron Brook","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Yaron Brook, the Radical for Capitalism, discusses news, culture and politics from the principled perspective of Ayn Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. Want more? Visit YaronBrookShow.com and become a Yaron Brook Show supporter to get exclusive content and support the creation of more content like this! Patreon.com/YaronBrookShow . Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yaron-brook-show--3276901/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T20:20:25.594861+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yaron-brook-show-320763"},"episode":{"title":"Slush Fund; Harvard Grades: Ebola; Woke Dead?; Water & Data Centers; Massie/MAGA | Yaron Brook Show","slug":"slush-fund-harvard-grades-ebola-woke-dead-water-data-centers-massie-maga-yaron-brook-show","published_at":"2026-05-20T20:24:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yaron-brook-show-320763/slush-fund-harvard-grades-ebola-woke-dead-water-data-centers-massie-maga-yaron-brook-show","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yaron-brook-show-320763","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/slush-fund-harvard-grades-ebola-woke-dead-water-data-centers-massie-maga-yaron-brook-show--72089817","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72089817/slush_fund_harvard_grades_ebola_woke_dead_water_data_centers_massiemaga_yaron_brook_show.mp3","summary":"Live May 20, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show (Season 12, Episode 89) Slush Fund; Harvard Grades: Ebola; Woke Dead?; Water & Data Centers; Massie/MAGA | Yaron Brook Show From Harvard’s Collapse to MAGA’s Identity Crisis: Is the Intellectual Rot Finally Being Exposed? Harvard inflates grades while universities rot from within. Ebola resurfaces in the headlines. Woke ideology may be collapsing—but what replaces it? And can America sustain AI, water usage, and massive data centers without triggering political and economic chaos? In this explosive episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron tears into the cultural, political, and philosophical battles shaping America right now—from elite academic corruption and public health hysteria to the future of capitalism, nihilism, and the growing fracture inside MAGA. Why are Americans so apathetic to real injustice? Is “woke” truly dying—or simply mutating? And what happens when a civilization loses confidence in reason, achievement, and individualism? This episode connects today’s biggest headlines to the deeper philosophical crisis underneath them. Watch now: https://youtube.com/live/0tjETbllB_c ⏱️ TOPIC TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 02:05 Slush Fund Scandal 14:30 Harvard’s Grade Inflation Crisis 29:35 Ebola Panic Returns 37:05 Is Woke Finally Dead? 46:50 Water, AI & Data Centers 56:00 Massie vs MAGA 💬 LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS 1:08:21 “Were universities always anti-reason?” 1:09:10 “Did Ben Gvir just hand Israel’s critics a victory?” 1:11:20 “Did Milton Friedman damage finance theory?” 1:12:32 “Are GOP ‘grown-ups’ just as petty as Trump?” 1:14:11 “Should Minneapolis have compensated rioters?” 1:15:21 “What were the toughest UATX exam questions?” 1:17:15 “Does capitalism require courage and self-reliance?” 1:20:47 “Is apathy toward inju…","meta_description":"Live May 20, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show (Season 12, Episode 89) Slush Fund; Harvard Grades: Ebola; Woke Dead?; Water & Data Centers; Massie/MAGA | Yaron…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4963,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/yaron-brook-show-320763/episodes/slush-fund-harvard-grades-ebola-woke-dead-water-data-centers-massie-maga-yaron-brook-show/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yaron-brook-show-320763/slush-fund-harvard-grades-ebola-woke-dead-water-data-centers-massie-maga-yaron-brook-show.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}