The Famous Mike Wallace Interview with Ayn Rand

This video of America's greatest philosopher, Ayn Rand, might be the most important interview you have ever watched.

by | Feb 1, 2026

“Novelist Ayn Rand talks with Wallace about the personal philosophy underpinning her books The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, as well as the economy, welfare, the American political system, and taxes.” Originally broadcast 1959. Posted to YouTube by the Ayn Rand Insitute with permission of The Mike Wallace Interview Collection, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, and Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. Learn more about Ayn Rand and AynRand.org

Russian born American novelist Ayn Rand is author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead and is originator of the philosophy of Objectivism. You can learn more about her life and philosophy at the website of the Ayn Rand Institute.

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