Yaron Brook Show

Live February 9, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show InterviewsBonus Episode Season 12, Episode 4Conversation with Greg Salmieri - Making Sense of America’s Past and Present | Yaron Brook ShowAmerica’s crisis didn’t start with Trump—or Biden.It started with ideas. Greg Salmieri explains which ones shaped us—and which ones are destroying us.What happens when Aristotle and Ayn Rand collide with America’s founding ideals, its cultural crises, and its uncertain future?In this wide-ranging and intellectually charged conversation, Yaron Brook sits down with philosopher Greg Salmieri to examine the ideas shaping Western civilization—and to ask where America has gone right, where it has gone wrong, and whether the spirit of liberty can still reassert itself.At the center of the discussion is Salmieri’s new book, Two Philosophers: Aristotle and Ayn Rand, a compelling exploration of two giants of philosophy whose ideas continue to shape reason, morality, politics, and human flourishing. Together, Yaron and Greg trace the Enlighten