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463            	&#34;The worse the coming future,<br>
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472                	Leonard Peikoff&#8217;s final podcast                </div>
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491	<h1>The Peikoff Podcasts</h1>
492    <p class="subhead">Dr. Peikoff applies Ayn Rand's revolutionary philosophy to real-world questions.</p>
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538                <div class="powerpress_player" id="powerpress_player_4166"><a href="https://media.blubrry.com/peikoff/peikoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/FinalEpisode.419.mp3" title="Play" onclick="return powerpress_embed_html5a('4166','https://media.blubrry.com/peikoff/peikoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/FinalEpisode.419.mp3');" target="_blank"><img decoding="async" src="https://peikoff.b-cdn.net/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/play_audio.png" title="Play" alt="Play" style="border:0;" width="23px" height="24px" /></a></div>
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544                <div class="powerpress_player" id="powerpress_player_4167"><a href="https://media.blubrry.com/peikoff/peikoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-10-10.418_D.mp3" title="Play" onclick="return powerpress_embed_html5a('4167','https://media.blubrry.com/peikoff/peikoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-10-10.418_D.mp3');" target="_blank"><img decoding="async" src="https://peikoff.b-cdn.net/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/play_audio.png" title="Play" alt="Play" style="border:0;" width="23px" height="24px" /></a></div>
545<p class="powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3" style="margin-bottom: 1px !important;">Podcast: <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/peikoff/peikoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-10-10.418_D.mp3" class="powerpress_link_d" title="Download" rel="nofollow" download="2016-10-10.418_D.mp3">Download</a></p><p class="powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links">Subscribe: <a href="https://subscribebyemail.com/peikoff.com/feed/podcast/" class="powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email" target="_blank" title="Subscribe by Email" rel="nofollow">Email</a></p>                <a class="blue-link" href="https://media.blubrry.com/peikoff/peikoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-10-10.418_D.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a>
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550                <div class="powerpress_player" id="powerpress_player_4168"><a href="https://media.blubrry.com/peikoff/peikoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-10-10.418_C.mp3" title="Play" onclick="return powerpress_embed_html5a('4168','https://media.blubrry.com/peikoff/peikoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-10-10.418_C.mp3');" target="_blank"><img decoding="async" src="https://peikoff.b-cdn.net/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/play_audio.png" title="Play" alt="Play" style="border:0;" width="23px" height="24px" /></a></div>
551<p class="powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3" style="margin-bottom: 1px !important;">Podcast: <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/peikoff/peikoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-10-10.418_C.mp3" class="powerpress_link_d" title="Download" rel="nofollow" download="2016-10-10.418_C.mp3">Download</a></p><p class="powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links">Subscribe: <a href="https://subscribebyemail.com/peikoff.com/feed/podcast/" class="powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email" target="_blank" title="Subscribe by E
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556                <div class="powerpress_player" id="powerpress_player_4169"><a href="https://media.blubrry.com/peikoff/peikoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-10-10.418_B.mp3" title="Play" onclick="return powerpress_embed_html5a('4169','https://media.blubrry.com/peikoff/peikoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-10-10.418_B.mp3');" target="_blank"><img decoding="async" src="https://peikoff.b-cdn.net/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/play_audio.png" title="Play" alt="Play" style="border:0;" width="23px" height="24px" /></a></div>
557<p class="powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3" style="margin-bottom: 1px !important;">Podcast: <a href="https://media.blubrry.com/peikoff/peikoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-10-10.418_B.mp3" class="powerpress_link_d" title="Download" rel="nofollow" download="2016-10-10.418_B.mp3">Download</a></p><p class="powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links">Subscribe: <a href="https://subscribebyemail.com/peikoff.com/feed/podcast/" class="powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email" target="_blank" title="Subscribe by Email" rel="nofollow">Email</a></p>                <a class="blue-link" href="https://media.blubrry.com/peikoff/peikoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-10-10.418_B.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a>
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571        <div class="copy">At the age of 17, Leonard Peikoff was invited to the home of Ayn Rand, the 
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