Live April 28, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show
(Season 12, Episode 78)
Assassination Attempt; Iran “humiliating” the USA; OPEC; Ukraine| Yaron Brook Show

🔥 Assassination, Iran’s Power Play, and America’s Weakness: The World Is Testing Us—Are We Failing?

The world feels like it’s spinning faster—and more dangerously—by the day.

An assassination attempt shakes the political landscape. Iran openly humiliates the United States on the global stage. OPEC tightens its grip on energy. Ukraine fights on as the West hesitates.

What ties it all together? Weakness, moral confusion, and a failure to defend the values that made the West strong.

In this episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron cuts through the noise to expose the deeper philosophical and political forces driving today’s chaos—from foreign policy failures to cultural decay at home.

If you want clarity in a world that thrives on confusion, this is a conversation you cannot afford to miss.
Watch now: https://youtube.com/live/Yp7xmVsdIic

⏱️ Main Topics
00:00:00 Intro
00:05:00 Assassination Attempt – What it reveals about political violence
00:26:40 Iran “Humiliating” the USA – How did we get here?
00:36:05 OPEC – Energy power and global leverage
00:42:10 Ukraine – Strategy, stalemate, and Western weakness

💬 LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
00:57:03 Intelligence vs Integration – Why smart people reject good ideas
01:00:57 Why the Hate? – The psychology behind toxic comment culture
01:03:47 Is Confusion the Goal? – When “not making sense” becomes strategy
01:04:57 Are People Irrational—or Misunderstood?
01:05:50 Is It Immoral Not to Be Objectivist?
01:07:06 Media & Power – The Ben Sasse interview breakdown
01:09:27 Trump, Israel & Motives – Strategy or ego?
01:10:53 Should the FCC Exist? Free speech vs control
01:11:37 NYSE to Texas? What it signals about America’s future
01:12:14 Can Assassination Ever Solve Anything?
01:12:29 Political Prosecution? The Obama question
01:13:08 Fixing Elections – Random ballots & party labels
01:13:50 Lottery Government? Ancient ideas revisited
01:14:36 Do Intellectuals Ignore Reality?
01:15:12 Can Objectivism Take Over a City?
01:16:19 OPEC Winners – How UAE benefits
01:16:36 AI, Pentagon & Trust – What’s really going on?
01:17:38 Israel & Drone Warfare – Missed opportunity?
01:20:25 Controversial Literature – Roark & Dominique
01:23:14 Is Political Violence Escalating Toward Civil Conflict?

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Yaron is the executive chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute and a world class speaker. He is the coauthor of the national best-seller Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government, Equal is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality and In Pursuit of Wealth: The Moral Case for Finance. He speaks around the world on a variety of topics including the morality of capitalism, Ayn Rand and her philosophy, finance and economics, and the value of inequality.