Live June 1, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show
(Season 12, Episode 98)
News Update; Nuclear Energy -- Past, Present & Future? | Yaron Brook Show

Nuclear Power vs. the Permission-Slip Society: Why America Stopped Building the Future

For decades, nuclear power promised a future of abundant, cheap, reliable energy. So why did America stop building it?

In this episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron explores one of the most important—and misunderstood—technologies in human history. From the rise of nuclear energy and America's early leadership to the regulations, fearmongering, and political barriers that have crippled its growth, this is a deep dive into what nuclear power reveals about innovation, risk, freedom, and progress.

Along the way, Yaron covers the latest headlines: Trump's Iran negotiations, Bernie Sanders' proposal to socialize AI ownership, free speech crackdowns in Britain, remarkable breakthroughs in medicine and longevity, and inspiring examples of educational reform and crime reduction.

Can nuclear energy help power the next century of human flourishing? Or will the permission-slip society continue to stand in the way?

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
01:54 Trump, Iran Negotiations & the Quest for a Deal
07:29 Iran, Hezbollah & Middle East Ceasefire Claims
14:25 Bernie Sanders Wants Collective Ownership of AI
20:00 Britain's Growing Free Speech Crisis
25:21 Baltimore Crime Falls: What Actually Works?
32:20 Google's Mosquito Experiment
37:04 New Orleans' Education Success Story
41:17 Cancer, Heart Disease & Longevity Breakthroughs
NUCLEAR ENERGY SPECIAL
50:25 Why Nuclear Power Matters
1:00:29 How Regulations Crippled Nuclear Development
1:04:52 America's Nuclear Potential vs. Reality
1:07:47 Why Nuclear Became So Expensive
1:09:24 Radiation Fear, LNT & ALARA
1:17:08 Old America Built Big Things—What Changed?
1:18:15 Electricity Markets & Nuclear Economics
1:21:52 China's Nuclear Strategy
1:24:01 Small Modular Reactors vs. Large Reactors
1:26:54 What Would a Free-Market Nuclear Industry Look Like?
1:31:09 Private Insurance & Nuclear Safety
1:34:11 Catastrophic Risk & Regulatory Reform
1:43:26 National Security & Energy Independence
1:45:22 Recent Nuclear Reform Efforts
1:49:01 Making Reform Permanent
1:51:12 Why Nuclear Power Is Symbolically Important

LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
1:58:47 Why Trust Drivers but Not Innovators?
2:01:00 Could Australia Become a Nuclear Superpower?
2:07:32 Is "Deregulated" Electricity Actually More Regulated?
2:08:33 Would Nuclear Deregulation Strengthen AUKUS?
2:09:45 Did the Manhattan Project Create Nuclear Fear?
2:10:46 What Can France Teach America About Expertise?
2:12:21 Are Any Politicians Fighting for Nuclear?
2:13:38 How Did France Build So Much Nuclear Power?
2:14:35 Is Alex Epstein Still Influential?
2:14:56 What About Nuclear Waste Recycling?
2:17:30 Would Ayn Rand Write Lillian Rearden Differently Today?
2:19:04 Has America Successfully Resisted Trumpism?
2:19:58 Have Court Challenges to Tariffs Helped Markets?
2:20:49 Do Collectivist Systems Eventually Collapse?
2:21:40 How Did Hitler Absorb Kantian Ideas?
2:23:53 Is Thorium the Future of Nuclear Energy?
2:27:05 Should Human Achievement Lead Every Show?
2:27:19 Is Generational Trauma Real?
2:30:36 Are Scripted Segments Becoming Too AI-Like?

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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.