Live May 4, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show
(Season 12, Episode 82)
War Resumes?; Putin Survival?; Antisemites; Mifepristone | Yaron Brook Show

🔥 War Reignites, Putin Cornered, and the Moral Collapse Behind Today’s Headlines

War may be back—and this time, the stakes are higher than ever.

Is global conflict entering a new phase? Is Vladimir Putin running out of time? And what do rising antisemitism and the battle over Mifepristone reveal about the deeper moral crisis shaping today’s world?

In this episode of The Yaron Brook Show, Yaron cuts through the noise to connect geopolitics, culture, and philosophy—showing how today’s headlines are driven by deeper ideological battles.

From the future of Ukraine and Russia… to the resurgence of tribal hatred… to the contradictions in modern politics and media—this episode challenges conventional thinking at every turn.

If you want clarity in a chaotic world, this is the conversation you can’t afford to miss.
👉 Watch now: https://youtube.com/live/7E9LKz9yEVI

⏱️ MAIN TOPICS
00:55 — War Resumes?
26:00 — Putin’s Survival?
40:25 — Antisemitism Rising
49:00 — Mifepristone Debate
52:50 — Tucker Carlson & Media Narratives

💬 LIVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
17:26 — Should you cancel travel plans to Dubai amid rising tensions?
57:46 — Why didn’t I get notified about recent live streams?
58:41 — Exposing corruption: Should a business report a kickback demand?
1:00:30 — Nick Fuentes case: Private property or moral failure?
1:02:23 — Are statist systems designed to break the human spirit?
1:04:57 — Europe vs America: Job security vs opportunity?
1:07:09 — Do ideas outlive their creators—and does credit matter?
1:09:21 — Is freedom more resilient than authoritarianism?
1:11:00 — Can America really collapse like past empires?
1:12:11 — Should Yaron interview Haviv Rettig Gur?
1:13:45 — Does individualism make societies weak in war?
1:17:04 — Could Iran’s leadership ever be directly targeted?
1:18:02 — Can capitalism solve externalities without regulation?
1:21:11 — Is winning “too decisively” seen as immoral?
1:22:07 — Aristotle: Why compare skeptics to vegetables?
1:22:50 — Is Putin’s global image collapsing?
📌 More questions in the pinned comment!

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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.