{"id":696,"date":"2022-10-21T15:05:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T22:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/?p=696"},"modified":"2022-10-21T15:05:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T22:05:39","slug":"behind-the-scenes-ayn-rand-on-what-makes-a-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/2022\/10\/21\/behind-the-scenes-ayn-rand-on-what-makes-a-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Scenes: Ayn Rand on What Makes a Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>In 1961, Mike Wallace sat down with both Ayn Rand and Mickey Spillane for an interview. For decades, this interview has been unavailable to the general public. Now we are releasing it for the first time. In this YouTube livestream event, join Elan Journo and Tom Bowden as they go \u201cBehind the Scenes\u201d of this historic interview and discuss how Rand and Spillane found themselves on the same stage. This interview offers a unique view of Rand\u2014we see Ayn Rand, the friend, coming to the defense of the critically attacked Spillane and giving him credit as a \u201cmoral crusader.\u201d Through his character Mike Hammer, Rand explains, Spillane presents us with a man who refuses to compromise his integrity. Join us for this remarkable interview and discover Rand\u2019s answer to \u201cWhat Makes a Hero?\u201d\u2014an answer she says will \u201castonish you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1961, Mike Wallace sat down with both Ayn Rand and Mickey Spillane for an interview. For decades, this interview has been unavailable to the general public. Now we are releasing it for the first time. In this YouTube livestream event, join Elan Journo and Tom Bowden as they go \u201cBehind the Scenes\u201d of this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,79,310,752,12],"class_list":["post-696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","hentry","category-podcast","tag-ayn-rand","tag-ayn-rand-institute","tag-hero","tag-mikey-spillane","tag-philosophy","post_format-post-format-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":697,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions\/697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arilive.aynrand.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}