The GO/OASL Archives: 1988-1997

The following is a complete list of all original presentations given under the auspices of Gateway Objectivists (GO) or our predecessor, the Objectivist Association of St. Louis (OASL). Items identified as "N/A" were never recorded, have been lost, are loaned out to someone, or are otherwise unavailable. All "Audio" recordings are on standard compact cassettes, while video recordings are in either "VHS", "8-mm" or "Hi-8" format.

Date Title Presenter Medium
10/8/1988 U.S. Foreign Policy and NATO Bob Greene Audio
5/20/1989 Personal Identity Ray Perry Paper
7/15/1989 The State of Modern Physics Bob Greene Audio
7/29/1989 "Value Pursuit vs. Value Betrayal in Fountainhead" by Andy Bernstein N/A VHS
8/26/1989 Determinism vs. Free Will David Alway Audio
2/17/1990 The Prisoner's Dilemma Rich Bohm Audio
6/30/1990 Thought Control on Campus Bob Greene 8-mm
9/15/1990 The Origin of Consciousness Scott Walent 8-mm
10/27/1990 The Savings and Loan Fiasco Rich Bohm 8-mm
1/26/1991 Marx's Concept of Man Rich Bohm 8-mm
8/24/1991 The Objectivist Concept of a Just War Bob Greene 8-mm
2/1/1992 A History of Taxation Scott Walent 8-mm
3/14/1992 The Real Cost of National Health Care Joy Newcomb 8-mm
10/17/1992 School Choice: Is Politics The Answer? Bevis Schock 8-mm
3/20/1993 Peikoff/Kelley Roundtable Discussion OASL members 8-mm
4/16/1994 The Lesser Of The Evils (Alternative To Income Taxes) Jeff Kiviat & Joy Newcomb 8-mm
6/25/1994 Ethical Post-Cold War Foreign Policy Bob Greene 8-mm
11/19/1994 What Health Care Economists Know that the Clintons Don't Want You to Know David Henderson 8-mm/VHS
9/16/1995 Objectivism and the Scientific Method Jeff Kiviat Hi-8
12/16/1995 Why Science Developed in the West Bob Greene Hi-8
3/16/1996 Can We Repeal the Law of Unintended Consequences? Joy Newcomb Hi-8
7/20/1996 Autobiographical Account of Life in Russia Vita Tolu Hi-8
9/21/1996 Death of the Evil Empire: A Philosophical Autopsy Bob Greene 8-mm
3/22/1997 Liberty: The Case for Pessimism Jeff Kiviat Hi-8
6/22/1997 Robin Hood: A Proto-Objectivist Hero? Bob Greene Hi-8
7/19/1997 Inequality - So What? Joy Newcomb Hi-8
8/16/1997 Bad Guns or Bad Law? - Guns & Crime in St. Louis Gordon Lehtola Hi-8

 

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