E34: E34: Mark Pellegrino answers how COVID changed Hollywood & broke our trust in government

Mark Pellegrino is a unique actor in modern Hollywood. For a guy who has played Lucifer (Supernatural) and an abusive ex (Dexter), you could call him something of a unicorn for his politics. Pellegrino is a committed Objectivist, an adherent of Ayn Rand and the founder of the American Capitalist Party. He believes deeply that emotion, altruism, and instinct are not good guides for a healthy politics or society. Stephen Kent speaks with Mark Pellegrino, and Robby Soave (Reason) author of Tech Panic, about how COVID reshaped the world and challenged the claims of Ayn Rand about the virtues of self-interest. Pellegrino, Kent and Soave cover masking policies, vaccines, Fauci-ism, surviving cancel culture in Hollywood, the rush to regulate big tech companies and Pellegrino dishes on some details of “Lost” regarding his crucial character, Jacob. Subscribe to Rightly and catch more details about the episode below. Make sure to sign up for Unfettered, our new newsletter, available now. Newsletter signup: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/rightlyaj/issues/right-now-unfettered-10-10-21-805538 ---- Content of This Episode ---- 00:00 Episode Start 00:05 The Yaron Brook v Vaush debate 04:37 Mark Pellegrino’s objectivist views of the pandemic 08:30 The ongoing debate over masks 10:30 What it really means to be selfish 16:42 No, the pandemic did not unravel Atlas Shrugged 22:35 Social media CEOs don’t have to answer to Congress 27:27 Living in The Republic of Feelings 33:30 Mark isn’t against cancel culture, even though he’s been a target 37:10 Does Netflix’s defense of Dave Chappelle mean the tide is turning? 42:04 Shooting American Rust in a pandemic took all the fun out of it 43:26 Lost superfan Robby Soave gets an exclusive on Mark’s character Jacob 46:48 Good news about the pandemic ---- Reading List ---- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand https://aynrand.org/novels/atlas-shrugged/ ---- Plugs for our Guests ---- "American Rust" on Showtime https://www.sho.com/american-rust"Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn’t Fear Facebook and the Future" by Robby Soave https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tech-Panic/Robby-Soave/9781982159597