Interview with James Valliant

Martin and I have a great discussion with author James S. Valliant about his two books, focusing on his most recent, Creating Christ: How Roman Emperors Invented Christianity.Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:The Passion of Ayn Rand’s Critics - The Objective StandardCreating ChristCreating Christ, the book on AmazonAnalyzing Paul Krugman’s New York Times Smear of Ayn Rand - New IdealWhy Christmas Should be More Commercial by Leonard PeikoffThe New Testament Versus the American RevolutionAuthors mentioned: Robert EisenmanJames AtwellRobert PriceRoger WilliamsIsaac KramnickWarren FahyBlair’s disclaimer:I am not a professional philosopher, just a dedicated layman, fascinated by Ayn Rand’s ideas. I do not speak for her, her philosophy, or the Ayn Rand Institute. I speak only for myself.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy