The Dan Norton Show

4 July 2026, TikTok Livestream #6 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Fixing choppiness/echo Choosing a guest 15:36 Call with Kenneth Israel FactsStillMatter joins chat Settlements in West Bank Conquering land in 1948 33:40 FactsStillMatter joins call Topics on my background Altruism and egoism Capitalism Environmental regulation Voluntary charity F...

22 June 2026, TikTok Livestream #5 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Engaging with chat Philosophy of mind Israel Am I a moderate? Trump vs. capitalism 17:20 Call with Corey Kalam argument for God The universe, time, Big Bang, infinite Moral subjectivism, pleasure and pain Moral realism 35:46 End of call Senses of "subjective" and "objective" 43:3...

19 June 2026, TikTok Livestream #4 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Engaging with chat Finding more mods Guests on past/future lives 19:20 Call with "Dragon" on Israel Why is Israel good? Egypt "Genocide" Civilian casualties Interruptions, condescension, end of call Finding my next guest 38:12 Call with _ _ _ Determinism, free will, and fatalism...

17 June 2026, TikTok Livestream #3 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Engaging with chat Adding mods 12:08 Call with Yh Describing Ayn Rand's views Collectivism Self-interest 41:17 End of call 44:00 Call with K Nebulous/abstract values Definitions Is valuing admiration from others actionable? Self-interest and society "Happiness consists in the beh...

15 June 2026, TikTok Livestream #2 My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Why is faith bad? What is the argument for egoism? My live is flagged for hate speech and hateful behavior Deciding which call to take Why did my live get flagged? Moderating chat 35:06 Call with offbeatkoti Max Stirner Individualism Hedonism 41:12 End of call Interaction with Li...

The Dan Norton Show, 18 June 2026, Livestream #106 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:02 Intro TikTok Ukraine/Russia Schubert 27:23 Call with Dan about Israel Palestinians and rights Libertarians and war Civilian casualties Genocide Individualism vs. collectivism Indians Bombing Japan in WW2 Uyghurs Genocide 1:27:16 My evaluation of the Iran war, and Yaron Brook's 1:34:53 Did I ever support Trump? Order of readi...

On June 10, 2026, I hosted a livestream on TikTok. It was the first time I got a lot of engagement on that platform. I had four guests on for discussion/debate, including a communist and a Ph. D. candidate in philosophy. Topics included capitalism, Marxism, and Israel. More details (along with timestamps) below. My TikTok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@dannorton11 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Prelimi...

The Dan Norton Show, 11 June 2026, Livestream #105 I did two earlier streams on the same day, but I ended them due to technical difficulties. The first of the two earlier streams was only about ten minutes and was mostly without any audio; I deleted it. The second of the two earlier streams can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/live/ofqeff01mNg. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Troubleshooting technic...

The Dan Norton Show, 6 June 2026, Livestream #104 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:03 Intro Thumbnail/background changes 9:04 I turned off ads for this livestream 12:45 Reading update: Industrial Revolution, especially, textiles Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution Screening a call 25:25 Call with Dillon on grounding "good" and "bad" (and grounding more generally) Existence exists Conditional ethics Rights...

The Dan Norton Show, 1 June 2026, Livestream #103 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro 0:22 Ads on my videos 8:03 Call with Simon Hierarchies in philosophy Knowledge for its own sake Mathematics and art The universe, time, space & Big Bang 1:44:05 End of call and my closing thoughts 1:56:54 Call with Tony on Israel and genocide (The first ~13 minutes of Tony's audio is lost--sorry.) Netanyahu and Hamas Gr...

The Dan Norton Show, 27 May 2026, Livestream #102 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro 4:51 My TikTok debate last night with a Communist (Vegan Bolshevik) Airlines and covid Emergency case Is Ayn Rand good? Reading update: oil & railroad industries, steam engines Ayn Rand and Social Security 31:41 Call with Ricky re: taxes, funding police/military 38:09 End of call Chatting with a minor Troll(?) calls (wh...

The Dan Norton Show, 22 May 2026, Livestream #101 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Humans & fetuses syllogism Stirner Israel Why is theism bad? 51:53 Call with Austin re: immigration Nihilism Racism America exceptionalism A nation isn't property 1:12:07 "Invasion" Israel Ethiopian example Unlimited democracy (Audio trouble for under a minute) Constitutional support "Invasion" Racism and immigration 1:...

The Dan Norton Show, 17 May 2026, Livestream #100 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:08 Intro 7:28 Job paths for philosophy majors AI impact on grad school / higher education 13:54 Are you afraid of AI psychosis? (Super Chat) My use of AI 33:07 Is the Bible a good book? The garden of Eden 54:40 Call with Conrad How do we know we're experiencing reality and not just something in our minds? Consciousness has an ob...

On 15 May 2026, I called the livestream of @PiscoLitty , a leftist lawyer and legal/political commentator, and we discussed many deep, philosophic issues. 0:00 Preliminaries, sound check 1:12 Intro to me and my channel 1:41 Pisco’s background with Ayn Rand 2:18 Metaethics: Stance (in)dependence Metaphysics and epistemology 5:33 Subjectivism, Kant, and skepticism 15:29 Two meanings of “objective” 2...

The Dan Norton Show, 12 May 2026, Livestream #99 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:06 Intro 6:59 Comments on @ObjectiveEthics 's stream with an anti-natalist MAID (Medical Assistance In Death) 13:19 How long did you PhD take? 18:40 Reading update: Second Book of Samuel Screening a call 26:27 Call with Austin on abortion, etc. When does life begin? When does a human begin? The adjective and noun sense of "human"...

The Dan Norton Show, 7 May 2026, Livestream #98 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0:00 Intro Updates to my thumbnail/background 7:11 Reading update: First Book of Samuel Am I pro-US/Israel/West? More about my thumbnail/background 13:37 My recent social media posts on taxation and abortion I was re-posted by the Libertarian Party 21:13 Where do rights come from? Screening a caller 31:54 Call with John about where...

The Dan Norton Show, 2 May 2026, Livestream #97 0:00 Intro "Christ is King" (engaging with a religious chatter) Reading update: Books of Samuel 17:56 "Trump has not initiated this war with Iran by seeking approval from Congress, but do you think as I do, that the it is just to defend America from the Islamists Iran supports? Iran is the problem." (Super Chat from Jeff Bannister) 24:27 God or no Go...

The Dan Norton Show, 27 April 2026, Livestream #96 0:00 Intro Cough drop Many new subscribers 7:54 What good can you say about theism? @ObjectiveEthics ' Super Chat The meanings of "objective" What's the difference between Objectivism and "anarcho-capitalism"? Is truth always good? Distorting truth 31:40 How is Ayn Rand's support of self-reliance consistent with her support for Israel, given that...

22 April 2026, Livestream #95 0:00 Intro Objectivism on the military Is sacrificing ever legitimate? 36:07 James Valliant (Robert Nasir's first Super chat) "Objectivist" 50:53 Do you think it's possible to be an objectivist and police officer in 2026 without experiencing cognitive dissonance? I feel it is likely easier to do in military (Bobby Williams' Super chat) 1:05:14 It's too bad that "grace...

17 April 2026, Livestream #94 0:00 Intro Channel memberships 5k+ views on my last livestream—but mostly not real views? Addressing an issue with a chatter from Discord More on channel memberships Engaging with miscellaneous chats Rejecting religion in general despite possibly good elements Anthem Eastern philosophy jokes Etc. 1:29:10 What gives rise to the need for government? Deriving government...

12 April 2026, Livestream #93 0:00 Intro My recent debate with "liberal" Kyla Turner ( @notsoErudite ) on government regulations and capitalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nao4d40kYG4. Are all rights-violations reducible to initiations of force? 27:09 Are you a true ether believer? Are you an Inductica fan? Leonard Peikoff vs. Yaron Brook on immigration, education James Valliant no longer ide...

On April 9, 2026, I called in to the livestream of Kyla Turner (aka "notsoErudite") to debate government regulations and capitalism. 0:00 Intro 1:19 What do you mean by “regulations”? 2:29 Is citizenship for babies voluntary? Coerced? Something else? 4:20 Should parents be forced to educate their children? 9:43 Defining "regulation" 10:46 Health/food regulations 13:00 Negligence 15:14 “Laws” vs. “...

7 April 2026, Livestream #92 0:00 Intro, miscellaneous Reading update: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait Schedule of my show The "right" and "left" as fundamentally similar Atheism and capitalism More on my streaming schedule The fundamental goal of politics/morality Are miracles or the supernatural possible? Religion as a tool of exploitation The concept of God as involving a contradiction Different concepts of...

2 April 2026, Livestream #91 0:00 Intro Tweaks to thumbnail/background Why is faith bad? Iran/oil reading update; regime change? Capitalism prioritizes profits over people? 43:56 Call with Gabriel Are CEOs parasites on workers? Jeff Bezos, solving world hunger by confiscating people's wealth "Late-stage capitalism" Working smart vs. working hard What the CEO does Socialist central planner? 1:40:00...

28 March 2026, Livestream #90 0:00 Intro Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 2:13:40 Call with Jack (Audio trouble: only my side of the convo can be heard for the first couple of minutes.) Some background from Jack Aristotle and Ayn Rand AI and human nature Why shouldn't a rational, self-interested person steal? Living by principle Emergency cases Island scenario Prisoner's dilemma Free riders and taxation...