19th-century American author Mark Twain transformed literature. Through his enduring characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, he portrayed life as an adventure, challenging social norms with courage, resourcefulness, friendship, and independence. 

American cartoonist Bosch Fawstin has risked his life to promote freedom of speech. Not only was he inspired by heroes throughout his life, but he created his own superhero, Pigman. In this episode, he poses the question, “Would your heroes admire you?”   💻 ALSO CHECK OUT Table for One by Bosch Fawstin ...

Explorers such as Columbus, da Gama, and Magellan stood on the shoulders of Prince Henry the Navigator. Henry’s vision launched the Age of Discovery, the period in which explorers vastly expanded knowledge of the Earth.    While discovering new lands, Prince Henry also made Portugal a force in global trade, opening up routes that were previously blocked by the Moors. 

Actor, director, and writer Sidney Poitier pushed film boundaries. He chose moral character and individualism over accidental traits, such as race. In 1967 he portrayed a teacher, a doctor, and an investigator in the top three box office films.

In the rock music profession, where hedonism and compromise are rampant, the band Rush instead chose honesty and integrity. Drummer and lyricist Neil Peart was a voice of reason whose pride of purpose inspired millions of fans.   Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out our FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD

In the 1960s, Raquel Welch became a Hollywood bombshell. Over the next several decades, she succeeded on television, on Broadway, and as an entrepreneur. In her autobiography, Welch upholds dignity and respect, asking people to go "Beyond the Cleavage." Welch believed that women should be extraordinary and magnificent on and off screen. In 1981, she met novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand to discuss performing the role of heroine Dagny Taggart in the proposed film version of Atlas Shrugged.

Imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp, Viktor Frankl saw suffering and death all around him. Instead of giving up hope, he chose to stay alive by constantly searching for meaning in life through introspection. This quest for meaning became the title of the most famous of the thirty-nine books he wrote.

Charles Schwab led three gigantic enterprises: Carnegie Steel, U.S. Steel, and Bethlehem Steel. His benevolent personality attracted the most productive workers, whom he rewarded financially. He saw no clash between labor and management. Why did his staff feel a sense of pride under Schwab's leadership? In his words, "I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement."

Born into slavery, Nancy Green used her cooking and storytelling talents to bring joy to millions of pancake and syrup consumers. Under the persona of Aunt Jemima, Green’s trustworthy face became the symbol of the brand for several decades.

From the Ministry of Truth punishing citizens for thought crimes to big brother watching your every move via technology, writer George Orwell warned against a totalitarian society that would rule every aspect of the individual’s life.  Orwell’s novels Animal Farm and 1984 remain literary classics and are just as relevant today as when they were published, in the mid-twentieth century.  Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out our FREE ebook:...

From the Ministry of Truth punishing citizens for thought crimes to big brother watching your every move via technology, writer George Orwell warned against a totalitarian society that would rule every aspect of the individual’s life.  Orwell’s novels Animal Farm and 1984 remain literary classics and are just as relevant today as when they were published, in the mid-twentieth century.  Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out our FREE ebook:...

When the Nazi gestapo captured Irena Sendler, they demanded to know the names of the 2,500 Jewish children whose lives she had saved. Sendler endured the torture of having both her leges broken, but remained silent.    Sendler had found Christian parents for the children and kept all their names in a jar buried under a tree near the gestapo barracks. After WWII, she reunited the few parents who survived with their children. Her story is told in the book Life in a Jar.  Are you interested...

After fleeing his home in Prague, Petr Beckmann learned how to use RADAR technology to help defeat the Nazis. He then earned a Doctor of Science degree in communist-run Czechoslovakia, and escaped to the freedom of America.    Beckmann wrote more than sixty-books and founded a pro-science, pro-technology, pro-free enterprise newsletter called Access to Energy. As a leading proponent of nuclear power, he wrote The Health Hazards of Not Going Nuclear in 1976. Are you interested in...

In twelfth-century France, Peter Abelard renounced his inheritance and knighthood and chose to become a philosopher. Héloïse, though raised in a convent, challenged cultural norms, became a scholar, and held a secret marriage with Abelard. Church officials sent Abelard to the monastery and Héloïse back to the convent. During their years of separation, they wrote voluminous love letters, which are celebrated to this day. Their story was dramatized in the 1988 film Stealing Heaven.   

Before inventing the telegraph, Samuel Morse was a prolific artist. But his invention accelerated communication from the speed of horseback to the speed of light. Morse’s creation transformed business, transportation, journalism, and warfare.  

Before 1450, all books in Europe were laboriously written by hand. Gutenberg changed that with one invention: the moveable printing press. Thanks to his creation, within fifty years businesses in Europe were producing millions of books. The dissemination of ideas led to radical improvements in the culture and helped bring about the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Age of Enlightenment.

Louis Armstrong overcame poverty and racism to become a pioneer in a new genre of music: American jazz. His broad smile, cheerful demeanor, and passion for life were perfectly captured in his song What a Wonderful World. Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out our FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD

Defying the French king’s orders, the nineteen-year-old Marquis de Lafayette sailed to America, ready to fight for the cause of liberty. He proved his valor on the battlefield, secured French aid, and commanded troops in the decisive victory at Yorktown. After success in the American Revolution, Lafayette aimed to uphold the Rights of Man in France. In 1824, he was invited back to the United States for a celebratory tour of the country that lasted sixteen months. No less than thirty-six...

In 1904 President Theodore Roosevelt forever changed the direction of American domestic and foreign policy. He broke up the Northern Securities Company and his Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine led America to become the world’s police power.  Roosevelt exerted his political power by issuing 1,081 executive orders. The preceding twenty-five presidents combined for 1,262 executive orders.   Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out our FREE ebook:...

Jane Austen started writing at age eleven and went on to publish four novels during her lifetime. She created female characters who courageously challenge the caste system, condemn slavery, and long for independence. Her novels have since sold more than one hundred million copies and were adapted into successful feature films and theatrical productions. 

After teaching in New York City public schools for 30 years–twice winning State Teacher of the Year–John Taylor Gatto no longer wanted “to hurt kids to make a living.” Gatto resigned in the op-ed pages of the Wall Street Journal in an essay titled “I Quit, I Think.” He spent the last 27 years of his life speaking and writing against compulsory schooling. Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out our FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD 💻 ALSO CHECK OUT Heroes and...

In his autobiography, Up From Slavery, Booker T. Washington shows how traits such as self-reliance, honesty, and enterprise led him to become the first principal in Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute. Tuskegee's mission was to teach black students both intellectual and practical skills, so they could create value in the business world. The school’s first students literally built the new classrooms brick by brick. Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out our FREE ebook:...

From the founding fathers and the Wright brothers to the builders of the Panama Canal and Brooklyn Bridge, historian David McCullough told stories of industrious Americans and their exceptional achievements with unabashed glory. Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out our FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD 💻 ALSO CHECK OUT Painting With Words documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_cGn... 60 Minutes interviews with McCullough...

  Anne Sullivan went from an orphaned child living in an asylum, to a world-famous educator. She persevered in teaching the deaf-blind Helen Keller how to communicate and acted as the latter’s eyes and ears for fifty years. Their story of adversity, education, and friendship is brilliantly dramatized in the play and film The Miracle Worker.    Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out our FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD ⏰ TIMESTAMPS   💻 ALSO...