Labor Day; Afd; 9/11; Civilian Casualties; Gas Prices; VW; Iran; Achievements | Yaron Brook Show
7.9.2026
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Live Sep 7, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show
(Season 12 - Episode 149)
Labor Day; Afd; 9/11; Civilian Casualties; Gas Prices; VW; Iran; Achievements | Yaron Brook Show
Watch Now: https://youtube.com/live/WRyx6p9ttZE
If the American worker has never had it better — 46x richer, working 50% fewer hours, dying on the job 60% less often than in 1970 — why does half of Germany just voted for a party built on ethno-nationalism and Putin-worship?
Yaron Brook opens Labor Day by torching the holiday's founding myth: American workers didn't get here because of unions or government mandates — they got here because capital, competition, and freedom made human labor worth more every single year. Then he turns to Germany, where the AfD just posted its strongest result ever — 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt — and asks the uncomfortable question nobody in Berlin wants asked: what happens when the only party willing to name migration, energy collapse, and economic stagnation also happens to be ethno-nationalist and pro-Putin?
From there: newly surfaced BBC footage tying a Saudi "student" directly to the 9/11 hijackers, why the Strait of Hormuz is still functionally closed a year after the war "ended," a Volkswagen factory getting a second life building Israeli missile defense systems, and why "proportionality" in warfare is — in Yaron's words — barbarism dressed up as ethics. He closes on a robotic surgical system that can now spot blood vessels and nerves live during brain surgery — proof that human achievement never stops compounding, even while politics tries to strangle it.
Timestamps — Main Topics
0:00 — Labor Day is a celebration of capitalism, not unions — the numbers prove it
~20:00 — AfD's landslide win in Saxony-Anhalt and why Germany's "firewall" against it is collapsing
~50:00 — Gas prices stay high because the Strait of Hormuz is still not actually open
1:11:21 — A dead Volkswagen car plant gets reborn building Israeli missile defense systems
1:19:48 — New BBC footage ties a Saudi "student" directly to the 9/11 hijackers
1:32:02 — "Proportionality" in war is moral cowardice dressed up as ethics
1:40:39 — A surgical robot that spots blood vessels and nerves live during brain surgery
Live Audience Questions
1:35:55 — Coke Zero, Diet Coke, or cold turkey? A former addict's honest take on quitting sugar — plus the sweetener research nobody's talking about
1:39:25 — Hold your nose and vote Democrat until the midterms? Where "the enemy of my enemy" ends — and whether that support should ever mean writing a check
1:40:31 — Who should set safety standards — the market or the government? A machine builder explains why OSHA is barely in the room
1:41:52 — Why do East Germans and Russians still get nostalgic for communism? The dark psychology of longing for your own oppression
1:45:13 — What actually drives someone to become a Navy SEAL — duty, sacrifice, or something more selfish than people think?
1:45:28 — Is Europe quietly dumping Microsoft for homegrown tech — a blip, or the start of a real tech decoupling from America?
1:46:34 — Growing up in Israel surrounded by Holocaust survivors — what that does to how you see the world
1:47:16 — Did the Enlightenment thinkers already know reason drives innovation — or did it take Ayn Rand to say it out loud?
1:48:27 — Texas Senate shakeup: why national Republicans are getting cold feet on Ken Paxton — and just how dangerous a candidate is Talarico?
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Yaron is the executive chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute and a world class speaker. He is the coauthor of the national best-seller Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government, Equal is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality and In Pursuit of Wealth: The Moral Case for Finance. He speaks around the world on a variety of topics including the morality of capitalism, Ayn Rand and her philosophy, finance and economics, and the value of inequality.
(Season 12 - Episode 149)
Labor Day; Afd; 9/11; Civilian Casualties; Gas Prices; VW; Iran; Achievements | Yaron Brook Show
Watch Now: https://youtube.com/live/WRyx6p9ttZE
If the American worker has never had it better — 46x richer, working 50% fewer hours, dying on the job 60% less often than in 1970 — why does half of Germany just voted for a party built on ethno-nationalism and Putin-worship?
Yaron Brook opens Labor Day by torching the holiday's founding myth: American workers didn't get here because of unions or government mandates — they got here because capital, competition, and freedom made human labor worth more every single year. Then he turns to Germany, where the AfD just posted its strongest result ever — 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt — and asks the uncomfortable question nobody in Berlin wants asked: what happens when the only party willing to name migration, energy collapse, and economic stagnation also happens to be ethno-nationalist and pro-Putin?
From there: newly surfaced BBC footage tying a Saudi "student" directly to the 9/11 hijackers, why the Strait of Hormuz is still functionally closed a year after the war "ended," a Volkswagen factory getting a second life building Israeli missile defense systems, and why "proportionality" in warfare is — in Yaron's words — barbarism dressed up as ethics. He closes on a robotic surgical system that can now spot blood vessels and nerves live during brain surgery — proof that human achievement never stops compounding, even while politics tries to strangle it.
Timestamps — Main Topics
0:00 — Labor Day is a celebration of capitalism, not unions — the numbers prove it
~20:00 — AfD's landslide win in Saxony-Anhalt and why Germany's "firewall" against it is collapsing
~50:00 — Gas prices stay high because the Strait of Hormuz is still not actually open
1:11:21 — A dead Volkswagen car plant gets reborn building Israeli missile defense systems
1:19:48 — New BBC footage ties a Saudi "student" directly to the 9/11 hijackers
1:32:02 — "Proportionality" in war is moral cowardice dressed up as ethics
1:40:39 — A surgical robot that spots blood vessels and nerves live during brain surgery
Live Audience Questions
1:35:55 — Coke Zero, Diet Coke, or cold turkey? A former addict's honest take on quitting sugar — plus the sweetener research nobody's talking about
1:39:25 — Hold your nose and vote Democrat until the midterms? Where "the enemy of my enemy" ends — and whether that support should ever mean writing a check
1:40:31 — Who should set safety standards — the market or the government? A machine builder explains why OSHA is barely in the room
1:41:52 — Why do East Germans and Russians still get nostalgic for communism? The dark psychology of longing for your own oppression
1:45:13 — What actually drives someone to become a Navy SEAL — duty, sacrifice, or something more selfish than people think?
1:45:28 — Is Europe quietly dumping Microsoft for homegrown tech — a blip, or the start of a real tech decoupling from America?
1:46:34 — Growing up in Israel surrounded by Holocaust survivors — what that does to how you see the world
1:47:16 — Did the Enlightenment thinkers already know reason drives innovation — or did it take Ayn Rand to say it out loud?
1:48:27 — Texas Senate shakeup: why national Republicans are getting cold feet on Ken Paxton — and just how dangerous a candidate is Talarico?
🔴 Watch live every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss a take.
#LaborDay #AfD #Germany #IranNuclear #StraitOfHormuz #interestrates #jobsreport #economy #milei #falklandswar #NationalDebt #FreeMarkets #GeopoliticsToday #Capitalism #ForeignPolicy #AynRand #Objectivism
Like this episode?
Subscribe, share it with friends, and become a Patreon supporter to access monthly AMAs, exclusive content, and commercial-free audio.
The Yaron Brook Show is Sponsored by
[The Ayn Rand Institute](https://www.aynrand.org/starthere)
[Energy Talking Points, featuring AlexAI, by Alex Epstein](https://alexepstein.substack.com/)
[Express VPN](https://www.expressvpn.com/yaron)
[Hendershott Wealth Management](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4lfC...) &
(https://hendershottwealth.com/ybs/)
[Michael Williams & The Defenders of Capitalism Project](https://www.DefendersOfCapitalism.com)
[Support the Show]( / yaronbrookshow )
[Sponsor the Show]([email protected]/)
[One-time donation](https://bit.ly/2RZOyJJ)
Join the [Yaron Brook Show YouTube channel]( / @yaronbrook )
Like what you hear? Like, share, and subscribe to stay updated on new videos and help promote the [Yaron Brook Show](https://bit.ly/3ztPxTx)
Continue the discussion by following Yaron on [Twitter](https://bit.ly/3iMGl6z) and [Facebook](https://bit.ly/3vvWDDC )
Want to learn more about Ayn Rand and Objectivism? Visit the [Ayn Rand Institute](https://bit.ly/35qoEC3)
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/yaron-brook-show--3276901/support.
Yaron is the executive chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute and a world class speaker. He is the coauthor of the national best-seller Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government, Equal is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality and In Pursuit of Wealth: The Moral Case for Finance. He speaks around the world on a variety of topics including the morality of capitalism, Ayn Rand and her philosophy, finance and economics, and the value of inequality.
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