Today we talk with Mike Berliner and Anu Seppala about their book, Russia to America: A Guide to Ayn Rand Homes and Sites. We cover Miss Rand's journey from Czarist Russia to the United States and the homes and business offices she lived in/used during her remarkable life.

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Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Russia to America: A Guide to Ayn Rand Homes and Sites
• 100 Voices: An Oral History of Ayn Rand
• Night of January 16th
• September 2 (Change Your Life. Read Atlas Shrugged)
• Bosch Fawstin's drawing (print), September 2
• Greenhorn
• Richard Neutra
• Hollywood Studio Club
• Cecil B. DeMille
• Ouray, Colorado
• Podcasting 2.0
• TrueFans
• Frank Lloyd Wright
• The Fountainhead
• Perfect 36
• 36-24-36 (measurement)
• "Why I like Stamp Collecting"
• Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
• The Music of We the Living
• How Music Saved a Life: Ayn Rand and Operetta
• Emmerich Kálmán
• Laughter Under Tears: Emmerich Kálmán--An Operetta Biography
• The Unadulterated Truth: The Operetta Composer's Memoir of His Early Years

Episode 88 (52 minutes) was recorded at 2200 Central European Time, on August 9, 2024, with Ringr app. Martin did the editing and post-production with the podcast maker, Alitu. The transcript is generated by Alitu.

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