The 1959 Mike Wallace Ayn Rand Interview

In an effort to publicize Atlas Shrugged, Ayn agreed to an interview with Mike Wallace, on his New York television show, Night Beat, the harddriving program that began his rise to prominence. They liked each other immediately, and were to visit together on a number of occasions over the following years. She was perfect grist for the mill of Night Beat, Mike later said. She voiced provocative opinions, she was antiestablishment and utterly unexpected, with a kind of close reasoning and a clarity th br, br,