Mr. McConnell reads extracts and plays audio and video excerpts of interviews selected from the more than 160 he has conducted with Ayn Rand's friends, family, and associates. The interviews reveal Ayn Rand in a variety of relationships and contexts. Interviewees include a famous photographer, West Point professors, media interviewers, a publishing-house editor, and friends from the later part of her life. All material is new.

Part 1 was given at IRM 2000.