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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.com196WHO IS JOHN GALT? 1957–1968that Rand was one of the “people other people are interested in.” Afterher appearance on his TV show, several of his staff members convertedto Objectivism. A coworker remembered the transformation of EdithEfron, who “began speaking in a very, very strange way about psychology,art, politics—in a way that I’d never heard before and certainlynot from a New York Jewish intellectual. I thought she was going outof her mind.” Soon other outlets recognized Rand’s audience appeal.She began a radio program on the Columbia University station, “AynRand on Campus,” and appeared on CBS’s discussion series The GreatChallenge. In 1964 she reached what was then a lofty summit of journalism,the Playboy interview. In the mid-1960s Playboy was at the height ofits cultural influence, publishing serious essays and commentary alongsidephotos of its famous playmates. Hugh Hefner had long been a fanof Rand, and his magazine ran a long and probing piece by the futurefuturist Alvin Toffler, who treated Rand with care and respect. She evenvisited a Playboy Club, which she pronounced “a wonderful place and abrilliant undertaking.” 17Despite all the attention she attracted Rand was an unwilling celebrity.Even NBI events disconcerted her. She normally made a dramaticentrance from the back of the room, receiving applause as she madeher way to the stage. An NBI student seeing her off was surprised whenRand muttered, “I hate doing this. Every time I walk down that longaisle, I feel like a bride getting married.” When she traveled to distantplaces she preferred to have the Collective with her, or at least Frankand Nathan. Her husband raised eyebrows among outsiders like MikeWallace, who called him “her gelded companion.” 18 The Collective hadgrown used to Frank’s silence, but to others his passivity was a troublingsuggestion of Rand’s need for dominance. Few understood how vitalFrank’s presence was to Rand. If it could benefit Objectivism, she wouldgo through the rituals and forms of being famous and expose herself tothe public eye. But she needed Frank there with her, a comforting shieldagainst the world.Nowhere was Rand more popular than on college campuses. Her firstappearance before a student audience, at Yale University, was a tour deforce. A reporter at the event described the overflow audience Rand