introducing grey goose cherry hwir ♪ b ÷a b b ♪ b (cheers and applause). >> stephen: welcome back, everybodyuest tonight is a stanford professor and the author of an acclaimed book about ayn rand. i'll ask her if it's pronounced ien, ann, orannnn. please welcome jennifer burns. (cheers and applause) thanks so much for coming on! all right, all right, let's get right down to it, this ayn... is it ayn? >> it's ayn. you got it. >> this ayn rand philosopher, this is her time now for the republican party. in some ways more than ever. you've got rising stars like rand paul. you've got paul ryan. all these guys look to her for their guidance. you're the author of "goddess of the market: ayn rand and the american right." what do i need to know about her to be in step with the modern republican party? >> well, this is her moment right now, but she's kind of always had her moment when we talk about the modern right. so she has been for generations what i call the gateway drug to life on the right. >> stephen: really? (laughter) who is the pusher and... (laughter). is he going onto playgrounds? >> peop