# Nathaniel Branden: Liberation, a Personal Scenario **URL:** **By** Nathaniel Branden **Published:** October 26, 2017 --- Nathaniel Branden gives a personal account of his ideological journey at a 1987 California Libertarian Party conference. Nathaniel Branden gives a personal account of his ideological journey at a 1987 California Libertarian Party conference. Branden shares the story of his first meeting with Ayn Rand and his subsequent intellectual development with her and with libertarianism more broadly.