Meredith Bragg

Director of Special Projects, Reason TV

Meredith Bragg is the director of special projects at Reason TV. Prior to joining Reason, he worked at C-SPAN, The Washington Post, and ABC News. As a freelancer, Meredith has produced projects for Turner Broadcasting, Visa, AT&T, The Smithsonian, The Corning Museum of Glass, Atlas Obscura, and Warner Brothers Television.

Bragg won a documentary award from George Lucas, has been nominated for a National Magazine Award, won Best Film at the 2016 Masters of Short Film competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and is the recipient of numerous awards from LA Press Club. His short film, A Piece of Cake, premiered at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.

Latest from Meredith Bragg

Free Markets

Environmentalists Would Buy the Land They Want To Protect, if The Government Allowed It

"By excluding environmental groups, we get a distorted picture about the value of our natural resources,” says Shawn Regan of the Property and Environment Research Center.

Meredith Bragg | 8.26.2021 1:00 PM

History

The Founding Fathers Thought America Was Doomed

“The fact that it hasn't ended in the past 230 years suggests that maybe [it will] last a good deal longer,” says historian Dennis C. Rasmussen, author of Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders

Meredith Bragg | 7.4.2021 9:31 AM

Comedy

Vote Bear

There’s a bear in the woods. Let's put him in office.

Meredith Bragg and Austin Bragg | 5.28.2021 12:15 PM

Unintended Consequences

Great Moments in Unintended Consequences (Vol. 3)

Good intentions, bad results.

Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg | 5.7.2021 12:30 PM

Oscars

China Censors the Oscars To Block a Hong Kong Protest Film

Documentary short Do Not Split draws the ire of Beijing.

Meredith Bragg | 4.16.2021 1:50 PM

Comedy

Libertarian PBS

Made possible by people who actually watch it.

Andrew Heaton, Austin Bragg, and Meredith Bragg | 3.19.2021 11:20 AM

Unintended Consequences

Great Moments in Unintended Consequences (Vol. 2)

Good intentions, bad results.

Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg | 2.9.2021 1:30 PM

Capitol Riot

The Case for Impeaching Trump

"The question of whether incitement to riot is an impeachable offense is pretty easy," says the Cato Institute's Gene Healy. "Clearly, yes."

Meredith Bragg | 1.11.2021 10:24 AM

Christmas

White House Christmas Ornaments

Politics ruining your holidays? Now you can pay for the privilege.

Austin Bragg, Andrew Heaton, and Meredith Bragg | 12.23.2020 10:15 AM

Executive Power

The Imperial Presidency Will Not End With Trump

"It's time that we start thinking about reining in the powers that we've let slip to this institution," says the Cato Institute's Gene Healy.

Meredith Bragg | 11.13.2020 1:30 PM

Election 2020

P.J. O'Rourke: 'This Is the End of the World for Classical Liberalism'

The 72-year-old political commentator says Biden's platform is "full of unicorns and flying ponies" but is better than "having the inmates run the asylum."

Meredith Bragg | 10.22.2020 11:50 AM

Comedy

Every Political Ad Ever

You can't trust a guy with graphics like this.

Meredith Bragg and Austin Bragg | 9.15.2020 10:30 AM

Documentary

Why Is American Politics Unravelling? Boys State Film Looks for Answers

An interview with the directors behind the breakout political documentary about a Texas camp for aspiring leaders

Meredith Bragg | 8.14.2020 3:05 PM

Coronavirus

Let Us Drink Outside! Relaxing Liquor Laws Could Save Bars and Restaurants

Allowing cocktails-to-go and outdoor drinking can help bartenders and restaurant staff survive the COVID-19 shutdowns.

Meredith Bragg | 7.6.2020 1:15 PM

Qualified Immunity

Why Bad Cops Aren't Punished: The Case Against Qualified Immunity

Police officers shouldn't be above the law.

Meredith Bragg | 6.19.2020 1:10 PM

Comedy

Desperate Mayors React to Coronavirus: A Timeline

When social distancing means no gatherings larger than a reelection donor dinner.

Austin Bragg, Andrew Heaton, and Meredith Bragg | 4.29.2020 10:29 AM

Space

Billionaires in Space: How Musk, Bezos, and Branson Could Save Humanity

Aerospace pioneer and SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan on the dawn of private space travel.

Katherine Mangu-Ward and Meredith Bragg | 4.27.2020 1:50 PM

Coronavirus

Sketch: Watch a Libertarian Make a DIY Face Mask

Politicians aren't the only crafty ones.

Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg | 4.17.2020 10:15 AM

Remy

Remy: Savage (Megan Thee Stallion Coronavirus Bailout Parody)

The last time we sent this much money to the Kennedy Center, it was for a pair of Hamilton tickets.

Remy, Austin Bragg, and Meredith Bragg | 4.7.2020 9:20 AM

Impeachment

More Impeachments! Dumping Bad Presidents Should Be No Big Deal

"Somehow we've decided that the one job in America that gets the most job protection is the one where you actually get nuclear weapons," says the Cato Institute's Gene Healy.

Meredith Bragg | 12.20.2019 12:06 PM

School Choice

The Movie Miss Virginia Powerfully Dramatizes the Urgent Need for School Choice

Virginia Walden Ford talks about her role in integrating schools in the 1960s and leading a movement to escape failing public schools four decades later.

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 10.18.2019 12:45 PM

Donald Trump

Judge Andrew Napolitano: President Trump Obstructed

The libertarian legal analyst says Trump, like his White House predecessors, has abused executive power in all sorts of ways.

Nick Gillespie, Ian Keyser, and Meredith Bragg | 5.3.2019 1:54 PM

Clint Bolick

A Tattooed Libertarian on the Arizona Supreme Court: Clint Bolick's Long Fight for Freedom

Q&A with the co-founder of Institute for Justice about immigration, his legal philosophy, his battles with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and that tattoo.

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 3.15.2019 12:10 PM

Christmas

A Very Libertarian Christmas

Deck the halls and spread some Yuletide cheer. Or don't. You're your own person.

Andrew Heaton, Austin Bragg, and Meredith Bragg | 12.21.2018 3:10 PM

Media

Director Jason Reitman on The Front Runner, Gary Hart, and the Private Lives of Politicians

Reitman and his co-writers, Matt Bai and Jay Carson, on what their new film reveals about today's politics.

Meredith Bragg | 11.21.2018 3:23 PM

Remy

Remy: The Legend of Stan Lee

A ballad to the man who stood up to the Comics Code

Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg | 11.19.2018 10:30 AM

Puppycide

This Simulator Was Built to Stop Cops From Shooting Dogs

Meredith Bragg | 9.14.2018 1:00 PM

Drug War

This is Your Brain Thinking About the Drug War

Trump wants to spend "a lot of money" on a new round of anti-drug commercials.

Meredith Bragg and Austin Bragg | 4.25.2018 10:39 AM

Television

How Will The Americans' Final Season End? Q&A With the Creators Behind the Cold War Spy Drama

Executive Producers Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields discuss their critically acclaimed show, ideology, and how technology is ushering in the golden era of television.

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 3.26.2018 2:50 PM