Joe Rogan, Canadian Truckers, Coronavirus Mandates, and the Terrible State of Free Speech
What Joe Rogan and Canadian truckers tell us about free speech.
Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie gather to discuss (and debate) takeaways from the Ottawa trucker protests, U.S. foreign policy, and the Olympics. All this and more on this Monday's Reason Roundtable.
Discussed in the show:
1:45: Protests in Ottawa, GoFundMe's response, and Joe Rogan.
32:50: Weekly listener question: While I very much agree that the U.S.
shouldn't be the world's police vis-à-vis random dictators doing evil
things to their citizens, I'm less convinced that we should withdraw from
all great power competition as many libertarians wish. If Jo had won in
2020, what would stop Xi from, say, declaring ownership of the South China
Sea and dominating or even invading Japan/Taiwan/Australia? How are we
better off if Putin can occupy Estonia and Poland because he feels like it?
47:54: Why the Olympics aren't doing as well this year.
52:39: Media recommendations for the week. (And click here for all of the Roundtable's media recommendations, ever.)
This week's links:
- "GoFundMe Rejects Fundraising for Canadian Freedom Convoy," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown. (If you want to receive this daily newsletter, Reason Roundup, in your inbox, subscribe here.)
- "Stephen Wertheim: 9/11, Afghanistan, and Failed Foreign Policy" (podcast)
- "Pelosi warns US Olympians not to speak out against Chinese abuses while in Beijing," by Jerry Dunleavy
- "Wikipedia and Beyond," by Katherine Mangu-Ward
- "UPDATED!: An Incomplete List of Why Nobody Really Gives a Shit About the Olympics Anymore," by Nick Gillespie
Send your questions to roundtable@reason.com. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.
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Audio production by Ian Keyser
Assistant production by Regan Taylor
Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve
