Florida vs. California
Plus: Send your questions for the editors to roundtable@reason.com ahead of this week’s special webathon episode!
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman compare and contrast Florida and California politics ahead of this week's debate between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
0:54—Ron DeSantis will debate Gavin Newsom this week.
24:43—Hamas begins releasing hostages.
34:29—Weekly Listener Question
45:35—Elizabeth Warren and a sandwich shop monopoly
50:49—This week's cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
"Jeb Bush: What He Thinks of Trump, Biden, DeSantis, and 'Florida Man,'" by Nick Gillespie
"Jeb Bush on Why Florida Thrives: 'We Don't Try To Micromanage People's Lives,'" Nick Gillespie
"Jayhawk Down: Economic freedom may be just another word for nothing else to do," by Nick Gillespie
"Infographic: Who's Moved to Florida Since COVID Started?" by Erin Davis
"Is California Over?" by Nick Gillespie and Regan Taylor
"Bridget Phetasy: Why I Left California for Texas," by Nick Gillespie
"Why I Left California for Florida," by Zach Weissmueller
"Ron DeSantis: Good or Bad for Florida?" by Zach Weissmueller and Nick Gillespie
"Chef Andrew Gruel on Capitalism, Cuisine, and Calling Gov. Gavin Newsom an Asshole," by Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller
"I'm increasingly frustrated by whataboutist libertarian takes on indefensible Hamas terrorism," says Nick Gillespie
"Is Javier Milei a 'Doctrinaire Hayekian' and a Secret Reason Science Project?" by Nick Gillespie
"The World's First Libertarian President," by Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie
"Elizabeth Warren Wants the Government To Investigate America's 'Sandwich Shop Monopoly,'" by Christian Britschgi
"Does Bob Dylan Have a Politics and if Yes, What the Hell Are They?" by Nick Gillespie
"'Bob Dylan Is the Shakespeare of Our Time'—Penn Jillette on the Nobel Prize Winner" by Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg
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 Hunt Beaty.
Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve
